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2021 Ecuadorian Serie A

The 2021 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, known as the LigaPro Betcris 2021 for sponsorship purposes,[1] was 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 began on 19 February and ended on 12 December 2021.[2]

LigaPro Serie A
Season2021
Dates19 February – 12 December 2021
ChampionsIndependiente del Valle (1st title)
RelegatedManta
Olmedo
Copa LibertadoresIndependiente del Valle
Emelec
Universidad Católica
Barcelona
Copa Sudamericana9 de Octubre
LDU Quito
Mushuc Runa
Delfín
Matches played240
Goals scored654 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerJonathan Bauman (26 goals)
Biggest home winMushuc Runa 6–1 Delfín
(17 July)
Dep. Cuenca 5–0 Olmedo
(26 September)
Ind. del Valle 5–0 Olmedo
(31 October)
Biggest away winMushuc Runa 2–6 U. Católica
(9 May)
Manta 0–4 Emelec
(18 July)
Highest scoringMushuc Runa 2–6 U. Católica
(9 May)
← 2020
2022 →

Independiente del Valle were the champions, winning their first league title by defeating Emelec in the finals by a 4–2 aggregate score.[3] Barcelona were the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Format

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On 1 January 2021, LigaPro president Miguel Ángel Loor confirmed that the 2021 season would be contested by 16 teams and the competition would be played under the same format as the previous season.[4] Three stages were 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 was reversed for the second stage, and the top teams at the end of each stage qualified for the final stage as well as the Copa Libertadores group stage. The finals were 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 won both stages of the season, the finals would not be played and that team would win the championship.

An aggregate table including the matches of both the first and second stages was 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 would be awarded to the champions of the 2021 Copa Ecuador, which was eventually cancelled.[5] The bottom two teams of the aggregate table at the end of the season will be relegated to Serie B.

Teams

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16 teams competed 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

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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 Sangolquí Banco Guayaquil 12,000
LDU Quito Quito Rodrigo Paz Delgado 41,575
Macará Ambato Bellavista 16,467
Manta Manta Jocay 17,834
Mushuc Runa Ambato COAC Mushuc Runa 8,200
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

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
9 de Octubre   Juan Carlos León Jasa Evolution GolTV Play
Aucas   Héctor Bidoglio Umbro Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Barcelona   Fabián Bustos Marathon Pilsener
Delfín   Horacio Montemurro Baldo's Banco del Pacífico
Deportivo Cuenca   Guillermo Sanguinetti 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
Banco Guayaquil
LDU Quito   Pablo Marini Puma Banco Pichincha
Macará   Paúl Vélez Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Manta   Fabián Frías Astro Atún Isabel
Mushuc Runa   Geovanny Cumbicus Boman Cooperativa Mushuc Runa
Olmedo   Héctor González Boman Cooperativa Daquilema
Orense   Andrés García Elohim Banco de Machala
Técnico Universitario   José Eugenio Hernández Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Universidad Católica   Miguel Rondelli
  Omar Andrade
(caretakers) 		Umbro Banco Pichincha

Managerial changes

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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[6]
Mushuc Runa   Ricardo Dillon End of contract 19 December 2020   Geovanny Cumbicus 24 December 2020[7]
Independiente del Valle   Miguel Ángel Ramírez Resigned 20 December 2020[8]   Renato Paiva 25 December 2020[9]
Olmedo   Geovanny Cumbicus End of contract 20 December 2020   Pablo Trobbiani 27 December 2020[10]
Macará   Paúl Vélez 21 December 2020[11]   Eduardo Favaro 25 December 2020[12]
Aucas   Darío Tempesta Sacked 14 March 2021[13] 10th   Héctor Bidoglio 16 March 2021[14]
Deportivo Cuenca   Guillermo Duró Promoted to sporting director 18 May 2021[15] 12th   Guillermo Sanguinetti 18 May 2021[15]
Orense   Patricio Lara Sacked 31 May 2021[16] 14th   Andrés García 6 June 2021[17]
LDU Quito   Pablo Repetto Mutual consent 16 June 2021[18] 7th   Pablo Marini[i] 25 June 2021[20]
Olmedo   Pablo Trobbiani Resigned 13 July 2021[21] 16th   César Ramos (caretaker) 14 July 2021[22]
Second stage
Delfín   Paúl Vélez Mutual consent 31 July 2021[23] 8th   Horacio Montemurro 4 August 2021[24]
Macará   Eduardo Favaro Sacked 3 August 2021[25] 15th   Paúl Vélez 5 August 2021[26]
Olmedo   César Ramos End of caretaker spell 5 August 2021 16th   Luis Espinel 5 August 2021[27]
  Luis Espinel Resigned 28 September 2021[28]   Nelson Brito 28 September 2021[28]
Universidad Católica   Santiago Escobar 25 October 2021[29] 4th   Miguel Rondelli
  Omar Andrade[ii] 		25 October 2021[29]
Olmedo   Nelson Brito Mutual consent 1 November 2021[30] 16th   Héctor González 1 November 2021[31]
Notes
  1. ^ Gabriel Di Noia was caretaker manager during the 2021 Supercopa Ecuador.[19]
  2. ^ Caretaker managers until the end of the season.

