 In 1969 , <unk> ( <unk> <unk> de El Salvador Sociedad <unk> ) 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 , <unk> , 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 " <unk> " <unk> ) , Guillermo " Billy " Rodríguez Bou , Ramón <unk> , Humberto " <unk> " Recinos , Eduardo " Conejo " Valdés , Víctor " Pato " Valencia , Warner Solís , Félix " <unk> " Pineda ( César " <unk> " Acevedo ) , Luis " Pelé " Ramírez Zapata ( Abraham <unk> ) & Ismael " Cisco " Díaz ( David Cabrera ) . While Borussia played with Wolfgang <unk> , Hans @-@ Jürgen <unk> , Berti Vogts , Horst <unk> , Dietmar Danner , Hans <unk> , 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 , <unk> agreed to sign a 99 @-@ year lease of the stadium to <unk> ( Asociación de Clubes de Liga Mayor A ) to operate and control which events are held there . 
