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{{Short description|Participation of Ecuador's national football team in the FIFA World Cup}}
{{For|the women's team|Ecuador at the FIFA Women's World Cup}}

The '''[[Ecuador national football team]]''' has appeared at four '''[[FIFA World Cup]]s''', the world's premier football tournament for national football teams. Ecuador's first participation in the World Cup was in [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]. Their best performance was in [[2006 FIFA World Cup|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 [[FIFA World Cup qualification|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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" 
|-
!Year
!Position
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||colspan=9 rowspan=3|''did not enter''||
|-
|[[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||
|-
|[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||
|-
|[[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification#Group 8|1950]]||colspan=9|''Withdrew''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50q.html|title=World Cup 1950 Qualifying}}</ref>
|-
|[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||colspan=9 rowspan=2|''did not enter''||
|-
|[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||
|-
|[[1962 FIFA World Cup#South America|1962]]||2 in Group 1||2||0||0||2||3||11||−8||'''0'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/62qual.html|title = World Cup 1962 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1966 FIFA World Cup#South America|1966]]||3 in Group 3||4||1||0||3||4||10||−6||'''2'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/66qual.html|title = World Cup 1966 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1970 FIFA World Cup#South America|1970]]||3 in Group 3||4||0||1||3||2||8||−6||'''1'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/70qual.html|title = World Cup 1970 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1974]]||3 in Group 1||4||0||2||2||3||8||−5||'''2'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74qual.html|title = World Cup 1974 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1978]]||3 in Group 3||4||0||1||3||1||9||−8||'''1'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/78qual.html|title = World Cup 1978 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1982]]||2 in Group 3||4||1||1||2||2||5||−3||'''3'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/82qual.html|title = World Cup 1982 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1986]]||3 in Group 2||4||0||1||3||4||11||−7||'''1'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/86qual.html|title = World Cup 1986 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1990]]||3 in Group 2||4||1||1||2||4||5||−1||'''3'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/90qual.html|title = World Cup 1990 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1994]]||4 in Group 2||8||1||3||4||7||7||0||'''5'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/94qual.html|title = World Cup 1994 qualifications}}</ref>
|-
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1998]]||6||16||6||3||7||22||21||+1||'''21'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98qual.html|title = World Cup 1998 qualifications}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2002]]||2||18||9||4||5||23||20||+3||'''31'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002q.html|title = World Cup 2002 Qualifying}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2006]]||3||18||8||4||6||23||19||+4||'''28'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2006q.html|title=World Cup 2006 Qualifying}}</ref>
|-
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2010]]||6||18||6||5||7||22||26||−4||'''23'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2010q.html|title=World Cup 2010 Qualifying}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2014]]||4||16||7||4||5||20||16||+4||'''25'''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/standings/round1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024000531/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/standings/round1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2013|title=FIFA}}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2018]]||8||18||6||2||10||26||29||−3||'''20'''||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|[[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2022]]||4||18||7||5||6||27||19||+8||'''26'''||
|-
!Total||N/A||161||54||38||69||194||218||−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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=9|[[FIFA World Cup]] finals record
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!width=20|{{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!width=20|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=2|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=10|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|1946}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]
|Group stage
|24th
|3
|1
|0
|2
|2
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]
|Round of 16
|12th
|4
|2
|0
|2
|5
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
|colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]
|Group stage
|17th
|3
|1
|1
|1
|3
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
|colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]
|Group stage
|18th
|3
|1
|1
|1
|4
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|''to be determined''
|-
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} [[2030 FIFA World Cup|2030]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[2034 FIFA World Cup|2034]]
|-
!'''Total'''
!'''Round of 16'''
!'''4/25'''
!'''13'''
!'''5'''
!'''2'''
!'''6'''
!'''14'''
!'''14'''
|}

==2002 FIFA World Cup==
{{main|2002 FIFA World Cup}}
{{see also|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2002 FIFA World Cup Group G}}

Ecuador qualified for their first [[FIFA World Cup]] by finishing second in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL qualification tournament]], finishing ahead of Brazil. Ecuador were drawn into [[2002 FIFA World Cup - Group G|Group G]], alongside [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]], and [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]].

