Ecuador's national football team represents Ecuador in international football tournaments . Controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation . Until recently, the Ecuadorian national team along with the Venezuelan national team was considered the most unsuccessful team in South America . However, in recent years, Ecuador began to progress and managed to qualify for the first time in the 2002 World Cup . And for the second time in a row at the World Cup in Germany , where she was among the 16 best, losing to the England team . In April 2013, the Ecuadorian team rose to 10th place in the FIFA ranking , the highest in its history.
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| Nickname | Tricolor ( Spanish: La Tri ) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL | ||
| Federation | Ecuadorian Football Federation | ||
| Main trainer | vacant | ||
| Captain | Antonio Valencia | ||
| The greatest number of games | Ivan Hurtado (168) | ||
| Best bombardier | Agustin Delgado (31) | ||
| House. stadium | Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa | ||
| FIFA Rating | 60 βΌ 1 (June 14, 2019) [1] | ||
| Highest | 10 (July 2012) | ||
| Lower | 76 (June 1995) | ||
| FIFA Code | ECU | ||
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| The first game | |||
 Bolivia 1: 1 Ecuador  ( Santiago , Chile ; August 8, 1938) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Ecuador 6: 0 Peru  ( Quito , Ecuador ; June 22, 1975) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Argentina 12: 0 Ecuador ( Montevideo , Uruguay ; January 22, 1942) | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Participation | 3 ( first time in 2002 ) | ||
| Progress | 1/8 finals: 2006 | ||
| America's Cup | |||
| Participation | 23 ( first in 1939 ) | ||
| Progress | 4th place: 1959 , 1993 | ||
Critics of the team sometimes attribute its success to acclimatization difficulties for other teams when playing in Quito (at an altitude of 2600 meters above sea level).
Content
History
Although lately there has been noticeable progress in the teamβs game, in the 20th century the team was unable to achieve anything on the international stage.
For the first time, Ecuador took part in the qualification for the 1962 World Cup , but could not pass Argentina , having been defeated in two matches. The team was close to getting into the 1966 World Cup , but she was again unlucky in recent matches. In the qualifying tournament for the 2002 World Cup, Ecuador sensationally took second place, losing only to Argentina and beating Brazil by 1 point. Agustin Delgado with 9 goals took second place in the list of scorers, losing only to Argentine Hernan Crespo . The leaders on the team were Alex Aginaga, Ivan Caviedes, Ivan Hurtado and Ulises de la Cruz, and coached by Colombian Hernan Dario Gomez . Although the team was not able to overcome the group stage in the championship, it managed to beat Croatia's fairly strong team 1-0, which took third place in the previous world championship.
The unsuccessful play at the America's Cup 2004 in Peru led to the resignation of Gomez, who was succeeded by another Colombian, Luis Suarez . He led the team to third place in the qualifying round for the 2006 World Cup . In Germany, Ecuador left the group, beating Poland and Costa Rica, and in the 1/8 finals lost to England 0: 1.
In 2007, the youth team of Ecuador won the Pan American Games for the first time in its history.
The best result of the team in the America's Cup was 4th place in 1993 .
World Championships
- 1930 to 1998 - did not qualify
- 2002 - group stage
- 2006 - 1/8 finals
- 2010 - failed to qualify
- 2014 - group stage
- 2018 - did not qualify
Korea - Japan 2002
Ecuador fell into Group G along with Mexico , Italy and Croatia .
- June 3, 2002 Italy 2 - 0 Ecuador
- June 8, 2002 Ecuador 1-2 Mexico
- June 13, 2002 Ecuador 1 - 0 Croatia
Germany 2006
Ecuador fell into group A together with the teams of Germany , Poland and Costa Rica , then in the 1/8 finals he met with England .
- June 9, 2006 Poland 0 - 2 Ecuador (C. Tenorio, Delgado)
- June 15, 2006 Ecuador 3 - 0 Costa Rica (Delgado, C. Tenorio, I. Caviedes)
- June 20, 2006 Ecuador 0 - 3 Germany (Klose 2, Podolski)
- June 25, 2006 England 1 - 0 Ecuador (Beckham)
Brazil 2014
Ecuador fell into group E with the national teams of Switzerland , France and Honduras .
- June 15, 2014 Switzerland 2 - 1 Ecuador
- June 20, 2014 Honduras 1 - 2 Ecuador
- June 25, 2014 Ecuador 0 - 0 France
Composition
The following players were called to the national team by head coach Hernan Dario Gomez to participate in the matches of the America's Cup 2019 , which was held in Brazil from June 14 to July 7, 2019 .
- Games and goals as of June 24, 2019:
| No. | Position | Player | Date of birth / age | Matches | Goals | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | VR | Alexander Dominguez | June 5 1987 (32 years old) | 52 | 0 | Veles Sarsfield | ||
| 12 | VR | Pedro Ortiz | February 19 1990 (29 years old) | 0 | 0 | Dolphin | ||
| 22 | VR | Maximo Banger | December 16 1985 (33 years old) | 37 | 0 | Barcelona | ||
| 2 | Defense | Arturo Mina | October 8 1990 (28 years old) | 22 | one | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
| 3 | Defense | Robert Arboleda | October 22 1991 (27 years old) | sixteen | one | Sao paulo | ||
| four | Defense | Pedro Pablo Velasco | September 26 1993 (25 years old) | eleven | 0 | Barcelona | ||
| 6 | Defense | Christian Ramirez | August 15 1994 (24 years old) | 21 | one | Krasnodar | ||
| 14 | Defense | Javier Arreaga | September 28 1994 (24 years old) | one | 0 | Seattle sounders | ||
| 17 | Defense | Jose Quintero | June 20 1990 (29 years old) | four | 0 | LDU Quito | ||
| nineteen | Defense | Hips Caichedo | May 13 1992 (27 years old) | 7 | 0 | Barcelona | ||
| 21 | Defense | Gabriel Achiller | March 24 1985 (34 years old) | 42 | one | Monarkas Morelia | ||
| five | PP | Renato Ibarra | January 20 1991 (28 years old) | 41 | one | America | ||
| 7 | PP | Romario Ibarra | September 24 1994 (24 years old) | eleven | 3 | Pachuca | ||
| eight | PP | Carlos Grueso | April 19 1995 (24 years old) | 25 | 0 | Augsburg | ||
| eleven | PP | Ayrton Precedo | October 26 1994 (24 years old) | 14 | one | Santos Laguna | ||
| 15 | PP | Jefferson Intriago | June 4 1996 (23 years old) | eight | 0 | Juarez | ||
| sixteen | PP | Antonio Valencia | August 4 1985 (34 years old) | 99 | eleven | LDU Quito | ||
| 18 | PP | Jefferson Orehuela | February 14 1993 (26 years old) | 20 | 0 | LDU Quito | ||
| 20 | PP | Andres Chicaisa | April 3 1992 (27 years old) | 2 | 0 | LDU Quito | ||
| 23 | PP | Jegson mendes | April 26 1997 (22 years old) | ten | 0 | Orlando City | ||
| 9 | Nap | Carlos Garces | March 1 1990 (29 years old) | 2 | 0 | Dolphin | ||
| ten | Nap | Angel Mena | January 21 1988 (31 years old) | 15 | five | Leon | ||
| 13 | Nap | Enner Valencia | November 4 1989 (29 years old) | 51 | 29th | WANL Tigres | ||
Famous Players
- Alex Aginaga
- Christian Benitez
- Antonio Valencia
- Ulises de la Cruz
- Agustin Delgado
- Ivan Caviedes
- Felipe Caicedo
- Edison mendes
- Christian Noboa
- Alberto Spencer
- Carlos Tenorio
- Ivan Hurtado
- Eduardo Hurtado
Unused Numbers
After the sudden death of Christian Benitez on July 29, 2013, the Ecuadorian Football Federation decided to withdraw from circulation the number under which he played in the national team. According to the president of the federation, Louis Chiriboga, in memory of Christian number 11 will no longer be used by any player in the team [2] . However, in connection with the FIFA regulations, number 11 had to be returned to the national team for the 2014 World Cup [3] .
Notes
- β The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking . FIFA (June 14, 2019). Date of treatment June 14, 2019.
- β NΓMERO 11 DE ECUADOR SIEMPRE SERΓ DE CHUCHO (Spanish) (link not available) . FederaciΓ³n Ecuatoriana de FΓΊtbol . ecuafutbol.org (1 de agosto de 2013). Date of treatment August 2, 2013. Archived on August 16, 2013.
- β Soccer-Ecuador to reinstate Benitez's number 11 for World Cup . reuters.com (March 6, 2014).