Club Deportivo Universidad Católica del Ecuador

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Universidad Catolica

Full name

Club Deportivo de la Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Nickname(s)

"Los Camarattas",
"El Trencito Azul",
"Chatoleii"

Founded

June 26, 1963

Ground

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa,
Quito, Ecuador
(Capacity 39,816)

Chairman

Miguel Ordóñez Villacreses

Manager

Victor Marchesini

League

Serie A

2007 season

Serie B, Champions





Home colours





Away colours

The Club Deportivo Universidad Católica del Ecuador is a soccer club based in Quito, Ecuador. Currently is playing on the first division (Serie A) of the national championship

[edit] History

It was originally founded as Liga Deportiva de la Universidad Católica once the team became Champion of the Interuniversitario in Guayaquil in 1962. It's first president was Doctor Manuel de Guzmán Polanco. By ministerial agreement number 947, of the 15 of May of 1963, the statutes of the club were approved. This is the legal foundation like institution. Amateur of Pichincha in 1963 participated in the championship. He militated in the ascent division and was left champion in January of 1965, gaining to the equipment Gladiator by a goal to zero, and with it he obtained the right to military man in the professional series. The goal of the triumph was obtained by Oswaldo Orb, of penal shot. Catholic university classified champion in XII the organized match pro AFNA. The equipment was directed by the Italian Vesillo Bártoli. In the end, the 24 of October of 1965, overcame the National. In that same year the Andean Championship was made being left Champion of Quito. The formation was: Doorman: Chiriboga; Escalante, Ruiz, Carlos Gutiérrez, Luque, Francisco Taboada, Horseman, Valerio Ferreira, Ramiro Tobar, Agustín Cross and Trim off lower branches of. The result was a victory of two goals to zero. In 1973 and 1979 he was Ecuadorian runner-up. The Glass Liberating of America of editions 1974 and 1980 played. For the first time in his history, it descended to Second Division in 1993, to return to Series B in 1998. Since then the ascent to the Series To Ecuadorian has fought, obtaining it at the end of 2007.