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Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional football team from
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that now plays in the Segunda Categoría, the third level of professional football in country. The team belong to the ''Escuela Superior de Policía'' (''ESPOLI''), a
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in Quito. The closest the team has ever come to a national championship was in 1995, when they came in 2nd place in the national tournament to
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. The result allowed them to participate in the 1996 Copa Libertadores, where they were eliminated in the Round of 16.


Stadium

Although based in Quito, the team will be chosen Estadio Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega in
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for their home stadium. In the past, they have also hosted home game in Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (1991–95 and 1995–01) and Estadio Chillogallo (2004) in Quito, Estadio Olímpico in
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(1995 and 2002–04),
Estadio Guillermo Albornoz Estadio Guillermo Albornoz is a multi-use stadium in Cayambe, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the wo ...
in Cayambe (2005–07), and
Estadio La Cocha Estadio Municipal La Cocha is a multi-use stadium in Latacunga, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi of the Serie B de Ecuador, and of Club Social ...
in Latacunga (2007–09).


Achievements

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(2): 1993, 2005 Apertura


Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
: 1 participation (
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) : Best: Round of 16


Current squad

''As of March 1, 2016.''


External links


Official website
Espoli Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional football team from Quito, Ecuador that now plays in the Segunda Categoría, the third level of professional football in country. The team belong to the ''Escuela Superior de Policía'' (''ESPOLI''), a poli ...
Espoli Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional football team from Quito, Ecuador that now plays in the Segunda Categoría, the third level of professional football in country. The team belong to the ''Escuela Superior de Policía'' (''ESPOLI''), a poli ...
ESPOLI Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional football team from Quito, Ecuador that now plays in the Segunda Categoría, the third level of professional football in country. The team belong to the ''Escuela Superior de Policía'' (''ESPOLI''), a poli ...
1986 establishments in Ecuador {{SouthAm-footyclub-stub