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The El Salvador national football team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup final tournament on two occasions, the first time in 1970 in Mexico and the second time in 1982 in Spain. El Salvador has played in six group stage matches, losing all six and never advancing to the knockout stage.
Both teams won their remaining two games to progress from the group at the expense of Belgium and World Cup debutants El Salvador. Group 2 was the lowest-scoring of the groups with only six goals in its six matches as Uruguay, reigning South America champions, and Italy, the reigning European champions, edged past Sweden and Israel.
The 1970 FIFA World Cup final was held on Sunday, 21 June, in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, to determine the winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup.This final, between Brazil and Italy, marked the first time that two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962.
1.4 El Salvador. 2 Group 2. Toggle Group 2 subsection. 2.1 Italy. 2.2 Sweden. 2.3 Uruguay. ... Below are the squads for the 1970 FIFA World Cup final tournament in ...
3 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 3–0 El Salvador: Mexico City, Mexico: 16:00 ... 10 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup: Soviet Union ...
If the final was still level after 120 minutes then the match would be replayed at a later date. The stage began on 14 June with the quarter-finals, and ended one week later with the final match of the tournament held at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, in which Brazil defeated Italy 4–1 to claim a then-record third World Cup triumph.
Pages in category "El Salvador at the 1970 FIFA World Cup" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
El Salvador finally won the play-off on 8 October with a goal by Juan Ramón "Mon" Martínez in extra time, allowing them to qualify for the World Cup finals at the first attempt. "El Pajaro Picón Picón" was a Colombian song written by Eliseo Herrera which was very popular in El Salvador during the World Cup qualifying stages.