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Club Sport Emelec are based in the beautiful Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil. The club was founded by a New Yorker, George Capwell. An electric company executive in the United States, Capwell founded the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, (Em-El-Ec) an electric company in Guayaquil, and decided to start an amateur sports league for employees of the company. The first sports played at the club were baseball and boxing, with Capwell himself playing as the catcher. It's well known that Capwell didn't care much for Futbol and only after unrelenting pressure from the company employees was the soccer team formed in 1929.

This year the club is celebrating it's 90 year anniversary, playing in the atmospheric and compact George Capwell Stadium. Emelec last won the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A in 2002 but managed a runners-up position in 2006.

George Capwell Stadium and the Boco del Pozo supporters group.


For more information on the interesting history of Emelec we highly recommend the Emelec fan site Emelexista.


Since 1991 George Capwell Stadium has seen two increases in capacity.

At The Onion Bag Soccer Shop you can buy Emelec soccer jerseys past and present. Made by Diadora the Emelec soccer jersey is a must have for all Emelexistas. We have just received the new 2009 Emelec Home and Away jerseys which are available for purchase for 64.95.

2009 Diadora Emelec Home soccer jersey at OnionBag.com