2017 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Banco del Pacífico Serie A
Season	2017
Copa Libertadores	Delfín
Matches played	156
Goals scored	377 (2.42 per match)
Biggest home win	LDU Quito 5–0 Clan Juvenil (8 July 2017)
Biggest away win	Fuerza Amarilla 0–3 Barcelona (28 April 2017) Macará 0–3 Universidad Católica (30 April 2017) Universidad Católica 0–3 Independiente del Valle (15 July 2017)
Highest scoring	Clan Juvenil 3–4 El Nacional (18 March 2017) Macará 4–3 Emelec (21 June 2017)
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (officially known as the Copa Banco del Pacífico Serie A for sponsorship reasons) is the 59th season of the Serie A.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the 2017 Serie A season, ten of whom took part in the previous season. Aucas and Mushuc Runa were relegated from the Serie A after accumulating the least amount of points during the 2016 season. They were replaced by Macará and Clan Juvenil, the 2016 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Macará are making their 31st top-flight appearance and their first return to the Serie A since 2013, while Clan Juvenil are participating in their first top-flight appearance.

Stadia and locations

Independiente del Valle

Locations of the 2017 Serie A teams.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Guayaquil	Monumental Banco Pichincha	57,267
Clan Juvenil	Sangolquí	Rumiñahui	7,233
Delfín	Manta	Jocay	17,834
Deportivo Cuenca	Cuenca	Banco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar	18,549
El Nacional	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258
Emelec	Guayaquil	Banco del Pacífico Capwell	38,963
Fuerza Amarilla	Machala	9 de Mayo	16,456
Guayaquil City^a	Guayaquil	Christian Benítez Betancourt	10,152
Independiente del Valle	Sangolquí	Rumiñahui	7,233
LDU Quito	Quito	Casa Blanca	41,575
Macará	Ambato	Bellavista	16,467
Universidad Católica	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258

a: Known as River Ecuador until the end of the first stage.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Barcelona	Almada, Guillermo !Guillermo Almada	Marathon	Pilsener
Clan Juvenil	Garay, Juan Carlos !Juan Carlos Garay	Aurik	Juan Cevallos Accesorios Petroleros
Delfín	Sanguinetti, Guillermo !Guillermo Sanguinetti	Spyro	Frescodegfer
Deportivo Cuenca	Schürrer, Gabriel !Gabriel Schürrer	Joma	Chubb Seguros
El Nacional	Favaro, Eduardo !Eduardo Favaro	Lotto	ANDEC
Emelec	Arias, Alfredo !Alfredo Arias	Adidas	Pilsener
Fuerza Amarilla	Gracia, Ángel !Ángel Gracia	Boman	Oroporto S.A.
Guayaquil City	Gómez, Ángel !Ángel Gómez	Astro	Comandato
Independiente del Valle	Mendoza, Alexis !Alexis Mendoza	Marathon	Chevrolet
LDU Quito	Munúa, Gustavo !Gustavo Munúa	Umbro	Chevrolet
Macará	Vélez, Paúl !Paúl Vélez	Boman	Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Universidad Católica	Célico, Jorge !Jorge Célico	New Balance	Discover Card

First stage

The First stage began on January 29 and ended on July 9.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Delfín	22	13	8	1	35	14	+21	47	Qualification to Finals and Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Emelec	22	9	11	2	32	21	+11	38
3	Independiente del Valle	22	10	7	5	27	19	+8	37
4	Barcelona^{[lower-alpha 1]}	22	12	5	5	36	21	+15	35
5	Macará	22	9	6	7	29	30	−1	33
6	Deportivo Cuenca	22	7	8	7	24	23	+1	29
7	Universidad Católica	22	7	7	8	33	26	+7	28
8	River Ecuador	22	6	8	8	20	25	−5	26
9	El Nacional	22	5	8	9	27	36	−9	23
10	LDU Quito	22	3	10	9	25	32	−7	19
11	Fuerza Amarilla	22	2	10	10	17	31	−14	16
12	Clan Juvenil	22	2	6	14	19	46	−27	12

Source: FEF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Head-to-head record, 7) Penalty shootout.
If a penalty shootout is not possible: 7) Drawing of lots or playoff game
Notes:

↑ Barcelona were deducted six points as punishment for an unpaid debt to Boca Juniors regarding the transfer of Damián Díaz.^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	CJU	DEL	CUE	NAC	EME	FAM	IDV	LDQ	MAC	RIV	CAT
Barcelona	—	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3
Clan Juvenil	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	3–4	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–1
Delfín	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	3–0	3–3	5–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–1
Deportivo Cuenca	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–2
El Nacional	1–3	3–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Emelec	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2
Fuerza Amarilla	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1
Independiente del Valle	0–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
LDU Quito	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–3	4–0	1–0
Macará	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	4–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	—	2–1	0–3
River Ecuador	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	—	0–2
Universidad Católica	1–2	5–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–3	4–0	—

