Football World Cup 2006 / Ecuador

This article covers the Ecuadorian national team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	35:17	34
2	Argentina	29:17	34
3	Ecuador	23:19	28
4th	Paraguay	23:23	28
5	Uruguay	23:28	25th
6th	Colombia	24:16	24
7th	Chile	18:22	22nd
8th	Venezuela	20:28	18th
9	Peru	20:28	18th
10	Bolivia	20:37	14th

	Ecuador - Venezuela (September 6, 2003)		2: 0 (1: 0)
	1-0 Espinoza (5th), 2-0 C. Tenorio (72nd)
	Brazil - Ecuador (September 10, 2003)		1: 0 (1: 0)
	1-0 Ronaldinho (13th)
	Paraguay - Ecuador (November 15, 2003)		2: 1 (1: 0)
	1: 0 Santa Cruz (29th), 1: 1 Méndez (68th), 2: 1 Cardozo (70th)
	Ecuador - Peru (November 19, 2003)		0-0
	Argentina - Ecuador (March 30, 2004)		1: 0 (0: 0)
	1-0 Crespo (60th)
	Ecuador - Colombia (June 2, 2004)		2: 1 (1: 0)
	1: 0 Delgado (3rd), 1: 1 Oviedo (56th), 2: 1 Salas (66th)
	Ecuador - Bolivia (June 5, 2004)		3: 2 (3: 0)
	1: 0 Soliz (28 / ET), 2: 0 Delgado (33.), 3: 0 de la Cruz (40.), 3: 1 L. Gutiérrez (58.), 3: 2 Castillo (75.)
	Uruguay - Ecuador (September 5, 2004)		1: 0 (0: 0)
	1-0 Bueno (58th)
	Ecuador - Chile (October 10, 2004)		2: 0 (0: 0)
	1-0 Kaviedes (59th), 2-0 Méndez (64th)
	Venezuela - Ecuador (October 14, 2004)		3: 1 (1: 1)
	1: 0 Urdaneta (21./FE), 1: 1 Marlon Ayoví (41./FE), 2: 1, 3: 1 Morán (73./81.)
	Ecuador - Brazil (November 17, 2004)		1: 0 (0: 0)
	1-0 Méndez (77.)
	Ecuador - Paraguay (March 27, 2005)		5: 2 (2: 2)
	0: 1 Cardozo (9th), 0: 2 Cabañas (14th), 1: 2 Valencia (32nd), 2: 2 Méndez (45th), 3: 2 Méndez (38th), 4: 2 Valencia ( 50.), 5: 2 M. Ayoví (76./FE)
	Peru - Ecuador (March 30, 2005)		2: 2 (1: 2)
	1: 0 Guerrero (2nd), 1: 1 de la Cruz (3rd), 1: 2 Valencia (45th), 2: 2 Farfán (58th)
	Ecuador - Argentina (June 4, 2005)		2: 0 (0: 0)
	1-0 Lara (54th), 2-0 Delgado (90th)
	Colombia - Ecuador (June 8, 2005)		3: 0 (2: 0)
	1-0, 2-0 Tressor Moreno (5th / 9th), 3-0 Arzuaga (70th)
	Bolivia - Ecuador (September 3, 2005)		1: 2 (1: 1)
	0: 1 Delgado (8th), 1: 1 Vaca (41st), 1: 2 Delgado (48th)
	Ecuador - Uruguay (October 8, 2005)		0-0
	Chile - Ecuador (October 12, 2005)		0-0

Ecuadorian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Edwin Villafuerte	Barcelona SC Guayaquil	03/12/1979	0	0	0	0	0
12	Cristian Mora	LDU Quito	08/26/1979	4th	0	1	0	0
22nd	Damián Lanza	SD Aucas	04/10/1982	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Jorge Guagua	CD El Nacional	09/28/1981	3	0	0	0	0
3	Iván Hurtado	al-Arabi	08/16/1974	3	0	1	0	0
4th	Ulises de la Cruz	Aston Villa	02/08/1974	4th	0	2	0	0
5	José Luis Perlaza	CD Olmedo	10/06/1981	0	0	0	0	0
13	Paul Ambrossi	LDU Quito	10/14/1980	1	0	0	0	0
17th	Giovanny Espinoza	LDU Quito	04/12/1977	4th	0	0	0	0
18th	Neicer Reasco	LDU Quito	07/23/1977	3	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Patricio Urrutia	LDU Quito	10/15/1977	3	0	0	0	0
7th	Christian Lara	CD El Nacional	04/27/1980	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Edison Méndez	LDU Quito	March 16, 1979	4th	0	1	0	0
14th	Segundo Castillo	CD El Nacional	05/15/1982	3	0	1	0	0
15th	Marlon Ayoví	Deportivo Quito	09/27/1971	1	0	0	0	0
16	Antonio Valencia	Recreativo Huelva	08/04/1985	4th	0	2	0	0
19th	Luis Fernando Saritama	Deportivo Quito	10/20/1983	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Edwin Tenorio	Barcelona SC Guayaquil	06/16/1976	4th	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Félix Borja	Olympiacos Piraeus	04/02/1983	1	0	0	0	0
10	Iván Kaviedes	Argentinos Juniors	October 24, 1977	4th	1	0	0	0
11	Agustín Delgado	LDU Quito	December 23, 1974	3	2	0	0	0
21st	Carlos Tenorio	al-Sadd Sports Club	05/14/1979	3	2	1	0	0
23	Cristian Benítez	CD El Nacional	05/01/1986	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Luis Fernando Suarez		December 23, 1959

Games of Ecuador

Crew quarters

Hotel Bristol in Bad Kissingen .

Preliminary round

• Friday, June 9, 2006, 9 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen
  Poland - Ecuador 0: 2 (0: 1)

• Thursday, June 15, 2006, 3 p.m. in Hamburg
  Ecuador - Costa Rica 3: 0 (1: 0)

• Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 4 p.m. in Berlin
  Ecuador - Germany 0: 3 (0: 2)

For details see Soccer World Cup 2006 / Group A

Round of 16

Sunday, June 25th, 5 p.m. in Stuttgart,
England - Ecuador 1: 0 (0: 0)

Summary

Ecuador qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany as third in the South American qualifiers behind Argentina and Brazil.

Ecuador unexpectedly won the first round match against Poland 2-0 (1-0). The victory was completely deserved, especially since Ecuador was very well placed defensively and was able to fend off the Polish attacks except for two crossbar shots in the last minutes. In the offensive area a respectable short passing game succeeded, which led to two goals.

Ecuador was also able to win the second preliminary round match against Costa Rica 3-0 (1-0). Ecuador controlled the game and left only a few opportunities for Costa Rica except for a crossbar. After that, they qualified early for the round of 16 and even took the lead in front of hosts Germany . Reaching the knockout round for the first time was seen as a surprise internationally.

The third preliminary round match, in which it was all about winning the group, Ecuador deservedly lost against hosts Germany with 0: 3 (0: 2). Ecuador competed with half a B-team and it quickly became clear that they wanted to save all their energy for the upcoming round of 16 and did not do more than necessary for the game. Ecuador finished second in Group A, qualifying for the round of 16 (3 games, 2 wins and 1 loss, 5: 3 goals (+2), 6 points) with three points ahead of third place. So Poland and Costa Rica could be relegated to their places.

In the second round, Ecuador lost to the team from England 0: 1 (0: 0) and were eliminated. The team was also on the defensive and kept England in check throughout the game, in the early stages you could even have taken the lead yourself. After an hour, David Beckham decided the game with a free kick. In the remainder of the season, the Tri’s resources were too limited to turn the tide again.