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Ecuador National Football Team Selección de Fútbol de Ecuador
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ECUADOR AT THE WORLD CUPS  
  Ecuador at the World Cups  
                                           
                                           
                                           
   
   
                                           
                                         
                           
  We play football. We love football.          
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The Ecuador national football team (Spanish: Selección de Fútbol de Ecuador) represents Ecuador in international football and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, FEF), the governing body for football in Ecuador.

The FEF was founded in 1925, became a member of FIFA in 1926, and a member of CONMEBOL in 1927. Football in Ecuador began around 1925.  It was amateur football until 1950 when the Guayas Football Association (Spanish: Asociación de Fútbol del Guayas) turned professional and held its first professional tournament for Guayaquil’s clubs. The first champion was Rio Guayas in 1951.  The tournament changed in 1957 when a national football league was organized. Emelec won the tournament and became the first national champions of football in Ecuador. Since 1957, Ecuador's top clubs have been Barcelona Sporting Club with 14 championships, El Nacional with 13, and Emelec and LDU Quito both with 10.

Ecuador is one of the football teams in South America.  The Ecuadorians have not got any major title so far. They are of course one of three countries in South America to not win the Copa América. However, they have a new talented golden generation that will surely give much to talk about in the coming years.

 
       
       
  QUICK FACTS  
     
     
  Association
   Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol   (Ecuadorian Football Federation)   
  Confederation
   CONMEBOL 
  Nickname
   La Tri (Tri-color)
  Foundation year
  1925
  Affiliate since
  1926
  Topscorer in WC
   Agustín Delgado, Enner. Valencia : 3
  Head Coach
   Gustavo Quinteros (Argentina)
  Titles
   None
 
       
       
  TITLES  
 
 
  None to date
     
     
  ECUADOR APPEARANCES AT WORLD CUPS  
     
     
Nro
Flag
World Cup
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Perf.
Rd
Pos
Par
Pt
P/Par
Ap.
Total
10
4
1
5
10
11
-1
13
3.83
17.67
32
4
22.90
3
17
 2002 Korea-Japan
3
1
0
2
2
4
-2
3
1.00
1R
24
32
1
0.75
1
18
 2006 Germany
4
2
0
2
5
4
1
6
1.50
2R
12
32
2
0.37
2
20
 2014 Brazil
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
1.33
1R
17
32
1
0.53
3
 
     
 
 Where: Perf: Pts/Pld     Rd: Round     Pos: Position in the WC     Total Pos: SUM(Pos)/Ap     Par: No. participants    
 Pt: How many points scores in the WC. Champion: 32, Finalist: 16, TP: 12, FP: 8, QF: 4, R16: 2, FR: 1
 P/Par: Pos/Par     Total P/Par: SUM(P/Par + 1.25 * each World Cup uncontested)/20     Ap: Appearances
 
     
       
  HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS (AT WORLD CUPS)  
   
   
More Played Matches
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
 Costa Rica
1
1
0
0
100%
0%
2
 Croatia
1
1
0
0
100%
0%
3
 England
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
4
 France
1
0
1
0
0%
0%
5
 Germany
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
6
 Honduras
1
1
0
0
100%
0%
7
 Italy
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
8
 Mexico
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
9
 Poland
1
1
0
0
100%
0%
10
 Switzerland
1
0
0
1
0%
100%

 

Best Results
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
 Costa Rica
1
1
0
0
100%
0%
2
 Croatia
1
1
0
0
100%
0%
3
 Honduras
1
1
0
0
100%
0%
4
 Poland
1
1
0
0
100%
0%

 

Worst Results
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
 England
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
2
 Germany
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
3
 Italy
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
4
 Mexico
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
5
 Switzerland
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
 
     
     
  GOALSCORERS AT WORLD CUPS
   
   
Nro
Player
TG
30
34
38
50
54
58
62
66
70
74
78
82
86
90
94
98
02
06
10
14
10
       
2
5
3
1
  Agustín Delgado
3
1
2
 
 Enner Valencia
3
     
3
3
  Carlos Tenorio
2
2
 
4
  Iván Kaviedes
1
1
 
 Edison Méndez
1
1
 
 
     
     
  TOP GOALSCORERS AT ALL COMPETITIONS  
     
     
Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of June 16, 2016  
   
#
Name
Goals
Caps
AVG/Games
Career
1
  Agustín Delgado
31
71
0.44
1994-06
2
  Eduardo Hurtado
26
74
0.35
1992-00
3
  Christian Benitez
24
58
0.41
2005-13
4
  Álex Aguinaga
23
109
0.21
1987-03
5
  Felipe Caicedo
19
59
0.32
2005-Present
6
  Édison Méndez
18
109
0.16
2000-14
7
  Iván Kaviedes
17
57
0.30
1998-07
8
 Enner Valencia
16
29
0.55
2012-Present
 Raúl Avilés
16
55
0.29
1987-93
10
  Ariel Graziani
15
34
0.44
1997-00
 
