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{{Short description|Ecuadorean football club}}
{{one source|date=June 2025}}
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|clubname = ESPOLI
|image = Espoli.png
|fullname = Club Deportivo ESPOLI
|nickname = {{unbulleted list
 | ''El Equipo Policial'' (The Police Team)
 | ''La Poli''
 | ''El Gallito'' (The Little Rooster)
 | ''La Chapita'' (The Badge)
 | ''Los Gitanos'' (The Gypsies)
 }}
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|ground   = {{nowrap|[[Estadio Etho Vega|Estadio Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega]]}}
|capacity = 10,172
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'''Club Deportivo ESPOLI''' is a professional [[Association football|football]] team from [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]], that now plays in the [[Ecuadorian Segunda Categoría|Segunda Categoría]], the third 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 Sporting Club|Barcelona]]. The result allowed them to participate in the [[1996 Copa Libertadores]], where they were eliminated in the Round of 16 by [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]].

==Stadium==
Although based in Quito, the team will be chosen [[Estadio Etho Vega|Estadio Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega]] in [[Santo Domingo de Los Colorados|Santo Domingo]] for their home stadium. In the past, they have also hosted home game in [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]] (1991–95 and 1995–01) and [[Estadio Chillogallo]] (2004) in Quito, [[Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra|Estadio Olímpico]] in [[Ibarra, Ecuador|Ibarra]] (1995 and 2002–04), [[Estadio Guillermo Albornoz]] in [[Cayambe (canton seat)|Cayambe]] (2005–07), and [[Estadio La Cocha]] in [[Latacunga]] (2007–09).

==Achievements==
[[Image:Espoli1st.png|thumb|right|ESPOLI's original logo.]]
*'''[[Ecuadorian Serie B|Serie B]] (2):''' 1993, 2005 Apertura

===Performance in CONMEBOL competitions===
*'''[[Copa Libertadores]]''': 1 participation ([[1996 Copa Libertadores|1996]])
: '''Best''': Round of 16

==Current squad==
''As of March 1, 2016.''

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Daniel Viveros]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Luis Vizcaino (footballer)|Luis Vizcaino]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Paraguay|name=[[Víctor González Vega|Víctor González]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Henry Medina (Ecuadorian footballer)|Henry Medina]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Roberto Michael Castro|Michael Castro]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Sandro Rojas]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[David Mina]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Juan Nazareno]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Bryan Rivera]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Fulman Camacho]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[César Velaña]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Raúl Vargas]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Edgar Bravo]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[William Araujo]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Diego Quintanilla]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Walter Molina]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Marco Abel Ramos Preciado|Marco Ramos]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Luis Villacís]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Omar Andrade]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Jhon Chalá]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Fernando Lara]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Ecuador|name=[[Wilson Morales]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114050304/http://www.espoli.com.ec/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}

{{Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B}}

[[Category:C.D. ESPOLI| ]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Ecuador|Espoli]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Quito|Espoli]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1986|ESPOLI]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Ecuador]]


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