Ecuadorian Serie A

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Established
1957 (68 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-14

Current Season
2025

Level Below
Ecuadorian Serie B

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Ecuador

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - GOLTV [2021]

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28 Mar	Aucas	-	Independient	9:30pm
29 Mar	Mushuc Runa	-	Emelec	11:00pm
29 Mar	Deportivo Cu	-	LDU Quito	9:30pm
29 Mar	Vinotinto Ec	-	Universidad	7:00pm
29 Mar	Barcelona SC	-	Delfín	12:00am
30 Mar	Macará	-	Técnico Uni	6:00pm
30 Mar	El Nacional	-	Orense	11:00pm
30 Mar	Manta	-	Libertad FC	8:30pm
05 Apr	LDU Quito	-	Barcelona SC	11:00pm
05 Apr	Delfín	-	Aucas	7:00pm
Results
18 Mar	Técnico Uni	0 - 1	Barcelona SC
16 Mar	Independient	1 - 1	Macará
16 Mar	Delfín	0 - 0	Deportivo Cu
16 Mar	El Nacional	0 - 1	Aucas
16 Mar	Emelec	1 - 0	LDU Quito
15 Mar	Libertad FC	4 - 1	Orense
15 Mar	Mushuc Runa	1 - 2	Vinotinto Ec
15 Mar	Universidad	3 - 0	Manta
11 Mar	Orense	2 - 1	Técnico Uni
09 Mar	Vinotinto Ec	2 - 1	Emelec

Description

The Primera Categoría Serie A, simply known as the Serie A or the Primera A, is a professional football league in Ecuador. At the top of the Ecuadorian football league system, it is the country's premier football competition. Contested by sixteen clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Serie B, the lower level of the Primera Categoría. The season runs from February to December and is usually contested in multiple stages. It is sponsored by beer company Pilsener and is officially known as the Copa Pilsener Serie A.

While initially not a league, the Serie A has its roots in the national championship between the top teams of Ecuador's two regional leagues. For the first nine editions, teams from Guayaquil and Quito qualified to the competition through their professional regional leagues. It abandoned the qualification format to form a proper league in 1967. Since the first edition in 1957, the tournament has been held annually (except 1958 and 1959); the 2005 season had two champions. It was ranked by IFFHS as the 13th strongest football league in the world for 2011, and the 5th strongest in South America.

Nine different teams have been crowned Ecuadorian champions, but four teams have a combined total of 46 championships. The most successful club is Barcelona with fifteen titles. The defending champion is Delfín.

Seasons

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Teams

Aucas	Barcelona SC	Delfín	Deportivo Cuenc
El Nacional	Emelec	Independiente d	LDU Quito
Libertad FC	Macará	Manta	Mushuc Runa
Orense	Técnico Univer	Universidad Cat	Vinotinto Ecuad