Ecuador made a losing World Cup debut against worldpowers [[Italy national football team|Italy]], falling 2–0 by courtesy of a [[Christian Vieri]] double. Their next match against [[Mexico national football team|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 national football team|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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|+Final Group G standings
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{fb|MEX}}
|3||2||1||0||4||2||+2||'''7'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{fb|ITA}}
|3||1||1||1||4||3||+1||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|CRO}}
|3||1||0||2||2||3||−1||'''3'''
|-
|align="left"|'''{{fb|ECU}}'''
|3||1||0||2||2||4||−2||'''3'''
|}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 3, 2002
|time=20:30 [[UTC+09:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score=2–0
|result=L
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090510090110/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/results/matches/match%3D43950011/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU}}
|goals1=[[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|7||27}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Sapporo Dome]]
|location=[[Sapporo]]
|attendance=31,081
|referee=[[Brian Hall (referee)|Brian Hall]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) }}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 9, 2002
|time=15:30 [[UTC+09:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score=2–1
|result=L
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090224090112/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/results/matches/match%3D43950027/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU}}
|goals1=[[Jared Borgetti|Borgetti]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Gerardo Torrado|Torrado]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2=[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|5}}
|stadium=[[Miyagi Stadium]]
|location=[[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
|attendance=45,610
|referee=[[Mourad Daami]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]]) }}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 13, 2002
|time=20:30 [[UTC+09:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU}}
|score=1–0
|result=W
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090710030247/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/results/matches/match%3D43950044/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=[[Edison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[International Stadium Yokohama]]
|location=[[Yokohama]]
|attendance=65,862
|referee=[[William Mattus]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]]) }}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|+Squad statistics<ref>[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]</ref>
|-
!rowspan=2| Num !!rowspan=2| Pos !!rowspan=2| Player !!rowspan=2| Date of birth (age) !!rowspan=2| Club !!colspan=4| Minutes played
|-
! ITA !! MEX !! CRO !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[José Francisco Cevallos]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1971|4|17}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 2 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Augusto Porozo]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1974|4|13}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 3 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Iván Hurtado]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1974|8|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 4 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Ulises de la Cruz]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1974|2|8}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 5 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Alfonso Obregón]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1972|5|12}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 90 || 58 || 40 || 188
|-
| 6 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Raúl Guerrón]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1976|10|12}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportivo Quito|Deportivo Quito]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 7 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Nicolás Asencio]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1975|4|26}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5
|-
| 8 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Luis Gómez (footballer)|Luis Gómez]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1972|4|20}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 9 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Iván Kaviedes]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1977|10|24}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]]|| 0 || 53 || 14 || 67
|-
| 10 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Álex Aguinaga]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1968|7|9}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] || 45 || 32 || 50 || 127
|-
| 11 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Agustín Delgado]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1974|12|23}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 12 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Oswaldo Ibarra]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1969|9|8}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 13 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Ángel Fernández]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1971|8|2}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 14 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Juan Carlos Burbano]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1969|2|15}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 15 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Marlon Ayoví]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1971|9|27}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportivo Quito|Deportivo Quito]] || 31 || 55 || 90 || 176
|-
| 16 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Cléber Chalá]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1971|6|29}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 85 || 90 || 90 || 265
|-
| 17 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Giovanny Espinoza]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1977|4|12}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 18 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Carlos Tenorio]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1979|5|14}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]]|| 45 || 37 || 76 || 158
|-
| 19 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Édison Méndez]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1979|3|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportivo Quito|Deportivo Quito]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 20 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Edwin Tenorio]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1976|6|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 59 || 35 || 0 || 94
|-
| 21 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Wellington Sánchez]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1974|6|19}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 22 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Daniel Viteri]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1981|12|12}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 23 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Walter Ayoví]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2002|5|31|1979|8|11}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left;"| Manager: {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Hernán Darío Gómez]]
|}

