Guayaquil City F.C.

Guayaquil City

Full name	Guayaquil City Fútbol Club
Nicknames	El Equipo de la Ciudad Los Ciudadanos Los Ciitadinos Los Celestes Los Albicelestes
Founded	7 November 2007;18 years ago (2007-11-07)
Ground	Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Capacity	10,152
President	Christian Zamora
Manager	Pool Gavilánez
League	LigaPro Serie A
2025	Serie B, 1st of 12 (promoted)
Website	www.guayaquilcityfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 top tier-level football league, the Ecuadorian Serie A after to winning from the Ecuadorian Serie B at the end of the 2025 season.

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: 9 (2015–2023)
• 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

As of 26 March 2025

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   ECU Bolívar Pico 3 DF   ECU Yardely Rodríguez 4 DF   ECU Erick Ladines 5 DF   PAR Luis Palma 6 DF   ECU Roger Arias 8 MF   COL David Quintero 9 FW   PAR Manu Palma 10 MF   ECU Miller Bolaños (captain) 11 FW   ECU Edinson Mero 12 GK   ECU Bryan Caicedo 14 MF   ECU Kenneth Ortiz 15 MF   ECU Kevin Sambonino 16 FW   ECU Angello Peralta

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   ECU Junior Ayoví 19 FW   ECU Anderson Naula 20 MF   URU Santiago Laurino 21 DF   ECU Jonathan Ordóñez 23 FW   ECU Edwin Angulo 25 GK   ECU Eved Sanchez 26 DF   ECU Marlon Mejía 27 FW   ECU John Santacruz 31 DF   ECU Esnáider Cabezas 38 MF   ECU Éder Cetré 50 MF   ECU Cesar Parra 55 FW   ECU Leonardo Chávez 70 FW   ECU Pablo Mancilla

Managers

• Kléber Fajardo (2007)
• César Vigevani (2008–2010)
• Kléber Fajardo (2012)
• Humberto Pizarro (2012–2015)
• Marcelo Trobbiani (2015)
• Guillermo Sanguinetti (2016)
• Pablo Trobbiani (interim) (2016)
• Ángel Gómez (2017)
• Gabriel Perrone (2017)
• Pool Gavilánez (2017–present)

External links

• Media related to Guayaquil City Fútbol Club at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in Spanish)

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.