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Ecuador
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)[La Tricolor (the Tricolor)
La Tri
Los Amarillos] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (the Yellows)
Association[[[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FEF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachGustavo Quinteros
CaptainWalter Ayoví
Most capsIván Hurtado (168)
Top scorerAgustín Delgado (31)
Home stadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
FIFA codeECU
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current13 Increase 8 (3 December 2015)
Highest10 (July 2012)
Lowest63 (May 1998)
First international
 Bolivia 1–1 Ecuador Ecuador
(Bogotá, Colombia; August 8, 1938)
Biggest win
Ecuador Ecuador 6–0 Peru 
(Quito, Ecuador; June 22, 1975)
Biggest defeat
 Argentina 12–0 Ecuador Ecuador
(Montevideo, Uruguay; January 22, 1942)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best resultRound of 16 (2006)
Copa América
Appearances24 (first in 1939)
Best resultFourth place (1959, 1993)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
Best resultGroup Stage (2002)

The Ecuadorian national football team represents Ecuador in international football competitions and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol). They play official home matches at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito.

Ecuador has qualified for three FIFA World Cups in 2002, 2006 and 2014. Their best performance came in 2006 when they advanced to the Round of 16, eventually eliminated by England. They are one of two countries in South America not to have won the Copa América, the other being Venezuela. Their best performance in the continental tournament was fourth in 1959 and 1993, both times on home soil.

History

From a historical viewpoint, Ecuador have been one of the more struggling footballing nations in South America. Despite their past irregularities, however, Ecuador has risen to be a serious South American competitor in recent years.

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 Alberto 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 José 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 Agustín Delgado, Álex Aguinaga, Iván Hurtado, Ulises de la Cruz and Iván 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 South Korea and Japan. Led by Colombian born manager Hernán Darío Gómez, they finished second to Argentina, and one point ahead of Brazil who went on to win the World Cup. Agustín Delgado, with 9 goals, finished joint top scorer in qualifying with Hernán Crespo of Argentina. They were drawn into 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 América 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, being eliminated from the finals for the first time since 1998. They managed to turn it around in the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign where they finished in the top 4, enough to record a third World Cup appearance. On Friday, December 6, 2013 they were drawn into a balanced group compromising of top seeds, Switzerland, former champions France, and minnows Honduras.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

Main article: Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to France 1938 Did not enter
Brazil 1950 Withdrew
Switzerland 1954 to Sweden 1958 Did not enter
Chile 1962 to France 1998 Did not qualify
South KoreaJapan 2002 Group Stage 24 3 1 0 2 2 4
Germany 2006 Round of 16 12 4 2 0 2 5 4
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify
Brazil 2014 Group Stage 17 3 1 1 1 3 3
Russia 2018 To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total 3/22 12 10 4 1 5 10 11

Copa América record

Pan American Games record

Ecuador national football team
Medal record
U-20 Panamerican Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Brazil Panamerican Games

Minor tournaments

Ecuador national football team
Medal record
Tournament L'Alcudia
Gold medal – first place 2010 L'Alcudia Tournament

Bolivarian Games

Results and Fixtures

Further information: 2014 in Ecuadorian football § National teams

2015

March 28, 2015 Friendly Mexico  1–0  Ecuador Los Angeles, United States
18:30 GMT -8 J. Hernández 13' Report Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 88,409
Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)
March 31, 2015 Friendly Ecuador  1–2  Argentina East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Bolaños 24' Report Agüero 8'
Pastore 58'		 Stadium: MetLife Stadium
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)
June 3, 2015 Friendly Panama  1–1  Ecuador Panama City, Panama
18:30 UTC-8 Torres 64' (pen.) Report Martínez 51' Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernandez
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)
June 6, 2015 Friendly Ecuador  4–0  Panama Guayaquil, Ecuador
Bolaños 26'
Martínez 31', 40'
Montero 52'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo
Referee: Henry Gambetta (Peru)
11 June 2015 (2015-06-11) 2015 Copa América Chile  2–0  Ecuador Estadio Nacional, Santiago
20:30 (UTC−3) Vidal 67' (pen.)
Vargas 84'		 Report (Conmebol)
Report (Soccerway)		 Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
15 June 2015 (2015-06-15) 2015 Copa América Ecuador  2–3  Bolivia Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
18:00 (UTC−3) Valencia 48'
Bolaños 82'		 Report Raldes 5'
Smedberg-Dalence 18'
Martins Moreno 43' (pen.)		 Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
19 June 2015 (2015-06-19) 2015 Copa América Mexico  1–2  Ecuador Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
18:00 (UTC−3) Jiménez 63' (pen.) Report Bolaños 25'
E. Valencia 57'		 Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
September 8, 2015 Friendly Ecuador  2–0  Honduras Quito, Ecuador
Velásquez 12' (o.g.)
Bolaños 34'		 [1] Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa
8 October 2015 2018 FIFA WCQ Argentina  0–2  Ecuador Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:00 UTC−3 Report (CONMEBOL) Erazo 81'
Caicedo 82'		 Referee: Julio Bascuñan (Chile)
13 October 2015 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  2–0  Bolivia Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador
16:00 UTC−5 Bolaños 81'
Caicedo 90+5' (pen.)		 Report (CONMEBOL) Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
12 November 2015 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  2–1  Uruguay Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador
16:00 UTC−5 Caicedo 23'
Martínez 59'		 Report (CONMEBOL) Cavani 49' Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
17 November 2015 2018 FIFA WCQ Venezuela  1–3  Ecuador Estadio Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
16:30 UTC−4:30 Martínez 84' Report (CONMEBOL) Martínez 15'
Montero 23'
Caicedo 60'		 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

