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Macará

Liga Pro

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Founded:	1939
Stadium:	Estadio Bellavista de Ambato
Coach:	Guillermo Óscar Sanguinetti Giordano
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Macará home ground venue is Estadio Bellavista de Ambato.

Guillermo Óscar Sanguinetti Giordano is the current coach for Macará.

Macará Liga Pro Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Macará have played a total of 22 matches in Ecuador Liga Pro. Their current statistics is 5 win, 7 draw and 10 lose.

Macará did not win their last three matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Macará results for their home or away matches in Liga Pro 2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Macará	22	5	7	10

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
02/08/2025	Deportivo Cuenca		Macará		H2H	O
27/07/2025	Macará	1 - 4	Universidad Católica	1-2	H2H	O	+
			6' A. Londoño
Gastón Blanc 27'		1 - 0
Gastón Blanc 28'
		1 - 1	37' B. Palacios
Pablo González 39'
		1 - 2	40' B. Palacios
Federico Paz 46'
Mateo Viera 46'
		1 - 3	57' B. Palacios
		1 - 4	59' A. Londoño
Gastón Blanc 63'
Ángel Ledesma 63'
Maximiliano Juambeltz 63'
Martín Tello 63'
			64' A. Londoño
			64' R. Troya
			70' G. Anangonó
			70' C. Medina
Janpol Morales 81'
Luis Ayala 81'
			81' M. Díaz
			81' A. Rodríguez
			81' M. Alonso
			81' Eric Valencia
			81' B. Palacios
			81' Saenddy Said Yánez Zambrano
20/07/2025	Técnico Universitario	1 - 0	Macará	1-0	H2H	O	+
Dixon Vera 28'
Juan David Jiménez 29'
Ramiro Cristóbal 33'		1 - 0
			36' José Cazares
			46' Edwin Mesa
			46' Toño Espinoza
			46' Mateo Viera
			46' Ángel Ledesma
			61' Leonel Álvarez
			61' Janpol Morales
Dixon Vera 64'
Richard Celis 64'
Tomson Minda 65'
José Miguel Andrade 65'
Elvis Patta 65'
Orlando Herrera 65'
Miguel Perea 69'
Roberto Luzarraga 69'
			73' Nahuel Arena
			74' José Cazares
			74' Gastón Blanc
Marlon Medranda 85'
Bryan Corozo 85'
			88' Cristian Correa
			89' Federico Paz
			90' Federico Paz
			90' Antony Chére
12/07/2025	Macará	1 - 2	Independiente del Valle	1-1	H2H	O	+
Federico Paz 13'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	19' Jordy Alcívar
Leonel Álvarez 55'
			63' Emerson Pata
			63' Ronald Briones
			63' Jordy Alcívar
			63' Jhegson Méndez
			63' Renato Ibarra
			63' Aron Rodríguez
Cristian Correa 67'
		1 - 2	70' Michael Hoyos
Mateo Viera 71'
Ángel Ledesma 71'
Janpol Morales 72'
Leonel Álvarez 77'
Gastón Blanc 77'
			79' Patrik Mercado
			79' Júnior Sornoza
Edwin Mesa 81'
			86' Darwin Guagua
			86' Michael Hoyos
			86' Yandri Vásquez
			90+1' Luis Zárate
Jairo Jiménez 90+1'
Nahuel Arena 90+1'
Edwin Mesa 90+1'
