Guayaquil City F.C.

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.

Guayaquil City
Full nameGuayaquil City Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)El Equipo de la Ciudad
Founded7 November 2007 (2007-11-07)
GroundEstadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Capacity10,152
PresidentIván Mendoza
ManagerPool Gavilánez
LeagueSerie A
201912th
WebsiteClub website

History

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]

Statistics

Serie A
  • Seasons: 3 (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Matches played: 132
    • Wins: 38
    • Draws: 32
    • Losses: 62
  • Goals for: 137
  • Goals against: 184
  • Goals difference: -47
  • Points: 146
  • All-time position: 7th

Serie B
  • Seasons: 5 (2010–2014)

Segunda Categoría
  • Seasons: 2 (2008–2009)

Players

Current squad

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 Xavier Cevallos
2 DF  ARG Alan Aguirre
4 DF  ECU Jairo Jiménez
10 MF  ARG Ariel Cháves
12 GK  ECU Bolívar Pico
13 MF  ECU Fernando Gaibor (on loan from Independiente)
14 MF  ECU Segundo Castillo
15 MF  ECU Kevin Sambonino
18 MF  ECU Flavio Caicedo
27 MF  ECU Willian Vargas
28 GK  ECU Gonzalo Valle
30 DF  ECU Carlos Alberto Castro
40 MF  ECU Jonathan Cevallos
No. Pos. Nation Player
49 FW  ECU Miguel Parrales (on loan from Universidad Católica)
83 MF  ECU Jean Humanante
— GK  ECU Máximo Banguera
— DF  ECU Bryan Rivera (on loan from Barcelona S.C.)
— DF  URU Agustín Ale (on loan from River Plate Montevideo)
— MF  ECU David Noboa
— MF  ARG Robertino Insúa
— MF  ECU Anderson Naula
— MF  ECU Manuel Balda
— MF  ECU Abel Casquete
— MF  ECU Marcos Caicedo (on loan from L.D.U. Quito)
— FW  ECU Jorge Ordóñez
— FW  ECU Ángelo Quiñónez (on loan from Barcelona S.C.)

Managers

References
  1. "Los cuatro River de América" [The Four River of the Americas]. El País (in Spanish). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. "River Ecuador jugará desde este viernes como Guayaquil City FC" [River Ecuador will play from this Friday as Guayaquil City FC]. El Universo. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. "Guayaquil City FC es la primera filial del Manchester de Pep Guardiola en Sudamérica" [Guayaquil City FC is the first affiliate of Pep Guardiola's Manchester in South America]. depor.com. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.


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