Match results
Win Draw Loss
2009 UNCAF Nations Cup
| 22 January 2009 first round | El Salvador  | 1–1 |  Nicaragua | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| 17:00 (UTC−06) | Avilés  18' (o.g.) | Report | Medina 85' | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 20,000 [1] Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA) |
| 24 January 2009 first round | Belize  | 1–4 | El Salvador | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| 15:00 (UTC−06) | James 73' | Report | Pacheco 11' (pen.), 30' (pen.) Sánchez 75'Ayala 88' | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 900 [2] Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC) |
| 26 January 2009 first round | Honduras  | 2–0 | El Salvador | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| 19:30 (UTC−06) | Pavón 34' (pen.) Chávez 72' | Report | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 20,000 [3] Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC) |
| 30 January 2009 Semifinals | Costa Rica  | 3–0 | El Salvador | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| 17:00 (UTC−06) | Furtado 18' | Awarded Report | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,500 [4] Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN) | |
| Note: The game was called after sixty minutes of play when El Salvador was reduced to six players. Two El Salvador players, Alexander Escobar and Eliseo Quintanilla, were awarded red cards in the first half, and Deris Umanzor, Rodolfo Zelaya, and goalkeeper Juan José Gómez were injured and had to leave the game after El Salvador had already exhausted their three substitutions. The game was awarded 3–0 to Costa Rica [5] | ||||
| 1 February 2009 Third place play-off | Honduras | 1–0 | El Salvador | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| 15:30 (UTC−06) | Espinoza 30' | Report | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 900 [6] Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC) |
Friendly matches
| 6 February 2009 | El Salvador | 1–0 |  Peru | Los Angeles, United States |
| Romero 24' | Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| 27 May 2009 | Ecuador  | 1–3 | El Salvador | Los Angeles, United States |
| 20:00 UTC-7 | Montero 7' | Romero 10', 51' Corrales 45' | Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 28,793 [7] |
| 30 May 2009 | Jamaica  | 0–0 | El Salvador | Los Angeles, United States |
| Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 30,000 [8] |
| 7 August 2009 | Colombia  | 2–1 | El Salvador | Houston, United States |
| Gutiérrez 12' Mendoza 88' | Moscoso 64' | Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 20,418 |
2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
| 11 February 2009 Fourth round | El Salvador | 2–2 |  Trinidad and Tobago | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 19:00 UTC-6 | Romero 82', 90+3' | Report | Edwards 7' Yorke 26' (pen.) | Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) |
| 28 March 2009 Fourth round | El Salvador | 2–2 |  United States | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 19:00 UTC-6 | Quintanilla 15' Castillo 72' | Report | Altidore 77' Hejduk 88' | Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 30,350 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
| 1 April 2009 Fourth round | Costa Rica | 1–0 | El Salvador | San José, Costa Rica |
| 20:00 UTC-6 | Centeno 69' | Report | Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States) |
| 6 June 2009 Fourth round | El Salvador | 2–1 |  Mexico | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 19:00 UTC-6 | Martínez 11' Quintanilla 86' (pen.) | Report | Blanco 71' (pen.) | Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) |
| 10 June 2009 Fourth round | Honduras | 1–0 | El Salvador | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| 19:30 UTC-6 | Pavón 13' | Report | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States) |
| 12 August 2009 Fourth round | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | El Salvador | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 19:30 UTC-4 | Glen 7' | Report | Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Attendance: 25,784 Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States) |
| 5 September 2009 Fourth round | United States | 2–1 | El Salvador | Sandy, Utah, United States |
| 18:00 UTC-6 | Dempsey 41' Altidore 45+2' | Report | Castillo 31' | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,066 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras) |
| 9 September 2009 Fourth round | El Salvador | 1–0 | Costa Rica | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 19:00 UTC-6 | Corrales 90+1' | Report | Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
| 10 October 2009 Fourth round | Mexico | 4–1 | El Salvador | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 17:00 UTC-5 | González 25' (o.g.) Blanco 71'Palencia 85'Vela 90' | Report | Martínez 89' | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 104,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala) |
| 14 October 2009 Fourth round | El Salvador | 0–1 | Honduras | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 18:05 UTC-6 | Report | Pavón 64' | Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States) |
2009 Gold Cup
| 3 July 2009 Group stage | Costa Rica | 1–2 | El Salvador | Carson, California, United States |
| 19:00 UTC-7 | Granados 64' | Report | Romero 19', 87' | Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
| 7 July 2009 Group stage | El Salvador | 0–1 |  Canada | Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| 21:00 UTC-4 | Report | Gerba 32' | Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 7,059 Referee: Roberto García (Mexico) |
| 10 July 2009 Group stage | El Salvador | 0–1 | Jamaica | Miami, United States |
| 21:00 UTC-4 | Report | Cummings 70' | Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 17,269 Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago) |
