C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador

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.

For the Chilean football club, see Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.
Universidad Católica
Full nameClub Deportivo de la Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Nickname(s)Los Camaratas
El Trencito Azul (The Blue train)
Chatolei
Los Santos (The Saints)
FoundedMay 15, 1963[1]
GroundEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Capacity35,742
PresidentMiguel Almeida Suárez
ManagerSantiago Escobar
LeagueSerie A
20193rd, Quarter-finals
WebsiteClub website

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

Players

Current 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 GK Darwin Cuero
2 DF Rockson Renteria
3 DF Stalin Segura
4 MF Kevin Minda (on loan from LDU Quito)
5 MF Andrés Oña
6 DF Guillermo de los Santos
8 MF Diego Armas
9 FW Bryan de Jesús
10 MF Facundo Martínez
11 MF Jeison Chala
12 GK Hernán Galíndez (Captain)
13 MF Bryan Oña
14 MF José Carabalí
15 DF Gustavo Cortez
16 FW Walter Chalá
17 DF Yuber Mosquera
No. Position Player
18 FW Luis Estupiñán
19 FW Daniel Segura
20 MF Andrés Chicaiza (on loan from LDU Quito)
21 DF Jesus Castillo
22 MF Lucas Cueva
23 FW Juan Manuel Tévez
24 MF Carlos Peralta
25 DF Andrés López
26 MF Santiago Zamora
27 MF Jonathan Betancourt
28 MF Manuel Insaurralde (on loan from San Lorenzo)
30 MF Carlos Alvarado
31 FW Nazareno Bazán (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
32 FW Bruno Vides

References
  1. U. Católica

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