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Club Sport Emelec is an Ecuadorian sports club based in
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that is best known for their professional
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team. The football team plays in the
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, the highest level of professional football in the country. Emelec has won fourteen
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titles and one of the division B, holding the record of doing so in all decades in which the Serie A has been played. They also have won seven regional titles (record in their region), a record-tying 5 of them in the professional era. Emelec was founded on 28 April 1929 by
George Capwell George Lewis Capwell Cronin (July 1, 1902 – January 7, 1970), the American manager of the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador ("Electric Company of Ecuador") in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founded Club Sport Emelec, a sports club, in 1929. Emelec, name ...
, the American head of the Electric Company of Ecuador ( es,
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, links=no), from which the club is named after. The name of their
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pays homage to the club's founder. The club's most intense rivalry is with crosstown-team
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. Matches between the clubs are known as '' El Clásico del Astillero''.


History

The club was found after an assembly of employees at the
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, an electric company in Guayaquil, decided to start an amateur sports league. The initiative was spearheaded by
George Capwell George Lewis Capwell Cronin (July 1, 1902 – January 7, 1970), the American manager of the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador ("Electric Company of Ecuador") in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founded Club Sport Emelec, a sports club, in 1929. Emelec, name ...
, the executive officer of the company who came from the United States. The first sports played in the club were
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,
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, and
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. Capwell did not enjoy football, so the sport was supported only by his employees in non-official but recognized championships. This changed in the 1940s, when Capwell finally lent his support, resulting in the club winning several official local championships, building their own
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, and hosting the 1947 South American Championship entirely in it. In 1957, the club became the first national champions in football with a "dream team" that included Derek Haack, Cipriano Yu Lee, José Vicente Balseca, Cruz Ávila, Mariano Larraz, Carlos Alberto Raffo, Jaime Ubilla, Daniel Pinto, Rómulo Gómez and Suárez-Rizzo; they were coached by Eduardo "Tano" Spandre. Since then, they have accumulated thirteen more national titles, placing them 2nd in the national title count behind
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with 15 titles and followed by El Nacional with 13. They have also won seven local titles (two in the amateur area and five in the professional era). In the 1990s, the football team saw success internationally. In 1995, they reached the semi-finals of the
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; they lost to eventual champions Grêmio. In 2001, the team was close to becoming the first Ecuadorian club to win an international title when they were a finalist in the
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. In the finals, they lost to
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3–1 on penalty kicks after tying on aggregate 2–2.


Facilities

Several years after the creation of the
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sports club, its founder, George Lewis Capwell, decided that it was time for the club to have its own
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stadium, so in 1942
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's Municipal authorities donated 4 city blocks for the construction of the first private sports stadium in Ecuador. A year after that, in 1943, Emelec's staff officially named and initiated the construction of the George Capwell Stadium. George Capwell Stadium opened its doors for the first time on 21 October 1945, the inaugural game was a Baseball match between Emelec and Oriente, and George Capwell played as a catcher for the "Azules" (Emelec). Although Emelec's president did not like football and their stadium was not initially intended to be a football field, soon after the inauguration the first football match was held. Emelec won 5–4 against an all stars team from the cities of Manta and Bahia. The 1947
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competition was held exclusively at George Capwell Stadium, and an undefeated
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became South America's champion with an all star team that included names like
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, and
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finished in 6th place. (Brazil did not participate on this competition). After the
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was opened in 1959, the George Capwell Stadium became obsolete and was closed for many years. On several occasions it was almost destroyed for various projects that, luckily for the club, were never actually completed. It wasn't until 1991 that with the leadership of Nassib Nehme that the George Capwell Stadium was reopened, to become once again the house of Emelec. Since its reopening the stadium has been enlarged twice and a new and final change was scheduled for 2014, to reach a final capacity of 45,000 spectators by March 2016. At the moment the official capacity of the stadium according to the FEF (
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) is 18,000 spectators. However, that number has not been changed even after the two enlargements were finished. The club completed a thorough overhaul and expansion of the stadium in 2017. It has a capacity of 40,000 spectators.


