Club Sport Patria

Patria

Full name	Club Sport Patria
Nickname(s)	"Decano del Fútbol Nacional", "El Equipo Patricio", "Los Patricios"
Founded	September 18, 1908
Ground	Estadio Samborondón Arena, Samborondón, Ecuador
Ground Capacity	2.200
Chairman	Carlos Xavier Andrade
Coach	Carlos Andrés Asanza
League	Segunda Categoría
2013	Segunda Categoría/A, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Club Sport Patria is a soccer club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Patria was one of the first football clubs founded in Ecuador and right now it is the oldest team in existence in the country.

History

The birth of Patria goes back to the year 1906 when a group of young men from the Atarazana neighborhood in Guayaquil got together and decided to create a sports club. They initially called their group simply as "Guayaquil". Two years later they got together once again, but this time they decided to make their club official and that is how the Club Sport Patria was born on September 18, 1908.

Mr. Agustín Febres-Cordero Tyler one of the club's original founders declared that the first fields where the team ever played were the streets of Guayaquil, some of them now very important streets in the city like the 9 de Octubre Avenue now one of the busiest streets in the city.

In 1958 and 1959, this team was unbeatable. They were a team to fear in the Ecuadorian league. They were considered a luxury squad. The starting line up included: Sotomayor, Ezio Martinez, Carlos Mendez, Jorge Iza Aguirre, Sierra, Jaime Galarza, Mario Saetero, Colon Merizalde, Gambina, Enrique Raymundi, San Re.

• LIST OF CLUB SPORT PATRIA'S ORIGINAL FOUNDERS

Agustín Febres Cordero Tyler
Agustín Dillon Valdez
Marcos Plaza Sotomayor
César Coronel Espinoza
Alfredo Ycaza Cucalón
Alberto Arrarte Crosby
Armando Pareja Coronel
Adolfo Baquerizo Roca
Octavio Baquerizo Roca
Eduardo Pérez Medina
Gustavo Ycaza Cucalón
Juan Medina Unamuno
Martín Reimberg Tyler
Francisco Gómez Ycaza
Uriel Valdez Castillo
José Santiago Castillo Castillo
Rodrigo Ycaza Cornejo
Fausto Gómez Terán
César Chiriboga Benítez
Gustavo Gómez Ycaza
Carlos Chiriboga Benítez
Manuel Eduardo Castillo Castillo
Juan Vallarino C.
Luis Espinoza Tamayo

Achievements

• Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Primera A
  • Runner-up (1): 1961
• Campeonato Segunda Categoría, Zona Guayas
  • Champion (1): 2006
• Campeonato Profesional de Guayaquil^[1]
  • Champion (2): 1958, 1959
  • Runner-up (3):1951, 1952, 1954
• Campeonato Amateur del Guayas
  • Champion (2): 1942, 1944
• Copa AsoGuayas
  • Champion (1): 2007

Current squad

As of June 1, 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Juan Gerardo Villacrés 2 DF Geovanny Montalvo 3 DF José Antonio Benites 4 DF Abraham Tenorio 5 MF José Véliz 6 DF John Quiñónez 7 MF Jorge Luis Cevallos 8 MF Iván Sánchez 9 FW George Quiñónez 10 FW Jesús Ponce 11 FW Carlos Lucio 12 GK José Davíd Macías 13 MF Marlon Ganchozo 14 MF Jairo Jaime 15 DF Terry Andrés Olaya

No. Position Player 16 FW Telmo Porozo 17 MF Alex Millán 18 MF Washington Espinoza 19 MF Carlos Alberto Castro 21 MF Fabrizzio Faicán 23 DF Luis Enrique Bazurín 24 DF José Valencia 25 GK Carlos Molina 26 DF Darío Bajaña 27 MF Angelo Rodríguez 28 MF Julio Branda 29 MF David Ramos 30 FW Bryan Briones 31 MF David Aguirre 33 FW Geovanny Gracia

References

External links

• Patria's Official Website