Club Deportivo Audaz Octubrino is a professional

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club from

Machala Machala () is a city in south-west Ecuador. It is the capital of the El Oro Province, and is located near the Gulf of Guayaquil on fertility (soil), fertile lowlands. Machala has a population of 288,072 (2022 census); it is the sixth-biggest city ...

, Ecuador that currently plays in the

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, the third tier of

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. Its stadium is called " 9 de Mayo" and has a capacity of about 10,000 people.

History

The best ever success for Audaz came about in the 1987–88 season with president Teofilo Oyola Cevallos, when they finished 3rd in the Ecuadorian league, only losing out to

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(

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) and

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( Milagro, Guayas). That season Audaz was renowned as especially strong at home, beating, among others, El Nacional,

and Emelec. Audaz Octubrino won the Ecuadorian B-league in 1998 and then played one season in the premier league. Since then it didn't do too well. In March 2006 the club ceased to exist due to financial problems, having been in debt of more than 130,000 US dollars. The city of Machala was left without a professional soccer team for the first time since the foundation of Audaz in 1948. For the 2007–08 season the club was reformed, and now plays in the provincial "second division" of

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, a third-level league. Forward

Eduardo Hurtado Eduardo Estíguar Hurtado Roa (born 2 December 1969) is an Ecuadorian former footballer who played as a striker. He is the 3rd all-time top goalscorer for the Ecuador national football team with 26 goals in 74 caps. He has played for teams i ...

played for Audaz Octubrino in the season 2004–2005.

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* Audaz Octubrino, Club Deportivo Audaz Octubrino, Club Deportivo Audaz Octubrino, Club Deportivo Audaz Octubrino, Club Deportivo 1948 establishments in Ecuador 2006 disestablishments in Ecuador 2007 establishments in Ecuador Machala {{SouthAm-footyclub-stub