Ecuador women's national football team
The Ecuador women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de Ecuador) represents Ecuador in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation.
| Nickname(s) | La Tricolor (Three colors) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federación Ecuador de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Andres Usme | ||
| Captain | Ligia Moreira | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | ||
| FIFA code | ECU | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 68 2 (15 March 2024) | ||
| Highest | 46 (December 2014) | ||
| Lowest | 68 (June 2022; October 2022; March 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
| Brazil 13–0 Ecuador (Uberlândia, Brazil; 8 January 1995) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Ecuador 6–1 Bolivia (Uberlândia, Brazil; 14 January 1995) Bolivia 1–6 Ecuador (Cali, Colombia; 8 July 2022) Bolivia 0–5 Ecuador (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; 18 February 2023) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Brazil 13–0 Ecuador (Uberlândia, Brazil; 8 January 1995) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2015) | ||
| Copa América | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1995) | ||
| Best result | Third place (2014) | ||
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 in the Canada 2015, and also for the first time both men's and women's team participated in World Cup.