Manta FC
Full nameManta Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Celestes (Sky blues)
Pesqueros (Fishermen)
Atuneros (Tuna fishermen)
Founded27 July 1998 (1998-07-27)
GroundEstadio Jocay
Capacity18,125
ChairmanJaime Estrada Medranda
ManagerFabián Frías
LeagueSerie B
20228th
WebsiteClub website

Manta was founded in 1998 after the purchase of the franchise rights from the defunct Manta Sport. From 1999–2001, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría, the third tier of Ecuadorian football league system before being promoted in 2002 to Serie. Manta won promotion again in 2003 to Serie A for the first time but finished poorly and were relegated back to Serie B where they would spend the next 6 seasons. 2009 saw the club back in Serie A but no titles were forthcoming and they were relegated again in 2014.

They got promoted back to the Ecuadorian Serie A in 2020 and will play in the first tier after a 7 year absence.

Honours

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ecuador ECU Beder Valencia
26 GK Ecuador ECU Felix Zambrano
3 DF Ecuador ECU Argenis Moreira
14 DF Ecuador ECU Alexander Mendoza
17 DF Ecuador ECU José Valle
20 DF Ecuador ECU Jordan Jaime
27 DF Paraguay PAR Julio Domínguez
32 DF Ecuador ECU Daniel Patiño
66 DF Ecuador ECU José Flor
4 MF Ecuador ECU Roddy Salazar
5 MF Uruguay URU Nicolás Prieto
6 MF Ecuador ECU Gustavo Bustamante
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Ecuador ECU Jonathan Mesías
8 MF Argentina ARG Alejandro Frezzotti
10 MF Argentina ARG Gerardo Martínez
13 MF Ecuador ECU Iván Trelles
15 MF Ecuador ECU Kléver Triviño
16 MF Ecuador ECU Marcos Romero
21 MF Ecuador ECU Ángel Ledesma
35 MF Ecuador ECU Cristhian Cuero
18 FW Ecuador ECU Jonathan Caicedo
33 FW Ecuador ECU Vinicio Angulo

Managers

  • Argentina Fabián Bustos (July 14, 2009 – Dec 15, 2010)
  • Argentina Gabriel Perrone (Dec 15, 2010 – May 3, 2011)
  • Colombia Armando Osma (Aug 30, 2011 – Dec 13, 2012)
  • Ecuador Edwin Cózar (Dec 15, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
  • Argentina Fabián Bustos (July 2, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
  • Argentina Juan Manuel Llop (Jan 1, 2014 – Aug 1, 2014)
  • Argentina Jorge Alfonso (Aug 1, 2014 – Jan 1, 2015)
  • Ecuador Jefferson Huerta (Jan 1, 2015–)


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