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	Ligia Moreira
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
FIFA code	ECU
Principal colours Alternate colours
FIFA ranking
Current	54 (25 September 2015)
Highest	46 (December 2014)
Lowest	110 (March 2009)
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)
Best result	Group Stage (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 marked their first-ever participation 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	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015	Group Stage	24th	3	0	0	3	1	17
Total	1/7	0 titles	3	0	0	3	1	17

Sudamericano Femenino

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	9	21
1998	4th place	6	2	2	2	14	20
2003	Group Stage	2	1	1	0	3	1
2006	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	4	5
2010	Group Stage	4	3	0	1	8	6
2014	3rd Place	7	3	0	4	7	11
Total	6/7	27	11	5	11	45	64

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
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup	Group C	0-6 1-10 0-1	Cameroon   Switzerland  Japan	4 / 4	0 Angie Ponce 0

Current squad

Squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[3]

Head coach: Vanessa Arauz

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Shirley Berruz	6 January 1991	25	0	Rocafuerte Fútbol Club
2	DF	Katherine Ortíz	16 February 1991	23	3	Rocafuerte Fútbol Club
3	DF	Nancy Aguilar	6 July 1985	46	0	Atlético de Febrero
4	DF	Merly Zambrano	7 December 1981	11	0	Espuce
5	MF	Mayra Olivera	22 August 1992	33	2	Atlético de Febrero
6	DF	Angie Ponce	14 July 1996	28	4	Talleres Emanuel
7	DF	Ingrid Rodríguez	24 November 1991	34	6	Unión Española
8	MF	Erika Vásquez	4 August 1992	32	3	Unión Española
9	FW	Giannina Lattanzio	19 May 1993	13	0	Atlético de Febrero
10	FW	Ámbar Torres	21 December 1994	23	10	Talleres Emanuel
11	FW	Mónica Quinteros	5 July 1988	42	8	Atlético de Febrero
12	GK	Irene Tobar	5 May 1989	10	0	Atlético de Febrero
13	MF	Madeleine Riera	7 August 1989	32	0	Unión Española
14	FW	Carina Caicedo	23 July 1987	8	1	Deportivo Quito
15	MF	Ana Palacios	16 February 1991	30	0	Rocafuerte Fútbol Club
16	DF	Ligia Moreira (c)	19 March 1992	44	6	Atlético de Febrero
17	MF	Alexandra Salvador	11 August 1995	13	0	Alcorn State University
18	MF	Adriana Barré	4 April 1995	23	0	Galápagos S.C.
19	MF	Kerly Real	7 November 1998	24	4	Espuce
20	FW	Denise Pesántes	14 January 1988	32	4	Galápagos S.C.
21	MF	Mabel Velarde	4 December 1988	13	0	Deportivo Quito
22	GK	Andrea Vera	10 April 1993	2	0	Universidad de Quito
23	FW	Mariela Jácome	6 March 1996	1	0	St. John's University

References

1. Official website of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (Spanish)
2. http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/deportes/item/estructura-del-futbol-femenino-en-gestacion.html
3. 2015 World cup roster

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile