2000 in Ecuadorian football

Football in Ecuador
Season	2000
← 1999 2001 →

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

National leagues

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

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

The Ecuadorian national team played in sixteen matches in 2000: ten FIFA World Cup qualifiers and six friendlies.

Qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup began in 2000.

29 March 2000 12:00	Ecuador	2 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito Attendance: 37,288 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
	Delgado 18' Aguinaga 57'	(Report)

26 April 2000 21:50	Brazil	3 – 2	Ecuador	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 64,738 Referee: Henry Cervantes (Colombia)
	Rivaldo 18', 51' Zago 43'	(Report)	Aguinaga 12' de la Cruz 75'

3 June 2000 18:15	Paraguay	3 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Gustavo Gallesio Graco (Uruguay)
	Toledo 10' Brizuela 42', 63'	(Report)	Graziani 87'

29 June 2000 16:00	Ecuador	2 – 1	Peru	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 40,167 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
	Chalá 14' Hurtado 51'	(Report)	Pajuelo 73'

19 July 2000 21:00	Argentina	2 – 0	Ecuador	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires Attendance: 44,199 Referee: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)
	Crespo 29' C. López 49'	(Report)

25 July 2000 16:00	Ecuador	0 – 0	Colombia	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 37,617 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
		(Report)

16 August 2000 16:00	Ecuador	2 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)
	Delgado 17', 59'	(Report)

3 September 2000 15:00	Uruguay	4 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Henry Cervantes (Colombia)
	Magallanes 15' Silva 37' Olivera 50' Cedres 86'	(Report)

12 January 2000	Iran	2 – 1	Ecuador ^[1]	LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Attendance: 34,289 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)
	Daei 26' Mousavi 70'		Cubero 87'

27 January 2000	Honduras	1 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Evaristo Soriano (Honduras)
	Martínez 90'		Graziani 10'

8 March 2000	Ecuador	1 – 3	Honduras	La Casa Blanca, Quito Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Segundo Díaz (Ecuador)
	E. Hurtado 24'		Cárcamo 54', 63' Velásquez 90'

25 June 2000	Ecuador	5 – 0	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador)
	Delgado 22', 34' Kaviedes 25', 44', 55'

11 August 2000	Panama	0 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City Referee: Hugo León Guajardo (Mexico)

20 September 2000	Mexico	2 – 0	Ecuador	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
	Borgetti 10' Ruiz 59'

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