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The 1996 season is the 74th season of competitive football in Ecuador.
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| Team | 1996 Copa Libertadores | 1996 Copa CONMEBOL |
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| Barcelona | Eliminated in the Quarterfinals | N/A |
| Emelec | N/A | Eliminated in the Second Round |
| ESPOLI | Eliminated in the Round of 16 | N/A |
The Ecuadorian national team played seventeen matches in 1996: six 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and eleven friendlies.
Qualification to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France began in 1996.
| 24 April 1996 |
Ecuador | 4 – 1 | Peru | Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Julio Alcide Matto (Uruguay) |
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| E. Hurtado 54', 88' M. Tenorio 65' Gavica 78' |
Palacios 62' |
| 2 June 1996 |
Ecuador | 2 – 0 | Argentina | Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia) |
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| Montaño 51' E. Hurtado 90' |
| 6 July 1996 |
Chile | 4 – 1 | Ecuador | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia) |
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| Zamorano 25', 86' Salas 75' Estay 83' |
Aguinaga 73' |
| 1 September 1996 |
Ecuador | 1 – 0 | Venezuela | Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 36,889 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile) |
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| Aguinaga 5' |
| 9 October 1996 |
Ecuador | 0 – 1 | Colombia | Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) |
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| Asprilla 72' |
| 10 November 1996 |
Paraguay | 1 – 0 | Ecuador | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina) |
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| Benítez 23' |
| 2 February 1996 |
Venezuela | 0 – 1 | Ecuador | Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Lenín Rodríguez (Venezuela) |
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| Fernández 80' |
| 11 February 1996 |
Lebanon | 1 – 0 | Ecuador | Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon) |
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| Ghazarian 14' |
| 16 February 1996 |
Oman | 0 – 2 | Ecuador | King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ali Khalifi (Qatar) |
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| E. Hurtado 55' Fernández 70' |
| 18 February 1996 |
Qatar | 1 – 1 | Ecuador | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Jassen Al-Kari (Saudi Arabia) |
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| Hassan 90' | E. Hurtado 3' |
| 23 February 1996 |
Kuwait | 0 – 3 | Ecuador | Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hassan Johar (Saudi Arabia) |
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| M. Tenorio 5' E. Hurtado 70' Batallas 80' |
| 25 February 1996 |
Qatar | 1 – 2 | Ecuador | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Juma Al-Kari (Oman) |
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| Al-Obaidly 15' | E. Hurtado 46' Fernández 73' |
| 6 March 1996 |
Japan | 0 – 1 | Ecuador | Nagaragawa Stadium, Gifu |
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| E. Hurtado 46' |
Note: This is not an official international friendly.
| 30 June 1996 |
Ecuador | 3 – 0 | Armenia | Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador) |
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| Simoes de Souza 23' Fernández 48' Gavica 75' |
| 17 August 1996 |
Ecuador | 1 – 1 | Costa Rica | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jorge Orellana (Ecuador) |
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| Fernández 18' | Solano 65' |
| 4 October 1996 |
Ecuador | 2 – 1 | Jamaica | Estadio Bellavista, Ambato Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador) |
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| Delgado 19', 90+2' | Lowe 43' |
| 23 October 1996 |
Ecuador | 1 – 0 | Mexico | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 27,528 Referee: Brian Hall (United States) |
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| Carabalí 60' |
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