Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup explained

The Ecuador national football team has appeared at four 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 refrained from FIFA World Cup qualification tournaments. Its first entry was the 1950 qualifiers tournament, but withdrew from qualification. Ecuador did not enter 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. Ecuador finished 6th in South America but did not qualify for a third consecutive World Cup qualification tournament. Ecuador returned at the 2014 qualifier edition before they were eliminated from 2018 edition.

YearPositionwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25
1930did not enter
1934
1938
1950Withdrew[1]
1954did not enter
1958
19622 in Group 12002311−80[2]
19663 in Group 34103410−62[3]
19703 in Group 3401328−61[4]
19743 in Group 1402238−52[5]
19783 in Group 3401319−81[6]
19822 in Group 3411225−33[7]
19863 in Group 24013411−71[8]
19903 in Group 2411245−13[9]
19944 in Group 281347705[10]
19986166372221+121[11]
20022189452320+331[12]
20063188462319+428[13]
20106186572226−423[14]
20144167452016+425[15]
201881862102629−320
20224187562719+826
TotalN/A161543869194218−24-

World Cup record

Although Ecuador has advanced past the group stage only once, nonetheless they have managed to win at least one match in each tournament they participated in. In three of the four World Cups Ecuador has played, they were coached by Colombian managers.

FIFA World Cup finals record
YearResultPositionwidth=20width=20width=20width=20width=20width=20
1930did not enter
1934
1938
1950Withdrew
1954did not enter
1958
1962did not qualify
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002Group stage24th310224
2006Round of 1612th420254
2010did not qualify
2014Group stage17th311133
2018did not qualify
2022Group stage18th311143
2026to be determined
2030
2034
TotalRound of 164/25135261414

2002 FIFA World Cup

See main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup.

See also: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) and 2002 FIFA World Cup Group G.

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 their 2–1 defeat. Agustín Delgado scored for Ecuador's first ever World Cup goal and 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. Although they finished the tournament last in their group, they managed to eliminate Croatia, previous third-place in 1998 World Cup, from the competition.

+Final Group G standings
width=165Teamwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25
321042+27
311143+14
310223−13
310224−23
+Squad statistics[16]
Num Pos Player Date of birth (age) Club Minutes played
ITA MEX CRO Total
1 May 31, 2002 90 90 90 270
2 May 31, 2002 90 90 90 270
3 May 31, 2002 90 90 90 270
4 May 31, 2002 90 90 90 270
5 May 31, 2002 90 58 40 188
6 May 31, 2002 90 90 90 270
7 May 31, 2002 5 0 0 5
8 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
9 May 31, 2002 Barcelona0 53 14 67
10 May 31, 2002 45 32 50 127
11 May 31, 2002 90 90 90 270
12 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
13 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
14 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
15 May 31, 2002 31 55 90 176
16 May 31, 2002 85 90 90 265
17 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
18 May 31, 2002 LDU Quito45 37 76 158
19 May 31, 2002 90 90 90 270
20 May 31, 2002 59 35 0 94
21 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
22 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
23 May 31, 2002 0 0 0 0
Manager: Hernán Darío Gómez

2006 FIFA World Cup

See main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup.

See also: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A and 2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage. 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 shock 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
width=165Teamwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25
330082+69
320153+26
310224−23
300339−60
+Squad statistics[22]
Num Pos Player Date of birth (age) Club Minutes played
POL CRC GER ENG Total
1 June 9, 2006 0 0 0 0 0
2 June 9, 2006 21 21 90 0 132
3 June 9, 2006 69 90 0 90 249
4 June 9, 2006 90 90 90 90 360
5 June 9, 2006 0 0 0 0 0
6 June 9, 2006 7 17 22 0 46
7 June 9, 2006 0 0 27 21 48
8 June 9, 2006 90 90 90 90 360
9 June 9, 2006 0 0 45 0 45
10 June 9, 2006 25 45 90 18 178
11 June 9, 2006 83 90 0 90 263
12 June 9, 2006 90 90 90 90 360
13 June 9, 2006 0 0 90 0 0
14 June 9, 2006 90 90 0 90 270
15 June 9, 2006 0 0 68 0 68
16 June 9, 2006 90 73 63 90 316
17 June 9, 2006 90 69 90 90 339
18 June 9, 2006 90 90 0 90 270
19 June 9, 2006 0 0 0 0 0
20 June 9, 2006 90 90 90 69 339
21 June 9, 2006 65 45 0 72 182
22 June 9, 2006 0 0 0 0 0
23 June 9, 2006 0 0 0 45 0

2014 FIFA World Cup

See main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup.

See also: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) and 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E.

Ecuador qualified for their third FIFA World Cup by finishing fourth in the CONMEBOL qualification tournament. Ecuador was drawn into Group E, alongside France, Honduras and Switzerland.

Ecuador played its first match in Brasília, capital of Brazil. Enner Valencia scored the first goal of the match for Ecuador against Switzerland, but the squad happened to allow the European team to win 2–1. In the second match, played in the city of Curitiba, Honduras scored the first goal, but Enner Valencia scored twice, giving Ecuador its first victory at the 2014 World Cup. The last match of the group was played in Rio de Janeiro against France, but nobody scored any goal, despite Ecuador captain Antonio Valencia getting sent off in the 50th minute. These results, however, were not enough to make the country qualify to the next phase of the tournament.

