Centro Deportivo Olmedo is an Ecuadorian professional

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club based in

Riobamba Riobamba (, full name San Pedro de Riobamba; Quechua: ''Rispampa'') is the capital of Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, and is located in the Chambo River Valley of the Andes. It is located south of Ecuador's capital Quito and situated at ...

, Ecuador. They play in the

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History

The club won their only national championship in

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, making them the first club outside

Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...

and

Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...

to win a national championship. They have also won two Serie B titles in 1994 and 2003. Internationally, they have played in the

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four times, reaching the Round of 16 once in 2002. Founded in 1919, Olmedo is one of the oldest clubs in the Serie A or Serie B. Their home stadium is the Estadio Olímpico. In the year 2000 they became the first club in the history of the Ecuadorian Serie A to win a league title that does not come from Quito or Guayaquil. As of 2021, Olmedo is going through an economic crises that made them officially bankrupt and could be dissolved at the end of the year. Their biggest rivals are

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with whom they contest the ''Clásico Interandino''.

Honours

National

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** Winners (1):

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** Winners (3): 1994, 2003, 2013 *

** Winners (1): 1993

Regional

* Segunda Categoría de Chimborazo ** Winners (11): 1973, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2023, 2024

Players

World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the

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while contracted to Olmedo. * José Luis Perlaza (2006)

Managers

* Juan Ramon Silva (1997) * Miguel Lemme (1999) *

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(July 1, 2000 – December 30, 2000) * Enrique Della Vechia (2001) * Fernando Donaires (January 1, 2002 - May 7, 2002) * Ariel Cuffaro (May 14, 2002 - August 4, 2002) *

(August 9, 2002 - December 31, 2002) * Rosario Martinez (January 1, 2003 - July 2, 2003) *

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(July 2, 2003 - March 12, 2004) * Dragan Miranovic (March 12, 2004 - August 5, 2004) *

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(August 5, 2004 - December 31, 2004) * Salvador Raguza (January 1, 2005 -July 11, 2005) * Pedro Monzón (July 18, 2005 – Dec 3, 2005) * Luis Valdivieso (December 4, 2005 - December 21, 2005) * Gabriel Perrone (Jan 3, 2006 – Dec 22, 2006) *

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(January 7, 2007 - December 17, 2007) * Armando Osma (2008) * Julio Zamora (2008) * Héctor González (July 1, 2008 – Dec 16, 2009) * Claudio Otermin (January 1, 2010 - March 13, 2010) * Héctor González (March 14, 2010 – April 20, 2010) *

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(2010) * Carlos Calderon (Dec 7, 2011 – Feb 12, 2012) *

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(Feb 14, 2012 – May 1, 2012) * Héctor González (May 2, 2012 – June 14, 2012) *

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(June 15, 2012 – Oct 2, 2012) * Héctor González (Oct 2, 2012 – Oct 10, 2012) *

(Oct 11, 2012 – March 19, 2013) * Héctor González (March 19, 2013 – November 20, 2013) * Gabriel Perrone (November 20, 2013 - July 18, 2014) * Mario Saralegui (July 18, 2014 - October 7, 2014)) * Héctor González (October 7, 2014 - November 14, 2014) *

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(November 15, 2014 - February 28, 2015) * Carlos Sevilla (February 28, 2015 - August 26, 2015) * Héctor González (August 26, 2015 - December 13, 2015) * Vicente Girona (December 17, 2015 – March 25, 2016) *

(March 29, 2016 - September 8, 2016) * Omar Ledesma (September 8, 2016 - December 13, 2016) * Claudio Chacior (January 12, 2017 - August 8, 2017) * Omar Ledesma (August 9, 2017 - January 4, 2018) * Pablo Bravo (January 5, 2018 - May 30, 2018) * Ricardo Dillon (June 30, 2018 - November 5, 2019) * Dario Franco (December 9, 2019 - June 20, 2020) *

Geovanny Cumbicus Geovanny Patricio Cumbicus Castillo (born 25 January 1980) is an Ecuadorian professional football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Técnico Universitario. Playing career Cumbicus was born ...

(June 18, 2020 - December 31, 2020) * Pablo Trobbiani (January 1, 2021 - May 28, 2021) * Cesar Ramos (July 17, 2021 - August 2, 2021) *

Luis Espinel Luis Fernando Espinel Lalama (born 30 June 1967) is an Ecuadorian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Búhos ULVR. Coaching career Born in Quito, Espinel was Sixto Vizuete's assistant at the Ecuador national team, ...

(August 9, 2021 - September 26, 2021) *

Nelson Brito Nelson Vladimir Brito Salvador (born 24 October 1960) is an Ecuadorian football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business ad ...

(October 3, 2021 - October 31, 2021) * Héctor González (November 6, 2021 -)

References

External links

* * * * {{Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Olmedo, Club Deportivo Olmedo, Club Deportivo 1919 establishments in Ecuador