Decena Deportiva Internacional El Salvador 1941

Tournament played celebrating "Fiestas Agostinas" of El Salvador.

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador.

Participant teams:

El Salvador National Team
Mexico (Atlante; actually was a Mexican League XI)
Costa Rica (according to some sources it was Gimnástica Española-Orión XI, however, there were players of other teams, so
            it could be considered as the Costa Rica national team).


Round 1
[Jul 27]
Costa Rica 1-0 Mexico
  [Jorge Umaña 49']

CRC: Manuel Cantillo; Pablo Durán, Carlos “Chale” Silva; Jorge Lozano (Mario Cambronero), 
     Gregorio “Goyo” Morales, Jesús "Chiseta" Rojas; Jesús “Pato” Araya, Alfonso “Ardilla” Arnaez, 
     Eduardo Céspedes, José A. “Pipo” Cordero, Jorge Umaña.

MEX: Raúl Estrada; Antonio Azpiri, Armando Frank; José Castellanos, Marcial Ortiz, Antonio Ramos; Luis De la Fuente, 
     Alberto Mendoza (José Gutiérrez), Martí Ventolrá, Octavio Vial, Luis García Cortina.

R: Jacobo de Foinquinos (HON/ESP).


Round 2
[Jul 29]
Costa Rica 1–2 El Salvador
  [José A. Cordero 40'; René Gutiérrez 22', Jorge Méndez 32']

CRC: Manuel Cantillo; Álvaro Bonilla, Pablo Durán; Carlos Garita, Jorge Lozano, Gregorio Morales; 
     Jesús Araya, Alfonso Arnaez, Álvaro Rojas, Jesús Rojas (Mario Garita), Jorge Umaña (José A. Cordero).

SLV: Edmundo Majano; Nspoleón Corvera, Adrián Díaz; Américo González, Miguel Campos, Manuel Cano; 
     René Gutiérrez, Alejandro Contreras, Miguel Deres, Gustavo Donado, Jorge Méndez.

R: Jacobo de Foinquinos (HON/ESP).


Round 3
[Jul 31]
El Salvador 3–5 Mexico
  [Chicas 8', René Gutiérrez 2t, 2t; Octavio Vial 40', Luis García Cortina 1t, José Antonio Hütt 1t, 
   Martí Ventolrá 58', José Gutiérrez 65']

SLV: Edmundo Majano, Napoleón Corvera, Adrián Díaz, Miguel Campos, Manuel Cano, Américo González, 
     Gustavo Donado (Luis Alonso Torres), Jorge Méndez (Granados), René Gutiérrez (Dorito),
     Miguel Deres, Chicas.

MEX: José Moncebáez, Benjamín Alonso, Armando Frank, Antonio Ramos, José Castellanos, Marcial Ortiz 
     (José García Solís 46'), Martí Ventolrá, Felipe Olivares (Luis García Cortina), Octavio Vial, 
     José Gutiérrez, José Antonio Hütt 
     
R: Rivas Cañas


Round 4
[Aug 3]
Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico
  [Alfonso Arnaez 4'; Martí Ventolrá 17']

CRC: Manuel Cantillo; Pablo Durán, Carlos Silva; Carlos Garita, Jorge Rojas, José Luis Rojas; 
     Alfonso Arnaez, Jesús Araya (Eduardo Céspedes), José A. Cordero, Jesús Rojas (Gregorio Morales 35´), 
     Jorge Umaña.

MEX: Raúl Estrada; Benjamín Alonso, Antonio Azpiri; José Castellanos, Marcial Ortiz, Antonio Ramos; 
     Gonzalo Buenhabad (Luis De la Fuente), Alberto Mendoza, Martí Ventolrá, José Antonio Hütt, 
     Luis García Cortina.

R: Smith.

Ejections: Luis García Cortina (MEX) 40'


Round 5
[Aug 5]
Costa Rica 4–1 El Salvador
  [Eduardo Céspedes 17', José A. Cordero 23', 32', Jesús Araya 75'; René Gutiérrez 27']

CRC: Manuel Cantillo; Pablo Durán, Carlos Silva; Jorge Rojas, Carlos Garita (Mario Garita 40'), 
     Gregorio Morales, José A. Cordero, Jesús Araya, Eduardo Céspedes, José Luis Rojas (Mario Riggioni), 
     Fernando Madriz (Anibal Varela). 

SLV: Edmundo Majano; Napoleón Corvera, Adrián Díaz; Américo González, Miguel Campos, Jorge Méndez; 
     René Gutiérrez, Alejandro Contreras, Miguel Deres (Luis Alonso Torres) (Ochoa), Martínez, González.


