Ecuador

Nickname(s)	La Tri (Tricolor)
Association	Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Sixto Vizuete
Captain	Iván Hurtado
Most caps	Iván Hurtado (151)
Top scorer	Agustín Delgado (31)
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador
FIFA code	ECU
FIFA ranking	52
Highest FIFA ranking	24 (March 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	76 (June 1995)
Elo ranking	41
Highest Elo ranking	20 (October 1997)
Lowest Elo ranking	111 (December 1959)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Bolivia 1 - 1 Ecuador (Bogota, Colombia; 8 August 1938) (1938 Bolivarian Games)
Biggest win
Ecuador 6 - 0 Peru  (Quito, Ecuador; 22 June 1975) (Friendly)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) (1942 South American Championship)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2002)
Best result	Round 2 (2006)
Copa América
Appearances	24 (First in 1939)
Best result	Fourth place (1959, 1993)

The Ecuador national football team is the national team of Ecuador and is governed by the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. 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 the last 16, losing to England.

History

Although without any major tournament achievements until the current millennium, Ecuador was never short of footballing talent.

They first participated in qualifying in the 1962 campaign but were 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. 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.

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 in which 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. Álex Aguinaga, Iván Kaviedes, Iván Hurtado and Ulises de la Cruz were other stars of the Ecuadorian campaign, led by Colombian born manager Hernán Darío Bolillo Gómez. 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 lead 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 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign led to the end of Suarez time in the national team. He was replaced in 2008 for Sixto Vizuete, who became one of the few Ecuadorians to ever coach the national side.

Their best finish in Copa América was fourth in 1993 (they also finished fourth in the 'extra' South American Championship in 1959).

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1938 - Did not enter
• 1950 - Withdrew
• 1954 - Did not enter
• 1958 - Did not enter
• 1962 to 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2006 - Round 2

World Cup Games

Korea - Japan 2002

Ecuador was placed in Group G, alongside Mexico, Italy and Croatia.

1. 3 June 2002 Italy - Ecuador 2-0
2. 8 June 2002 Ecuador - Mexico 1-2 (Delgado)
3. 13 June 2002 Ecuador - Croatia 1-0 (Mendez)

Germany 2006

Ecuador was placed in Group A, alongside Germany, Poland and Costa Rica.

1. 9 June 2006 Poland 0 - 2 Ecuador (Tenorio, Delgado)
2. 15 June 2006 Ecuador 3 - 0 Costa Rica (Delgado, Tenorio, Kaviedes)
3. 20 June 2006 Ecuador 0 - 3 Germany
4. 25 June 2006 England 1 - 0 Ecuador

Copa América record

Pan American Games record

• 1951 to 1991 - Did not compete
• 1995 - Round 1
• 1999 to 2003 - Did not compete
• 2007 - Champions

