S.D. Aucas

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 (1945-02-06)
Ground	Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Quito, Ecuador
Ground Capacity	18,799
Chairman	Danny Walker
Manager	Gerardo Espinoza
League	Ecuadorian Serie A
2023	Serie A, 5th of 16
Website	Club home page
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. Aucas is the current champion of the Ecuadorian league. 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

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Aucas' 1945 Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha winning squad

Superclásico in Quito, 2005

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 will compete 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

Players

Current squad

As of 25 September 2023. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Damián Frascarelli 2 DF Ariel Garcia 4 DF Wilker Ángel 7 MF Édison Vega 8 MF Rómulo Otero 9 FW Jeison Medina 10 MF Jefferson Montero 12 GK Hernán Galíndez 13 MF Edison Caicedo 14 MF Ronald Briones 15 DF Angelo Mina 16 DF Carlos Rolón 17 FW Roberto Ordóñez 19 MF Yerson Candelo

No. Position Player 20 MF Micheal Mieles 22 MF Luis Cano 24 FW Kavier Ortiz 26 GK Johan Lara 27 DF Luis Romero 28 MF Jhonny Quiñónez 29 DF Carlos Cuero 31 FW Erick Castillo 33 DF Luis Cangá 35 DF Diego Corozo 38 FW Jhon Cifuente GK Edson Reséndez MF Jordan Mohor

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Franklin Carabalí (on loan to Mushuc Runa) MF Sergio Quintero (on loan to Mushuc Runa)

No. Position Player MF Michael Carcelén (on loan to Emelec) MF Marcos Mejía (on loan to Mushuc Runa)

World Cup players

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

• Giovanny Espinoza (2002)
• Damián Enrique Lanza (2006)
• Hernán Galíndez (2022)

Managers

• Ernesto Guerra (1975, 1986–87, 1989)
• Carlos Cuvi (1995)
• Polo Carrera (1995)
• Leonel Montoya (1996)
• Alfredo Encalada (1994, 1996)
• Homero Mistral Valencia (1995, 1996–1997)
• Juan Ramón Silva (1998–99)
• Ramiro Blacut (1999–00)
• Gerardo Pelusso (2001–02)
• Salvador Raguza (2002)
• Adan Machado (2002)
• Carlos Sevilla (2003)
• Luis Fernando Suárez (2003–04)
• Javier Álvarez Arteaga (2004–05)
• Dragan Miranović (2005–2006)
• Diego Aguirre (2006)
• Fausto Carrera (2006)
• Juan Amador Sánchez (2006–07)
• Fernando Rodriguez Riolfo (2007)
• Carlos Berrueta (2007)
• Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2008)
• Carlos Calderón (2008)
• Marco Etcheverry (2009)
• Polo Carrera (2009)
• Alfredo Encalada (2011–12)
• Julio Asad (2012–13)
• Juan Ramón Silva (2014)
• Carlos Ischia (2015–16)
• Tabare Silva (2016)
• Armando Osma (2009, 2016–2017)
• Darío Tempesta (2017, 2020–2021)
• Luis Soler (2018)
• Eduardo Favaro (2019)
• Gabriel Schurrer (2019)
• Hector Bidoglio (2021)
• César Farías (2022–23)