Club Deportivo Filanbanco was a football team based out of Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was formed in 1979 by Filanbanco, one of the largest banks in Ecuador. The club dissolved a little after one decade of existence when it ceded its team to Valdez Sporting Club. Valdez proceeded to dissolve a few years later. It was the Serie A runner-up in 1987.

Filanbanco
Full nameClub Deportivo Filanbanco
Nickname(s)El Equipo Bancario, El Equipo Banquero, El Equipo Naranja (The Orange Team)
FoundedJanuary 29, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-01-29) [1]
GroundEstadio Alejandro Ponce Noboa
ChairmanDanny Pazos
ManagerJuan Bermeo
LeagueSegunda Categoria (Guayas)

The club was refunded in February 3 of 2020 after a 29 year absence in Ecuadorian football, a man named Danny Pazos who was in the juvenile team for this club refunded it along with other people who had ties with this team, CD Filanbanco entered the Segunda Categoria aka Ecuador´s 3rd division.[2]

Achievements edit

Runner-up (1): 1987

Notable players edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ecuador - Foundations Dates of Clubs". website. RSSSF. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  2. ^ "Filanbanco, otra vez en el fútbol después de 30 años". El Universo (in Spanish). 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-05-13.