Guayaquil City F.C.
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| Full name | Guayaquil City Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nicknames | El Equipo de la Ciudad Los Ciudadanos Los Ciitadinos Los Celestes Los Albicelestes | |||
| Founded | 7 November 2007 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil, Ecuador. | |||
| Capacity | 10,152 | |||
| President | Christian Zamora | |||
| Manager | Pool Gavilánez | |||
| League | LigaPro Serie A | |||
| 2025 | Serie B, 1st of 12 (promoted) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Guayaquil City F.C. (known as C.D. River Ecuador until 2017) is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Guayaquil. They currently play in the country's top tier-level football league, the Ecuadorian Serie A after to winning from the Ecuadorian Serie B at the end of the 2025 season.
History
Formed in 2007 as Club Deportivo River Plate Ecuador (or River Ecuador), the club was founded through a partnership with the dominant Argentinian side River Plate.[1] By 2010 the relationship had already ended, but the club continued to operate under its given name and with River Plate's traditional red kit colour.[1]
On 11 July 2017 it was announced that River Ecuador had renamed themselves to Guayaquil City Fútbol Club, changing their strip to sky blue and white horizontal stripes.[2] The new name, kit colours and badge design prompted a number of claims that the change in identity was the result of a takeover by the Manchester City-linked City Football Group, though no evidence of this was forthcoming.[3]
Statistics
Serie A
- Seasons: 9 (2015–2023)
- Matches played: 132
- Wins: 38
- Draws: 32
- Losses: 62
- Goals for: 137
- Goals against: 184
- Goals difference: -47
- Points: 146
- All-time position: 7th
Serie B
- Seasons: 5 (2010–2014)
Segunda Categoría
- Seasons: 2 (2008–2009)
Players
Current squad
- As of 2 March 2026
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Kléber Fajardo (2007)
César Vigevani (2008–2010)- Kléber Fajardo (2012)
- Humberto Pizarro (2012–2015)
- Marcelo Trobbiani (2015)
Guillermo Sanguinetti (2016)- Pablo Trobbiani (interim) (2016)
Ángel Gómez (2017)- Gabriel Perrone (2017)
- Pool Gavilánez (2017–present)
References
- ^ a b "Los cuatro River de América" [The Four River of the Americas]. El País (in Spanish). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "River Ecuador jugará desde este viernes como Guayaquil City FC" [River Ecuador will play from this Friday as Guayaquil City FC]. El Universo. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Guayaquil City FC es la primera filial del Manchester de Pep Guardiola en Sudamérica" [Guayaquil City FC is the first affiliate of Pep Guardiola's Manchester in South America]. depor.com. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.