Club Sport Emelec is an Ecuadorian sports club based in

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that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the

Ecuadorian Serie A The Liga Pro Betcris, simply known as the Liga Pro, or the Serie A, is a professional football league in Ecuador. At the top of the Ecuadorian football league system, it is the country's premier football competition. Contested by sixteen clubs, ...

, 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, nam ...

, the American head of the Electric Company of Ecuador ( es, Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, links=no), from which the club is named after. The name of their home stadium 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 Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, an

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in Guayaquil, decided to start an amateur sports league. The initiative was spearheaded by

, the executive officer of the company who came from the United States. The first sports played in the club were

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boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

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, handball, and football. 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

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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

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

2001 Copa Merconorte The Copa Merconorte 2001 was an association football tournament in 2001 and the last Copa Merconorte to be held. Millonarios of Colombia defeated Emelec of Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, S ...

. 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 Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador 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

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a large financial institution in Ecuador at the time.

had its own professional football which used Los Samanes until 1989 when despite being one of the top teams at the time,

's football club was disbanded due to lack of supporters and high maintenance costs. During the 1993

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

's football club was disbanded, the complex remained in the hands of

for their employees to use its facilities, until 1999 when the Ecuadorian financial crisis ended with

going bankrupt and ending up in the hands of the AGD a governmental agency created to control, protect and administrate the assets of

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

* Champions (14):

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1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

, 1988,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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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) *

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(1979; 26 goals) *

Ariel Graziani Ariel José Graziani Lentini (born June 7, 1971) is a former football player. He is a naturalized Ecuadorian striker who represented the Ecuador national team on 34 occasions between 1997 and 2000. After retiring in Ecuador he is only able to p ...

(1996; 19 goals) *

(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. Th ...

(1998; 43 goals) *

Alejandro Kenig Alejandro Martín Kenig (born 31 January 1969 in Mar del Plata) best known as "el gordo" (The fat) is a retired Argentine footballer who played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and South America, including Club Atlético Platense, Taller ...

(2000; 25 goals) * Carlos Juárez (2001; 17 goals) *

Luis Miguel Escalada Luis Miguel Escalada (born 27 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for S.D. Aucas. Career Escalada was born in Ceres. He has previously played for Boca Juniors, Gimnasia de Jujuy and Newell's Old Boys i ...

(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 200 ...

(2010; 23 goals) *

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(2015; 25 goals) ;Costa *

(1956; 13 goals) *

(1957; 14 goals) *

(1959; 21 goals) *

(1960; 11 goals) *

(1961; 14 goals) *

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(1964; 11 goals) *

Bolívar Merizalde Bolívar Merizalde (born 26 November 1941) is an Ecuadorian association football, footballer. He played in two matches for the Ecuador national football team from 1963 to 1967. He was also part of Ecuador's squad for the 1963 South American Cham ...

(1964; 11 goals) *

(1965; 7 goals) ;Copa Libertadores *

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(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 Augusto Jesús Poroso Caicedo (born 13 April 1974) is an Ecuadorian football (soccer) defender who played for Club Social y Deportivo Macará. Club career He played mostly for CS Emelec. He also played for the Peruvian soccer club Alianza Lima. ...

(2002) *

Wellington Sánchez Wellington Eduardo Sánchez Luzuriaga (born June 19, 1974 in Ambato) is a former Ecuadorian football midfielder who last played for C.D. Olmedo. He played for a few clubs, including Nacional Quito, MetroStars (USA), Los Angeles Galaxy (USA), ...

(2002) * Daniel Viteri (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 Unive ...

(2014) *

Óscar Bagüí Óscar Dalmiro Bagüí Angulo (; born December 10, 1982, in Borbón, Esmeraldas Province) is an Ecuadorian former footballer who played as a defender. International career Bagüí has earned 19 caps with the Ecuador national team. His firs ...

(2014) *

Jorge Guagua Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo (; born September 28, 1981) is an Ecuador, Ecuadorian retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a defender. He is currently a sporting director of Club 9 de Octubre. Club career He was trans ...

(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 14 ...

*Assistant manager:

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*Physical trainer:

Jose Barrientos Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya * Jose the Galil ...

*Keeper Trainer:

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Notable managers

The following managers won at least one trophy when in charge of Emelec: *

Eduardo Spandre Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footba ...

(won the 1957 Serie A) *

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(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 ...

(won the 1965 Serie A) *

Jorge Lazo Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius' ...

(won the 1972 Serie A) * Eduardo García (won the 1979 Serie A) * Juan Silva (won the 1988 Serie A) * Salvador Capitano (won the 1993 Serie A) *

Carlos Torres Garcés Carlos Torres Garcés (born 15 August 1951) is an Ecuadorian footballer. He played in 16 matches for the Ecuador national football team from 1976 to 1985. He was also part of Ecuador's squad for the 1979 Copa América The 1979 edition of the ...

(won the 1994 Serie A) *

Carlos Sevilla Carlos Edmundo Sevilla Dalgo (born 26 August 1950) in an Ecuadorian former football player and manager of El Nacional. Playing career Club Sevilla had a brief playing career as a defender mainly playing for Deportivo Quito. Managerial career ...

(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 ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate ...

(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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