Club Centro Deportivo Olmedo is an Ecuadorian professional

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club based in Riobamba, Ecuador. They play in the

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. The club won their only national championship in

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. Their achievement made them the first club outside

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and

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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 official 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''.

Honors

;National *

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(1):

(3): 1994, 2003, 2013

Players

''As of 2020.''

World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the

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while contracted to Olmedo. *

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(2006)

Managers

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

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References

External links

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