2022 Ecuadorian Serie B

LigaPro Serie B
Season	2022
Dates	15 March – 30 October 2022
Champions	El Nacional (2nd title)
Promoted	El Nacional; Libertad
Relegated	Atlético Santo Domingo; Olmedo
Matches played	180
Goals scored	384 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronie Carrillo (16 goals)
Biggest home win	El Nacional 5–0 Imbabura; (13 September)
Biggest away win	Olmedo 0–4 Imbabura; (7 July); América de Quito 0–4 Independiente Juniors; (30 July)
Highest scoring	Libertad 3–5 Imbabura; (31 March)
	← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 30 October 2022.

The 2022 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B, known as the LigaPro Betcris Serie B 2022 for sponsoring purposes,^[1] was the 64th season of the Serie B, Ecuador's second tier football league, and the fourth under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season began on 15 March and ended on 30 October 2022.^[2]^[3]

Teams

10 teams competed in the season. LDU Portoviejo and Atlético Porteño were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season, being replaced by the 2021 Segunda Categoría champions Libertad and runners-up Imbabura. Manta and Olmedo were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the 2021 Serie A.^[4]

Team changes

Promoted from 2021 Segunda Categoría	Relegated from 2021 Serie A	Promoted to 2022 Serie A	Relegated to 2022 Segunda Categoría
Libertad Imbabura	Manta Olmedo	Cumbayá Gualaceo	LDU Portoviejo Atlético Porteño

Stadiums and locations

Independiente Juniors

Atlético Santo Domingo

Quito

Quito teams:
América de Quito
El Nacional

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Locations of the 2022 Serie B clubs.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
América de Quito	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	38,258
Atlético Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo	Etho Vega Baquero	10,172
Búhos ULVR	Guayaquil	Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera	42,000
Chacaritas	Pelileo	Ciudad de Pelileo	8,000
El Nacional	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	38,258
Imbabura	Ibarra	Olímpico Ciudad de Ibarra	18,600
Independiente Juniors	Sangolquí	Banco Guayaquil	12,000
Libertad	Loja	Federativo Reina del Cisne	14,935
Manta	Manta	Jocay	20,000
Olmedo	Riobamba	Fernando Guerrero	14,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
América de Quito	Samy Ariza	Boman	—
Atlético Santo Domingo	Patricio Lara	Yeliyan	Constructora Wilson Erazo PipBowling
Búhos ULVR	Matías Rosa	MB1	Universidad Vicente Rocafuerte
Chacaritas	Joel Vernaza	Vaz Sport	San Francisco COAC Ltda.
El Nacional	Ever Hugo Almeida	Lotto	ANDEC Banco General Rumiñahui
Imbabura	Joel Armas	Ortiz Design	Fábrica de Medias Gardenia
Independiente Juniors	Miguel Bravo	Marathon Sports	Chery Banco Guayaquil
Libertad	Paúl Vélez	Jasa Evolution	Banco de Loja Grand Aviation
Manta	Fabián Frías	Astro	Atún Isabel BET593
Olmedo	Eduardo Favaro	Reusch	Fibra Telecom

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chacaritas	Lorenzo Frutos	Sacked	26 February 2022	3rd	Juan Carlos Ávila	5 April 2022^[5]
Manta	Pablo Trobbiani	Mutual agreement	8 April 2022^[6]	10th	Fabián Frías	15 April 2022^[7]
Atlético Santo Domingo	Juan Carlos Caballero		7 May 2022	9th	Jairo Portilla	8 May 2022
Atlético Santo Domingo	Jairo Portilla		9 July 2022	9th	Patricio Lara	10 July 2022^[8]
Olmedo	Héctor González		1 September 2022^[9]	8th	Omar Ledesma^[i]	2 September 2022
Olmedo	Omar Ledesma	End of caretaker spell	18 September 2022	8th	Eduardo Favaro	18 September 2022^[10]
Libertad	Nelson Tapia	Sacked	22 September 2022^[11]	4th	Paúl Vélez	22 September 2022^[12]
Chacaritas	Juan Carlos Ávila	Resigned	27 September 2022^[13]	6th	Joel Vernaza	1 October 2022

