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| Full name | Sociedad Deportiva Aucas | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Orientales El Ídolo de Quito (The Idol of Quito) El Ídolo del Pueblo (The Idol of the People) | |||
| Founded | 6 February 1945 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Quito, Ecuador | |||
| Capacity | 18,799 | |||
| Chairman | Danny Walker | |||
| Manager | Gabriel Pereyra | |||
| League | Ecuadorian Serie A | |||
| 2023 | Serie A, 5th of 16 | |||
| Website | http://www.aucas.ec/wordpress/ | |||
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Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (Spanish pronunciation: [sosjeˈðað ðepoɾˈtiβa ˈawkas]), also known as "Papá Aucas", is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of its long history in the Serie A. The team also has a major rivalry in L.D.U. Quito, which they contest one of the most prestigious derbies in all of Ecuador, and the most prestigious in Quito.