2020 Ecuadorian Serie A
Season | 2020 |
---|---|
Dates | 14 February – December 2020 |
Matches played | 34 |
Goals scored | 99 (2.91 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Cristian Martínez Borja (7 goals) |
Biggest home win | U. Católica 4–0 Orense (22 February) Emelec 4–0 Aucas (8 March) |
Biggest away win | El Nacional 0–3 LDU Quito (28 February) |
Highest scoring | LDU Portoviejo 2–4 Dep. Cuenca (21 February) |
← 2019 2021 →
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2020. |
The 2020 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (officially known as the LigaPro Banco Pichincha 2020 for sponsorship reasons) is the 62nd season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the second under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). Delfín are the defending champions.[1]
On 14 March 2020, the competition was suspended indefinitely by LigaPro due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
On 20 May LigaPro's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 17 July following approval by the Ecuadorian government, with matches to be played behind closed doors.[3] That same day the Council approved to restart training activities on 8 June, which was later moved to 10 June per decision by the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE).[4]
Format
The format for the 2020 season was decided by LigaPro's Council of Presidents on 22 October 2019. For this season, the league will return to the three-stage system used before the 2019 season, scrapping the play-off stage played in the previous season.[5] The first and second stages will 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 finals 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 shootout deciding the champion in case of a tie in points and goals scored. Should a team win 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, and the next best three teams qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana. The remaining Copa Sudamericana berth will be allocated through the 2020 Copa Ecuador. Meanwhile, the teams that end in the 15th and 16th place of the aggregate table will compete in the relegation play-offs against the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2020 Serie B for the right to remain in the top tier for the following season.[6]
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
El Nacional | Quito Cayambe |
Olímpico Atahualpa Guillermo Albornoz |
35,258 12,000 |
Emelec | Guayaquil | Banco del Pacífico Capwell | 40,020 |
Guayaquil City | Guayaquil | Christian Benítez Betancourt | 10,152 |
Independiente del Valle | Sangolquí Quito |
Rumiñahui Olímpico Atahualpa[note 1] |
7,233 35,258 |
LDU Portoviejo | Portoviejo | Reales Tamarindos | 20,500 |
LDU Quito | Quito | Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 41,575 |
Macará | Ambato | Bellavista | 16,467 |
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 |
- ^ Used by Independiente del Valle for their home match against Mushuc Runa.
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|
Aucas | Darío Tempesta | Umbro | Banco del Pacífico |
Barcelona | Fabián Bustos | Marathon | Pilsener |
Delfín | Carlos Ischia | Baldo's | Banco del Pacífico |
Deportivo Cuenca | Tabaré Silva | Joma | Chubb Seguros |
El Nacional | Vacant | Lotto | Aceros ANDEC Banco General Rumiñahui |
Emelec | Ismael Rescalvo | Adidas | Tubos Pacífico |
Guayaquil City | Pool Gavilánez | Astro | Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda. |
Independiente del Valle | Miguel Ángel Ramírez | Marathon | Chery DirecTV |
LDU Portoviejo | Rubén Darío Insúa | Boman | Cooperativa 15 de Abril |
LDU Quito | Pablo Repetto | Puma | Banco Pichincha |
Macará | Paúl Vélez | Boman | Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda. |
Mushuc Runa | Ricardo Dillon | Elohim | Cooperativa Mushuc Runa |
Olmedo | Geovanny Cumbicus | Boman | Cooperativa Daquilema GolTV |
Orense | Humberto Pizarro | JMP Sport | Banco del Austro |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Olmedo | Ricardo Dillon | Resigned | 3 November 2019[7] | Pre-season | Darío Franco | 9 December 2019[8] |
Mushuc Runa | Martín Cardetti | Sacked | 5 November 2019[9] | Ricardo Dillon | 12 November 2019[10] | |
El Nacional | Marcelo Zuleta | End of contract | 7 November 2019[11] | Eduardo Lara | 12 November 2019[12] | |
Barcelona | Tabaré Silva | 27 November 2019[13] | Fabián Bustos | 16 December 2019[14] | ||
Aucas | Gabriel Schürrer | 9 December 2019[15] | Máximo Villafañe | 11 December 2019[16] | ||
Delfín | Fabián Bustos | Signed by Barcelona | 15 December 2019[17] | Ángel López Pérez | 27 December 2019[18] | |
Ángel López Pérez | Sacked | 29 February 2020[19] | 11th | Carlos Ischia | 1 March 2020[20] | |
Aucas | Máximo Villafañe | Resigned | 14 June 2020[21] | 16th | Darío Tempesta | 14 June 2020[22] |
Olmedo | Darío Franco | 15 June 2020[23] | 13th | Geovanny Cumbicus | 18 June 2020[24] | |
