Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (), also known as "Papá Aucas", is a football club based in

Quito, Ecuador 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 on ...

. They play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flight

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. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of its long history in the Serie A. Aucas is the current champion of the Ecuadorian league. 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.

Overview

The team is named after the Auca tribe, who are also called ''Huaorani''. The club originally belonged to

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, 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

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. Aucas won their first Serie A title in 2022 under the tenure of Venezuelan manager

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by winning the competition's second stage without losing a single game and then beating

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in the finals. This win also qualified them to the

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, the first time they will compete in the continental tournament.

Honours

;Regional *Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha (6): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 *Campeonato Professional Interandino (2): 1959, 1962 ;National *

(1): 2022 *

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(3): 1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014 *

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(2): 1986 E2, 2012

Players

Current squad

World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the

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while contracted to Aucas. * Giovanny Espinoza (2002) * Damián Lanza (2006) * Hernán Galíndez (2022)

Managers

* Ernesto Guerra (1975), (1986–87), (1989) * Carlos Cuvi (1995) *

Polo Carrera Paúl Fernando Carrera Velasteguí, known better as Polo Carrera (born January 11, 1945 in Quito), is an Ecuadorian retired football player and former manager. He has played for clubs in Ecuador and Uruguay, as well as the Ecuador football team ...

(1995) * Leonel Montoya (1996) * Alfredo Encalada (1994, 1996) * Homero Mistral Valencia (1995, 1996–1997) * Juan Ramón Silva (1998–99) *

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(1999–00) *

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(2001–02) * Salvador Raguza (2002) * Adan Machado (2002) *

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 ...

(2003) *

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(2003–04) * Javier Álvarez Arteaga (2004–05) * Dragan Miranović (2005-2006) *

Diego Aguirre Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor (born 13 September 1965) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. Playing career A Liverpool Montevideo youth graduate, Aguirre joined the club in 1982 at the age of 16, and m ...

(2006) *

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(2006) * Juan Amador Sánchez (2006–07) *

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(2007) *

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(2007) * Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2008) * Carlos Calderón (2008) *

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(2009) *

(2009) * Alfredo Encalada (2011–12) *

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(2012–13) * Juan Ramón Silva (2014) *

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(2015–16) * Tabare Silva (2016) * Armando Osma (2009, 2016–2017) *

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(2017, 2020–2021) * Luis Soler (2018) * Eduardo Favaro (2019) * Gabriel Schurrer (2019) * Hector Bidoglio (2021)

External links

Fan website
{{Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Aucas Aucas, Sociedad Deportiva Aucas 1945 establishments in Ecuador Aucas