Ecuador women's national football team

Ecuador

Nickname(s)	La Tricolor (Three colors)
Association	Federación Ecuador de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Vanessa Arauz
Captain	Erika Vásquez
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
FIFA code	ECU
FIFA ranking	48 2 (27 March 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	46 (December 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking	110 (March 2009)
Principal colours Alternate colours
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)
Sudamericano Femenino
Appearances	6 (First in 1995)
Best result	3rd (2014)

The Ecuadorian women's national football team represents Ecuador in international women's football.^[1]

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 will mark for the first time to play in a Women's World Cup respectively, in 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.^[2] 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.

Tournament record

World Cup

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Qualify
1995	Did Not Qualify
1999	Did Not Qualify
2003	Did Not Qualify
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011	Did Not Qualify
2015	Qualified
Total	1/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Overall competition record

Bolivarian Games

• Bolivarian Games Football
  • silver medal (1): 2009.
  • Bronze Medal (1): 2005.

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

Current squad

The roster for the 2014 Copa América Femenina.

Head coach: Vanessa Arauz

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile