S.D. Aucas
Ecuadorian football club
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Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (Spanish pronunciation: [sosjeˈðað ðepoɾˈtiβa ˈawkas]), also known as "Papá Aucas", 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. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of its long history in the Serie A. The team also has a major rivalry in L.D.U. Quito, which they contest one of the most prestigious derbies in all of Ecuador, and the most prestigious in Quito.
Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People)[2]
Papá Aucas[3]
Equipo Oriental[4]
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| Full name | Sociedad Deportiva Aucas | |||
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| Nicknames | Ídolo de Quito (The Idol of Quito)[1] Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People)[2] Papá Aucas[3] Equipo Oriental[4] | |||
| Founded | 6 February 1945 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Quito, Ecuador | |||
| Capacity | 18,799 | |||
| Chairman | Danny Walker | |||
| Manager | Juan Pablo Buch | |||
| League | Ecuadorian Serie A | |||
| 2025 | First stage: 9th of 16 Second hexagonal: 3rd of 6 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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On December 2025, Red&Gold Football, a joint venture between German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and American Major League Soccer (MLS) club Los Angeles FC, became partners with the club, forming a long-term commitment in order to identify and develop elite talent across the continent.[5][6][7][8]
Overview
The team is named after the Auca tribe, who are also called Huaorani. The club originally belonged to Royal Dutch Shell, which had been operating oil fields in the east of Ecuador where the Aucas live. The club's main uniforms colours, yellow and red, were taken from the colours used by Shell to market their products and services. The alternate uniform is grey, except for the commercial advertisements and numbers and names of players, which are red.
Players who have played for Aucas include Argentinian and nationalised Ecuadorian forward Ariel Graziani, forward Nicolás Asencio, forward Agustin Delgado, forward Édison Maldonado, Ecuador international defender Giovanny Espinoza, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita.
Aucas won their first Serie A title in 2022 under the tenure of Venezuelan manager César Farías by winning the competition's second stage without losing a single game and then beating Barcelona in the finals. This win also qualified them to the 2023 Copa Libertadores, the first time they competed in the continental tournament.
Honours
National
- Serie A
- Winners (1): 2022
- Serie B
- Winners (3): 1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014
- Segunda Categoría
- Winners (2): 1986 E2, 2012
Regional
- Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha
- Winners (6): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
- Campeonato Professional Interandino
- Winners (2): 1959, 1962
- Segunda Categoría de Pichincha
- Winners (7): 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 2010, 2011, 2012
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances
- Copa Sudamericana: 5 appearances
Players
Current squad
- As of 20 August 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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World Cup players
The following players were chosen to represent their country at the FIFA World Cup while contracted to Aucas.
Giovanny Espinoza (2002)- Damián Enrique Lanza (2006)
- Hernán Galíndez (2022)
Managers
- Ernesto Guerra (1975, 1986–1987, 1989)
- Carlos Cuvi (1995)
- Polo Carrera (1995)
Leonel Montoya (1996)- Alfredo Encalada (1994, 1996)
- Homero Mistral Valencia (1995, 1996–1997)
Juan Ramón Silva (1998–1999)
Ramiro Blacut (1999–2000)- Gerardo Pelusso (2001–2002)
Salvador Raguza (2002)- Adan Machado (2002)
- Carlos Sevilla (2003)
- Luis Fernando Suárez (2003–2004)
- Javier Álvarez Arteaga (2004–2005)
Dragan Miranović (2005–2006)- Diego Aguirre (2006)
- Fausto Carrera (2006)
- Juan Amador Sánchez (2006–2007)
- Fernando Rodriguez Riolfo (2007)
- Carlos Berrueta (2007)
- Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2008)
- Carlos Calderón (2008)
- Marco Etcheverry (2009)
- Polo Carrera (2009)
- Alfredo Encalada (2011–2012)
- Julio Asad (2012–2013)
- Juan Ramón Silva (2014)
- Carlos Ischia (2015–2016)
- Tabaré Silva (2016)
- Armando Osma (2009, 2016–2017)
- Darío Tempesta (2017, 2020–2021)
- Luis Soler (2018)
- Eduardo Favaro (2019)
- Gabriel Schürrer (2019)
- Héctor Bidoglio (2021)
César Farías (2022–2023)- Santiago Escobar (2023)
Gerardo Espinoza (2024)- Jorge Alfonso (2024)
