9 de Octubre F.C.

9 de Octubre
Full name	9 de Octubre Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Octubrinos (Octobrines); El Equipo Patriota (The Patriot Team); Super 9 (Super Nine); La Máquina Celeste y Blanco (The Sky Blue and White Machine); Octubristas (Octobrists)
Founded	August 25, 1912; 112 years ago, as Club Sport 9 de Octubre
Ground	Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer; Guayaquil, Ecuador
Capacity	40,000
Chairman	Bolívar Malta
Manager	Juan Carlos León
League	Serie B
2022	16th (Relegated from Serie A)
Website	http://www.9deoctubre.com

9 de Octubre Fútbol Club, simply referred to as Nueve (9) de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.^[1]

Founded in 1912, the club's name commemorates the date the city of Guayaquil declared their independence from Spain (October 9).

History

The club was founded on August 25, 1912 as a football club called Club Sport 9 de Octubre, although it was refounded on April 18, 1926 as a multi-sport club called 9 de Octubre.

During its amateur years, the football team won two Guayas tournaments in 1940 and 1946. The team turned professional in 1962, and participated in the national championship that same year. The following year, the club was runner-up in the professional Guayas tournament. In 1965, the team was national runner-up, which allowed them to participate in their first Copa Libertadores. They achieved back-to-back runners-up in 1983 and 1984, and is seen as the peak of the club's football success. Since then, the team has descended in the Ecuadorian football league system to the third level of football, the Segunda Categoría.

The team had a total of a 22 years being stuck in the Segunda Categoria but they made their return to the Ecuadorian Serie B after being 2nd placers in the Segunda Categoria Tournament

In 2020 they won the Serie B, officially returning to Ecuador's top division after a 25 year absence. In 2022 they were relegated again.

Honours

National

Serie B
- Winners (1): 2020

Regional

Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Guayaquil
- Winners (1): 1940
Campeonato Amateur División Intermedia
- Winners (1): 1935
Campeonato Amateur Serie B
- Winners (1): 1934
Campeonato Amateur Serie C
- Winners (1): 1932
Segunda Categoría del Guayas
- Winners (3): 1969, 1992, 2019

Players

Current squad

As of 5 March 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ECU	Kevin Becerra
4	DF	URU	Darwin Torres
7	MF	URU	Joaquin Verges
8	DF	ECU	Márcos Cangá
9	FW	ECU	Walberto Caicedo
10	MF	ECU	Gabriel Cortez (On loan from Barcelona S.C.)
11	FW	ECU	Carlos Garcés (On loan from Barcelona S.C.)
12	GK	PAR	Ruben Escobar
14	MF	ECU	Renny Jaramillo
15	MF	ECU	Marco Mosquera
16	MF	ECU	José Luis Cazares
17	MF	ECU	Joan Cortez
18	MF	ECU	Flavio Caicedo
19	DF	ECU	Orlin Quiñónez
20	MF	ECU	Jefferson Montero
21	DF	ECU	Nixon Follaco
23	DF	ECU	Kevin Peralta


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	ECU	Geovanny Nazareno
25	DF	ECU	Manuel Lucas
26	MF	ECU	John Medina
27	MF	ECU	Jardel Cortez
30	GK	ECU	Jorge Pinos
31	DF	ECU	Glendys Mina
32	GK	ECU	Lenín Usca
37	MF	ECU	Alex Carrera
38	MF	ECU	Éder Cetré
40	DF	ECU	Wilmer Meneses
41	MF	ECU	Kevin Arroyo
49	FW	ECU	Joao Paredes
70	MF	PAN	Ricardo Phillips
77	MF	URU	Mauro Da Luz
—	MF	MEX	Érick Sámano
—	FW	PAN	Newton Williams