Guayaquil City F.C.

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Guayaquil City
Guayaquil City F.C. badge.jpg
Full nameGuayaquil City Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)El Equipo de la Ciudad
Founded7 November 2007; 14 years ago (2007-11-07)
GroundEstadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Capacity10,152
PresidentIván Mendoza
ManagerPool Gavilánez
LeagueSerie A
202114th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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.

History[]

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ecuador ECU Gonzalo Valle
2 DF Argentina ARG Alan Aguirre
4 DF Ecuador ECU Jairo Jiménez
5 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Marques
6 MF Ecuador ECU David Noboa
7 MF Brazil BRA Ramon
8 DF Brazil BRA Klebinho
9 FW Ecuador ECU Miguel Parrales
10 MF Ecuador ECU Jordan Rezabala (on loan from Club Tijuana)
11 FW Ecuador ECU Angelo Quiñónez
14 MF Ecuador ECU Flavio Caicedo
15 MF Ecuador ECU Kevin Sambonino
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Uruguay URU Renato César
17 DF Ecuador ECU Junior Ayoví
19 MF Ecuador ECU Edu Pineda
24 GK Ecuador ECU Gabriel Cevallos
25 MF Ecuador ECU Jean Humanante
26 FW Paraguay PAR Julio Villalba
29 DF Ecuador ECU Roger Arias
31 MF Ecuador ECU Esnaider Cabezas
40 DF Ecuador ECU Stik Castro
— MF Ecuador ECU Matías Oyola

Managers[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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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