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| Full name | Sociedad Deportiva Aucas | |||
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| Nicknames | Ídolo de Quito (The Idol of Quito)[1] Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People)[2] Papá Aucas[3] Equipo Oriental[4] | |||
| Founded | 6 February 1945; 81 years ago (1945-02-06) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Quito,Ecuador | |||
| Capacity | 18,799 | |||
| Chairman | Danny Walker | |||
| Manager | Juan Pablo Buch | |||
| League | Ecuadorian Serie A | |||
| 2025 | First stage: 9th of 16 Second hexagonal: 3rd of 6 | |||
| Website | www | |||
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (Spanish pronunciation:[sosjeˈðaððepoɾˈtiβaˈawkas]), also known as "Papá Aucas", is afootball club based inQuito, Ecuador. They play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flightSerie A. 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 inL.D.U. Quito, which they contest one of the most prestigious derbies in all of Ecuador, and the most prestigious in Quito.
On December 2025,Red&Gold Football, a joint venture between GermanBundesliga clubBayern Munich and AmericanMajor League Soccer (MLS) clubLos Angeles FC, became partners with the club, forming a long-term commitment in order to identify and develop elite talent across the continent.[5][6][7][8]
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The team is named after theAuca tribe, who are also calledHuaorani. The club originally belonged toRoyal Dutch Shell, 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 forwardAriel Graziani, forwardNicolás Asencio, forwardAgustin Delgado, forward Édison Maldonado, Ecuador international defenderGiovanny Espinoza, and the1990 FIFA World Cup Colombian goalkeeperRené Higuita.
Aucas won their first Serie A title in2022 under the tenure of Venezuelan managerCésar Farías by winning the competition's second stage without losing a single game and then beatingBarcelona in the finals. This win also qualified them to the2023 Copa Libertadores, the first time they competed in the continental tournament.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The following players were chosen to represent their country at theFIFA World Cup while contracted to Aucas.
Giovanny Espinoza (2002)Damián Enrique Lanza (2006)Hernán Galíndez (2022) 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)Marco Etcheverry (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)
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