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Emelec
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Full nameClub Sport Emelec
Nickname(s) El Bombillo (the lightbulbs)
Los Electricos (the electrics)
El Ballet Azul (the blue ballet)
El Equipo Millonario (the millionaire team)
FoundedApril 28, 1929
GroundEstadio George Capwell
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Capacity20,000
ChairmanEcuador Elias Wated
ManagerArgentina Gabriel Perrone
LeagueSerie A
20087th

Club Sport Emelec is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador that is best known for their football team. If taken all sports the club participates in into account, the club has won more national championships than any other club in Ecuador. In football, they have ten national titles, which is third overall. Emelec plays in the most popular local derby in Ecuador, the Clásico del Astillero, against crosstown rivals Barcelona.

History

The club was found after an assembly of employees at the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, an electric company in Guayaquil, decided to start an amateur sports league. The initiative was spearheaded by George Capwell, the executive officer of the company who came from the US. The first sports played in the club were baseball, basketball, boxing, swimming, handball, and football. Capwell did not enjoy football, so the sport was supported only by his employees in non-official but recognized championships. This changed in the 1940s, when Capwell finally lent his support, resulting in the club winning several official local championships, building their own stadium, and hosting the 1947 South American Championship entirely in it.

In 1957, the club became the first national champions in football with a "dream team" that included Cipriano Yu Lee, José Vicente Balseca, Cruz Ávila, Mariano Larraz, Carlos Alberto Raffo, Jaime Ubilla, Daniel Pinto, Rómulo Gómez and Suárez-Rizzo; they were coached by Eduardo "Tano" Spandre. Since then, they have accumulated nine more national titles, placing them 3rd in the national title count behind Barcelona and El Nacional (both have 13). They have also won seven local titles (two in the amateur area and five in the professional era).

In the 1990s, the football team saw success internationally. In 1995, they reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores; they lost to eventual champions Grêmio. In 2001, the team was close to becoming the first Ecuadorian club to win an international title when they were a finalist in the 2001 Copa Merconorte. In the finals, they lost to Millionarios 3-1 on penalty kicks after tying on aggregate 2-2.

Stadium

Several years after the creation of the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador sports club, its founder, George Lewis Capwell, decided that it was time for the club to have its own Baseball stadium, so in 1942 Guayaquil's Municipal authorities donated 4 city blocks for the construction of the first private sports stadium in Ecuador. A year after that, in 1943, Emelec's staff officially named and initiated the construction of the George Capwell Stadium.

The beautiful George Capwell Stadium opened its doors for the first time on October 21 of 1945, the inaugural game was a Baseball match between Emelec and Oriente, and George Capwell played as a catcher for the "Azules" (Emelec). Although Emelec's president did not like football and their stadium was not initially intended to be a football field, soon after the inauguration the first football match was held. Emelec won 5 - 4 against an all stars team from the cities of Manta and Bahia.

The 1947 Copa America competition was held exclusively at George Capwell Stadium, and an undefeated Argentina became South America's champion with an all star team that included names like Alfredo Di Stefano, Lostau, and Mendez. Ecuador finished in 6th place. (Brazil did not participate on this competition.)

After the birth of Guayaquil's Estadio Modelo Guayaquil "Alberto Spencer", the George Capwell Stadium was closed for many years because it became obsolete, and in several occasions was almost destroyed for various projects that luckily for the club were never actually completed.

It wasn't until 1991 that with the leadership of Nassib Nehme that the George Capwell Stadium was reopened, to become once again the house of Emelec. Since its reopening the stadium has been enlarged twice and a new and final change has been scheduled for 2010, to reach a final capacity of 45,000 spectators.

At the moment the official capacity of the stadium according to the FEF (Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol) is 18,000 spectators. However, that number has not been changed even after the two enlargements were finished. It is said that the true capacity of the stadium at the moment is 30,000 spectators.

