Rugby team

Deportivo Cuenca

Club · Ecuador · Liga Pro

«Morlacos»

237 Matches

76 wins

66 draws

95 losses

270–302 Goals

−32 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Form L L D L W L

Cuenca's civic leaders wanted a professional side to represent the city, and in 1971 mayor Alejandro Serrano Aguilar joined forces with Polibio Vásquez and Alfredo Peña to build one. Club Deportivo Cuenca took shape on 4 March that year, wearing red shirts that earned the team its early name, Franela Roja.

The club wasted no time finding the top flight: in its debut season it won the Serie B title and moved straight into Ecuador's elite. What followed was decades of swings between the divisions — a first relegation in 1980, a slide as far as provincial football later that decade, a return through Serie B in 1995, and a last drop to the second tier in 1999 brought on by an economic and institutional crisis. Cuenca climbed back by winning the second division in 2001 and returned to Serie A in 2002.

Two years later came the club's only top-flight crown. Daniel Córdova built the squad that carried Cuenca through 2004, and Argentine coach Julio Asad took it over the line, with goalkeeper Javier Klimovich and defender Marcelo Velasco marshalling the back line. The years that followed held their own: runner-up finishes in 2007 and 2009 under Gabriel Perrone, and in 2009 a Copa Libertadores win over Boca Juniors — the first time an Ecuadorian club had beaten the Argentines in the competition.

The Morlacos, as they're known around Cuenca, play at the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, named for the mayor who set the club in motion. The club's women's team has added two Superliga titles, in 2019 and 2021.

No player has left a deeper mark than Ángel Luis Lisiardi, who took Ecuadorian nationality and finished as the country's top scorer three years running, in 1974, 1975 and 1976. He remains Deportivo Cuenca's record scorer, with 132 goals.

Latest results

All matches

7 Sep	Liga Pro	Libertad Asunción H	0:1	L
2 Sep	Liga Pro	Guayaquil City H	1:0	W
29 Aug	Liga Pro	Tecnico Universitario A	1:3	L
22 Aug	Liga Pro	Mushuc Runa H	0:0	D
16 Aug	Liga Pro	Orense SC A	0:2	L
11 Aug	Liga Pro	Manta H	1:2	L

Standing

CONMEBOL Sudamericana

Group stage · Group D

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Deportivo Recoleta	6	1	5	0	6:5	8
2	Santos	6	1	4	1	8:6	7
3	San Lorenzo de Almagro	6	1	4	1	6:5	7
4	Deportivo Cuenca	6	1	3	2	3:7	6

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 237

237 Matches

76 wins

66 draws

95 losses

270–302 Goals

−32 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 237

76 66 95

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	237	116	121
Scored	270	175	95
Conceded	302	129	173
Scored per game	1.1	1.5	0.8
Conceded per game	1.3	1.1	1.4
Difference	−32	+46	−78

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Yeltzin Erique Defender 22 Matches

Eddie Guevara Defender 22 Matches

Germán Ariel Rivero Forward 22 Matches

Jorge Ordóñez Midfielder 22 Matches

Facundo Ferrero Goalkeeper 22 Matches

Carlos Arboleda Midfielder 22 Matches

Marcos Andrés López Defender 21 Matches

D. Gonzalez Midfielder 21 Matches

Squad of Deportivo Cuenca

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
53	Yeltzin Erique	Defender	23	22
23	Eddie Guevara	Defender	36	22
11	Germán Ariel Rivero	Forward	34	22
43	Jorge Ordóñez	Midfielder	31	22
1	Facundo Ferrero	Goalkeeper	30	22
37	Carlos Arboleda	Midfielder	35	22
25	Marcos Andrés López	Defender	33	21
49	D. Gonzalez	Midfielder	23	21
8	Edison Vega	Midfielder	36	21
6	Santiago Postel	Defender	23	21
16	Jeremy Mejia	Midfielder	20	20
19	Melvin Fabricio Díaz Canencia	Midfielder	24	20
12	Ethan Minda	Goalkeeper	22	19
18	Mateo Piedra	Defender	26	19
14	Jeremy Chacon	Midfielder		19
28	Patricio Boolsen	Defender		18
7	Lucas Eduardo Mancinelli	Midfielder	37	18
29	M. Klimovich	Forward		17
30	Mateo Maccari	Midfielder	25	17
2	Ignacio Mosquera	Defender	22	16
20	Bryan García	Forward	25	16
10	Romario Ibarra	Midfielder		14
9	Nicolás Leguizamón	Forward		14
21	Romey Stalin Morocho Roldán	Defender		10
5	David Noboa	Midfielder	31	6
15	Mathías Solís	Forward	21	6
3	Gian Nardelli	Defender	26	5
21	Marcel Jiménez	Midfielder		3
88	C. Benalcazar	Forward		3
22	Jose Mendes	Goalkeeper		3
50	Martín Sigüenza	Forward		2