Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup

Last updated April 17, 2024

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.

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]
2018	8	18	6	2	10	26	29	−3	20
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.

FIFA World Cup finals record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	did not enter
1934
1938
1950	Withdrew
1954	did not enter
1958	did not enter
1962	did not qualify
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Group stage	24th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2006	Round of 16	12th	4	2	0	2	5	4
2010	did not qualify
2014	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2018	did not qualify
2022	Group stage	18th	3	1	1	1	4	3
2026	to be determined
2030
2034
Total	Round of 16	4/25	13	5	2	6	14	14

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 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
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, 2002Group 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, 2002Group 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, 2002Group 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	45	32	50	127
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	0	0	0	0
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)	LDU 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

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
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, 2006Group 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, 2006Group 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, 2006Group 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, 2006Round 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

2014 FIFA World Cup

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
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
Ecuador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

June 15, 2014Group Stage	Switzerland	2–1	Ecuador	Brasília
13:00 UTC-03:00	Mehmedi 48' Seferovic 90+3'	Report	E. Valencia 22'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Attendance: 68,351 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

June 20, 2014Group Stage	Honduras	1–2	Ecuador	Curitiba
19:00 UTC-03:00	Costly 31'	Report	E. Valencia 34', 65'	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Attendance: 39,224 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

June 25, 2014Group Stage	Ecuador	0–0	France	Rio de Janeiro
17:00 UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: 73,749 Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

Squad statistics^[23]
Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Minutes played

Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	SUI	HON	FRA	Total
1	GK	Máximo Banguera	(1985-12-16)December 16, 1985 (aged 28)	Barcelona	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Jorge Guagua	(1981-09-28)September 28, 1981 (aged 32)	Emelec	90	90	90	270
3	DF	Frickson Erazo	(1988-05-05)May 5, 1988 (aged 26)	Flamengo	90	90	90	270
4	DF	Juan Carlos Paredes	(1987-07-08)July 8, 1987 (aged 26)	Barcelona	90	90	90	270
5	MF	Renato Ibarra	(1991-01-20)January 20, 1991 (aged 23)	Vitesse	0	0	27	27
6	MF	Christian Noboa	(1985-04-09)April 9, 1985 (aged 29)	Dynamo Moscow	90	90	89	269
7	MF	Jefferson Montero	(1989-09-01)September 1, 1989 (aged 24)	Monarcas Morelia	77	90	63	230
8	MF	Édison Méndez	(1979-03-16)March 16, 1979 (aged 35)	Independiente Santa Fe	0	8	0	8
9	MF	Joao Rojas	(1989-06-14)June 14, 1989 (aged 24)	Cruz Azul	13	0	0	13
10	DF	Walter Ayoví	(1979-08-11)August 11, 1979 (aged 34)	Pachuca	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Felipe Caicedo	(1988-09-05)September 5, 1988 (aged 25)	Al-Jazira	70	82	1	153
12	GK	Adrián Bone	(1988-09-08)September 8, 1988 (aged 25)	El Nacional	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Enner Valencia	(1989-04-11)April 11, 1989 (aged 25)	Pachuca	90	90	90	270
14	MF	Oswaldo Minda	(1983-07-26)July 26, 1983 (aged 30)	Chivas USA	0	83	90	177
15	MF	Michael Arroyo	(1987-04-23)April 23, 1987 (aged 27)	Atlante	20	0	82	102
16	MF	Antonio Valencia	(1985-08-04)August 4, 1985 (aged 28)	Manchester United	90	90	50	230
17	FW	Jaime Ayoví	(1988-02-21)February 21, 1988 (aged 26)	Tijuana	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Óscar Bagüí	(1982-12-10)December 10, 1982 (aged 31)	Emelec	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Luis Saritama	(1983-10-20)October 20, 1983 (aged 30)	Barcelona	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Fidel Martínez	(1990-02-15)February 15, 1990 (aged 24)	Tijuana	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Gabriel Achilier	(1985-03-24)March 24, 1985 (aged 29)	Emelec	0	2	8	10
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	(1987-06-05)June 5, 1987 (aged 27)	LDU Quito	90	90	90	270
23	MF	Carlos Gruezo	(1995-04-19)April 19, 1995 (aged 19)	VfB Stuttgart	90	7	0	97
Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

2022 FIFA World Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advanced to knockout stage
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Qatar (H)	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 November 2022

19:00

Qatar	0–2	Ecuador
	Report	Valencia 16' (pen.), 31'

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor

Attendance: 67,372

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

25 November 2022

19:00

Netherlands	1–1	Ecuador
Gakpo 6'	Report	Valencia 49'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 44,833

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

29 November 2022

18:00

Ecuador	1–2	Senegal
Caicedo 67'	Report	I. Sarr 44' (pen.) Koulibaly 70'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 44,569

