Club Deportivo ESPOLI

ESPOLI

Full name	Club Deportivo ESPOLI
Nickname(s)	El Equipo Policial (The Police Team) La Poli El Gallito (The Little Rooster) La Chapita (The Police) Los Gitanos (The Gypsies)
Founded	February 5, 1986
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega (Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman	Gral. Euclides Mantilla Herrera
Manager	Eduardo Granda
League	Serie A
2010	9th
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional football team from Quito, Ecuador that plays in the Serie A, the top level of professional football in country. The team belong to the Escuela Superior de Policía (ESPOLI), a police academy in Quito.

The closest the team has ever come to a national championship was in 1995, when they came in 2nd place in the national tournament to Barcelona. The result allowed them to participate in the 1996 Copa Libertadores, where they were eliminated in the Round of 16.

Stadium

Although based in Quito, the team will be chosen Estadio Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega in Santo Domingo for their home stadium. In the past, they have also hosted home game in Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (1991–1995 and 1995–2001) and Estadio Chillogallo (2004) in Quito, Estadio Olímpico in Ibarra (1995 and 2002–2004), Estadio Guillermo Albornoz in Cayambe (2005–2007), and Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga (2007–2009).

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Alexi Lemos 2 DF Cristian Ojeda 3 MF Gustavo Cañete 4 DF Javier Quiñónez 5 MF José Vizcaíno 6 MF Onofre Mejía 7 DF Jonathan Cobo 8 FW Marvin Cortez 9 FW Javier Guarino 10 MF Ives Fabián Quintana 11 MF Alfonso Loor 12 MF Gabriel García 14 MF Melinton Guerrero 15 MF Carlos Quillupangui 16 MF Luis Quiñones 17 MF Diego Lara 18 MF Kéner Arce 19 MF Lenin Porozo 20 FW Diego Armas 23 MF Edison Gallardo

No. Position Player 24 MF Freddy Nazareno 33 GK Héctor Carabalí 50 MF Xavier López 51 MF Roger Saltos 52 MF Henry Medina DF Francisco Gómez DF Alí Quiñónez MF Cristian Penilla MF Luis Arce MF Eduardo Espinoza MF Isaac Maldonado MF Carlos Montaño MF Fricson Nazareno MF Alex Quiñónez MF Eddy Suárez MF Rommel Tapia MF Daniel Uaquillas FW Erick Gómez FW Esteban Troya

Coach: Eduardo Granda

Achievements

ESPOLI's original logo.

• Serie B (2): 1993, 2005 Apertura

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 participation (1996)

Best: Round of 16

External links

• Official website (Spanish)