Ecuador women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Ecuador national football team.

Ecuador

Nickname	La Tricolor (Three colors)
Association	Federación Ecuador de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Eduardo Moscoso
Captain	Ligia Moreira
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
FIFA code	ECU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	65 4 (11 December 2025) [1]
Highest	46 (December 2014)
Lowest	69 (June 2024)
First international
Brazil 13–0 Ecuador   (Uberlândia, Brazil; 8 January 1995)
Biggest win
Ecuador 6–1 Bolivia   (Uberlândia, Brazil; 14 January 1995)   Bolivia 1–6 Ecuador   (Cali, Colombia; 8 July 2022)   Bolivia 0–5 Ecuador   (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; 18 February 2023)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 13–0 Ecuador   (Uberlândia, Brazil; 8 January 1995)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015 )
Best result	Group stage (2015)
Copa América
Appearances	9 (first in 1995 )
Best result	Third place (2014)

The Ecuador women's national football team (Spanish : Selección femenina de fútbol de Ecuador) represents Ecuador in international women's football. ^[2] The team is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation.

It made its debut in the 1995 Sudamericano. In the next edition three years later it reached the semifinals, its best result to date, losing the bronze play-off against Peru. In the 2006 edition, it ranked fifth, qualifying for the first time for the Pan American Games. It subsequently hosted the 2010 Sudamericano, narrowly missing the semifinals after tying at 9 points with Argentina and Chile.

Although football is not popular for women, Ecuador marked their first-ever participation in a Women's World Cup in the Canada 2015, and also for the first time both men's and women's team participated in World Cup.

History

The women's national team in August 2014 (Photo: Carlos Rodríguez L./Andes)

The women's national football team of Ecuador began in 1995, when the FEF scrapped together a team with players from provincial selectives and some existing clubs to compete in the South American Women's Football Championship. In 2005 a provincial selective was held, and teams were told that the winner would represent the national team. A team from Quito won, but Conmebol disqualified it as it was not a national selective. At this time no women's tournament existed neither professional nor amateur. As the base of relative success, club competition is the source to compete against national counterparts, and so as early as 2013 began the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Futbol Femenino. ^[3] With the Ministry of Sports impulsing such initiatives, the championship is mandating of at least 2 under 18 players, thinking of the Women's Sudamericano Sub 17.

The country qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup after successfully winning the playoff against CONCACAF representative Trinidad and Tobago, but with only amateur and part-time players on the squad, Ecuador was thumped in three games, including the record 1–10 defeat to Switzerland. Nonetheless, Ecuador impressed in their final defeat to then-defending champions Japan, only conceded a goal in the team's 0–1 loss. Ecuador stood as the worst performed team in a FIFA Women's World Cup edition before Thailand surpassed Ecuador with an even more disastrous performance in 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

In 2019, the Ecuadorian Football Federation officially created the semi-professional Superliga Femenina, the first step toward moving to professional women's football for the team and a recognition for the team's growing popularity, and Ecuador's performance greatly improved in the 2022 Copa América Femenina. ^[4] Nonetheless, Ecuador's lacklustre performance again hurt its campaign when the team lost three out of four, and failed to qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, though Ecuador did not suffer heavy defeats as expected.

Team image

Nicknames

The Ecuador women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "La Tricolor (Three colors)".

Home stadium

Ecuador play their home matches on the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa.

