Club Deportivo Filanbanco
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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
. It was the Serie A runner-up in 1987.
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. It was formed in 1979 by Filanbanco
Filanbanco
Filanbanco was the largest bank in Ecuador. Founded in the city of Guayaquil, it went bankrupt in 2001 following the banking crisis of 1998.-Beginnings:The bank was originally called La Filantrópica...
, 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 Sporting Club
Valdez Sporting Club was an Ecuadorian football club based in Milagro, Guayas. The club was founded in 1991 after Filanbanco ceded its franchise to the club. That same year, it finished as the Serie A runner-up. The following year, they participated in their first and only Copa Libertadores...
. It was the Serie A runner-up in 1987.
Achievements
- Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
- Runner-up (1): 1987