C.D. Olmedo

Olmedo
Full name Club Centro Deportivo Olmedo
Nickname(s)
  • Ciclón Andino (Andean Cyclone)
  • El ídolo de Riobamba (The Riobamba idol)
Founded November 11, 1919
Ground Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
Capacity 14,400
Chairman Marcelo Pérez
Manager Héctor González
League Serie B
2021 Serie A, 16th (relegated)

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. Their achievement made 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 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

Players

As of 2020.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF ECU Dennis Quintero
6 DF ECU Jhonner Montezuma
8 MF ARG Mauricio Yedro
9 FW ECU Renny Cabezas
12 MF ECU Washington Plúas
15 DF ECU Jerry León
22 GK ECU Andrés Quiñónez
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF ARG Jonathan Ferrari
40 DF ECU Marlon Gruezo
70 MF ECU Jose Ramirez
– DF ECU Jeison Domínguez
– DF ARG Ángel Viotti
– MF ARG Gabriel Méndez
– MF ECU Bryan Oña

World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the FIFA World Cup while contracted to Olmedo.

Managers