Toño Espinoza 90+1'
Bryan Caicedo 90+2'
06/07/2025	Aucas	1 - 4	Macará	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	22' Pablo González
Angelo Mina 46'
Edison Gruezo 46'
Ariel Almagro 46'
Bruno Miranda 46'
		0 - 2	50' Pablo González
Renny Jaramillo 60'
Cristhoper Zambrano 60'
			61' Jordán Mohor
		0 - 3	67' José Luis Marrufo
Luis Cano 72'
Elian Pepinos 72'
			73' Maximiliano Juambeltz
			73' Ángel Ledesma
			73' Federico Paz
			73' Janpol Morales
		0 - 4	74' Mateo Viera
John Ontaneda 75'
Daniel Patiño 75'
Ulises Ciccioli 77'
			82' Pablo González
			82' Martín Tello
			87' Bryan Caicedo
			87' Nahuel Arena
			88' Jordán Mohor
			88' Toño Espinoza
Cristhoper Zambrano 89'		1 - 4
			90+2' José Luis Marrufo
29/06/2025	Macará	1 - 1	Emelec	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	45+1' F. Castelli
			46' Justin Cuero
			46' Jean Quiñonez
			47' D. Bagüí
			59' José Francisco Cevallos Jr.
			59' Sergio Quintero
			60' Sergio Quintero
M. Tello 63'
F. Paz 63'
			65' F. Castelli
			65' J. Ayoví
			65' Christian Cueva
			65' J. Palma
			76' A. González
F. Paz 80'		1 - 1
			81' A. González
			81' R. Caicedo
Pablo Maciel 83'
L. Álvarez 83'
Ángel Ledesma 84'
M. Viera 84'
Maximiliano Juambeltz 90+2'
A. Chére 90+2'
E. Mesa 90+2'
L. Espinoza 90+2'
22/06/2025	Macará	1 - 0	Vinotinto FC	1-0	H2H	O	+
A. Muñoz 5'
Ángel Ledesma 37'		1 - 0
			55' K. Ushiña
			55' M. Julio
			56' I. Iriarte
			66' R. Monti Azpiazu
			66' N. Molina
M. Tello 73'
L. Álvarez 73'
Maximiliano Juambeltz 73'
F. Paz 73'
			79' F. Mera
			79' K. Coba
			79' I. Iriarte
			79' E. Hernández
			79' D. Luna
			79' J. Lugo
A. Muñoz 81'
M. Viera 81'
C. Correa 88'
Pablo Maciel 88'
J. Jiménez 88'
			90+6' C. Larotonda
17/06/2025	Orense	1 - 0	Macará	0-0	H2H	O	+
			47' L. Espinoza
			58' L. Ayala
			58' E. Mesa
Alan Olinick 61'
Nixon Molina 61'
Jefferson Valverde 68'
			71' J. Cazares
			72' Ángel Ledesma
			73' Ángel Ledesma
			73' Maximiliano Juambeltz
Ángel Mena 74'
Diego Armas 74'
Bruno Caicedo 77'		1 - 0
			83' L. Espinoza
			83' A. Chére
			83' L. Álvarez
			83' M. Tello
Bruno Caicedo 88'
Sixto Mina 88'
			90+6' N. Arena
31/05/2025	Macará	2 - 2	Manta	0-0	H2H	O	+
			4' Dagner Quintero
			14' Luis Angulo
L. Álvarez 19'
			45+5' Mateo Ortíz
			56' Facundo Ospitaleche
			57' Facundo Ospitaleche
			57' Maikel Valencia
A. Muñoz 62'		1 - 0
			69' Mateo Ortíz
			69' Fabrizio Almeida
			69' Luis Angulo
			69' Jeremy Mina
			69' Braian Ramírez
			69' Richard Ortiz
M. Viera 73'
		1 - 1	74' Andrés Madruga
M. Viera 74'
S. Zamora 74'
			76' Jordano Zambrano
			76' Danny Cabezas
J. Marrufo 81'		2 - 1
J. Morales 84'
B. Caicedo 84'
		2 - 2	89' Christian Alemán
A. Muñoz 90+2'
M. Cabeza 90+2'
N. Arena 90+3'
