Ecuador

Group EFIFA Ranking #23CONMEBOL

Coach

Sebastián Beccacece

World Cup Appearances

Best Finish

Round of 16 (2006, 2022)

Training Base

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus Crew Performance Centre

Complete Team Guide

Ecuador arrive at World Cup 2026 with the most decorated squad in their history. Willian Pacho won the Champions League with PSG. Piero Hincapié won the Premier League with Arsenal and started the Champions League final. Moisés Caicedo won the Conference League with Chelsea. And Kendry Páez, 19 years old, is here on loan from Chelsea via River Plate. Sebastián Beccacece's side finished second in CONMEBOL qualifying with only five goals conceded. Enner Valencia, 36, leads the attack one final time. Group E: Germany, Ivory Coast, Curaçao.

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Ecuador World Cup 2026 Group

What group is Ecuador in for World Cup 2026? Ecuador is in Group E at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Follow the group fixtures, standings, and knockout path from the Group E page.

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Road to 2026

Ecuador qualified again from CONMEBOL and FIFA's qualified-teams tracker notes that a 0-0 draw with Peru in Lima on 10 June 2025 sealed their place with two matches to spare. That calm, efficient route fits the profile of the current team: physically strong, defensively serious and increasingly comfortable among South America's automatic qualifiers.

Key Players

Moisés Caicedo

Midfielder

Chelsea

Caicedo is the heartbeat of this team and one of the most complete midfielders in the tournament outside the traditional elite.

Piero Hincapié

Defender

Bayer Leverkusen

Hincapie gives Ecuador front-foot defending and helps the side hold a more aggressive line than many regional rivals can manage.

Willian Pacho

Defender

Paris Saint-Germain

FIFA ran a feature on Pacho's rise in 2025, underlining how important he has become to Ecuador's modern defensive core.

Enner Valencia

Forward

Internacional

Valencia still provides leadership and final-third timing, even as the squad around him gets younger and deeper.

Gonzalo Plata

Winger

Flamengo

Plata gives Ecuador a more direct wide threat, especially when they want to turn defensive wins into immediate attacks.

Official WC 2026 Squad

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Goalkeepers

Hernán Galíndez

Huracan

Moisés Ramírez

AE Kifisias

Gonzalo Valle

LDU Quito

Defenders

DEF

Willian Pacho

Paris Saint-Germain

DEF

Piero Hincapié

Arsenal

DEF

Joel Ordóñez

Club Brugge

DEF

Félix Torres

Internacional

DEF

Pervis Estupiñán

AC Milan

DEF

Yaimar Medina

Racing Genk

DEF

Ángelo Preciado

Atlético Mineiro

DEF

Jackson Porozo

Club Tijuana

Midfielders

MID

Alan Minda

Atlético Mineiro

MID

Moisés Caicedo

Chelsea

MID

Jordy Alcivar

Independiente del Valle

MID

Denil Castillo

FC Midtjylland

MID

John Yeboah

Venezia

MID

Alan Franco

Atlético Mineiro

MID

Pedro Vite

Pumas UNAM

MID

Kendry Páez

River Plate

MID

Nilson Angulo

Sunderland

MID

Gonzalo Plata

Flamengo

Attackers

ATT

Kevin Rodríguez

Union St.-Gilloise

ATT

Anthony Valencia

Antwerp

ATT

Enner Valencia

Pachuca

ATT

Jordy Caicedo

Huracán

ATT

Jeremy Arévalo

VfB Stuttgart

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Match Schedule

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Group Stage - Group E

2026-06-14

Ivory Coast

1 - 0

Ecuador

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Group Stage - Group E

2026-06-20

Ecuador

0 - 0

Curaçao

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City

Group Stage - Group E

2026-06-25

Ecuador

2 - 1

Germany

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Round of 32

2026-06-30

Mexico

2 - 0

Ecuador

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City