Ecuador national football team

 Ecuador

Nickname(s)	La Tri (Tricolor)
Association	Ecuadorian Football Federation (Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Iván Hurtado
Most caps	Iván Hurtado (164)
Top scorer	Agustín Delgado (31)
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito, Ecuador
FIFA code	ECU
FIFA ranking	58
Highest FIFA ranking	24 (March 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	76 (June 1995)
Elo ranking	T 38
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 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Competitive record 2.1 FIFA World Cup record 2.2 Copa América record 2.3 Pan American Games record 2.4 Minor tournaments 3 Current team status 3.1 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification standings 3.2 Recent results 4 Players 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Recent call-up 4.3 Player records 4.4 Previous squads 5 Managers 6 Notes and references 7 See also 8 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 Peru and Chile (which qualified by goal differential). 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] Competitive record

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	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 of 16	12	4	2	0	2	5	4
2010	Did not qualify
Total	2/18	12	7	3	0	4	7	8

[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] 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

• Last game:  Korea Republic 2 – 0  Ecuador, Seoul, South Korea - May 16, 2010
• Next game: TBD
• See also: Ecuador national team friendly games 2010 results.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following 18 players were called up for the friendly matches against Mexico and South Korea on May 7 and 16 respectively.^[1][2]

Caps and goals updated as May 5, 2010

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Marcelo Elizaga April 19, 1972 (1972-04-19) (age 38) 15 0 Emelec GK Alexander Domínguez June 5, 1987 (1987-06-05) (age 23) 0 0 LDU Quito 4 DF Ulises de la Cruz February 8, 1974 (1974-02-08) (age 36) 102 6 LDU Quito 6 DF Marcelo Fleitas September 1, 1973 (1973-09-01) (age 36) 5 0 Emelec 3 DF Iván Hurtado (captain) August 16, 1974 (1974-08-16) (age 35) 168 5 Deportivo Quito DF Jefferson Hurtado August 2, 1987 (1987-08-02) (age 22) 0 0 Barcelona 2 DF Miguel Ibarra September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08) (age 25) 4 0 Universidad Católica 11 DF Geovanny Nazareno January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 22) 3 0 Barcelona 7 MF Michael Arroyo April 23, 1987 (1987-04-23) (age 23) 2 0 San Luis 8 MF Fernando Hidalgo May 20, 1985 (1985-05-20) (age 25) 13 0 Barcelona 5 MF Oswaldo Minda July 26, 1983 (1983-07-26) (age 27) 4 0 Deportivo Quito 18 MF Michael Quiñónez June 21, 1984 (1984-06-21) (age 26) 3 0 El Nacional 15 MF Pedro Quiñónez March 4, 1986 (1986-03-04) (age 24) 5 0 Emelec MF Giancarlos Ramos April 2, 1978 (1978-04-02) (age 32) 0 0 Deportivo Cuenca MF Edder Vaca December 25, 1985 (1985-12-25) (age 24) 2 0 Independiente José Terán 10 FW Iván Kaviedes October 24, 1977 (1977-10-24) (age 32) 55 17 Macará 13 FW Édison Preciado April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18) (age 24) 2 0 El Nacional 9 FW Joao Rojas June 14, 1989 (1989-06-14) (age 21) 5 0 Emelec

[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 José Francisco Cevallos April 17, 1971 (1971-04-17) (age 39) 89 0 LDU Quito v. Chile; October 14, 2009 GK Cristian Mora August 26, 1979 (1979-08-26) (age 30) 20 0 Universidad Católica v. Chile; October 14, 2009 DF Jorge Guagua September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 28) 35 2 LDU Quito v. Chile; October 14, 2009 DF Néicer Reasco July 23, 1977 (1977-07-23) (age 33) 48 0 LDU Quito v. Chile; October 14, 2009 DF Paúl Ambrosi October 14, 1980 (1980-10-14) (age 29) 35 0 Rosario Central v. Chile; October 14, 2009 DF José Luis Perlaza October 6, 1981 (1981-10-06) (age 28) 4 0 Barcelona v. Chile; October 14, 2009 DF Giovanny Espinoza April 12, 1977 (1977-04-12) (age 33) 88 3 Unión Española v. Uruguay; October 10, 2009 DF Isaac Mina October 17, 1980 (1980-10-17) (age 29) 12 2 Deportivo Quito v. Jamaica; August 12, 2009 MF Walter Ayoví August 11, 1979 (1979-08-11) (age 30) 47 5 Monterrey v. Chile; October 14, 2009 MF Segundo Castillo May 15, 1982 (1982-05-15) (age 28) 45 2 Deportivo Quito v. Chile; October 14, 2009 MF Christian Lara April 27, 1980 (1980-04-27) (age 30) 28 4 LDU Quito v. Chile; October 14, 2009 MF Édison Méndez May 16, 1979 (1979-05-16) (age 31) 90 15 Atlético Mineiro v. Chile; October 14, 2009 MF Jefferson Montero September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) (age 20) 9 2 Villarreal B v. Chile; October 14, 2009 MF Christian Noboa April 9, 1985 (1985-04-09) (age 25) 7 2 Rubin Kazan v. Uruguay; October 10, 2009 MF Antonio Valencia August 4, 1985 (1985-08-04) (age 24) 41 5 Manchester United v. Uruguay; October 10, 2009 MF David Quiroz September 8, 1982 (1982-09-08) (age 27) 19 0 Emelec v. Uruguay; October 10, 2009 MF Hólger Matamoros January 4, 1985 (1985-01-04) (age 25) 1 0 Deportivo Cuenca v. Jamaica; August 12, 2009 FW Christian Benítez May 1, 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 24) 30 10 Santos Laguna v. Chile; October 14, 2009 FW Edmundo Zura January 12, 1983 (1983-01-12) (age 27) 11 1 El Nacional v. Chile; October 14, 2009 FW Felipe Caicedo September 5, 1988 (1988-09-05) (age 21) 26 3 Málaga v. Uruguay; October 10, 2009 FW Pablo Palacios February 5, 1982 (1982-02-05) (age 28) 12 1 Barcelona v. Colombia; September 5, 2009 FW Carlos Tenorio May 14, 1979 (1979-05-14) (age 31) 51 12 Al-Nasr v. Colombia; September 5, 2009

