El Salvador national under-20 football team

The El Salvador Under 20s football team, is commonly known as La Azulita. La Azulita is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol(FESFUT) and represents El Salvador in all international Under 20 competitions.

El Salvador Under 20
Nickname(s)La Azulita
Association
  • Federación Salvadoreña|de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coach Juan Cortés
CaptainWalter Menjívar
FIFA codeSLV
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Curaçao 1–19 El Salvador
(Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)
Biggest win
El Salvador 16–0 Nicaragua 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 12–0 El Salvador
(Havana, Cuba; September 29, 1970)
Records for competitive
matches only.

Their first U-20 World Cup was at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they saw their first victory at a major FIFA tournament (outside of beach soccer) to Australia by 2–1, scored respectively by Diego Coca and José Peña.

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