25/05/2025	Libertad	0 - 1	Macará	0-0	H2H	O	+
Ronny Biojó 16'
			20' F. Paz
			20' M. Viera
			38' J. Cazares
Denilson Bolaños 44'
			45+3' L. Álvarez
Nestor Caicedo 46'
Diego Ávila 46'
Denilson Bolaños 61'
Wagner Bardales 61'
Wilter Ayoví 61'
Yerlin Quiñónez 61'
			73' J. Cazares
			73' M. Tello
Carlos Montaño 79'
Joaquín Vergés 79'
			85' A. Muñoz
			85' S. Zamora
		0 - 1	88' M. Tello
Ángel Quiñónez 90+4'
18/05/2025	Macará	1 - 1	El Nacional	0-1	H2H	O	+
			31' Eddy Mejía
			31' Jawer Guisamano
		0 - 1	41' Franklin Carabalí
J. Morales 45+3'
M. Tello 46'
L. Álvarez 46'
			46' Jeremy Mejia
			46' Anthony Bedoya
F. Paz 47'		1 - 1
			48' Franklin Carabalí
			59' José Flor
			62' Anthony Bedoya
			72' Adrian Cela
			72' Fricson Borja
			72' Franklin Carabalí
			72' Marco Montaño
J. Marrufo 75'
R. Zambrano 75'
A. Muñoz 75'
M. Viera 75'
			79' José Francisco Cevallos Jr.
			79' Jhon Cifuente
			82' Jawer Guisamano
A. Chére 86'
D. López 86'
J. Cazares 89'
S. Zamora 89'
10/05/2025	Macará	0 - 1	LDU Quito	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' Alexander Alvarado
			8' Bryan Ramírez
J. Marrufo 26'
M. Viera 46'
J. Morales 46'
			47' Gian Franco Allala
			58' Lautaro Pastrán
			58' Fernando Cornejo
			58' Gabriel Villamíl
			58' Kevin Minda
R. Zambrano 65'
L. Ayala 65'
L. Álvarez 65'
M. Tello 65'
N. Arena 66'
A. Muñoz 66'
			71' Bryan Ramírez
			71' Melvin Díaz
			71' Álex Arce
			71' Michael Estrada
			78' José Quintero
			78' Daniel de la Cruz
A. Chére 81'
D. López 81'
L. Espinoza 83'
04/05/2025	Mushuc Runa	4 - 3	Macará	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	17' L. Álvarez
E. Caicedo 37'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	38' F. Paz
			45+1' J. Cazares
K. Peralta 46'
C. Orejuela 46'
G. Mina 46'
José Luis Quiñones 46'
B. Miranda 52'		2 - 2
E. Caicedo 55'
R. Simisterra 55'
			65' A. Chére
			65' D. López
			73' N. Arena
C. Orejuela 78'		3 - 2
M. Alonso 80'
N. Dávila 80'
C. Penilla 81'		4 - 2
			84' M. Viera
			84' V. Ávila
			84' R. Zambrano
			84' M. Tello
			90' L. Álvarez
			90' S. Zamora
		4 - 3	90+1' J. Marrufo
B. Miranda 90+2'
B. Delgado 90+2'
27/04/2025	Macará	0 - 1	Barcelona Guayaquil	0-0	H2H	O	+
			43' Gustavo Vallecilla
Janpol Morales 44'
			65' Janner Corozo
			65' Cristhian Solano
Toño Espinoza 66'
Mateo Viera 66'
			73' Leonai
			73' Dixon Arroyo
			73' Gabriel Cortez
			73' Joaquín Valiente
Darwin López 75'
Antony Chére 75'
Janpol Morales 75'
Martín Tello 75'
		0 - 1	77' Jesús Trindade
			85' Mario Pineida
			85' Xavier Arreaga
Leonel Álvarez 89'
Víctor Ávila 89'
20/04/2025	Delfin	0 - 0	Macará	0-0	H2H	O	+
Franco Zicarelli 11'
			23' Toño Espinoza
			54' Janpol Morales
			61' Leonel Álvarez
			61' Martín Tello
