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Encyclopedia > Club Sport Emelec
Club Sport Emelec
Club logo
Full name Club Sport Emelec
Nickname(s) "El Bombillo",
"Los Eléctricos", "El Ballet Azul",
"Los Millonarios"
Founded April 28, 1929
Ground Estadio George Capwell,
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Capacity 20,000
Chairman Ecuadorian Ferdinand Hidalgo
Manager Carlos Torres Garces
League Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
2006 Torneo Apertura
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Club Sport Emelec is a famous sports club from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Emelec has won the highest total number of Ecuadorian championship cups in all sports (boxing, swimming, baseball, basketball, judo, chess, etc.). Image File history File links Emelec_football. ... The light bulb is one of the most significant inventions in the history of the human race, illuminating the darkness of the evening and bringing light indoors at all times in order focus on the task at hand. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Estadio George Capwell is a multi-use stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador. ... This article is about the city of Guayaquil. ... The following is an incomplete list of football (soccer) stadia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol is the most important football competition of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the football federation of Ecuador. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... This article is about the city of Guayaquil. ...


An assembly of employees of the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador (an electric company in Guayaquil) founded the club on 1929-04-28. The assembly was directed by George Capwell, an executive officer of the company who came from the U.S.. The club was initially a baseball and boxing club. The Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador (literally Electric Company of Ecuador) or Emelec is an Ecuadorian electric company based in the city of Guayaquil. ... For information regarding the 1970s childrens television show, see The Electric Company. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... While Executive officer literally refers to a person responsible for the performance of duties involved in running an organization, the exact meaning of the role is highly variable, depending on the organization. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also called prizefighting or pugilism is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called...


The club got involved in football during the 1947 Copa América, the South American national-team competition, which was played in Ecuador. Back then the Copa América was known as Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol. Emelec was the first champion of Ecuador in 1957, with a "dream team" that included Yu Lee, José Balseca, Cruz Ávila, Mariano Larraz, Carlos Raffo, Jaime Ubilla, Daniel Pinto, Rómulo Gómez and Suárez-Rizzo. They were coached by Eduardo "Tano" Spandre. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The Copa América is the main national football competition in South America, and is run by CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The club has won championships in 1957, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002. In 1995 Emelec was a Copa Libertadores semi-finalist. Emelec was defeated by the champion of that year Gremio from Brasil. In 2001, Emelec was a Copa Merconorte finalist playing against Millonarios from Colombia. They played 2 finals. The first final was in Colombia, the score was 1-1. The score from the final in Ecuador was 1-1. They went to penalty kicks and the winner was Millonarios.(Colombia) Emelec only scored 1 from 4 penalty kicks losing the final, and losing the possibility to be the first Ecuadorian team to win an international tournament. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Copa Libertadores de América (also known as Copa Toyota Libertadores) (Portuguese: Taça Libertadores da América, English: Liberators of America Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... Copa Merconorte (Merconorte Cup) was a competition played from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and later United States, Costa Rica and Mexico too. ...

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Trophies and Achievements

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The George Capwell Stadium

Several years after the creation of the Empresa Electrica del Ecuador sports club, it's founder Mr. George Lewis Capwell decided that it was time for the club to have its own Baseball stadium, so in 1942 Guayaquil's Municipal authorities donated 4 city blocks for the construction of the first private sports stadium in Ecuador. A year after that, in 1943, Emelec's staff officially named and initiated the construction of the George Capwell Stadium.


The beautiful 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. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 71 days remaining. ...


The 1947 Copa America competition was held exclusively at George Capwell Stadium, and a undefeated Argentina became America's champion with an all star team that included names like Alfredo DiStefano, Lostau, and Mendez. Ecuador finished in 6th place. (Brazil did not participate on this competition.)


After the birth of Guayaquil's Estadio Modelo, 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 the great Emelec. Since its reopening the stadium has been enlarged twice and a new and final change has been scheduled for 2008, 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) 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.


