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Ecuador

Nickname(s)	La Tricolor (Three colors)
Association	Federación Ecuador de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Ligia Moreira
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
FIFA code	ECU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	68 3 (13 October 2022)[1]
Highest	46 (December 2014)
Lowest	110 (March 2009)
First international
Brazil 13–0 Ecuador  (Uberlândia, Brazil; January 8, 1995)
Biggest win
Ecuador 6–1 Bolivia  (Uberlândia, Brazil; January 14, 1995)  Bolivia 1–6 Ecuador  (Cali, Colombia; July 8, 2022)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 13–0 Ecuador  (Uberlândia, Brazil; January 8, 1995)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Group stage (2015)
Copa América
Appearances	8 (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 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

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

2021

2022

• Ecuador Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Vacant

Manager history

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• Garys Estupiñán (2003–2006)
• Juan Carlos Cerón (2010)
• Vanessa Arauz (2014–2015)
• Wendy Villón (2018)
• Emily Lima (2019–2022)

Players

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

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2022 Copa América Femenina.[5]
• Caps and goals correct as of 13 April 2021, before the match against  Colombia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Andrea Vera	(1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 29)	Ñañas
12	1GK	Andrea Morán	(1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 (age 23)	Independiente del Valle
22	1GK	Ivanna Macías	(2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 19)	Leones del Norte
2	2DF	Suany Fajardo	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 28)	Barcelona
3	2DF	Ariana Lomas	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 20)	Independiente del Valle
5	2DF	Ericka Gracia	(1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 33)	Independiente del Valle
14	2DF	Danna Pesántez	(2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 (age 19)	Carneras UPS
16	2DF	Ligia Moreira	(1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 30)	Córdoba
19	2DF	Kerlly Real	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 24)	Valencia
4	3MF	Stefany Cedeño	(2000-08-06) 6 August 2000 (age 22)	Barcelona
6	3MF	Manoly Baquerizo	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 23)	Cacereño
8	3MF	Marthina Aguirre	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 21)	High Point Panthers
11	3MF	Ámbar Torres	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 27)	Ñañas
17	3MF	Joselyn Espinales	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 23)	LDU Quito
18	3MF	Belén Aragón	(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 27)	LDU Quito
21	3MF	Giannina Lattanzio	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 29)	Barcelona
7	4FW	Emily Arias	(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 19)	Independiente del Valle
9	4FW	Nayely Bolaños	(2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 (age 19)
10	4FW	Karen Flores	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 21)	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
13	4FW	Nicole Charcopa	(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 22)	Independiente del Valle
15	4FW	Isabel Trujillo	(1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 23)	LDU Quito
20	4FW	Jimena Zambrano	(2003-07-19) 19 July 2003 (age 19)	LDU Quito
23	4FW	Jael Montalvo	(2005-06-20) 20 June 2005 (age 17)	LDU Quito

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to a 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 28)			El Nacional	v.  Chile, 22 February 2022
DF	Jessy Caicedo	(1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Ñañas	v.  Chile, 22 February 2022
DF	Angélica Pachito	(1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 25)	5	0		v.  Chile, 22 February 2022
MF	Ingrid Rodríguez	(1991-11-24) 24 November 1991 (age 30)	37	6	El Nacional	v.  Chile, 22 February 2022
MF	Ashley Reyes				New York SC	v.  Chile, 22 February 2022
FW	Carina Caicedo	(1987-07-23) 23 July 1987 (age 35)			Independiente del Valle	v.  Chile, 22 February 2022
FW	Jaydah Bedoya	2002 (age 19–20)			UConn Huskies	v.  Chile, 22 February 2022

Captains

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• Ligia Moreira (20??–)

Records

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

Competitive record

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
Total	Group stage	1/9	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
Total	8/9	35	12	5	18	57	87

*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

Bolivarian Games

• Bolivarian Games Football
  • Silver medal (1): 2009.
  • Bronze Medal (1): 2005.

See also

• 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

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

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