==2006 FIFA World Cup==
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup}}
{{see also|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2006 FIFA World Cup Group A|2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage}}
Ecuador qualified for their second [[FIFA World Cup]] by finishing third in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL qualification tournament]]. They were drawn into Group A, alongside hosts [[Germany national football team|Germany]], [[Poland national football team|Poland]], and [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=16115.html#hosts+germany+delighted+with+draw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114759/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=16115.html#hosts+germany+delighted+with+draw |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |title=Hosts Germany delighted with draw |date=December 10, 2005 |access-date=June 23, 2010 |publisher=[[FIFA]] }}</ref>

Ecuador campaign got off with a shock 2–0 win against [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in their first game in [[Gelsenkirchen]], with goals from [[Carlos Tenorio]] and [[Agustín Delgado]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=23474.html#ecuadors+sweet+suarez |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114752/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=23474.html#ecuadors+sweet+suarez |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |title=Ecuador's win is sweet for Suarez |date=June 10, 2006 |access-date=June 23, 2010 |publisher=[[FIFA]] }}</ref> They then beat [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] 3–0 in [[Hamburg]] with goals coming from [[Carlos Tenorio]], [[Agustín Delgado]], and [[Iván Kaviedes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=22815.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114737/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=22815.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |title=ECUADOR 3-0 COSTA RICA |date=June 15, 2006 |access-date=June 23, 2010 |publisher=[[FIFA]] }}</ref> The win advanced them to the next round. Their qualification complete, they rested key players against the hosts [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and were beaten 3–0.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=21944.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114741/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=21944.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |title=ECUADOR 0-3 GERMANY |date=June 20, 2006 |access-date=June 23, 2010 |publisher=[[FIFA]] }}</ref> Ecuador finished second in Group A behind [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and faced [[England national football team|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=31955.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109114747/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=31955.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |title=ENGLAND 1-0 ECUADOR |date=June 25, 2006 |access-date=June 23, 2010 |publisher=[[FIFA]] }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|+Final Group A standings
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|{{fb|GER}}
|3||3||0||0||8||2||+6||'''9'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|'''{{fb|ECU}}'''
|3||2||0||1||5||3||+2||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|POL}}
|3||1||0||2||2||4||−2||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|CRC}}
|3||0||0||3||3||9||−6||'''0'''
|}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 9, 2006
|time=21:00 [[UTC+02:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=0–2
|result=W
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090202123849/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match%3D97410002/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Carlos Tenorio|C. Tenorio]] {{goal|24}}<br />[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium=[[Veltins-Arena|FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen]]
|location=[[Gelsenkirchen]]
|attendance=52,000
|referee=[[Toru Kamikawa]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) }}

