Serie A (Ecuador)
Copa Banco del Pacífico | |
First edition | 1957 |
hierarchy | 1st League |
Teams | 12 |
master |
LDU Quito (11th title) |
Record champions | Barcelona Sporting Club (15) |
Record scorer | Ermen Benítez (191) |
Website | www.ecuafutbol.org |
Qualification for |
Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana |
↓ Series B
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The Serie A is the highest Ecuadorian Football League. It has existed since 1957 and is run and organized by the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol . 16 clubs have played in the league since 2019. The championship is held in three stages. The first two stages consist of the first and second legs between all teams. In the third stage, the leaders of the first and second stage determine the champions. For commercial reasons, the championship was held between 2003 and 2008 under the official name of Copa Pilsener . From 2009 to 2011, sponsored by Banco Pichincha , the official name was Copa Credife . In the following year they did not use a foreign name. In 2013 they returned to the name Copa Pilsener. The league system of Ecuador is divided as follows:
- Serie A (16 teams)
- Serie B (10 teams)
- Second category (22 provincial groups)
history
The first football clubs in Ecuador were founded in 1899. From 1922 the Pichincha and Guayas provinces organized regional amateur championships. Between 1940 and 1949 the first amateur championships were held at the national level, and the first professional championships at the regional level in the 1950s. In 1957, the first official championship was held as Campeonato Nacional de clubes en Ecuador , which was suspended in the following two years, but has been held continuously since 1960. It was not until the 1970s that clubs from cities other than Quito and Guayaquil took part in the championship . The first champions who did not come from one of these two cities were the Olmedo club from Riobamba in 2000 and Deportivo Cuenca in 2004 . In the 1970s, 10 clubs took part in the championship. The number of participating clubs fluctuated in the 1980s and has since risen to 16 and 18 respectively. Since 1989, 12 teams have participated in the championship, in 2000 the number was reduced to 10. In 2005 two champions were played in Apertura and Clausura in order to adapt the system to the leagues of other Latin American countries. But in 2006 they returned to the system with one master per year. Since 2008, 12 teams have again participated in the championship. In 2008, a club from Ecuador managed to win an international title for the first time. LDU Quito won the most important club competition in South America, the Copa Libertadores . Since then, the club has won the Copa Sudamericana 2009 and the Recopa Sudamericana twice . 16 teams have been taking part in the championship since 2019.
mode
championship
The mode in which the Ecuadorian master is determined has changed several times over the years. 16 teams are currently fighting for the title in two stages. The first stage consists of 30 match days, on which all teams meet in home and return matches. In the second stage, the first eight teams play the champions in a final round with home and return games. In the quarter-finals, the first plays against the eighth, the second against the seventh, and so on. This is followed by the semi-finals and final.
Qualification for the continental competitions
For the Copa Libertadores , the champions, the runner-up and the next two teams in the overall table qualify. For the Copa Sudamericana , the next three teams in the overall table as well as the winner or the best-placed team of the Ecuadorian Cup not qualified for an international competition qualify.
Clubs in Serie A 2019
Clubs in Serie A 2019 |
The following teams will take part in the 2019 season.
team | city | Stadion | capacity |
---|---|---|---|
America de Quito | Quito | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | 35,742 |
Aucas | Quito | Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda | 18,799 |
Barcelona | Guayaquil | Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha | 57,267 |
Delfín | manta | Estadio Jocay | 17,834 |
Deportivo Cuenca | Cuenca | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | 16,540 |
El Nacional | Quito | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | 35,742 |
Emelec | Guayaquil | Estadio George Capwell | 40,020 |
Fuerza Amarilla | Machala | Estadio 9 de Mayo | 16,456 |
Guayaquil City | Guayaquil | Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt | 10.152 |
Independiente del Valle | Sangolquí | Estadio Rumiñahui | 7.233 |
LDU Quito | Quito | Estadio La Casa Blanca | 41,575 |
Macará | Ambato | Estadio Bellavista | 16,467 |
Mushuc Runa SC | Ambato | Estadio Bellavista | 16,467 |
Olmedo | Riobamba | Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba | 14,400 |
Técnico Universitario | Ambato | Estadio Bellavista | 16,467 |
Universidad Católica | Quito | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | 35,742 |
The master
rank | society | masterpieces companies |
Vizemeister- companies |
Years of championships |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barcelona Sporting Club | 15th | 12 | 1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2012, 2016 |
2 | CS Emelec | 14th | 14th | 1957, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 |
3 | CD El Nacional | 13 | 7th | 1967, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1996, 2005C 1 , 2006 |
4th | LDU Quito | 11 | 4th | 1969, 1974, 1975, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005A 1 , 2007, 2010, 2018 |
5 | Deportivo Quito | 5 | 3 | 1964, 1968, 2008, 2009, 2011 |
6th | Deportivo Cuenca | 1 | 5 | 2004 |
7th | Delfín Sporting Club | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