First stage

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The first stage began on 19 February and ended on 19 July 2021.[32]

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Emelec 15 10 4 1 29 14 +15 34 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Barcelona 15 9 4 2 31 13 +18 31
3 Independiente del Valle 15 8 3 4 27 18 +9 27
4 Universidad Católica 15 7 4 4 29 18 +11 25
5 Mushuc Runa 15 7 4 4 29 21 +8 25
6 LDU Quito 15 6 7 2 22 19 +3 25
7 Macará 15 6 5 4 17 17 0 23
8 9 de Octubre 15 6 2 7 22 21 +1 20
9 Aucas 15 5 4 6 27 26 +1 19
10 Delfín 15 4 6 5 19 25 −6 18
11 Deportivo Cuenca 15 4 4 7 14 18 −4 16
12 Manta 15 4 4 7 18 25 −7 16
13 Técnico Universitario 15 3 4 8 11 17 −6 13
14 Orense 15 3 3 9 14 24 −10 12
15 Guayaquil City 15 2 4 9 11 30 −19 10
16 Olmedo[a] 15 2 6 7 13 27 −14 9
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Olmedo were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay their creditors.[33]

Results

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Home \ Away 9OC AUC BSC DEL CUE EME GUA IDV LDQ MAC MAN MUS OLM ORE TEC CAT
9 de Octubre — 1–3 0–1 — 2–1 — 4–0 — — — 2–0 1–2 2–0 — — 1–0
Aucas — — — 3–3 2–0 2–3 3–0 3–4 — — — — 1–3 — 0–2 —
Barcelona — 3–0[a] — 2–1 — 1–1 — 2–2 — 3–0 — — 4–0 2–0 3–0 —
Delfín 2–2 — — — 1–1 — 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 — — 2–4 1–1 — —
Deportivo Cuenca — — 1–0 — — — 3–0 — 2–2 — — 1–2 — 1–0 1–0 0–1
Emelec 0–1 — — 1–0 4–1 — 1–0 0–0 1–1 — — — — — 2–0 —
Guayaquil City — — 0–3 — — — — — 2–2 3–1 0–3 0–0 — 4–1 — 1–2
Independiente del Valle 2–1 — — 2–0 0–0 — 3–0 — 3–1 — — 2–0 — — — 2–3
LDU Quito 4–2 1–3 2–2 — — — — — — 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 2–1 — 2–1
Macará 3–2 1–0 — — 1–0 1–1 — 3–1 — — — — — 1–0 1–1 —
Manta — 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–4 — 2–1 — 1–1 — — — — 0–2 —
Mushuc Runa — 1–3 2–2 6–1 — 1–2 — — — 0–0 4–2 — 4–0 — — 2–6
Olmedo — — — — 2–2 2–3 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 — — — — —
Orense 3–1 2–2 — — — 2–3 — 2–0 — — 0–1 0–2 0–0 — — 0–3
Técnico Universitario 0–0 — — 0–1 — — 3–0 0–2 0–1 — — 1–3 0–0 1–2 — —
Universidad Católica — 1–1 2–0 0–1 — 2–3 — — — 1–1 3–3 — 3–0[b] — 1–1 —
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Match ended after 20 minutes of play and awarded 3–0 to Barcelona by walkover due to the withdrawal of Aucas player Johan Lara by injury, leaving the team below the minimum number of players required per tournament regulations (seven). The score at the time of suspension was 2–0.[34]
  2. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Universidad Católica due to a breach of the competition's financial regulations and lack of cleared players by Olmedo.[35]

Second stage

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Independiente del Valle 15 10 4 1 29 9 +20 34 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Emelec 15 9 3 3 30 15 +15 30
3 9 de Octubre 15 9 3 3 25 17 +8 30
4 Universidad Católica 15 8 5 2 25 15 +10 29
5 LDU Quito 15 6 5 4 27 22 +5 23
6 Delfín 15 6 4 5 25 20 +5 22
7 Técnico Universitario 15 5 7 3 13 9 +4 22
8 Aucas 15 5 5 5 20 17 +3 20
9 Barcelona 15 6 2 7 20 20 0 20
10 Guayaquil City 15 6 2 7 16 18 −2 20
11 Orense 15 4 7 4 14 13 +1 19
12 Deportivo Cuenca 15 4 4 7 25 24 +1 16
13 Mushuc Runa 15 4 4 7 12 21 −9 16
14 Macará 15 3 4 8 18 29 −11 13
15 Manta 15 2 6 7 11 21 −10 12
16 Olmedo 15 0 1 14 9 49 −40 1
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.

