2014 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Pilsener Serie A
Season 2014
Champions Emelec
(12th title)
Relegated Manta
Olmedo
2015 Copa Libertadores Emelec
Barcelona
Independiente del Valle
2015 Copa Sudamericana Emelec
LDU Quito
LDU Loja
Universidad Católica
Matches played 266
Goals scored 625 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer Armando Wila
(20 goals)
Biggest home win Independiente 6–0 Olmedo
(July 6)
Biggest away win Deportivo Quito 0–4 El Nacional
(September 26)
Highest scoring

Universidad Católica 4–3 Independiente del Valle
(February 2)

Universidad Católica 2–5 Emelec
(October 22)
Longest winning run Barcelona — 7 matches
(August 17-October 1)
Longest unbeaten run Independiente del Valle — 20 matches
(May 4-November 2)
Longest winless run Olmedo — 16 matches
(July 13-October 19)
Longest losing run Deportivo Cuenca — 5 matches
(February 16-March 16)
Universidad Católica — 5 matches
(September 14-October 5)
LDU Loja — 5 matches
(November 19-December 10)
2013
2015

The 2014 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (officially known as the Copa Pilsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league.

Emelec successfully defended their title for their 12th overall.

Format

The format for the season was played as in 2013 with the exception that the runner-up would not qualify to the Copa Sudamericana.[1]

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the 2014 Serie A season, ten of which remained from the previous season. Deportivo Quevedo and Macará were relegated to the Serie B after accumulating the least amount of points in the 2013 season aggregate table. They were replaced by Olmedo and Mushuc Runa, the 2013 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Olmedo was making a return to the Serie A after a one year absence. Mushuc Runa were making their first appearance in the top-flight.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Barcelona Guayaquil Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo 57,267
Deportivo Cuenca Cuenca Alejandro Serrano Aguilar 20,502
Deportivo Quito Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258
El Nacional Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258
Emelec Guayaquil George Capwell 21,388
Independiente del Valle Sangolquí Rumiñahui 7,233
LDU Loja Loja Federativo Reina del Cisne 13,359
LDU Quito Quito Casa Blanca 41,575
Manta Manta Jocay 17,834
Mushuc Runa Ambato Bellavista 16,467
Olmedo Riobamba Olímpico de Riobamba 14,400
Universidad Católica Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258

    Personnel and kits

    Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    Barcelona Rubén Israel Ecuador Matías Oyola Marathon Pilsener
    Deportivo Cuenca Guillermo Duró Argentina Alejandro Frezzotti Marathon Metrocar
    Deportivo Quito Carlos Sevilla Ecuador Edison Vega Fila Prima Electronics
    El Nacional Octavio Zambrano Ecuador Marwin Pita Lotto Pilsener
    Emelec Gustavo Quinteros Ecuador Pedro Quiñónez Warrior Pilsener
    Independiente del Valle Pablo Repetto Ecuador Librado Azcona Marathon DirecTV
    LDU Loja Diego Ochoa Ecuador Pedro Larrea Astro Banco de Loja
    LDU Quito Luis Zubeldía Ecuador Norberto Araujo Umbro Budweiser
    Manta Jorge Alfonso Ecuador Efrén Mera Astro Atún Isabel
    Mushuc Runa Julio Asad Argentina Sebastián Blázquez AESA Cooperativa de Ahorro
    y Crédito Mushuc Runa
    Olmedo Juan Urquiza Ecuador Robinson Sánchez Reusch Acción Rural
    Universidad Católica Jorge Célico Argentina Facundo Martínez Astro Discover

