Manta Fútbol Club is a professional football club from the city of Manta, Ecuador. Founded in 1998, they play in Serie A.

Manta was founded in 1998 after the purchase of the franchise rights from the defunct Manta Sport. From 1999–2001, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría, the third tier of Ecuadorian football league system before being promoted in 2002 to Serie B. Manta won promotion again in 2003 to Serie A for the first time but finished poorly and were relegated back to Serie B where they would spend the next six seasons. 2009 saw the club back in Serie A but no titles were forthcoming and they were relegated again in 2014.

They got promoted back to the Serie A in 2020 played in the first tier after a seven-year absence. After one season, they suffered another relegation, only returning to the top tier in 2024 after finishing second in the year's Serie B.

• Serie B
  • Champions (1): 2008

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ECU Justin Peñarrieta 4 DF  ECU Luis Angulo 5 DF  PAR Marcos Acosta 6 DF  ECU Limber Navarrete 7 MF  ECU Danny Cabezas 9 FW  ECU Daniel Valencia 10 MF  ECU Christian Alemán 11 DF  ECU Manuel Corozo 12 GK  ECU Felix Zambrano 13 DF  ECU Marcelo Jaramillo 14 DF  ECU Jeremy Mina 15 DF  ECU Ronald Peñafiel 16 DF  ECU Dagner Quintero 17 FW  PAR Richard Ortiz

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  ECU Jorge Ruperti 19 FW  COL Jhojan Riascos 23 DF  ECU Adrian Guerrero 24 MF  ARG Braian Ramírez 26 MF  ECU Anderson Castillo 30 MF  ECU Jonathan Majao 33 GK  ECU Mario Valero 38 MF  ECU Mateo Ortíz 70 FW  ECU Darlin Leiton 80 MF  ECU Maikel Valencia 85 MF  URU Facundo Ospitaleche 99 GK  ECU Estefano Pico — FW  PAN Ervin Zorrilla — FW  ARG Joaquín Salvucci

• Fabián Bustos (July 14, 2009 – Dec 15, 2010)
• Gabriel Perrone (Dec 15, 2010 – May 3, 2011)
• Armando Osma (Aug 30, 2011 – Dec 13, 2012)
• Edwin Cózar (Dec 15, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
• Fabián Bustos (July 2, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
• Juan Manuel Llop (Jan 1, 2014 – Aug 1, 2014)
• Jorge Alfonso (Aug 1, 2014 – Jan 1, 2015)
• Jefferson Huerta (Jan 1, 2015–)

• Official website (in Spanish)