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| Full name | Club Deportivo de la Universidad Católica del Ecuador | |||
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| 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 | 35,742 | |||
| President | Miguel Almeida Suárez | |||
| Manager | Jorge Célico | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2013 | 4th | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador.
History
Universidad Católica was 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 Libertadores 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 (3): 1990 E1, 2007, 2012
References
External links
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