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| Nickname(s) | La Tri (Tricolor) | ||
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| Association | Ecuadorian Football Federation (Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol) |
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| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) |
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| Captain | Iván Hurtado | ||
| Most caps | Iván Hurtado (161) | ||
| Top scorer | Agustín Delgado (31) | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador |
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| FIFA code | ECU | ||
| FIFA ranking | 44 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 24 (March 2007) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 76 (June 1995) | ||
| Elo ranking | 33 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 20 (October 1997) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 111 (December 1959) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Bolivia 1 - 1 Ecuador  (Bogota, Colombia; 8 August 1938) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Ecuador 6 - 0 Peru  (Quito, Ecuador; 22 June 1975) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2002) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2006) | ||
| Copa América | |||
| Appearances | 24 (First in 1939) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (1959, 1993) | ||
The Ecuadorian national football team is controlled by the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol and represents Ecuador in international football competitions. It was for a long time one of the weaker teams in CONMEBOL, but it has recently had more success, making their first World Cup qualification in 2002, and qualifying again for the 2006 World Cup in which they made it to the last 16, losing to England.
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History
From a historical viewpoint, Ecuador have been one of the more struggling footballing nations in South America. Despite their past irregularities, however, they have never lacked quality.
Discarding an invitation to participate in the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay, their first participation in a World Cup qualifying campaign was in the 1962 campaign, eventually being well beaten by Argentina over two games. However, the 1966 qualifying campaign pitted the side, regarded as one of the finest teams Ecuador has ever produced, against 1962 hosts and third-place finishers Chile and a weakened Colombia side. Ecuador, featuring stars such as Washington Muñoz, Alberto Spencer, Carlos Raffo, Enrique Raymondi and Jorge Bolaños, forced a play-off in Peru before being eliminated by Chile. Other talented players to have represented Ecuador include Jose Villafuerte in the 1970s and 1980s.
The 1998 World Cup qualifiers saw the format for qualifying in CONMEBOL changed to a league home-and-away system. This difference made a huge impact on Ecuador's performance as they clinched several important home wins during the campaign. At the end, they achieved a very respectable 6th place finish, just under Chile and Colombia who eventually qualified. The campaign also marked the emergence of several players, such as Agustin Delgado, Alex Aguinaga, Ivan Hurtado, Ulises de la Cruz and Ivan Kaviedes, who would set the stage for Ecuador's achievements in the next decade.
This remained the closest they had come to appearing in a finals until the qualification tournament for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan. Led by Colombian born manager Hernán Darío Bolillo Gómez, they finished second to Argentina, and one point ahead of Brazil who went on to win the World Cup. Agustin Delgado, with 9 goals, finished joint top scorer in qualifying with Hernán Crespo of Argentina. They were drawn in Group G with Italy, Mexico and Croatia. Although they were knocked out at the group stage, they achieved a 1-0 victory over Croatia, who had come third at the previous edition of the World Cup.
A disappointing showing at the 2004 Copa América in Peru led to the resignation of Gómez, who was replaced by another Colombian, Luis Fernando Suárez. He led them successfully through the latter stages of the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, finishing third to make the finals. In Germany, they were drawn into Group A with the hosts, Poland, and Costa Rica. Wins over Poland and Costa Rica earned La Tri qualification to the knockout stages for the first time.
Another disappointing showing at yet another Copa America in 2007 and three successive defeats in the beginning of the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign led to the end of Suarez's time in the national team. He was replaced in 2008 for Sixto Vizuete, who had previously gained recognition for winning the 2007 Pan American Games with the U-18s. Vizuete became one of the few Ecuadorians to coach the U-23 national team, and senior team, but Ecuador finished the qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in 6th place, sadly being eliminated from the finals for the first time since 1998.
Their best finish in Copa América was fourth in 1993 (they also finished fourth in the 'extra' South American Championship in 1959), and are one of three South American nations who have never won the continental tournament, the other two being Chile and Venezuela.
FIFA World Cup record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1930 to 1938 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1950 | Withdrew | |||||||
| 1954 to 1958 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1962 to 1998 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2002 | Round 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | Round 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 2/18 | 12th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Korea - Japan 2002
Ecuador qualified for their first FIFA World Cup by finishing second in the CONMEBOL qualification tournament, finishing ahead of Brazil. Ecuador were drawn into Group G, alongside Mexico, Italy, and Croatia.
