The Ecuador women's national football team ( es, Selección femenina de fútbol de Ecuador) represents

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

in international women's football. The team is controlled by the

Ecuadorian Football Federation The Ecuadorian Football Federation ( es, Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol or ) is the governing body of football in Ecuador. Its headquarters are in Quito, and it organizes the country's various football competitions and oversees the Ecuador ...

. 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

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. 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

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and

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. Although football is not popular for women, Ecuador marked their first-ever participation in a Women's World Cup in the Canada 2015, and also for the first time both men's and women's team participated in World Cup.

History

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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 The Serie A Femenina de Ecuador is the highest amateur league of women's football in Ecuador. The competition is organised by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. Until 2013, the tournament was played by divisional selections and not clubs. After ...

. 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. The country qualified for the

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after successfully winning the

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against

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representative

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, but with only amateur and part-time players on the squad, Ecuador was thumped in three games, including the record 1–10 defeat to Switzerland. Nonetheless, Ecuador impressed in their final defeat to then-defending champions Japan, only conceded a goal in the team's 0–1 loss. Ecuador stood as the worst performed team in a FIFA Women's World Cup edition before

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surpassed Ecuador with an even more disastrous performance in 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2019, the

officially created the semi-professional Superliga Femenina, the first step toward moving to professional women's football for the team and a recognition for the team's growing popularity, and Ecuador's performance greatly improved in the

2022 Copa América Femenina The 2022 Copa América Femenina was the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina, for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 t ...

. Nonetheless, Ecuador's lacklustre performance again hurt its campaign when the team lost three out of four, and failed to qualify for the

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, though Ecuador did not suffer heavy defeats as expected.

Team image

Nicknames

The Ecuador women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "''La Tricolor'' (Three colors)".

Home stadium

Ecuador play their home matches on the

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa () is a multi-purpose stadium in Quito, Ecuador. It is currently used primarily for football matches and has a capacity of 35,724. Overview Built in 1951, it sits at the intersection of the Avenida 6 de Diciembre an ...

Overall competitive record

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

2021

2022

Ecuador Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

* Garys Estupiñán ( 2003– 2006) * Juan Carlos Cerón ( 2010) * Vanessa Arauz (

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– 2015) * Wendy Villón (

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) * Emily Lima (2019–2022)

Players

* Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the

. * Caps and goals correct as of 13 April 2021, before the match against .

Recent call-ups

* The following players have been called up to a Ecuador squad in the past 12 months.

Captains

* Ligia Moreira (20??–)

Records

''*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 31 August 2021.''