Supporters

Boca del Pozo

The fan group known as "Boca del Pozo" (mouth of the well) was founded July 25, 1980 by Giussepe Cavanna Chavez (today part of the club's staff). The group adopted that name because their clubhouse, known as Cavanna's Place, was located in a neighborhood with the same name. The fan base gained recognition and grew in number. Today, Boca Del Pozo is known to usually gather behind the goals, and chant for Emelec from beginning to end, regardless of the score. The group has also created several factions in several different cities in Ecuador.

Legión Azul (Blue Legion)

The group know as Legión Azul was founded in 2001 before Emelec won that year's championship. It started with 10 to 15 members. Today, however, there are more or less 250 members of this group now. They are located right in front of "La Boca del Pozo" behind the other goal.

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 Ecuador ECU Marcelo Elizaga
2 DF Ecuador ECU Mariano Mina
3 DF Ecuador ECU Luis Zambrano
5 MF Ecuador ECU José Luis Quiñónez
6 DF Ecuador ECU Carlos Andrés Quiñónez
7 MF Ecuador ECU David Quiroz
8 MF Ecuador ECU Polo Wila
9 MF Ecuador ECU Silvano Estacio
10 FW Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Raponi
11 FW Argentina ARG Hernan Peirone
12 GK Ecuador ECU Damian Lanza
13 FW Ecuador ECU Angel Mena
14 FW Ecuador ECU Agustín Delgado
15 MF Colombia COL Luis Guillermo Rivera
16 MF Ecuador ECU Jimmy Bran
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Ecuador ECU Jasson Zambrano
19 DF Ecuador ECU Marcelo Fleitas
20 MF Argentina ARG Pablo Pérez
22 GK Ecuador ECU Javier Klimowicz
23 DF Ecuador ECU Gabriel Achilier
24 DF Ecuador ECU Freddy Nazareno
27 FW Argentina ARG Franco Mendoza
33 DF Ecuador ECU José Aguirre
50 MF Ecuador ECU Marco Caicedo
51 FW Ecuador ECU Bryan Rodriguez
80 FW Ecuador ECU Joao Rojas
99 MF Ecuador ECU Jefferson Pinto
? DF Ecuador ECU Eduardo Morante
? FW Ecuador ECU Leonardo Garcia

Top goal scorers

The following is a list of Emelec players who have been the top scorer of the year in Ecuador:

(*) Ecuadorian football record, and top scorer of the world in 1998.

Noted Players

Noted managers

Achievements

National

  • Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
    • Champion (10): 1957, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002
    • Runner-up (9): 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2006
  • Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B
    • Winner (1): 1981 E1
  • Campeonato Profesional de Guayaquil
    • Champion (5): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1966
    • Runner-up (6): 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967
  • Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol del Guayas
    • Champion (2): 1945, 1948

International

The Cradle of Ecuadorian Football

For over many years Emelec has been the leader in Ecuador for developing new football talents that are discovered and trained in their spectacular youth programs. Emelec has won several titles and recognition because of this and as of 2008 most teams in Ecuadorian first division have players that were trained by Emelec.

List of players trained in Emelec's youth programs playing for Ecuadorian first division teams:

SERIE A

SERIE B

Playing for foreign teams:


