Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional

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team from

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

, 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 police academy 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 Barcelona. The result allowed them to participate in the

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, 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 Santo Domingo 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 Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda is a multi-use stadium in southern Quito, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Aucas. The stadium holds 18,799 spectators and built in 1987 and opened in 1994. Briti ...

(2004) in Quito, Estadio Olímpico in

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(1995 and 2002–04), Estadio Guillermo Albornoz 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

* Serie B (2): 1993, 2005 Apertura

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 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 ...

1986 establishments in Ecuador {{SouthAm-footyclub-stub