Competitive record

World Cup record Year Round GP W D L GS GA 2002 Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 2006 Round 2 4 2 0 2 5 4 Total 2/18 7 3 0 4 7 8 2006 FIFA World Cup Ecuador qualified for the second time to a FIFA World Cup by finishing third in the CONMEBOL qualification tournament. They were drawn in 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 Agustin Delgado sealing the win. They then beat Costa Rica 3-0 in Hamburg, thus securing their qualification to the next round, the goals coming from Carlos Tenorio, Agustin Delgado, and Ivan Kaviedes. Their qualification complete, they rested key players against the hosts Germany and were beaten 3-0. Ecuador thus took second place 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, and Ecuador were eliminated 1-0. Recent results Category Home Team Result Away Team Date Venue Scorers World Cup qualifier Ecuador 3-1  Bolivia Sep 6, 2008 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador: Caicedo 21'; Méndez 51' (pen); Benitez 72' Bolivia: Botero 40' Friendly  Colombia 0-1 Ecuador Aug 20, 2008 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Ecuador: Benítez 38' World Cup qualifier Ecuador 0-0  Colombia Jun 18, 2008 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador World Cup qualifier  Argentina 1-1 Ecuador Jun 15, 2008 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Ecuador: Urrutia 68' Argentina: Palacio 90'+4' Friendly  France 2-0 Ecuador May 27, 2008 Stade des Alpes, Grenoble, France France: Gomis 60', 86' Friendly Ecuador 3-1  Haiti Mar 26, 2008 Estadio La Cocha, Latacunga, Ecuador Ecuador: Castillo 45'; Ayoví 59'; Tenorio 61' Haiti: Charles 5' World Cup qualifier Ecuador 5-1  Peru Nov 21, 2007 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador: Ayoví 10', 48'; Kaviedes 24'; Méndez 44', 62' Peru: Mendoza 86' World Cup qualifier  Paraguay 5-1 Ecuador Nov 17, 2007 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Ecuador: Kaviedes 80' Paraguay: Valdez 8'; Riveros 26', 87'; Santa Cruz 50'; Ayala 82' World Cup qualifier  Brazil 5-0 Ecuador Oct 17, 2007 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil: Vagner Love 18'; Ronaldinho 71',; Kaká 76', 84'; Elano 82' World Cup qualifier Ecuador 0-1  Venezuela Oct 13, 2007 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Venezuela: Rey 68' Friendly  Honduras 2-1 Ecuador Sep 12, 2007 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Ecuador: Guagua 87' (pen) Honduras: de León 75', Suazo 81' Current squad The following players were called for the World Cup qualifying matches against Bolivia & Uruguay on September 6 & September 10, respectively (numbers are based from the last game played). [1] No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK José Francisco Cevallos April 17, 1971 (1971-04-17) (age 37) 81 0 LDU Quito 2 DF Carlos Castro September 24, 1978 (1978-09-24) (age 29) 7 0 Barcelona 3 DF Iván Hurtado C August 16, 1974 (1974-08-16) (age 34) 152 5 Millonarios 4 DF Omar de Jesús February 29, 1976 (1976-02-29) (age 32) 4 0 Barcelona 5 MF Patricio Urrutia October 15, 1978 (1978-10-15) (age 29) 23 3 LDU Quito 6 DF Paúl Ambrosi October 14, 1980 (1980-10-14) (age 27) 33 0 LDU Quito 7 MF Luís Bolaños March 3, 1985 (1985-03-03) (age 23) 7 0 LDU Quito 8 MF Edison Méndez May 16, 1979 (1979-05-16) (age 29) 82 14 PSV Eindhoven 9 FW Félix Borja April 2, 1983 (1983-04-02) (age 25) 20 3 FSV Mainz 10 FW Felipe Caicedo September 5, 1988 (1988-09-05) (age 20) 21 3 Manchester City 11 FW Cristian Benítez May 1, 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 22) 25 8 Santos Laguna 12 GK Marcelo Elizaga April 19, 1972 (1972-04-19) (age 36) 9 0 Emelec 13 FW Pablo Palacios February 5, 1982 (1982-02-05) (age 26) 5 0 Barcelona 14 MF Segundo Castillo May 15, 1982 (1982-05-15) (age 26) 35 2 Everton F.C. 15 MF Walter Ayoví August 11, 1979 (1979-08-11) (age 29) 36 4 El Nacional 16 FW Joffre Guerrón April 28, 1985 (1985-04-28) (age 