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The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 2008 was the 50th season of the Ecuadorian Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The 1st Stage began on 10 February 2008 and the 2nd Stage begins 12 July 2008.
The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol, Serie A, Copa Pilsener or Primera Division is the most important football competition of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, the football federation of Ecuador. It is a regular tournament, originally yearly, and it has been played since 1957, with a two-year break from 1958 to 1959. In 2005 it was played twice a year, in the first and second halves of every year. In 2006, it returned to the original yearly form.
Imbabura SC was relegated from the previous season. Técnico Universitario, ESPOLI and Universidad Catolica were moved up from the Serie B.
[edit] Participating Teams
[edit] Serie A Format
The new format is similar to the Serie A 2007 edition. 12 teams will compete, each team playing the other 11 in a double round-robin format (one home game, one away game) in the 1st Stage, in the 2nd Stage will be 2 groups divided with 6 team each and a Final Mini-League to decide the Champion.
The Serie A is composed of 3 Stages:
- 1st Stage
- Group Stage
- Liguilla Final
Points awarded:
- 3 Points for a win
- 1 Point for a draw
- 0 Points for a loss
The top four teams in the 1st stage will qualify directly to the Liguilla Final and also the Stage Winner qualify to the Copa Sudamericana 2008, the Group Stage Winners will also qualify to the Liguilla Final.
Group Stage
- At the end of the 1st stage the team's positions decides in which group will each team be in.
[edit] 1st Stage
| P |
Teams |
| 1 |
Team 1 |
| 2 |
Team 2 |
| 3 |
Team 3 |
| 4 |
Team 4 |
| 5 |
Team 5 |
| 6 |
Team 6 |
| 7 |
Team 7 |
| 8 |
Team 8 |
| 9 |
Team 9 |
| 10 |
Team 10 |
| 11 |
Team 11 |
| 12 |
Team 12 |
|
Teams allocated in Group 1 |
|
Teams allocated in Group 2 |
[edit] Group Stage
| P |
Group 1 |
P |
Group 2 |
| 1 |
Team 1 |
1 |
Team 2 |
| 2 |
Team 3 |
2 |
Team 4 |
| 3 |
Team 5 |
3 |
Team 6 |
| 4 |
Team 7 |
4 |
Team 8 |
| 5 |
Team 9 |
5 |
Team 10 |
| 6 |
Team 11 |
6 |
Team 12 |
If a team who qualified in the 1st Stage win the Group Stage, the points of both stages are added up in the accumulated table to see who qualifies for the Liguilla Final.
For the Liguilla Final, teams earn free points because of their effort, the points are distributed in this way:
- 3 Points - 1st Stage Winer
- 2 Points - 1st Stage runners-up
- 1 Point - 1st Stage 3rd place and Group Stage Winners
- 0 Points - 1st Stage 4th place
The Liguilla Final is a round-robin format between the six qualified teams of the 1st and Group Stage Winners. The winner of this round-robin tournament will be the champion of the Serie A. The champion and runner-up will qualify to the Copa Libertadores 2008 Group Stage and the third-place finisher to the Preliminary Round.
[edit] Results
[edit] First Stage
|
Defending Series A Champions |
[edit] Second Stage - Group 1
| P |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
| 1 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 3 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 4 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 5 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 6 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
[edit] Second Stage - Group 2
| P |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
| 1 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 3 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 4 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 5 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 6 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
[edit] Aggregate Table
|
Defending Series A Champions |
[edit] Liguilla Final
| Pos |
Team |
Pts |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
B. Pts |
Notes |
| 1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
| 2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
| 3 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
| 4 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
| 5 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
| 6 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
[edit] Ecuadorian Serie A stadiums
| City |
Stadium |
Team |
Capacity |
| Guayaquil |
Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha |
BSC |
89,932 |
| Quito |
Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado |
LDU |
55,104 |
| Quito |
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa |
NAC |
41,000 |
| Quito |
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa |
CAT |
41,000 |
| Quito |
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa |
QUI |
41,000 |
| Guayaquil |
Estadio George Capwell |
EME |
32,000 |
| Cuenca |
Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar |
CUE |
22,102 |
| Ambato |
Estadio Bellavista |
MAC |
22,000 |
| Ambato |
Estadio Bellavista |
TEC |
22,000 |
| Riobamba |
Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba |
OLM |
20,000 |
| Latacunga |
Estadio La Cocha |
ESP |
20,200 |
| Azogues |
Estadio Municipal Jorge Andrade Cantos |
AZO |
9,000 |
[edit] Top Scorers
[edit] Results
| Date: Sept 3, 2007 |
BSC |
QUI |
EME |
NAC |
LDU |
TEC |
AZO |
OLM |
CUE |
MAC |
CAT |
ESP |
| 1. |
Barcelona |
|
2:1 |
0:0 |
3:1 |
1:1 |
: |
2:0 |
3:2 |
2:2 |
2:0 |
1:0 |
1:3 |
| 2. |
D. Quito |
2:2 |
|
2:1 |
0:0 |
3:2 |
1:0 |
3:2 |
1:0 |
1:1 |
: |
2:1 |
3:0 |
| 3. |
Emelec |
1:1 |
1:1 |
|
1:0 |
2:1 |
1:0 |
1:1 |
: |
0:0 |
3:0 |
: |
2:0 |
| 4. |
El Nacional |
3:2 |
: |
3:0 |
|
: |
1:0 |
3:2 |
2:1 |
1:0 |
0:0 |
1:1 |
2:0 |
| 5. |
LDU Quito |
1:0 |
1:0 |
: |
2:2 |
|
3:1 |
4:0 |
3:1 |
1:0 |
: |
1:1 |
: |
| 6. |
Técnico U. |
2:3 |
: |
2:1 |
3:2 |
2:1 |
|
1:0 |
1:0 |
: |
1:0 |
3:3 |
0:4 |
| 7. |
D. Azogues |
1:1 |
0:1 |
0:0 |
: |
2:2 |
5:0 |
|
3:0 |
0:1 |
0:0 |
2:4 |
1:0 |
| 8. |
Olmedo |
2:2 |
: |
0:0 |
0:2 |
0:3 |
0:0 |
1:0 |
|
: |
0:1 |
: |
1:1 |
| 9. |
D. Cuenca |
: |
0:0 |
4:0 |
1:0 |
: |
2:0 |
1:0 |
0:1 |
|
1:1 |
2:1 |
2:1 |
| 10. |
Macará |
1:0 |
1:3 |
: |
0:0 |
0:1 |
1:0 |
: |
0:0 |
2:1 |
|
1:2 |
0:1 |
| 11. |
U. Catolica |
: |
0:6 |
0:3 |
0:0 |
0:2 |
: |
2:2 |
0:2 |
2:1 |
0:1 |
|
0:2 |
| 12. |
ESPOLI |
2:1 |
2:2 |
6:2 |
3:2 |
1:2 |
3:1 |
: |
2:2 |
0:1 |
0:2 |
1:0 |
|
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 2008
Ecuador
Roberto Mandra Martin
