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[[File:Argentina_v_ecuador.jpg|thumb|350px|Ecuadorian striker [[Lupo Quiñónez]] in the away match against Argentina in 1983, where he scored the 1-0 lead. The match ended 2-2. Ecuador did not advance from the strong group which also included Brazil.]]
[[File:EDUARDO_"TANQUE"_HURTADO_(27657472856).jpg|thumb|[[Eduardo Hurtado]] (here in 2016) scored three goals in Ecuador's home tournament in 1993. The team achieved their best-ever result that year, placing fourth.]]
The [[Copa América]] is South America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1967, the tournament was known as [[South American Championship]]. It is the oldest continental championship in the world.
[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] are one of only two CONMEBOL members who never won a continental title, the other one being [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]. Both teams have never even placed in the Top Three.
With six goals in 1963, [[Carlos Alberto Raffo]] became that tournament's top scorer and the only Ecuadorian to ever receive an individual award at a continental championship. In spite of Raffo's goals, however, Ecuador only placed sixth out of seven nations that year.
==Record at the Copa América==
{|class="wikitable"
|- align=center
!colspan=9|[[Copa América|South American Championship record]]
|- align=center
!width=90|Year
!width=95|Round
!width=60|Position
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
|- align=center
|[[1916 South American Championship|1916]] - [[1937 South American Championship|1937]]
|colspan=8|''Did not exist''
|- align=center
| [[1939 South American Championship|1939]]
|Round Robin||5th||4||0||0||4||4||18
|- align=center
| [[1941 South American Championship|1941]]
|Round Robin||5th||4||0||0||4||1||21
|- align=center
| [[1942 South American Championship|1942]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||0||6||4||31
|- align=center
| [[1945 South American Championship|1945]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||1||5||9||27
|- align=center
| [[1946 South American Championship|1946]]
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[1947 South American Championship|1947]]
|Round Robin||6th||7||0||3||4||3||17
|- align=center
| [[1949 South American Championship|1949]]
|Round Robin||7th||7||1||0||6||7||21
|- align=center
| [[1953 South American Championship|1953]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||2||4||1||13
|- align=center
| [[1955 South American Championship|1955]]
|Round Robin||6th||5||0||0||5||4||22
|- align=center
| [[1956 South American Championship|1956]]
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|- align=center
| [[1957 South American Championship|1957]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||1||5||7||23
|- align=center
| [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]]
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959]]
|Round Robin||4th||4||1||1||2||5||9
|- align=center
| [[1963 South American Championship|1963]]
|Round Robin||6th||6||1||2||3||14||18
|- align=center
| [[1967 South American Championship|1967]]
|colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
!colspan=9|[[Copa América]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|- align=center
| [[1975 Copa América|1975]]
|Group Stage||9th||4||0||1||3||4||10
|- align=center
| [[1979 Copa América|1979]]
|Group Stage||9th||4||1||0||3||4||7
|- align=center
| [[1983 Copa América|1983]]
|Group Stage||9th||4||0||2||2||4||10
|- align=center
| [[1987 Copa América|1987]]
|Group Stage||8th||2||0||1||1||1||4
|- align=center
| [[1989 Copa América|1989]]
|Group Stage||7th||4||1||2||1||2||2
|- align=center
| [[1991 Copa América|1991]]
|Group Stage||7th||4||1||1||2||6||5
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
|Fourth Place||4th||6||4||0||2||13||5
|- align=center
| [[1995 Copa América|1995]]
|Group Stage||9th||3||1||0||2||2||3
|- align=center
| [[1997 Copa América|1997]]
|Quarter-Finals||5th||4||2||2||0||5||2
|- align=center
| [[1999 Copa América|1999]]
|Group Stage||11th||3||0||0||3||3||7
|- align=center
| [[2001 Copa América|2001]]
|Group Stage||9th||3||1||0||2||5||5
|- align=center
| [[2004 Copa América|2004]]
|Group Stage||12th||3||0||0||3||3||10
|- align=center
| [[2007 Copa América|2007]]
|Group Stage||11th||3||0||0||3||3||6
|- align=center
| [[2011 Copa América|2011]]
|Group Stage||10th||3||0||1||2||2||5
|- align=center
| [[2015 Copa América|2015]]
|Group Stage||10th||3||1||0||2||4||6
|- align=center
| [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
|Quarter-Finals||8th||4||1||2||1||7||4
|- align=center
| [[2019 Copa América|2019]]
| colspan=8 rowspan=3|''Qualified''
|- align=center
|/ [[2020 Copa América|2020]]
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
|- align=center
!Total||0 Titles||10/18||118||16||22||80||127||311
|}
<small>* Draws include matches decided on penalties.</small>
==Record by Opponent==
Ecuador fell victim to the highest defeat in tournament history when they were beaten 12-0 by Argentina in 1942.
