1996 in Ecuadorian football

none Ecuador 1996 1995 1997 The 1996 season is the 74th season of competitive football in Ecuador. National leagues Serie A Champion: El Nacional (11th title) International cup qualifiers: 1997 Copa Libertadores: El Nacional, Emelec 1997 Copa CONMEBOL: Técnico Universitario Relegated: Green Cross, LDU Portoviejo Serie B Winner: Deportivo Quevedo (2nd title) Promoted: Deportivo Quevedo, Calvi Relegated: LDU Loja, Imbabura Segunda Winner: Macará Promoted: Macará, Esmeraldas Petrolero Clubs in international competitions Team1996 Copa Libertadores1996 Copa CONMEBOLBarcelonaEliminated in the QuarterfinalsN/AEmelecN/AEliminated in the Second RoundESPOLIEliminated in the Round of 16N/A National teams Senior team The Ecuador national team played seventeen matches in 1996: six 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and eleven friendlies. 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Qualification to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France began in 1996. 24 April 1996 ECU 4 – 1 PER E. Hurtado 54 88M. Tenorio 65Gavica 78 Palacios 62 Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil 60,000 Julio Alcide Matto (Uruguay) 2 June 1996 ECU 2 – 0 ARG Montaño 51E. Hurtado 90 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito 41,500 Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia) 6 July 1996 CHI 4 – 1 ECU Zamorano 25 86Salas 75Estay 83 Aguinaga 73 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 41,500 Pablo Peña (Bolivia) 1 September 1996 ECU 1 – 0 VEN Aguinaga 5 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito 36,889 Carlos Robles (Chile) 9 October 1996 ECU 0 – 1 COL Asprilla 72 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito 45,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) 10 November 1996 PAR 1 – 0 ECU Benítez 23 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 40,000 Daniel Giménez (Argentina) Friendlies 2 February 1996 VEN 0 – 1 ECU Fernández 80 Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas 6,000 Lenín Rodríguez (Venezuela) 11 February 1996 Lebanon 1 – 0 ECU Ghazarian 14 Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut 6,000 Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon) 16 February 1996 OMA 0 – 2 ECU E. Hurtado 55Fernández 70 King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh 1,000 Ali Khalifi (Qatar) 18 February 1996 QAT 1 – 1 ECU Hassan 90 E. Hurtado 3 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 1,000 Jassen Al-Kari (Saudi Arabia) 23 February 1996 KUW 0 – 3 ECU M. Tenorio 5E. Hurtado 70Batallas 80 Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City 1,000 Hassan Johar (Saudi Arabia) 25 February 1996 QAT 1 – 2 ECU Al-Obaidly 15 E. Hurtado 46Fernández 73 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 1,000 Juma Al-Kari (Oman) 6 March 1996 23 JPN 0 – 1 ECU E. Hurtado 46 Nagaragawa Stadium, Gifu Note: This is not an official international friendly. 30 June 1996 ECU 3 – 0 ARM Simoes de Souza 23Fernández 48Gavica 75 Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo 12,000 Roger Zambrano (Ecuador) 17 August 1996 ECU 1 – 1 CRC Fernández 18 Solano 65 Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca 6,000 Jorge Orellana (Ecuador) 4 October 1996 ECU 2 – 1 JAM Delgado 19, 90+2 Lowe 43 Estadio Bellavista, Ambato 18,000 Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador) 23 October 1996 ECU 1 – 0 MEX Carabalí 60 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland 27,528 Brian Hall (United States) External links National leagues details on RSSSF 1996