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2001 in Ecuadorian football

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Football in Ecuador
Season2001
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The 2001 season was the 79th season of competitive football in Ecuador.

National leagues

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Segunda

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Clubs in international competitions

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Team 2001 Copa Libertadores 2001 Copa Merconorte
Aucas N/A Eliminated in the Group Stage
Barcelona N/A Eliminated in the Group Stage
El Nacional Eliminated in the Round of 16 N/A
Emelec Eliminated in the Round of 16 Runner-up
Olmedo Eliminated in the first round N/A

National teams

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The Ecuador national team played in fourteen matches in 2001: eight FIFA World Cup qualifiers, three Copa América matches, and three friendlies. At the end of the year, the team qualified for their first FIFA World Cup.

Ecuador finished their qualifying campaign to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. They finished 2nd in the region, behind Argentina and ahead of Brazil, to qualify to their first FIFA World Cup.

Ecuador 1 – 0 Brazil
Delgado 49' (Report)

Ecuador 2 – 1 Paraguay
Delgado 44', 52' (Report) Cardozo 26'

Peru 1 – 2 Ecuador
Pizarro 2' (Report) Méndez 11'
Delgado 90'
Attendance: 54,236

Ecuador 0 – 2 Argentina
(Report) Verón 19'
Crespo 34' (pen.)

Colombia 0 – 0 Ecuador
(Report)

Bolivia 1 – 5 Ecuador
Galindo 59' (Report) de la Cruz 13'
Delgado 23'
Kaviedes 56'
Fernández 89'
Gómez 90'

Ecuador 1 – 1 Uruguay
Kaviedes 72' (Report) Olivera 43' (pen.)

Chile 0 – 0 Ecuador
(Report)

Ecuador was drawn into Group A with hosts Colombia, Chile, and Venezuela. After finishing third in the group, as well has the third best third-place team, they were eliminated in the Group Stage.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
 Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
 Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
 Venezuela 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0


Friendlies

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United States 0 – 0 Ecuador

Ecuador 1 – 0 El Salvador
Chalá 87'

Ecuador 1 – 1 Honduras
Chalá 90' Martínez 47'
Attendance: 10,000
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