Delfín S.C.

Delfín SC was founded on 1 March 1989; after founder of Club Deportivo 9 de Octubre Pedro Azua ceded the team to a group of directors from Club Social Delfín. It was Efrén Delgado, Otto Schwarz, and Benincaza whom later joined to create 9 de Octubre-Delfín, which later it renamed Delfín Sporting Club. The club started off on a strong note winning the Serie B championship in 1989 and gaining promotion to the top-flight Serie A in its first season. Surprisingly, the young team was able to stay in Serie A until 1995, when it was relegated back to the Serie B. During their time in the Serie A, the club gained the nickname El ídolo de Manta (Manta's Idol), a nickname previously given to Manta Sport Club, which was Manta's previous team in the top-flight.

In 1998, the club returned to the top-flight, only to return to the Serie B in 1999 and bounce back up in 2000. Their last season in the Serie A was in 2001. In 2007, they were relegated to the third-level Segunda Categoría. Having gained promotion to the Ecuadorian Serie B, they were then promoted to the Ecuadorian Serie A for the 2016 season, in which their Argentine forward Maximiliano Barreiro was the league's top scorer, with 26 goals.

The following 2017 season was the club's historic year, standing strong with only one loss in the first leg of the season and winning La Primera Etapa of the Ecuadorian Serie A. This automatically qualified Delfín a spot for the first time to a Copa Libertadores, which made them the first team from the Manabi province to enter an international tournament. On 17 December, Delfín lost to Emelec 2–0 in the second leg of the final for the Ecuadorian Serie A championship in el Estadio Jocay and therefore ended the season as runner-up.

On 5 April 2018, Delfín achieved its first international win after defeating 2–0 Chilean club Colo-Colo at the 2018 Copa Libertadores.[1] Delfín ended in fourth place at the end of the season, which gave them a straight ticket to their second Copa Libertadores.

Estadio Jocay in Manta, Ecuador

2019 marked the greatest year for the team as they won their first Serie A title, and the first time a team from their province won any title. The final was played against Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito.

The club's biggest rival is LDU Portoviejo with whom they contest the Clásico Manabita.[2]

Delfín supporters at el Estadio Jocay.

Serie A

• Winners (1): 2019
• Runners-up (1): 2017

Serie B

• Winners (2): 1989 E1, 2015
• Runners-up (2): 1997, 2000

Copa Ecuador

• Runners-up (1): 2019

As of 27 January 2020

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  VEN Alain Baroja 4 DF  ECU Roberto Luzarraga 6 MF  COL Julián Guevara 7 FW  ECU Juan Diego Rojas 10 MF  ARG Oscar Benítez (on loan from Benfica) 13 FW  ECU Janner Corozo 16 FW  ECU Jhon Jairo Cifuente 17 MF  ECU Charles Vélez 19 MF  ECU Francisco Mera 20 FW  COL José Valencia 23 FW  ECU Alejandro Villalva 29 MF  ECU Yeison Guerrero 33 DF  ECU Luis Cangá

No. Pos. Nation Player 80 MF  ECU Julio Ortiz 90 GK  ECU Johan Padilla 99 GK  ECU Dennis Corozo — DF  ECU Joffre Monrroy — DF  ECU Fernando Pinillo — DF  ECU José Hernández — MF  ECU Luis Estupiñán — MF  ARG Juan Vieyra — MF  ARG Cristian García (on loan from Guillermo Brown) — MF  ECU Jostin Alman — MF  ECU Robert Burbano (on loan from Emelec) — FW  ECU Bryan de Jesús

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