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Costa RicavsEl Salvador
Costa Rica vs El Salvador: head-to-head stats
Since 1921
Costa Rica
39
wins
draws
14
63 meetings
El Salvador
10
wins
Costa Rica and El Salvador have met 63 times since 1921: Costa Rica won 39, El Salvador 10, and 14 matches were drawn. Costa Rica lead the head-to-head by 29 wins. Goals: Costa Rica 146, El Salvador 53. Last meeting: Costa Rica 2–0 El Salvador (Friendly, Feb 3, 2024).
- First meeting
- Costa Rica 7–0 El Salvador
- Sep 14, 1921 · Friendly
- Last meeting
- Costa Rica 2–0 El Salvador
- Feb 3, 2024 · Friendly
- Biggest Costa Rica win
- Costa Rica 9–2 El Salvador
- Mar 22, 1930 · Central American and Caribbean Games
- Biggest El Salvador win
- Costa Rica 2–4 El Salvador
- Dec 9, 1943 · CCCF Championship
Match preview and current form
The rivalry, match by match
63 meetings since 1921. Hover or tap a match for the details.
- Costa Rica win
- Draw
- El Salvador win
- World Cup or continental finals
- Bigger = wider margin
CRC=SLV
- 1920
- 1930
- 1940
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
CRC +291921 · CRC ahead
↑ CRCSLV ↓
- 1920s: Costa Rica 7 goals, El Salvador 0 goals
- 1930s: Costa Rica 27 goals, El Salvador 3 goals
- 1940s: Costa Rica 22 goals, El Salvador 8 goals
- 1950s: Costa Rica 9 goals, El Salvador 1 goal
- 1960s: Costa Rica 11 goals, El Salvador 9 goals
- 1970s: Costa Rica 7 goals, El Salvador 2 goals
- 1980s: Costa Rica 8 goals, El Salvador 5 goals
- 1990s: Costa Rica 19 goals, El Salvador 8 goals
- 2000s: Costa Rica 22 goals, El Salvador 10 goals
- 2010s: Costa Rica 8 goals, El Salvador 5 goals
- 2020s: Costa Rica 6 goals, El Salvador 2 goals
By competition
| Competition | P | CRC W | D | SLV W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| UNCAF Cup | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Gold Cup | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| CCCF Championship | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gold Cup qualification | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
All meetings
63 matches, newest first, with goalscorers where recorded.
- W2–0HFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0NGold CupGold Cup
- W2–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Anthony Contreras 30', Joel Campbell 45'
El Salvador: Cristian Gil 31'
- W2–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Bryan Ruiz 52', Celso Borges 58' (pen.)
El Salvador: Jairo Henríquez 12'
- D0–0NFriendlyFriendly
- D1–1NGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Bryan Ruiz 61'
El Salvador: Dustin Corea 90'
- W1–0HUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W1–0AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: José Miguel Cubero 31'
El Salvador: —
- D2–2HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Álvaro Saborío 10', Joel Campbell 15'
El Salvador: Isidro Gutiérrez 23', Osael Romero 53'
- D1–1NGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Randall Brenes 90'
El Salvador: Rodolfo Zelaya 45'
Show all 63 meetings
- W2–1HFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: —
El Salvador: Rudis Corrales 90'
- L1–2NGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Warren Granados 64'
El Salvador: Osael Romero 19', Osael Romero 87'
- W1–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Walter Centeno 69'
El Salvador: —
- W3–0NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W3–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Roy Myrie 24', Freddy Fernández 30', Roy Myrie 90'
El Salvador: Rudis Corrales 18'
- W1–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Álvaro Saborío 49' (pen.)
El Salvador: —
- D2–2AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–0AUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W2–1NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W5–2NGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Erick Scott 11', Walter Centeno 45', Walter Centeno 68' (pen.), Steven Bryce 72', Walter Centeno 90' (pen.)
El Salvador: Gilberto Murgas 34' (pen.), Alfredo Pacheco 54'
- W1–0NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- D1–1NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W4–0HUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- D0–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- L1–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Luis Diego Arnáez 58'
El Salvador: Raúl Díaz Arce 19', Elías Montes 57'
- W1–0NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- L1–2AUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- L1–2AUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W1–0NUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- D1–1AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–0HFriendlyFriendly
- W7–1HUNCAF CupUNCAF Cup
- W1–0HCONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: Pastor Fernández 55'
El Salvador: —
- W4–2ACONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: Juan Cayasso 16', Carlos Hidalgo 46', Leonidas Flores 51', Leonidas Flores 75'
El Salvador: Jaime Rodriguez 24', José María Rivas 63'
- D1–1NFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–1HFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0HCONCACAF Championship qualificationCONCACAF Championship qualification
- D1–1HCONCACAF Championship qualificationCONCACAF Championship qualification
- D1–1ACONCACAF Championship qualificationCONCACAF Championship qualification
- W1–0AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–0HFriendlyFriendly
- W2–0HFriendlyFriendly
- L1–2AFriendlyFriendly
- W3–0HFriendlyFriendly
- D1–1AFriendlyFriendly
- L1–3AFriendlyFriendly
- L1–2NCONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: Leonel Hernández 63' (pen.)
El Salvador: Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez 44', Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez 60'
- W4–1ACONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: Juan González 17', Juan González 22', Juan González 72', Walter Pearson 76'
El Salvador: Armando Chacón 49'
- W4–0NCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W5–1HCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W6–0NCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W3–1NCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W4–0HCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W4–2ACCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- L2–4ACCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W3–1HCCCF ChampionshipCCCF Championship
- W7–0NCentral American and Caribbean GamesCentral American and Caribbean Games
- W6–1ACentral American and Caribbean GamesCentral American and Caribbean Games
- W5–0NCentral American and Caribbean GamesCentral American and Caribbean Games
- W9–2NCentral American and Caribbean GamesCentral American and Caribbean Games
- W7–0NFriendlyFriendly
Sources: martj42/international_results (international matches since 1872, MIT-licensed open dataset) and ESPN for the latest results and fixtures. Predecessor teams follow FIFA attribution (Yugoslavia → Serbia, Czechoslovakia → Czechia).
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