[edit] Player records

Most caps[3] Pos Player Career Caps 1 Iván Hurtado 1992– 167 2 Álex Aguinaga 1987–2004 109 3 Ulises de la Cruz 1995– 101 4 Luis Capurro 1985–2003 100 5 Édison Méndez 2000– 92 6 Giovanny Espinoza 2000– 89 7 José Francisco Cevallos 1994– 88 8 Cléber Chalá 1992–2004 86 9 Edwin Tenorio 1998–2007 78 10 Ángel Fernández 1991–2004 77 As of May 16, 2010.

Top goalscorers[4] Pos Player Career Goals 1 Agustín Delgado 1994–2006 31 2 Eduardo Hurtado 1992–2000 26 3 Álex Aguinaga 1987–2004 23 4 Iván Kaviedes 1998– 16 5 Raúl Avilés 1987–2003 16 6 Ariel Graziani 1997–2000 15 Édison Méndez 2000– 15 8 Ángel Fernández 1991–2002 12 Carlos Tenorio 2001– 12 10 Carlos Alberto Raffo 1959–1963 10 As of May 16, 2010.

[edit] Previous squads

Copa América 1991 Copa América squad 1993 Copa América squad 1995 Copa América squad 1997 Copa América squad 1999 Copa América squad 2001 Copa América squad 2004 Copa América squad 2007 Copa América squad

FIFA World Cup 2002 FIFA World Cup squad 2006 FIFA World Cup squad

[edit] Managers

Manager	Career	GP	W	D	L
Enrique Lamas	August 8, 1938–August 22, 1938	5	1	1	3
Ramón Unamuno	January 15, 1939–February 12, 1939	4	0	0	4
Juan Parodi	February 2, 1941–February 5, 1942	10	0	0	10
Rodolfo Orlandini	January 14, 1945–February 21, 1945	6	0	1	5
Ramón Unamuno	November 30, 1947–December 29, 1947	7	0	3	4
José Planas	April 3, 1949–May 3, 1949	7	1	0	6
Gregorio Esperón	February 28, 1953–March 23, 1953	6	0	2	4
José María Díaz Granados	February 27, 1955–March 23, 1955	5	0	0	5
Eduardo Spandre	March 7, 1957–April 1, 1957	6	0	1	5
Juan López	December 6, 1959–December 17, 1960	7	1	1	5
Fausto Montalván	March 10, 1963–March 31, 1963	6	1	2	3
José María Rodríguez	July 20, 1965–October 12, 1965	5	2	1	2
Fausto Montalván	December 21, 1966–December 28, 1966	2	0	1	1
José Gomes Nogueira	June 22, 1969–August 3, 1969	5	1	1	3
Ernesto Guerra	April 29, 1970–May 24, 1970	2	0	0	2
Jorge Lazo	June 11, 1972–June 21, 1972	4	0	1	3
Roberto Resquín	February 18, 1973–July 8, 1973	10	1	6	3
Roque Máspoli	June 22, 1975–March 20, 1977	19	5	4	10
Héctor Morales	June 13, 1979–September 16, 1979	8	3	1	4
Otto Vieira	January 27, 1981–February 14, 1981	2	0	0	2
Juan Eduardo Hohberg	May 17, 1981–June 14, 1981	4	1	1	2
Ernesto Guerra	July 26, 1983–September 7, 1983	6	0	4	2
Antoninho Ferreira	November 30, 1984–March 31, 1985	15	3	5	7
Luis Grimaldi	November 18, 1986–July 4, 1987	13	2	5	6
Dusan Dráskovic	June 2, 1988–September 19, 1993	56	17	17	22
Carlos Torres Garcés	May 25, 1994–June 5, 1994	2	2	0	0
Carlos Ron	August 17, 1994–September 21, 1994	2	0	1	1
Francisco Maturana	May 24, 1995–June 8, 1997	34	16	6	12
Luis Fernando Suárez	June 11, 1997–June 22, 1997	4	2	2	0
Francisco Maturana	July 6, 1997–November 16, 1997	7	3	1	3
Polo Carrera	October 14, 1999	1	0	0	1
Carlos Sevilla	January 28, 1999–July 7, 1999	15	3	6	6
Hernán Darío Gómez	October 12, 1999–July 23, 2004	66	24	18	24
Luis Fernando Suárez	September 4, 2004–November 17, 2007	51	17	9	25
Sixto Vizuete	November 21, 2007–July 11, 2010	22	9	7	9

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (Spanish)
• futbolecuador.com (Spanish)

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