Patria was one of the first football clubs founded in Ecuador and right now it is the oldest team in existence in the country.

[citation needed] The birth of Patria goes back to the year 1906 when a group of young men from the Atarazana neighborhood in Guayaquil got together and decided to create a sports club.

Mr. Agustín Febres-Cordero Tyler one of the club's original founders declared that the first fields where the team ever played were the streets of Guayaquil, some of them now very important streets in the city like the 9 de Octubre Avenue now one of the busiest streets in the city.

The starting line up included: Sotomayor, Ezio Martinez, Carlos Mendez, Jorge Iza Aguirre, Sierra, Jaime Galarza, Mario Saetero, Colon Merizalde, Gambina, Enrique Raymundi, San Re.

Agustín Febres Cordero Tyler Agustín Dillon Valdez Marcos Plaza Sotomayor César Coronel Espinoza Alfredo Ycaza Cucalón Alberto Arrarte Crosby Armando Pareja Coronel Adolfo Baquerizo Roca Octavio Baquerizo Roca Eduardo Pérez Medina Gustavo Ycaza Cucalón Juan Medina Unamuno Martín Reimberg Tyler Francisco Gómez Ycaza Uriel Valdez Castillo José Santiago Castillo Castillo Rodrigo Ycaza Cornejo Fausto Gómez Terán César Chiriboga Benítez Gustavo Gómez Ycaza Carlos Chiriboga Benítez Manuel Eduardo Castillo Castillo Juan Vallarino C. Luis Espinoza Tamayo