Sociedad Deportiva Aucas

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Aucas
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Aucas
NicknamesÍdolo de Quito (The Idol of Quito)[1]
Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People)[2]
Papá Aucas[3]
Equipo Oriental[4]
Founded6 February 1945 (1945-02-06)
GroundEstadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda
Quito, Ecuador
Capacity18,799
ChairmanDanny Walker
ManagerNorberto Araujo
LeagueEcuadorian Serie A
2025First stage: 9th of 16
Second hexagonal: 3rd of 6
Websitewww.aucas.ec

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.

In December 2025, Red&Gold Football, a joint venture between German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and American Major League Soccer (MLS) club Los Angeles FC, became partners with the club, forming a long-term commitment in order to identify and develop elite talent across the continent.[5][6][7][8]

Overview

Aucas' 1945 Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha winning squad
Superclásico in Quito, 2005

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.

Honours

National

Regional

  • 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

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

2023: Group Stage
2024: First Qualifying Stage
2002: First Round
2004: Second Round
2016: First Round
2020: First Round
2021: Group Stage
2025: First Round

Players

Current squad

As of 11 April 2026

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 Iván Chaves (on loan from Patronato)
2 DF  ARG Santiago Morales (on loan from Atlético Sarmiento)
3 DF  ECU John Ontaneda
5 MF  ECU Thiago Serpa
6 MF  ARG Agostino Spina (on loan from Huracán)
7 FW  BOL Bruno Miranda
10 FW  ECU Ayrton Preciado
11 MF  ECU Romario Bolaños
12 GK  ECU Jefferson Cabezas
13 GK  ECU Hamilton Piedra
14 MF  COL Stiven Tapiero
16 DF  ECU Luis Gustavino
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ECU Andrés Mena
19 DF  ECU Carlos Cuero
21 MF  ECU Piero Guzman
28 MF  ECU Ederson Quiñónez
29 FW  ECU Luis Arroyo
31 DF  ECU Byron Carabali
33 FW  ECU Snayder Porozo
37 DF  ECU Alex Zova
55 DF  ECU Virgilio Olaya
57 FW  ECU Maverick Vera
89 FW  ARG Alexander Sosa
91 MF  ECU Danny Luna
99 FW  DOM Erick Japa

Out on loan

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
— MF  ECU Diego Espinoza (on loan to Deportivo Quito)
— MF  ECU Michael Carcelén (on loan to Querétaro)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ECU Edison Gruezo (on loan to Querétaro)
— FW  ECU Cristhoper Zambrano (on loan to Al Taawoun)

World Cup players

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

Former presidents

Name Years
Netherlands Federico Hulswit 1945-1950
Ecuador Guillermo Alarcón 1951
Ecuador Cristóbal Cornejo 1952
Ecuador Gabriela Landeta 1953
Ecuador Francisco López Campana 1954
Ecuador Agustín Arias 1955
Ecuador Héctor Álvarez 1955
Ecuador Félix Vega 1956
Ecuador Eduardo Moreano 1956-1957
Ecuador Bolívar Pico 1958
Ecuador Víctor Cortez 1959
Ecuador Astor Fabián Vizcaíno 1959
Ecuador Eduardo Pérez 1960
Ecuador Astor Fabián Vizcaíno 1961-1964
Ecuador Conto Patiño Martínez 1965
Ecuador Astor Fabián Vizcaíno 1966-1967
Ecuador Jaime Wandeberg 1968
Ecuador José Zúñiga Villalobos 1969
Ecuador Jorge Wohlgemuth 1970
Ecuador Hernán Chiriboga 1971
Ecuador Gustavo Herdoíza León 1971-1972
Ecuador Marco Tulio Cordero 1973-1974
Ecuador Mario Ferri 1974
Ecuador Gustavo Herdoíza León 1975-1976
Ecuador Enrique Zaldumbide 1977-1978
Ecuador Luis Rosanía Dávila 1979-1980
Ecuador Lenín Rosero 1981-1982
Ecuador Jaime Del Castillo Bedach 1983
Ecuador Diego Del Castillo Dedach 1983
Ecuador Guillermo Herrera 1984
Ecuador Jaime Bowen 1984-1989
Ecuador Guillermo Herrera 1990
Ecuador Humberto Rodríguez Ortiz 1991-1992
Ecuador Alberto Ayala 1993
Ecuador Ramiro Montenegro López 1994-2004
Ecuador Fernando Hinojosa 2005-2007
Ecuador Ramiro Montenegro López 2008-2009
Ecuador Luis Alonso Moreno 2009-2010
Ecuador Alberto Ayala 2010-2012
Ecuador Ramiro Gordón 2012-2013
Ecuador Mónica Gordón 2013
Ecuador Rodrigo Espinoza 2013-2014
Ecuador Ximena Moreta 2014-2016
Ecuador Darwin Romero 2016-2018
Ecuador Danny Walker 2018-present

Managers

References