S.D. Aucas

Overview

The team is named after the Auca tribe, who are also called Huaorani. The club originally belonged to Royal Dutch Shell, which had been operating oil fields in the east of Ecuador where the Aucas live. The club's main uniforms colours, yellow and red, were taken from the colours used by Shell to market their products and services. The alternate uniform is grey, except for the commercial advertisements and numbers and names of players, which are red.

Players who have played for Aucas include Argentinian and nationalised Ecuadorian forward Ariel Graziani, forward Nicolás Asencio, forward Agustin Delgado, forward Édison Maldonado, Ecuador international defender Giovanny Espinoza, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita.

Aucas won their first Serie A title in 2022 under the tenure of Venezuelan manager César Farías by winning the competition's second stage without losing a single game and then beating Barcelona in the finals. This win also qualified them to the 2023 Copa Libertadores, the first time they competed in the continental tournament.

Honours

National

• Serie A
  • Winners (1): 2022
• Serie B
  • Winners (3): 1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014
• Segunda Categoría
  • Winners (2): 1986 E2, 2012

Regional

• Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha
  • Winners (6): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
• Campeonato Professional Interandino
  • Winners (2): 1959, 1962
• Segunda Categoría de Pichincha
  • Winners (7): 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 2010, 2011, 2012

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances ::2023: Group Stage ::2024: First Qualifying Stage

• Copa Sudamericana: 5 appearances ::2002: First Round ::2004: Second Round ::2016: First Round ::2020: First Round ::2021: Group Stage

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the FIFA World Cup while contracted to Aucas.

• Ecuador Giovanny Espinoza (2002)
• Ecuador Damián Enrique Lanza (2006)
• Ecuador Hernán Galíndez (2022)

Managers

• ECU Ernesto Guerra (1975, 1986–1987, 1989)
• ECU Carlos Cuvi (1995)
• ECU Polo Carrera (1995)
• COL Leonel Montoya (1996)
• ECU Alfredo Encalada (1994, 1996)
• ECU Homero Mistral Valencia (1995, 1996–1997)
• URU Juan Ramón Silva (1998–1999)
• BOL Ramiro Blacut (1999–2000)
• URU Gerardo Pelusso (2001–2002)
• ARG Salvador Raguza (2002)
• URU Adan Machado (2002)
• ECU Carlos Sevilla (2003)
• COL Luis Fernando Suárez (2003–2004)
• COL Javier Álvarez Arteaga (2004–2005)
• SRB Dragan Miranović (2005–2006)
• URU Diego Aguirre (2006)
• ECU Fausto Carrera (2006)
• ARG Juan Amador Sánchez (2006–2007)
• URU Fernando Rodriguez Riolfo (2007)
• URU Carlos Berrueta (2007)
• ARG Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2008)
• ECU Carlos Calderón (2008)
• BOL Marco Etcheverry (2009)
• ECU Polo Carrera (2009)
• ECU Alfredo Encalada (2011–2012)
• ARG Julio Asad (2012–2013)
• URU Juan Ramón Silva (2014)
• ARG Carlos Ischia (2015–2016)
• URU Tabaré Silva (2016)
• COL Armando Osma (2009, 2016–2017)
• ARG Darío Tempesta (2017, 2020–2021)
• ARG Luis Soler (2018)
• URU Eduardo Favaro (2019)
• ARG Gabriel Schürrer (2019)
• ARG Héctor Bidoglio (2021)
• VEN César Farías (2022–2023)
• COL Santiago Escobar (2023)
• MEX Gerardo Espinoza (2024)
• ARG Jorge Alfonso (2024)

References

References

1. "El 'Potro' Figueroa aún es el ídolo del 'Ídolo' de Quito".
2. "El ‘Ídolo del Pueblo’, a las puertas de la gloria".
3. (July 2025). "El Papá Aucas es de primera".
4. "Koob Hurtado listo para militar en el equipo Oriental".
5. (17 December 2025). "RED&GOLD FOOTBALL TO PARTNER WITH S.D. AUCAS OF ECUADOR".
6. "RED&GOLD FOOTBALL SE ASOCIA CON S.D. AUCAS DE ECUADOR".
7. (17 December 2025). "RED&GOLD FOOTBALL COLABORARÁ EN EL FUTURO CON EL S.D. AUCAS DE ECUADOR".
8. (17 December 2025). "Red&Gold Football to Partner with S.D. Aucas of Ecuador".