Manta F.C.

Manta Fútbol Club is a professional football club from the city of Manta, Ecuador. Founded in 1998, they play in Serie A.

Manta FC

Full name	Club Deportivo Especializado Dedicado a la Práctica del Deporte Profesional Manta Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Celestes (Sky blues) Pesqueros (Fishermen) Atuneros (Tuna fishermen)
Founded	27 July 1998; 27 years ago (1998-07-27)
Ground	Estadio Jocay
Capacity	21,000
Chairman	Guillermo Medranda
Manager	Efrén Mera
League	Serie A
2024	2nd
Website	http://www.mantafutbolclub.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

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

• Serie B
  • Champions (1): 2008

Players

As of 7 April 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  URU Andrés Madruga 3 DF  ECU Justin Peñarrieta 4 DF  ECU Luis Angulo 5 DF  PAR Marcos Acosta 6 DF  ECU Limber Navarrete 7 MF  ECU Danny Cabezas 8 MF  ARG Fabrizio Almeida 9 FW  ECU Daniel Valencia (Captain) 10 MF  ECU Christian Alemán 11 DF  ECU Manuel Corozo 12 GK  ECU Felix Zambrano 13 DF  ECU Marcelo Jaramillo 14 DF  ECU Jeremy Mina 15 DF  ECU Ronald Peñafiel 16 DF  ECU Dagner Quintero 17 FW  PAR Richard Ortiz 18 DF  ECU Jorge Ruperti 21 DF  URU Gastón Bartora

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  ECU Adrian Guerrero 24 MF  ARG Braian Ramírez 26 FW  ECU Anderson Castillo 27 FW  ARG Joaquín Salvucci 28 FW  PAN Ervin Zorrilla 30 MF  ECU Jonathan Majao 33 GK  ECU Mario Valero 38 MF  ECU Mateo Ortíz 70 FW  ECU Darlin Leiton 77 MF  ECU Jordano Zambrano 80 MF  ECU Maikel Valencia 85 MF  URU Facundo Ospitaleche 99 GK  ECU Estefano Pico - GK  ECU Wálter Chávez - DF  ECU Jeison Domínguez - DF  ECU Alexander Medina - MF  ECU Hansell Portocarrero - FW  ECU Jostin Alman

Managers

• Fabián Bustos (2009–2010)
• Gabriel Perrone (2010–2011)
• Armando Osma (2011–2012)
• Edwin Cózar (2012–2013)
• Fabián Bustos (2013)
• Juan Manuel Llop (2014)
• Armando Osma (2014)
• Jorge Alfonso (2014–2015)
• Juan Amador Sánchez (2015)
• Luis Espinel (2016)
• Jorge Alfonso (2017)
• Rolando Azas (2017–2018)
• Pablo Saucedo (2019)
• Fabián Frías (2019–2021)
• Pablo Trobbiani (2022)

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Manta F.C. on Facebook
• Manta F.C. on Twitter
• Manta F.C. on Instagram