2016

24 March 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  v  Paraguay Ecuador
29 March 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Colombia  v  Ecuador Colombia
25 May 2016 Friendly United States  v  Ecuador Dallas, United States
29 May 2016 Friendly Ecuador  v TBD United States
4 June 2016 Copa América Brazil  v  Ecuador Pasadena, United States
Stadium: Rose Bowl
8 June 2016 Copa América Ecuador  v  Peru Glendale, United States
Stadium: University of Phoenix
12 June 2016 Copa América Ecuador  v  Haiti East Rutherford, United States
Stadium: MetLife Stadium
1 September 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  v  Brazil Ecuador
6 September 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Peru  v  Ecuador Peru
6 October 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  v  Chile Ecuador
11 October 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Bolivia  v  Ecuador Bolivia
10 November 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Uruguay  v  Ecuador Uruguay
15 November 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  v  Venezuela Ecuador

2017

23 March 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Paraguay  v  Ecuador Paraguay
28 March 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  v  Colombia Ecuador
31 August 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Brazil  v  Ecuador Brazil
5 September 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  v  Peru Ecuador
5 October 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Chile  v  Ecuador Chile
10 October 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  v  Argentina Ecuador

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called to the squad for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers against Uruguay on November 12, 2015 and Venezuela on November 17, 2015.
Caps and goals updated as of November 17, 2015 after the match against Venezuela.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club


1GK Máximo Banguera (1985-12-16) December 16, 1985 (age 38) 27 0 Ecuador Barcelona
1GK Esteban Dreer Penalty Card (1981-11-11) November 11, 1981 (age 43) 1 0 Ecuador Emelec
1GK Librado Azcona (1984-01-18) January 18, 1984 (age 40) 0 0 Ecuador Independiente
2DF Walter Ayoví (1979-08-11) August 11, 1979 (age 45) 109 8 Mexico Monterrey
2DF Jorge Guagua (1981-09-28) September 28, 1981 (age 43) 63 2 Ecuador Emelec
2DF Juan Carlos Paredes Penalty Card (1987-07-08) July 8, 1987 (age 37) 57 0 England Watford
2DF Frickson Erazo (1988-05-05) May 5, 1988 (age 36) 55 2 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
2DF Óscar Bagüí (1982-12-10) December 10, 1982 (age 41) 24 0 Ecuador Emelec
2DF Arturo Mina (1990-10-08) October 8, 1990 (age 34) 7 0 Ecuador Independiente
2DF Mario Pineida (1992-07-06) July 6, 1992 (age 32) 4 0 Ecuador Barcelona
2DF Robert Arboleda (1991-10-22) October 22, 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Ecuador Universidad Católica
2DF José Quinteros (1990-06-20) June 20, 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Ecuador LDU Quito
3MF Segundo Castillo (1982-05-15) May 15, 1982 (age 42) 88 9 Ecuador Barcelona
3MF Christian Noboa Penalty Card (1985-04-09) April 9, 1985 (age 39) 61 3 Russia Rostov
3MF Jefferson Montero (1989-09-01) September 1, 1989 (age 35) 53 10 Wales Swansea City
3MF Fidel Martínez (1990-02-15) February 15, 1990 (age 34) 22 7 Mexico UNAM
3MF Pedro Quiñónez Penalty Card (1986-03-04) March 4, 1986 (age 38) 17 0 Ecuador Emelec
3MF Juan Cazares (1992-04-03) April 3, 1992 (age 32) 11 1 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
3MF Álex Bolaños (1985-01-22) January 22, 1985 (age 39) 9 0 Ecuador Aucas
3MF Ángel Mena (1988-01-21) January 21, 1988 (age 36) 4 0 Ecuador Emelec
4FW Felipe Caicedo (1988-09-05) September 5, 1988 (age 36) 59 19 Spain Espanyol
4FW Jaime Ayovi (1988-02-21) February 21, 1988 (age 36) 33 9 Argentina Godoy Cruz
4FW Miler Bolaños (1990-06-01) June 1, 1990 (age 34) 12 6 Brazil Grêmio
4FW José Angulo (1995-02-03) February 3, 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Ecuador Independiente

