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.
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Full name | Guayaquil City Fútbol Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | El Equipo de la Ciudad | |||
Founded | 7 November 2007; 14 years ago (2007-11-07) | |||
Ground | Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador. | |||
Capacity | 10,152 | |||
President | Iván Mendoza | |||
Manager | Pool Gavilánez | |||
League | Serie A | |||
2021 | 14th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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