en 2005 in Ecuadorian football

The 2005 season is the 83rd season of competitive football in Ecuador.

National leagues

Serie A

Champion:
- Apertura: LDU Quito (8th title)
- Clausura: El Nacional (12th title)
International cup qualifiers:
- 2006 Copa Libertadores: LDU Quito, El Nacional, Deportivo Cuenca
- 2005 Copa Sudamericana: LDU Quito, El Nacional
Relegated: Deportivo Quevedo (after Apertura); LDU Loja (after Clausura)

Serie B

Winner:
- Apertura: ESPOLI (2nd title)
- Clausura: Macará (3rd title)
Promoted: ESPOLI (after Apertura); Macará (after Clausura)
Relegated: Tungurahua, Santa Rita

Segunda

Winner: Deportivo Azogues
Promoted: Deportivo Azogues, Imbabura

Clubs in international competitions

Team	2005 Copa Libertadores	2005 Copa Sudamericana
Deportivo Cuenca	Eliminated in the Second Stage	N/A
El Nacional	N/A	Eliminated in the Preliminary Stage
LDU Quito	Eliminated in the Round of 16	Eliminated in the Preliminary Stage
Olmedo	Eliminated in the Second Stage	N/A

National teams

Senior team

The Ecuador national team played seventeen matches in 2005: their remaining seven 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and ten friendlies.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Ecuador finished their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign in 3rd place, behind Brazil and Argentina. This marked their second qualification to the tournament.

2005-03-27

16:10

Ecuador	5–2	Paraguay
Valencia 32', 49' Méndez 45+2', 47' M. Ayoví 77' (pen.)	(Report)	Cardozo 10' (pen.) Cabañas 14'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 32,449

Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

2005-03-30

20:00

Peru	2–2	Ecuador
Guerrero 1' Farfán 58'	(Report)	de la Cruz 4' Valencia 45'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

2005-06-04

16:00

Ecuador	2–0	Argentina
Lara 53' Delgado 89'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 37,583

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

2005-06-08

15:00

Colombia	3–0	Ecuador
Moreno 5', 9' Arzuaga 70'	(Report)

Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla

Attendance: 20,402

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

2005-09-03

15:00

Bolivia	1–2	Ecuador
Vaca 41'	(Report)	Delgado 8', 49'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 8,434

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

2005-10-08

16:00

Ecuador	0–0	Uruguay
	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 37,270

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

2005-10-12

21:30

Chile	0–0	Ecuador
	(Report)

Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Attendance: 49,530

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Friendlies

2005-01-26

Ecuador	2–0	Panama
O. Tenorio 88', 90+2'

Estadio Bellavista, Ambato

Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador)

2005-01-29

Ecuador	2–0	Panama
O. Tenorio 45', 53'

Estadio Rafael Vera Yepez, Babahoyo

Referee: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)

2005-02-09

Chile	3–0	Ecuador
Maldonado 24' González 34' Pinilla 84'

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Referee: Gabriel Favale (Argentina)

2005-02-16

Costa Rica	1–2	Ecuador
Alfaro 46'		M. Ayoví 61' (pen.) Guagua 87'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Edgar Durán (Costa Rica)

2004-05-04

Paraguay	0–1	Ecuador
		Méndez 50'

Giants Stadium, New Jersey

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

2004-06-11

Ecuador	1–1	Italy
M. Ayoví 18' (pen.)		Toni 6'

Giants Stadium, New Jersey

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

2004-08-17

Ecuador	3–1	Venezuela
Borja 7' Lara 40', 67'		Torrealba 70'

Estadio Federativo, Loja

Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador)

2005-11-13

Poland	3–0	Ecuador
Klos 2' (pen.) Smolarek 58' Mila 90+2'

Mini Estadi, Barcelona

Referee: Javier Moreno (Spain)

2005-12-27

LG Cup Four Nations Tournament

Senegal	2–1	Ecuador
Camara 22' Keita 90'	Report	Borja 40'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

2005-12-29

LG Cup Four Nations Tournament

Uganda	2–1	Ecuador
Massa 47' Muwanga 54'	Report	Kaviedes 2'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

2005 in Ecuadorian football

National leagues

Serie A

Serie B

Segunda

Clubs in international competitions

National teams

Senior team

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Friendlies

References

External links