    Managerial changes

    Team Outgoing manager Manner of
    departure
    Date of
    vacancy
    Replaced by Date of
    appointment
    Position
    in table
    Pre-season changes
    LDU Quito Edgardo Bauza1 Resigned November 11, 2013[2] Luis Zubeldía November 26, 2013[3] N/A
    Olmedo Héctor González2 Replaced December 12, 2013 Gabriel Perrone December 12, 2013[4] N/A
    Manta Fabián Bustos End of contract December 8, 2013 Juan Manuel Llop December 18, 2013[5] N/A
    Deportivo Cuenca Edgar Ospina2 Replaced December 19, 2013 Roberto Mario Gómez December 19, 2013[6] N/A
    First Stage changes
    Deportivo Cuenca Roberto Mario Gómez Mutual agreement March 2, 2014 Guillermo Duró March 12, 2014 11th
    LDU Loja Álex Aguinaga Mutual agreement March 20, 2014 Diego Ochoa3 March 20, 2014 3rd
    Mushuc Runa César Vigevani Sacked April 1, 2014 Julio Asad April 1, 2014 11th
    Barcelona Carlos Ischia Contract terminated May 21, 2014 Rubén Israel May 28, 2014 5th
    Olmedo Gabriel Perrone Sacked July 19, 2014 Mario Saralegui4 July 31, 2014 8th
    Universidad Católica Jorge Célico Promoted to Director of football August 5, 2014 Luis Soler August 5, 2014 6th
    El Nacional Carlos Sevilla Contract terminated August 5, 2014 Octavio Zambrano August 11, 2014 7th
    Second Stage changes
    Deportivo Quito Juan Carlos Garay Resigned August 9, 2014 Carlos Sevilla August 10, 2014 7th
    Manta Juan Manuel Llop Resigned August 14, 2014 Armando Osma August 15, 2014 12th
    Universidad Católica Luis Soler Sacked October 7, 2014 Jorge Célico3 October 7, 2014 11th
    Olmedo Mario Saralegui Resigned October 7, 2014 Héctor González2 October 7, 2014 10th
    Manta Armando Osma Mutual agreement October 11, 2014 Jorge Alfonso October 11, 2014 12th
    Olmedo Héctor González2 Replaced November 16, 2014 Juan Urquiza November 16, 2014 11th
    1.^ Edgardo Bauza's exit was confirmed on November 11, 2013. However, he would vacate the position at the end of the 2013 season. His replacement, Luis Zubeldía, was confirmed on November 26, 2013 and would assume the managerial position upon Bauza's official exit.
    2.^ Interim manager.
    3.^ Interim manager, but later promoted to full-time manager.
    4.^ Héctor González was interim manager in the 21st round.

    First stage

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Emelec 22 13 5 4 35 14 +21 44 Third stage and Copa Libertadores second stage
    2 Independiente del Valle 22 11 7 4 36 18 +18 40
    3 LDU Loja 22 11 3 8 25 31 6 36
    4 Barcelona 22 10 5 7 26 18 +8 35
    5 LDU Quito 22 7 8 7 20 22 2 29
    6 Universidad Católica 22 8 4 10 26 28 2 28
    7 El Nacional 22 8 3 11 26 35 9 27
    8 Deportivo Quito 22 6 8 8 20 22 2 26
    9 Olmedo 22 6 8 8 21 24 3 26
    10 Mushuc Runa 22 7 5 10 19 24 5 26
    11 Manta 22 6 5 11 21 29 8 23
    12 Deportivo Cuenca 22 6 5 11 21 31 10 23
    Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2014. Source: Ecuafutbol

    Results

    Home \ Away[1] BAR CUE QUINACEMEIDVLDLLDQMANMUROLMCAT
    Barcelona 21 10 21 12 20 40 00 10 30 00 21
    Deportivo Cuenca 01 01 12 10 11 01 00 30 32 11 21
    Deportivo Quito 21 31 30 00 11 23 11 11 10 21 01
    El Nacional 10 13 11 20 24 20 01 12 11 03 21
    Emelec 20 30 20 51 00 31 30 41 10 02 21
    Independiente del Valle 00 30 20 23 00 40 00 10 21 60 00
    LDU Loja 11 21 10 21 12 12 10 10 12 10 10
    LDU Quito 21 30 20 10 00 32 22 02 00 22 02
    Manta 13 20 11 10 13 01 42 10 11 11 01
    Mushuc Runa 00 11 10 01 10 01 01 12 21 10 12
    Olmedo 21 01 00 11 11 01 01 10 00 23 20
    Universidad Católica 20 11 11 13 02 43 11 31 21 01 12

    Updated to games played on August 3, 2014.
    Source: [7]
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Second stage

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Barcelona 22 15 3 4 33 16 +17 48 Third stage and Copa Libertadores second stage
    2 Independiente del Valle 22 14 4 4 42 18 +24 46
    3 Emelec 22 14 2 6 40 22 +18 44
    4 LDU Quito 22 11 7 4 38 22 +16 40
    5 El Nacional 22 8 5 9 23 26 3 29
    6 Universidad Católica 22 8 4 10 25 30 5 28
    7 Deportivo Cuenca 22 7 7 8 23 29 6 28
    8 LDU Loja 22 5 7 10 21 31 10 22
    9 Mushuc Runa 22 4 9 9 19 30 11 21
    10 Manta 22 5 5 12 25 35 10 20
    11 Deportivo Quito 22 4 8 10 17 32 15 20
    12 Olmedo 22 3 7 12 18 33 15 16
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2014. Source: Ecuafutbol