Round 6
[Aug 6]
El Salvador 2–5 Mexico

SLV: unknown (according to papers of Costa Rica it was a Santa Ana XI).

MEX: José Moncebáez; Antonio Azpiri, Benjamín Alonso; Marcial Ortiz, José Castellanos, ?; Luis De la Fuente, 
     Martí Ventolrá, Octavio Vial, José Gutiérrez, Luis García Cortina.

NB: Other sources indicate that the final score was 2-4.


FINAL TABLE

Costa Rica		4	2	1	1	7	4	5   1.75
Mexico			4	2	1	1	11	7	5   1.57
El Salvador		4	1	0	3	8	15	2


NB: Is not clear which team was the winner, because in that time the goal difference was not a tie breaker
    and there is also no evidence that a playoff match was played; 
    on goal average, Costa Rica would be first.


SQUADS


COSTA RICA

CANTILLO, Manuel			GK		Cartaginés
TORRES, José Alberto			GK		Orión
DURÁN, Pablo				DEF		Gimnástica Española
SILVA, Carlos "Chale"			DEF		Orión
LOZANO, Jorge				DEF		Orión
CAMBRONERO, Mario			DEF
MORALES, Gregorio "Goyo"		MDF		La Libertad
ROJAS, Jorge				MDF		LD Alajuelense
ARAYA, Jesús "Pato"			MDF		Orión
GARITA, Carlos				MDF		Herediano
ROJAS, Jesús "Chiseta"			MDF		Gimnástica Española
GARITA, Mario				MDF		Gimnástica Española
RIGGIONI, Mario				MDF		LD Alajuelense
ARNAEZ, Alfonso "Ardilla"		FWD		Cartaginés
CÉSPEDES, Eduardo			FWD
CORDERO, José A. "Pipa"			FWD		Gimnástica Española
UMAÑA, Jorge				FWD		
BONILLA, Álvaro				FWD		Gimnástica Española
ROJAS, Álvaro				FWD		LD Alajuelense
ROJAS, José Luis "Chime"		FWD		LD Alajuelense
MADRIZ, Fernando			FWD		Universidad
VARELA, Anibal				FWD		Herediano


EL SALVADOR

GUARDADO, Miguel Ángel			GK 		España
MAJANO, Edmundo				GK 		España
CORVERA, Napoleón			DEF
MAIDA, Freddy				DEF 		Juventud
DÍAZ, Adrián				DEF 		Quequeisque
CAMPOS, Miguel Ezequiel			MDF 		Quequeisque
FLORES, Domingo Leonidas		MDF 		Juventud
GONZÁLEZ, José Américo			MDF 		Hercules
LINARES, Julián				MDF 		Juventud
CANO, Manuel				MDF 		Hércules
DONADO, Gustavo				FWD 		España
MÉNDEZ, Jorge René 			FWD 		Quequeisque
GUTIÉRREZ, René				FWD 		Juventud
DERES, Miguel José			FWD		Quequeisque
CONTRERAS, Alejandro			FWD		España
TORRES, Luis Alonso			FWD
ROSALES, Aquilino 			FWD			
TOLEDO VALLE, Antonio 			FWD 		España


MEXICO (Atlante)

MONCEBÁEZ, José				GK		Atlante
ESTRADA, Raúl "Pipiolo"			GK		Atlante
RAMOS, Antonio "Peluche"		DEF		Atlante
FRANK, Armando "Negro"			DEF		América
AZPIRI, Antonio "León de las canchas"	DEF		Necaxa
ALONSO, Benjamín (ESP)			DEF		Atlante
LEÓN, Antonio				DEF		Asturias
BUENHABAD, Gonzalo			DEF		Atlante
GARCÍA SOLÍS, José "Pepino"		MDF		Selección Jalisco
ORTIZ, Marcial "Ranchero"		MDF		Necaxa
OLIVARES, Felipe "Nacha"		MDF		Atlante
CASTELLANOS, José "Pirriacas"		MDF		Selección Jalisco
GUTIËRREZ, José "Margarita"		MDF		Atlante
DE LA FUENTE, Luis "Pirata"		FWD		Marte
VENTOLRÄ, Martí (ESP)			FWD		Atlante
VIAL, Octavio "Pulga"			FWD		América 
GARCÍA CORTINA, Luis "Tití"		FWD		América
MENDOZA, Alberto "Caballo"		FWD		Atlante
HÜTT, José Antonio (CRC)		FWD		Atlante
 

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