Club Centro Deportivo Olmedo is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in

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, 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 Quito 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 Copa Libertadores 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 Macará with whom they contest the ''Clásico Interandino''.

Honors

;National *

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(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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(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) *

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(March 12, 2004 - August 5, 2004) * Segundo Montaño (August 5, 2004 - December 31, 2004) * Salvador Raguza (January 1, 2005 -July 11, 2005) *

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(July 18, 2005 – Dec 3, 2005) * Luis Valdivieso (December 4, 2005 - December 21, 2005) *

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(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) * Ariel Graziani (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) *

(November 20, 2013 - July 18, 2014) *

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(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 (June 18, 2020 - December 31, 2020) * Pablo Trobbiani (January 1, 2021 - May 28, 2021) * Cesar Ramos (July 17, 2021 - August 2, 2021) * Luis Espinel (August 9, 2021 - September 26, 2021) * Nelson Brito (October 3, 2021 - October 31, 2021) * Héctor González (November 6, 2021 -)

References

External links

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