1967 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 1967 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol (English: Ecuadorian Football Championship) was the 9th national championship for football teams in Ecuador. This season marked the first time the national championship was contested as a league and not as a tournament in which teams had to qualified for. With the creation of the Segunda Categoria this same season, a system of promotion and relegation was also implemented.

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

Season	1967
Champions	El Nacional (1st title)
Relegated	Español Patria
Copa Libertadores	El Nacional Emelec
Matches played	91
Goals scored	224 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tom Rodríguez (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 4–0 Politécnico El Nacional 4–0 Barcelona LDU Quito 4–0 Español El Nacional 5–1 Manta Sport Emelec 5–1 Español
Biggest away win	Manta Sport 0–2 Patria Patria 0–2 El Nacional Politécnico 3–5 El Nacional
Highest scoring	Politécnico 3–5 El Nacional
← 1966 1968 →

El Nacional won their first national title this season, just three years after being founded.

Teams

Ten teams participated this season (home city in parentheses).

• América (Quito)
• Barcelona (Guayaquil)
• El Nacional (Quito)
• Emelec (Guayaquil)
• Español (Guayaquil)
• LDU Quito (Quito)
• Macará (Ambato)
• Manta Sport (Manta)
• Patria (Guayaquil)
• Politécnico (Quito)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	18	12	2	4	34	17	+17	26	1968 Copa Libertadores
2	Emelec	18	9	6	3	26	16	+10	24
3	Barcelona	18	7	5	6	21	21	0	19
4	América de Quito	18	8	3	7	19	19	0	19
5	LDU Quito	18	8	2	8	29	23	+6	18
6	Politécnico	18	5	6	7	20	24	−4	16
7	Macará	18	5	6	7	19	25	−6	16
8	Patria	18	4	7	7	16	20	−4	15	Relegation Playoff
9	Manta	18	5	5	8	22	28	−6	15
10	Español	18	4	4	10	15	28	−13	12	Relegation to Segunda Categoría

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1967 champion
El Nacional 1st title

Results

Home \ Away	AMQ	BAR	NAC	EME	ESP	LDQ	MAC	MSC	PAT	POL
América de Quito		1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Barcelona	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–0
El Nacional	3–0	4–0		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	0–0
Emelec	2–1	1–1	0–0		5–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0
Español	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1		0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
LDU Quito	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–0		2–3	2–1	1–1	1–1
Macará	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–1
Manta	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	3–2	3–1		0–2	0–0
Patria	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0		1–1
Politécnico	1–2	2–1	3–5	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Since Manta and Patria were tied on points, a playoff was played in Cuenca to determine the last team to be relegated.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Manta	2–1	Patria

External links

• 1967 tournament at RSSSF