       
       
  MOST CAPPED PLAYERS AT ALL COMPETITIONS  
     
   
Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of June 16, 2016  
   
#
Name
Caps
Career
1
  Iván Hurtado
167
1992-2010
2
  Walter Ayoví
115
2001-Present
3
 Édison Méndez
111
2000-2014
4
  Álex Aguinaga
109
1987-2004
5
  Ulises de la Cruz
102
1995-2010
6
  Luis Capurro
100
1985-2003
7
  Giovanny Espinoza
90
2000-2012
8
  José Francisco Cevallos
89
1994-2010
9
  Segundo Castillo
88
2003-Present
10
  Cléber Chalá
86
1992-2004
 
       
       
  SQUADS  
     
     
 
     

  

  
  AWARDED PLAYERS  
   
   
IFFHS PLAYER OF THE CENTURY
#
Name
Votes
Years
1
  Alberto Spencer
16
1953-72

 

 
   
   
  COACHES  
   
   
 
#
Cou
Name
P
W
D
L
%Won
Years
1
 Enrique Lamas
5
1
1
3
20%
1938
2
 Ramón Unamuno
11
0
3
8
0%
1939, 1947
3
 Juan Parodi
10
0
0
10
0%
1941-42
4
 Rodolfo Orlandini
6
0
1
5
0%
1945
5
 José Planas
7
1
0
6
14%
1949
6
 Gregorio Esperón
6
0
2
4
0%
1953
7
 José María Díaz Granados
5
0
0
5
0%
1955
8
 Eduardo Spandre
6
0
1
5
0%
1957
9
 Juan López Fontana
7
1
1
5
14%
1959-60
10
 Fausto Montalván
8
1
3
4
12%
1963, 66
11
 José María Rodríguez
5
2
1
2
40%
1965
12
 José Gomes Nogueira
5
1
1
3
20%
1969
13
 Ernesto Guerra
8
0
4
4
0%
1970, 83
14
 Jorge Lazo
4
0
1
3
0%
1972
15
 Roberto Resquín
10
1
6
3
10%
1973
16
 Roque Máspoli
19
5
4
10
26%
1975-77
17
 Héctor Morales
8
3
1
4
37%
1979
18
 Otto Vieira
2
0
0
2
0%
1981
19
 Juan Eduardo Hohberg
4
1
1
2
25%
1981
20
 Antoninho Ferreira
15
3
5
7
20%
1984-85
21
 Luis Grimaldi
13
2
5
6
15%
1986-87
22
 Dušan Drašković
56
17
17
22
30%
1988-93
23
 Carlos Torres Garcés
2
2
0
0
100%
1994
24
 Carlos Ron
2
0
1
1
0%
1994
25
 Francisco Maturana
41
19
7
15
46%
1995-97, 97
26
 Luis Fernando Suárez
55
19
11
25
34%
1997, 04-07
27
 Polo Carrera
1
0
0
1
0%
1998
28
 Carlos Sevilla
15
3
6
6
20%
1999
29
 Hernán Darío Gómez
66
24
18
24
36%
1999-04
30
 Sixto Vizuete
22
9
7
9
41%
2007-10
31
 Reinaldo Rueda
45
18
15
12
40%
2010-14
32
 Sixto Vizuete
4
2
1
1
50%
2014-15
33
 Gustavo Quinteros
19
8
4
7
42%
2015-Present
 
 
  Coaches with most appearances  
 
 
#
Cou
Name
Years
W
D
L
%Won
Years
1
 Hernán Darío Gómez
66
24
18
24
36%
1999-04
2
 Dušan Drašković
56
17
17
22
30%
1988-93
3
 Luis Fernando Suárez
55
19
11
25
34%
1997, 04-07
4
 Reinaldo Rueda
45
18
15
12
40%
2010-14
5
 Francisco Maturana
41
19
7
15
46%
1995-97, 97
   
   
  FIXTURES AND RESULTS  
   
   
  2013  
   
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
6 Feb 13
 Guimaraes, Portugal
3-2
Portugal
F
2
21 Mar 13
 Quito, Ecuador
5-0
El Salvador
F
3
26 Mar 13
 Quito, Ecuador
4-1
Paraguay
4
29 May 13
 Boca Raton, USA
2-4
Germany
F
5
7 Jun 13
 Lima, Peru
0-1
Peru
6
11 Jun 13
 Quito, Ecuador
1-1
Argentina
7
14 Aug 13
 Guayaquil, Ecuador
0-2
Spain
F
8
6 Sep 13
 Barranquilla, Colombia
0-1
Colombia
9
10 Sep 13
 La Paz, Bolivia
1-1
Bolivia
10
11 Oct 13
 Quito, Ecuador
1-0
Uruguay
11
15 Oct 13
 Santiago de Chile, Chile
1-2
Chile
12
15 Nov 13
 New York, USA
0-0
Argentina
F
13
19 Nov 13
 Houston, USA
2-2
Honduras
F
 
