Group E
Ecuador
- Manager
- Sebastián Beccacece
- Squad
- 26 players
- Announced
- May 29
Tournament projection
- Advance
- 91.5%
- Round of 16
- 45.1%
- Quarter-final
- 17.8%
- Semi-final
- 8.5%
- Final
- 3.6%
- Champion
- 1.5%
Market champion price 0.9% · model edge +0.6%.
Scouting report
updated 2026-06-04A potential pre-tournament dark horse — a brave-building 4-4-2 with the best defence in South America and devastating counter pace.
Style · 4-4-2 — brave build-up & rotations, inverted fullbacks with CMs popping out, wingers 1v1 to create, crosses into the box, exceptional rest-defence.
Counter-reliance ·highDevastating pace on the counter
Strengths
- +Best defence in South America — 13 cleansheets in 18 qualifiers (most), only 3 open-play goals conceded (lowest), 9× 0-0 draws
- +Conceded more than one goal in only 3 of their last 37 games
- +Devastating pace on the counter off an exceptional rest-defence
Key players
- Enner Valencia · 36yo CFIn the form of his international career — pace, power & goals
- Tactics
- Build bravely with inverted fullbacks, create through wide 1v1s and crosses, but it's the elite defence and counter pace that make them a genuine dark horse.
Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026
Group fixtures
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Hernán GalíndezHuracan
- Moisés RamírezAE Kifisias
- Gonzalo ValleLDU Quito
Defenders
- Willian PachoParis Saint-Germain
- Piero HincapiéArsenal
- Joel OrdóñezClub Brugge
- Félix TorresInternacional
- Pervis EstupiñánAC Milan
- Yaimar MedinaRacing Genk
- Ángelo PreciadoAtlético Mineiro
- Jackson PorozoClub Tijuana
Midfielders
- Alan MindaAtlético Mineiro
- Moisés CaicedoChelsea
- Jordy AlcivarIndependiente del Valle
- Denil CastilloFC Midtjylland
- John YeboahVenezia
- Alan FrancoAtlético Mineiro
- Pedro VitePumas UNAM
- Kendry PáezRiver Plate
- Nilson AnguloSunderland
- Gonzalo PlataFlamengo
Forwards
- Kevin RodríguezUnion St.-Gilloise
- Anthony ValenciaAntwerp
- Enner ValenciaPachuca
- Jordy CaicedoHuracán
- Jeremy ArévaloVfB Stuttgart