El Nacional | Eduardo Lara | Sacked | 20 June 2020[25] | 9th |
First stage
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Técnico Universitario | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 | Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | LDU Quito | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | |
3 | Universidad Católica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | |
4 | Macará | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
5 | Guayaquil City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | |
6 | Independiente del Valle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | |
7 | Barcelona | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | Mushuc Runa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
9 | El Nacional | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | |
10 | Orense | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | |
11 | Emelec | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | |
12 | Deportivo Cuenca | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
13 | Olmedo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
14 | LDU Portoviejo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |
15 | Delfín | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
16 | Aucas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
Results
Top goalscorers
- As of 14 March 2020
Source: Soccerway
See also
- Ecuadorian Serie A
- 2020 in Ecuadorian football
- 2020 Ecuadorian Serie B
- 2020 Segunda Categoría
- 2020 Superliga Femenina
- 2020 Ecuadorian Women's Serie B
References
- ^ "Delfín SC, campeón de la Liga Pro al vencer en penales a Liga de Quito". El Universo (in Spanish). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "La LigaPro suspende indefinidamente los campeonatos de fútbol de Serie A y Serie B en Ecuador". El Comercio (in Spanish). 14 March 2020.
- ^ "El campeonato ecuatoriano de fútbol volverá a disputarse desde el 19 de julio". El Comercio (in Spanish). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Fútbol ecuatoriano: COE Nacional autoriza el retorno de clubes a entrenamientos". Teleamazonas (in Spanish). 4 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "La LigaPro cambió el formato del campeonato nacional del 2020" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Detalles Fixture 2020" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Despedida adelantada para el DT Ricardo Dillon en Olmedo" (in Spanish). El Universo. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Darío Franco será director técnico de Olmedo en el 2020" (in Spanish). El Universo. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "MALA RACHA DE LAS ÚLTIMAS FECHAS PROVOCA SALIDA DE CARDETTI DEL MANDO DE MUSHUC RUNA" (in Spanish). Info Cancha. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Ricardo Dillon, el nuevo director técnico de Mushuc Runa, comprometido a promover jugadores indígenas" (in Spanish). El Universo. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "El Nacional no continuará con el DT Marcelo Zuleta y anunciará a su nuevo entrenador el 12 de noviembre del 2019" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "El Nacional tiene nuevo director técnico" (in Spanish). Teleamazonas. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "'El responsable soy yo', dice Tabaré Silva tras la eliminación de Barcelona SC" (in Spanish). El Universo. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Fabián Bustos, campeón con Delfín, es el nuevo técnico de Barcelona SC" (in Spanish). Metro Ecuador. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Gabriel Schurrer no sigue más en Aucas" (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Máximo Villafañe y el 'Potro' Figueroa comandarán Aucas en el 2020" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Dirigencia del Delfín SC se despide, 'agradecida', de Fabián Bustos" (in Spanish). El Universo. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "El español Miguel Ángel López es el nuevo entrenador del Delfín SC" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Ángel López deja de ser el entrenador de Delfín" (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 29 February 2020.
- ^ "ACTUALIZACIÓN: Delfín SC tiene nuevo entrenador" (in Spanish). Ecuagol. 1 March 2020.
- ^ "El argentino Máximo Villafañe dejó de ser el entrenador de Aucas" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "El entrenador argentino Darío Tempesta confirma que regresa a dirigir Aucas" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Olmedo sin director técnico, Darío Franco comunicó que no regresará de Argentina" (in Spanish). El Universo. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Olmedo anunció a Geovanny Cumbicus como nuevo entrenador del plantel" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "El colombiano Eduardo Lara no seguirá al mando de El Nacional" (in Spanish). El Universo. 20 June 2020.