Ecuador

Nickname(s)	La Tri (Tricolor)
Association	Ecuadorian Football Federation (Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Captain	Iván Hurtado
Most caps	Iván Hurtado (161)
Top scorer	Agustín Delgado (31)
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador
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)
Principal colours Alternate colours
First international
Bolivia 1 - 1 Ecuador (Bogota, Colombia; 8 August 1938)
Biggest win
Ecuador 6 - 0 Peru  (Quito, Ecuador; 22 June 1975)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942)
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 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.

Contents 1 History 2 FIFA World Cup record 2.1 Korea - Japan 2002 2.2 Germany 2006 2.3 List of goalscorers in World Cups 3 Copa América record 4 Pan American Games record 5 Minor tournaments 6 Managers 7 Current team status 7.1 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings 8 Recent results 8.1 World Cup qualifiers 8.2 Friendlies 9 Players 9.1 Current squad 9.2 Recent call-up 10 Previous squads 11 See also 12 Notes and references 13 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
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

[edit] 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.

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 (Méndez)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

[edit] 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.

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

[edit] List of goalscorers in World Cups

Player	Goal(s)	Year(s)
Agustín Delgado	3	2002, 2006
Carlos Tenorio	2	2006
Edison Méndez	1	2002
Iván Kaviedes	1	2006

[edit] Copa América record

1916 to 1937 - Did not enter 1939 - Fifth place 1941 - Fifth place 1942 - Seventh place 1945 - Seventh place 1946 - Withdrew 1947 - Sixth place 1949 - Seventh place 1953 - Sixth place 1955 - Seventh place 1956 - Withdrew 1957 - Seventh place 1959 - Withdrew 1959 - Fourth place 1963 - Sixth place

1967 - Did not qualify 1975 - Round 1 1979 - Round 1 1983 - Round 1 1987 - Round 1 1989 - Round 1 1991 - Round 1 1993 - Fourth place 1995 - Round 1 1997 - Quarterfinals 1999 - Round 1 2001 - Round 1 2004 - Round 1 2007 - Round 1

[edit] Pan American Games record

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

[edit] Minor tournaments

• 1995 Korean Cup - Winners
• 1999 Canada Cup - Winners

[edit] Managers

Name	From	To	GP	GW	GD	GL	GF	GA	Pts
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
José Planas
Gregorio Esperón
José María Jiménez
Juan López	1959	1963
Fausto Montalván
José María Rodríguez
José Gómez Nogueira
Roberto Resquín
Roque Máspoli
Ernesto Guerra Galarza
Juan Eduardo Hohberg
Antoninho Ferreyra
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

[edit] Current team status

Ecuador participated in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup
Qualification Standings

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34  Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33  Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33  Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28  Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24  Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23  Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23  Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22  Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15  Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13   Argentina  – 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 Bolivia  6–1 – 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 Brazil  0–0 0–0 – 4–2 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 Chile  1–0 4–0 0–3 – 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 Colombia  2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 – 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Ecuador  2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 – 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–1 Paraguay  1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 5–1 – 1–0 1–0 2–0 Peru  1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 – 1–0 1–0 Uruguay  0–1 5–0 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela  0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 –

Qualification:

• Ecuador did not qualifiy for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Recent results

[edit] World Cup qualifiers

• Last game:  Ecuador 0 – 1  Chile - Santiago, Chile - October 14, 2009.

• See also: Ecuador national team World Cup qualifier games 2008 results.
• See also: Ecuador national team World Cup qualifier games 2009 results.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following 25 players were called up for FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Chile.^[1][2]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK José Francisco Cevallos April 17, 1971 (1971-04-17) (age 38) 89 0 LDU Quito 12 GK Marcelo Elizaga April 19, 1972 (1972-04-19) (age 37) 13 0 Emelec GK Cristian Mora August 26, 1979 (1979-08-26) (age 30) 20 0 El Nacional 4 DF Paúl Ambrosi October 14, 1980 (1980-10-14) (age 29) 35 0 Rosario Central DF Giovanny Espinoza April 12, 1977 (1977-04-12) (age 32) 88 3 Birmingham City DF Marcelo Fleitas September 1, 1973 (1973-09-01) (age 36) 3 0 Emelec 2 DF Jorge Guagua September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 28) 35 2 El Nacional 3 DF Iván Hurtado August 16, 1974 (1974-08-16) (age 35) 163 5 Deportivo Quito 6 DF Miguel Ibarra September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08) (age 25) 2 0 ESPOLI DF José Luis Perlaza October 6, 1981 (1981-10-06) (age 28) 4 0 Barcelona 18 DF Néicer Reasco July 23, 1977 (1977-07-23) (age 32) 48 0 LDU Quito 15 MF Walter Ayoví August 11, 1979 (1979-08-11) (age 30) 47 5 Monterrey 14 MF Segundo Castillo May 15, 1982 (1982-05-15) (age 27) 45 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 MF Fernando Hidalgo May 20, 1985 (1985-05-20) (age 24) 10 0 Barcelona 10 MF Christian Lara April 27, 1980 (1980-04-27) (age 29) 28 4 LDU Quito 8 MF Edison Méndez May 16, 1979 (1979-05-16) (age 30) 90 15 LDU Quito 13 MF Jefferson Montero September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) (age 20) 9 2 Villarreal B MF Christian Noboa April 9, 1985 (1985-04-09) (age 24) 7 2 Rubin Kazan MF David Quiroz September 8, 1982 (1982-09-08) (age 27) 19 0 Emelec 16 MF Antonio Valencia August 4, 1985 (1985-08-04) (age 24) 41 5 Manchester United 11 FW Christian Benítez May 1, 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 23) 30 10 Birmingham City FW Felipe Caicedo September 5, 1988 (1988-09-05) (age 21) 26 3 Sporting 10 FW Michael Quiñónez June 21, 1984 (1984-06-21) (age 25) 1 0 El Nacional 17 FW Joao Rojas June 14, 1989 (1989-06-14) (age 20) 3 0 Emelec FW Carlos Tenorio May 14, 1979 (1979-05-14) (age 30) 51 11 Al-Nasr 9 FW Edmundo Zura January 12, 1983 (1983-01-12) (age 26) 11 1 El Nacional

