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| Full name | Manta Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Celestes (Sky blues) Pesqueros (Fishermen) Atuneros (Tuna fishermen) | |||
| Founded | 27 July 1998; 26 years ago (1998-07-27) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Jocay | |||
| Capacity | 18,125 | |||
| Chairman | Jaime Estrada Medranda | |||
| Manager | Lenny Jiménez | |||
| League | Serie B | |||
| 2024 | 2nd | |||
| Website | http://www.mantafutbolclub.com/ | |||
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Manta Fútbol Club is a professional football club from the city of Manta, Ecuador. Founded in 1998, they play in Serie A.
History
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 B. 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 six seasons. 2009 saw the club back in Serie A but no titles were forthcoming and they were relegated again in 2014.
They got promoted back to the Serie A in 2020 played in the first tier after a seven-year absence. After one season, they suffered another relegation, only returning to the top tier in 2024 after finishing second in the year's Serie B.
Honours
- Serie B
- Champions (1): 2008
Players
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Managers
Fabián Bustos (July 14, 2009 – Dec 15, 2010)- Gabriel Perrone (Dec 15, 2010 – May 3, 2011)
Armando Osma (Aug 30, 2011 – Dec 13, 2012)
Edwin Cózar (Dec 15, 2012 – June 30, 2013)- Fabián Bustos (July 2, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
- Juan Manuel Llop (Jan 1, 2014 – Aug 1, 2014)
- Jorge Alfonso (Aug 1, 2014 – Jan 1, 2015)
- Jefferson Huerta (Jan 1, 2015–)
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
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