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Appearances
2002
First appearance
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Yellow / Blue / Red
Ecuador national football team
26 players called up for World Cup 2026.
Hernan Galindez
Moises Ramirez
Gonzalo Valle
Felix Torres
Piero Hincapie
Joel Ordonez
Willian Pacho
Pervis Estupinan
Angelo Preciado
Jackson Porozo
Yaimar Medina
Jordy Alcivar
Anthony Valencia
Kendry Paez
Alan Minda
Pedro Vite
Denil Castillo
Alan Franco
Moises Caicedo
John Yeboah
Kevin Rodriguez
Enner Valencia
Jordy Caicedo
Gonzalo Plata
Nilson Angulo
Jeremy Arevalo
Announced: 2026-06-22
Sources: FIFA
Ecuador arrive at World Cup 2026 in Group E, representing CONMEBOL.
Sebastián Beccacece leads the tactical plan, with the group phase defining whether ECU can build momentum into the knockout rounds.
Group rivals include Ivory Coast, Curaçao, Germany. Every result can shift the path to the round of 32.
Ecuador national football team
The Ecuador national football team, nicknamed La Tricolor, represents Ecuador in men's international football and is controlled by the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. They joined FIFA in 1926 and CONMEBOL a year later. Discarding an invitation to participate in the inaugural FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay, Ecuador did not make their tournament debut until 2002. After finishing above Brazil and Uruguay in the standings, the qualifying campaign marked the emergence of several players, such as Agustín Delgado, Álex Aguinaga, Iván Hurtado, Ulises de la Cruz and Iván Kaviedes, who would set the stage for Ecuador's achievements in the next decade. Having reached the Round of 16 in a memorable 2006 World Cup campaign, they were expected to deliver at the 2007 Copa América but were eliminated in the group stage. Along with Venezuela, they have not won the continental tournament. La Tri's best performance was fourth in 1959 and 1993, both times on home soil. Ecuador plays the majority of their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito.
See Ecuador fixtures and simulate their possible path to the final.
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