Vizuete gave players who seek to lead Ecuador to South Africa

March 2001, Ecuador achieved a historic victory against Brazil, for one to zero at the altitude of Quito. From this result the fate of the Ecuadorian selection improved considerably. The World Cup Korea / Japan 2002 was the first that Ecuadorians, finished second in the ranking behind Argentina. The tricolor and gave him great joy to their country for the first time achieving the highest grade to date in world football. In Korea and Japan came out in first round, being last in Group G, where classified Mexico and Italy. Croatia finished third, although the Ecuadorians on the Croats got their first victory in a World Cup.

In qualifying for Germany 2006 Ecuador 2002 confirmed that it was not coincidence. Ranked third behind Argentina and Brazil (first and second respectively). World touched in Group A with the local (Germany), Costa Rica and Poland. They started beating the Poles by 2 to 0 and then beat for 3 to 0 to Costa Rica. Against the premises also succumbed by 3 to 0. They ranked second in their group, behind Germany, which is why they played England in the second round, where they fell by 1 to 0. A selection result ever achieved the Ecuadorian reaching the knockout.

Now led by Sixto Vizuete, who pulled the wrong classification for South Africa, that houses four, thus the direct ticket to the World Cup. But there are still two dates, where they face Uruguay and local (real end) and Chile in the last date. This DT summoned the following players:

• Goalkeepers: Marcelo Elizaga (Emelec) José Cevallos (LDU Quito), Cristian Mora (El Nacional).
• Defenders: Neicer Reasco (Liga de Quito), Ivan Hurtado (Deportivo Quito), Giovanni Espinoza (Birmingham), Marcelo Fleitas (Emelec), Paul Ambrossi (Rosario Central), Jorge Guagua (El Nacional), Miguel Ibarra (Espoli).
• Midfielders: Walter Ayovi (Monterrey), Segundo Castillo (Wolverhampton), Cristian Noboa (Rubin Kazan), Edison Mendez (Liga de Quito), Jefferson Montero (Villarreal), Fernando Hidalgo (Barcelona, Ecuador), Cristian Lara (Liga de Quito ) and Antonio Valencia (Manchester).
• Forwards: Cristian Benitez (Birmingham), Felipe Caicedo (Sporting Lisbon), Joao Rojas (Emelec), Edmundo Zura (El Nacional), Carlos Tenorio (Al Sadd).

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