Ecuador national football team
The Ecuadorian national football team is the national team of the Federación de Fútbol Ecuatoriana. The first Ecuadorian Football Federation was founded on 30 May 1925 as part of the Federación Deportiva Nacional del Ecuador in 1926 and joined FIFA and CONMEBOL in 1927. Your first countries Match of the national team on August 8, 1938 in Bogotá against Bolivia in the first Bolivarian Games in 1938. It ended 1-1.
The players traditionally wear yellow shirts, blue shorts and red socks. The team is in the official FIFA world rankings with the 10th rank currently their best ever placement (April 2013).
The recent past
The rise of the Ecuadorian national team to one of the most successful in South America is the result of a process that began in the late 1980s with the commitment of the Montenegrin Dusan Draskovic former national coach, moved in as a modern structures in the environment of the national team. 1994 succeeded in Ecuador under Draskovic first time to defeat one of the two great teams in South America, as the Tricolor on May 25, Argentina defeated 1-0. For the qualifying round for the 1998 World Cup, the Colombian Francisco Maturana Draskovic followed after. The Tricolor made under Maturana more great strides in the areas of tactics and team unity, though they failed to qualify for the World Cup in France. 1996 reached the team but the first victory against Argentina in an official tournament, with a 2-0 in World Cup qualifier home game in Quito.
In Maturana first followed shortly (for the Copa América 1997) his co- trainer Suárez, the Ecuadorians Polo Carrera (1998) and Carlos Sevilla ( 1998-99), but could not convince as a coach. After Ecuador had occupied the last place in the Copa América 1999, Seville stepped back and with Hernán Darío " El Bolillo " Gómez a Colombian was again obliged, Maturana had been the assistant coach for the Colombian national team. Under Gómez succeeded in Ecuador for the first time, to qualify for a World Cup, the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Gómez reached, among others, now increasingly merge the previously often working against each other interests of the big clubs from Quito and Guayaquil for the national team, and to kindle a huge buzz in the country. This was a victory over Brazil (1-0 on 28 March 2000 in Quito with a goal by Delgado ), the first in the Ecuadorian football history, at.
Following the resignation of Gómez after the disappointing performance at the Copa America 2004 in Peru ( 3 losses in 3 games ) was the national team coached by Colombian Luis Fernando Suarez, who was previously manager of SD Aucas in Quito and already from 1994 to 1997 with the national had worked. Under his leadership, Ecuador reached in qualifying for the World Cup again in 2006, among other victories against Brazil and Argentina qualified for the World Cup again. In Germany the team then reached the second round for the first time, thanks to two outstanding group matches (2-0 against Poland and 3-0 against Costa Rica).
Suárez resigned in November 2007 after Ecuador had lost all three group games at the Copa America and in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup with a home defeat against Venezuela and two high defeats against Brazil ( 0-5 ) and Paraguay (1:5) was started. Took over on an interim Sixto Vizuete as coach, who won in the spring of 2007 with the U18 national team of Ecuador football competition of the Pan American Games. On 26 February 2008 he was appointed the official head coach, after among others Hernán Darío Gómez negotiations with his return to Ecuador had failed. Ecuador missed by the poor start to the qualifying round and two defeats against Uruguay and Chile in the last two days his third World Cup qualifiers in a row scarce and therefore did not take part in the World Cup in South Africa.
International Tournaments
World Cup Soccer Championships
Ecuador first participated in the qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup in Chile in 1962, but failed to Argentina. In qualifying for the 1966 World Cup, the team would have been almost successful, but lost the last game, a play in Lima, with 1-2 against Chile. Nevertheless, those team was to Alberto Spencer, Washington Muñoz, Carlos Alberto Raffo, Enrique Raymondi and Jorge Bolaños long as the best team that Ecuador has ever had. It was not until the 2002 World Cup, before Ecuador was able to qualify for a World Cup for the first time.
2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea
The greatest success of the Ecuadorian national team was the first-time qualifiers for the FIFA 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Here they lost against Italy and Mexico and defeated Croatia with a goal from Edison Méndez 1-0.
