Club Deportivo Cuenca
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Cuenca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | "Morlacos" "Colorados" "El Expreso Austral" |
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| Founded | 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca, Ecuador (Capacity 22,102) |
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| Chairman |  Alejandro Serrano Aguilar |
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| Manager |  Gabriel Perrone |
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| League | Serie A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 2nd Stage, 9th Position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Club Deportivo Cuenca is a soccer club based in Cuenca, Ecuador. Founded on March 4, 1971, Deportivo Cuenca has become quite a competitor for Ecuadorian soccer. The "Morlacos" have one championship won in the year 2004. They have 4 participations in Copa Libertadores.
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[edit] History
[edit] Foundation
In 1970 desire was born to form a professional soccer team in the city of Cuenca. This desire was shaped through Dr Alejandro Alexander Aguilar (mayor of the city then) and the gentlemen Polibio Vázquez and Alfredo Rock. The citizen's endorsement was immediate before the initiative headed by the mayor, therefore the Commission of Sports was satisfied to the gentlemen Gilbert Sotomayor, Ricardo Ordo'ñez and Bolivar Lupercio, whose first management was to obtain the acceptance of the Ecuadorian Federation of Soccer so that the professional team of the city could participate in the professional level. By means of the session celebrated in February of 1971 in the "Salón de la Ciudad" of the Very Illustrious Municipality of Cuenca, the project became a reality, and it was then that Deportivo Cuenca was born. A month later, the Association of Soccer funded the Asociación de Fútbol no Amateur del Azuay (AFA) (Association of Soccer non Amateur of Azuay). As club the first decisions were taken: the uniform would be red and yellow with a t-shirt to vertical rays, the first Technical Director was Carlos Alberto Raffo, the first contracted foreign soccer players were Rodolfo Piazza, the Paraguayan Luis Martinez who achieved the first team's goal, and Gerald Laterza. In its start the team was known as the "Franela Roja" (Red Bandana).
[edit] Club Performance
Originally, and throughout most of its existence, the team was never a contender to the tittle, and never received much attention internationally, or on the prestigious Copa Libertadores. Deportivo Cuenca had a brief successful period during the 1970s. It is only on recent years that the team has began a successful career, winning the series A national tittle for the first time in 2004, and having a reasonable participation on the Libertadores cup.
[edit] Achievements
[edit] Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: (4 Participations)
1976, 1977, 2005, 2008
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
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- 1999: First Round
[edit] Current squad
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| Barcelona S.C. • Deportivo Cuenca • Deportivo Quito • Emelec Deportivo Azogues • Liga de Quito (L.D.U.) • ESPOLI • Técnico Universitario (Ambato) • Macará • Universidad Catolica • Nacional • Olmedo • |
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| Final Fluminense• LDU
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