[edit] Recent call-up

The following players have been recently called up in the past year.

Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Máximo Banguera December 16, 1985 (1985-12-16) (age 23) 2 0 Barcelona v. Argentina; June 10, 2009 GK Manuel Mendoza June 19, 1989 (1989-06-19) (age 20) 0 0 LDU Portoviejo v. England U-21; February 10, 2009 DF Óscar Bagüí December 10, 1982 (1982-12-10) (age 26) 17 0 Barcelona v. Venezuela; October 15, 2008 DF Jairo Campos July 18, 1984 (1984-07-18) (age 25) 9 0 LDU Quito v. Argentina; June 10, 2009 DF Carlos Castro September 24, 1978 (1978-09-24) (age 31) 4 Barcelona v. Venezuela; October 15, 2008 DF Luis Checa December 21, 1983 (1983-12-21) (age 25) 3 0 Deportivo Quito v. Oman; December 19, 2008 DF Franklin Corozo February 15, 1981 (1981-02-15) (age 28) 2 Deportivo Quito v. Oman; December 19, 2008 DF Enrique Gámez July 13, 1981 (1981-07-13) (age 28) 1 Macará v. Oman; December 19, 2008 DF Erik de Jesús November 8, 1982 (1982-11-08) (age 27) 10 El Nacional v. Mexico; November 12, 2008 DF Omar de Jesús February 29, 1976 (1976-02-29) (age 33) 17 0 Barcelona v. Venezuela; October 15, 2008 DF Segundo Matamba May 15, 1976 (1976-05-15) (age 33) Barcelona v. England U-21; February 10, 2009 DF Deison Méndez October 27, 1990 (1990-10-27) (age 19) 1 0 ESPOLI v. El Salvador; May 27, 2009 DF Isaac Mina October 17, 1980 (1980-10-17) (age 29) 12 2 Deportivo Quito v. Jamaica; August 12, 2009 DF Geovanny Nazareno January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 21) 1 0 Barcelona v. Mexico; November 12, 2008 MF Luís Bolaños March 3, 1985 (1985-03-03) (age 24) 11 0 Internacional v. Mexico; November 12, 2008 MF José Luis Cortez November 21, 1979 (1979-11-21) (age 29) 8 0 Deportivo Quito v. Venezuela; October 15, 2008 MF Ángel Escobar March 20, 1981 (1981-03-20) (age 28) 2 0 Deportivo Quito v. Oman; December 19, 2008 MF Fabricio Guevara May 16, 1985 (1985-05-16) (age 24) El Nacional v. Oman; December 19, 2008 MF Fidel Martínez February 15, 1990 (1990-02-15) (age 19) 2 1 Cruzeiro v. Oman; December 19; 2008 MF Hólger Matamoros January 4, 1985 (1985-01-04) (age 24) 1 0 Deportivo Cuenca v. Jamaica; August 12, 2009 MF Oswaldo Minda July 26, 1983 (1983-07-26) (age 26) 2 0 Deportivo Quito v. Iran; December 18, 2008 MF Jefferson Pinto March 23, 1990 (1990-03-23) (age 19) 1 0 Emelec v. Iran; December 18, 2008 MF Pedro Quiñónez March 4, 1986 (1986-03-04) (age 23) 2 0 Santos Laguna v. Argentina; June 10, 2009 MF Luis Saritama October 20, 1983 (1983-10-20) (age 26) 19 0 Deportivo Quito v. Mexico; November 12, 2008 MF Patricio Urrutia October 15, 1978 (1978-10-15) (age 31) 27 3 Fluminense v. Paraguay; April 1, 2009 FW Félix Borja April 2, 1983 (1983-04-02) (age 26) 21 3 FSV Mainz v. England U-21; February 10, 2009 FW Walter Calderón October 17, 1977 (1977-10-17) (age 32) 11 0 LDU Quito v. Paraguay; April 1, 2009 FW Joffre Guerrón April 28, 1985 (1985-04-28) (age 24) 15 0 Cruzeiro v. Argentina; June 10, 2009 FW Narciso Mina November 25, 1982 (1982-11-25) (age 26) 3 0 Huracán v. Iran; December 18, 2008 FW Pablo Palacios February 5, 1982 (1982-02-05) (age 27) 12 1 Barcelona v. Colombia; September 5, 2009

[edit] Previous squads

• 2002 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2004 Copa América squad
• 2006 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2007 Copa América squad

[edit] See also

• Ecuador women's national football team
• Ecuador national under-20 football team

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Ecuador FA
• Video
• Futbol Ecuador
• Canada Cup Champion

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