23) 8 0 Getafe CF 17 DF Giovanny Espinoza April 12, 1977 (1977-04-12) (age 31) 80 3 Cruzeiro 18 DF Neicer Reasco July 23, 1977 (1977-07-23) (age 31) 42 0 LDU Quito GK Máximo Banguera December 16, 1985 (1985-12-16) (age 22) 1 0 ESPOLI DF Jorge Guagua September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 26) 28 2 Barcelona DF Isaac Mina October 17, 1980 (1980-10-17) (age 27) 4 0 Deportivo Quito MF José Luis Cortez November 21, 1979 (1979-11-21) (age 28) 6 0 Deportivo Quito MF Luis Antonio Valencia August 4, 1985 (1985-08-04) (age 23) 33 4 Wigan Athletic MF Fernando Hidalgo May 20, 1985 (1985-05-20) (age 23) 2 0 Barcelona Recent call-up The following players have also been called up to the Ecuador squad. Goalkeepers Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up Edwin Villafuerte March 12, 1979 Olmedo 16 (0) v. Peru, November 21, 2007 Daniel Viteri December 12, 1981 LDU Quito  ? (?) v. Brazil, October 17, 2007 Defenders Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up Gabriel Achilier March 24, 1985 Deportivo Azogues 1(0) v. France, May 27, 2008 Erik de Jesús November 8, 1982 El Nacional  ? (?) v. Haiti, March 26, 2008 Jairo Montaño July 9, 1979 Barcelona  ? (?) v. Peru, November 21, 2007 Jairo Campos August 9, 1984 LDU Quito  ? (?) v. Paraguay, November 17, 2007 Óscar Bagüí February 10, 1983 Barcelona 9 (0) v. Paraguay, November 17, 2007 Strikers Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up Luis Saritama October 20, 1983 Deportivo Quito  ? (?) v. France, May 27, 2008 Iván Kaviedes November 24, 1977 LDU Quito  ? (?) v. Peru, November 21, 2007 Ebelio Ordoñez November 3, 1972 El Nacional  ? (?) v. Paraguay, November 17, 2007 Edmundo Zura January 12, 1983 Newcastle United Jets  ? (?) v. Honduras, 12 September 2007 Current team status Ecuador is currently participating in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Paraguay 7 4 2 1 14 6 +8 14  Argentina 7 3 3 1 10 4 +6 12  Uruguay 7 3 2 2 16 6 +10 11  Colombia 7 2 4 1 4 3 +1 10  Chile 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10  Brazil 6 2 3 1 8 4 +4 9  Ecuador 7 2 2 3 10 14 −4 8  Venezuela 7 2 1 4 9 11 −2 7  Peru 7 1 3 3 4 15 −11 6  Bolivia 7 1 1 5 8 20 −12 4   Argentina  – 3–0 R15 2–0 R13 1–1 1–1 R17 R9 R11 Bolivia  R12 – R17 0–2 0–0 R16 4–2 R9 R10 R13 Brazil  0–0 R8 – R16 R10 5–0 R14 R12 2–1 R18 Chile  R10 R14 R7 – R8 R18 0–3 2–0 R12 R15 Colombia  2–1 R11 0–0 R17 – R15 R9 R14 0–1 1–0 Ecuador  R14 3–1 R11 R9 0–0 – R12 5–1 R17 0–1 Paraguay  R16 R15 2–0 R13 R18 5–1 – R10 1–0 R8 Peru  R8 R18 1–1 R11 1–1 R13 0–0 – R15 1–0 Uruguay  R18 5–0 R13 2–2 R16 R8 R11 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela  0–2 5–3 R9 2–3 R12 R10 R17 R16 R14 – Famous past players This is a list of famous or notable sports persons with no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria, and as such should not be treated as encylopedic. 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Please do not remove this message until the section contains only verifiable material Álex Aguinaga Alberto Spencer Agustín Delgado Luis Capurro Ulises De la Cruz Eduardo Hurtado Vicente Lecaro Holger Quiñonez Carlos Muñoz Gilson Da Souza Edwin Tenorio Jacinto Espinoza Ariel Graziani Geovanny Ibarra Raul Noriega Alfonso Obregon Carlos Raffo Otilino Tenorio Carlos Alberto Juárez Previous squads 2002 FIFA World Cup squad 2004 Copa América squad 2006 FIFA World Cup squad 2007 Copa América squad List of goalscorers in World Cups Player Goals Year Agustin Delgado 3 2002-2006 Carlos Tenorio 2 2006 Edison Mendez 1 2002 Ivan Kaviedes 1 2006 See also Ecuador women's national football team Notes and references External links Ecuador FA Video Futbol Ecuador International football v • d • e FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup  Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | Minor Tournaments World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Competitions | Organizations | Codes      Asia: