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Revision as of 00:04, 15 November 2013

Ecuador
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)[La Tri] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Tri-color)
Association[[[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FEF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachReinaldo Rueda
CaptainWalter Ayoví
Most capsIván Hurtado (167)
Top scorerAgustín Delgado (31)
Home stadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
FIFA codeECU
Principal colours
Alternate colours
FIFA ranking
Current22 Decrease 2
Highest10 (April 2013)
Lowest76 (June 1995)
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. 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 three countries in South America to not win the Copa América (the others being Chile and 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, they have never lacked quality. Ecuador is very experienced in football matches especially that 3-2 win against Portugal.

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. Ecuador has 2000 world cups.

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. Th 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, sadly being eliminated from the finals for the first time since 1998.

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 Qualified
Total 2/19 12 7 3 0 4 7 8

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

World Cup Qualification

Ecuador has qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The country's national football team was able to qualify to the world cup on Brazilian soil, on October 15, 2013. Ecuador secured it's spot by placing fourth with 25 points on a better goal difference then Uruguay. It's decisive match was played a fixed date earlier (October 11th) when they played direct rivals uruguay, on who would achieve direct qualification, and who would seek the playoffs. On home soil, the team obtained a winning 1-0, which would make Uruguays next game extremely difficult because they had to win by a margin of 5-0 against always difficult Argentina.


Template:2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONMEBOL

Players

Recent results

Current squad

The following 22 players were named for the Friendly matches against Argentina on November 15, 2013 and Honduras on November 19, 2013.

Caps and goals updated as of October 15, 2013 after match against Chile.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Máximo Banguera (1985-12-16) December 16, 1985 (age 38) 21 0 Ecuador Barcelona
1GK Alexander Domínguez (1987-06-05) June 5, 1987 (age 37) 16 0 Ecuador LDU Quito
2DF Walter Ayoví (1979-08-11) August 11, 1979 (age 45) 87 7 Mexico Pachuca
2DF Jorge Guagua (1981-09-28) September 28, 1981 (age 43) 52 2 Ecuador Deportivo Quito
2DF Frickson Erazo (1988-05-05) May 5, 1988 (age 36) 33 1 Ecuador Barcelona
2DF Juan Carlos Paredes (1987-07-08) July 8, 1987 (age 37) 31 0 Ecuador Barcelona
2DF Óscar Bagüí (1982-12-10) December 10, 1982 (age 41) 19 0 Ecuador Emelec
2DF Gabriel Achilier (1985-03-24) March 24, 1985 (age 39) 17 0 Ecuador Emelec
2DF Jayro Campos (1984-07-19) July 19, 1984 (age 40) 15 0 Ecuador Barcelona
2DF Cristian Ramírez (1994-08-15) August 15, 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
3MF Segundo Castillo (1982-05-15) May 15, 1982 (age 42) 76 8 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
3MF Antonio Valencia (Captain) (1985-08-04) August 4, 1985 (age 39) 67 8 England Manchester United
3MF Luis Saritama (1983-10-20) October 20, 1983 (age 41) 44 0 Ecuador LDU Quito
3MF Christian Noboa (1985-04-09) April 9, 1985 (age 39) 37 2 Russia Dynamo Moscow
3MF Jefferson Montero (1989-09-01) September 1, 1989 (age 35) 34 7 Mexico Morelia
3MF Renato Ibarra (1991-01-20) January 20, 1991 (age 33) 14 0 Netherlands Vitesse
3MF Enner Valencia (1989-04-11) April 11, 1989 (age 35) 5 0 Ecuador Emelec
3MF Fernando Gaibor (1991-10-08) October 8, 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Ecuador Emelec
4FW Felipe Caicedo (1988-09-05) September 5, 1988 (age 36) 45 15 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
4FW Jaime Ayoví (1988-02-21) February 21, 1988 (age 36) 26 8 Ecuador LDU Quito
4FW João Rojas (1989-06-14) June 14, 1989 (age 35) 23 2 Mexico Cruz Azul
4FW Fidel Martínez (1990-02-15) February 15, 1990 (age 34) 3 1 Mexico Tijuana