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up during the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Alexander Domínguez Penalty Card Penalty Card (1987-06-05) June 5, 1987 (age 37) 34 0 Ecuador LDU Quito v.  Uruguay, November 12, 2015
DF Gabriel Achilier Penalty Card Penalty Card (1985-03-23) March 23, 1985 (age 39) 34 0 Ecuador Emelec v.  Uruguay, November 12, 2015
DF John Narváez (1991-06-12) June 12, 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Uruguay Fénix 2015 Copa América
DF Luis Romero (1984-03-15) March 15, 1984 (age 40) 0 0 Ecuador LDU Quito 2015 Copa América preliminary squad
MF Jonathan González (1995-03-07) March 7, 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Mexico León v.  Venezuela, November 17, 2015
MF Renato Ibarra (1991-01-20) January 20, 1991 (age 33) 27 0 Netherlands Vitesse v.  Uruguay, November 12, 2015
MF Michael Arroyo (1987-04-23) April 23, 1987 (age 37) 24 3 Mexico América v.  Uruguay, November 12, 2015
MF Antonio Valencia (1985-08-04) August 4, 1985 (age 39) 78 8 England Manchester United v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015
MF Osbaldo Lastra (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 41) 6 0 Ecuador Emelec v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015
MF Junior Sornoza (1994-01-28) January 28, 1994 (age 30) 4 1 Ecuador Independiente v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015
MF Ely Esterilla (1993-02-06) February 6, 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Ecuador Barcelona v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015
MF Pedro Larrea (1986-05-21) May 21, 1986 (age 38) 0 0 Ecuador El Nacional v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015
MF Joao Rojas Lopez (1997-08-16) August 16, 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Ecuador Aucas v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015
MF Juan Diego Rojas (1993-03-08) March 8, 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Ecuador River Plate (ECU) v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015
MF Joao Rojas (1989-06-14) June 14, 1989 (age 35) 34 2 Mexico Cruz Azul v.  Honduras, September 8, 2015
MF Carlos Gruezo (1995-04-19) April 19, 1995 (age 29) 10 0 United States FC Dallas v.  Honduras, September 8, 2015
MF Fernando Hidalgo (1985-05-20) May 20, 1985 (age 39) 13 0 Ecuador LDU Quito 2015 Copa América preliminary squad
FW Enner Valencia (1989-11-04) November 4, 1989 (age 35) 22 13 England West Ham United v.  Uruguay, November 12, 2015
FW Daniel Angulo (1986-11-16) November 16, 1986 (age 38) 4 0 Ecuador LDU Quito v.  Bolivia, October 13, 2015

Player records

Bold indicates player has been active within one year for the National team.
Caps and goals updated as of November 17, 2015.

Players with 50 or more caps

Previous squads

Retired numbers

Following the death of Christian Benítez, the Ecuadorian Football Federation has retired his jersey number 11 from the national team. According to the Federation's president, Luis Chiriboga, to honor Christian Benítez the number would no longer be used by any other team player.[5] However, due to FIFA regulations the number had to be reinstated for the 2014 World Cup squad.[6]

Historic Kits

The standard Ecuadorian uniform maintains the colours of the national flag, being the tricolor, yellow, blue, and red.[7] The alternate colours of the uniform are white and blue, this being based on a flag once flown by Ecuador based on the flag of Guayas. Its crest has remained the same since its inception in 1927 with variations placing Ecuador on top of the crest.[8]

1941–1945
1945–1947
1949–1953
1953-1955
1955-1966
1966-1973[9]
1973-1983
1983-1985
1985-1992
1992-1994
1994-1998
1998-2002
2002
2003-2006
2006
2007-2011
2011-2014
2014

Kit Sponsor

Uniform provider
Date Sponsor
1985-1990 Adidas
1991-1992 Puma
1993-1994 Reebok
1994–present Marathon

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
Dušan Drašković 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, 1998 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 25 9 7 9
Reinaldo Rueda September 4, 2010 – June 25, 2014 45 18 15 12
Sixto Vizuete July 23, 2014 – January 28, 2015 4 2 1 1
Gustavo Quinteros January 29, 2015 – Present 12 7 1 4

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=44540
  2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html#app
  3. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html#goals
  4. ^ http://www.fichajes.com/jugador/j23232_felipe-caicedo
  5. ^ "NÚMERO 11 DE ECUADOR SIEMPRE SERÁ DE CHUCHO". Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (in Spanish). ecuafutbol.org. August 1, 2013.
  6. ^ "Soccer-Ecuador to reinstate Benitez's number 11 for World Cup". reuters.com. 6 March 2014.
  7. ^ http://www.ecuafutbol.org/selecciones/camisetas_40.aspx
  8. ^ http://www.sportslogos.net/teams/list_by_league/58/CONMEBOL/CONMEBOL/logos
  9. ^ http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/e/ecuador/old-ecuador-football-shirt-s34862.html

See also

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