Guayaquil City F.C.

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Guayaquil City
Guayaquil City F.C. badge.jpg
Full nameGuayaquil City Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)El Equipo de la Ciudad
Founded7 November 2007;17 years ago (2007-11-07)
Ground Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Capacity10,152
PresidentIván Mendoza
Manager Pool Gavilánez
League Ecuadorian Serie B
2023 Serie A, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website www.guayaquilcityfc.com
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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 second-level football league, the Serie B, after being relegated from the top tier Ecuadorian Serie A at the end of the 2023 season.

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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

Serie B

Segunda Categoría

Players

Current squad

As of 26 March, 2023.Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Klebinho
3 DF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU John Narváez
6 DF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Roger Arias
7 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Wiston Fernández
8 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Jean Humanante
14 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Manuel Corozo
15 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Kevin Sambonino
16 FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Renato César
17 DF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Junior Ayoví
18 FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Agustín Dávila (on loan from Boston River)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Emerson Espinoza
21 DF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Kevin Becerra
23 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Fernando Guerrero
28 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Jean Montaño
30 GK Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Bolivar Pico
37 DF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Carlos Medina
55 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Gustavo Nnachi
– DF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Marlon Mejia
– MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Silvano Estacio

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References

  1. 1 2 "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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