Top Goal Scorers

Emelec is famous in Ecuador for always having fierce forwards, and the team has had the Ecuadorian topscorer of the year in many ocacions through out Ecuadorian championship history. The following is a list of Emelec's topscorers of the year in history:

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Famous Players

  • Enrique Alvarez
  • Mariano Larraz
  • Jorge Larraz
  • Galo Solis
  • Carlos Alberto Raffo
  • Enrique Raymondi
  • Cipriano Yu - Lee
  • Jose Vicente Balseca
  • Jorge Lasso
  • Carlos Pineda
  • Galo Pulido
  • Alfredo Encalada
  • Jaime Delgado Mena
  • Jorge Bolaños Carrasco
  • Bolivar Merizalde
  • Roberto Ortega
  • José Romanely
  • Eduardo García
  • José Maria Piriz
  • Eduardo de Maria
  • Luis Lamberk
  • Felix Lasso
  • Angel Liciardi
  • Americo Paredes
  • Brasil Nelsinho
  • Miguel Angel Onzari
  • Carlos Torres Garcés
  • Jorge Valdez
  • Lupo Quinonez
  • Ricardo Armendariz
  • Ubaldo Quinteros
  • Horacio Miori
  • Brasil Alcides de Oliveira
  • Jesús Cárdenas
  • Israel Rodriguez
  • Xavier Baldriz
  • Miguel Falero
  • Ruben Beninca
  • Jose Federico Minda
  • Enrique Verduga
  • Raul Avilés
  • Juan Carlos De Lima
  • Luis Capurro
  • Kléber Fajardo
  • Ivo Ron
  • Jorge Bernabe Vargas
  • Iván Hurtado
  • Maximo Tenorio
  • Dannes Coronel
  • Angel Fernandez
  • Vidal Pachito
  • Eduardo Smith
  • Jorge Batallas
  • Marcelo Morales
  • Marcelo Benítez
  • Roberto Oste
  • Brasil Eduardo dos Santos, EDU
  • Juan Carlos Almada
  • Pedro Mauricio Muñoz
  • Jorge Vasquez
  • Eduardo Hurtado
  • Alexi Lalas
  • Joe-Max Moore
  • Augusto Poroso
  • Ariel Graziani
  • Carlos Alberto Juárez
  • José Manuel Rey
  • Gabriel Miranda
  • Iván Kaviedes
  • Otilino Tenorio (+)
  • Moisés Candelario
  • Carlos Hidalgo
  • Wellington Sanchez
  • Daniel Viteri
  • Rorys Aragon
  • Cristian Gomez
  • Alejandro Kenig
  • Carlos Quiñonez
  • Jorge Rojas
  • Juan Triviño
  • Cristian Noboa
  • Hamilton Ricard
  • Marcelo Elizaga
  • Marcos Mondaini
  • Luis Escalada
  • Luis Guillermo Rivera

Notorious Managers

  • Eduardo Spandre (1957 Ecuadorian Champions)
  • Mariano Larraz (1961 Ecuadorian Champions)
  • Fernando Pasternoster (1965 Ecuadorian Champions)
  • Jorge Lazo (1972 Ecuadorian Champions - 1998 Ecuadorian Runners Up)
  • Eduardo Garcia (1979 Ecuadorian Champions)
  • Juan Ramon Silva (1988 Ecuadorian Champions - 1995 Copa Libertadores Semifinalist)
  • Angel Castelnoble(1989 Runners Up)
  • Salvador Capitano (1992 Ecuadorian Runners Up - 1993 Ecuadorian Champions)
  • Carlos Torres Garces(1994 Ecuadorian Champions - 2006 Ecuadorian Runners Up)
  • Ricardo Armendariz(1996 Ecuadorian Runners Up)
  • Carlos Sevilla(2001 Ecuadorian Champions - 2001 Copa Merconorte Runners Up)
  • Rodolfo Motta (2002 Ecuadorian Champions)

