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2020 Ecuadorian Serie A

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LigaPro Serie A
Season2020
Dates14 February – 29 December 2020
ChampionsBarcelona (16th title)
RelegatedLDU Portoviejo
El Nacional
Copa LibertadoresBarcelona
LDU Quito
Independiente del Valle
Universidad Católica
Copa SudamericanaEmelec
Guayaquil City
Macará
Aucas
Matches played240
Goals scored667 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerCristian Martínez Borja
(24 goals)
Biggest home winLDU Quito 5–0 Dep. Cuenca
(14 October)
Biggest away winLDU Portoviejo 0–6 Emelec
(11 November)
Highest scoringInd. del Valle 4–4 Macará
(18 August)
2019
2021

The 2020 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (until 18 September 2020 officially known as the LigaPro Banco Pichincha 2020 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was 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 were the defending champions.[2] Barcelona won their 16th domestic league title after defeating LDU Quito 3–1 on penalties following a 1–1 draw on aggregate score in the finals.

The competition was suspended from 14 March to 14 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format

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The format for the 2020 season was decided by LigaPro's Council of Presidents on 22 October 2019. For this season, the league returned to the three-stage system used before the 2019 season, scrapping the play-off stage played in the previous season.[3] The first and second stages were 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 was reversed for the second stage, and the top teams at the end of each stage qualified for the finals as well as the Copa Libertadores group stage. The finals were 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 won both stages of the season, the finals would not have been played and that team would win the championship.

An aggregate table including the matches of both the first and second stages was 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 would have been allocated through the 2020 Copa Ecuador, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and had its berth reallocated to the next best team in the aggregate table. Meanwhile, the teams that ended in the 15th and 16th place of the aggregate table would have competed in 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,[4] however, in a Council of Presidents session held on 23 May 2020 it was decided not to expand the Serie A to 18 teams for the 2021 season, meaning that the bottom two teams of the aggregate table at the end of the season were relegated to Serie B.[5]

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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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 Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258
Cayambe Guillermo Albornoz 12,000
Emelec Guayaquil Banco del Pacífico Capwell 40,020
Guayaquil City Guayaquil Christian Benítez Betancourt 10,152
Independiente del Valle Sangolquí Rumiñahui 7,233
Quito Olímpico Atahualpa[note 1] 35,258
Rodrigo Paz Delgado[note 2] 41,575
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
Bellavista[note 3] 16,467
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
  1. ^ Used by Independiente del Valle for their home match against Mushuc Runa, and as home stadium since the resumption of the league following the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ Used by Independiente del Valle for their home match against Orense.
  3. ^ Used by Mushuc Runa for their home match against Barcelona.

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aucas Argentina Darío Tempesta Umbro Banco del Pacífico
Barcelona Argentina Fabián Bustos Marathon Pilsener
Delfín Argentina Horacio Montemurro (caretaker) Baldo's Banco del Pacífico
Deportivo Cuenca Argentina Guillermo Duró (caretaker) Joma Chubb Seguros
El Nacional Ecuador José Villafuerte (caretaker) Lotto Aceros ANDEC
Banco General Rumiñahui
Emelec Spain Ismael Rescalvo Adidas Tubos Pacífico
Guayaquil City Ecuador Pool Gavilánez Astro Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Independiente del Valle Spain Miguel Ángel Ramírez Marathon Chery
DirecTV
LDU Portoviejo Argentina Pablo Trobbiani Boman Cooperativa 15 de Abril
LDU Quito Uruguay Pablo Repetto Puma Banco Pichincha
Macará Ecuador Paúl Vélez Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Mushuc Runa Argentina Ricardo Dillon Elohim Cooperativa Mushuc Runa
Olmedo Ecuador Geovanny Cumbicus Boman Cooperativa Daquilema
GolTV
Orense Argentina Patricio Lara JMP Sport Banco del Austro
Técnico Universitario Colombia José Eugenio Hernández Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Universidad Católica Colombia Santiago Escobar Umbro Discover Card