+Final Group E standings
width=165Teamwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25
321082+67
320176+16
31113304
300318−70
+Squad statistics[23]
Num Pos Player Date of birth (age) Club Minutes played
SUI HON FRA Total
1 June 12, 2014 0 0 0 0
2 June 12, 2014 90 90 90 270
3 June 12, 2014 90 90 90 270
4 June 12, 2014 90 90 90 270
5 June 12, 2014 0 0 27 27
6 June 12, 2014 90 90 89 269
7 June 12, 2014 77 90 63 230
8 June 12, 2014 0 8 0 8
9 June 12, 2014 13 0 0 13
10 June 12, 2014 0 0 0 0
11 June 12, 2014 70 82 1 153
12 June 12, 2014 0 0 0 0
13 June 12, 2014 90 90 90 270
14 June 12, 2014 0 83 90 177
15 June 12, 2014 20 0 82 102
16 June 12, 2014 90 90 50 230
17 June 12, 2014 0 0 0 0
18 June 12, 2014 0 0 0 0
19 June 12, 2014 0 0 0 0
20 June 12, 2014 0 0 0 0
21 June 12, 2014 0 2 8 10
22 June 12, 2014 90 90 90 270
23 June 12, 2014 90 7 0 97
Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

2022 FIFA World Cup

See main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group stage

See main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A.

--------

Num Pos Player Date of birth (age) Club Minutes played
QAT NED SEN Total
1 November 20, 2022 90 90 90 270
2 November 20, 2022 90 90 90 270
3 November 20, 2022 90 90 90 270
4 November 20, 2022 0 0 0 0
5 November 20, 2022 13 0 45 58
6 November 20, 2022 0 0 0 0
7 November 20, 2022 90 90 90 270
8 MFCarlos GruezoNovember 20, 2022 Augsburg004545
9 MFAyrton PreciadoNovember 20, 2022 Santos Laguna0000
10 MFRomario IbarraNovember 20, 2022 Pachuca681069
11 FWMichael EstradaNovember 20, 2022 Cruz Azul907464228
12 GKW. Moisés RamírezNovember 20, 2022 Independiente del Valle0000
13 FWEnner ValenciaNovember 20, 2022 Fenerbahçe779090257
14 DFXavier ArreagaNovember 20, 2022 Seattle Sounders FC0000
15 MFÁngel MenaNovember 20, 2022 León0000
16 MFJeremy SarmientoNovember 20, 2022 Brighton & Hove Albion22164583
17 DFAngelo PreciadoNovember 20, 2022 Genk909085265
18 DFDiego PalaciosNovember 20, 2022 Los Angeles FC0000
19 MFGonzalo PlataNovember 20, 2022 Real Valladolid909090270
20 MFJhegson MéndezNovember 20, 2022 Los Angeles FC90900180
21 MFAlan FrancoNovember 20, 2022 Talleres (C)104546
22 GKAlexander DomínguezNovember 20, 2022 LDU Quito0000
23 MFMoisés CaicedoNovember 20, 2022 Brighton & Hove Albion09090270
24FWDjorkaeff ReascoNovember 20, 2022 Newell's Old Boys002626
25DFJackson PorozoNovember 20, 2022 ES Troyes AC090595
26FWKevin RodríguezNovember 20, 2022 Imbabura SC1102
Manager: Gustavo Alfaro

Player records

Most matches

RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups
1Édison Méndez82002, 2006 and 2014
2Ulises de la Cruz72002 and 2006
Antonio Valencia72006 and 2014
4Agustín Delgado62002 and 2006
Iván Hurtado62002 and 2006
Iván Kaviedes62002 and 2006
Carlos Tenorio62002 and 2006
Edwin Tenorio62002 and 2006
Jorge Guagua62006 and 2014
Enner Valencia62014 and 2022

Most goals

PlayerGoals2002200620142022
Enner Valencia6--33
Agustín Delgado312--
Carlos Tenorio2-2--
Iván Kaviedes1-1--
11---
Moisés Caicedo1---1
Total142534

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Cup 1950 Qualifying.
  2. Web site: World Cup 1962 qualifications.
  3. Web site: World Cup 1966 qualifications.
  4. Web site: World Cup 1970 qualifications.
  5. Web site: World Cup 1974 qualifications.
  6. Web site: World Cup 1978 qualifications.
  7. Web site: World Cup 1982 qualifications.
  8. Web site: World Cup 1986 qualifications.
  9. Web site: World Cup 1990 qualifications.
  10. Web site: World Cup 1994 qualifications.
  11. Web site: World Cup 1998 qualifications.
  12. Web site: World Cup 2002 Qualifying.
  13. Web site: World Cup 2006 Qualifying.
  14. Web site: World Cup 2010 Qualifying.
  15. Web site: FIFA. https://web.archive.org/web/20131024000531/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/standings/round1.html. dead. October 24, 2013.
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20091122051432/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/38/fwc_korea_japan_2002_a_part2_264.pdf FIFA.com
  17. Web site: Hosts Germany delighted with draw . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114759/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=16115.html#hosts+germany+delighted+with+draw . dead . November 9, 2012 . December 10, 2005 . June 23, 2010 . .
  18. Web site: Ecuador's win is sweet for Suarez . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114752/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=23474.html#ecuadors+sweet+suarez . dead . November 9, 2012 . June 10, 2006 . June 23, 2010 . .
  19. Web site: ECUADOR 3-0 COSTA RICA . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114737/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=22815.html . dead . November 9, 2012 . June 15, 2006 . June 23, 2010 . .
  20. Web site: ECUADOR 0-3 GERMANY . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114741/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=21944.html . dead . November 9, 2012 . June 20, 2006 . June 23, 2010 . .
  21. Web site: ENGLAND 1-0 ECUADOR . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114747/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=31955.html . dead . November 9, 2012 . June 25, 2006 . June 23, 2010 . .
  22. https://web.archive.org/web/20111220070751/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/32/fwc%5f2006%5fgermany%5f1%5f2%5f262.pdf FIFA.com
  23. resources.fifa.com/mm/document/.../2014fwc_tsg_report_15082014web_neutral.pdf

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.