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.

Ecuadori jalgpallimeeskond Olmedo on pärit Rio bambast. Klubi asutati 1919. aastal ja on nime saanud Ecuadori iseseisvussõja kangelase José Joaquín de Olmedo auks. Olmedo mängib oma kodumänge Estadio Olímpico de Riobambas, mis mahutab 18 000 pealtvaatajat.

Olmedo on üks Ecuadori edukamaid klubisid, olles võitnud kolm Serie A meistritiitlit (1973, 1975 ja 2000). Klubi on osalenud ka mitmel korral Copa Libertadoresel, mis on Lõuna-Ameerika parimate klubide vaheline turniir.

Olmedo on tuntud oma ründava mängustiili poolest ning meeskond on andnud mitmeid Ecuadori koondise mängijaid, sealhulgas Agustíni Delgado ja Carlos Tenorio.

2020. aastal langes Olmedo Serie B-sse, mis on Ecuadori teine ​​tase. Klubi loodab peagi Serie A-sse naasta.