Club Sport Emelec, commonly known as Emelec, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador, best known for its professional football team. The club competes in the Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian football league system, and is one of the country's most successful and popular teams. This unofficial CS Emelec flag (Spanish: bandera no oficial del Club Sport Emelec) features the club's official emblem placed on a blue background with a silver diagonal stripe, a design derived from the team's traditional home kit and the club's visual identity.
| Flag Proportion: | 3:5 (standard flag ratio) |
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| Flag Format: | Animated GIF (25-frame loop) |
| Flag Usage: | Fan-made / unofficial digital flag |
The club's emblem is designed as a blue shield outlined in silver and divided into two sections by a horizontal silver band. The upper section contains twenty-four white five-pointed stars representing Ecuador's twenty-four provinces, emphasizing the club's national identity. The lower section features the stylized white inscription "EMELEC," the club's distinctive wordmark. The shield itself symbolizes the club's fighting spirit and determination on the football field, while the iconic electric blue color reflects energy, passion, and the team's long-standing identity. The silver accents pay tribute to the club's industrial and working-class origins, linked to the Ecuadorian Electric Company. The name "EMELEC" is an acronym for Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador ("Ecuadorian Electric Company"), the company founded by the American businessman George Capwell that gave birth to the club in 1929. Altogether, the emblem combines sporting tradition, national symbolism, and the club's industrial heritage into one of the most recognizable crests in Ecuadorian football.
| Team name: | Club Sport Emelec |
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| Team nicknames: | El Bombillo (The Lightbulb), El Ballet Azul (The Blue Ballet), El Equipo Millonario (The Millionaire Team), Eléctricos (Electricians) |
| Team abbreviation: | - |
| Founded: | 1929 |
| Location: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Stadium: | Estadio George Capwell |
| Capacity: | 40,020 |
| League: | Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A |
| Team Colors: | Blue and Silver |
| Championships: | 14 |
| Second places: | 15 |
