 In 1969 , EDESSA ( Estadios Deportivos de El Salvador Sociedad Anonima ) first proposed the idea of a new national stadium . This came to fruition when the construction of the new national stadium , the Estadio Cuscatlán , began on March 24 , 1971 , with then @-@ president of El Salvador , General Fidel Sánchez Hernández , breaking ground . There were options for the name such of that of San Salvador , Fraternidad , and Cuscatlán but , of course , was named Cuscatlán . After 5 years of construction , the stadium was opened and held its very first game on July 24 , 1976 , in a friendly match . The game saw German Bundesliga champions Borussia Mönchengladbach play the El Salvador national football team , with the match ending in a 2 – 0 victory to the German side . The German squad featured 1974 FIFA World Cup champions , such as Berti Vogts , Rainer Bonhof , Wolfgang Kleff and Jupp Heynckes . Also Allan Simonsen , who eventually won the 1977 Ballon d 'Or and later form part of FC Barcelona . El Salvador aligned itself with Tomás Pineda ( Mauricio " Tarzán " Alvarenga ) , Guillermo " Billy " Rodríguez Bou , Ramón Fagoaga , Humberto " Imacasa " Recinos , Eduardo " Conejo " Valdés , Víctor " Pato " Valencia , Warner Solís , Félix " Garrobita " Pineda ( César " Piscucha " Acevedo ) , Luis " Pelé " Ramírez Zapata ( Abraham Coreas ) & Ismael " Cisco " Díaz ( David Cabrera ) . While Borussia played with Wolfgang Kneib , Hans @-@ Jürgen Wittkamp , Berti Vogts , Horst Wohlers , Dietmar Danner , Hans Klinkhammer , Carsten Nielsen , Uli Stielike , Jupp Heynckes and Allan Simonsen . Since that match , El Salvador has used the stadium for almost every major home game , and it is the official home stadium of the El Salvador national football team and the Salvadoran club Alianza FC . On May 25 , 1978 , EDESSA agreed to sign a 99 @-@ year lease of the stadium to CLIMA ( Asociación de Clubes de Liga Mayor A ) to operate and control which events are held there . 
