Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup

The Ecuadorian national football team has appeared at three FIFA World Cups, the world's premier football tournament for national football teams. Ecuador's first participation in the World Cup was in 2002. Their best performance was in 2006, where they were eliminated in the Round of 16.

Qualification history

From 1930 to 1938, Ecuador did not enter to qualify in the FIFA World Cup. Ecuador first entered to the World Cup qualifiers for the 1950 tournament, but withdrew from qualification. Ecuador did not enter for the 1954 and 1958 tournaments. From 1962 to 1998, Ecuador failed to qualify for the world's premier football tournament. They earned their first qualification in 2002 after finishing 2nd in South America. The qualification for the second tournament in 2006 was achieved after finishing 3rd in South America. For the 2010 tournament, Ecuador finished 6th in South America and failed to qualify for a third successive World Cup finals.

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Ref
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950	Withdrew									^[1]
1954	Did not enter
1958	Did not enter
1962	2 in Group 1	2	0	0	2	3	11	−8	0	^[2]
1966	3 in Group 3	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	2	^[3]
1970	3 in Group 3	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6	1	^[4]
1974	3 in Group 1	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	2	^[5]
1978	3 in Group 3	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1	^[6]
1982	2 in Group 3	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	3	^[7]
1986	3 in Group 2	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7	1	^[8]
1990	3 in Group 2	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3	^[9]
1994	4 in Group 2	8	1	3	4	7	7	0	5	^[10]
1998	6	16	6	3	7	22	21	+1	21	^[11]
2002	2	18	9	4	5	23	20	+3	31	^[12]
2006	3	18	8	4	6	23	19	+4	28	^[13]
2010	6	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	23	^[14]
2014	4	16	7	4	5	20	16	+4	25	^[15]
Total	N/A	124	40	30	54	140	176	−36	-

2002 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup

Ecuador qualified for their first FIFA World Cup by finishing second in the CONMEBOL qualification tournament, finishing ahead of Brazil. Ecuador were drawn into Group G, alongside Mexico, Italy, and Croatia.

Ecuador made a losing World Cup debut against worldpowers Italy, falling 2–0 by courtesy of a Christian Vieri double. Their next match against Mexico went better, but ended in a 2–1 defeat for the Ecuadorians. Agustín Delgado put them ahead, but goals from Jared Borgetti and Gerardo Torrado canceled the early strike and effectively eliminated them from the tournament. A second-half goal from Édison Méndez did seal a 1–0 consolation win in the final match against Croatia. They finished the tournament last in their group.

Final Group G standings
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Croatia	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

June 3, 2002 Group Stage	Italy	2–0	Ecuador	Sapporo
20:30 UTC+09:00	Vieri 7', 27'	Report		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 31,081 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

June 9, 2002 Group Stage	Mexico	2–1	Ecuador	Miyagi
15:30 UTC+09:00	Borgetti 28' Torrado 57'	Report	Delgado 5'	Stadium: Miyagi Stadium Attendance: 45,610 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

June 13, 2002 Group Stage	Ecuador	1–0	Croatia	Yokohama
20:30 UTC+09:00	Méndez 48'	Report		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 65,862 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

Squad statistics^[16]
Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Minutes played
Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	ITA	MEX	CRO	Total
1	GK	José Francisco Cevallos	(1971-04-17)April 17, 1971 (aged 31)	Barcelona	90	90	90	270
2	DF	Augusto Porozo	(1974-04-13)April 13, 1974 (aged 28)	Emelec	90	90	90	270
3	DF	Iván Hurtado	(1974-08-16)August 16, 1974 (aged 27)	Barcelona	90	90	90	270
4	DF	Ulises de la Cruz	(1974-02-08)February 8, 1974 (aged 28)	Hibernian	90	90	90	270
5	MF	Alfonso Obregón	(1972-05-12)May 12, 1972 (aged 30)	LDU Quito	90	58	40	188
6	DF	Raúl Guerrón	(1976-10-12)October 12, 1976 (aged 25)	Deportivo Quito	90	90	90	270
7	MF	Nicolás Asencio	(1975-04-26)April 26, 1975 (aged 27)	Barcelona	5	0	0	5
8	DF	Luis Gómez	(1972-04-20)April 20, 1972 (aged 30)	Barcelona	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Iván Kaviedes	(1977-10-24)October 24, 1977 (aged 24)	Barcelona	0	53	14	67
10	MF	Álex Aguinaga	(1968-07-09)July 9, 1968 (aged 33)	Necaxa	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Agustín Delgado	(1974-12-23)December 23, 1974 (aged 27)	Southampton	90	90	90	270
12	GK	Oswaldo Ibarra	(1969-09-08)September 8, 1969 (aged 32)	El Nacional	45	32	50	127
13	FW	Ángel Fernández	(1971-08-02)August 2, 1971 (aged 30)	El Nacional	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Juan Carlos Burbano	(1969-02-15)February 15, 1969 (aged 33)	El Nacional	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Marlon Ayoví	(1971-09-27)September 27, 1971 (aged 30)	Deportivo Quito	31	55	90	176
16	MF	Cléber Chalá	(1971-06-29)June 29, 1971 (aged 30)	El Nacional	85	90	90	265
17	DF	Giovanny Espinoza	(1977-04-12)April 12, 1977 (aged 25)	Aucas	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Carlos Tenorio	(1979-05-14)May 14, 1979 (aged 23)	Deportivo Quito	45	37	76	158
19	MF	Édison Méndez	(1979-03-16)March 16, 1979 (aged 23)	Deportivo Quito	90	90	90	270
20	MF	Edwin Tenorio	(1976-06-16)June 16, 1976 (aged 25)	Barcelona	59	35	0	94
21	MF	Wellington Sánchez	(1974-06-19)June 19, 1974 (aged 27)	Emelec	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Daniel Viteri	(1981-12-12)December 12, 1981 (aged 20)	Emelec	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Walter Ayoví	(1979-08-11)August 11, 1979 (aged 22)	Emelec	0	0	0	0
Manager: Hernán Darío Gómez

