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| Full name | Guayaquil City Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | El Equipo de la Ciudad | |||
| Founded | 7 November 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-07) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador. | |||
| Capacity | 10,152 | |||
| President | Iván Mendoza | |||
| Manager | Pool Gavilánez | |||
| League | Ecuadorian Serie B | |||
| 2023 | Serie A, 16th of 16 (relegated) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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, 2023. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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
- ^ "Los cuatro River de América" [The Four River of the Americas]. El País (in Spanish). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "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.
- "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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