 El Salvador 's National Football Team ( Selección de fútbol de El Salvador in Spanish ) represents El Salvador in international football and is controlled by the Salvadoran Football Federation ( FESFUT ) . In 1899 , two teams from Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first known football game in El Salvador . The national team 's first match was played in September 1921 , when they were invited to participate in a tournament to celebrate 100 years of Central American Independence . 