    Results

    Home \ Away[1] BAR CUE QUINACEMEIDVLDLLDQMANMUROLMCAT
    Barcelona 22 10 10 10 14 31 10 01 30 20 00
    Deportivo Cuenca 02 00 21 21 01 10 12 10 11 31 10
    Deportivo Quito 13 00 04 22 30 32 23 11 11 20 10
    El Nacional 14 21 00 01 01 11 00 21 10 21 11
    Emelec 01 30 30 50 10 31 01 21 31 10 21
    Independiente del Valle 21 40 20 01 50 11 31 40 10 11 40
    LDU Loja 01 11 40 10 02 00 10 20 21 03 12
    LDU Quito 00 11 30 21 21 20 11 20 51 51 12
    Manta 24 21 11 21 13 23 30 33 30 00 11
    Mushuc Runa 20 12 00 11 01 11 11 11 10 11 20
    Olmedo 01 22 10 12 11 23 00 11 10 12 03
    Universidad Católica 01 21 10 02 25 12 41 12 21 11 10

    Updated to games played on December 14, 2014.
    Source: [8]
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Aggregate table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Emelec 44 27 7 10 75 36 +39 88 Copa Libertadores second stage and Copa Sudamericana first stage[lower-alpha 1]
    2 Independiente del Valle 44 25 11 8 78 36 +42 86 Copa Libertadores first stage
    3 Barcelona 44 25 8 11 59 34 +25 83 Copa Libertadores second stage[lower-alpha 2]
    4 LDU Quito 44 18 15 11 58 44 +14 69 Copa Sudamericana first stage
    5 LDU Loja 44 16 10 18 48 62 14 58
    6 Universidad Católica 44 16 8 20 51 58 7 56
    7 El Nacional 44 16 8 20 49 61 12 56
    8 Deportivo Cuenca 44 13 12 19 44 60 16 51
    9 Mushuc Runa 44 11 14 19 38 54 16 47
    10 Deportivo Quito 44 10 16 18 37 54 17 46
    11 Manta 44 11 10 23 46 64 18 43 2015 Serie B
    12 Olmedo 44 9 15 20 39 57 18 42
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2014. Source: Ecuafutbol
    Notes:
    1. Qualified as Third stage winner
    2. Qualified as Second stage winner

    Third stage

    Emelec and Barcelona qualified to the Finals (Third Stage) by being the First Stage and Second Stage winners, respectively. The winner will be the Serie A champion and earn the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2015 Copa Libertadores and in the 2015 Copa Sudamericana, and the loser will be the Serie A runner-up and earn the Ecuador 2 berth in the 2015 Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, Emelec will play the second leg at home.

    December 17, 2014
    20:00 UTC−05:00
    Barcelona 1–1 Emelec
    Blanco  88' Report Mena  19'

    December 21, 2014
    16:30 UTC−05:00
    Emelec 3–0 Barcelona
    Mena  22'
    M. Bolaños  81', 87'
    Report

    Emelec won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
    2014 Serie A Champion
    Emelec
    12th Title

    Top goalscorers

    RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals
    1Wila, ArmandoArmando Wila ECUUniversidad Católica20
    2Bolaños, MillerMiller Bolaños ECUEmelec19
    3Sornoza, JuniorJunior Sornoza ECUIndependiente del Valle17
    4Angulo, DanielDaniel Angulo ECUIndependiente del Valle16
    5Cobelli, Juan ManuelJuan Manuel Cobelli ARGDeportivo Cuenca14
    Mena, AngelAngel Mena ECUEmelec14
    7Barreiro, MaximilianoMaximiliano Barreiro ARGMushuc Runa13
    8Blanco, IsmaelIsmael Blanco ARGBarcelona12
    Patta, HenryHenry Patta ECUUniversidad Católica12
    10Anangonó, Juan LuisJuan Luis Anangonó ECULDU Quito11
    Castillo, MillerMiller Castillo ECUManta11

    References

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