El Salvador women's national beach soccer team
| Nickname(s) | Selecta Playera femenina La azul playera femenina La azul y blanco femenina | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Salvadoran Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Elías Ramírez | ||
| Captain | Fátima Pérez | ||
| FIFA code | SLV | ||
| BSWW ranking | 10 (9 April 2025)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
| 6–3 Bahamas (San Salvador, El Salvador; 3 August 2019) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 13–3 Costa Rica (San Salvador, El Salvador; 14 February 2025) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| 2–6 Mexico (San Salvador, El Salvador; 5 August 2019) | |||
The El Salvador women's national beach soccer team (Spanish: Selección de Fútbol Playa Femenina de El Salvador) represents El Salvador in women's international beach soccer competitions and is governed by the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT).
History
With no official tournaments or competitions for women's beach soccer in place, few nations around the world had established women's national teams. In the absence of regional and continental championships, El Salvador did not form its women's team until 2019.[2] That year, the team was inaugurated to participate in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the inaugural 2019 World Beach Games. Hosting the event in San Salvador, La Selecta made their international debut with a 6–3 win over the Bahamas on 3 August 2019.[3] However, defeats to the United States and Mexico in the following matches meant El Salvador failed to qualify for the main tournament.[4]
In April 2022, El Salvador hosted the inaugural El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup. As in the previous qualifier, the team managed a win over the Bahamas but lost to the United States and Argentina.[5] In 2023, El Salvador made a second attempt to qualify for the World Beach Games, this time for the edition scheduled to take place in Bali. The team went undefeated in the CONCACAF qualifiers, defeating all three opponents and securing their first-ever qualification for a global tournament.[6][7] However, the Games were cancelled a few months later.
El Salvador used the momentum from their qualification campaign to continue their development, finishing as runners-up in the 2024 El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup before claiming the title in 2025.[8]
Players
Current squad
The following players were selected for the squad for the 2025 El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup, held from 14 to 16 February 2025.[9]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Beatriz Argumedo | December 24, 1998 | |||
| 12 | GK | Yahaira Maravilla | April 24, 2001 | |||
| 2 | DF | Daniela Rivera | September 14, 1997 | |||
| 4 | DF | Katherine Segovia | July 6, 2005 | |||
| 3 | MF | Ingrid Ramos | March 13, 1991 | |||
| 5 | MF | Yaritza Durán | June 24, 1994 | |||
| 7 | MF | Sindy Acevedo | April 23, 1999 | |||
| 9 | MF | Irma Cordero | September 3, 1998 | |||
| 6 | FW | Sandra Tamacas | January 8, 1993 | |||
| 8 | FW | Cindy Turcios | December 27, 1996 | |||
| 10 | FW | Paola Calderón | March 19, 2002 | |||
| 11 | FW | Fátima Pérez (Captain) | November 13, 1999 | |||
Competitive record
ANOC World Beach Games
| World Beach Games record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Third place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | ||||||||
| 2023 | Qualified, later cancelled | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0/1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 25 | |
El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup
| El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA |
| 2022 | Third place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| 2024 | Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| 2025 | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 |
| Total: | 3/3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 27 |
References
- ^ "BSWW Women's world ranking". BSWW. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Navarrete, Josué (3 April 2024). "ANÁLISIS: Selecta Playera femenina, una generación para soñar". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "La selección femenina de fútbol playa debuta con victoria ante Bahamas". elgrafico.com (in Spanish). El Gráfico. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Selección femenina de playa finaliza tercera en eliminatorio". laprensagrafica.com (in Spanish). La Prensa Gráfica. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Genoves, Alessia (18 April 2022). "El Salvador destaca en la Beach Soccer Cup 2022". contrapunto.com.sv (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Ortiz, Enrique (7 April 2023). "Selecta femenina de fútbol playa clasifica a los Juegos Mundiales tras golear a Bahamas". diario.elmundo.sv (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Henríquez, Rebeca (10 April 2023). "Selecta femenina de playa se consagra campeona de los juegos ANOC World Beach Soccer Bali 2023". diariocolatino.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Leiva, Roberto (16 February 2025). "Selecta Playera femenina es ¡campeona en la Beach Soccer Cup!". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "El viernes inicia el Salvador Beach Soccer Cup 2025". fesfut.org.sv (in Spanish). Salvadoran Football Federation. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)