Manta F.C.
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Especializado Dedicado a la Práctica del Deporte Profesional Manta Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nicknames | Celestes (Sky blues) Pesqueros (Fishermen) Atuneros (Tuna fishermen) | |||
| Founded | 27 July 1998 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Jocay | |||
| Capacity | 21,000 | |||
| Chairman | Guillermo Medranda | |||
| Manager | Efrén Mera | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2024 | 2nd | |||
| Website | http://www.mantafutbolclub.com/ | |||
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Manta Fútbol Club is a professional football club from the city of Manta, Ecuador. Founded in 1998, they play in Serie A.
History
[edit | edit source]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 B. 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 six 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 Serie A in 2020 played in the first tier after a seven-year absence. After one season, they suffered another relegation, only returning to the top tier in 2024 after finishing second in the year's Serie B.
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Serie B
- Champions (1): 2008
Players
[edit | edit source]- As of 7 April 2025
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Managers
[edit | edit source]- Argentina Fabián Bustos (2009–2010)
- Argentina Gabriel Perrone (2010–2011)
- Colombia Armando Osma (2011–2012)
- Ecuador Edwin Cózar (2012–2013)
- Argentina Fabián Bustos (2013)
- Argentina Juan Manuel Llop (2014)
- Colombia Armando Osma (2014)
- Argentina Jorge Alfonso (2014–2015)
- Argentina Juan Amador Sánchez (2015)
- Ecuador Luis Espinel (2016)
- Argentina Jorge Alfonso (2017)
- Paraguay Rolando Azas (2017–2018)
- Argentina Ecuador Pablo Saucedo (2019)
- Argentina Fabián Frías (2019–2021)
- Spain Argentina Pablo Trobbiani (2022)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in Spanish)
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