Ecuador v Germany, 25 June 2026

Score2-1 to Ecuador
RefereeTori Penso
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group E
VenueMetLife Stadium, East Rutherford NJ
Attendance80,663

View Ecuador v Germany head to head

Kick-off: 4.00pm local . Head to Head Played: 3 Ecuador won: 1 Drawn: 0 Germany won: 2 Ecuador scored: 4 Germany scored: 8 . FIFA World Ranking: Ecuador 23rd, Germany 10th . The previous meeting at a FIFA World Cup tournament was played in Berlin in 2006. Germany won the Group A game 3-0.

2 Ecuador

Manager: Sebastian Beccacece

1 Germany

Manager: Julian Nagelsmann

Goals:

Nilson Angulo 9 G
Gonzalo Plata 78 G

Goals:

Leroy Sané 2 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez
Defender Piero Hincapié
Defender Joel Ordóñez
Defender William Pacho
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo (captain)
Midfielder Nilson Angulo
Midfielder Alan Franco
Midfielder Gonzalo Plata
Midfielder John Yeboah
Midfielder/Forward Pedro Vite
Forward Enner Valencia

Starting lineup:

Manuel Neuer Goalkeeper
Antonio Rüdiger Defender
Jonathan Tah Defender
Joshua Kimmich Defender/Midfielder
David Raum Defender/Midfielder
Jamal Musiala Midfielder
Felix Nmecha Midfielder
Aleksandar Pavlović Midfielder
Florian Wirtz Midfielder
Kai Havertz Midfielder/Forward
Leroy Sané Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Angelo Preciado for Alan Franco 64
Kevin Rodríguez for Enner Valencia 64
Pervis Estupiñán for Piero Hincapié 71
Jordy Caicedo for Nilson Angulo 85
Félix Torres for John Yeboah 85

Substitutions:

Angelo Stiller for Aleksandar Pavlović 46
Malick Thiaw for Joshua Kimmich 60
Deniz Undav for Kai Havertz 60
Maximilian Beier for Felix Nmecha 64
Pascal Gross for Florian Wirtz 73

Cards:

Piero Hincapié 43 Y
Alan Franco 50 Y
Gonzalo Plata 89 Y

Cards:

Aleksandar Pavlović 44 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Moisés Ramírez
Goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle
Defender Pervis Estupiñán
Defender Jackson Porozo
Defender/Midfielder Denil Castillo
Defender/Midfielder Alan Minda
Defender/Midfielder Angelo Preciado
Defender/Midfielder Félix Torres
Midfielder Jordy Alcivar
Midfielder Yaimar Medina
Midfielder/Forward Jordy Caicedo
Midfielder/Forward Kendry Páez
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Rodríguez
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Valencia
Forward Jeremy Arévalo

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Olivier Baumann
Goalkeeper Alexander Nübel
Defender Waldemar Anton
Defender/Midfielder Malick Thiaw
Midfielder Nadiem Amiri
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder Assan Ouédraogo
Midfielder Angelo Stiller
Midfielder/Forward Leon Goretzka
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Leweling
Midfielder/Forward Nick Woltemade
Forward Maximilian Beier
Forward Deniz Undav

Comments:

Now confirmed as one of the best eight third-placed teams in the group stage (4th), Ecuador had now qualified for the knockout phase of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the second time: previously in Germany in 2006. . La Tricolor avoided becoming the first CONMEBOL nation to be eliminated from a FIFA World Cup tournament without scoring a goal since Bolivia in 1950 in Brazil. . Enner Valencia had now made more appearances for Ecuador at FIFA World Cup finals (now) surpassing their national record held by Edison Mendez.

Comments:

Having finished as winners of Group E, Germany had now qualified for the knockout stages of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time since 2014 in Brazil. . Die Mannschaft failed in their attempt to equal their national record of winning 12 consecutive ‘A’ international games. . Timed at 1 minute and 49 seconds, Leroy Sané had now scored Germany's second quickest-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup finals after Ernst Lehner against Austria at Naples, Italy in the 3rd place play-off in 1934 (25 seconds). . Germany named 13 of a possible 15 substitutes. Nico Schlotterbeck and Nathaniel Brown were both unavailable due to injury. . Germany were awarded a penalty in the 46th minute for a foul but was reversed after a VAR review for a foul earlier in the build up.

