Club Deportivo Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Universidad Católica

Full name	Club Deportivo de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Nickname(s)	"Los Camaratas" "El Trencito Azul" (The Blue train) "Chatolei" "Los Santos" (The Saints)
Founded	June 26, 1963[1]
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (Capacity: 40,948)
President	Enrique Portilla
Manager	Jorge Célico
League	Serie B
2010	Serie A, 11th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador.

History

Universidad Católica was originally founded as a university football team for Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, a Catholic university in Quito. In 1962, they won the inter-university championship. Soon after, they became a football club on June 26, 1963 under Liga Deportiva de la Universidad Católica.

On January 15, 1965, they beat Club Gladiador for the right to compete professional. They then won their first professional title at the 12th Interandean Professional Championship that same year.

In 1973 & 1979, Universidad Católica finished second in the national championship. As a results, they were allowed to participate in the Copa Libertaodres the following years (1974 & 1980). Although being in the First Category (Primera A & Primera B) for most of their history, they descended to the Second Category in 1993. They returned to Primera B in 1998, and ascended briefly to Primera A for 2008.

Honors

Regional

• Campeonato Professional Interandino (1): 1965

National

• Serie B (2): 1990 E1, 2007

References

1. ^ http://www.ecuafutbol.org/organizaciones/Clubes-A.aspx

External links

• Official website (Spanish)