| Germany 2006: |
| ECUADOR |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 33rd |
| ECUADOR NEWS |
| After qualifying for their first world cup in '02, Ecuador has backed up that campaign successfully by qualifying in third place in the South American round-robin. A poor start leaving them with just four points from five matches was turned around dramatically, highlighted by defeats of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, the three other qualifiers. With only 23 goals for the campaign, Augustin Delgardo and Edison Mendez showed their goal scoring prowess with five a piece. They'll be looking to continue scoring in Germany in an effort to improve their poor showing in '02. |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 3rd |
| After 18 Rounds |
| Top Scorers |
| Agustin Delgardo |
| 5 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 2-0 |
| Venezuela |
| Dft |
| 06-Sep-03 |
| 0-1 |
| Lost To |
| 10-Sep-03 |
| 1-2 |
| Lost To |
| 15-Nov-03 |
| 0-0 |
| Peru |
| Drew |
| 19-Nov-03 |
| 0-1 |
| Lost To |
| 30-Mar-04 |
| 2-1 |
| Colombia |
| Dft |
| 02-Jun-04 |
| 3-2 |
| Bolivia |
| Dft |
| 05-Jun-04 |
| 0-1 |
| Uruguay |
| Lost To |
| 05-Sep-04 |
| 2-0 |
| Chile |
| Dft |
| 10-Oct-04 |
| 1-3 |
| Venezuela |
| Lost To |
| 14-Oct-04 |
| 1-0 |
| Dft |
| 17-Nov-04 |
| 5-2 |
| Dft |
| 27-Mar-05 |
| 2-2 |
| Peru |
| Drew |
| 30-Mar-05 |
| 2-0 |
| Dft |
| 04-Jun-05 |
| 0-3 |
| Colombia |
| Lost To |
| 08-Jun-05 |
| 2-1 |
| Bolivia |
| Dft |
| 03-Sep-05 |
| 0-0 |
| Uruguay |
| Drew |
| 08-Oct-05 |
| 0-0 |
| Chile |
| Drew |
| 12-Oct-05 |
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| Edison Mendez |
| ECUDAOR'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 2002, 2006 |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Damian Lanza (Aucas, Ecuador) |
| Cristian Mora (LDU Quito, Ecuador) |
| Edwin Villafuerte (Depotivo Quito, Ecuador) |
| Defenders |
| Paul Ambrossi (LDU Quito, Ecuador) |
| Ulises de la Cruz (Aston Villa, England) |
| Giovanny Espinoza (LDU Quito, Ecuador) |
| Jorge Guagua (El Nacional, Ecuador) |
| Ivan Hurtado (Al Arabi, Qatar) |
| Jose Luis Perlaza (Olmedo, Ecuador) |
| Midfielders |
| Marlon Ayovi (Depotivo Quito, Ecuador) |
| Segundo Castillo (El Nacional, Ecuador) |
| Cristian Lara (El Nacional, Ecuador) |
| Edison Mendez (LDU Quito, Ecuador) |
| Luis Fernando Saritama (Depotivo Quito, Ecuador) |
| Edwin Tenorio (Barcelona SC, Ecuador) |
| Patricio Urrutia (LDU Quito, Ecuador) |
| Luis Antonio Valencia (Recreativo Huelva, Spain) |
| Forwards |
| Cristian Benitez (El Nacional, Ecuador) |
| Felix Borja (El Nacional, Ecuador) |
| Agustin Delgardo (LDU Quito, Ecuador) |
| Ivan Kaviedes (Argentinos Juniors, Argentina) |
| Neicer Reasco (LDU Quito, Ecuador) |
| Carlos Tenorio (Al Saad, Qatar) |