World Cup 2006 in Germany
Ecuador had qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany as third in the South American qualifiers behind Argentina and Brazil. After two victories against Poland ( 2-0) and Costa Rica ( 3-0) was the team before the final game against hosts Germany, which was lost with an existing not only from regular players team 0:3, leader of their group and already for the last sixteen qualified. The first time reaching the knockout stage was seen internationally as a surprise.
In the second round Ecuador defeated the team from England 0:1 ( 0:0) and retired. The crew was safely on the defensive. After an hour of David Beckham decided by a kick the game. Reaching the fourth round is the biggest success of the national team at the World Championships.
The team has performed during the World Cup in the Lower Franconian Bad Kissingen.
Copa América
In addition, Ecuador twice reached number four in the discharged each in their own country tournaments around the Copa América in 1959 and 1993.
Player
Known current players are the defenders Iván Hurtado ( most-capped player and team captain, Deportivo Quito ) and Néicer Reasco ( Liga de Quito ), midfielders Antonio Valencia (Manchester United), Edison Méndez (Atlético Mineiro ) and Segundo Castillo (Deportivo Quito ), and strikers Carlos Tenorio ( Al Nasr ), Joffre Guerrón ( Atletico Paranaense ) and Cristian Benitez ( Club America ). The most current national team players are Afro - Ecuadorians and come in large part from the province of Esmeraldas and the Chota Valley or small from there migrated to larger cities families.
Midfielder Álex Aguinaga, the outstanding player of the past two decades, declared in 2004 that he will retire from the national team and finished end of 2005, his football career. Agustín Delgado, the most famous in Germany Ecuadorian footballer who resigned after the 2006 World Cup from the national team. Iván Kaviedes plays since 2010 CSD Macará.
As the best of Ecuadorian footballers of all time applies Alberto Spencer, scorer as the Uruguayan club team Peñarol Montevideo enjoyed great success in the sixties. He is still by far the record scorer in the Copa Libertadores, winning among others the 1966 World Cup. He played eleven matches for Ecuador, where he scored four goals.
Most games
(Updated: June 11, 2013)
Coach
In the two World Cup participations Ecuador was supervised by the following coaches:
- 2002: Hernán Darío Gómez Ecuador
- 2006: Colombia Luis Fernando Suárez
Home record
Most home games, including the home games in the World Cup qualifiers, the team carries out the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium in the 2850 m high Quito. Also, the alternative venue Guayaquil, with its tropical - humid climate a climatic home advantage. From the far ( as at 21 November 2007) 126 discharged at home internationals were held in Quito 61 and 54 in Guayaquil, all home games were played before 1970 in Guayaquil.
In the Atahualpa Stadium in Quito of Ecuador's national team, in recent years the rare feat twice to defeat Brazil in World Cup qualifiers on 28 March 2001 and 17 November 2004 respectively 1-0. On 4 June 2005 and 10 June 2009 they defeated beyond in Quito Argentina each 2-0.
Home advantage was threatened by a decision in mid-2007 to the 57th Congress of FIFA, the sweeps of international games in more than 2,500 m below said height. End of June 2007 but was told that the height limit will be set to 3.000 m so that matches in Quito as well as in Cuenca ( 2,532 m) or Riobamba ( 2,734 m) should continue to be possible. Otherwise, would not only the national but also top clubs from Quito, Cuenca, etc. in international competitions can not play in their stadiums. One adopted in December 2007 after determination but games may be played only at a height of about 2,750 m, where the players had plenty of opportunities for acclimatization, which should not be the case in modern professional football for about Brazilian or Argentinean players. Then the height of the stages in Quito was measured again. The National Stadium Atahualpa in Quito is located at an altitude of 2,783 therefore m, while the co-located in Quito Casa Blanca stadium of the top clubs Liga de Quito lies with 2,735 m below the height limit. The Atahualpa Stadium but was approved by the South African Association of Ecuadorian as the venue for home games.
Games against German -speaking teams
→ Main article: List of international matches of the Ecuadorian national football team
In addition, there have been no games against another German -speaking national team.