Guayaquil City F.C. (known as ''C.D. River Ecuador'' until 2017) is an

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ian professional football club based in

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. They currently play in the country's first-level football league—the

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—after gaining promotion from the segunda-level Primera Categoria.

History

Formed in 2007 as ''Club Deportivo River Plate Ecuador'' (or ''River Ecuador''), the club was founded through a partnership with the dominant

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side River Plate. By 2010 the relationship had already ended, but the club continued to operate under its given name and with River Plate's traditional red kit colour. On 11 July 2017 it was announced that River Ecuador had renamed themselves to ''Guayaquil City Fútbol Club'', changing their strip to sky blue and white horizontal stripes. The new name, kit colours and badge design prompted a number of claims that the change in identity was the result of a takeover by the Manchester City-linked

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, though no evidence of this was forthcoming.

Statistics

Serie A

*Seasons: 3 ( 2015,

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) *Matches played: 132 **Wins: 38 **Draws: 32 **Losses: 62 *Goals for: 137 *Goals against: 184 *Goals difference: -47 *Points: 146 *All-time position: 7th

Serie B

*Seasons: 5 (2010–2014)

Segunda Categoría

*Seasons: 2 (2008–2009)

Players

Current squad

Managers

Kléber Fajardo Kleber Emilson Fajardo Barzola (born 4 January 1965) is an Ecuadorian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

(2007) *

César Vigevani César Vigevani(born 30 August 1974),is an Argentine professional football manager. Coaching career César Vigevani started coaching career with youth teams of River Plate club in Argentina. His first stint as a manager of the main team was wit ...

(2008–2010) *

(2012) * Humberto Pizarro (2012–2015) *

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(2015) * Guillermo Sanguinetti (2016) * Pablo Trobbiani (interim) (2016) * Ángel Gómez (2017) *

Gabriel Perrone Gabriel Gustavo Perrone (born 1965 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer who currently works as a coach. Playing career As a player, Perrone played as a central defender and he started his career playing for Argentine giants Ri ...

(2017) * Pool Gavilánez (2017–)

External links

*
Official website

References

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