Ecuador at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

Former Colombian international Hernán Darío Gómez was Ecuador's head coach at the time of the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 25 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (11 titles).

Ecuador have participated as invitees once, in 2002. After one victory and one defeat in the Group stage, Ecuador was sent home with a stroke of bad luck: All three teams were equal on both points and goals, and lots were drawn to determine the teams' positions. Haiti and Canada were drawn into first and second place and advanced to the quarter-finals, while Ecuador were eliminated.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup

Record
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
2002Group Stage9th210122
Total1/2421/27210122

Match Overview
Year Round Opponent Result Scorers Venue
2002Group Stage Haiti0–2Miami
 Canada2–0A. Aguinaga (2)

2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group Stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Haiti 21012203
 Canada 21012203
 Ecuador 21012203
Ecuador 0–2 Haiti
Report Méndez  6' (o.g.)
Alerte  44'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 12,253
Referee: Carlos Batres
Canada 0–2 Ecuador
Report Aguinaga  88', 90'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 3,827
Referee: Brian Hall

Record Players
Álex Aguinaga (here as club coach in 2015) played both matches and scored both goals at Ecuador's only Gold Cup participation.

The following ten players have been fielded in both Gold Cup matches for Ecuador:

No. Name Matches Gold Cups
1 Álex Aguinaga22002
Nicolás Asencio22002
José Francisco Cevallos22002
Cléber Chalá22002
Ángel Fernández22002
Luis Gómez22002
Carlos Ramón Hidalgo22002
Iván Hurtado22002
Alfonso Obregón22002
Edwin Tenorio22002

Goalscorers

Both Ecuadorian goals were scored by Álex Aguinaga, late in the match against Canada, one of them per penalty.

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