Results

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Home \ Away 9OC AUC BSC DEL CUE EME GUA IDV LDQ MAC MAN MUS OLM ORE TEC CAT
9 de Octubre — — — 1–0 — 2–2 — 1–0 4–1 1–1 — — — 3–1 0–1 —
Aucas 1–1 — 1–0 — — — — — 1–0 2–4 3–0 1–1 — 0–0 — 1–2
Barcelona 1–3 — — — 3–2 — 2–1 — 0–2 — 2–0 4–0 — — — 1–1
Delfín — 1–2 4–1 — — 1–2 — 0–0 — — 2–1 3–0 — — 1–1 0–2
Deportivo Cuenca 3–1 2–1 — 2–3 — 0–1 — 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 — 5–0 — — —
Emelec — 2–2 2–1 — — — — — — 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 — 2–2
Guayaquil City 0–1 1–0 — 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 0–2 — — — — 4–2 — 1–0 —
Independiente del Valle — 1–0 1–0 — — 3–2 — — — 4–0 1–1 — 5–0 3–2 1–1 —
LDU Quito — — — 1–1 3–3 3–2 3–1 0–2 — — — — 4–0 — 1–0 —
Macará — — 1–1 2–3 — — 0–2 — 2–1 — 1–2 1–1 3–2 — — 1–2
Manta 1–3 — — — — — 1–1 — 2–2 — — 0–0 3–0 0–0 — 0–1
Mushuc Runa 1–2 — — — 1–0 — 1–0 0–2 1–3 — — — — 0–0 0–1 —
Olmedo 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–3 — — — — — — — 2–5 — 0–2 0–0 0–3
Orense — — 1–0 2–2 1–1 — 2–0 — 1–1 2–1 — — — — 0–0 —
Técnico Universitario — 1–1 1–2 — 3–1 1–0 — — — 2–0 0–0 — — — — 1–1
Universidad Católica 2–0 — — — 3–2 — 1–1 1–3 2–2 — — 0–1 — 1–0 — —
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

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The finals (Third stage) were played by Emelec (first stage winners) and Independiente del Valle (second stage winners). The winners of the double-legged series were the Serie A champions and earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2022 Copa Libertadores, and the losers were the Serie A runners-up and earned the Ecuador 2 berth in the 2022 Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, Emelec played the second leg at home.

Independiente del Valle3–1Emelec
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Referee: Luis Quiroz
Emelec1–1Independiente del Valle
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Referee: Augusto Aragón

Independiente del Valle won 4–2 on aggregate.

Aggregate table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Emelec 30 19 7 4 59 29 +30 64 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Independiente del Valle (C) 30 18 7 5 56 27 +29 61
3 Universidad Católica 30 15 9 6 54 33 +21 54 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Barcelona 30 15 6 9 51 33 +18 51 Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5 9 de Octubre 30 15 5 10 47 38 +9 50 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage[a]
6 LDU Quito 30 12 12 6 49 41 +8 48
7 Mushuc Runa 30 11 8 11 41 42 −1 41
8 Delfín 30 10 10 10 44 45 −1 40
9 Aucas 30 10 9 11 47 43 +4 39
10 Macará 30 9 9 12 35 46 −11 36
11 Técnico Universitario 30 8 11 11 24 26 −2 35
12 Deportivo Cuenca 30 8 8 14 39 42 −3 32
13 Orense 30 7 10 13 28 37 −9 31
14 Guayaquil City 30 8 6 16 27 48 −21 30
15 Manta (R) 30 6 10 14 29 46 −17 28 Relegation to Serie B
16 Olmedo[b] (R) 30 2 7 21 22 76 −54 10
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the 2021 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, the spot awarded to its champions (Copa Sudamericana first stage) was passed over to the aggregate table fourth best-placed team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores.[5]
  2. ^ Olmedo were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay their creditors.[33]

Top scorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1   Jonathan Bauman Mushuc Runa / Independiente del Valle 26
2   Jhon Cifuente Delfín 17
3   Lisandro Alzugaray Universidad Católica 15
4   Diego Dorregaray Deportivo Cuenca 14
5   José Fajardo 9 de Octubre 12
  Francisco Fydriszewski Aucas
7   Facundo Barceló Emelec 10
  Jhonny Quiñónez Aucas
  Sebastián Rodríguez Emelec
  Joao Rojas Emelec

Source: FEF

References

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  9. ^ "El director técnico portugués Renato Paiva dirigirá al Independiente del Valle" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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