Olmedo

Club Centro Deportivo Olmedo is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Riobamba, Ecuador. They play in the Serie B.

The club won their only national championship in 2000, making them the first club outside Quito and Guayaquil 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 officially bankrupt and could be dissolved at the end of the year.

Their biggest rivals are Macará with whom they contest the Clásico Interandino.

**Club Deportivo Olmedo** är en professionell ecuadoriansk fotbollsklubb baserad i Riobamba, Chimborazo. Klubben bildades den 13 april 1919 och spelar sina hemmamatcher på Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba.

**Historia:**

* 2000: Vinner det ecuadorianska mästerskapet för första gången.
* 2001: Bli den första ecuadorianska klubben att nå semifinalen i Copa Libertadores.
* 2010: Relegeras till Serie B.
* 2013: Återvänder till Serie A.
* 2017: Relegeras till Serie B igen.
* 2021: Vinner Serie B och återvänder till Serie A.

**Prestationer:**

* Ecuadorianska mästerskapet: 1 (2000)
* Serie B: 5 (1984, 1994, 1998, 2013, 2021)

**Smeknamn:**

* **El Ciclón Azul** (Den blåa cyklonen)

**Rivaliteter:**

* **Aucas**
* **Macará**
* **Técnico Universitario**

**Kända spelare:**

* Fausto Anangonó
* Edgar Gámez
* Carlos Tenorio