Training ground

Emelec's training ground is located in the north of
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in a neighborhood called Los Samanes and the training ground itself is called Complejo Deportivo de Los Samanes, translated to Los Samanes Sports Complex. The construction of the Samanes training ground started in 1984 and was finished in 1986 and was built by Filanbanco a large financial institution in Ecuador at the time. Filanbanco had its own professional football which used Los Samanes until 1989 when despite being one of the top teams at the time, Filanbanco's football club was disbanded due to lack of supporters and high maintenance costs. During the 1993
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held in Ecuador, the Samanes complex was used by the Argentinean delegation, they stayed and trained there and were very appreciative of its secluded nature and excellent facilities, that among other things included 4 professional football fields, an indoor football field, basketball courts, tennis courts, an Olympic size pool, social area and sleeping area. After Filanbanco's football club was disbanded, the complex remained in the hands of Filanbanco for their employees to use its facilities, until 1999 when the Ecuadorian financial crisis ended with Filanbanco going bankrupt and ending up in the hands of the AGD a governmental agency created to control, protect and administrate the assets of Filanbanco and other financial institutions that went bust during the crisis. This meant that Los Samanes ended up in the hands of the Issfa (Instituto de Servicio Social de las Fuerzas Armadas) the Ecuadorian army's social security agency. Because Issfa had no real use for it, the then Football director of Emelec Mr.
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managed to loan the training ground for the club and Emelec has been using it ever since. Initially the agreement was a loan for 5 years, but when the 5 years passed the government and the club arranged a 100-year loan for the facilities, however the high monthly cost agreed has made the payments very difficult for the club and the new administrators led by the club's president Mr. Elias Wated are in talks with the government to settle on a definitive purchase of the training ground.


Honours

National
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* Champions (14):
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, 1979,
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* Champions (1): 1981 E1 Amateur Campeonato Unión Deportiva Comercial de Guayaquil * Champions (2): 1925, 1933 Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol del Guayas * Champions (2): 1946, 1948 Campeonato Profesional de Guayaquil * Champions (5): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1966


Players


Current squad

*''As of 3 January 2021.''


Out on loan


Reserve Team


Top goalscorers

Emelec has had nine players become the season top-scorer in the Serie A, three players become the top-scorer of the Costa champion (two players repeated), and one player become the top-scorer of the Copa Libertadores. ;Seria A *
Carlos Alberto Raffo Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87. Club career Born ...
(1963; 4 goals) * Carlos Miori (1979; 26 goals) * Ariel Graziani (1996; 19 goals) * Ariel Graziani (1997; 24 goals) *
Iván Kaviedes Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty (born 24 October 1977) is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Kaviedes rose to fame after scoring 43 goals in one season for Emelec in the 1998 Ecuadorian league. Thi ...
(1998; 43 goals) * Alejandro Kenig (2000; 25 goals) * Carlos Juárez (2001; 17 goals) * Luis Miguel Escalada (2006; 29 goals) *
Jaime Ayoví Jaime Javier Ayoví Corozo (; born 21 February 1988 in Eloy Alfaro, Esmeraldas is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Gençlerbirliği in the TFF First League. Club career Emelec Ayoví started at lower division club Paladín "S". In 20 ...
(2010; 23 goals) * Miler Bolaños (2015; 25 goals) ;Costa *
Carlos Alberto Raffo Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87. Club career Born ...
(1956; 13 goals) *
Carlos Alberto Raffo Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87. Club career Born ...
(1957; 14 goals) *
Carlos Alberto Raffo Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87. Club career Born ...
(1959; 21 goals) *
Carlos Alberto Raffo Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87. Club career Born ...
(1960; 11 goals) *
Carlos Alberto Raffo Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87. Club career Born ...
(1961; 14 goals) * Ruben Baldi (1964; 11 goals) * Bolívar Merizalde (1964; 11 goals) * Bolívar Merizalde (1965; 7 goals) ;Copa Libertadores * Enrique Rayondi (1962; 6 goals)


