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| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Nickname(s) | La Tri (Tricolor) | ||
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| Association | Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol | ||
| Head coach |  Luis Suárez | ||
| Most caps | Iván Hurtado (133) | ||
| Top scorer | Agustín Delgado (31) | ||
| FIFA code | ECU | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 27 | ||
| Highest | 26 (May 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 76 (June 1995) | ||
| First international | |||
 Bolivia 1 - 1 Ecuador  (Santiago, Bolivia; 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 2, 2006 | ||
| Copa América | |||
| Appearances | 23 (first in 1939) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place, 1959, 1993 | ||
First The Ecuador national football team is the national team of Ecuador and is governed by the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. 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 the last 16, losing to England.
Critics of the team have sometimes sought to attribute their success to their advantage in acclimatisation to playing matches at altitude in Quito (c.2600 m or 8,500 ft above sea level).
History
Although without any major tournament achievements until the current millennium, Ecuador was never short of footballing talent.
They first participated in qualifying in the 1962 campaign but were 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. 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. 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 in which 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 Hernan Crespo of Argentina. Alex Aguinaga, Iván Kaviedes, Iván Hurtado and Ulises de la Cruz were other stars of the Ecuadorian campaign, led by Colombian born manager Hernán Darío Bolillo Gómez. 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 Suárez. He lead 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.
Their best finish in Copa América was fourth in 1993 (they also finished fourth in the 'extra' South American Championship in 1959).
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1938 - Did not enter
- 1950 - Withdrew
- 1954 - Did not enter
- 1958 - Did not enter
- 1962 to 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2006 - Round 2
World Cup Games
Korea - Japan 2002
Ecuador was placed in group G, alongside Mexico, Italy and Croatia.
Germany 2006
Ecuador was placed in group A, alongside Germany, Poland and Costa Rica.
- 9 June 2006 Poland 0 - 2 Ecuador (C.Tenorio, Delgado)
- 15 June 2006 Ecuador 3 - 0 Costa Rica (Delgado, C.Tenorio, I.Kaviedes)
- 20 June 2006 Ecuador 0 - 3 Germany (Klose 2, Podolski)
- 25 June 2006 England 1 - 0 Ecuador (Beckham)
Copa América record
Famous players
- Álex Aguinaga
- Agustín Delgado
- Eduardo Hurtado
- Iván Hurtado
- Alberto Spencer
- Ivan Kaviedes
- Ulises de la Cruz
- Edison Mendez
- Jose Cevallos
- Giovanny Espinoza
- Antonio Valencia
- Carlos Tenorio
World Cup 2006 squad
23 man squad named May 9 for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 World Cup Information
- The county of Bad Kissingen in northern Bavaria was the only one to host two teams. Ecuador were based in the city of Bad Kissingen and Croatia in Bad Brückenau
- Ecuador unexpectedly won their opening game of the tournament against Poland 2-0. Goals came from Carlos Tenorio and Agustín Delgado.
- Ecuador won their second game of the group against Costa Rica 3-0 with goals from Carlos Tenorio, Agustín Delgado and Iván Kaviedes. This win means that they are guaranteed into the last 16 along with Germany.
- Ecuador lost their last game in the Group against Germany 3-0. As runners-up of Group A.
- Ecuador lost in the round of 16 to England 1-0 with a free kick goal by England's David Beckham.
Notes
- "Sem grandes surpresas, Equador divulga lista de convocados". Gazeta Esportiva report. Retrieved May 11.
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External links
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