C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Universidad Católica

Full name	Club Deportivo de la Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Nickname(s)	Los Camaratas El Trencito Azul (The Blue train) Chatolei Los Santos (The Saints)
Founded	15 May 1963; 60 years ago (1963-05-15)[1]
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Capacity	35,742
President	Santiago Cattani
Manager	Jorge Célico
League	Ecuadorian Serie A
2023	Serie A, 7th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Universidad Católica del Ecuador is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A.

Universidad Católica was officially founded on 15 May 1963. Historic rivals include LDU Quito, Aucas, El Nacional and Deportivo Quito.

History

Universidad Católica was founded as a university football team for Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, a Catholic university in Quito. In 1962, they won the inter-university championship. Soon after, they became a football club on 15 May 1963 under Liga Deportiva de la Universidad Católica.

On 15 January 1965, they beat Club Gladiador for the right to compete professionally. They then won their first professional title at the 12th Interandean Professional Championship that same year.

In 1973 and 1979, Universidad Católica finished second in the national championship. As a result, they were allowed to participate in the Copa Libertadores the following years (1974 and 1980). They spent most of their history in the First Category (Primera A & Primera B). They descended to the Second Category in 1993. They returned to Primera B in 1998, and ascended briefly to Primera A for 2008.

Honors

Regional

• Campeonato Professional Interandino (1): 1965

National

• Serie A
  • Runner-up (2): 1973, 1979
• Serie B
  • Winner (3): 1990 E1, 2007, 2012
  • Runner-up (6): 1972 E2, 1989 E1, 2005 C, 2006 E1, 2006 E2, 2009

Current squad

As of 22 November, 2023. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU Elias Valencia 3 DF  ECU Joshué Quiñónez (on loan from Barcelona SC) 4 DF  ECU Kevin Minda 7 MF  ECU Aaron Rodriguez 8 MF  ECU Emiliano Clavijo 9 FW  PAN José Fajardo (on loan from C.A. Independiente) 10 MF  ARG Facundo Martínez 11 MF  ECU Janus Vivar 12 GK  ECU Johan Lara 15 DF  ECU Gustavo Vallecilla 16 FW  ECU Jhon Cifuente 18 DF  ECU Layan Loor

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ECU Luis Castillo 21 MF  ARG Luciano Nieto 22 GK  VEN Rafael Romo 24 DF  ECU Rockson Renteria 25 FW  ECU Jordan Yépez 26 MF  ECU Santiago Zamora 27 MF  PER Kevin Quevedo 28 MF  ARG Mauro Díaz 29 DF  ECU Gregori Anangonó 30 FW  PAN Ismael Díaz 37 DF  ARG Fausto Grillo 55 MF  ECU Rooney Troya

Managers

• Jorge Célico (September 21, 2010 – August 5, 2014)
• Luis Soler (August 5, 2014 – October 5, 2014)
• Jorge Célico (5 October 2014 – July 17, 2017)
• Patricio Lara (July 17, 2017 – July 24, 2017)
• Gustavo Díaz (July 25, 2017 – August 26, 2017)
• Marcelo Romano (August 27, 2017 – November 4, 2017)
• Santiago Escobar (November 4, 2017 – October 25, 2021)
• Miguel Rondelli (October 26, 2021 – December 31, 2023)

Kit and colours

They wear sky blue on their home kit and white on their away kit. Their kit is supplied by Umbro.

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)

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