S.D. Aucas

Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (Spanish pronunciation: [sosjeˈðað ðepoɾˈtiβa ˈawkas]), also known as "Papa Aucas", is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of its long history in the Serie A. Despite the popularity, Aucas has never won an Ecuadorian championship.

Aucas
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Aucas
Nickname(s)Orientales
El Ídolo del Pueblo (The idol of the people)
FoundedFebruary 6, 1945
GroundEstadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda
Quito, Ecuador
Capacity18,799
ChairmanDanny Walker
ManagerMáximo Villafañe
LeagueSerie A
20197th, Semi-finals
Superclásico in Quito, 2005

Overview

The team is named after the Auca tribe, who are also called Huaorani. The club originally belonged to Royal Dutch Shell, which had been operating oil fields in the east of Ecuador where the Aucas live. The club's main uniforms colours, yellow and red, were taken from the colours used by Shell to market their products and services. The alternate uniform is grey, except for the commercial advertisements and numbers and names of players, which are red.

Players who have played for Aucas include Argentinian and nationalised Ecuadorian forward Ariel Graziani, forward Nicolás Asencio, forward Agustin Delgado, forward Édison Maldonado, Ecuador international defender Giovanny Espinoza, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita.

Honors
Aucas' 1945 Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha winning squad
Regional
  • Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha (6): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
  • Campeonato Professional Interandino (2): 1959, 1962
National
  • Serie B (3): 1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014
  • Segunda Categoría (2): 1986 E2, 2012

Players

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  COL Fernando Fernández
2 DF  ARG Tomás Oneto
4 MF  ECU Víctor Macías
5 MF  ARG Alejandro Frezzotti (Captain)
6 MF  ECU Juan Briones
7 MF  ECU Alexander Alvarado
8 MF  ECU Janus Vivar
9 FW  ECU John Pereira
10 MF  ARG Víctor Figueroa
13 MF  ECU Marcos Olmedo
14 DF  ECU Jhon Jairo Espinoza
15 MF  ECU Brayan Sánchez
16 MF  ECU José Luis Cazares
17 DF  ECU Gregori Anangonó
18 FW  ECU Jaime Ortíz
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  ECU Carlos Cuero
20 MF  ARG Sergio López
21 DF  ECU Javier Quiñónez
22 FW  ARG Luis Miguel Escalada
23 MF  ECU Eddy Mejía
25 GK  URU Damián Frascarelli
26 GK  ECU Johan Lara
28 MF  ECU Jhonny Quiñónez
29 DF  ARG Alejandro Manchot
30 DF  ECU Richard Mina
31 DF  ECU Édison Carcelén
37 FW  ECU Carlos Arboleda
70 FW  ECU Jorge Palacios
— FW  ECU Alejandro Cabeza (on loan from Independiente del Valle)

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