2006 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup

Ecuador qualified for their second FIFA World Cup by finishing third in the CONMEBOL qualification tournament. They were drawn into Group A, alongside hosts Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica.^[17]

Ecuador campaign got off with a 2–0 win against Poland in their first game in Gelsenkirchen, with goals from Carlos Tenorio and Agustín Delgado.^[18] They then beat Costa Rica 3–0 in Hamburg with goals coming from Carlos Tenorio, Agustín Delgado, and Iván Kaviedes.^[19] The win advanced them to the next round. Their qualification complete, they rested key players against the hosts Germany and were beaten 3–0.^[20] Ecuador finished second in Group A behind Germany and faced England in the Round of 16. A second-half free-kick from David Beckham was the only goal of the game, which eliminated Ecuador from the World Cup.^[21]

Final Group A standings
Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9
Ecuador	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
Poland	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
Costa Rica	3	0	3	3	9	−6	0

June 9, 2006 Group Stage	Poland	0–2	Ecuador	Gelsenkirchen
21:00 UTC+02:00		Report	C. Tenorio 24' Delgado 80'	Stadium: FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

June 15, 2006 Group Stage	Ecuador	3–0	Costa Rica	Hamburg
15:00 UTC+02:00	C. Tenorio 8' Delgado 54' Kaviedes 90+2'	Report		Stadium: FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

June 20, 2006 Group Stage	Ecuador	0–3	Germany	Berlin
16:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Klose 4', 44' Podolski 57'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

June 25, 2006 Round of 16	England	1–0	Ecuador	Stuttgart
17:00 UTC+02:00	Beckham 60'	Report		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Squad statistics^[22]
Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Minutes played
Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	POL	CRC	GER	ENG	Total
1	GK	Edwin Villafuerte	(1979-03-12)March 12, 1979 (aged 27)	Deportivo Quito	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Jorge Guagua	(1981-09-28)September 28, 1981 (aged 24)	El Nacional	21	21	90	0	132
3	DF	Iván Hurtado	(1974-08-16)August 16, 1974 (aged 31)	Al-Arabi	69	90	0	90	249
4	DF	Ulises de la Cruz	(1974-02-08)February 8, 1974 (aged 32)	Aston Villa	90	90	90	90	360
5	DF	José Luis Perlaza	(1981-10-06)October 6, 1981 (aged 24)	Olmedo	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Patricio Urrutia	(1977-10-15)October 15, 1977 (aged 28)	LDU Quito	7	17	22	0	46
7	MF	Christian Lara	(1980-04-27)April 27, 1980 (aged 26)	El Nacional	0	0	27	21	48
8	MF	Édison Méndez	(1979-03-16)March 16, 1979 (aged 27)	LDU Quito	90	90	90	90	360
9	FW	Félix Borja	(1983-04-02)April 2, 1983 (aged 23)	El Nacional	0	0	45	0	45
10	FW	Iván Kaviedes	(1977-10-24)October 24, 1977 (aged 28)	Argentinos Juniors	25	45	90	18	178
11	FW	Agustín Delgado	(1974-12-23)December 23, 1974 (aged 31)	LDU Quito	83	90	0	90	263
12	GK	Cristian Mora	(1979-08-26)August 26, 1979 (aged 26)	LDU Quito	90	90	90	90	360
13	DF	Paúl Ambrosi	(1980-10-14)October 14, 1980 (aged 25)	LDU Quito	0	0	90	0	0
14	MF	Segundo Castillo	(1982-05-15)May 15, 1982 (aged 24)	El Nacional	90	90	0	90	270
15	MF	Marlon Ayoví	(1971-08-27)August 27, 1971 (aged 34)	Deportivo Quito	0	0	68	0	68
16	MF	Antonio Valencia	(1985-08-04)August 4, 1985 (aged 20)	Recreativo de Huelva	90	73	63	90	316
17	DF	Giovanny Espinoza	(1977-04-12)April 12, 1977 (aged 29)	LDU Quito	90	69	90	90	339
18	DF	Néicer Reasco	(1977-07-23)July 23, 1977 (aged 28)	LDU Quito	90	90	0	90	270
19	MF	Luis Saritama	(1983-10-20)October 20, 1983 (aged 22)	Deportivo Quito	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Edwin Tenorio	(1976-06-16)June 16, 1976 (aged 29)	Barcelona	90	90	90	69	339
21	FW	Carlos Tenorio	(1979-05-14)May 14, 1979 (aged 27)	Al-Sadd	65	45	0	72	182
22	GK	Damián Lanza	(1982-04-10)April 10, 1982 (aged 24)	Aucas	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Christian Benítez	(1986-05-01)May 1, 1986 (aged 20)	El Nacional	0	0	0	45	0
Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez

List of goalscorers in World Cups

3 goals

Agustín Delgado (2002, 2006)
Enner Valencia (2014)

2 goals

Carlos Tenorio (2006)

1 goal

Iván Kaviedes (2006)
Édisor Valencia (2014)

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External links

Official website of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (Spanish)
Ecuador at FIFA.com

Football in Ecuador

Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol

National teams	Men's (Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup)/Women's U-23 Men's U-20/Women's U-20 Men's U-17/Women's U-17

Leagues	Serie A Serie B Segunda Categoría Women's championship

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Clubs Footballers Managers Venues

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table

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CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia

CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay

OFC	New Zealand

UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

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