Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929, or simply Catanzaro, is a professional football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy, that competes in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football championship, following a 17-year absence from it.
Brescia Calcio, commonly referred to as Brescia, is an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy, that currently plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football.
Modena Football Club 2018, commonly referred to as Modena, is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1912, and refounded in 2018, having spent the majority of its existence playing in Serie B. They play in Serie B, having won 2021–22 Serie C's Group B title.
Club Sport Emelec is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country.
Manta was founded in 1998 after the purchase of the franchise rights from the defunct Manta Sport. From 1999–2001, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría, the third tier of Ecuadorian football league system before being promoted in 2002 to Serie. Manta won promotion again in 2003 to Serie A for the first time but finished poorly and were relegated back to Serie B where they would spend the next 6 seasons. 2009 saw the club back in Serie A but no titles were forthcoming and they were relegated again in 2014.
9 de Octubre Fútbol Club, simply referred to as Nueve (9) de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.
The Opel Manta is a rear-wheel-drive sports coupé built by German manufacturer Opel in two generations from 1970 to 1988. The Manta was a mildly sporting coupé based on the Ascona family car, competing with cars such as the Ford Capri. The Manta remained rear-wheel drive for both generations and also saw certain competition success. Its name comes from the manta ray.
Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont.
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Acireale Calcio 1946 is an Italian association football club, based in Acireale, a city of 57,000 inhabitants 18 km away from Catania in Sicily. The club currently plays in Serie D, although they have played for two seasons in Serie B.
The Estadio Municipal Jocay is a multi-use stadium in Manta, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Delfín S.C. of the Serie A de Ecuador and Manta F.C. of the Serie B de Ecuador. The stadium holds 21,000 spectators and opened on 14 January 1962. It is the most westerly stadium in South America.
Club Atlético Green Cross is a football club based in Manta, Ecuador, founded on January 12, 1961. In 1991 the team won the title in the Serie B E1.
Acqui Football Club is an Italian association football club, based in Acqui Terme, Piedmont. Currently it plays in Eccellenza.
Delfín Sporting Club, lit.'dolphin Sporting Club',is an association football club based in Manta, Ecuador. The club was founded on 1 March 1989 after Club Deportivo 9 de Octubre was ceded to a group of directors, which had Club Social Delfín. Later the team renamed Delfín Sporting Club. The club currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of Ecuadorian football.
Club Deportivo América, commonly known as América de Manta, was an Ecuadorian football club based in Manta. Founded in 1923, it participated in the Serie A for two seasons in 1964 and 1966. It dissolved in 1995.
Club Deportivo INECEL was an Ecuadorian football club based in Manta. It was founded on June 15, 1962, by the employees of the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Electrificación (INECEL). It participated in the Serie A for just one season in 1969. After of the relegation, the club disappeared in 1970.
Club Deportivo Estibadores Navales was an Ecuadorian football club based in Manta. Founded in 1962, In 1963, it became the first club from Manabí to play in the Serie A. While in their second season in the league in 1968, the club dissolved amidst economic reasons in 1970.
Carlos Jhon Garcés Acosta is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cienciano and the Ecuador national team.
Fabián Daniel Bustos Barbero is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes.
Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ecuadorian Serie B club Manta.
The 2019 Copa Ecuador was the first edition of the Copa Ecuador, Ecuador's domestic football cup. It began with the first round on 10 November 2018 and concluded with its double-legged final on 10 and 16 November 2019. LDU Quito were the winners, beating Delfín on away goals after tying 3–3 on aggregate score. They would have qualified for the 2020 Copa Sudamericana, but since they had already qualified for international competition through their league performance as well as the runners-up and both semifinalists, the berth was reallocated to the ninth-placed team of the league, El Nacional.
