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Manta
Full name	Manta Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Celestes (Sky blues); Pesqueros (Fishermen); Atuneros (Tuna fishermen)
Founded	July 27, 1998
Ground	Estadio Jocay; Manta, Ecuador; (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Robert Vélez Cevallos
Manager	Fabián Bustos
League	Serie A
2008	Serie B, 1st (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

Manta Fútbol Club is a football club based in Manta, Ecuador. They are the current winner of the Serie B and have gained promotion to the Serie A, Ecuador's top-level of professional football, for the 2009 season. Their rival club is LDU Portoviejo.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] National

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B

Winner (1): 2008

Runner-up (2): 2002, 2005-A

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rolando Ramírez
2	DF	Elio Roberto Lastra
3	DF	Alberto Arboleda
4	DF	Pablo Andrés Saucedo
5	DF	Darwin Bailón
6	MF	Diego Armando Macías
7	MF	Klever Andrés Andrade
8	MF	Leorvelis Mina
10	MF	Eder Vicente Palacios
11	FW	Jaime Javier Ayoví
12	GK	Mario Raúl Lozano
13	MF	John Jairo Angulo
14	MF	Agustin Goñi
15	DF	Jhonny Patricio Arteaga

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Efren Alexander Mera
17	FW	Cristian Cobeña
18	FW	Jesús Cristobal Alcívar
19	FW	David Modesto Valencia
20	FW	Richard Luis Mercado
21	FW	José Roberto Mera
24	MF	José Marcelo Zambrano
25	DF	Carlos Banderly Garcés
32	FW	Carlos Castilla
	DF	Luis Suárez
	DF	Andre Skiadas
	DF	Nicolas López
	MF	Gabriel Méndez
	FW	Martín Mandra