Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (), also known as "Papá Aucas", is a

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club based in

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. 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. 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

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Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita. Aucas won their first Serie A title in

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under the tenure of Venezuelan manager César Farías 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 competed in the continental tournament.

Honours

National

** Winners (1):

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** Winners (3): 1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014 * Segunda Categoría ** Winners (2): 1986 E2, 2012

Regional

* Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha ** Winners (6): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 * Campeonato Professional Interandino ** Winners (2): 1959, 1962 * Segunda Categoría de Pichincha ** Winners (7): 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 2010, 2011, 2012

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 2 appearances ::

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: Group Stage ::

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

: First Qualifying Stage *

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: 5 appearances ::

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: First Round ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: Second Round ::

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: First Round ::

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: First Round ::

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: Group Stage

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

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 Enrique Lanza (2006) * Hernán Galíndez (2022)

Managers

* Ernesto Guerra (1975, 1986–1987, 1989) * Carlos Cuvi (1995) * Polo Carrera (1995) * Leonel Montoya (1996) * Alfredo Encalada (1994, 1996) * Homero Mistral Valencia (1995, 1996–1997) * Juan Ramón Silva (1998–1999) * Ramiro Blacut (1999–2000) * Gerardo Pelusso (2001–2002) * Salvador Raguza (2002) * Adan Machado (2002) * Carlos Sevilla (2003) * Luis Fernando Suárez (2003–2004) * Javier Álvarez Arteaga (2004–2005) * Dragan Miranović (2005–2006) * Diego Aguirre (2006) * Fausto Carrera (2006) * Juan Amador Sánchez (2006–2007) * Fernando Rodriguez Riolfo (2007) * Carlos Berrueta (2007) * Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2008) * Carlos Calderón (2008) *

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(2009) * Polo Carrera (2009) * Alfredo Encalada (2011–2012) * Julio Asad (2012–2013) * Juan Ramón Silva (2014) * Carlos Ischia (2015–2016) * Tabaré Silva (2016) * Armando Osma (2009, 2016–2017) * Darío Tempesta (2017, 2020–2021) * Luis Soler (2018) * Eduardo Favaro (2019) * Gabriel Schürrer (2019) * Héctor Bidoglio (2021) * César Farías (2022–2023) * Santiago Escobar (2023) * Gerardo Espinoza (2024) * Jorge Alfonso (2024)

References

External links

*
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
on FEF (archived)
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
on

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