   
   
  2014  
   
   
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
5 Mar 14
 London, England
3-4
Australia
F
2
17 May 14
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1-1
Netherlands
F
3
31 May 14
 Arlington, United States
1-3
Mexico
F
4
4 Jun 14
 Miami, United States
2-2
England
F
5
15 Jun 14
 Brasília, Brazil
1-2
Switzerland
6
20 Jun 14
 Curitiba, Brazil
2-1
Honduras
7
25 Jun 14
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
0-0
France
8
6 Sep 14
 Miami, United States
4-0
Bolivia
F
9
9 Sep 14
 New York, United States
0-1
Brazil
F
10
10 Oct 14
 East Hartford, United States
1-1
United States
F
11
14 Oct 14
 New York, United States
5-1
El Salvador
F
 
 
 
  2015  
   
   
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
28 Mar 15
 Los Angeles, USA
0-1
Mexico
F
2
31 Mar 15
 East Rutherford, USA
1-2
Argentina
F
3
3 Jun 15
 Panama City, Panama
1-1
Panama
F
4
7 Jun 15
 Guayaquil, Ecuador
4-0
Panama
F
5
11 Jun 15
 Santiago, Chile
0-2
Chile
6
15 Jun 15
 Valparaíso, Chile
2-3
Bolivia
7
19 Jun 15
 Rancagua, Chile
1-2
Mexico
8
8 Sep 15
 Quito, Ecuador
2-0
Honduras
F
9
8 Oct 15
 Buenos Aires, Argentina
2-0
Argentina
10
13 Oct 15
 Quito, Ecuador
2-0
Bolivia
11
12 Nov 15
 Quito, Ecuador
2-1
Uruguay
12
17 Nov 15
 Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
3-1
Venezuela
 
 
 
  2016  
   
   
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
24 Mar 16
 Quito, Ecuador
2-2
Paraguay
2
29 Mar 16
 Barranquilla, Colombia
1-3
Colombia
3
25 May 16
 Frisco, USA
0-1
United States
F
4
4 Jun 16
 Pasadena, USA
0-0
Brazil
5
8 Jun 16
 Glendale, USA
2-2
Peru
6
12 Jun 16
 East Rutherford, USA
4-0
Haiti
7
16 Jun 16
 Seattle, USA
1-2
United States
8
1 Sep 16
 Ecuador
 
Brazil
9
6 Sep 16
 Peru
 
Peru
10
6 Oct 16
 Ecuador
 
Chile
11
11 Oct 16
 Bolivia
 
Bolivia
12
10 Nov 16
 Uruguay
 
Uruguay
13
15 Nov 16
 Venezuela
 
Venezuela
 
   
   
  PLAYERS' CLUBS  
   
   
These are the clubs that have historically contributed more players to the Ecuador national football team.
 
   
 
   
   
   MATCHES AT WORLD CUPS  
   
   
  2002 Korea-Japan World Cup
   
First Round: Match 1
2-0
Ecuador  
Date: 3 June 2002
C. Vieri 7', 27'
  
Stadium: Sapporo Dome    
Venue: Sapporo    
Attendance: 31,081  
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)  
   
First Round: Match 2
2-1
Ecuador  
Date: 8 June 2002 A. Delgado 5'
Stadium: Miyagi Stadium  
Venue: Miyagi    
Attendance: 45,610    
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)  
   
First Round: Match 3
1-0
Croatia  
Date: 13 June 2002  
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama    
Venue: Yokohama    
Attendance: 65,862  
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)  
   
  2006 Germany World Cup
   
First Round: Match 4
2-0
Poland  
Date: 9 June 2006  
Stadium: Veltins-Arena  
Venue: Gelsenkirchen    
Attendance: 52,000    
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)  
   
First Round: Match 5
3-0
Costa Rica  
Date: 15 June 2006  
Stadium: AOL Arena  
Venue: Hamburg  
Attendance: 50,000    
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)  
   
First Round: Match 6
3-0
Ecuador  
Date: 20 June 2006
M. Klose 4', 44'
  
Stadium: Olympiastadion  
Venue: Berlin    
Attendance: 72,000  
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)  
   
Round of 16: Match 7
1-0
Ecuador  
Date: 25 June 2006  
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena    
Venue: Stuttgart    
Attendance: 52,000  
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)  
   
  2014 Brazil World Cup
   
First Round: Match 8
2-1
Ecuador
Date: 15 June 2014 E. Valencia 22'
Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Venue: Brasília
Attendance: 68,351
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 
   
First Round: Match 9
1-2
Ecuador
Date: 20 June 2014 E. Valencia 34', 65'
Stadium: Arena da Baixada
Venue: Curitiba
Attendance: 39,224
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) 
   
First Round: Match 10
0-0
France
Date: 25 June 2014
Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã
Venue: Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 73,749
Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) 
       
   
  
          Last updated: 8 January 2018
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