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Universidad Católica del Ecuador 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.

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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	15 May 1963; 59 years ago (1963-05-15)[1]
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Capacity	35,742
President	Santiago Cattani
Manager	Miguel Rondelli
League	Serie A
2021	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Universidad Católica was officially founded on 15 May 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 15 May 1963 under Liga Deportiva de la Universidad Católica.

On 15 January 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 and 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 and 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

Current squad

• As of 5 March 2022.

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  ECU Darwin Cuero 4 DF  ECU Kevin Minda 5 MF  ECU Andrés Oña 6 DF  ECU Bryan Caicedo 8 MF  USA Andrew Draper 9 FW  ARG Lisandro Alzugaray 10 MF  ARG Facundo Martínez 11 MF  ECU Janus Vivar 12 GK  ECU José Cárdenas 13 DF  ECU Marco Carrasco 14 MF  ECU José Carabalí 16 FW  ECU Walter Chalá 17 DF  COL Yuber Mosquera

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  ECU Layan Loor 19 FW  COL Cristian Martínez 21 DF  ECU Andersson Ordóñez 22 GK  ECU Lucas Cueva 23 FW  COL Rodrigo Rivas 24 DF  ECU Rockson Renteria 26 MF  ECU Santiago Zamora 28 MF  ECU Aaron Rodriguez 29 DF  ECU Gregori Anangonó 30 FW  PAN Ismael Díaz 37 DF  ECU Gustavo Cortez (on loan from Racing Club) 40 MF  ECU Williams Cevallos

Managers

• Jorge Célico (September 21, 2010 - August 5, 2014)
• Luis Soler (August 5, 2014 - October 5, 2014)
• Jorge Célico (5 October 2014 - July 17, 2017)
• Patricio Lara (July 17, 2017 - July 24, 2017)
• Gustavo Díaz (July 25, 2017 - August 26, 2017)
• Marcelo Romano (August 27, 2017 - November 4, 2017)
• Santiago Escobar (November 4, 2017 - October 25, 2021)
• Miguel Rondelli (October 26, 2021-

Kit and colours

They wear sky blue on their home kit and white on their away kit. Their kit is supplied by Umbro.

References

External links

Media related to Club Deportivo de la Universidad Católica (Ecuador) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Spanish)

На других языках

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[de] Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Club Deportivo de la Universidad Católica del Ecuador ist ein 1963 gegründeter ecuadorianischer Fußballverein aus der Hauptstadt Quito, Provinz Pichincha, der zurzeit in der Serie A spielt.

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- [en] C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador

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[es] Club Deportivo de la Universidad Católica (Ecuador)

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, mayormente conocido como Universidad Católica, es un club deportivo ecuatoriano originario de la ciudad de Quito, fundado el 15 de mayo de 1963.[5] Actualmente disputa la Serie A de Ecuador.

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[ru] Универсидад Католика (футбольный клуб, Кито)

«Универсида́д Като́лика» (исп. Club Deportivo de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador) — эквадорский футбольный клуб из Кито. Выступает в Чемпионате Эквадора по футболу.

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