2000 in Ecuadorian football

Football in Ecuador
Season 2000
← 1999 Ecuador 2001 →

The 2000 season is the 78th season of competitive football in Ecuador.

National leagues

Serie A

Serie B

Segunda

Clubs in international competitions

Team 2000 Copa Libertadores 2000 Copa Merconorte
Barcelona N/A Eliminated in the First Stage
El Nacional Eliminated in the Round of 16 Eliminated in the First Stage
Emelec Eliminated in the First Stage Eliminated in the Semifinals
LDU Quito Eliminated in the First Stage N/A

National teams

Senior team

The Ecuadorian national team played in sixteen matches in 2000: ten FIFA World Cup qualifiers and six friendlies.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup began in 2000.

29 March 2000
12:00
Ecuador  2 – 0  Venezuela
Delgado  18'
Aguinaga  57' 		(Report)
Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito
Attendance: 37,288
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

26 April 2000
21:50
Brazil  3 – 2  Ecuador
Rivaldo  18', 51'
Zago  43' 		(Report) Aguinaga  12'
de la Cruz  75'
Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 64,738
Referee: Henry Cervantes (Colombia)

3 June 2000
18:15
Paraguay  3 – 1  Ecuador
Toledo  10'
Brizuela  42', 63' 		(Report) Graziani  87'
Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Gustavo Gallesio Graco (Uruguay)

29 June 2000
16:00
Ecuador  2 – 1  Peru
Chalá  14'
Hurtado  51' 		(Report) Pajuelo  73'

19 July 2000
21:00
Argentina  2 – 0  Ecuador
Crespo  29'
C. López  49' 		(Report)
River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 44,199
Referee: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)

25 July 2000
16:00
Ecuador  0 – 0  Colombia
(Report)

16 August 2000
16:00
Ecuador  2 – 0  Bolivia
Delgado  17', 59' (Report)
Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)

3 September 2000
15:00
Uruguay  4 – 0  Ecuador
Magallanes  15'
Silva  37'
Olivera  50'
Cedres  86' 		(Report)
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Henry Cervantes (Colombia)

Friendlies

12 January 2000
Iran  2 – 1  Ecuador
Daei  26'
Mousavi  70' 		Cubero  87'
LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 34,289
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

27 January 2000
Honduras  1 – 1  Ecuador
Martínez  90' Graziani  10'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Evaristo Soriano (Honduras)

8 March 2000
Ecuador  1 – 3  Honduras
E. Hurtado  24' Cárcamo  54', 63'
Velásquez  90'
La Casa Blanca, Quito
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Segundo Díaz (Ecuador)

25 June 2000
Ecuador  5 – 0  Panama
Delgado  22', 34'
Kaviedes  25', 44', 55'
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador)

11 August 2000
Panama  0 – 0  Ecuador
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico)

20 September 2000
Mexico  2 – 0  Ecuador
Borgetti  10'
Ruiz  59'

Notes

1.^ Ecuador fielded its Olympic team, but the match is a full FIFA international.

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