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Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

ian sports club based in Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country.

Emelec has won ten Serie A titles, which places them third overall with LDU Quito. In addition, they also have won seven regional titles, a record-tying five of them in the professional era.

Emelec was founded on April 28, 1929 by George Capwell

George Capwell

George Lewis Capwell Cronin , the American manager of the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founded Club Sport Emelec, an association football team, in 1929...

, the American head of the Electric Company of Ecuador , from which the club is named after. The name of their home stadium

Estadio George Capwell

Estadio George Capwell is a multi-purpose stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Emelec.-History:...

pays homage to the club's founder. Emelec is amongst the most popular clubs in the country. The club's most intense rivalry is with crosstown-team Barcelona

Barcelona Sporting Club

Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only team to have never been relegated.With...

. Matches between the clubs are known as El Clásico del Astillero
Clásico del Astillero
The Clásico del Astillero also known as the "El Clásico Ecuatoriano" is the most important and historic football rivalry in Ecuador between Barcelona & Emelec , both from Guayaquil, the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1...

.

History

The club was found after an assembly of employees at the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador

Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador

Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador or Emelec was the name of an Ecuadorian electric company based in the city of Guayaquil....

, an electric company

Electric company

Electric company can mean:*Electrical power industry*Electric Company *The Electric Company *The Electric Company...

in Guayaquil, decided to start an amateur sports league. The initiative was spearheaded by George Capwell

George Capwell

George Lewis Capwell Cronin , the American manager of the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founded Club Sport Emelec, an association football team, in 1929...

, the executive officer of the company who came from the United States. The first sports played in the club were baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, and football. Capwell did not enjoy football, so the sport was supported only by his employees in non-official but recognized championships. This changed in the 1940s, when Capwell finally lent his support, resulting in the club winning several official local championships, building their own stadium

Estadio George Capwell

Estadio George Capwell is a multi-purpose stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Emelec.-History:...

, and hosting the 1947 South American Championship

South American Championship 1947

The 1947 South American Championship was the 20th South American Championship for national teams, and was organized by CONMEBOL. It marked the first time Ecuador hosted the tournament, which hosted all the matches in Estadio George Capwell in Guayaquil. Argentina won the tournament to obtain their...

entirely in it.

In 1957, the club became the first national champions in football with a "dream team" that included Cipriano Yu Lee, José Vicente Balseca, Cruz Ávila, Mariano Larraz, Carlos Alberto Raffo, Jaime Ubilla, Daniel Pinto, Rómulo Gómez and Suárez-Rizzo; they were coached by Eduardo "Tano" Spandre. Since then, they have accumulated nine more national titles, placing them 3rd in the national title count behind Barcelona

Barcelona Sporting Club

and El Nacional

Club Deportivo El Nacional

Club Deportivo "El Nacional" is a Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country....

(both have 13). They have also won seven local titles (two in the amateur area and five in the professional era).

In the 1990s, the football team saw success internationally. In 1995, they reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores 1995

The 1995 edition of the Copa Libertadores saw Grêmio of Brazil as the champions after they defeated Atlético Nacional of Colombia in the finals.-Group 1:-Group 2:-Group 3:-Group 4:-Group 5:-Round of 16:...

; they lost to eventual champions Grêmio

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...

. In 2001, the team was close to becoming the first Ecuadorian club to win an international title when they were a finalist in the 2001 Copa Merconorte

Copa Merconorte 2001

The Copa Merconorte 2001 was an association football tournament in 2001 and the last Copa Merconorte to be held. Millonarios of Colombia beat Emelec of Ecuador in the final.-Group stage:...

. In the finals, they lost to Millionarios 3–1 on penalty kicks after tying on aggregate 2–2.

Facilities

Several years after the creation of the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador

Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador

Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador or Emelec was the name of an Ecuadorian electric company based in the city of Guayaquil....

sports club, its founder, George Lewis Capwell, decided that it was time for the club to have its own Baseball

Baseball

stadium, so in 1942 Guayaquil

Guayaquil

's Municipal authorities donated 4 city blocks for the construction of the first private sports stadium in Ecuador

Ecuador

. A year after that, in 1943, Emelec's staff officially named and initiated the construction of the George Capwell Stadium.

George Capwell Stadium opened its doors for the first time on October 21 of 1945, the inaugural game was a Baseball match between Emelec and Oriente, and George Capwell played as a catcher for the "Azules" (Emelec). Although Emelec's president did not like football and their stadium was not initially intended to be a football field, soon after the inauguration the first football match was held. Emelec won 5 – 4 against an all stars team from the cities of Manta and Bahia.

The 1947 Copa America

Copa América

The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

competition was held exclusively at George Capwell Stadium, and an undefeated Argentina

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

became South America's champion with an all star team that included names like Alfredo Di Stéfano

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...

, Lostau, and Mendez. Ecuador

Ecuador national football team

The Ecuadorian national football team represents Ecuador in international football competitions and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. They generally play official home matches at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, but often play friendlies in other stadiums around the country...

finished in 6th place. (Brazil did not participate on this competition.)

After the birth of Guayaquil's Estadio Modelo Guayaquil "Alberto Spencer

Alberto Spencer

Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera was an Ecuadorian football player, regarded as the best of his country. He is probably best known for his still-standing record for scoring the most goals in the Copa Libertadores, the most important club tournament in South America...

", the George Capwell Stadium was closed for many years because it became obsolete, and in several occasions was almost destroyed for various projects that luckily for the club were never actually completed.

It wasn't until 1991 that with the leadership of Nassib Nehme that the George Capwell Stadium was reopened, to become once again the house of Emelec. Since its reopening the stadium has been enlarged twice and a new and final change has been scheduled for 2010, to reach a final capacity of 45,000 spectators.

At the moment the official capacity of the stadium according to the FEF (Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol

Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol

The Ecuadorian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Ecuador. Its seat is in Guayaquil, and it organizes the country's various football competitions and oversees the Ecuadorian national team.-See also:*Ecuador national football team...

) is 18,000 spectators. However, that number has not been changed even after the two enlargements were finished. It is said that the true capacity of the stadium at the moment is 30,000 spectators.

Training ground

Emelec's training ground is located in the north of Guayaquil

Guayaquil

in a neighborhood called Los Samanes and the training ground itself is called Complejo Deportivo de Los Samanes, translated to Los Samanes Sports Complex. The construction of the Samanes training ground started in 1984 and was finished in 1986 and was built by Filanbanco

Filanbanco

Filanbanco was the largest bank in Ecuador. Founded in the city of Guayaquil, it went bankrupt in 2001 following the banking crisis of 1998.-Beginnings:The bank was originally called La Filantrópica...

a large financial institution in Ecuador

Ecuador

at the time.

Filanbanco

Filanbanco

had its own professional football which used Los Samanes until 1989 when despite being one of the top teams at the time, Filanbanco

Filanbanco

's football club was disbanded due to lack of supporters and high maintenance costs.

During the 1993 Copa America

Copa América

held in Ecuador

Ecuador

, the Samanes complex was used by the Argentinean delegation, they stayed and trained there and were very appreciative of its secluded nature and excellent facilities, that among other things included 4 professional football fields, an indoor football field, basketball courts, tennis courts, an Olympic size pool, social area and sleeping area.

After Filanbanco

Filanbanco

's football club was disbanded, the complex remained in the hands of Filanbanco

Filanbanco

for their employees to use its facilities, until 1999 when the Ecuadorian financial crisis ended with Filanbanco

Filanbanco

going bankrupt and ending up in the hands of the AGD a governmental agency created to control, protect and administrate the assets of Filanbanco

Filanbanco

and other financial institutions that went bust during the crisis.

This meant that Los Samanes ended up in the hands of the Issfa (Instituto de Servicio Social de las Fuerzas Armadas) the Ecuadorian army's social security agency. Because Issfa had no real use for it, the then Football director of Emelec Mr. Omar Quintana Baquerizo managed to loan the training ground for the club and Emelec has been using it ever since.

Initially the agreement was a loan for 5 years, but when the 5 years passed the government and the club arranged a 100 year loan for the facilities, however the high monthly cost agreed has made the payments very difficult for the club and the new administrators lead byt the club's president Mr. Elias Wated are in talks with the government to settle on a definitive purchase of the training ground.

The Samanes complex is a great asset for the club, having the perfect facilities for the professional team, the youth squads and the club members, and its of a vital importance for the club's future.

Boca del Pozo

The fan group known as "Boca del Pozo" (mouth of the well) was founded July 25, 1980 by Giuseppe Cavanna Chavez (today part of the club's staff), and its recognized as the oldest "barra brava" group in Ecuador

Ecuador

. The group adopted that name because their clubhouse, known as Cavanna's Place, was located in a neighborhood with the same name. The fan base gained recognition and grew in number. Today, Boca Del Pozo is known to usually gather behind the goals, and chant for Emelec from beginning to end, regardless of the score. Inside Ecuador, Boca del Pozo is the mayor driving force of Emelec fans wherever the team has to play, and the fans travel all over the country to watch Emelec's away games with an average of 4000 fans per game.

The Boca del Pozo fan group has gather international recognition in South America for being one of the most loyal fan groups in the continent, following Emelec to almost all their international matches, sometimes travelling by land for over a week. On March 2007 around 60 members of the Boca del Pozo traveled to Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

for a Copa Libertadores match against Velez Sarsfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

. On September 2009 around 100 fans went to Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

for a Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana

The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

match against Zamora. On February 2010 around 200 people travelled to Rosario

Rosario

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

for a match against Newell's Old Boys

Newell's Old Boys

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

for the first round of the Copa Libertadores, On September 2010 for a Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana

match against San Martin

San Martín

-People:*José de San Martín, national hero of Argentina, an 18th-century general and the main leader of the southern part of South America's struggle for independence from Spain...

in Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, an Ecuadorian record of 800 people made the trip and attended the match, most of them traveled by car in 30 hour marathon from Guayaquil

Guayaquil

to Lima

Lima

.

The group has also created several factions in several different cities in Ecuador

Ecuador

, and even internationally where there are Emelec factions in cities like Buenos Aires, Madrid, Rome, and New York. On 2008 the Boca del Pozo's Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

faction attended an international friendly between France and Ecuador

Ecuador

in Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

, making them the first ever Ecuadorian organized fan group to attend a match in European soil.

Legión Azul (Blue Legion)

The group known as Legión Azul was founded in 2001 before Emelec won that year's championship. It started with 10 to 15 members. Today, however, there are more or less 250 members of this group now. They are located right in front of "La Boca del Pozo" behind the other goal.

Friendship

Even though they are not official club friendships, because of their many travels and competitions across South America, Emelec and its fans have made some international friendships with other supporter groups, and with teams with whom they have good understandings. In their 2007 trip to Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

, Argentina

Argentina

, the Boca del Pozo group received help along the way from several other fan groups from Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, and Argentina

Argentina

. In Peru

Peru

they were helped by the Alianza Lima

Alianza Lima

Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...

's fan group called Comando Svr who helped them make their way thru Peru into Chile. Once in Chile they were greeted by Colo-Colo

Colo-Colo

Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

's fan group, Garra Blanca

Garra Blanca

Garra Blanca is the title given to a Barra brava that was created in Chile by the supporters of Santiago based football club Colo-Colo...

which also helped them make their way across Chile in order to reach Argentina

Argentina

, and once there they received help from Chacarita Juniors

Chacarita Juniors

Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in...

's fans.

On September 2010 around 800 people made the trip from Guayaquil

Guayaquil

to Lima

Lima

for a Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana

match against San Martin

San Martín

-People:*José de San Martín, national hero of Argentina, an 18th-century general and the main leader of the southern part of South America's struggle for independence from Spain...

. In Lima

Lima

Emelec's fans were once again greeted by the Comando Svr of Alianza Lima

Alianza Lima

, which helped them arrange the logistics for their stay in the Peruvian capital. Once they were back in Guayaquil

Guayaquil

, Boca del Pozo issued an official thank you note on their website thanking their Alianza peers for their hospitality, this was covered by the Peruvian media and Alianza's fans were heavily criticized for helping a rival of a Peruvian team.

Emelec as a club also has close relationships with several teams, with whom they often trade players or arrange international friendly matches like, Deportivo Independiente Medellín, Alianza Lima

Alianza Lima

, Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

, Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

, and Newell's Old Boys

Newell's Old Boys

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Noted players

Over the years Emelec has had many of the best Ecuadorian players in history, being one of the most important contribuitors to the Ecuadorian National Squad. Some of the best Ecuadorian players to have dressed in blue are:
Juan Carlos Almada

Juan Carlos Almada

Juan Carlos Almada is a former Argentine footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, Chile and Ecuador....

Luis Miguel Escalada

Luis Miguel Escalada is an Argentine soccer player.-Career:Escalada has previously played for Boca Juniors, Gimnasia de Jujuy and Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, Emelec and LDU Quito in Ecuador, and Botafogo in Brazil....

(Toro) Scott Hoegg (Bocha) Angel Liciardi Carlos Alberto Mendoza Carlos Miori Marcelo Morales (Pepo) Miguel Onzari Roberto Ortega (El Pibe) Roberto Oste Walter Pico Juan Sanz Jorge Bernabe Vargas Antonio Vidal Gonzales Marco Etcheverry

Marco Etcheverry

Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas is a retired Bolivian footballer, considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.-Career:...

Gonzalo Galindo Edu

Eduardo Dos Santos

Eduardo Dos Santos is a Argentine footballer currently playing for CF La Piedad of the Liga de Ascenso in Mexico....

Rubén Marcos

Rubén Marcos Peralta was a Chilean football player.During his career, Marcos played for Universidad de Chile, Palestino and the Chile national football team, and took part in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and the South American Championship 1967...

Sergio Bernabé Vargas

Sergio Vargas (footballer)

Sergio Bernabé Vargas Buscalia is a former Chilean football goalkeeper. He obtained a total number of ten caps for the Chilean national team during his career. Vargas retired in 2005.-Club career:...

(Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

) Hamilton Ricard

Hamilton Ricard

Hámilton Ricard Cuesta is a Colombian footballer who plays for Colombian team Deportes Quindío as a striker, and has played for Deportivo Cali, Middlesbrough, CSKA Sofia, Independiente, Emelec, Shonan Bellmare, APOEL, Numancia, Danubio and Concepción over the course of his career.-Career:Ricard...

Ricardo Armendáriz Ney Raul Aviles (Turco) Jaime Ayoví

Jaime Ayoví

Jaime Javier Ayoví Corozo is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for the Mexican club Pachuca.-Club career:...

Walter Ayoví Jorge Bolaños

Jorge Bolaños

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(†) (El Pibe) Luis Capurro (Capurrinho) Jesús Cárdenas (Jechu) Alex Cevallos

Alex Cevallos

Alejandro Manuel Cevallos Villaciencio is an Ecuadorian football goalkeeper that played most of his career for Emelec and played for the Ecuador national football team. He is now retired and is the current goalkeeper coach of Emelec. He is the older brother of José Francisco Cevallos.-External...

Dannes Coronel Kléber Fajardo (Cabezón) Ángel Fernández

Ángel Fernández

Ángel Oswaldo Fernández Vernaza is an Ecuadorian footballer. He played 77 games for the Ecuador national team between 1991 and 2004....

(Cuchillo) Ariel Graziani (Guasón) Carlos Ramon Hidalgo

Carlos Ramón Hidalgo

Carlos Ramón Hidalgo Ortega is a Ecuadorian footballer. He currently plays for Barcelona SC.-Club: Club Sport Emelec** Serie A de Ecuador: 2001-2002 Deportivo Cuenca** Serie A de Ecuador: 2004 Club Deportivo El Nacional...

(Huancavilca) Eduardo Hurtado

Eduardo Hurtado

Eduardo Estíguar Hurtado Roa is a footballer who play as a striker. He has the record of being the 2nd all-time leading scorer for the Ecuador national football team with 26 goals in 74 caps.-Early history:...

(Tanque) Iván Hurtado

Iván Hurtado

Iván Jacinto Hurtado Angulo is an Ecuadorian professional football central defender for Barcelona as well as captaining the Ecuadorian national team. He is currently one of the most capped male footballers of all time....

(Bamm-Bamm
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
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) Carlos Juárez

Carlos Alberto Juárez

Carlos Alberto Juárez is a former Argentine/Ecuadorian footballer.He has had a very long and successful career playing for several clubs all over the world, but he played most of his career in the Ecuadorian football league...

(Cuqui) Iván Kaviedes

Iván Kaviedes

Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for El Nacional. He is one of the leading players in Ecuadorian football.-Playing style:...

(Nine) Washington Mina Christian Noboa

Christian Noboa

Christian Fernando Noboa Tello is a Ecuadorian footballer who plays midfielder for FC Rubin Kazan in the Russian Premier League, and for the Ecuadorian national team.-Emelec:...

Vidal Pachito Augusto Poroso (Porozito) Lupo Quinonez

Lupo Quiñónez

Lupo Quiñónez is a retired footballer from Ecuador, who played as a forward during his career.Lupo Quiñónez was nicknamed “EL TANQUE DE MUISNE”, the Tank from Muisne...

Carlos Alberto Raffo

Carlos Alberto Raffo is a former Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador.-Club career:...

Joao Rojas

Joao Robin Rojas Mendoza is an Ecuadorian footballer. He currently plays for Morelia of the Primera División de México.-Club career:...

Ivo Ron

Ivo Norman Ron Viver is a retired Ecuadorian football attacking midfielder. He was a member of the Ecuador national football team for four years, and obtained a total number of ten caps during his career, scoring three goals. He made his debut on 5 June 1991 against Peru.-References:...

Máximo Tenorio
Otilino Tenorio

Otilino Tenorio

Otilino Tenorio was an Ecuadorian footballer.-Biography:Tenorio was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. His nickname was 'Spiderman', because when he scored a goal in a football match he would cover his head with a Spider-Man mask as he celebrated.He joined Emelec of Guayaquil when he was eleven, and went...

(†) (Spider-Man
Spider-Man
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) Carlos Torres Garcés Emilio Valencia Enrique Verduga (Flaco) Cipriano Yu Lee (†) Ramón Mayeregger

Ramón Mayeregger

Ramón Mayeregger is a Paraguayan football goalkeeper who played for Paraguay in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Nacional.-External links:*...

(Candado) Rodulfo Manzo Ovidiu Burcă

Ovidiu Burca

Ovidiu Burcă is a Romanian footballer, currently playing for Romanian Liga I club Rapid Bucharest.- Emelec :He began his professional career in Ecuador at Club Sport Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A league making six apparences.- JEF United :A year later he got noticed by the Japanese club...

Alexi Lalas

Panayotis Alexander Lalas is a retired American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup...

Joe-Max Moore

Joe-Max Moore is a former American soccer forward who played for the United States national team in three World Cups. He played professionally for clubs in Germany, England and the United States. He finished his career with the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer...

Xavier Baldriz Rubén Beninca Miguel Falero

Ecuador Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo García is a Mexican trainer in the sport of boxing. García is considered one of the best trainers in the history of Mexican boxing.-Training career:...

(Ñato) Luis Lamberk José Maria Piriz José Romanelly Mario Saralegui

Mario Saralegui

Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte is a retired Uruguayan footballer and current manager of Ecuadorian club El Nacional....

Juan Ramon Silva Gabriel Miranda

Gabriel Miranda

Gabriel Antonio Miranda is an Uruguayan - Venezuelan football midfielder who made a total number of seventeen appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1994 and 1997. He started his professional career at Caracas FC, and also played in Argentina, Ecuador and Mexico.-External links:...

José Manuel Rey Jorge Rojas

Top goalscorers

The following is a list of Emelec players who have been the top scorer of the year in Ecuador:

Carlos Miori (1979), (26 goals) Ariel Graziani (1996), (29 goals) Ariel Graziani (1997), (24 goals) Ivan Kaviedes

Iván Kaviedes

Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for El Nacional. He is one of the leading players in Ecuadorian football.-Playing style:...

(1998), (43 goals) * Alejandro Kenig

Alejandro Kenig

Alejandro Martín Kenig is a retired Argentine footballer who played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and South America, including Club Atlético Platense, Talleres de Córdoba, Club Bolívar and Club Sport Emelec....

(2000), (25 goals)
Carlos Juárez

Carlos Alberto Juárez

(2001), (17 goals) Otilino Tenorio

Otilino Tenorio

(2002), (20 goals) Luis Miguel Escalada

Luis Miguel Escalada

(2006), (30 goals) Jaime Ayoví

Jaime Ayoví

Jaime Javier Ayoví Corozo is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for the Mexican club Pachuca.-Club career:...

(2010), (23 goals)

(*) Ecuadorian football record, and top scorer of the world in 1998.

Current coaching staff

Manager: Vacant
Assistant manager:
Second assistant manager:
Physical trainer:

Noted managers

Eduardo Spandre (won the 1957 Serie A) Mariano Larraz (won the 1961 Serie A) Fernando Paternoster

Fernando Paternoster

Fernando Paternoster was an Argentine footballer and manager. He played for the Argentine national team and helped promote football across South America in countries such as Colombia and Ecuador.-Club:...

(won the 1965 Serie A) Jorge Lazo (won the 1972 Serie A) Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo García is a Mexican trainer in the sport of boxing. García is considered one of the best trainers in the history of Mexican boxing.-Training career:...

(won the 1979 Serie A) Juan Ramon Silva (won the 1988 Serie A) Salvador Capitano

Salvador Capitano

Salvador Capitano is a Argentinean former soccer player. He is currently a coach.- Honours :CoachEmelec*Torneo Apertura- 1992*Copa Saeta Internacional- 1992*Torneo Apertura- 1993*Serie A- 1993...

(won the 1993 Serie A) Carlos Torres Garces (won the 1994 Serie A) Carlos Sevilla

Carlos Sevilla

Carlos Edmundo Sevilla Dalgo in an Ecuadorian former football player and manager of Independiente José Terán. Sevilla had a brief playing career as a defender mainly playing for Deportivo Quito. In 1984, he debuted as a manager for his former club. He has since managed twelve other clubs in...

(won the 2001 Serie A) Rodolfo Motta (won the 2002 Serie A)

Honors

Regional

Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol del Guayas (2): 1945, 1948
Campeonato Profesional de Guayaquil (5): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1966

National

Serie A (13): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002
Serie B (1): 1981 E1

Explosión Azul

Explosión Azul or Blue explosion, is the official name of Emelec's team presentation that is held every year before the Ecuadorian tournament or the international events Emelec has qualified to are being held.

The event is usually held in the George Capwell Stadium and its one of the highlights of the team's pre-season. It mainly consists on several shows, music bands and fireworks followed by a one by one presentation of the team member's for the season and a friendly match against either a local or a foreging team.

On the last "Explosión Azul", Emelec played against newly promoted Ecuadorian team Independiente José Terán and won the match 2 – 0, the scorers were Fernando Giménez

Fernando Giménez

Fernando Giménez is a Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Ecuadorian club Emelec.He began in his native country playing for amateur teams. In 2006, Giménez arrived to Chile to play for Puerto Montt. That season the team made it to the playoffs and Giménez was very...

and Jaime Ayoví

Jaime Ayoví

Jaime Javier Ayoví Corozo is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for the Mexican club Pachuca.-Club career:...

.

On previous editions the rivals for the "Explosión Azul" have been teams like Sporting Cristal

Sporting Cristal

Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...

, Independiente Medellín and Liga de Portoviejo among others.

Other sports

Emelec is not only one of the most important football clubs in Ecuador, but it is rated as one of the most important sports club of the country. In their trophy room Emelec has hundreds of cups and medals that have been gained over the years in many different sports. The list includes:

33 Consecutive National Boxing Championships
13 Baseball National Championships
11 Male Basketball National Championships
18 Female Basketball National Championships
7 Cycling National Champsionships
5 Tae Kwon Do National Championships
5 Judo National Championships
1 Weight Lifting World Championship

External links

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