Ecuador women's national football team

Ecuador

Nickname(s)	La Tricolor (Three colors)
Association	Federación Ecuador de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Emily Lima
Captain	Ligia Moreira
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
FIFA code	ECU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	66 1 (10 December 2021)[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)
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	6 (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.

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	Emily Lima

Manager history[]

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• (2003–2006)
• (2010)
• Vanessa Arauz (2014–2015)
• Wendy Villón (2018)
• Emily Lima (2019– )

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 two friendly matches against Chile on 19 and 22 February 2022.^[4]
• Caps and goals correct as of 13 April 2021, before the match against  Colombia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Andrea Vera (captain)	(1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 28)	5	0	Unattached
12	1GK		(1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 (age 22)	5	0	Deportivo Cuenca
22	1GK		(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 28)			El Nacional
2	2DF	Ericka Gracia	(1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 32)	8	0	Deportivo Cuenca
3	2DF		(1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 22)	2	0	Ñañas
5	2DF	Ariana Lomas	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Bahia
6	2DF		(1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 25)	5	0	Independiente del Valle
16	2DF	Ligia Moreira	(1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 30)	46	3	Córdoba
19	2DF	Kerlly Real	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 23)	14	2	Valencia
23	2DF		(2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Carneras UPS
4	3MF		(2000-08-06) 6 August 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Emelec
7	3MF		(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 19)	6	2	Independiente del Valle
8	3MF	Marthina Aguirre	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 21)	2	0	South Alabama Jaguars
9	3MF	Ingrid Rodríguez	(1991-11-24) 24 November 1991 (age 30)	37	6	El Nacional
10	3MF		(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 23)			Independiente del Valle
11	3MF	Ámbar Torres	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 27)	24	10	Ñañas
15	3MF	Nicole Charcopa	(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 21)	8	0	Deportivo Cuenca
17	3MF	Karen Flores (captain)	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
18	3MF					New York SC
20	3MF		(1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 22)	2	0	L.D.U. Quito
13	4FW	Nayely Bolaños	(2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 (age 19)	5	0	Deportivo Cuenca
14	4FW	Carina Caicedo	(1987-07-23) 23 July 1987 (age 34)
25	4FW	Jaydah Bedoya	2002 (age 19–20)			UConn Huskies

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		(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 19)			Deportivo Cuenca	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
GK	Irene Tobar	(1989-05-05) 5 May 1989 (age 32)	10	0	Independiente del Valle	v.  Colombia, 13 April 2021
DF		(1999-10-02) 2 October 1999 (age 22)			Barcelona	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
DF	Suany Fajardo	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 28)	9	1	Deportivo Cuenca	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
DF	Manoly Baquerizo	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 23)	4	0	Cacereño	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
DF		(1996-11-27) 27 November 1996 (age 25)	2	0	Deportivo Cuenca	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
DF	Angie Ponce	(1996-07-14) 14 July 1996 (age 25)	31	5		v.  Colombia, 13 April 2021
MF	Giannina Lattanzio	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 28)	14	3	Cittadella	v.  Venezuela, 26 October 2021
MF		(2004-08-20) 20 August 2004 (age 17)	2	0	L.D.U. Quito	v.  Venezuela, 26 October 2021
MF		(2003-07-19) 19 July 2003 (age 18)			L.D.U. Quito	v.  Venezuela, 26 October 2021
MF	Inés Jhonson	(1989-12-10) 10 December 1989 (age 32)			Deportivo Cuenca	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
MF		(2004-09-02) 2 September 2004 (age 17)	3	0	El Nacional	v.  Colombia, 13 April 2021
MF		(2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Ñañas	v.  Colombia, 13 April 2021
FW		(2005-06-20) 20 June 2005 (age 16)			L.D.U. Quito	v.  Venezuela, 26 October 2021
FW		(1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 (age 24)			ASA Tel Aviv University	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
FW		(2002-06-20) 20 June 2002 (age 19)			Deportivo Cuenca	v.  Venezuela, 23 October 2021 PRE
FW		(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Independiente del Valle	v.  Colombia, 13 April 2021

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	To be determined
Total	1/8		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	To be determined
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	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	5
2010	Group stage	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	To be determined
Total	8/9	31	11	5	15	48	80

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games[]

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	Did not enter
2003
2007	Group stage	4	1	0	3	4	17
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	12
2019	Did not qualify
Total	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