Current Squad

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No. Position Player
1 GK Marcelo Elizaga
2 DF Eduardo Morante
3 DF Marco Quiñónez
4 DF Facundo Corozo
5 MF José Luis Quiñónez
6 DF Carlos Quiñónez
7 FW Jorge Ladines
9 FW Silvano Estacio
10 MF Sebastián Hernández
11 FW Israel Rodríguez
12 GK Robert Angulo
13 DF Javier Mercado
No. Position Player
14 FW Maximiliano Asís
15 MF Luis Rivera
16 MF Michael Arroyo
17 MF Jaime Caicedo
18 MF Wimper Guerrero
19 FW Jaime Ayoví
20 MF Lucas Viatri
21 FW Jeronimo Morales Neumann
22 GK Xavier Guamán
23 DF Geovanny Caicedo
24 MF Oswaldo Minda
25 DF Luis Zambrano

The Cradle of Ecuadorian Football

Emelec is widely known in Ecuador for having the best youth department of the country. Every year Emelec promotes new exiting new talents to their first team and their youth teams have dominated Ecuadorian football for many years in their respective age range. An example of how important Emelec's youth department is for Ecuadorian football is the fact that 7 out of 9 teams of Ecuadorian first division in 2007 (excluding Emelec, Ecuadorian firts division has 10 teams) have at least one player that was either born in Emelec or that gained fame and recognition playing for the "Electricos". Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... A goalkeeper. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Paraguay. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... A goalkeeper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... A goalkeeper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


SERIE A


Deportivo Azogues:

 * Franklin Corozo (DF) * Moises Cuero (FW) 

Depotivo Cuenca:

 * Carlos Moran (GK) * GianCarlo Ramos (MF) 

Deportivo Quito:

 * Daniel Viteri (GK) * Manuel Mendoza (DF) * Juan Triviño (DF) 

El Nacional:

 * Pavel Caicedo (DF) * Walter Ayovi (MF) * Carlos Hidalgo(MF) * Angel Fernandez(FW) * Jaime Ivan Kaviedes (FW) 

Liga de Quito:

 * Moises Candelario (MF) * Luis Miguel Escalada (FW) 

Macara:

 * Jacinto Espinoza (GK) 

Imbabura:

 * Segundo Mercado (DF) 

SERIE B


Aucas:

 * Cristian Valencia (FW) 

Delfin:

 * Luis Moreira (MF) 

Manta FC:

 * Leyton Arroyo (DF) 

The Fans

Boca del Pozo

The fan group known as "Boca del Pozo" (mouth of the well) was founded July 25, 1980 by Giussepe Cavanna Chavez (today part of the club's staff). The group adopted that name because their clubhouse (Cavanna's place) was located in a neighborhood with the same name. In the beginning, the club consisted of around 15 people that went to the team's every match, but soon the group gained recognition and grew in number. The group usually gathers behind the goals and it has several factions in different cities of Ecuador. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...


In Emelec's stadium, George Capwell, Boca del Pozo always gathers behind the goal that faces Quito Avenue. In 2005 the club even had to enlarge that part of the stadium because the Boca del Pozo was so big that they did not fit on the old stadium's tribune.


"La Boca del Pozo" has becomed the first ecuadorian Barrabrava that has made a notorious international trip to support the team, traveling through more than 5000kms. to Argentina to face Velez Sarsfield (2007).

Legión Azul (Blue Legion)

The group know as Legión Azul was founded in the year 2001 before we got the championship. It started with 10 to 15 members. 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.