Thiago Ozaeta 63'
Erick Zúñiga 63'
Franco Zicarelli 73'
Joaquín León 73'
			74' Janpol Morales
			74' Mateo Viera
			82' Toño Espinoza
			82' Bryan Caicedo
			82' Darwin López
			82' Antony Chére
Maikel Reyes 83'
Hancel Batalla 83'
Nahuel Gallardo 83'
Ober Medina 83'
Gianni Cagua 83'
Leao Santiago Tenorio Medina 83'
10/04/2025	Macará	0 - 1	Deportivo Cuenca	0-1	H2H	O	+
Toño Espinoza 15'
			16' Lucas Mancinelli
		0 - 1	45+3' Lucas Mancinelli
Toño Espinoza 46'
Luis Ayala 46'
Leonel Álvarez 55'
Gastón Blanc 55'
Mateo Viera 55'
Janpol Morales 55'
			56' Alexis Rodríguez
			56' Stalin Morocho
Federico Paz 62'
Antony Chére 62'
			67' Luis Estupiñán
			67' Eddie Guevara
			72' Luis Arroyo
			81' Luis Arroyo
			81' Ignacio Bailone
			81' Lucas Mancinelli
			81' Mathías Solís
			81' Bryan Nazareno
			81' Cristian Tobar
Bryan Caicedo 83'
Bryan Caicedo 83'
Nahuel Arena 85'
Matias Rolando Cabeza Loza 85'
06/04/2025	Universidad Católica	1 - 0	Macará	1-0	H2H	O	+
			26' José Cazares
Carlos Alejandro Medina Castillo 28'		1 - 0
			31' Martín Tello
			31' José Luis Marrufo
Byron Efrain Palacios Vélez 65'
Azarias Londoño 65'
			67' Gastón Blanc
			67' Leonel Álvarez
			67' Janpol Morales
			67' Federico Paz
Andres Rodríguez 75'
Daniel Emiliano Clavijo Romero 75'
Ismael Díaz De León 75'
Isaac Mateo Sánchez Cortez 75'
Eric Valencia 79'
Gregori Alexander Anangonó Mina 79'
			82' Darwin López
			82' Antony Chére
			82' Toño Espinoza
			82' Mateo Viera
Luis David Cangá Sánchez 89'
Daykol Alejandro Romero Padilla 89'
Jhon Carlos Chancellor Cedeño 90'
30/03/2025	Macará	0 - 1	Técnico Universitario	0-1	H2H	O	+
Luis Ayala 21'
		0 - 1	45+2' Luis Andrés Chicaiza Morales
Nahuel Arena 46'
Leonar Espinoza 46'
			47' Juan David Jiménez Alvarado
Bryan Caicedo 52'
Leonel Álvarez 55'
Federico Paz 55'
			59' Sergio Fabián González
			60' Manuel José Hernández Porozo
			60' Jordán Josué Mohor Nazareno
			61' Luis Andrés Chicaiza Morales
			61' José Miguel Andrade de la Torre
			61' Sergio Fabián González
			61' Jefferson Steven Caicedo Figueroa
Luis Ayala 63'
Mateo Viera 63'
			75' Juan David Jiménez Alvarado
			75' Davis Darío Camacho Navarrete
			75' Dixon Vera
			75' Elvis Adan Patta Quintero
Antony Chére 81'
Víctor Ávila 81'
			87' Bryan David Corozo Caicedo
			90+3' José Miguel Andrade de la Torre
Leonar Espinoza 90+5'
			90+7' Jorge Antonio Ordoñez Galarce
16/03/2025	Independiente del Valle	1 - 1	Macará	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	21' Nahuel Arena
			25' José Luis Marrufo
Cristian Zabala 51'
Cristian Zabala 58'
Juan Cazares 58'
Jeison Medina 58'
Romario Ibarra 58'
Luis Felipe Zárate 58'
Arón Rodríguez 58'
			61' Mateo Viera
			61' Martín Tello
			70' Antony Chére
