Club Deportivo Filanbanco was a football team based out of

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. It was formed in 1979 by

Filanbanco Filanbanco was the largest bank in Ecuador. Founded in the city of Guayaquil, it went bankrupt in 2001 following the 1998-99 Ecuador banking crisis, banking crisis of 1998. Beginnings The bank was originally called La Filantrópica (The Philanthro ...

, one of the largest banks in Ecuador. The club dissolved a little after one decade of existence when it ceded its team to Valdez Sporting Club. Valdez proceeded to dissolve a few years later It was the

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runner-up in 1987. The club was refunded in February 3 of 2020 after a 29 year absence in Ecuadorian football, a man named Danny Pazos who was in the juvenile team for this club refunded it along with other people who had ties with this team, CD Filanbanco entered the Segunda Categoria aka Ecuador´s 3rd division.

Achievements

* Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A :Runner-up (1): 1987

Notable players

* Perico Mina * Alex Cevallos

References

Filanbanco, Club Deportivo 1979 establishments in Ecuador Football clubs in Ecuador {{SouthAm-footyclub-stub