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|round=Group Stage
|date=June 15, 2006
|time=15:00 [[UTC+02:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU}}
|score=3–0
|result=W
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090414201702/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match%3D97410018/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|CRC}}
|goals1=[[Carlos Tenorio|C. Tenorio]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Iván Kaviedes|Kaviedes]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[HSH Nordbank Arena|FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg]]
|location=[[Hamburg]]
|attendance=50,000
|referee=[[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]]) }}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 20, 2006
|time=16:00 [[UTC+02:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU}}
|score=0–3
|result=L
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090625012546/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match%3D97410033/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|GER}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Miroslav Klose|Klose]] {{goal|4||44}}<br />[[Lukas Podolski|Podolski]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium=[[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
|location=[[Berlin]]
|attendance=72,000
|referee=[[Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]]) }}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Round of 16
|date=June 25, 2006
|time=17:00 [[UTC+02:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score=1–0
|result=L
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090507194310/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match%3D97410051/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU}}
|goals1=[[David Beckham|Beckham]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion]]
|location=[[Stuttgart]]
|attendance=52,000
|referee=[[Frank De Bleeckere]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]]) }}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|+Squad statistics<ref>[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]</ref>
|-
!rowspan=2| Num !!rowspan=2| Pos !!rowspan=2| Player !!rowspan=2| Date of birth (age) !!rowspan=2| Club !!colspan=5| Minutes played
|-
! POL !! CRC !! GER !! ENG || Total
|-
| 1 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Edwin Villafuerte]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1979|3|12}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportivo Quito|Deportivo Quito]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 2 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Jorge Guagua]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1981|9|28}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 21 || 21 || 90 || 0 || 132
|-
| 3 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Iván Hurtado]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1974|8|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al-Arabi]] || 69 || 90 || 0 || 90 || 249
|-
| 4 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Ulises de la Cruz]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1974|2|8}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 360
|-
| 5 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[José Luis Perlaza]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1981|10|6}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Centro Deportivo Olmedo|Olmedo]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 6 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Patricio Urrutia]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1977|10|15}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 7 || 17 || 22 || 0 || 46
|-
| 7 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Christian Lara (footballer)|Christian Lara]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1980|4|27}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 0 || 0 || 27 || 21 || 48
|-
| 8 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Édison Méndez]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1979|3|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 360
|-
| 9 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Félix Borja]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1983|4|2}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 0 || 0 || 45 || 0 || 45
|-
| 10 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Iván Kaviedes]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1977|10|24}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentinos Juniors]] || 25 || 45 || 90 || 18 || 178
|-
| 11 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Agustín Delgado]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1974|12|23}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 83 || 90 || 0 || 90 || 263
|-
| 12 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Cristian Mora]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1979|8|26}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 360
|-
| 13 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Paúl Ambrosi]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1980|10|14}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 0 || 0 || 90 || 0 || 0
|-
| 14 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Segundo Castillo (footballer, born 1982)|Segundo Castillo]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1982|5|15}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 90 || 90 || 0 || 90 || 270
|-
| 15 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Marlon Ayoví]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1971|8|27}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportivo Quito|Deportivo Quito]] || 0 || 0 || 68 || 0 || 68
|-
| 16 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Antonio Valencia]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1985|8|4}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Recreativo de Huelva]] || 90 || 73 || 63 || 90 || 316
|-
| 17 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Giovanny Espinoza]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1977|4|12}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 90 || 69 || 90 || 90 || 339
|-
| 18 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Néicer Reasco]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1977|7|23}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] || 90 || 90 || 0 || 90 || 270
|-
| 19 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Luis Saritama]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1983|10|20}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportivo Quito|Deportivo Quito]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 20 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Edwin Tenorio]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1976|6|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 69 || 339
|-
| 21 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Carlos Tenorio]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1979|5|14}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al-Sadd Sports Club|Al-Sadd]] || 65 || 45 || 0 || 72 || 182
|-
| 22 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Damián Lanza]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1982|4|10}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 23 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Christian Benítez]] ||align=left| {{Birth date and age2|2006|6|9|1986|5|1}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 45 || 0
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:left;"| Coach: {{flagicon|COL}} [[Luis Fernando Suárez]] 
|}

==2014 FIFA World Cup==
{{main|2014 FIFA World Cup}}
{{see also|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2014 FIFA World Cup Group E}}

Ecuador qualified for their third [[FIFA World Cup]] by finishing fourth in the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL qualification tournament]]. Ecuador was drawn into [[2014 FIFA World Cup Group E|Group E]], alongside [[France national football team|France]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] and [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]].