Facts

  • Emelec's founder George Capwell did not like football, he was a huge baseball fan and when he created the sports club he intended it to be a Baseball and Boxing club only.
  • It is common knowledge that in the club's early days the only way to become a member was to fight at least once on a boxing ring against one of the club's best boxers.
  • After years of sharing Titles with the another Team of Guayaquil, Barcelona SC in the amateur and regional tournaments, in 1957 Emelec won the first professional Ecuadorian football Championship ever.
  • Emelec was the first team in Ecuador to have its own stadium.
  • Emelec was the first team making a millionaire hiring $1´650.000 for the Argentina player from Boca Juniors Walter Pico, this transaction has not been passed already, not even by this year's most announced transaction when Luis Miguel Escalada's (Emelec's last year top scorer) soccer rights were bought by Liga de Quito in $1,000.000.
  • In 1948 Emelec became the first Ecuadorian team in history to compete on an international event. They were invited as Guayaquil's champions to represent Ecuador in the "Copa Campeones" in Chile, which in time became the famous "Copa Libertadores de America".
  • In 1962 Emelec became the first Ecuadorian team to win a match in the "Copa Libertadores de America", they won 4 - 2 against C.D. Millonarios from Colombia. The team also holds the largest score any Ecuadorian team has ever manage to obtain in the "Copa Libertadores", 7 - 2 against Universidad Catolica from Chile, also in 1962.
  • After winning the 1979 championship, in 1980 Emelec went to Ecuadorian Second Division, called "Serie B" because they made the worst presentation in played games during that year.
  • In the year 1988 when Barcelona opened their new stadium, Isidro Romero Carbo, they made a small tournament. They invited the recent world champion Peñarol from Uruguay, F.C. Barcelona from Spain and Emelec. The tournament was a small playoff, losers out. Emelec played their first game against Peñarol. Emelec won and advanced to the final. Then Barcelona played the other match becoming the other finalist from Ecuador in the tournament. The final match was a “Clasico del Astillero” (the official name of this derby) and Emelec won the game 1 - 0 with a goal of Ruben Beninca and won the championship, being the first team to defeat Barcelona in their own new stadium and the first team that becomes champion in that stadium.
  • Emelec golden years were in the decades of the 60’s when they won the Ecuadorian League in the years 1961, 1965 and 1972 and they were in second place in the years 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1970.
  • The late Eduardo "Che" Perez founded the first organized group to follow any Ecuadorian team. He followed Emelec anywhere the team went until his death in 2003. The largely organized group "Boca del Pozo" was the first "Barra Brava" in the country and the Emelec fan is commonly referred to as the most faithful fan in the country.
  • Another fact from Emelec is that they won two times the Championship twice in a row. In the years 1993 - 1994 and in the years 2001-2002.
  • Emelec's historical top scorer is Carlos Alberto Juarez with more than 110 goals scored in five years. His runner up is Jesus Cardenas.