Their own highest victory was a 6-1 against Venezuela in 1993. Venezuela is the only other CONMEBOL member, against which Ecuador have a positive head-to-head record.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=7|CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
|-
!Opponent
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Total
!Goals Scored
!Goals Conceded
|-
|align="left"|||0||5||10||15||12||52
|-
|align="left"|||1||5||2||8||13||12
|-
|align="left"|||0||2||12||14||11||52
|-
|align="left"|||1||1||12||14||14||45
|-
|align="left"|||2||1||9||12||12||22
|-
|align="left"|||1||0||0||1||4||0
|-
|align="left"|||1||1||3||5||5||8
|-
|align="left"|||3||3||9||15||15||26
|-
|align="left"|||1||3||8||12||12||28
|-
|align="left"|||3||1||13||17||16||62
|-
|align="left"|||1||0||1||2||3||2
|-
|align="left"|||2||0||1||3||10||2
|-
|align="left"|'''TOTAL'''||16||22||80||118||127||311
|-
|}
==Record Players==
[[File:Alex Aguinaga 2015 09 20.jpg|thumb|[[Álex Aguinaga|Álex Aguinaga's]] (here as team coach in 2015) international career spanned 17 years.]]
[[Álex Aguinaga]] took part in eight Copa Américas. The only other player with that number of tournaments is Uruguayan striker [[Ángel Romano]] who competed in a time when the continental championship was held annually.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Matches
!Tournaments
|-
|align=center|1||[[Álex Aguinaga]]||align=center|25||1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2004
|-
|align=center|2||[[Luis Capurro]]||align=center|22||1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997
|-
|align=center|3||[[Luis Antonio Mendoza (Ecuadorian footballer)|Luis Antonio Mendoza]]||align=center|21||1941, 1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|align=center|4||[[José María Jiménez (footballer)|José María Jiménez]]||align=center|20||1942, 1945, 1947 and 1949
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|5
|[[Jorge Henríquez]]||align=center|18||1945, 1947 and 1953
|-
|[[Carlos Sánchez (Ecuadorian footballer)|Carlos Sánchez]]||align=center|18||1947, 1949, 1953 and 1957
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center|7
|[[Enrique Álvarez (footballer)|Enrique Álvarez]]||align=center|17||1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|[[Napoleón Medina]]||align=center|17||1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|[[Félix Zurita]]||align=center|17||1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|[[José Vargas (footballer)|José Vargas]]||align=center|17||1947, 1949, 1953 and 1957
|-
|[[Iván Hurtado]]||align=center|17||1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007
|-
|}
==Top Goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Goals
!Tournaments
|-
|align=center|1||[[Carlos Alberto Raffo]]||align=center|8||1959 [Ecuador] (2) and 1963 (6)
|-
|align=center|2||[[Ney Avilés]]||align=center|6||1989 (1), 1991 (2) and 1993 (3)
|-
|align=center|3||[[José María Jiménez]]||align=center|5||1942 (2), 1945 (1) and 1947 (2)
|-
|rowspan=6 align=center|4
|[[Víctor Aguayo]]||align=center|4||1945
|-
|[[Jorge Cantos]]||align=center|4||1949 (1) and 1957 (3)
|-
|[[Jorge Larraz]]||align=center|4||1957
|-
|[[Álex Aguinaga]]||align=center|4||1991 (2) and 1993 (2)
|-
|[[Agustín Delgado]]||align=center|4||2001 (2) and 2004 (2)
|-
|[[Enner Valencia]]||align=center|4||2015 (2) and 2016 (2)
|-
|align=center|10||''Seven players''||align=center|3
|-
|}
==Awards and Records==
'''Individual Awards<ref></ref>'''
* Top scorer 1963: [[Carlos Alberto Raffo]] (6 goals)
'''Team Records'''
* Most goals conceded (311)
* Most matches until first victory (34, 4-1 against Colombia in 1949)
* Highest defeat (0-12, against Argentina in 1942)
* Match with most goals (12, Argentina 12-0 Ecuador in 1942)
'''Individual Records'''
* Most tournament participations: [[Álex Aguinaga]] (8, 1987-2004) ''(shared with [[Ángel Romano]], 1916-1926)''
* Longest time span between first and last match: [[Álex Aguinaga]] (17y 9d, July 4th, 1987, against Peru at age 18 - July 13th, 2004, against Mexico at age 36)
==References==
==External links==
*[http://www.rsssf.com RSSSF archives and results]
*[http://bit.ly/2KiEGpU Soccerway database]
[[Category:Countries at the Copa América]]
[[Category:Ecuador national football team]]
[[File:EDUARDO_"TANQUE"_HURTADO_(27657472856).jpg|thumb|[[Eduardo Hurtado]] (here in 2016) scored three goals in Ecuador's home tournament in 1993. The team achieved their best-ever result that year, placing fourth.]]