			70' Federico Paz
Matías Fernández 72'
			74' Leroy Janpol Morales Napa
			74' Leonel Álvarez
			78' Jose Cazares
Patrik Mercado 80'
Michael Hoyos 80'
			82' Jose Cevallos
Claudio Spinelli 85'		1 - 1
Jhegson Méndez 90+7'
Claudio Spinelli 90+7'
09/03/2025	Macará	1 - 1	Aucas	0-1	H2H	O	+
J. Morales 17'
		0 - 1	19' B. Montenegro
Nahuel Arena 38'
			39' E. Segura
Martín Tello 46'
Víctor Ávila 46'
			53' J. Ontaneda
Adolfo Muñoz 56'		1 - 1
			58' D. Patiño
			58' U. Ciccioli
			58' L. Cano
			58' J. Vázquez
Leonar Espinoza 58'
Mateo Viera 58'
J. Morales 67'
Antony Chére 67'
Darwin Lopez 67'
Federico Paz 67'
			82' J. Ontaneda
			82' C. Rolón
Gastón Blanc 88'
Leonel Álvarez 88'
			88' A. Mina
			88' F. Illescas
			88' B. Montenegro
			88' C. Zambrano
			89' J. Mina
			90+4' C. Rolón
01/03/2025	Emelec	0 - 0	Macará	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Meli 29'
			40' Bryan Caicedo
J. Valverde 48'
E. Tarira 55'
C. Valencia 55'
W. Corozo 62'
			65' Martín Tello
			65' Antony Chére
			65' Darwin Lopez
			65' Federico Paz
W. Corozo 70'
M. Solís 70'
J. Valverde 71'
J. Ruíz 71'
A. González 75'
			79' J. Morales
J. Ayoví 83'
J. Sánchez 83'
			86' Adolfo Muñoz
			86' Leonel Álvarez
			90' José Luis Marrufo
			90+2' J. Morales
			90+2' Leonar Espinoza
22/02/2025	Vinotinto FC	1 - 2	Macará	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	4' Gastón Blanc
Francisco Mera 12'		1 - 1
			42' J. Morales
			43' Gastón Blanc
Nicolás Molina 45+1'
Alan Aguirre 46'
Edison Tito Hernandez Montano 46'
Nicolás Molina 46'
Rafael Monti Azpiazú 46'
			62' Darwin Lopez
			62' Antony Chére
			62' Martín Tello
			62' Mateo Viera
Francisco Mera 68'
Christian Oña 68'
		1 - 2	72' Edison Tito Hernandez Montano
			75' Gastón Blanc
			75' Leonel Álvarez
			75' Adolfo Muñoz
			75' Federico Paz
Luis Gomez 79'
Christian Larotonda 80'
Jose Caicedo 80'
Luis Gomez 80'
Edwin Jostín Rodríguez Arboleda 80'
			84' J. Morales
			84' Nahuel Arena
Iago Iriarte 86'
			90+2' Bryan Caicedo
Rafael Monti Azpiazú 90+2'
16/02/2025	Macará	1 - 0	Orense	1-0	H2H	O	+
Adolfo Muñoz 17'		1 - 0
J. Morales 25'
Cristian Correa 41'
Martín Tello 45+1'
Jose Cevallos 45+1'
Leonar Espinoza 46'
Bryan Caicedo 46'
Darwin Lopez 46'
Antony Chére 46'
			46' Sergio Vasquez
			46' Alan Olinick
			46' Mejia Marcos
			46' Neider Ospina
			53' Beder Caicedo
			63' Gabriel Achilier
			72' Alan Olinick
			73' Diego Armas
			73' Bruno Quiñonez
			73' Andrés Parrales
			73' Walter Agustin Herrera
José Luis Marrufo 74'
Gastón Blanc 79'
Leonel Álvarez 79'
Luis Ayala 79'
Rody Zambrano 79'
			80' Jefferson Valverde
			80' Nixon Molina
Jose Cazares 90'
Adolfo Muñoz 90+6'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Macará in Liga Pro.

