Club Sport Patria is a soccer

Football (soccer)

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 club based in Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

, Ecuador

Ecuador

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. Patria

Patria

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 was one of the first football clubs founded in Ecuador

Ecuador

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 and right now it is the oldest team in existence in the country.

History

The birth of Patria

Patria

Patria may refer to:* Homeland * Patria, a cycle of theatrical works by composer R. Murray Schafer* Patria AMV * Patria , of Finland...

 goes back to the year 1906 when a group of young men from the Atarazana neighborhood in Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

 got together and decided to create a sports club. They initially called their group simply as "Guayaquil". Two years later they got together once again, but this time they decided to make their club official and that is how the Club Sport Patria was born on September 18, 1908.

Mr. Agustín Febres-Cordero Tyler one of the club's original founders declared that the first fields where the team ever played were the streets of Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

, some of them now very important streets in the city like the 9 de Octubre Avenue now one of the busiest streets in the city.

In 1958 and 1959, this team was unbeatable. They were a team to fear in the Ecuadorian league. They were considered a luxury squad.
The starting line up included: Sotomayor, Ezio Martinez, Carlos Mendez, Jorge Iza Aguirre, Sierra, Jaime Galarza, Mario Saetero, Colon Merizalde, Gambina, Enrique Raymundi, San Re.

• LIST OF CLUB SPORT PATRIA'S ORIGINAL FOUNDERS

Agustín Febres Cordero Tyler

Agustín Dillon Valdez

Marcos Plaza Sotomayor

César Coronel Espinoza

Alfredo Ycaza Cucalón

Alberto Arrarte Crosby

Armando Pareja Coronel

Adolfo Baquerizo Roca

Octavio Baquerizo Roca

Eduardo Pérez Medina

Gustavo Ycaza Cucalón

Juan Medina Unamuno

Martín Reimberg Tyler

Francisco Gómez Ycaza

Uriel Valdez Castillo

José Santiago Castillo Castillo

Rodrigo Ycaza Cornejo

Fausto Gómez Terán

César Chiriboga Benítez

Gustavo Gómez Ycaza

Carlos Chiriboga Benítez

Manuel Eduardo Castillo Castillo

Juan Vallarino C.

Luis Espinoza Tamayo

Achievements

• Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Primera A
  • Runner-up (1): 1961
• Campeonato Segunda Categoría, Zona Guayas
  • Champion (1): 2006
• Campeonato Profesional de Guayaquil
  • Champion (2): 1958, 1959
  • Runner-up (2):1951, 1952
• Campeonato Amateur del Guayas
  • Champion (2): 1942, 1944
• Copa AsoGuayas
  • Champion (1): 2007

Famous players

Horacio Bellavitis (DF) Eduardo Bores (GK) Carlos Gambina (MF) Angel A Ceccardi (FW) Nelson Aurea (MF) Alfredo Bonnard Jara (GK) Miguel Bustamante (DF) Fortunato Chalén (DF) Jaime Galarza (MF) Honorato Gonzabay (DF)
Ezio Martinez (DF) Jorge Mawyín (FW) Bolivar Merizalde (FW) José Merizalde (MF) Enrique Raymondi (FW) Ernesto Reyes (MF) Juan Saeteros (DF) Mario Saeteros (FW) Cipriano Yu Lee (GK) Eduardo Hurtado

Eduardo Hurtado

Eduardo Estíguar Hurtado Roa is a footballer who play as a striker. He has the record of being the 2nd all-time leading scorer for the Ecuador national football team with 26 goals in 74 caps.-Early history:...

 (FW)

Current squad

As of Abr 4 2008