Guayaquil City F.C.

Guayaquil City F.C. (known as C.D. River Ecuador until 2017) is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Guayaquil. They currently play in the country's first-level football league—the Serie A—after gaining promotion from the segunda-level Primera Categoria.

Guayaquil City
Full nameGuayaquil City Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)El Equipo de la Ciudad
Founded7 November 2007 (2007-11-07)
GroundEstadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Capacity10,152
PresidentIván Mendoza
ManagerPool Gavilánez
LeagueSerie A
201912th
WebsiteClub website

History
The badge of River Ecuador, 2010–2012

Formed in 2007 as Club Deportivo River Plate Ecuador (or River Ecuador), the club was founded through a partnership with the dominant Argentinian side River Plate.[1] By 2010 the relationship had already ended, but the club continued to operate under its given name and with River Plate's traditional red kit colour.[1]

On 11 July 2017 it was announced that River Ecuador had renamed themselves to Guayaquil City Fútbol Club, changing their strip to sky blue and white horizontal stripes.[2] The new name, kit colours and badge design prompted a number of claims that the change in identity was the result of a takeover by the Manchester City-linked City Football Group, though no evidence of this was forthcoming.[3]

Statistics

Serie A
  • Seasons: 3 (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Matches played: 132
    • Wins: 38
    • Draws: 32
    • Losses: 62
  • Goals for: 137
  • Goals against: 184
  • Goals difference: -47
  • Points: 146
  • All-time position: 7th

Serie B
  • Seasons: 5 (2010–2014)

Segunda Categoría
  • Seasons: 2 (2008–2009)

Players

Current squad

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 Daniel Viteri
2 DF Alan Aguirre
3 DF Kevin Becerra
4 DF Jairo Jiménez
5 MF Matías Duffard
6 MF Luis Cano
7 MF Anderson Naula
8 FW Marcos Mondaini
9 FW Gonzalo Mastriani
10 MF Ariel Cháves
11 MF Michael Hoyos (Captain)
12 GK Bolívar Pico
14 MF Segundo Castillo
15 MF Kevin Sambonino
No. Position Player
18 MF José Ribas
19 DF Ángel Gracia
20 MF Gonzalo Ritacco
23 DF Luca Sosa
25 DF Carlos Alberto Castro
27 MF Willian Vargas
28 GK Gonzalo Valle
30 FW Stick Castro
33 MF Bruno Téliz
40 MF Jonathan Cevallos
49 FW Miguel Parrales (on loan from Universidad Católica)
83 MF Jean Humanante
— GK Xavier Cevallos

Managers

References
  1. "Los cuatro River de América" [The Four River of the Americas]. El País (in Spanish). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. "River Ecuador jugará desde este viernes como Guayaquil City FC" [River Ecuador will play from this Friday as Guayaquil City FC]. El Universo. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. "Guayaquil City FC es la primera filial del Manchester de Pep Guardiola en Sudamérica" [Guayaquil City FC is the first affiliate of Pep Guardiola's Manchester in South America]. depor.com. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.


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