Universidad Católica del Ecuador is a

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club based in

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

, Ecuador. They play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. Universidad Católica was officially founded on 15 May 1963. Historic rivals include LDU Quito,

Aucas The Huaorani, Waorani, or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador ( Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza Provinces) who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador. The alternate ...

, El Nacional and

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian non-professional club football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the Seg ...

History

Universidad Católica was founded as a university football team for Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, a Catholic university in

. In 1962, they won the inter-university championship. Soon after, they became a football club on 15 May 1963 under ''Liga Deportiva de la Universidad Católica''. On 15 January 1965, they beat Club Gladiador for the right to compete professional. They then won their first professional title at the 12th Interandean Professional Championship that same year. In 1973 and 1979, Universidad Católica finished second in the national championship. As a results, they were allowed to participate in the Copa Libertadores the following years (1974 and 1980). Although being in the First Category (Primera A & Primera B) for most of their history, they descended to the Second Category in 1993. They returned to Primera B in 1998, and ascended briefly to Primera A for 2008.

Honors

;Regional *Campeonato Professional Interandino (1): 1965 ;National * Serie A **Runner-up (2): 1973, 1979 * Serie B **Winner (3): 1990 E1, 2007, 2012 **Runner-up (6): 1972 E2, 1989 E1, 2005 C, 2006 E1, 2006 E2, 2009

Current squad

*''As of 5 March 2022.''

Managers

Jorge Célico Jorge César Fortunato Célico (born 13 September 1964) is an Argentine retired football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Career A Huracán youth player, Buenos Aires-born Célico was promoted to the first team in 1982, ap ...

(September 21, 2010 - August 5, 2014) *

Luis Soler Luis Gustavo Soler Magadán (born 9 June 1951) is an Argentine football coach and former professional player who is the manager of Ecuadorian club Barcelona SC. Career Born in Buenos Aires, Soler played as a defender for Spanish club Recreativo ...

(August 5, 2014 - October 5, 2014) *

(5 October 2014 - July 17, 2017) *

Patricio Lara Patricio Antonio Lara Giorgetti (born 15 August 1956) is an Argentine football manager. Career Lara was born in Quilmes. After starting his career with hometown side Argentino de Quilmes' youth setup in 1983, he managed a number of teams in his ...

(July 17, 2017 - July 24, 2017) * Gustavo Díaz (July 25, 2017 - August 26, 2017) *

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(August 27, 2017 - November 4, 2017) *

Santiago Escobar Santiago Escobar Saldarriaga (born 13 January 1964) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club Aucas. Club career Born in Medellín, Escobar played foot ...

(November 4, 2017 - October 25, 2021) *

Miguel Rondelli Miguel Ángel Rondelli (born 24 January 1978) is an Argentine football manager, currently in charge of Peruvian club Cusco. Career Rondelli was born in Buenos Aires. After playing in the youth categories of Vélez Sarsfield, All Boys and Lamadr ...

(October 26, 2021-

Kit and colours

They wear sky blue on their home kit and white on their away kit. Their kit is supplied by Umbro.

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in Ecuador Football clubs in Quito 1963 establishments in Ecuador University and college association football clubs {{SouthAm-footyclub-stub