[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] played its first match in [[Brasília]], capital of [[Brazil]]. [[Enner Valencia]] scored the first goal of the match for Ecuador against [[Switzerland national football team|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 national football team|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 national football team|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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|+Final Group E standings
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|3||2||1||0||8||2||+6||'''7'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{fb|SUI}}
|3||2||0||1||7||6||+1||'''6'''
|-
|align="left"|'''{{fb|ECU}}'''
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|HON|1949}}
|3||0||0||3||1||8||−7||'''0'''
|}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 15, 2014
|time=13:00 [[UTC-03:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
|score=2–1
|result=L
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140617200247/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186494/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU}}
|goals1=[[Admir Mehmedi|Mehmedi]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Haris Seferovic|Seferovic]] {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2=[[Enner Valencia|E. Valencia]] {{goal|22}}
|stadium=[[Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha]]
|location=[[Brasília]]
|attendance=68,351
|referee=[[Ravshan Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]]) }}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 20, 2014
|time=19:00 [[UTC-03:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score=1–2
|result=W
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140701184446/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186463/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|ECU}}
|goals1=[[Carlo Costly|Costly]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2=[[Enner Valencia|E. Valencia]] {{goal|34||65}}
|stadium=[[Arena da Baixada]]
|location=[[Curitiba]]
|attendance=39,224
|referee=[[Ben Williams (referee)|Ben Williams]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]]) }}

{{football box collapsible
|round=Group Stage
|date=June 25, 2014
|time=17:00 [[UTC-03:00]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU}}
|score=0–0
|result=D
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140628225530/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186515/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio do Maracanã]]
|location=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance=73,749
|referee=[[Noumandiez Doué]] ([[Ivorian Football Federation|Ivory Coast]]) }}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|
|+Squad statistics<ref>resources.fifa.com/mm/document/.../2014fwc_tsg_report_15082014web_neutral.pdf</ref>
|-
!rowspan=2| Num !!rowspan=2| Pos !!rowspan=2| Player !!rowspan=2| Date of birth (age) !!rowspan=2| Club !!colspan=4| Minutes played
|-
! SUI !! HON !! FRA !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Máximo Banguera]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1985|12|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 2 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Jorge Guagua]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1981|9|28}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 3 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Frickson Erazo]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1988|5|5}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 4 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Juan Carlos Paredes]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1987|7|8}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 5 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Renato Ibarra]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1991|1|20}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[SBV Vitesse|Vitesse]] || 0 || 0 || 27 || 27
|-
| 6 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Christian Noboa]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1985|4|9}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] || 90 || 90 || 89 || 269
|-
| 7 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Jefferson Montero]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1989|9|1}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Monarcas Morelia]] || 77 || 90 || 63 || 230
|-
| 8 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Édison Méndez]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1979|3|16}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Independiente Santa Fe]] || 0 || 8 || 0 || 8
|-
| 9 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Joao Rojas (footballer, born 1989)|Joao Rojas]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1989|6|14}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]] || 13 || 0 || 0 || 13
|-
| 10 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Walter Ayoví]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1979|8|11}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 11 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Felipe Caicedo]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1988|9|5}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Al Jazira Club|Al-Jazira]] || 70 || 82 || 1 || 153
|-
| 12 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Adrián Bone]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1988|9|8}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|El Nacional]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 13 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Enner Valencia]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1989|4|11}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 14 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Oswaldo Minda]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1983|7|26}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chivas USA]] || 0 || 83 || 90 || 177
|-
| 15 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Michael Arroyo]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1987|4|23}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Atlante|Atlante]] || 20 || 0 || 82 || 102
|-
| 16 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Antonio Valencia]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1985|8|4}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] || 90 || 90 || 50 || 230
|-
| 17 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]] ||align=left| [[Jaime Ayoví]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1988|2|21}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 18 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Óscar Bagüí]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1982|12|10}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 19 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Luis Saritama]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1983|10|20}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 20 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Fidel Martínez]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1990|2|15}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 21 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] ||align=left| [[Gabriel Achilier]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1985|3|24}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] || 0 || 2 || 8 || 10
|-
| 22 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] ||align=left| [[Alexander Domínguez]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1987|6|5}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[LDU Quito]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 23 || [[Midfielder|MF]] ||align=left| [[Carlos Armando Gruezo Arboleda|Carlos Gruezo]] ||align=left| {{birth date and age2|2014|6|12|1995|4|19}} ||align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} [[VfB Stuttgart]] || 90 || 7 || 0 || 97
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left;"| Manager: {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Reinaldo Rueda]]
|}

