Ecuador women's national football team

Ecuador
Nickname(s)	La Tricolor (Three colors)
Association	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
FIFA ranking
Current	66 1 (15 December 2023)
Highest	46 (December 2014)
Lowest	68 (June 2022; October 2022)
First international
	Brazil 13–0 Ecuador ; (Uberlândia, Brazil; 8 January 1995)
Biggest win
	Ecuador 6–1 Bolivia ; (Uberlândia, Brazil; 14 January 1995) ; Bolivia 1–6 Ecuador ; (Cali, Colombia; 8 July 2022) ; Bolivia 0–5 Ecuador ; (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; 18 February 2023)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 13–0 Ecuador ; (Uberlândia, Brazil; 8 January 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 team in August 2014 (Photo: Carlos Rodríguez L./Andes)

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
2014 Sudamericano	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

18 February Friendly	Bolivia	0–5	Ecuador	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
15:30 UTC−4			Riera 14', 90+2' Arias 40' Caicedo 60', 77'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Carlos Durán

20 February Friendly	Bolivia	1–5	Ecuador	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
15:30 UTC−4	Alurralde 31'	Report	Riera 12', 43' Gracia 45+3' Rodríguez 60' Caicedo 90'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Carlos Durán

8 April Friendly	Paraguay	1–0	Ecuador	Asunción, Paraguay
18:30 UTC−4	Segovia 64'			Stadium: Estadio C.A.R.F.E.M

11 April Friendly

Paraguay

2–1

Ecuador

Asunción, Paraguay

15 July Friendly	Ecuador	1–0	Cuba	Quito,Ecuador
				Stadium: Atahualpa Olympic Stadium

18 July Friendly	Ecuador	2–0	Cuba	Quito,Ecuador
				Stadium: Atahualpa Olympic Stadium

11 October Friendly	Ecuador	1–1	Panama	Quito, Ecuador
15:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

28 October Friendly	Ecuador	1–0	Peru	Quito,Ecuador
11:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Atahualpa Olympic Stadium

31 October Friendly	Ecuador	2–0	Peru	Quito,Ecuador
11:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Atahualpa Olympic Stadium

2024

23 February Friendly

Uruguay

v

Ecuador

26 February Friendly

Uruguay

v

Ecuador

Fixtures and results – Soccerway

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Andres Usme

Manager history

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 where called up for a friendly match vs Peru in October 2023.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kathya Mendoza	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001	Independiente del Valle
12	1GK	Andrea Morán	(1999-10-14) 14 October 1999	Nacional
22	1GK	Liceth Suárez	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996	Espuce

5	2DF	Tamara Angulo	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998	River Plate
16	2DF	Ligia Moreira	(1992-03-19) 19 March 1992	Alhama
6	2DF	Danna Pesántez	(2003-08-29) 29 August 2003	UAI Urquiza
19	2DF	Kerlly Real	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998	Valencia
3	2DF	Analiz Zambrano	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002	Independiente del Valle
13	2DF	Nicole Charcopa	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	Independiente del Valle
	2DF	Fiorella Pico	(2007-06-10) 10 June 2007	Independiente del Valle

9	3MF	Manoly Baquerizo	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998	Cacereño
18	3MF	María Bravo	(2000-12-28) 28 December 2000	Independiente del Valle
4	3MF	Stefany Cedeño	(2000-08-06) 6 August 2000	Barcelona
24	3MF	Joselyn Espinales	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999	Atlético Nacional
21	3MF	Giannina Lattanzio	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993	Pavia
25	3MF	Doménica Rodríguez	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999	CS Bakersfield Roadrunners
	3MF	Justine Cuadra	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998	Barcelona
	3MF	Marthina Aguirre	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001	High Point Panthers

7	4FW	Emily Arias	(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003	Independiente del Valle
11	4FW	Milagro Barahona	(2002-06-20) 20 June 2002	Universidad Católica
10	4FW	Karen Flores	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001	CS Bakersfield Roadrunners
15	4FW	Isabel Trujillo	(1999-11-17) 17 November 1999	LDU Quito
	4FW	Chidimma Ifema	(1998-07-12) 12 July 1998	Universidad Católica

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)	Club	Latest call-up

DF	Mayerli Rodríguez	(2001-12-26) 26 December 2001	Independiente del Valle	v. Cuba, 18 July 2023
DF	Ariana Lomas	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002	Independiente del Valle	v. Cuba, 18 July 2023

MF	Dayana Chano	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999	Deportivo Ibarra	v. Cuba, 18 July 2023

FW	Evelyn Burgos	(2007-04-19) 19 April 2007	Independiente del Valle	v. Cuba, 18 July 2023
FW	Rosa Flores	(2006-06-26) 26 June 2006	Leones del Norte	v. Cuba, 18 July 2023
FW	Kerlly Corozo	(1999-06-07) 7 June 1999	Macará	v. Cuba, 18 July 2023

Captains

Ligia Moreira (20??–)

Records

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

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

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	Did not qualify
Total	Group stage	1/9	3	0	0	3	1	17