The [[Copa América]] is South America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1967, the tournament was known as [[South American Championship]]. It is the oldest continental championship in the world.
[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] are one of only two CONMEBOL members who never won a continental title, the other one being [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]. Both teams have never even placed in the Top Three.
With six goals in 1963, [[Carlos Alberto Raffo]] became that tournament's top scorer and the only Ecuadorian to ever receive an individual award at a continental championship. In spite of Raffo's goals, however, Ecuador only placed sixth out of seven nations that year.
==Record at the Copa América==
{|class="wikitable"
|- align=center
!colspan=9|[[Copa América|South American Championship record]]
|- align=center
!width=90|Year
!width=95|Round
!width=60|Position
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
!width=20|
|- align=center
|[[1916 South American Championship|1916]] - [[1937 South American Championship|1937]]
|colspan=8|''Did not exist''
|- align=center
| [[1939 South American Championship|1939]]
|Round Robin||5th||4||0||0||4||4||18
|- align=center
| [[1941 South American Championship|1941]]
|Round Robin||5th||4||0||0||4||1||21
|- align=center
| [[1942 South American Championship|1942]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||0||6||4||31
|- align=center
| [[1945 South American Championship|1945]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||1||5||9||27
|- align=center
| [[1946 South American Championship|1946]]
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[1947 South American Championship|1947]]
|Round Robin||6th||7||0||3||4||3||17
|- align=center
| [[1949 South American Championship|1949]]
|Round Robin||7th||7||1||0||6||7||21
|- align=center
| [[1953 South American Championship|1953]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||2||4||1||13
|- align=center
| [[1955 South American Championship|1955]]
|Round Robin||6th||5||0||0||5||4||22
|- align=center
| [[1956 South American Championship|1956]]
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|- align=center
| [[1957 South American Championship|1957]]
|Round Robin||7th||6||0||1||5||7||23
|- align=center
| [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]]
|colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959]]
|Round Robin||4th||4||1||1||2||5||9
|- align=center
| [[1963 South American Championship|1963]]
|Round Robin||6th||6||1||2||3||14||18
|- align=center
| [[1967 South American Championship|1967]]
|colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
!colspan=9|[[Copa América]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|- align=center
| [[1975 Copa América|1975]]
|Group Stage||9th||4||0||1||3||4||10
|- align=center
| [[1979 Copa América|1979]]
|Group Stage||9th||4||1||0||3||4||7
|- align=center
| [[1983 Copa América|1983]]
|Group Stage||9th||4||0||2||2||4||10
|- align=center
| [[1987 Copa América|1987]]
|Group Stage||8th||2||0||1||1||1||4
|- align=center
| [[1989 Copa América|1989]]
|Group Stage||7th||4||1||2||1||2||2
|- align=center
| [[1991 Copa América|1991]]
|Group Stage||7th||4||1||1||2||6||5
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
|Fourth Place||4th||6||4||0||2||13||5
|- align=center
| [[1995 Copa América|1995]]
|Group Stage||9th||3||1||0||2||2||3
|- align=center
| [[1997 Copa América|1997]]
|Quarter-Finals||5th||4||2||2||0||5||2
|- align=center
| [[1999 Copa América|1999]]
|Group Stage||11th||3||0||0||3||3||7
|- align=center
| [[2001 Copa América|2001]]
|Group Stage||9th||3||1||0||2||5||5
|- align=center
| [[2004 Copa América|2004]]
|Group Stage||12th||3||0||0||3||3||10
|- align=center
| [[2007 Copa América|2007]]
|Group Stage||11th||3||0||0||3||3||6
|- align=center
| [[2011 Copa América|2011]]
|Group Stage||10th||3||0||1||2||2||5
|- align=center
| [[2015 Copa América|2015]]
|Group Stage||10th||3||1||0||2||4||6
|- align=center
| [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
|Quarter-Finals||8th||4||1||2||1||7||4
|- align=center
| [[2019 Copa América|2019]]
| colspan=8 rowspan=3|''Qualified''
|- align=center
|/ [[2020 Copa América|2020]]
|- align=center
|style="border:3px solid red"| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
|- align=center
!Total||0 Titles||10/18||118||16||22||80||127||311
|}
<small>* Draws include matches decided on penalties.</small>
==Record by Opponent==
Ecuador fell victim to the highest defeat in tournament history when they were beaten 12-0 by Argentina in 1942.