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 Adrián Bone (1988-09-08) September 8, 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Ecuador El Nacional v.  Chile; October 15, 2013
GK Alexis Lemos (1989-12-15) December 15, 1989 (age 34) 0 0 Ecuador Deportivo Quito v.  Argentina; June 11, 2013
GK Darwin Cuero (1994-10-15) October 15, 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Ecuador El Nacional v.  Paraguay; March 26, 2013
DF Gabriel Corozo (1995-01-05) January 5, 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Ecuador LDU Quito v.  Chile; October 15, 2013
DF Elvis Bone (1983-04-07) April 7, 1983 (age 41) 1 0 Ecuador El Nacional v.  Argentina; June 11, 2013
DF Eduardo Morante (1987-06-01) June 1, 1987 (age 37) 5 0 Ecuador LDU Quito v.  Paraguay; March 26, 2013
MF Édison Méndez (1979-03-15) March 15, 1979 (age 45) 107 17 Ecuador LDU Quito v.  Chile; October 15, 2013
MF Alex Bolaños (1986-01-22) January 22, 1986 (age 38) 8 0 Ecuador Deportivo Quito v.  Chile; October 15, 2013
MF Pedro Quiñónez (1986-03-04) March 4, 1986 (age 38) 9 0 Ecuador Emelec v.  Bolivia; September 10, 2013
MF Pedro Larrea (1986-05-21) May 21, 1986 (age 38) 0 0 Ecuador LDU Loja v.  Bolivia; September 10, 2013
MF Dennys Quiñónez (1992-03-12) March 12, 1992 (age 32) 3 0 Ecuador El Nacional v.  Spain; August 14, 2013
MF Alex Colón (1986-11-17) November 17, 1986 (age 37) 0 0 Ecuador Deportivo Quito v.  Argentina; June 11, 2013
FW Junior Sornoza (1994-01-28) January 28, 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Ecuador Independiente José Terán v.  Chile; October 15, 2013
FW Michael Arroyo (1987-04-23) April 23, 1987 (age 37) 20 2 Ecuador Barcelona v.  Bolivia; September 10, 2013
FW Joffre Guerrón (1985-04-28) April 28, 1985 (age 39) 18 0 China Beijing Guoan v.  Bolivia; September 10, 2013
FW Narciso Mina (1982-11-25) November 25, 1982 (age 41) 12 1 Mexico América v.  Bolivia; September 10, 2013
FW Marlon de Jesús (1991-09-04) September 4, 1991 (age 33) 5 0 Mexico Monterrey v.  Spain; August 14, 2013
FW Juan Anangonó (1989-04-13) April 13, 1989 (age 35) 2 0 United States Chicago Fire v.  Argentina; June 11, 2013
FW Cristian Suárez (1985-11-02) November 2, 1985 (age 38) 10 3 Mexico Pachuca v.  Paraguay; March 26, 2013

Player records

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.[4]

Historic Kits

The standard Ecuadorian uniform maintains, the colours of the national flag, being the tricolor, yellow, blue, and red.[5] The alternate colours of the uniform are White, and Blue, this being based on a flag once flown by Ecuador based of the flag of Guayas. It's crest has remained the same since it's inception in 1927, with variations placing Ecuador on top of the crest. [6]

1941–1945
1945–1947
1949–1953
1953-1955
1955-1966
1966-1973[7]
1973-1983
1983-1985
1985-1992
1992-1995
1996-1999
1999-2002
2002
2003-2006
2006
2007-2011
2011-2014
Uniform provider
Date Sponsor
1985-1991 Germany Adidas
1991-1992 Germany Puma
1993-1995 United Kingdom Reebok
1995- Ecuador 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–present 37 16 11 10

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html#app
  2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html#goals
  3. ^ http://www.fichajes.com/jugador/j23232_felipe-caicedo
  4. ^ "NÚMERO 11 DE ECUADOR SIEMPRE SERÁ DE CHUCHO". Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (in Spanish). ecuafutbol.org. August 1, 2013.
  5. ^ http://www.ecuafutbol.org/selecciones/camisetas_40.aspx
  6. ^ http://www.sportslogos.net/teams/list_by_league/58/CONMEBOL/CONMEBOL/logos
  7. ^ http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/e/ecuador/old-ecuador-football-shirt-s34862.html

See also

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