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
First stage
Olmedo Argentina Ricardo Dillon Resigned 3 November 2019[6] Pre-season Argentina Darío Franco 9 December 2019[7]
Mushuc Runa Argentina Martín Cardetti Sacked 5 November 2019[8] Argentina Ricardo Dillon 12 November 2019[9]
El Nacional Argentina Marcelo Zuleta End of contract 7 November 2019[10] Colombia Eduardo Lara 12 November 2019[11]
Barcelona Uruguay Tabaré Silva 27 November 2019[12] Argentina Fabián Bustos 16 December 2019[13]
Aucas Argentina Gabriel Schürrer 9 December 2019[14] Argentina Máximo Villafañe 11 December 2019[15]
Delfín Argentina Fabián Bustos Signed by Barcelona 15 December 2019[16] Spain Ángel López Pérez 27 December 2019[17]
Spain Ángel López Pérez Sacked 29 February 2020[18] 11th Argentina Carlos Ischia 1 March 2020[19]
Aucas Argentina Máximo Villafañe Resigned 14 June 2020[20] 16th Argentina Darío Tempesta 14 June 2020[21]
Olmedo Argentina Darío Franco 15 June 2020[22] 13th Ecuador Geovanny Cumbicus 18 June 2020[23]
El Nacional Colombia Eduardo Lara Sacked 20 June 2020[24] 9th Argentina Jorge Montesino 20 June 2020[25]
Orense Ecuador Humberto Pizarro Mutual consent 1 September 2020[26] 15th Argentina Patricio Lara 2 September 2020[27]
Delfín Argentina Carlos Ischia Sacked 4 September 2020[28] 11th Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú 4 September 2020[29]
Deportivo Cuenca Uruguay Tabaré Silva 30 September 2020[30] 16th Argentina Guillermo Duró (caretaker) 30 September 2020[30]
Second stage
LDU Portoviejo Argentina Rubén Darío Insúa Sacked 5 November 2020[31] 15th Argentina Marcelo Zuleta 5 November 2020[32]
El Nacional Argentina Jorge Montesino 7 November 2020[33] 15th Ecuador Javier Rodríguez 7 November 2020[33]
Ecuador Javier Rodríguez Resigned 20 November 2020[34] 16th Ecuador Édison Méndez 20 November 2020[35]
LDU Portoviejo Argentina Marcelo Zuleta 20 November 2020[36] 15th Argentina Pablo Trobbiani 20 November 2020[37]
Delfín Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú Sacked 3 December 2020[38] 10th Argentina Horacio Montemurro (caretaker) 3 December 2020[38]
El Nacional Ecuador Édison Méndez Resigned 8 December 2020[39] 16th Ecuador José Villafuerte (caretaker) 8 December 2020[40]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

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On 14 March 2020 after two Matchday 5 games had been played, the competition was suspended indefinitely by LigaPro due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[41]

On 20 May LigaPro's Council of Presidents decided to tentatively resume the league on 17 July pending final approval by the Ecuadorian government, with matches to be played behind closed doors.[42] 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).[43] However, the date for the resumption of the competition was pushed back as the protocol approved by the Ecuadorian government through the National COE had set 29 July as the earliest tentative date for resumption.[44]

On 27 July, the National COE approved LigaPro's biosecurity protocol and established 15 August as the tentative date to resume the competition.[45] Eventually, on 11 August the National COE approved LigaPro's request to resume the competition on 14 August, with the completion of the fifth matchday.[46]

First stage

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 15 11 2 2 29 13 +16 35 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Independiente del Valle 15 9 5 1 36 22 +14 32
3 Universidad Católica 15 9 4 2 32 14 +18 31
4 Barcelona 15 8 5 2 23 13 +10 29
5 Macará 15 6 6 3 22 17 +5 24
6 Aucas 15 7 2 6 26 23 +3 23
7 Técnico Universitario 15 6 4 5 17 16 +1 22
8 Delfín 15 5 3 7 17 22 −5 18
9 Guayaquil City 15 5 3 7 17 23 −6 18
10 Mushuc Runa 15 5 3 7 16 22 −6 18
11 Olmedo 15 5 2 8 26 29 −3 17
12 Emelec 15 4 4 7 20 22 −2 16
13 El Nacional 15 3 5 7 16 24 −8 14
14 LDU Portoviejo 15 3 4 8 19 30 −11 13
15 Orense 15 1 7 7 15 27 −12 10
16 Deportivo Cuenca 15 1 5 9 16 30 −14 8
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
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

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Home \ Away AUC BAR DEL CUE NAC EME GUA IDV LDP LDQ MAC MUS OLM ORE TEC CAT
Aucas 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0
Barcelona 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Delfín 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–0
Deportivo Cuenca 0–3 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–3[a] 2–2 2–2 1–2
El Nacional 1–1 2–1 2–4 2–1 0–3 3–2 2–2 0–1
Emelec 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0
Guayaquil City 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–3
Independiente del Valle 1–1 1–1 4–2 3–0 4–4 2–1 1–2 2–2
LDU Portoviejo 2–1 2–4 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1
LDU Quito 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–1
Macará 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Mushuc Runa 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
Olmedo 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–2
Orense 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–2
Técnico Universitario 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–5 1–1 1–3 2–0
Universidad Católica 3–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 4–0 2–1
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Olmedo due to Deportivo Cuenca being suspended by FEF for failing to pay its creditors.[47]

