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 May 15, 1963[1]
Ground Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Capacity 35,742
President Miguel Almeida Suárez
Manager Santiago Escobar
League Serie A
2016 7th
Website Club website

Universidad Católica del Ecuador is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They currently 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 May 15, 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 May 15, 1963 under Liga Deportiva de la Universidad Católica.

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

In 1973 & 1979, Universidad Católica finished second in the national championship. As a results, they were allowed to participate in the Copa Libertadores the following years (1974 & 1980). Although being in the First Category (Primera A & Primera B) for most of their history, 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

Squad

  • As of March 1, 2018.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Ecuador GK Patrixon Padilla
4 Ecuador DF César Obando
5 Ecuador MF Andrés Oña
6 Uruguay DF Guillermo De Los Santos
7 Ecuador FW Luis Miguel Escalada
8 Ecuador MF Richard Calderón
9 Ecuador FW Jordy Caicedo
10 Argentina MF Facundo Martínez
11 Ecuador MF Jeison Chala
12 Argentina GK Hernán Galíndez
15 Ecuador DF Gustavo Cortez
16 Ecuador FW Jhon Cifuente
No. Position Player
17 Colombia DF Yuber Mosquera
18 Ecuador FW Luis Ayoví
19 Ecuador FW Ronie Carrillo
22 Ecuador GK Ángel Mosquera
23 Colombia MF Daniel Buitrago
25 Ecuador DF Marcos López
26 Ecuador FW Johan Chávez
29 Ecuador MF Alex Peralta
30 Ecuador DF Jerry León
37 Ecuador MF Wílmer Godoy
40 Ecuador MF Wilmer Meneses
80 Ecuador FW Kevin Mercado

References

  1. ↑ U. Católica

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