2 Ecuador

Manager: Sebastian Beccacece

Goals:

Nilson Angulo 9 G
Gonzalo Plata 78 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez
Defender Piero Hincapié
Defender Joel Ordóñez
Defender William Pacho
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo (captain)
Midfielder Nilson Angulo
Midfielder Alan Franco
Midfielder Gonzalo Plata
Midfielder John Yeboah
Midfielder/Forward Pedro Vite
Forward Enner Valencia

Substitutions:

Angelo Preciado for Alan Franco 64
Kevin Rodríguez for Enner Valencia 64
Pervis Estupiñán for Piero Hincapié 71
Jordy Caicedo for Nilson Angulo 85
Félix Torres for John Yeboah 85

Cards:

Piero Hincapié 43 Y
Alan Franco 50 Y
Gonzalo Plata 89 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Moisés Ramírez
Goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle
Defender Pervis Estupiñán
Defender Jackson Porozo
Defender/Midfielder Denil Castillo
Defender/Midfielder Alan Minda
Defender/Midfielder Angelo Preciado
Defender/Midfielder Félix Torres
Midfielder Jordy Alcivar
Midfielder Yaimar Medina
Midfielder/Forward Jordy Caicedo
Midfielder/Forward Kendry Páez
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Rodríguez
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Valencia
Forward Jeremy Arévalo

Comments:

Now confirmed as one of the best eight third-placed teams in the group stage (4th), Ecuador had now qualified for the knockout phase of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the second time: previously in Germany in 2006. . La Tricolor avoided becoming the first CONMEBOL nation to be eliminated from a FIFA World Cup tournament without scoring a goal since Bolivia in 1950 in Brazil. . Enner Valencia had now made more appearances for Ecuador at FIFA World Cup finals (now) surpassing their national record held by Edison Mendez.

1 Germany

Manager: Julian Nagelsmann

Goals:

Leroy Sané 2 G

Starting lineup:

Manuel Neuer Goalkeeper
Antonio Rüdiger Defender
Jonathan Tah Defender
Joshua Kimmich Defender/Midfielder
David Raum Defender/Midfielder
Jamal Musiala Midfielder
Felix Nmecha Midfielder
Aleksandar Pavlović Midfielder
Florian Wirtz Midfielder
Kai Havertz Midfielder/Forward
Leroy Sané Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Angelo Stiller for Aleksandar Pavlović 46
Malick Thiaw for Joshua Kimmich 60
Deniz Undav for Kai Havertz 60
Maximilian Beier for Felix Nmecha 64
Pascal Gross for Florian Wirtz 73

Cards:

Aleksandar Pavlović 44 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Olivier Baumann
Goalkeeper Alexander Nübel
Defender Waldemar Anton
Defender/Midfielder Malick Thiaw
Midfielder Nadiem Amiri
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder Assan Ouédraogo
Midfielder Angelo Stiller
Midfielder/Forward Leon Goretzka
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Leweling
Midfielder/Forward Nick Woltemade
Forward Maximilian Beier
Forward Deniz Undav

Comments:

Having finished as winners of Group E, Germany had now qualified for the knockout stages of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time since 2014 in Brazil. . Die Mannschaft failed in their attempt to equal their national record of winning 12 consecutive ‘A’ international games. . Timed at 1 minute and 49 seconds, Leroy Sané had now scored Germany's second quickest-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup finals after Ernst Lehner against Austria at Naples, Italy in the 3rd place play-off in 1934 (25 seconds). . Germany named 13 of a possible 15 substitutes. Nico Schlotterbeck and Nathaniel Brown were both unavailable due to injury. . Germany were awarded a penalty in the 46th minute for a foul but was reversed after a VAR review for a foul earlier in the build up.