Overall competitive record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Scorers
1995 Sudamericano	Single round	0–13 1–5 2–2 6–1	Brazil   Argentina   Chile   Bolivia	4 / 5
1998 Sudamericano	First round	2–2 5–2 3–0 0–2	Uruguay   Bolivia   Paraguay   Argentina	2 / 5
	Semifinals	1–11	Brazil
	3rd place	3–3 (PSO: 4–5)	Peru
2003 Sudamericano	First round	2–0 1–1	Venezuela   Colombia	2 / 3	Villón 2 Campi
2006 Sudamericano	First round	2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1	Chile   Argentina   Colombia   Uruguay	3 / 5	Velarde 2 0 Velarde, Vivas 0
2007 Pan-American Games	First round	0–1 0–4 0–10 4–2	Jamaica   Canada   Brazil   Uruguay	4 / 5	0 0 0 Quinteros 2, Freire, Pesantes
2010 Sudamericano	First round	1–2 2–1 4–3 1–0	Chile   Peru   Bolivia   Argentina	3 / 5	Quinteros Quinteros, Palacios Sánchez 2, Freire, Quinteros Rodríguez
2014 Sudamericano	First round	1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2	Peru   Venezuela   Colombia   Uruguay	2 / 5	Barre Vázquez Lattanzio
	Second round	0–4 1–2 3–2	Brazil   Colombia   Argentina	3 / 4	Lattanzio Caicedo, Rodríguez, Lattanzio
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup	Group C	0–6 1–10 0–1	Cameroon   Switzerland   Japan	4 / 4	0 Angie Ponce 0

Results and fixtures

See also: 2025 in association football, 2025 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

2025

Ecuador   v   El Salvador

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) Friendly	Ecuador	4–1	El Salvador	Quito, Ecuador
11:30  UTC−5	Bolaños 40' Cedeño 52', 58' Baquerizo 73'	Report	Cerén 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Ecuador   v   El Salvador

22 February 2025 (2025-02-22) Friendly	Ecuador	2–3	El Salvador	Quito, Ecuador
15:30  UTC−5	Moreira 6' Pesántez 44'	Report	Cerén 10' (pen.) Fisher 18' Fuentes 22'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Costa Rica   v   Ecuador

5 April Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Ecuador	Alajuela, Costa Rica
17:00		Report	Barahona 4'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Costa Rica   v   Ecuador

8 April Friendly	Costa Rica	3–3	Ecuador	Alajuela, Costa Rica
19:00	Alvarado 45+3' A. Herrera 69' Salas 89'	Report	Bolaños 23', 53' Moreira 76'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)

Paraguay   v   Ecuador

30 May Friendly	Paraguay	0–0	Ecuador	Ypané, Paraguay
				Stadium: CARFEM

Paraguay   v   Ecuador

2 June Friendly	Paraguay	2–0	Ecuador	Ypané, Paraguay
	Fátima Acosta 2' Belén Riveros 61'			Stadium: CARFEM

Ecuador   v   Guatemala

28 June 2025 (2025-06-28) Friendly	Ecuador	4–0	Guatemala	Quito, Ecuador
20:00  UTC+0	Pesántez 76', 78' Bolaños 69', 79'	Match report – Sofascore		Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Ecuador   v   Guatemala

1 July 2025 (2025-07-01) Friendly	Ecuador	1–0	Guatemala	Quito, Ecuador
16:00  UTC−5	Espinales 23'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Ecuador   v   Uruguay

12 July 2025 Copa América Femenina	Ecuador	2–2	Uruguay	Quito, Ecuador
19:00	Correa 72' (o.g.) Arias 78'	Report (WEB) Report (CONMEBOL)	Aquino 11' Pa. González 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Daiane Muniz (Brazil)

Peru   v   Ecuador

15 July 2025 Copa América Femenina	Peru	1–3	Ecuador	Quito, Ecuador
19:00	Bilcape 69'	Report (WEB) Report (CONMEBOL)	Arias 16' Bolaños 42' (pen.) Moreira 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

Chile   v   Ecuador

21 July 2025 Copa América	Chile	2–1	Ecuador	Quito, Ecuador
19:00 (UTC−5)	Acevedo  22' Keefe 35' López Opazo 45+5' 59' Jiménez  76' Canales  90'	Report	Bolaños 24' Caicedo  26'	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Ecuador   v   Argentina

24 July Copa América GS	Ecuador	0–2	Argentina	Quito, Ecuador
19:00 ECT (UTC−5)		Report	Núñez 19' Bonsegundo 70'	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Bolivia   v   Ecuador