Curiosities and Trivia

  • On 1993 left wing back Luis Enrique Capurro Bautista was named best in his position in South America by the prestigious uruguayan newspaper, Diario El Pais. Capurro played his best years defending the Emelec shirt, he also played for Cerro Porteno, and Barcelona S.C.. Capurro is the best left wing back in Ecuador's history and along side center back Ivan Hurtado, the best defender Emelec has ever had.
  • On 1998 Jaime Ivan Kaviedes scored 43 goals and became the all time top scorer in Ecuadorian history and that year's world top scorer. The next year Kaviedes was sold to Perugia for USD 5.5M. and after that he played in several teams all over the world including Celta de Vigo, Valladolid, Puebla, Porto, Crystal Palace, Barcelona S.C., Deportivo Quito, and Argentinos Juniors. Although he has had so many opportunities during his career, and almost nine years after scoring 43 goals in a single year with Emelec, he has not been able to accumulate another 43 goals with both club and country from 1999 to 2006. With 28 years of age, Kaviedes is considered an underachiever, and many believe his career is over, although there are unwelcomed rumors that he might use the blue and grey uniform once again for the 2007 season.
  • The late forward Otilino Tenorio became famous with Emelec not only because of his goals that helped the club win the 2001 Ecuadorian Championship and reach the Copa Merconorte final, but also because every time he scored a goal, Otilino took out a blue Spiderman mask from his pants and wore it to celebrate with the fans. Otilino died on 2005 in a tragic traffic accident, and since many forwards all over the world adopted the Spiderman celebration in his honor. His last game was against Emelec, his beloved team, were during the game a penalty kick was sanctioned against Emelec and in favor of El Nacional, where he was playing. He asked to kick it and before the referee blew his whistle he looked up to the sky. He missed the shot and the whole stadium (Emelec was local) sang his name. During the 2006 World Cup, Jaime Ivan Kaviedes scored the third goal in Ecuador's victory over Costa Rica and to celebrate it he used a yellow Spiderman mask honoring once again the great Otilino Tenorio.
  • Emelec is known for always promoting new exiting young players and during the 1998 season, Emelec used an all new team consisting in a large base of young players that included names like Moises Candelario, Otilino Tenorio, Jaime Ivan Kaviedes, Carlos Hidalgo, Luis Moreira, Pavel Caicedo, and a few experienced ones Like Carlos Juarez, Marco Etcheverry, and Augusto Poroso . In a smart promotional move, the new players were brilliantly baptized as the “extraterrestrials” . The young team qualified for the 1999 Copa Libertadores and reached the Ecuadorian final against Liga de Quito. The next year archrivals Barcelona attempted to do the same, and baptized their own group of young players as the “Mutants” . The group was a fiasco and Barcelona was barely able to stay in Ecuadorian first league that year.
  • The final match day of 2002 season will always be remembered as a miracle day for Emelec fans. Three teams were competing for the title, El Nacional were the favorites as they only had to tie at home against a weak Deportivo Quito. Barcelona had to visit Liga de Quito at their stadium and needed a victory to become the champions, while the least optioned team was Emelec that played in their stadium against Aucas and needed to win and El Nacional and Barcelona to lose. Ecuadorian football officials were so convinced that the champion was going to be either El Nacional or Barcelona, that they had the cup in Quito and were ready to send it to either one of the stadiums of the city where the two teams were playing. All 3 games were played simultaneously, and surprisingly El Nacional was soon losing to Emelec 1 – 4, while Barcelona and Liga were tied at zero. Emelec struggled to score until the last few minutes of the game when defender Augusto Poroso sent a spectacular volley into the net. Minutes later, El Nacional and Emelec finished their game, but Barcelona's match had a few minutes more to go. In the Capwell Stadium Emelec fans waited anxiously for the match to end when suddenly at the last minute Barcelona scored, tears were starting to fall down when suddenly the ref signaled an offside nullifying the goal, a couple of minutes later the game was over and Emelec had won their 10th and last crown so far. The team and fans had to wait a few hours on the stadium's pitch for the Cup to come from Quito to Guayaquil.
  • Two times consecutive best goalkeeper in the Ecuadorian championship, Marcelo Elizaga, has shown so much of his skills that Ecuador's coach, Colombian Luis Fernando suarez, asked him to become an Ecuadorian citizen so he could use him in Ecuador's team for the Copa America 2007 and the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers. Ecuadorian law allows foreigners to become Ecuadorian citizens once they have stayed at least 3 years in the country. Elizaga has played in Ecuador only two seasons so far, however he openly declared his love to the country and his intention to become an Ecuadorian, he also has an Ecuadorian son, Ignacio Elizaga (born in Guayaquil, November 16, 2005) and he is known as a respected member of the community. For all of these reasons, Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa granted him with the Ecuadorian citizenship on February 7, 2007.
  • Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is a devoted Emelec fan, and has openly promised to help the club with their current financial situation, and also push forward several projects regarding Emelec's stadium and training ground.

Fierce Rivals

  • Barcelona Sporting Club, the match between them is know as "Clásico del Astillero" and it is the most important match in the country.

