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 Los Chirijos, Milagro, Ecuador (Capacity: 12.000)
Chairman	Agustin Febres-Cordero
Manager	Carlos Xavier Andrade
Coach	Alexander Arroyo
League	Segunda Categoría
2010	N/A
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 (2):1951, 1952
• Campeonato Amateur del Guayas
  • Champion (2): 1942, 1944
• Copa AsoGuayas
  • Champion (1): 2007

Famous players

Horacio Bellavitis (DF) Eduardo Bores (GK) Carlos Gambina (MF) Angel A Ceccardi (FW) Nelson Aurea (MF) Alfredo Bonnard Jara (GK) Miguel Bustamante (DF) Fortunato Chalén (DF) Jaime Galarza (MF) Honorato Gonzabay (DF)

Ezio Martinez (DF) Jorge Mawyín (FW) Bolivar Merizalde (FW) José Merizalde (MF) Enrique Raymondi (FW) Ernesto Reyes (MF) Juan Saeteros (DF) Mario Saeteros (FW) Cipriano Yu Lee (GK)

Current squad

As of Abr 4 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Uriel Intriago 2 DF Carlos Jesús Tenorio 3 DF José Luis García Espinoza 5 MF Washington Espinoza 6 DF Edison Valencia 6 DF Henry Augusto Vega 7 MF Eduardo Areas 8 MF Francisco Javier López 9 FW Galo Pérez 10 MF Gilbert Castillo 11 MF Gay Malavé

No. Position Player 13 GK Walter Hinostroza 14 MF Richard Anchundia 15 MF Darwin Granda 16 MF Andrés Cangá 17 FW Carlos Preciado 18 MF Alex Yannuzzelli 19 FW Carlos Córdova 23 DF Italo Cuero (Captain) 25 MF Steven Castro 29 FW Eduardo Hurtado 30 DF Edison Peralta

References

1. ^ Ávila Villagómez, Esteban (December 29, 2000). "Ecuador - Champions Costa". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/ecuacostachamp.html. Retrieved November 8, 2010. 

External links

• Patria's Official Website