24 October 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina	Bolivia	0–4	Ecuador	El Alto, Bolivia
17:00  UTC−4		Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 3' Cedeño 50' Barahona 78' Flores 86'	Stadium: El Alto Municipal Stadium Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Ecuador   v   Colombia

28 October 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina	Ecuador	1–2	Colombia	Quito, Ecuador
18:00  UTC−5	Bolaños 52' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Santos 45' (pen.) Montoya 71'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Ecuador   v   Venezuela

28 November 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina	Ecuador	0-0	Venezuela	Quito, Ecuador
18:00 –5		Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Uruguay   v   Ecuador

2 December 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina	Uruguay	0-0	Ecuador	Montevideo, Uruguay
18:00  UTC−3		Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Victor Viera Referee: Charly Deretti (Brazil)

2026

Paraguay   v   Ecuador

10 April 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina

Paraguay

v

Ecuador

Ecuador   v   Peru

18 April 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina	Ecuador	v	Peru	Quito, Ecuador
				Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Chile   v   Ecuador

5 June 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina

Chile

v

Ecuador

Ecuador   v   Argentina

9 June 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina	Ecuador	v	Argentina	Quito, Ecuador
				Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

• Fixtures and results – Soccerway

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Updated as 26/01/2024

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Eduardo Moscoso
Assistant coach	Mohammed Rodríguez
Goalkeeping coach	Joselyn Semenyo
Fitness coach	Cédric Sánchez

Manager history

See also: Category:Ecuador women's national football team managers

• Garys Estupiñán (2003–2006)
• Juan Carlos Cerón (2010)
• Vanessa Arauz (2014–2015)
• Wendy Villón (2018)
• Emily Lima (2019–2022)
• Andres Usme (2022–2024)
• Eduardo Moscoso (2024-)

Players

See also: Category:Ecuador women's international footballers

• Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.

Current squad

• The following 26 players were called up for the 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones matches on 28 November and 2 December 2025. ^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1 GK	Kathya Mendoza	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 24)	Independiente del Valle
	1 GK	Andrea Morán	(1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 (age 26)	Ferro Carril Oeste
	1 GK	Liceth Suárez	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 29)	LDU Quito
	2 DF	Justine Cuadra	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 (age 27)	Barcelona
	2 DF	Fiorella Pico	(2007-06-10) 10 June 2007 (age 18)	Independiente del Valle
	2 DF	Mayerli Rodríguez	(2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 23)	Independiente del Valle
	2 DF	Lia Rodríguez	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 24)	Independiente del Valle
	3 MF	Manoly Baquerizo	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 27)	Granada
	3 MF	Kerlly Real	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 27)	Parma
	3 MF	Milagro Barahona	(2002-06-20) 20 June 2002 (age 23)	Universidad Católica
	3 MF	Evelyn Burgos	(2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 (age 18)	Independiente del Valle
	3 MF	Jessy Caicedo	(1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 26)	Independiente del Valle
	3 MF	Stefany Cedeño	(2000-08-06) 6 August 2000 (age 25)	Atlético Nacional
	3 MF	Karen Litardo	(2005-08-18) 18 August 2005 (age 20)	Independiente del Valle
	3 MF	Ingrid Pianda	(2004-03-06) 6 March 2004 (age 21)	Universidad Católica
	3 MF	Joselyn Espinales	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 26)	Palmeiras
	3 MF	Rosa Flores	(2006-06-26) 26 June 2006 (age 19)	LDU Quito
	4 FW	Nicole Charcopa	(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 25)	Independiente del Valle
	4 FW	Emily Arias	(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 22)	América Mineiro
	4 FW	Nayely Bolaños	(2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 (age 22)	UNAM
	4 FW	Karen Flores	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 24)	Atlas
	4 FW	Doménica Rodríguez	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 26)	Santos Laguna
	4 FW	Yaritza Valencia	(2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 21)	Independiente del Valle