Statistics & Analysis of Macará

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	5
Longest run without win	11
Clean sheets	5
Matches over 2.25 goals	6
Matches under 2.25 goals	16
Matches First Half Over 0.5	16
Matches First Half Under 0.5	6
Matches odd	15
Matches even	7
Average goals scored	0.91
Average goals allowed	1.14
Failure to score	9
Biggest victory	1 - 4
Biggest defeat	1 - 4
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	0 (0%)
Goalless draw at away match	2 (20%)
Comeback win	0

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Liga Pro 2025 - Regular Season Table

Macará are in the 14th position of Liga Pro and they are in contention for Relegation Round.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Independiente del Valle	22	13	7	2	42	19	+23	46
2	LDU Quito	22	11	7	4	38	21	+17	40
3	Barcelona Guayaquil	22	11	5	6	33	26	+7	38
4	Orense	22	11	4	7	25	24	+1	37
5	Aucas	22	10	5	7	30	27	+3	35
6	Libertad	22	9	7	6	33	28	+5	34
7	Deportivo Cuenca	22	10	4	8	26	23	+3	34
8	Universidad Católica	22	8	7	7	38	29	+9	31
9	Emelec	22	7	7	8	20	26	-6	28
10	Delfin	22	6	8	8	21	31	-10	26
11	El Nacional	22	6	7	9	26	32	-6	25
12	Vinotinto FC	22	6	5	11	26	30	-4	23
13	Manta	22	5	8	9	29	38	-9	23
14	Macará	22	5	7	10	20	25	-5	22
15	Técnico Universitario	22	4	7	11	20	33	-13	19
16	Mushuc Runa	22	4	5	13	24	39	-15	17

Championship Round

Play-off

Relegation Round

Macará Squad

Detailed statistics of each Macará player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Macará top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Cristian Nicolás Correa	851				3	1
2	Nahuel Arena	1383	3	3	1	4	1
3	Byron Andrés Freire Nuñez
4	John Jairo Jiménez Vega	92	1	1
5	Leonel Ignacio Álvarez	1046	9	9	1	3
6	Bryan Javier Caicedo Jurado	1316	3	1		6
7	Federico Mariano Paz	1016	8	5	4	1
8	Gonzalo Blanc	706	3	5	2	2
9	Maximiliano Juambeltz Fernández	496	1	4
10	Leroy Janpol Morales Napa	1271	4	9		7
11	Leonar Javier Espinoza Lema	1284	6	7		5
12	Darwin Patricio Cuero Anangonó
13	Luis Miguel Ayala Brucil	999	3	3		1
14	José Luis Marrufo Jiménez	1844	1	1	3	5
15	Martín Alejandro Tello Escobar	683	9	8	1
16	Jose Luis Cazares Quiñonez	1856	0	3		7
17	Darwin Guillermo López Tobías	607	3	7
19	Adolfo Alejandro Muñoz Cervantes	1327	1	6	3	2
20	Stefano Mateo Viera Gallo	805	11	7	1	1
21	Ángel Alexander Ledesma Félix	354	4	2	1	1
22	José Gabriel Cevallos Enríquez	1125	1	0		1
23	Edwin Ernesto Mesa Mercado	437	1	3		1
26	Santiago Gabriel Zamora Araujo	23	4	0
27	Jordán Josué Mohor Nazareno	628	0	1		1
29	Rody Jossephe Zambrano Marcillo	265	2	2
30	Matias Rolando Cabeza Loza	1	2	0
33	Antony Joel Chére Ayoví	758	11	5
51	Thiago Fleitas
70	Pablo Matías González Maciel	523	0	3	2	1
77	Víctor Manuel Ávila Reyes	60	4	0
	Juan David Macías Alcívar
	Patricio Andrés Ramos llerena

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