Both countries qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. 9 CONMEBOL teams have registered for the qualification of the 1966 Football World Cup. The participating countries have been divided into 3 groups. The four highest ranked countries qualified for the World Cup final round. FC Groningen is the fourth club to qualify for the Champions League Play-offs. Debut of Damián Rodríguez (Club Nacional de Football) for Uruguay. Uruguay was now three points behind thanks to a defeat against last-placed Venezuela and the winner of the Copa America Colombia lost at home to Peru. However, a run of poor results followed which left Wrexham at the bottom of the Conference Premier standings just four points above the relegation zone. Colombia narrowed the gap to Uruguay to two points in the battle for fifth place. Uruguay finished fifth in the South American zone thanks to a better goal difference than Colombia. Brazil continued to perform disappointingly, Ecuador lost 1-0 and at home against Peru the teams did not get further than 1-1. After the match, Leaó was replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari. On January 30, 2023, Burnley announced that Egan-Riley was loaned to the Scottish first division club Hibernian FC for the rest of the season.

That season Chelsea scored a record number of goals in the Premier League, 103. The following year the club started well again under Ancelotti, but due to a very disappointing period around the winter, Chelsea finished second. However, the return was short-lived and the team was relegated back at the end of the season. Quintero scored, but after one player from Colombia and one player from South Korea missed and the score was tied after a total of seven penalties, the eighth penalty was missed by Colombian player Deivy Balanta and Colombia was eliminated. South Korea won the tournament, beating China 3-0 in the final. Two years after the semi-finals at the European Championship, Italy was also allowed to participate in the World Cup in their own country under the leadership of national coach Vicini. Uruguay's first game led by national coach Oscar Tabárez. The first and only meeting between the national football teams of Ecuador and Yugoslavia took place on May 8, 2002. The friendly game, attended by 36,540 spectators, was played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, and was officiated by referee Richard Grady from the United States.

The first game, a friendly match, was played in Quito on May 24, 1970. For the England national football team, this was a friendly match in preparation for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The last meeting, also a friendly match, took place on June 4, 2014 in Miami Gardens (United States). The first meeting, a friendly match, was played in Grenoble on May 27, 2008. The last match, a group match during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, took place on June 25, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Ticket sales started on May 12; the tickets for November 3 were completely sold out after ten minutes. The Etruscans were also masters of turning gold into jewelry. This list of international football matches is an overview of all official football matches between the national teams of Ecuador and Uruguay. Vicente Sánchez (Deportivo Toluca) makes his debut for Uruguay. Because of this draw, both Paraguay and Ecuador qualified for the final round, for Ecuador it was the first time. Both Diego Maradona in 1985, Ronaldinho in 2005 and Andres Iniesta in 2016 received a standing ovation at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu after their excellent play during the match. Romário was taken back into grace and scored three goals against both Bolivia and Venezuela.

Debut of Dani Hernández (Real Murcia) for Venezuela. Brazil sufficed with a 3-0 win over Venezuela. Argentina won 2-1 against Brazil, the list leader quickly fell behind through an own goal from Roberto Ayala, but in the last fifteen minutes Argentina took the victory through goals from Gallardo and an own goal from Chris. Ecuador's first-ever victory over Uruguay in World Cup qualifier. Debut of José Perdomo and Alfonso Domínguez for Uruguay. Goalkeeper José Cevallos (Ecuador) saves Álvaro Recoba's penalty kick in 27th minute. Paraguay and Ecuador needed one more point to qualify, Paraguay drew 2–2 against Argentina, with goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert scoring from a penalty kick. 31 against each other. Chile lost four times in a row and had no chance of making it to the World Cup again. Ecuador won four times in a row and was in third place, one point behind Paraguay.