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; 79 years ago
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

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 edit

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 competed in the continental tournament.

Honours edit

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 edit

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 edit

Current squad edit

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