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

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, forward Agustin Delgado, forward Édison Maldonado, Ecuador international defender Giovanny Espinoza, and the

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Colombian goalkeeper

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. Aucas won their first Serie A title in

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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 2023 Copa Libertadores, 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 * Segunda Categoría (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 Damián Enrique Lanza Moyano (born April 10, 1982) is an Ecuadorian former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Clan Juvenil in the Ecuador Serie B. Lanza was born in Cuenca and is half Argentinian, through his father. Career Lanz ...

(2006) * Hernán Galíndez (2022)

Managers

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

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(1996) *

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

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(1999–00) * Gerardo Pelusso (2001–02) * Salvador Raguza (2002) *

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(2002) *

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 ...

(2003) *

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(2003–04) * Javier Álvarez Arteaga (2004–05) * Dragan Miranović (2005-2006) * Diego Aguirre (2006) * Fausto Carrera (2006) * Juan Amador Sánchez (2006–07) * Fernando Rodriguez Riolfo (2007) * Carlos Berrueta (2007) * Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2008) * Carlos Calderón (2008) *

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(2009) * Polo Carrera (2009) * Alfredo Encalada (2011–12) * Julio Asad (2012–13) * Juan Ramón Silva (2014) *

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(2015–16) * Tabare Silva (2016) *

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(2009, 2016–2017) * Darío Tempesta (2017, 2020–2021) * Luis Soler (2018) * Eduardo Favaro (2019) * Gabriel Schurrer (2019) *

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(2021)

External links

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