Aucas

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
Nickname(s)	Orientales El Ídolo de Quito (The Idol of Quito) El Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People)
Founded	6 February 1945; 79 years ago (1945-02-06)
Ground	Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Quito, Ecuador
Capacity	18,799
Chairman	Danny Walker
Manager	Gabriel Pereyra
League	Ecuadorian Serie A
2023	Serie A, 5th of 16
Website	http://www.aucas.ec/wordpress/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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.

• Serie A
  • Winners (1): 2022
• Serie B
  • Winners (3): 1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014
• Segunda Categoría
  • Winners (2): 1986 E2, 2012

• 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

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2023: Group Stage

2024: First Qualifying Stage

• Copa Sudamericana: 5 appearances

2002: First Round

2004: Second Round

2016: First Round

2020: First Round

2021: Group Stage

As of 20 July, 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Federico Lanzillota (on loan from Argentinos Juniors) 3 DF  ECU John Ontaneda 4 DF  ARG Patricio Pizarro (on loan from Huracán) 5 MF  ECU Piero Guzmán 8 DF  ECU Angelo Mina 9 FW  COL Jean Carlos Blanco 10 MF  ECU Michael Carcelén 11 MF  ECU Hancel Batalla 12 GK  ECU Bismar Castro 13 MF  ECU Edison Caicedo 14 MF  ECU Ronald Briones

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ECU Jonnathan Mina 16 DF  PAR Carlos Rolón 18 DF  ARG Juan González (on loan from Chacarita Juniors) 19 FW  ARG Facundo Callejo 22 MF  ECU Luis Cano 23 MF  ECU Jordán Mohor 24 GK  MEX Edson Reséndez 25 MF  ECU Renny Jaramillo 30 MF  ECU Diego Espinoza 31 DF  ECU Byron Carabalí 37 FW  ECU Cristhoper Zambrano 99 FW  ECU Ronald Perlaza

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TRI Aubrey David (on loan to Cartaginés) — MF  ECU Michael Mieles (on loan to Delfín S.C.) — MF  ARG Mario Sanabria (on loan to Deportivo Riestra)

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the FIFA World Cup while contracted to Aucas.

• Official website (in Spanish)