Cumbayá F.C.

Ecuadorian football club

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Football club

Cumbayá

Full name

Cumbayá Fútbol Club

Nickname(s)

Los Leones (The Lions)
Cumbayork

Founded

31 May 1970; 53 years ago (1970-05-31)

Ground

Olímpico Atahualpa

Capacity

38,258

Chairman

Diana Morales

Manager

Norberto Araujo

League

Ecuadorian Serie A

2023

Serie A, 14th of 16

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Cumbayá Fútbol Club is an Ecuadorian professional football club from the city of Cumbayá. Founded on 31 May 1970 as Club Deportivo Los Loros, they play in the Serie A.

History

Founded on 31 May 1970 as Club Deportivo Los Loros in Quito, the club started to play in the Segunda Categoría de Pichincha in 2013. They reached the Segunda Categoría in 2015, but were knocked out in the first stage.

In 2017, after a change of administration, the club was moved to the city of Cumbayá and renamed Cumbayá Fútbol Club.^[1] In the following three seasons, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría before reaching the finals in 2020, where they achieved promotion to the Serie B but lost to Guayaquil Sport.^[2]

In their first-ever season in the second division, Cumbayá achieved promotion to the Serie A on 23 September 2021, being subsequently declared champions with three rounds to go.^[3] On 12 October, manager Raúl Duarte announced his departure from the club.^[4]

Achievements

Serie B
- Winner (1): 2021

Segunda Categoría
- Runner-up (1): 2020

Players

Current squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ECU	Alexi Lemos
2	MF	ECU	Fernando Delgado
3	DF	ECU	Kevin Hurtado
4	DF	ECU	Juan Carlos Paredes
5	MF	ARG	Alejandro Altuna
7	MF	ECU	Jefferson Padilla
8	MF	ECU	Maikel Valencia
9	FW	ARG	Augusto Magoia
10	MF	ECU	Rommel Tapia
12	GK	ECU	Benjamín Cárdenas
14	DF	ECU	Darwin Suárez
15	MF	ARG	Lucas Ontivero
16	DF	ECU	Luis Gustavino
17	FW	ECU	Elian Carabalí


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ECU	Ariel Almagro
19	MF	ECU	Melvin Díaz
21	FW	ECU	Diego Hurtado
22	MF	ECU	Thiago Serpa
23	GK	ARG	Felipe San Juan
27	FW	ECU	Jaime Ortíz
28	DF	ARG	Franco Suárez
29	MF	ECU	Kevin Rivera
32	FW	ARG	Bruno Vides
37	DF	ECU	Gorman Estacio
—	DF	ARG	Rodrigo Morínigo
—	MF	ECU	Jonathan Robledo
—	MF	ECU	Ariel Aguas

References

^ "Cumbayá F.C. busca su segunda victoria" [Cumbayá F.C. seek their second win] (in Spanish). La Hora. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Guayaquil Sport se proclama campeón de la Segunda Categoría" [Guayaquil Sport become champion of the Segunda Categoría] (in Spanish). Primicias. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "¡Histórico!: Cumbayá FC consiguió el ascenso a la Serie A de Ecuador" [Historical! Cumbayá FC achieved promotion to the Serie A of Ecuador] (in Spanish). Radio Pichincha. 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Tras el ascenso: Raúl Duarte dejó de ser el DT del Cumbayá FC" [After the promotion: Raúl Duarte left as manager of Cumbayá FC] (in Spanish). Studio Fútbol. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.