S.D. Aucas

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.

Aucas
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Aucas
Nickname(s)Orientales
El Ídolo de Quito (The Idol of Quito)
El Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People)
FoundedFebruary 6, 1945 (1945-02-06)
GroundEstadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda
Quito, Ecuador
Capacity18,799
ChairmanDanny Walker
ManagerCésar Farías
LeagueSerie A
20221st (Champions)
WebsiteClub website
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.

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
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

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  URU Damián Frascarelli
5 MF  ECU Jeremy Batioja
7 MF  ECU Édison Vega
9 FW  ARG Francisco Fydriszewski
12 GK  ECU Hernán Galíndez
13 MF  ECU Edison Caicedo
14 MF  ECU Ronald Briones
16 DF  ECU Pedro Perlaza
17 FW  ECU Roberto Ordóñez
18 MF  ECU Marcos Mejía
19 MF  ECU Jordan Mohor
21 FW  ECU Daniel Segura (on loan from Club Puebla)
22 MF  ECU Luis Cano
25 DF  ECU Denilson Bolaños
26 GK  ECU Johan Lara
27 DF  ECU Luis Romero
28 MF  ECU Jhonny Quiñónez
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF  ECU Carlos Cuero
33 DF  ECU Luis Cangá
36 DF  ECU Ariel Garcia
– GK  ECU Bismar Castro
– DF  VEN Wilker Ángel
– DF  TRI Aubrey David
– DF  ECU Angelo Mina
– MF  ECU Ronald Murillo
– MF  ECU Micheal Mieles
– MF  ECU Michael Carcelén
– MF  ECU Jefferson Montero
– MF  ECU Christian Alemán
– MF  ECU Sergio Quintero (on loan from Barcelona SC)
– MF  ECU Jordan Rezabala (on loan from Club Tijuana)
– FW  ECU Erick Castillo
– FW  ECU Stiven Plaza

World Cup players

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

Managers
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