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to an Ecuador squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Melanie Gutiérrez	(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 31)			LDU Quito	v.   El Salvador,22 February 2025
GK	Liceth Suárez	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 29)			LDU Quito	v.   Colombia,28 October 2025
DF	Samanta Avilés	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 27)			Barcelona  ( es )	v.   El Salvador,22 February 2025
DF	Analiz Zambrano	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 (age 23)	-	-	Atlético Nacional	v.   Costa Rica,8 April 2025
DF	Ariana Lomas	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 23)	-	-	LDU Quito	v.   Argentina,24 July 2025
DF	Ligia Moreira	(1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 33)	-	-	Alba Fundación	v.   Argentina,24 July 2025
DF	Danna Pesántez	(2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 (age 22)	-	-	Querétaro	v.   Argentina,24 July 2025
DF	Lía Rodríguez	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 24)			Barcelona	v.   Colombia,28 October 2025
MF	Ashley Reyes	(2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 (age 21)			Buffalo Bulls	v.   El Salvador,22 February 2025
MF	Geomara Arreaga	(2003-04-26) 26 April 2003 (age 22)	-	-	Barcelona SC	v.   Costa Rica,8 April 2025
MF	Maylin Arreaga	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 25)	-	-	Barcelona	v.   Argentina,24 July 2025
MF	Noemí Camacho	(2007-04-10) 10 April 2007 (age 18)			Universidad Católica	v.   Colombia,28 October 2025
MF	Caprice Chiuchiolo	(2007-04-17) 17 April 2007 (age 18)			GCU	v.   Colombia,28 October 2025
FW	Karen Flores	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 24)			Atlas	v.   Colombia,28 October 2025
FW	Doménica Rodríguez	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 26)			Santos Laguna	v.   Colombia,28 October 2025

Captains

• Ligia Moreira (20??–)

Records

See also: Category:Ecuador women's international footballers

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 31 August 2021.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Ecuador at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015	Group stage	24th	3	0	0	3	1	17	Squad
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2027	To be determined
2031	To be determined
2035	To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	0	0	3	1	17

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2015	Group stage	8 June	Cameroon	L 0–6	BC Place, Vancouver
		12 June	Switzerland	L 1–10
		16 June	Japan	L 0–1	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995	Group stage	4	1	1	2	9	21
1998	Fourth place	6	2	2	2	14	20
2003	Group stage	2	1	1	0	3	1
2006		4	1	1	2	4	5
2010		4	3	0	1	8	6
2014	Third place	7	3	0	4	7	11
2018	Group stage	4	0	0	4	3	16
2022		4	1	0	3	9	7
2025		4	1	1	2	6	7
Total	9/10	39	13	6	20	63	94

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1999	Did not enter
2003
2007	Group stage	7th	4	1	0	3	4	17	Squad
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	5	12	Squad
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2027	To be determined
Total	Group stage	2/6	7	2	0	5	9	29

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Bolivarian Games

Bolivarian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2005	Bronze Medal	6	2	1	3	6	13
2009	Silver Medal	4	3	0	1	7	2
2013 to present	U-20 Tournament
Total	Silver Medal	10	5	1	4	13	15

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Major competitions

• Copa América Femenina
  • Third place: (1) 2014

Regional

• Bolivarian Games
  • Silver Medalists (1): 2009
  • Bronze Medalists (1): 2005

See also

• South America portal
• Ecuador portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal

• Sport in Ecuador
  • Football in Ecuador
    • Women's football in Ecuador
• Ecuador women's national football team
  • Ecuador women's national football team results
  • List of Ecuador women's international footballers
• Ecuador women's national under-20 football team
• Ecuador women's national under-17 football team
• Ecuador women's national futsal team
• Ecuador men's national football team
• Gaby Malave

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
2. Official website of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (in Spanish)
3. "Estructura del fútbol femenino, en gestación". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
4. "Superliga femenina 2019 de Ecuador se jugará con 22 equipos". 25 March 2019.
5. Ecuadorian Football Federation [@LaTri] (19 November 2025). "Estas son las convocadas para la doble fecha de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.

External links

• Official website
• insta
• FIFA profile