Football in Ecuador
Season2000
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The 2000 season is the 78th season of competitive football in Ecuador.

National leagues

Serie A

Serie B

Segunda

Clubs in international competitions

Team 2000 Copa Libertadores 2000 Copa Merconorte
Barcelona N/A Eliminated in the First Stage
El Nacional Eliminated in the Round of 16 Eliminated in the First Stage
Emelec Eliminated in the First Stage Eliminated in the Semifinals
LDU Quito Eliminated in the First Stage N/A

National teams

Senior team

The Ecuador national team played in sixteen matches in 2000: ten FIFA World Cup qualifiers and six friendlies.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup began in 2000.

Ecuador 2 – 0 Venezuela
Delgado 18'
Aguinaga 57'
(Report)

Brazil 3 – 2 Ecuador
Rivaldo 18', 51'
Zago 43'
(Report) Aguinaga 12'
de la Cruz 75'
Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 64,738
Referee: Henry Cervantes (Colombia)

Paraguay 3 – 1 Ecuador
Toledo 10'
Brizuela 42', 63'
(Report) Graziani 87'
Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Gustavo Gallesio Graco (Uruguay)

Ecuador 2 – 1 Peru
Chalá 14'
Hurtado 51'
(Report) Pajuelo 73'

Argentina 2 – 0 Ecuador
Crespo 29'
C. López 49'
(Report)
River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 44,199
Referee: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)

Ecuador 0 – 0 Colombia
(Report)

Ecuador 2 – 0 Bolivia
Delgado 17', 59' (Report)
Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)

Uruguay 4 – 0 Ecuador
Magallanes 15'
Silva 37'
Olivera 50'
Cedres 86'
(Report)
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Henry Cervantes (Colombia)

Friendlies

Iran 2 – 1 Ecuador [1]
Daei 26'
Mousavi 70'
Cubero 87'
LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 34,289
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

Honduras 1 – 1 Ecuador
Martínez 90' Graziani 10'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Evaristo Soriano (Honduras)

Ecuador 1 – 3 Honduras
E. Hurtado 24' Cárcamo 54', 63'
Velásquez 90'
La Casa Blanca, Quito
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Segundo Díaz (Ecuador)

Ecuador 5 – 0 Panama
Delgado 22', 34'
Kaviedes 25', 44', 55'
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador)

Panama 0 – 0 Ecuador
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico)

Mexico 2 – 0 Ecuador
Borgetti 10'
Ruiz 59'

Notes

1.^ Ecuador fielded its Olympic team, but the match is a full FIFA international.