Other Rivals

Other Sports

Emelec is not only one of the most important football clubs in Ecuador, but it is by far 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 disciplines. The list includes: Barcelona Sporting Club is a soccer club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. ... Club Cerro Porteño is a traditional Paraguayan football (soccer) team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. ... Barcelona Sporting Club is a football club based in the Tarqui parish in Guayaquil, Ecuador; founded in 1925. ... Location of Perugia in Italy Coordinates: Country Italy Region Umbria Province Province of Perugia Government  - Mayor Renato Locchi Area  - City 449 km²  (1,165 sq mi) Elevation 493 m (1,617. ... Real Club Celta de Vigo is a Spanish football team from Vigo in Galicia. ... Location Coordinates : ( ) Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Valladolid (Spanish) Spanish name Valladolid Nickname Pucela Founded 1072 Postal code 47001-47016 Website http://www. ... The Mexican state of Puebla is located in the center of the country, to the east of Mexico City. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Norte  - Subregion Grande Porto  - District or A.R. Porto Mayor Rui Rio  - Party PSD Area 41. ... Crystal Palace Football Club are an English professional football team based in SE25, South East London and currently play in the Coca-Cola Championship, the second level of English football. ... Barcelona Sporting Club is a football club based in the Tarqui parish in Guayaquil, Ecuador; founded in 1925. ... The Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a soccer club based in Quito, Ecuador. ... Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football team, founded in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, on August 15, 1904. ... Jaime Iván Kaviedes (born October 24, 1977) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for Argentinos Juniors. ... Otilino Tenorio (February 1, 1980 – May 7, 2005) was an Ecuadorian footballer who was tragically killed in a car crash. ... Jaime Iván Kaviedes (born October 24, 1977) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for Argentinos Juniors. ... Carlos Arturo Juárez (b. ... Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas (born September 26, 1970 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia) is a renowned football (soccer) player, often considered to be one of the best Bolivian players of all time. ... Augusto Porozo (born 13 April 1974) is an Ecuadorian football player. ... Augusto Porozo (born 13 April 1974) is an Ecuadorian football player. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Barcelona Sporting Club is a soccer club based in the Tarqui parish in Guayaquil, Ecuador; founded in 1925. ... The Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (LDU) is a professional soccer team from Quito in Ecuador. ... The Club Deportivo El Nacional is a professional football (soccer) team from Quito, the capital of Ecuador in northwestern South America. ...

  • 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 by Johnny Constante

External links

  • Emelec, with rich information in Spanish
  • Club Sport Emelec, with rich information in Spanish
  • Todo sobre el futbol ecuatoriano Todo sobre el futbol ecuatoriano
  • Futbol Ecuatoriano, about Ecuadorian soccer
  • Emelec Derby, with information in English
Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 2007
Sporting Club Imbabura | Barcelona S.C. | Deportivo Cuenca | Deportivo Quito | Emelec
| Deportivo Azogues | Liga de Quito (L.D.U.) | Macará | Nacional | Olmedo     edit


The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol is the most important football competition of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the football federation of Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... The Sporting Club Imbabura is a soccer club based in Ibarra, Ecuador. ... Barcelona Sporting Club is a soccer club based in the Tarqui parish in Guayaquil, Ecuador; founded in 1925. ... The Club Deportivo Cuenca is a soccer club based in Cuenca, Ecuador. ... The Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a soccer club based in Quito, Ecuador. ... Deportivo Azogues is an Ecuadorian football team playing at the top level, the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol. ... Liga Deportiva Universitaria (LDU) is a professional futbol club from the city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. ... The Club Social y Deportivo Macará is a soccer club based in Ambato, Ecuador. ... The Club Deportivo El Nacional is a professional football (soccer) team from Quito, the capital of Ecuador in northwestern South America. ... The Centro Deportivo Olmedo is a soccer club based in Riobamba, Ecuador. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Club Sport Emelec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (259 words)
Club Sport Emelec is a football club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Emelec was the first champion of Ecuador in 1957, with a "dream team" that included Yu Lee, José Balseca, Cruz Ávila, Mariano Larraz, Carlos Raffo, Jaime Ubilla, Daniel Pinto, Rómulo Gómez and Suárez-Rizzo.
In 2001 Emelec was a Copa Merconorte finalist.
Barcelona Sporting Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1314 words)
Barcelona Sporting Club is a soccer club based in the Tarqui parish in Guayaquil, Ecuador; founded in 1925.
The club was founded May 1, 1925, in the house of Spanish emigrant from Barcelona, Spain Eutimi Pérez and named after FC Barcelona.
Some of their rivals in Ecuador are Club Sport Emelec, Club Deportivo El Nacional and Liga Deportiva Universitaria from Quito.
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