Facts

  • Emelec's founder George Capwell did not like football, he was a huge baseball fan and when he created the sports club he did not support football, only his employees did.
  • In 1957, many years after sharing titles with other teams from Guayaquil in the amateur and regional tournaments, Emelec won the first professional Ecuadorian football Championship ever.
  • Emelec was the first team in Ecuador to have its own stadium and was also the first team to make a million-dollar transaction, hiring $1´650.000 for the Argentine player Walter Pico.
  • In 1948 Emelec became the first Ecuadorian team in history to compete on an international event. They were invited as Guayaquil's champions to represent Ecuador in the "Copa Campeones" in Chile, which in time became the famous "Copa Libertadores de America".
  • In 1962 Emelec became the first Ecuadorian team to win a match in the "Copa Libertadores de America" when they defeated C.D. Millonarios from Colombia 4 - 2. The team also holds the largest score any Ecuadorian team has ever manage to obtain in the "Copa Libertadores", 7 - 2 against Universidad Catolica from Chile, also in 1962.
  • After winning the 1979 championship, in 1980 Emelec went to Ecuadorian Second Division, called "Serie B" because they made the worst presentation in played games during that year.
  • The late Eduardo "Che" Perez founded the first organized group to follow any Ecuadorian team. He followed Emelec anywhere the team went until his death in 2003. The largely organized group "Boca del Pozo" was the first "Barra Brava" in the country. Because of their support, Emelec's fans are recognized as the most faithful fans in the country.
  • Emelec's historical top scorer is Carlos Alberto Juarez with more than 110 goals scored in five years. His runner up is Jesus Cardenas.

Trivia

  • In 1998, Jaime Ivan Kaviedes scored 43 goals and became the all time top scorer in Ecuadorian history and that year's world top scorer. The next year Kaviedes was transferred to Perugia of the Italian Serie A for USD 5.5M. and after that he played in several teams all over the world including Celta de Vigo, Real Valladolid, Puebla, Porto, Crystal Palace, Barcelona S.C., Deportivo Quito, and Argentinos Juniors. Although he has had so many opportunities during his career, and almost nine years after scoring 43 goals in a single year with Emelec, he has not been able to accumulate another 43 goals with both club and country from 1999 to 2006.
  • The late forward Otilino Tenorio became famous with Emelec because every time he scored he celebrated by wearing a blue Spiderman mask to the delight of the fans. Tenorio died in 2005 in a tragic traffic accident. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Jaime Ivan Kaviedes scored the third goal in Ecuador's victory over Costa Rica, and to celebrate the goal he had just scored, he used a yellow Spiderman mask honoring the memory of Otilino Tenorio.
  • On the final match day of 2002 season three teams were competing for the title. El Nacional were the favorites as they only had to tie at home against a weak Deportivo Quito side while Barcelona SC had to visit LDU Quito at their stadium and needed a victory to become the champions. The least optioned team was Emelec who played in their stadium against Sociedad Deportivo Aucas. They needed a win and a El Nacional and Barcelona SC loss. Ecuadorian football officials were so convinced that the champion was going to be either El Nacional or Barcelona, that they had the cup in Quito and were ready to send it to either one of the stadiums of the city where the two teams were playing. All 3 games were played simultaneously, and surprisingly El Nacional was soon losing to Deportivo Quito 1 – 4, while Barcelona and Liga were tied at zero. Emelec struggled to score until the last few minutes of the game when defender Augusto Poroso sent a spectacular volley into the net to beat Aucas. Minutes later, El Nacional and Emelec finished their respective games, but Barcelona's match had a few minutes more to go. In the Capwell Stadium Emelec fans waited anxiously for the match to end when suddenly, at the last minute, Barcelona scored. Tears were starting to fall down when suddenly the ref signaled an offside nullifying the goal. A couple of minutes later the game was over and Emelec had won their 10th and last crown, so far. The team and fans had to wait a few hours on the stadium's pitch for the Cup to arrive from Quito.
  • On April 28th Emelec celebrated its 80 years

Other sports

Emelec is not only one of the most important football clubs in Ecuador, but it is rated as one of the most important sports club of the country. In their trophy room Emelec has hundreds of cups and medals that have been gained over the years in many different sports. The list includes:

  • 33 Consecutive National Boxing Championships
  • 13 Baseball National Championships
  • 11 Male Basketball National Championships
  • 18 Female Basketball National Championships
  • 7 Cycling National Champsionships
  • 5 Tae Kwon Do National Championships
  • 5 Judo National Championships
  • 1 Weight Lifting World Championship

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