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Ecuador (ECU)

 Ecuador (ECU)

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Founded 1925
Affiliated 1926
WC participations 1 (2002)
WC honours None
Continental Titles None
Facts

 
  • Ecuador's international football history was a blank page until 2002. They participated in the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time in Korea and Japan, qualifying for the tournament before Brazil.

     
  • They opened with two defeats to Italy and Mexico, before recording their first ever victory in a FIFA World Cup against Croatia thanks to an Edison Mendez goal, thus proving that they were capable of success

     
  • away from the high altitudes of their capital Quito. The newcomers, who did not play any international outside South America until 1970, could return home with their heads held high.

 
Players:
1 VILLAFUERTE Edwin (GK)
2 GUAGUA Jorge
3 HURTADO Ivan
4 DE LA CRUZ Ulises
5 PERLAZA Jose
6 URRUTIA Patricio
7 LARA Christian
8 MENDEZ Edison
9 BORJA Felix
10 KAVIEDES Ivan
11 DELGADO Agustin
12 MORA Cristian (GK)
13 AMBROSSI Paul
14 CASTILLO Segundo
15 AYOVI Marlon
16 VALENCIA Luis
17 ESPINOZA Giovanny
18 REASCO Neicer
19 SARITAMA Luis
20 TENORIO Edwin
21 TENORIO Carlos
22 LANZA Damian (GK)
23 BENITEZ Christian

 
Coach: Luis Fernando Suarez Nationality : Colombian Date of Birth : 23 December 1959

 
General Information
FIFA Trigramme: ECU
Country: Ecuador
Country (official name): Republica del Ecuador
Continent: South America
Capital: Quito
Major cities: Guayaquil, Cuenca, Machala, Portoviejo, Riobamba, Ambato, Manta, Esmeraldas
Currency: American dollar
Official languages: Spanish
Motto: God, honour, homeland

Population (in millions): 13.7 (July 2003 est.)
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 3,100
Density (inhabitants per km2): 48.35
Average age (in years): 22.5
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 71.89 

Internet code: .ec
Number of internet users: 328,000 (2002)


 

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