Source: FEF,^[2] Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

The Second stage began on July 14 and is scheduled to conclude on December 10.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Delfín	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Qualification to Finals and Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Independiente del Valle	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10
3	Deportivo Cuenca	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9
4	Emelec	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
5	El Nacional	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3	6
6	Macará	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6
7	LDU Quito	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
8	Clan Juvenil	4	1	1	2	1	7	−6	4
9	Barcelona	4	1	0	3	2	3	−1	3
10	Universidad Católica	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	3
11	Guayaquil City	4	0	2	2	3	7	−4	2
12	Fuerza Amarilla	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2017. Source: FEF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Head-to-head record, 7) Penalty shootout.
If a penalty shootout is not possible: 7) Drawing of lots or playoff game

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	CJU	DEL	CUE	NAC	EME	FAM	GUA	IDV	LDQ	MAC	CAT
Barcelona	—					a	2–0					0–1
Clan Juvenil		—					1–0			0–0
Delfín		3–0	—									2–0
Deportivo Cuenca	1–0			—				3–0
El Nacional		4–0		0–1	—
Emelec	a				2–1	—				2–1
Fuerza Amarilla			1–2				—				2–2
Guayaquil City						1–1		—	1–2
Independiente del Valle						2–1			—		1–1
LDU Quito				2–1				1–1		—
Macará	1–0		0–0								—
Universidad Católica					1–2				0–3			—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2017. Source: FEF,^[2] Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Delfín (Q)	26	16	9	1	42	15	+27	57	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Independiente del Valle	26	13	8	5	35	22	+13	47	Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
3	Emelec	26	11	12	3	38	26	+12	45	Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
4	Macará	26	10	9	7	33	33	0	39	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
5	Barcelona^{[lower-alpha 1]}	26	13	5	8	38	24	+14	38
6	Deportivo Cuenca	26	10	8	8	30	25	+5	38
7	Universidad Católica	26	8	7	11	35	33	+2	31	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana playoff
8	El Nacional	26	7	8	11	34	40	−6	29
9	Guayaquil City	26	6	10	10	23	32	−9	28
10	LDU Quito	26	4	12	10	29	36	−7	24
11	Fuerza Amarilla	26	2	11	13	20	38	−18	17	Relegation to Serie B
12	Clan Juvenil	26	3	7	16	20	53	−33	16	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2017. Source: FEF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Head-to-head record, 7) Penalty shootout.
If a penalty shootout is not possible: 7) Drawing of lots or playoff game
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

↑ Barcelona were deducted six points as punishment for an unpaid debt to Boca Juniors regarding the transfer of Damián Díaz.^[1]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Jonathan Álvez	Barcelona	13
2	Jhon Cifuente	Universidad Católica	12
3	Carlos Garcés	Delfín	11
4	Bryan de Jesús	El Nacional	10
	Juan Dinenno	Deportivo Cuenca	10
	Michael Estrada	Independiente del Valle	10
	Juan Manuel Tévez	Macará	10
8	Hernán Barcos	LDU Quito	9
8	Bruno Vides	Emelec	9
10	Roberto Ordóñez	Delfín	7
10	Jonny Uchuari	Deportivo Cuenca	7

Source: FEF

References

1 2 "FEF resta 6 puntos a Barcelona SC por caso Boca Jrs. - Damián Díaz" [FEF deducts 6 points from Barcelona SC for case Boca Jrs. - Damián Díaz] (in Spanish). El Universo. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
1 2 "Partidos y Resultados" (in Spanish). ecuafutbol.org.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A
2017 teams	Barcelona Clan Juvenil Delfín Deportivo Cuenca El Nacional Emelec Fuerza Amarilla Guayaquil City Independiente del Valle L.D.U. Quito Macará Universidad Católica
Former teams	9 de Octubre América de Ambato América de Manta América de Quito Atlético Riobamba Aucas Audaz Octubrino Bonita Banana Brasil Calvi Deportivo Azogues Deportivo Cotopaxi Deportivo Quevedo Deportivo Quito Esmeraldas Petrolero España Español ESPOLI Estibadores Navales Everest Filanbanco Green Cross Guayaquil Sport Imbabura INECEL Juvenil Juventud Italiana Juventus LDU Cuenca LDU Loja LDU Portoviejo Manta FC Manta Sport Mushuc Runa Norte América Olmedo Panamá Patria Politécnico River Plate de Manta River Plate de Riobamba Santos Técnico Universitario UD Valdez Valdez SC
Seasons	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2017 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
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Domestic leagues	Argentina (2016–17, 2017–18) Bolivia Brazil Chile (2016–17, 2017) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Domestic cups	Argentina (2016–17, 2017–18) Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (qualifying stages, group stage, final stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (first stage, second stage, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship Copa Libertadores Femenina

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