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. 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
ManagerGerardo Espinoza
LeagueEcuadorian Serie A
2023Serie A, 5th of 16
WebsiteClub website

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 competed in the continental tournament.

Honours

National

Regional

  • Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha: 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
  • Campeonato Professional Interandino: 1959, 1962

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
2023: Group Stage
2024: First Qualifying Stage
2002: First Round
2004: Second Round
2016: First Round
2020: First Round
2021: Group Stage

Players

Current squad

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
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ECU Hancel Batalla
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
37 FW  ECU Cristhoper Zambrano
99 FW  ECU Ronald Perlaza

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ECU Michael Mieles (on loan to Delfín S.C.)
— DF  TRI Aubrey David (on loan to Cartaginés)

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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