Notes

^ Caretaker manager.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional (C, P)	36	18	9	9	54	37	+17	63	Promotion to Serie A
2	Independiente Juniors^[a]	36	15	11	10	44	33	+11	56
3	Libertad (P)	36	15	11	10	42	38	+4	56	Promotion to Serie A
4	América de Quito	36	13	15	8	41	31	+10	54
5	Imbabura	36	13	8	15	47	51	−4	47
6	Chacaritas	36	11	10	15	30	38	−8	43
7	Búhos ULVR	36	9	15	12	33	38	−5	42
8	Manta	36	10	12	14	29	39	−10	42
9	Atlético Santo Domingo (R)	36	9	12	15	31	36	−5	39	Relegation to Segunda Categoría
10	Olmedo^[b] (R)	36	10	11	15	33	43	−10	38	Relegation to Segunda Categoría

Source: LigaPro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Reserve teams were ineligible for promotion.
^ Olmedo were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay their creditors.^[14]

Results

Home \ Away	AME	ASD	BUH	CHA	NAC	IMB	IND	LIB	MAN	OLM
América de Quito	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	0–0
—	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	1–0
Atlético Santo Domingo	4–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–2
2–2	—	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–0
Búhos ULVR	3–2	1–0	—	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–3
0–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2
Chacaritas	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
0–2	3–0	1–0	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0
El Nacional	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	—	2–4	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1
0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	—	5–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–1
Imbabura	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	—	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0
2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	—	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–0
Independiente Juniors	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	1–1	0–1
1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	—	0–1	2–2	1–0
Libertad	0–3^[a]	1–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	3–5	1–0	—	0–0	1–0
1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	0–0	2–1
Manta	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–3	—	2–1
1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	—	2–1
Olmedo	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–2	1–2	—
0–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	3–0	—

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

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match was scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
América de Quito	3	5	4	3	2	5	5	4	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	4	6	5	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4
Atl. Santo Domingo	4	8	10	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Búhos ULVR	9	10	7	9	6	8	9	8	8	7	6	6	7	6	7	5	3	5	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chacaritas	2	4	3	5	4	2	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	2	3	3	4	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
El Nacional	5	6	8	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	5	3	3	3	5	4	1	3	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Imbabura	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	4	5	6	7	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Independiente Juniors	7	3	5	2	5	4	3	3	4	3	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	4	1	4	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Libertad	1	1	2	4	3	3	2	5	3	5	7	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Manta	8	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Olmedo	10	9	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	3	3	3	4	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	9	10	9	9	10	10

	Leader and promotion to Serie A
	Promotion to Serie A
	Relegation to Segunda Categoría

Source: LigaPro

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
América de Quito	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D
Atl. Santo Domingo	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D
Búhos ULVR	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	D
Chacaritas	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L
El Nacional	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Imbabura	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L
Independiente Juniors	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D
Libertad	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W
Manta	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W
Olmedo	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L

Source: LigaPro
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Top scorers

As of 30 October 2022

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Ronie Carrillo	El Nacional	16
2	Alejandro Tobar	Imbabura	11
2	Bryan Rodríguez	Libertad	11
4	Mario Barrionuevo	Búhos ULVR	10
5	Kevin Rodríguez	Imbabura	9
5	Kevin Hoyos	América de Quito	9
7	Steven Gómez	El Nacional	8
8	César Espínola	Libertad	7

Source: Ecuagol

Number of teams by province

Position	Province	Number	Teams
1	Pichincha	3	América de Quito, El Nacional and Independiente Juniors
2	Chimborazo	1	Olmedo
	Guayas	1	Búhos ULVR
	Imbabura	1	Imbabura
	Loja	1	Libertad
	Manabí	1	Manta
	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	1	Atlético Santo Domingo
	Tungurahua	1	Chacaritas

Notes

^ The match, which originally ended 4–2, was awarded 0–3 to América de Quito due to Libertad fielding the suspended player José Cortez.^[15]

