The El Salvador men’s national football team, governed by the Salvadoran Football Federation and part of CONCACAF, is known as La Selecta. El Salvador have reached the World Cup twice, in 1970 and 1982, were CONCACAF Championship runners-up in 1963 and 1981, and won the CCCF Championship in 1943 and Central American and Caribbean Games gold in 1954. Jorge ‘Mágico’ González remains the country’s most celebrated footballer, alongside Raúl Díaz Arce, Rodolfo Zelaya, Darwin Cerén and captain Julio Sibrián. El Salvador are led by Hernán Darío ‘Bolillo’ Gómez, appointed in February 2025.