CD Olmedo | 1 | 1 | 2000 | |
9 | Deportivo Everest | 1 | 0 | 1962 |
10 | 9 de Octubre | 0 | 3 | |
11 | America de Quito | 0 | 2 | |
Universidad Católica | 0 | 2 | ||
Técnico Universitario | 0 | 2 | ||
14th | CD Espoli | 0 | 1 | |
Filanbanco | 0 | 1 | ||
Patria | 0 | 1 | ||
Valdez SC (Milagro) | 0 | 1 | ||
Independiente del Valle | 0 | 1 |
1 In 2005 two masters were played, one of the Apertura (A) and one of the Clausura (C).
Top scorer
year | player | society | Gates |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | Simón Cañarte | Barcelona | 4th |
1960 | Enrique Cantos | Barcelona | 8th |
1961 | Galo Pinto | Deportivo Everest | 12 |
1962 | Iris López | Barcelona | 9 |
1963 | Carlos Alberto Raffo | Emelec | 4th |
1964 | Jorge Valencia | America de Manta | 8th |
1965 | Helio Cruz | Barcelona | 8th |
1966 | Coutinho | LDU Quito | 13 |
1967 | Tom Rodríguez | El Nacional | 16 |
1968 | Víctor Manuel Battaini | Deportivo Quito | 19th |
1969 | Francisco Bertocchi | LDU Quito | 26th |
1970 | Rómulo Dudar Mina | Macará | 19th |
1971 | Alfonso Obregón | LDU de Portoviejo | 18th |
1972 | Ángel Liciardi 1 | Deportivo Cuenca | 24 |
1973 | Ángel Marín | America de Quito | 18th |
1974 | Angel Liciardi | Deportivo Cuenca | 19th |
1975 | Angel Liciardi | Deportivo Cuenca | 36 |
1976 | Angel Liciardi | Deportivo Cuenca | 35 |
1977 | Fabián Paz y Miño | El Nacional | 27 |
Ángel Marín 1 | Deportivo Quito | 27 | |
1978 | Juan José Pérez | LDU de Portoviejo | 24 |
1979 | Carlos Horacio Miori | Emelec | 26th |
1980 | Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez | America de Quito | 26th |
1981 | Paulo César | LDU Quito | 25th |
1982 | José Villafuerte | El Nacional | 25th |
1983 | Paulo César | Barcelona | 28 |
1984 | Sergio Saucedo | Deportivo Quito | 25th |
1985 | Juan Carlos de Lima | Universidad Católica | 24 |
Alexander "Guga" da Silva | Esmeraldas Petrolero | 24 | |
1986 | Juan Carlos de Lima | Deportivo Quito | 23 |
1987 | Ermen Benítez | El Nacional | 23 |
Hamilton Cuvi | Filanbanco | 23 | |
Waldemar Victorino | LDU de Portoviejo | 23 | |
1988 | Janio Pinto | LDU Quito | 18th |
1989 | Ermen Benítez | El Nacional | 23 |
1990 | Ermen Benítez | El Nacional | 29 |
1991 | Pedro Varela | Delfín Sporting Club | 24 |
1992 | Carlos Muñoz Martínez | Barcelona | 19th |
1993 | Diego Herrera | LDU Quito | 19th |
1994 | Manuel Uquillas | CD Espoli | 25th |
1995 | Manuel Uquillas | Barcelona | 24 |
1996 | Ariel Graziani | Emelec | 29 |
1997 | Ariel Graziani | Emelec | 24 |
1998 | Iván Kaviedes | Emelec | 43 |
1999 | Christian Botero | Macará | 25th |
2000 | Alejandro Kenig | Emelec | 25th |
2001 | Carlos Alberto Juarez | Emelec | 17th |
2002 | Christian Carnero | Deportivo Quito | 26th |
2003 | Ariel Graziani | Barcelona | 23 |
2004 | Ebelio Ordóñez | El Nacional | 28 |
2005A | Wilson Segura | LDU de Loja | 21st |
2005C | Omar Guerra | SD Aucas | 17th |
2006 | Luis Miguel Escalada | Emelec | 29 |
2007 | Juan Carlos Ferreyra | Deportivo Cuenca | 17th |
2008 | Pablo Palacios | Barcelona | 20th |
2009 | Claudio Bieler | LDU Quito | 22nd |
2010 | Jaime Ayoví | Emelec | 23 |
2011 | Narciso Mina | Independiente del Valle | 28 |
2012 | Narciso Mina | Barcelona | 30th |
2013 | Federico Nieto | Deportivo Quito | 29 |
2014 | Armando Wila | Universidad Católica | 20th |
2015 | Miller Bolaños | CS Emelec | 25th |
2016 | Maxi Barreiro | Delfín Sporting Club | 26th |
2017 | Hernán Barcos | LDU Quito | 21st |
2018 | Jhon Cifuente | Universidad Católica | 37 |
1 In 1972 and 1977, the Serie B top scorer was declared the overall top scorer.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ El trofeo del Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol tiene nuevo nombre (Spanish) on www.elcomercio.com from January 7, 2013, accessed on June 1, 2013
- ↑ ecuafutbol.org: (June 19, 2011) ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ecuafutbol.org: (June 19, 2011) ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.