Manta F.C.
Manta Fútbol Club is a football club based in Manta that plays in the Serie A, Ecuador's first tier of professional football. Their rival club is Delfín.
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| Full name | Manta Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Celestes (Sky blues) Pesqueros (Fishermen) Atuneros (Tuna fishermen) | |||
| Founded | 27 July 1998 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Jocay | |||
| Capacity | 18,125 | |||
| Chairman | Jaime Estrada Medranda | |||
| Manager | Fabián Frías | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2020 | Serie B, 2nd (Promoted) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Manta was founded in 1998 after the purchase of the franchise rights from the defunct Manta Sport. From 1999-2001, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría, the third tier of Ecuadorian football league system before being promoted in 2002 to Serie. Manta won promotion again in 2003 to Serie A for the first time but finished poorly and were relegated back to Serie B where they would spend the next 6 seasons. 2009 saw the club back in Serie A but no titles were forthcoming and they were relegated again in 2014.
They got promoted back to the Ecuadorian Serie A in 2020 and will play in the first tier after a 7 year absence.
Honours
- Serie B (1): 2008
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Fabián Bustos (July 14, 2009 – Dec 15, 2010)- Gabriel Perrone (Dec 15, 2010 – May 3, 2011)
Armando Osma (Aug 30, 2011 – Dec 13, 2012)
Edwin Cózar (Dec 15, 2012 – June 30, 2013)- Fabián Bustos (July 2, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
- Juan Manuel Llop (Jan 1, 2014 – Aug 1, 2014)
- Jorge Alfonso (Aug 1, 2014 – Jan 1, 2015)
- Jefferson Huerta (Jan 1, 2015–)