Ecuador women's national football team

Ecuador

Federación Ecuador de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Andres Usme
Captain	Ligia Moreira
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
FIFA code	ECU
First colours Second colours
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

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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 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	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

2023

2024

• Fixtures and results – Soccerway

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Andres Usme

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)
• Andres Usme (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 a friendly match vs  Uruguay in February 2024.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
12	1GK	Andrea Morán	(1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 (age 24)	Nacional
22	1GK	Liceth Suárez	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 27)	Espuce
16	2DF	Ligia Moreira	(1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32)	Alhama
5	2DF	Tamara Angulo	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26)	River Plate
6	2DF	Danna Pesántez	(2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 (age 20)	UAI Urquiza
19	2DF	Kerlly Real	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 25)	Valencia
2	2DF	Mayerli Rodríguez	(2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 22)	Independiente del Valle
3	2DF	Analiz Zambrano	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 (age 21)	Independiente del Valle
13	2DF	Nicole Charcopa	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	Independiente del Valle
4	3MF	Stefany Cedeño	(2000-08-06) 6 August 2000 (age 23)	Barcelona
24	3MF	Joselyn Espinales	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)	Atlético Nacional
	3MF	Justine Cuadra	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 (age 25)	Barcelona
25	3MF	Doménica Rodríguez	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)	CS Bakersfield Roadrunners
	3MF	Marthina Aguirre	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23)	High Point Panthers
	4FW	Chidimma Ifema	(1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 25)	Universidad Católica
7	4FW	Emily Arias	(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 21)	Independiente del Valle
11	4FW	Milagro Barahona	(2002-06-20) 20 June 2002 (age 21)	Universidad Católica
23	4FW	Rosa Flores	(2006-06-26) 26 June 2006 (age 17)	Leones del Norte
10	4FW	Karen Flores	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 22)	CS Bakersfield Roadrunners
	4FW	Ambar Torres		IND. Del Valle
	4FW	Jaydah Bedoya		West Virginia University
		Carla Capurro		Barcelona S.C
		Kaira Houser		KC Courage

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	Kathya Mendoza	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 22)	-	-	Independiente del Valle	v.  Peru, 31 October 2023
DF	Ariana Lomas	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22)			Independiente del Valle	v.  Cuba, 18 July 2023
DF	Fiorella Pico	(2007-06-10) 10 June 2007 (age 16)	-	-	Independiente del Valle	v.  Peru, 31 October 2023
MF	Dayana Chano	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 24)			Deportivo Ibarra	v.  Cuba, 18 July 2023
MF	Manoly Baquerizo	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 25)	-	-	Cacereño	v.  Peru, 31 October 2023
MF	María Bravo	(2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23)	-	-	Independiente del Valle	v.  Peru, 31 October 2023
MF	Giannina Lattanzio	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 30)	-	-	Pavia	v.  Peru, 31 October 2023
FW	Evelyn Burgos	(2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 (age 17)			Independiente del Valle	v.  Cuba, 18 July 2023
FW	Kerlly Corozo	(1999-06-07) 7 June 1999 (age 24)			Macará	v.  Cuba, 18 July 2023
FW	Isabel Trujillo	(1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 24)	-	-	LDU Quito	v.  Peru, 31 October 2023

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