Second stage

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 15 8 5 2 22 7 +15 29 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Emelec 15 8 4 3 28 15 +13 28
3 Guayaquil City 15 7 5 3 23 17 +6 26
4 LDU Quito 15 7 3 5 31 20 +11 24
5 Deportivo Cuenca 15 6 5 4 18 21 −3 23
6 Independiente del Valle 15 7 1 7 26 21 +5 22
7 Orense 15 5 6 4 12 19 −7 21
8 Delfín 15 5 5 5 22 19 +3 20
9 Universidad Católica 15 5 5 5 16 14 +2 20
10 Técnico Universitario 15 5 5 5 11 11 0 20
11 Macará 15 6 2 7 15 20 −5 20
12 Aucas 15 4 7 4 33 32 +1 19
13 LDU Portoviejo 15 5 2 8 20 29 −9 17
14 Mushuc Runa 15 3 4 8 17 23 −6 13
15 Olmedo 15 3 4 8 16 27 −11 13
16 El Nacional 15 3 3 9 10 25 −15 12
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
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

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Home \ Away AUC BAR DEL CUE NAC EME GUA IDV LDP LDQ MAC MUS OLM ORE TEC CAT
Aucas 2–1 1–1 3–3 3–3 4–1 2–1 1–1
Barcelona 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–0
Delfín 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 3–1
Deportivo Cuenca 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
El Nacional 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–3[a] 2–1 2–1 0–2
Emelec 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Guayaquil City 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–1
Independiente del Valle 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 3–2 4–0 1–0
LDU Portoviejo 3–2 0–2 3–0 0–6 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1
LDU Quito 4–1 5–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–2
Macará 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–4 0–3 1–0 0–1
Mushuc Runa 1–4 2–0 2–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Olmedo 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–1
Orense 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Técnico Universitario 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Universidad Católica 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Guayaquil City due to El Nacional being suspended by FEF for failing to pay its creditors.[48]

Finals

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LDU Quito and Barcelona qualified for the Finals (Third stage) by being the First stage and Second stage winners, respectively. The winners were the Serie A champions and earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2021 Copa Libertadores, and the losers were the Serie A runners-up and earned the Ecuador 2 berth in the 2021 Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, LDU Quito played the second leg at home.

Barcelona1–1LDU Quito
  • Álvez 50'
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Augusto Aragón

LDU Quito0–0Barcelona
Report
Penalties
1–3
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties.

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 LDU Quito 30 18 5 7 60 33 +27 59 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Barcelona (C) 30 16 10 4 46 21 +25 58
3 Independiente del Valle 30 16 6 8 62 43 +19 54 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Universidad Católica 30 14 9 7 48 28 +20 51 Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5 Emelec 30 12 8 10 48 37 +11 44 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage[a]
6 Guayaquil City 30 12 8 10 40 40 0 44
7 Macará 30 12 8 10 37 37 0 44
8 Aucas 30 11 9 10 59 55 +4 42
9 Técnico Universitario 30 11 9 10 28 27 +1 42
10 Delfín 30 10 8 12 39 41 −2 38
11 Mushuc Runa 30 8 7 15 33 45 −12 31
12 Deportivo Cuenca 30 7 10 13 34 51 −17 31
13 Orense 30 6 13 11 28 47 −19 31
14 Olmedo 30 8 6 16 42 56 −14 30
15 LDU Portoviejo (R) 30 8 6 16 39 59 −20 30 Relegation to Serie B
16 El Nacional (R) 30 6 8 16 26 49 −23 26
Source: LigaPro
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the 2020 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, the spot awarded to its champions (Copa Sudamericana first stage) was passed over to the aggregate table fourth best-placed team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Cristian Martínez Borja LDU Quito 24
2 Panama Gabriel Torres Independiente del Valle 16
3 Argentina Víctor Figueroa Aucas 14
4 Ecuador José Cevallos Emelec 13
Argentina Francisco Fydriszewski LDU Portoviejo
6 Colombia Juan Sebastián Herrera Macará 11
Uruguay Gonzalo Mastriani Guayaquil City
Argentina Muriel Orlando Mushuc Runa
9 Uruguay Facundo Barceló Emelec 10
Argentina Damián Díaz Barcelona
United States Michael Hoyos Guayaquil City
Argentina Sergio López Aucas

Source: Soccerway

See also

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References

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