C.D. Olmedo

Centro Deportivo Olmedo is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Riobamba, Ecuador. They play in the Segunda Categoría.

Olmedo

Full name	Centro Deportivo Olmedo
Nickname(s)	El ciclón andino El ciclón de los Andes El ídolo riobambeño Decano del fútbol ecuatoriano El campeón del siglo XXI El campeón del milenio El Equipo Centenario
Founded	November 11, 1919; 105 years ago (1919-11-11)
Ground	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
Capacity	14,400
Chairman	Marcelo Pérez
Manager	Omar Ledesma
League	Segunda Categoría
2022	Serie B, 10th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

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.^[1]

Honours

National

• Serie A
  • Winners (1): 2000
• Serie B
  • Winners (3): 1994, 2003, 2013
• Segunda Categoría
  • Winners (1): 1993

Regional

• Segunda Categoría de Chimborazo
  • Winners (11): 1973, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2023, 2024

Players

As of 16 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ECU Santiago Mallitasig 5 MF  ECU Adonis Olvera 7 MF  ECU Alexander Ushiña 9 FW  ARG Jorge Detona 10 MF  ECU Wagner Alvarez 11 FW  ECU Brando Chala 18 DF  ECU Alexander de Jesus 19 FW  ECU Frank Obando 20 DF  ECU Néfer Moreira 25 GK  ECU Robert Toloza

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 GK  ECU Alexis Tenorio 45 MF  ECU Ariel Perea 50 MF  ECU Cristian Sánchez 52 FW  ECU Engels Charcopa 54 DF  ECU Josue Cuji 56 DF  ECU John Bagui 59 MF  ECU Mateo Verdezoto 65 MF  ECU David Ortiz 77 MF  ECU Henry Jaramillo

World Cup players

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

• José Luis Perlaza (2006)

Managers

• Juan Ramon Silva (1997)
• Miguel Lemme (1999)
• Julio Asad (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)
• Julio Asad (August 9, 2002 - December 31, 2002)
• Rosario Martinez (January 1, 2003 - July 2, 2003)
• Roque Alfaro (July 2, 2003 - March 12, 2004)
• Dragan Miranovic (March 12, 2004 - August 5, 2004)
• Segundo Montaño (August 5, 2004 - December 31, 2004)
• Salvador Raguza (January 1, 2005 -July 11, 2005)
• Pedro Monzón (July 18, 2005 – Dec 3, 2005)
• Luis Valdivieso (December 4, 2005 - December 21, 2005)
• Gabriel Perrone (Jan 3, 2006 – Dec 22, 2006)
• Víctor Marchesini (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)
• Juan Amador Sánchez (Feb 14, 2012 – May 1, 2012)
• Héctor González (May 2, 2012 – June 14, 2012)
• Óscar Pacheco (June 15, 2012 – Oct 2, 2012)
• Héctor González (Oct 2, 2012 – Oct 10, 2012)
• Roque Alfaro (Oct 11, 2012 – March 19, 2013)
• Héctor González (March 19, 2013 – November 20, 2013)
• Gabriel Perrone (November 20, 2013 - July 18, 2014)
• Mario Saralegui (July 18, 2014 - October 7, 2014))
• Héctor González (October 7, 2014 - November 14, 2014)
• Juan Urquiza (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)
• Julio Asad (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 -)