World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the
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while contracted to Emelec. *
Walter Ayoví Walter Orlando Ayoví Corozo (; born 11 August 1979) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays for the Monterrey Flash in the Major Arena Soccer League. He previously played as a left winger for Club Deportivo El Nacional in the Ecuado ...
(2002) * Augusto Poroso (2002) * Wellington Sánchez (2002) *
Daniel Viteri Daniel Jimmy Viteri Vinces (born December 12, 1981, in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadoran footballer. Club career Viteri began his club career at Guayaquil-based club Emelec. He later moved to Deportivo Quito. At both clubs, he defended their goals pr ...
(2002) *
Gabriel Achilier Gabriel Eduardo Achilier Zurita (; born March 24, 1985) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Orense S.C. in the Liga PRO Ecuador as a centre-back. Club career Born in Machala, Achilier began his professional career in Liga Deportiva Un ...
(2014) * Óscar Bagüí (2014) * Jorge Guagua (2014)


Managers


Current coaching staff

*Manager:
Ismael Rescalvo Ismael Rescalvo Sánchez (born 2 March 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the manager of Bolivian club The Strongest. Career Born in Valencia, Rescalvo joined Levante UD's youth setup at the age of ...
*Assistant manager: Juan Rescalvo *Physical trainer: Jose Barrientos *Keeper Trainer:
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Notable managers

The following managers won at least one trophy when in charge of Emelec: * Eduardo Spandre (won the 1957 Serie A) * Mariano Larraz (won the 1961 Serie A) *
Fernando Paternoster Fernando Paternoster (24 May 1903 – 6 June 1967) was an Argentine footballer and manager. He played for the Argentina national football team and helped promote football across South America in countries such as Colombia and Ecuador. Playing c ...
(won the 1965 Serie A) * Jorge Lazo (won the 1972 Serie A) * Eduardo García (won the 1979 Serie A) * Juan Silva (won the 1988 Serie A) *
Salvador Capitano Salvador Capitano (born 1 January 1955 in Rosario) is an Argentinean former soccer player. He is currently a coach. __NOTOC__ Honours Coach Emelec * Torneo Apertura- 1992 *Copa Saeta Internacional- 1992 * Torneo Apertura- 1993 *Serie A- 1993 ...
(won the 1993 Serie A) * Carlos Torres Garcés (won the 1994 Serie A) *
Carlos Sevilla Carlos Edmundo Sevilla Dalgo (born 26 August 1950) in an Ecuadorian former association football, football player and manager of Club Deportivo El Nacional, El Nacional. Playing career Club Sevilla had a brief playing career as a defender mainly ...
(won the 2001 Serie A) * Rodolfo Motta (won the 2002 Serie A) *
Gustavo Quinteros Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desabato (born 15 February 1965) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Chilean club Colo-Colo. Born in Argentina, he played for the Bolivia nat ...
(won the 2013 and 2014 Serie A) * Omar De Felipe (won the 2015 Serie A) * Alfredo Arias (won the 2017 Serie A)


Other sports

Emelec is not only one of the most important football clubs in Ecuador, but it is rated as one of the most important sports club of the country. In their trophy room Emelec has hundreds of cups and medals that have been gained over the years in many different sports. The list includes: * 33 Consecutive National Boxing Championships * 13 Baseball National Championships * 11 Male Basketball National Championships * 18 Female Basketball National Championships * 7 Cycling National Champsionships * 5 Tae Kwon Do National Championships * 5 Judo National Championships * 1 Weight Lifting World Championship


References


External links


Emelec Official website

Emelexista Fansite

Emelec Derby

Pacific Cup Official WebsiteOfficial Website of the Boca del Pozo

Azul y Plomo Fansite

Ecuagol Ecuadorian Football Site

Official Site of the Ecuadorian Football Federation
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