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Minutes played

Num	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	QAT	NED	SEN	Total
1	GK	Hernán Galíndez	(1987-03-30)March 30, 1987 (aged 35)	Aucas	90	90	90	270
2	DF	Félix Torres	(1997 -01-11)January 11, 1997 (aged 25)	Santos Laguna	90	90	90	270
3	DF	Piero Hincapié	(2002-01-09)January 9, 2002 (aged 20)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	90	90	90	270
4	DF	Robert Arboleda	(1991-10-22)October 22, 1991 (aged 31)	São Paulo	0	0	0	0
5	MF	José Cifuentes	(1999-03-12)March 12, 1999 (aged 23)	Los Angeles FC	13	0	45	58
6	DF	Willian Pacho	(2001-10-16)October 16, 2001 (aged 21)	Royal Antwerp	0	0	0	0
7	DF	Pervis Estupiñán	(1998-01-21)January 21, 1998 (aged 24)	Brighton & Hove Albion	90	90	90	270
8	MF	Carlos Gruezo	(1995-04-19)April 19, 1995 (aged 27)	Augsburg	0	0	45	45
9	MF	Ayrton Preciado	(1994-07-17)July 17, 1994 (aged 28)	Santos Laguna	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Romario Ibarra	(1994-09-24)September 24, 1994 (aged 28)	Pachuca	68	1	0	69
11	FW	Michael Estrada	(1996-04-07)April 7, 1996 (aged 26)	Cruz Azul	90	74	64	228
12	GK	W. Moisés Ramírez	(2000-09-09)September 9, 2000 (aged 22)	Independiente del Valle	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Enner Valencia	(1989-11-04)November 4, 1989 (aged 33)	Fenerbahçe	77	90	90	257
14	DF	Xavier Arreaga	(1994-09-28)September 28, 1994 (aged 28)	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Ángel Mena	(1988-01-21)January 21, 1988 (aged 34)	León	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Jeremy Sarmiento	(2002-06-16)June 16, 2002 (aged 20)	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	16	45	83
17	DF	Angelo Preciado	(1998-02-18)February 18, 1998 (aged 24)	Genk	90	90	85	265
18	DF	Diego Palacios	(1999-07-12)July 12, 1999 (aged 23)	Los Angeles FC	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Gonzalo Plata	(2000-11-01)November 1, 2000 (aged 22)	Real Valladolid	90	90	90	270
20	MF	Jhegson Méndez	(1997-04-26)April 26, 1997 (aged 25)	Los Angeles FC	90	90	0	180
21	MF	Alan Franco	(1998-08-21)August 21, 1998 (aged 24)	Talleres (C)	1	0	45	46
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	(1987-06-05)June 5, 1987 (aged 35)	LDU Quito	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Moisés Caicedo	(2001-11-02)November 2, 2001 (aged 21)	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	90	90	270
24	FW	Djorkaeff Reasco	(1999-01-18)January 18, 1999 (aged 23)	Newell's Old Boys	0	0	26	26
25	DF	Jackson Porozo	(2000-08-04)August 4, 2000 (aged 22)	ES Troyes AC	0	90	5	95
26	FW	Kevin Rodríguez	(2000-03-04)March 4, 2000 (aged 22)	Imbabura SC	1	1	0	2
Manager: Gustavo Alfaro

Player records

Most matches

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Édison Méndez	8	2002, 2006 and 2014
2	Ulises de la Cruz	7	2002 and 2006
2	Antonio Valencia	7	2006 and 2014
4	Agustín Delgado	6	2002 and 2006
	Iván Hurtado	6	2002 and 2006
	Iván Kaviedes	6	2002 and 2006
	Carlos Tenorio	6	2002 and 2006
	Edwin Tenorio	6	2002 and 2006
	Jorge Guagua	6	2006 and 2014
	Enner Valencia	6	2014 and 2022

Most goals

Player	Goals	2002	2006	2014	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
Total	14	2	5	3	4

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References

↑ "World Cup 1950 Qualifying".
↑ "World Cup 1962 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1966 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1970 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1974 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1978 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1982 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1986 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1990 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1994 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 1998 qualifications".
↑ "World Cup 2002 Qualifying".
↑ "World Cup 2006 Qualifying".
↑ "World Cup 2010 Qualifying".
↑ "FIFA". Archived from the original on October 24, 2013.
↑ FIFA.com
↑ "Hosts Germany delighted with draw". FIFA. December 10, 2005. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
↑ "Ecuador's win is sweet for Suarez". FIFA. June 10, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
↑ "ECUADOR 3-0 COSTA RICA". FIFA. June 15, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
↑ "ECUADOR 0-3 GERMANY". FIFA. June 20, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
↑ "ENGLAND 1-0 ECUADOR". FIFA. June 25, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
↑ FIFA.com
↑ resources.fifa.com/mm/document/.../2014fwc_tsg_report_15082014web_neutral.pdf

External links

Official website Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (in Spanish)
Ecuador at FIFA.com

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[2] "World Cup 1962 qualifications".

[3] "World Cup 1966 qualifications".

[4] "World Cup 1970 qualifications".

[5] "World Cup 1974 qualifications".

[6] "World Cup 1978 qualifications".

[7] "World Cup 1982 qualifications".

[8] "World Cup 1986 qualifications".

[9] "World Cup 1990 qualifications".

[10] "World Cup 1994 qualifications".

[11] "World Cup 1998 qualifications".

[12] "World Cup 2002 Qualifying".

[13] "World Cup 2006 Qualifying".

[14] "World Cup 2010 Qualifying".

[15] "FIFA". Archived from the original on October 24, 2013.

[16] FIFA.com

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