Ecuador

The boys from Quito will arrive in Germany looking to improve on their performance on the global stage after their debut in the Far East four years earlier.

Two defeats in the country's first two World Cup games at the hands of Italy and Mexico were no disgrace but it meant that Ecuador's time in Japan was over almost before it begun.

Qualification was achieved comfortably behind Brazil and Argentina but the nation is traditionally strong in its high-altitude capital and looks much more fragile when it ventures down from 1,850 metres altitude.

Veteran striker Agustin Delgado is still around and wily enough to cause a few problems as the team's Colombian coach Luis Fernando Suarez is hoping.

Edison Mendez is also a danger from midfield and youngsters such as Cristian Lara and Franklin Salas will be hoping to make their mark on the world stage.

Coach: Luis Fernando Suarez (COL)
FIFA Ranking: 37

Ecuador Matches

Match #	Date & Time	Group	Teams		Result	Venue
2	Fri 9th Jun 21:00	A	POL	ECU	0 - 2	Gelsenkirchen
18	Thu 15th Jun 15:00	A	ECU	CRC	3 - 0	Hamburg
33	Tue 20th Jun 16:00	A	ECU	GER	0 - 3	Berlin
51	Sun 25th Jun 17:00	R2	ENG	ECU	1 - 0	Stuttgart

Match times shown are local times for Germany (CEST/GMT+0200). Click on match date/time to view match statistics.

Past World Cup performance

First Round: 2002

Key Players

Cristian Lara

World Cup 2006 Qualification

Third place in the CONMEBOL South American qualifying group, behind Brazil and Argentina.

Squad

						Total		World Cup 2006
#	Posn	Name	DOB	Club		Caps	Goals	Pld	Goals	OG	YC	RC
1	GK	Villafuerte Edwin	12-03-1979	Deportivo Quito	ECU	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Guagua Jorge	28-09-1981	El Nacional	ECU	22	1	3	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Hurtado Ivan	16-08-1974	Al Arabi	QAT	134	5	3	0	0	1	0
4	DF	De La Cruz Ulises	08-02-1974	Aston Villa	ENG	89	5	4	0	0	2	0
5	DF	Perlaza Jose	06-10-1981	Olmedo	ECU	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Urrutia Patricio	15-10-1977	LDU Quito	ECU	10	0	3	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Lara Christian	27-04-1980	El Nacional	ECU	21	3	2	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Mendez Edison	16-03-1979	LDU Quito	ECU	69	10	4	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Borja Felix	02-04-1983	El Nacional	ECU	7	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Kaviedes Ivan	24-10-1977	Argentinos Juniors	ARG	49	14	4	1	0	0	0
11	FW	Delgado Agustin	23-12-1974	LDU Quito	ECU	72	32	3	2	0	0	0
12	GK	Mora Cristian	26-08-1979	LDU Quito	ECU	13	0	4	0	0	1	0
13	DF	Ambrossi Paul	14-10-1980	LDU Quito	ECU	25	0	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Castillo Segundo	15-05-1982	El Nacional	ECU	15	1	3	0	0	1	0
15	MF	Ayovi Marlon	27-08-1971	Deportivo Quito	ECU	75	5	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Valencia Luis	04-08-1985	Recreativo Huelva	ESP	22	3	4	0	0	2	0
17	DF	Espinoza Giovanny	12-04-1977	LDU Quito	ECU	61	2	4	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Reasco Neicer	23-07-1977	LDU Quito	ECU	35	0	3	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Saritama Luis	20-10-1983	Deportivo Quito	ECU	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Tenorio Edwin	16-06-1976	Barcelona	ECU	73	0	4	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Tenorio Carlos	14-05-1979	Al Sadd	QAT	33	8	3	2	0	1	0
22	GK	Lanza Damian	10-04-1982	Aucas	ECU	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Benitez Christian	01-05-1986	El Nacional	ECU	6	0	1	0	0	0	0