Sociedad Deportiva Aucas is a football

Football (soccer)

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 club based in Quito

Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...

, Ecuador

Ecuador

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. They currently play in the third tier of the Ecuadorian football league, the Segunda Categoría, but have spent a majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of their long history in the Serie A. Despite the popularity, Aucas has never won an Ecuadorian championship. Their historic rival is LDU Quito.

The team is named after the Auca

Huaorani

The Huaorani, Waorani or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are native Amerindians from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador. The alternate name Auca is a pejorative exonym used by the neighboring Quechua Indians, and commonly adopted by...

 tribe, who are also called Huaorani. The club originally belonged to Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell

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, which had been operating oil fields in the east of Ecuador where the Aucas live. The club's main uniforms colors, yellow and red, were taken from the colors used by Shell to market their products and services. The alternate uniform is gray, except for the commercial advertisements and numbers and names of players, which are red.

Players who have played for Aucas include Argentinian and nationalized Ecuadorian forward Ariel Graziani, forward Nicolás Asencio

Nicolás Asencio

Nicolás Geovanny Asencio Espinoza is an Ecuadorian football striker who is a free agent.He played for a several clubs, including his beloved Barcelona de Guayaquil...

, forward Agustin Delgado

Agustín Delgado

Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá is a retired Ecuadorian footballer. Nicknamed Tín, Delgado is the all-time top scorer for the Ecuadorian national team with 31 goals in 71 games. He played professional club football in Ecuador, Mexico and England.-Southampton:Delgado moved to Southampton in 2001...

, forward Edison Maldonado, Ecuador international defender Giovanny Espinoza

Giovanny Espinoza

Giovanny Patricio Espinoza Pabón is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Unión Española in the Chilean First Division.-Club career:...

, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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 Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita

René Higuita

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Current squad

Honors

Regional

• Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha (6): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
• Campeonato Professional Interandino (2): 1959, 1962

National

• Serie B (2): 1974 E2, 1991 E2