2021 Ecuadorian Serie A

The 2021 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A will be the 63rd season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the third under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season is scheduled to begin on 19 February and end in December 2021.[1] Barcelona will be the defending champions, having won the previous season.

LigaPro Serie A
Season2021
Dates19 February – December 2021
← 2020
2022 →

Format

On 1 January 2021, LigaPro president Miguel Ángel Loor confirmed that the 2021 season will be contested by 16 teams and the competition will be played under the same format as the previous season.[2] Three stages will be played, with the first and second ones to be 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 will be reversed for the second stage, and the top teams at the end of each stage will qualify for the final stage as well as the Copa Libertadores group stage. The finals will be 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 wins both stages of the season, the finals will not be played and that team will win the championship.

An aggregate table including the matches of both the first and second stages will be used to decide international qualification and relegation, with the best two teams (other than the stage winners) qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, the next best three teams qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana, while the remaining Copa Sudamericana berth will be awarded to the 2021 Copa Ecuador champions. The bottom two teams of the aggregate table at the end of the season will be relegated to Serie B.

Teams

16 teams will compete in the season. LDU Portoviejo and El Nacional were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season, being replaced by 2020 Serie B champions 9 de Octubre and runners-up Manta.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2021 Serie A clubs.
Team City Stadium Capacity
9 de Octubre Guayaquil Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera 42,000
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
Emelec Guayaquil Banco del Pacífico Capwell 40,020
Guayaquil City Guayaquil Christian Benítez Betancourt 10,152
Independiente del Valle Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258
LDU Quito Quito Rodrigo Paz Delgado 41,575
Macará Ambato Bellavista 16,467
Manta Manta Jocay 17,834
Mushuc Runa Ambato COAC Mushuc Runa 6,000
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

    Personnel and kits
    Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    9 de Octubre Juan Carlos León Jasa Evolution
    Aucas Darío Tempesta Umbro Banco del Pacífico
    Barcelona Fabián Bustos Marathon Pilsener
    Delfín Paúl Vélez Baldo's Banco del Pacífico
    Deportivo Cuenca Guillermo Duró Lotto Chubb Seguros
    Emelec Ismael Rescalvo Adidas Tubos Pacífico
    Guayaquil City Pool Gavilánez Astro Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
    Independiente del Valle Renato Paiva Marathon Chery
    DirecTV
    LDU Quito Pablo Repetto Puma Banco Pichincha
    Macará Eduardo Favaro Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
    Manta Fabián Frías Astro Atún Isabel
    Mushuc Runa Geovanny Cumbicus Boman Cooperativa Mushuc Runa
    Olmedo Pablo Trobbiani Boman
    Orense Patricio Lara Elohim
    Técnico Universitario José Eugenio Hernández Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
    Universidad Católica Santiago Escobar Umbro Discover Card

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
    First stage
    Delfín Horacio Montemurro End of caretaker spell 19 December 2020 Pre-season Paúl Vélez 27 December 2020[3]
    Mushuc Runa Ricardo Dillon End of contract 19 December 2020 Geovanny Cumbicus 24 December 2020[4]
    Independiente del Valle Miguel Ángel Ramírez Resigned 20 December 2020[5] Renato Paiva 25 December 2020[6]
    Olmedo Geovanny Cumbicus End of contract 20 December 2020 Pablo Trobbiani 27 December 2020[7]
    Macará Paúl Vélez 21 December 2020[8] Eduardo Favaro 25 December 2020[9]

    First stage

    Standings
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 9 de Octubre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
    2 Aucas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4 Delfín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5 Deportivo Cuenca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    6 Emelec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    7 Guayaquil City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    8 Independiente del Valle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    9 LDU Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    10 Macará 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    11 Manta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    12 Mushuc Runa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    13 Olmedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    14 Orense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    15 Técnico Universitario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    16 Universidad Católica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played on 19 February 2021. 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.

    References
    1. "LigaPro 2021 ya tiene fecha de inicio" (in Spanish). Ecuagol. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
    2. "LigaPro 2021 arrancaría entre 19 y 27 de febrero, plantea el presidente" (in Spanish). El Universo. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
    3. "Paúl Vélez fue presentado como nuevo entrenador de Delfín para 2021" (in Spanish). Primicias. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
    4. "Geovanny Cumbicus dirigirá a Mushuc Runa" (in Spanish). Afición Central. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
    5. "El español Miguel Ángel Ramírez dice adiós a Independiente del Valle: "Estoy orgulloso"" (in Spanish). Marca. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
    6. "El director técnico portugués Renato Paiva dirigirá al Independiente del Valle" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
    7. "Pablo Trobbiani es nuevo director técnico de Olmedo" (in Spanish). Afición Central. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
    8. "Paúl Vélez se va de Macará con una eficiencia del 56%" (in Spanish). Primicias. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
    9. "Macará anuncia la contratación del técnico Eduardo Favaro y el fichaje de cuatro futbolistas" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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