Aucas

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
Nickname(s)	Orientales El Ídolo de Quito (The Idol of Quito) El Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People)
Founded	February 6, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-02-06)
Ground	Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Quito, Ecuador
Capacity	18,799
Chairman	Danny Walker
Manager	Gerardo Espinoza
League	Ecuadorian Serie A
2023	Serie A, 5th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (Spanish pronunciation: [sosjeˈðað ðepoɾˈtiβa ˈawkas]), also known as "Papá 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. The team also has a major rivalry in L.D.U. Quito, which they contest one of the most prestigious derbies in all of Ecuador, and the most prestigious in Quito.

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.

Aucas won their first Serie A title in 2022 under the tenure of Venezuelan manager César Farías by winning the competition's second stage without losing a single game and then beating Barcelona in the finals. This win also qualified them to the 2023 Copa Libertadores, the first time they competed in the continental tournament.

Honours

National

• Serie A: 2022
• Serie B: 1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014
• Segunda Categoría: 1986 E2, 2012

Regional

• Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha: 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
• Campeonato Professional Interandino: 1959, 1962

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2023: Group Stage

2024: First Qualifying Stage

• Copa Sudamericana: 5 appearances

2002: First Round

2004: Second Round

2016: First Round

2020: First Round

2021: Group Stage

Players

Current squad

As of 8 February, 2024. 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   ARG Federico Lanzillota (on loan from Argentinos Juniors) 2 DF   ECU Ariel Garcia 3 DF   ECU John Ontaneda 4 DF   ARG Patricio Pizarro (on loan from Huracán) 7 MF   ECU Édison Vega 8 DF   ECU Angelo Mina 9 FW   COL Jeison Medina 10 MF   ECU Cristian Tobar 11 MF   ECU Adolfo Muñoz 12 GK   ECU Bismar Castro 14 MF   ECU Ronald Briones 15 DF   ECU Jonnathan Mina 16 DF   PAR Carlos Rolón 17 MF   ECU Hancel Batalla

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   ARG Juan González (on loan from Chacarita Juniors) 19 FW   COL Jean Carlos Blanco 22 MF   ECU Luis Cano 23 MF   ECU Jordán Mohor 24 GK   MEX Edson Reséndez 25 MF   ECU Renny Jaramillo 27 MF   ECU Michael Carcelén 29 DF   ECU Carlos Cuero 30 MF   ECU Diego Espinoza 32 MF   ARG Mario Sanabria 33 DF   ECU Luis Cangá 37 FW   ECU Cristhoper Zambrano 99 FW   ECU Ronald Perlaza

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ECU Michael Mieles (on loan to Delfín S.C.) — DF   TRI Aubrey David (on loan to Cartaginés)

World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the FIFA World Cup while contracted to Aucas.

Managers

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sociedad Deportiva Aucas.

• Official website (in Spanish)