Their own highest victory was a 6-1 against Venezuela in 1993. Venezuela is the only other CONMEBOL member, against which Ecuador have a positive head-to-head record.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=7|CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
|-
!Opponent
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Total
!Goals Scored
!Goals Conceded
|-
|align="left"|||0||5||10||15||12||52
|-
|align="left"|||1||5||2||8||13||12
|-
|align="left"|||0||2||12||14||11||52
|-
|align="left"|||1||1||12||14||14||45
|-
|align="left"|||2||1||9||12||12||22
|-
|align="left"|||1||0||0||1||4||0
|-
|align="left"|||1||1||3||5||5||8
|-
|align="left"|||3||3||9||15||15||26
|-
|align="left"|||1||3||8||12||12||28
|-
|align="left"|||3||1||13||17||16||62
|-
|align="left"|||1||0||1||2||3||2
|-
|align="left"|||2||0||1||3||10||2
|-
|align="left"|'''TOTAL'''||16||22||80||118||127||311
|-
|}
==Record Players==
[[File:Alex Aguinaga 2015 09 20.jpg|thumb|[[Álex Aguinaga|Álex Aguinaga's]] (here as team coach in 2015) international career spanned 17 years.]]
[[Álex Aguinaga]] took part in eight Copa Américas. The only other player with that number of tournaments is Uruguayan striker [[Ángel Romano]] who competed in a time when the continental championship was held annually.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Matches
!Tournaments
|-
|align=center|1||[[Álex Aguinaga]]||align=center|25||1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2004
|-
|align=center|2||[[Luis Capurro]]||align=center|22||1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997
|-
|align=center|3||[[Luis Antonio Mendoza (Ecuadorian footballer)|Luis Antonio Mendoza]]||align=center|21||1941, 1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|align=center|4||[[José María Jiménez (footballer)|José María Jiménez]]||align=center|20||1942, 1945, 1947 and 1949
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|5
|[[Jorge Henríquez]]||align=center|18||1945, 1947 and 1953
|-
|[[Carlos Sánchez (Ecuadorian footballer)|Carlos Sánchez]]||align=center|18||1947, 1949, 1953 and 1957
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center|7
|[[Enrique Álvarez (footballer)|Enrique Álvarez]]||align=center|17||1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|[[Napoleón Medina]]||align=center|17||1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|[[Félix Zurita]]||align=center|17||1942, 1945 and 1947
|-
|[[José Vargas (footballer)|José Vargas]]||align=center|17||1947, 1949, 1953 and 1957
|-
|[[Iván Hurtado]]||align=center|17||1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007
|-
|}
==Top Goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Goals
!Tournaments
|-
|align=center|1||[[Carlos Alberto Raffo]]||align=center|8||1959 [Ecuador] (2) and 1963 (6)
|-
|align=center|2||[[Ney Avilés]]||align=center|6||1989 (1), 1991 (2) and 1993 (3)
|-
|align=center|3||[[José María Jiménez]]||align=center|5||1942 (2), 1945 (1) and 1947 (2)
|-
|rowspan=6 align=center|4
|[[Víctor Aguayo]]||align=center|4||1945
|-
|[[Jorge Cantos]]||align=center|4||1949 (1) and 1957 (3)
|-
|[[Jorge Larraz]]||align=center|4||1957
|-
|[[Álex Aguinaga]]||align=center|4||1991 (2) and 1993 (2)
|-
|[[Agustín Delgado]]||align=center|4||2001 (2) and 2004 (2)
|-
|[[Enner Valencia]]||align=center|4||2015 (2) and 2016 (2)
|-
|align=center|10||''Seven players''||align=center|3
|-
|}
==Awards and Records==
'''Individual Awards<ref></ref>'''
* Top scorer 1963: [[Carlos Alberto Raffo]] (6 goals)
'''Team Records'''
* Most goals conceded (311)
* Most matches until first victory (34, 4-1 against Colombia in 1949)
* Highest defeat (0-12, against Argentina in 1942)
* Match with most goals (12, Argentina 12-0 Ecuador in 1942)
'''Individual Records'''
* Most tournament participations: [[Álex Aguinaga]] (8, 1987-2004) ''(shared with [[Ángel Romano]], 1916-1926)''
* Longest time span between first and last match: [[Álex Aguinaga]] (17y 9d, July 4th, 1987, against Peru at age 18 - July 13th, 2004, against Mexico at age 36)
==References==
==External links==
*[http://www.rsssf.com RSSSF archives and results]
*[http://bit.ly/2KiEGpU Soccerway database]
[[Category:Countries at the Copa América]]
[[Category:Ecuador national football team]]
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