Guayaquil City F.C. (known as ''C.D. River Ecuador'' until 2017) is an
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
ian professional football club based in
Guayaquil
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. They currently play in the country's first-level football league—the
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
—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
Argentinian
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...
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
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...
-linked
City Football Group, though no evidence of this was forthcoming.
Statistics
Serie A
*Seasons: 3 (
2015
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2016
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2017
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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
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Kléber Fajardo (2007)
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César Vigevani (2008–2010)
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Kléber Fajardo (2012)
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Humberto Pizarro
Humberto Enrique Pizarro Veliz (born 28 July 1967) is an Ecuadorian football manager.
Career
Born in Ventanas, Pizarro worked as a coach at Emelec's youth setup, being also an interim manager of the first team in 2007 and 2008. In February 201 ...
(2012–2015)
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Marcelo Trobbiani (2015)
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Guillermo Sanguinetti
Guillermo Óscar Sanguinetti Giordano (born 21 June 1966 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football (soccer), football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He is the cur ...
(2016)
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Pablo Trobbiani
Pablo Marcelo Trobbiani Carnesella (born 28 December 1976) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a centre midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Ecuadorian club Barcelona SC
Barcelona Sporting Club () ...
(interim) (2016)
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Ángel Gómez (2017)
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Gabriel Perrone (2017)
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Pool Gavilánez (2017–)
External links
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Official website
References
Football clubs in Ecuador
Association football clubs established in 2007
2007 establishments in Ecuador
Sport in Guayaquil
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