==2022 FIFA World Cup==
{{main|2022 FIFA World Cup}}

===Group stage===
{{main|2022 FIFA World Cup Group A}}
{{2022 FIFA World Cup group tables|Group A|showteam=ECU}}

{{#lst:2022 FIFA World Cup Group A|A1}}
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{{#lst:2022 FIFA World Cup Group A|A4}}
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{{#lst:2022 FIFA World Cup Group A|A5}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Num !! rowspan="2" | Pos !! rowspan="2" | Player !! rowspan="2" | Date of birth (age) !! rowspan="2" | Club !! colspan="4" | Minutes played
|-
! QAT !! NED !! SEN !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] || align="left" | [[Hernán Galíndez]] || align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1987|3|30}} || align="left" | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[S.D. Aucas|Aucas]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 2 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || align="left" | [[Félix Torres (footballer, born 1997)|Félix Torres]] || align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1997 |1|11}} || align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 3 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || align="left" | [[Piero Hincapié]] || align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2002|1|9}} || align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 4 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || align="left" | [[Robert Arboleda]] || align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1991|10|22}} || align="left" | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 5 || [[Midfielder|MF]] || align="left" | [[José Cifuentes]] || align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1999|3|12}} || align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles FC]] || 13 || 0 || 45 || 58
|-
| 6 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || align="left" | [[Willian Pacho]] || align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2001|10|16}} || align="left" | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Royal Antwerp F.C.|Royal Antwerp]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 7 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || align="left" | [[Pervis Estupiñán]] || align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1998|1|21}} || align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] || 90 || 90 || 90 || 270
|-
| 8 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Carlos Gruezo (footballer, born 1995)|Carlos Gruezo]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1995|4|19}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Augsburg|Augsburg]]|| 0|| 0|| 45||45
|-
| 9 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Ayrton Preciado]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1994|7|17}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Santos Laguna]]|| 0|| 0|| 0||0
|-
| 10 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Romario Ibarra]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1994|9|24}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]]|| 68|| 1|| 0||69
|-
| 11 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]]|| align="left" | [[Michael Estrada]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1996|4|7}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cruz Azul]]|| 90|| 74|| 64||228
|-
| 12 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]]|| align="left" | [[Moisés Ramírez|W. Moisés Ramírez]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2000|9|9}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[C.S.D. Independiente del Valle|Independiente del Valle]]|| 0|| 0|| 0||0
|-
| 13 || [[Forward (association football)|FW]]|| align="left" | [[Enner Valencia]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1989|11|4}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]]|| 77|| 90|| 90||257
|-
| 14 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]]|| align="left" | [[Xavier Arreaga]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1994|9|28}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Sounders FC]]|| 0|| 0|| 0||0
|-
| 15 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Ángel Mena]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1988|1|21}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club León|León]]|| 0|| 0|| 0||0
|-
| 16 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Jeremy Sarmiento]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2002|6|16}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]|| 22|| 16|| 45||83
|-
| 17 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]]|| align="left" | [[Ángelo Preciado|Angelo Preciado]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1998|2|18}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[K.R.C. Genk|Genk]]|| 90|| 90|| 85||265
|-
| 18 || [[Defender (association football)|DF]]|| align="left" | [[Diego Palacios]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1999|7|12}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles FC]]|| 0|| 0|| 0||0
|-
| 19 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Gonzalo Plata]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2000|11|1}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Real Valladolid]]|| 90|| 90|| 90||270
|-
| 20 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Sebas Méndez|Jhegson Méndez]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1997|4|26}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles FC]]|| 90|| 90|| 0||180
|-
| 21 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Alan Franco (footballer, born 1998)|Alan Franco]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1998|8|21}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres (C)]]|| 1|| 0|| 45||46
|-
| 22 || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]]|| align="left" | [[Alexander Domínguez]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1987|6|5}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[L.D.U. Quito|LDU Quito]]|| 0|| 0|| 0||0
|-
| 23 || [[Midfielder|MF]]|| align="left" | [[Moisés Caicedo]]|| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2001|11|2}}|| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]|| 0|| 90|| 90||270
|-
|24
|[[Forward (association football)|FW]]
| align="left" | [[Djorkaeff Reasco]]
| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|1999|1|18}}
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Newell's Old Boys]]
|0
|0
|26
|26
|-
|25
|[[Defender (association football)|DF]]
| align="left" | [[Jackson Porozo]]
| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2000|8|4}}
| align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[ES Troyes AC]]
|0
|90
|5
|95
|-
|26
|[[Forward (association football)|FW]]
| align="left" | [[Kevin Rodríguez (footballer, born 2000)|Kevin Rodríguez]]
| align="left" | {{birth date and age2|2022|11|20|2000|3|4}}
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Imbabura S.C.|Imbabura SC]]
|1
|1
|0
|2
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left;" | Manager: {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gustavo Alfaro]]
|}

