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 (1945-02-06)
GroundEstadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda
Quito, Ecuador
Capacity18,799
ChairmanDanny Walker
ManagerHéctor Bidoglio
LeagueSerie A
20208th
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

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
2 DF  ARG Fabricio Fontanini
5 DF  ECU Franklin Carabalí
7 MF  ECU Jonathan González
9 FW  ARG Francisco Fydriszewski
10 MF  ARG Víctor Figueroa
11 MF  ARG Gonzalo Verón
14 MF  COL Stiven Tapiero
15 MF  ECU Alex Carrera
16 MF  ECU Juan Briones
19 FW  ECU Anthony Calderón
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  ECU Luis Cano
23 MF  ECU Eddy Mejía
24 DF  URU Ángelo Pizzorno
26 GK  ECU Johan Lara
28 MF  ECU Jhonny Quiñónez
30 DF  ECU Richard Mina
77 MF  ECU Édison Vega
91 DF  ECU Carlos Cuero
— DF  ECU Stephano Silva
— FW  ECU Bryan de Jesús

Managers
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