 Since the creation of the national team in 1921 , several coaches have been in charge of managing El Salvador . From 1930 to 1935 , Mark Scott Thompson was appointed as El Salvador 's first ever manager . As of January 2012 , the El Salvador national football team has presented itself with 60 managers in the national team . It is reported that all 3 titles ( 1943 , 1954 and 2002 ) have been won by Salvadoran born managers . Conrado Miranda has managed in 4 different occasions and Armando Contreras Palma in 3 . Chilean Hernán Vivanco was manager when El Salvador competed at their first World Cup . Mauricio Rodríguez managed to qualify El Salvador to another World Cup . <unk> participated at the 1970 FIFA World Cup . 
