Ecuador national under-23 football team

Ecuador Olympic
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Nickname(s)	La Tri (The Tri); La Tricolor (The Tricolors); Los Amarillos (The Yellows)
Association	Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (FEF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Jorge Célico
FIFA code	ECU
Pan American Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1995)
Best result	7th (2011)

The Ecuador national under-23 football team (also known as the Ecuador Olympic football team) represents Ecuador in international football competitions during Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for three overage players. The team is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Host	Round	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Barcelona	Did not qualify
1996	Atlanta
2000	Sydney
2004	Athens
2008	Beijing
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro
2020	Tokyo
2024	Paris
Total		–	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–

CONMEBOL Preolímpico

CONMEBOL Preolímpico record
Year	Host	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Paraguay	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	12	6
1996	Argentina	Group stage	4	0	1	3	5	18
2000	Brazil	Group stage	4	0	0	4	5	12
2004	Chile	Group stage	4	3	0	1	10	9
2020	Colombia	Group stage	4	0	0	4	0	9
2024	Venezuela	Group stage	4	2	1	1	7	3
Total		Fourth place	27	8	3	16	39	57

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Host	Round	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1995	Mar del Plata	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	6	10
1999	Winnipeg	Did not qualify
2003	Santo Domingo	Did not qualify
2007	Rio de Janeiro	The Under-17 team participated^[1]
2011	Guadalajara	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	4
2015	Toronto	Did not qualify
2019	Lima	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	3	6
2023	Santiago	Did not qualify
Total		7th	3/19	9	1	2	6	11	20

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2024

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20) 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Ecuador	3–0	Colombia	Caracas, Venezuela
16:00 UTC−4	Medina 71', 88' Zambrano 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

23 January 2024 (2024-01-23) 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Ecuador	1–1	Venezuela	Caracas, Venezuela
19:00 UTC−4	Medina 70'	Report	Kelsy 20'	Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

26 January 2024 (2024-01-26) 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Bolivia	0–2	Ecuador	Caracas, Venezuela
16:00 UTC−4		Report	J. Mercado 22' Obando 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

29 January 2024 (2024-01-29) 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Brazil	2–1	Ecuador	Caracas, Venezuela
16:00 UTC−4	Gomes 65' Pirani 75'	Report	P. Mercado 59'	Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Players

Current squad

Head coach: Miguel Bravo

Ecuador announced their 23-man squad on 28 December 2023.^[2]^[3] On 3 January 2024, Ecuadorian Football Federation announced that Sebastián González, Óscar Zambrano, Daykol Romero (all three from LDU Quito) and Jhoanner Chávez (Bahia) were dropped from the squad because their clubs decided not to release them and were replaced by Ronny Borja, Andrew Draper, Ronald Perlaza and Carlos Sánchez.^[4]^[5]

Forward Nilson Angulo was initially considered but was not part of the team as his club (Anderlecht) decided not to release him.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Cristhian Loor	(2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 17)	Independiente del Valle
2	2DF	Óscar Quiñónez	(2001-02-19)19 February 2001 (aged 22)	Orense
3	2DF	Christian García	(2004-07-06)6 July 2004 (aged 19)	Independiente del Valle
4	2DF	Alex Rangel	(2002-03-18)18 March 2002 (aged 21)	Técnico Universitario
5	3MF	Erick Plúas	(2002-03-20)20 March 2002 (aged 21)	Orense
6	2DF	Layan Loor	(2001-05-23)23 May 2001 (aged 22)	Universidad Católica
7	4FW	Yaimar Medina	(2004-11-05)5 November 2004 (aged 19)	Independiente del Valle
8	3MF	Patrik Mercado	(2003-07-31)31 July 2003 (aged 20)	Independiente del Valle
9	4FW	Justin Cuero	(2004-03-18)18 March 2004 (aged 19)	Orenburg
10	3MF	Pedro Vite (captain)	(2002-03-09)9 March 2002 (aged 21)	Vancouver Whitecaps
11	4FW	John Mercado	(2002-06-03)3 June 2002 (aged 21)	AVS
12	1GK	Gilmar Napa	(2003-01-05)5 January 2003 (aged 21)	Emelec
13	2DF	Joshué Quiñónez	(2001-05-29)29 May 2001 (aged 22)	Barcelona
14	2DF	Carlos Sánchez	(2001-02-06)6 February 2001 (aged 22)	Independiente del Valle
15	3MF	Ronny Borja	(2005-06-10)10 June 2005 (aged 18)	El Nacional
16	4FW	Allen Obando	(2006-06-13)13 June 2006 (aged 17)	Barcelona
17	4FW	Junior Ayoví	(2001-12-21)21 December 2001 (aged 22)	Guayaquil City
18	3MF	Youri Ochoa	(2005-01-10)10 January 2005 (aged 19)	Independiente del Valle
19	4FW	Cristhoper Zambrano	(2004-07-05)5 July 2004 (aged 19)	Aucas
20	3MF	Andrew Draper	(2001-08-04)4 August 2001 (aged 22)	Sporting Kansas City
21	3MF	Ronald Perlaza	(2005-05-11)11 May 2005 (aged 18)	Aucas
22	1GK	Alexis Villa	(2001-09-22)22 September 2001 (aged 22)	Independiente del Valle
23	2DF	Maikel Reyes	(2003-01-13)13 January 2003 (aged 21)	Delfín

References

^ https://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/panam07.html
^ Ecuadorian Football Federation [@LaTri] (28 December 2023). "Estos son los elegidos por el DT @miguelao86 para el Preolímpico" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
^ "La influencia de Independiente del Valle en la lista de La Tri Sub 23 para el Preolímpico" [Independiente del Valle's influence on La Tri U23 roster for the Pre-Olympic] (in Spanish). Olé. 28 December 2023.
^ "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Football Federation. 3 January 2024.
^ "Así quedó la lista definitiva de Ecuador para el Preolímpico" [Ecuador's final roster for the Pre-Olympic is as follows] (in Spanish). Olé. 3 January 2024.
^ "La Tri Sub 23 ya tiene a sus convocados para el Preolímpico rumbo a París 2024" (in Spanish). ESPN. 28 December 2023.

[1] ttps://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/panam07.html

[2] Ecuadorian Football Federation [@LaTri] (28 December 2023). "Estos son los elegidos por el DT @miguelao86 para el Preolímpico" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.

[3] "La influencia de Independiente del Valle en la lista de La Tri Sub 23 para el Preolímpico" [Independiente del Valle's influence on La Tri U23 roster for the Pre-Olympic] (in Spanish). Olé. 28 December 2023.

[4] "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Football Federation. 3 January 2024.

[5] "Así quedó la lista definitiva de Ecuador para el Preolímpico" [Ecuador's final roster for the Pre-Olympic is as follows] (in Spanish). Olé. 3 January 2024.

[6] "La Tri Sub 23 ya tiene a sus convocados para el Preolímpico rumbo a París 2024" (in Spanish). ESPN. 28 December 2023.

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