==Player records ==

===Most matches===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Matches
!World Cups
|-
|align=center|1||[[Édison Méndez]]||align=center|8||2002, 2006 and 2014
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|2
|[[Ulises de la Cruz]]||align=center|7||2002 and 2006
|-
|[[Antonio Valencia]]||align=center|7||2006 and 2014
|-
|rowspan=7 align=center|4
|[[Agustín Delgado]]||align=center|6||2002 and 2006
|-
|[[Iván Hurtado]]||align=center|6||2002 and 2006
|-
|[[Iván Kaviedes]]||align=center|6||2002 and 2006
|-
|[[Carlos Tenorio]]||align=center|6||2002 and 2006
|-
|[[Edwin Tenorio]]||align=center|6||2002 and 2006
|-
|[[Jorge Guagua]]||align=center|6||2006 and 2014
|-
|[[Enner Valencia]]||align=center|6||2014 and 2022
|}

===Most goals===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Player
!Goals
![[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]
![[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]
![[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]
![[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]
|-
|[[Enner Valencia]]
!6
| -
| -
|3
|3
|-
|[[Agustín Delgado]]
!3
|1
|2
| -
| -
|-
|[[Carlos Tenorio]]
!2
| -
|2
| -
| -
|-
|[[Iván Kaviedes]]
!1
| -
|1
| -
| -
|-
|[[Édison Méndez]] 
!1
|1
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[Moisés Caicedo]]
!1
| -
| -
| -
|1
|- class="sortbottom"
!Total
!14
!2
!5
!3
!4
|}

==See also==
*[[Ecuador at the CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
*[[Ecuador at the Copa América]]
*[[South American nations at the FIFA World Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/index.aspx Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809144624/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/index.aspx |date=2018-08-09 }} of the [[Ecuadorian Football Federation]] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070618055620/http://fifa.com/associations/association=ecu/index.html Ecuador at FIFA.com]

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[[Category:Ecuador national football team|World Cup]]
[[Category:Countries at the FIFA World Cup]]

== Head-to-head record ==
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Opponent
!{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
!{{abbr|W|Won}}
!{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!Win %
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Costa Rica}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Croatia}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=1|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|England}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|France}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Germany}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=3|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Honduras|1949}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Italy}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Mexico}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Netherlands}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=1|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Poland}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Qatar}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Senegal}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Switzerland}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-class="sortbottom"
!Total
{{WDLtot|13|5|2|6|for=14|against=14|diff=yes}}
|}