2021 Ecuadorian Serie A
| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 February – December 2021 |
← 2020 2022 → | |
The 2021 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A will be the 63rd season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the third under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season is scheduled to begin on 19 February and end in December 2021.[1] Barcelona will be the defending champions, having won the previous season.
Format
On 1 January 2021, LigaPro president Miguel Ángel Loor confirmed that the 2021 season will be contested by 16 teams and the competition will be played under the same format as the previous season.[2] Three stages will be played, with the first and second ones to be played as single round-robin tournaments with all teams playing each other once for a total of 15 matches per stage. The first stage fixture will be reversed for the second stage, and the top teams at the end of each stage will qualify for the final stage as well as the Copa Libertadores group stage. The finals will be a double-legged series between the winners of both stages with a penalty shoot-out deciding the champion in case of a tie in points and goals scored. In case a team wins both stages of the season, the finals will not be played and that team will win the championship.
An aggregate table including the matches of both the first and second stages will be used to decide international qualification and relegation, with the best two teams (other than the stage winners) qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, the next best three teams qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana, while the remaining Copa Sudamericana berth will be awarded to the 2021 Copa Ecuador champions. The bottom two teams of the aggregate table at the end of the season will be relegated to Serie B.
Teams
16 teams will compete in the season. LDU Portoviejo and El Nacional were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season, being replaced by 2020 Serie B champions 9 de Octubre and runners-up Manta.
Stadia and locations
Aucas
LDU Quito
Universidad Católica
Ambato teams:
Macará
Mushuc Runa
Técnico Universitario
Guayaquil teams:
9 de Octubre
Barcelona
Emelec
Guayaquil City
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 de Octubre | Guayaquil | Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera | 42,000 |
| Aucas | Quito | Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda | 21,689 |
| Barcelona | Guayaquil | Monumental Banco Pichincha | 57,267 |
| Delfín | Manta | Jocay | 17,834 |
| Deportivo Cuenca | Cuenca | Banco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | 18,549 |
| Emelec | Guayaquil | Banco del Pacífico Capwell | 40,020 |
| Guayaquil City | Guayaquil | Christian Benítez Betancourt | 10,152 |
| Independiente del Valle | Quito | Olímpico Atahualpa | 35,258 |
| LDU Quito | Quito | Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 41,575 |
| Macará | Ambato | Bellavista | 16,467 |
| Manta | Manta | Jocay | 17,834 |
| Mushuc Runa | Ambato | COAC Mushuc Runa | 6,000 |
| Olmedo | Riobamba | Olímpico | 7,233 |
| Orense | Machala | 9 de Mayo | 16,456 |
| Técnico Universitario | Ambato | Bellavista | 16,467 |
| Universidad Católica | Quito | Olímpico Atahualpa | 35,258 |
Personnel and kits
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 de Octubre |  Juan Carlos León
|
Jasa Evolution | |
| Aucas |  Darío Tempesta
|
Umbro | Banco del Pacífico |
| Barcelona | Fabián Bustos
|
Marathon | Pilsener |
| Delfín | Paúl Vélez
|
Baldo's | Banco del Pacífico |
| Deportivo Cuenca | Guillermo Duró
|
Lotto | Chubb Seguros |
| Emelec |  Ismael Rescalvo
|
Adidas | Tubos Pacífico |
| Guayaquil City | Pool Gavilánez
|
Astro | Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda. |
| Independiente del Valle |  Renato Paiva
|
Marathon | Chery DirecTV |
| LDU Quito |  Pablo Repetto
|
Puma | Banco Pichincha |
| Macará | Eduardo Favaro
|
Boman | Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda. |
| Manta | Fabián Frías
|
Astro | Atún Isabel |
| Mushuc Runa | Geovanny Cumbicus
|
Boman | Cooperativa Mushuc Runa |
| Olmedo | Pablo Trobbiani
|
Boman | |
| Orense | Patricio Lara
|
Elohim | |
| Técnico Universitario |  José Eugenio Hernández
|
Boman | Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda. |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago Escobar
|
Umbro | Discover Card |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First stage | ||||||
| Delfín | Horacio Montemurro
|
End of caretaker spell | 19 December 2020 | Pre-season | Paúl Vélez
|
27 December 2020[3] |
| Mushuc Runa | Ricardo Dillon
|
End of contract | 19 December 2020 | Geovanny Cumbicus
|
24 December 2020[4] | |
| Independiente del Valle | Miguel Ángel Ramírez
|
Resigned | 20 December 2020[5] | Renato Paiva
|
25 December 2020[6] | |
| Olmedo | Geovanny Cumbicus
|
End of contract | 20 December 2020 | Pablo Trobbiani
|
27 December 2020[7] | |
| Macará | Paúl Vélez
|
21 December 2020[8] | Eduardo Favaro
|
25 December 2020[9] | ||
First stage
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 de Octubre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Aucas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Delfín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cuenca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Emelec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Guayaquil City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Independiente del Valle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | LDU Quito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Macará | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Manta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Mushuc Runa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Olmedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Orense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Técnico Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Universidad Católica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
References
- ^ "LigaPro 2021 ya tiene fecha de inicio" (in Spanish). Ecuagol. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "LigaPro 2021 arrancaría entre 19 y 27 de febrero, plantea el presidente" (in Spanish). El Universo. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Paúl Vélez fue presentado como nuevo entrenador de Delfín para 2021" (in Spanish). Primicias. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Geovanny Cumbicus dirigirá a Mushuc Runa" (in Spanish). Afición Central. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "El español Miguel Ángel Ramírez dice adiós a Independiente del Valle: "Estoy orgulloso"" (in Spanish). Marca. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "El director técnico portugués Renato Paiva dirigirá al Independiente del Valle" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Pablo Trobbiani es nuevo director técnico de Olmedo" (in Spanish). Afición Central. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Paúl Vélez se va de Macará con una eficiencia del 56%" (in Spanish). Primicias. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Macará anuncia la contratación del técnico Eduardo Favaro y el fichaje de cuatro futbolistas" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.