2000 in Ecuadorian football

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

Football in Ecuador

Season	2000

National leagues

Serie A

• Champion: Olmedo (1st title)
• International cup qualifiers:
  • 2001 Copa Libertadores: Olmedo, El Nacional, Emelec
• Relegated: LDU Quito, Técnico Universitario

Serie B

• Winner: LDU Portoviejo (5th title)
• Promoted: LDU Portoviejo, Delfín
• Relegated: Panamá

Segunda

• Winner: UDJ Quinindé
• Promoted: UDJ Quinindé

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.

29 March 2000

12:00

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

Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito

Attendance: 37,288

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

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26 April 2000

21:50

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)

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3 June 2000

18:15

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)

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29 June 2000

16:00

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

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 40,167

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

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19 July 2000

21:00

Argentina	2 – 0	Ecuador
Crespo 29' C. López 49'	(Report)

River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 44,199

Referee: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)

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25 July 2000

16:00

Ecuador	0 – 0	Colombia
	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 37,617

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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16 August 2000

16:00

Ecuador	2 – 0	Bolivia
Delgado 17', 59'	(Report)

Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)

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3 September 2000

15:00

Uruguay	4 – 0	Ecuador
Magallanes 15' Silva 37' Olivera 50' Cedres 86'	(Report)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Henry Cervantes (Colombia)

Friendlies

12 January 2000

Iran	2 – 1	Ecuador [1]
Daei 26' Mousavi 70'		Cubero 87'

LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 34,289

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

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27 January 2000

Honduras	1 – 1	Ecuador
Martínez 90'		Graziani 10'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Evaristo Soriano (Honduras)

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8 March 2000

Ecuador	1 – 3	Honduras
E. Hurtado 24'		Cárcamo 54', 63' Velásquez 90'

La Casa Blanca, Quito

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Segundo Díaz (Ecuador)

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25 June 2000

Ecuador	5 – 0	Panama
Delgado 22', 34' Kaviedes 25', 44', 55'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador)

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11 August 2000

Panama	0 – 0	Ecuador

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico)

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20 September 2000

Mexico	2 – 0	Ecuador
Borgetti 10' Ruiz 59'

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Notes

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

External links

• National leagues details on RSSSF