Ecuador made a losing World Cup debut against worldpowers Italy, falling 2-0 by courtesy of a Christian Vieri double. Their next match against Mexico went better, but ended in a 2-1 defeat for the Ecuadorians. Agustin Delgado put them ahead, but goals from Jared Borgetti and Gerardo Torrado canceled the early strike and effectively eliminated them from the tournament. A second-half goal from Edison Mendez did seal a 1-0 consolation win in the final match against Croatia. They finished the tournament last in their group.
- 3 June 2002 Italy - Ecuador 2-0
- 8 June 2002 Ecuador - Mexico 1-2 (Delgado)
- 13 June 2002 Ecuador - Croatia 1-0 (Méndez)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Mexico |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
 Italy |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
 Croatia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| Ecuador |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
Germany 2006
Ecuador qualified for their second FIFA World Cup by finishing third in the CONMEBOL qualification tournament. They were drawn into Group A, alongside hosts Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica.
Ecuador won 2-0 against Poland in their first game in Gelsenkirchen, with goals from Carlos Tenorio and Agustín Delgado. They then beat Costa Rica 3-0 in Hamburg with goals coming from Carlos Tenorio, Agustín Delgado, and Iván Kaviedes. The win advanced them to the next round. Their qualification complete, they rested key players against the hosts Germany and were beaten 3-0. Ecuador finished second in Group A behind Germany and faced England in the second round. A second half free kick from David Beckham was the only goal of the game, which eliminated Ecuador from the World Cup.
- 9 June 2006 Poland 0 - 2 Ecuador (Tenorio, Delgado)
- 15 June 2006 Ecuador 3 - 0 Costa Rica (Delgado, Tenorio, Kaviedes)
- 20 June 2006 Ecuador 0 - 3 Germany
- 25 June 2006 England 1 - 0 Ecuador
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Ecuador |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
 Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
 Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
List of goalscorers in World Cups
| Player | Goal(s) | Year(s) |
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| Agustín Delgado | 3 | 2002, 2006 |
| Carlos Tenorio | 2 | 2006 |
| Edison Méndez | 1 | 2002 |
| Iván Kaviedes | 1 | 2006 |
Copa América record
Pan American Games record
Minor tournaments
- 1995 Korean Cup - Winners
- 1999 Canada Cup - Winners
Managers
| Name | From | To | GP | GW | GD | GL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Ramón Unamuno |
1938 | 1939 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 3 |
| Juan Parodi |
1941 | 1942 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 0 |
| Rodolfo Orlandini |
1945 | 1947 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 1 |
| Ramón Unamuno |
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 José Planas |
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| Gregorio Esperón |
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| José María Jiménez |
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 Juan López |
1959 | 1963 | |||||||
| Fausto Montalván |
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| José María Rodríguez |
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 José Gómez Nogueira |
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| Roberto Resquín |
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| Roque Máspoli |
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| Ernesto Guerra Galarza |
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| Juan Eduardo Hohberg |
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| Antoninho Ferreyra |
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 Dušan Drašković |
1988-04-01 | 1993-09-20 | 56 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 65 | 63 | 68 |
| Carlos Torres Garcés |
1993 | 1994 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Carlos Ron |
1994-08-17 | 1994-09-21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Francisco Maturana |
1995-05-24 | 1997 | 42 | ||||||
| Luis Fernando Suárez |
1998 | 1998 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Polo Carrera |
1998-10-14 | 1998-10-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Carlos Sevilla |
1999-01-20 | 1999-07-20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 |
| Hernán Darío Gómez |
1999-10-12 | 2004-07-20 | 64 | ||||||
| Luis Fernando Suárez |
August 1, 2004 | November 17, 2007 | 52 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 63 | 79 | 60 |
| Sixto Vizuete |
November 18, 2007 | October 15, 2009 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 29 |
Current team status
Ecuador participated in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
2010 FIFA World Cup
Qualification Standings
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Qualification:
- Ecuador did not qualifiy for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Recent results
World Cup qualifiers
- See also: Ecuador national team World Cup qualifier games 2008 results.
- See also: Ecuador national team World Cup qualifier games 2009 results.
Friendlies
- Last game: Ecuador 0 – 0
Jamaica - East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States - August 12, 2009 - Next game: TBD
- See also: Ecuador national team friendly games 2008 results.
- See also: Ecuador national team friendly games 2009 results.
Players
Current squad
The following 25 players were called up for FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Chile.[1][2]
Recent call-up
The following players have been recently called up in the past year.
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Previous squads
See also
Notes and references
External links
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