References

^ "(VIDEO) Betcris es el nuevo auspiciante de la LigaPro" [(VIDEO) Betcris is the new sponsor of LigaPro] (in Spanish). Studio Fútbol. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "Resoluciones del Consejo de Presidentes Extraordinario". ligapro.ec (in Spanish). LigaPro. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Palacios, Juan José (3 March 2021). "La Serie B 2021 se jugará martes, miércoles y jueves". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "11 provincias tendrán fútbol de Primera en el 2022". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Chávez, Francisco (5 April 2022). "Chacaritas apostará por quien fue la mano derecha de Paúl Vélez toda una vida (OFICIAL)". Fútbol Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ Campoverde, Brian (8 April 2022). "OFICIAL: Pablo Trobbiani no es más DT de Manta Fútbol Club". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ Sánchez, Aurelio (15 April 2022). "(FOTO) Manta FC oficializó el regreso de Fabián Frías al banquillo técnico". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ Dávila, Karolina (10 July 2022). "(FOTO) Patricio Lara nuevo DT de equipo de LigaPro Betcris". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ Otero, Luis (1 September 2022). "Cambio de timón en CD.Olmedo por el alto riesgo de descenso que vive (DOCUMENTO)". futbolecuador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ Sánchez, Aurelio (18 September 2022). "NUEVO RETO || Eduardo 'Lolo' Favaro volverá a dirigir en el fútbol ecuatoriano". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ Chávez, Francisco (22 September 2022). "Libertad FC corta el ciclo que tenía en el banquillo (OFICIAL)". futbolecuador.com (in Spanish).
^ Guillén, Adrián (22 September 2022). "El DT Paul Vélez tiene nuevo equipo en el fútbol ecuatoriano". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ Chávez, Francisco (27 September 2022). "Chacaritas se quedó sin entrenador de cara al remate de la Serie B (FOTO)". Fútbol Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Resolución Comisión Disciplinaria F.E.F. - Pérdida de puntos del Club C.D.Olmedo por primera ocasión" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "Libertad FC perdió un partido en mesa por un error administrativo (FOTO)" (in Spanish). Fútbol Ecuador. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

External links

LigaPro's official website (in Spanish)
Official webpage (in Spanish)
Serie B summary (SOCCERWAY)

[CM-10] Caretaker manager.

[table_note_IND0.36130972828777-15] Reserve teams were ineligible for promotion.

[table_note_OLM0.36130972828777-17] Olmedo were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay their creditors.^[14]

[fn1-19] The match, which originally ended 4–2, was awarded 0–3 to América de Quito due to Libertad fielding the suspended player José Cortez.^[15]

[1] "(VIDEO) Betcris es el nuevo auspiciante de la LigaPro" [(VIDEO) Betcris is the new sponsor of LigaPro] (in Spanish). Studio Fútbol. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

[CambiosPro-2] "Resoluciones del Consejo de Presidentes Extraordinario". ligapro.ec (in Spanish). LigaPro. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[3] Palacios, Juan José (3 March 2021). "La Serie B 2021 se jugará martes, miércoles y jueves". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[4] "11 provincias tendrán fútbol de Primera en el 2022". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[5] Chávez, Francisco (5 April 2022). "Chacaritas apostará por quien fue la mano derecha de Paúl Vélez toda una vida (OFICIAL)". Fútbol Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[6] Campoverde, Brian (8 April 2022). "OFICIAL: Pablo Trobbiani no es más DT de Manta Fútbol Club". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[7] Sánchez, Aurelio (15 April 2022). "(FOTO) Manta FC oficializó el regreso de Fabián Frías al banquillo técnico". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[8] Dávila, Karolina (10 July 2022). "(FOTO) Patricio Lara nuevo DT de equipo de LigaPro Betcris". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[9] Otero, Luis (1 September 2022). "Cambio de timón en CD.Olmedo por el alto riesgo de descenso que vive (DOCUMENTO)". futbolecuador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[11] Sánchez, Aurelio (18 September 2022). "NUEVO RETO || Eduardo 'Lolo' Favaro volverá a dirigir en el fútbol ecuatoriano". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[12] Chávez, Francisco (22 September 2022). "Libertad FC corta el ciclo que tenía en el banquillo (OFICIAL)". futbolecuador.com (in Spanish).

[13] Guillén, Adrián (22 September 2022). "El DT Paul Vélez tiene nuevo equipo en el fútbol ecuatoriano". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[14] Chávez, Francisco (27 September 2022). "Chacaritas se quedó sin entrenador de cara al remate de la Serie B (FOTO)". Fútbol Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[Olmedo_Deduction-16] "Resolución Comisión Disciplinaria F.E.F. - Pérdida de puntos del Club C.D.Olmedo por primera ocasión" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[Sanction-18] "Libertad FC perdió un partido en mesa por un error administrativo (FOTO)" (in Spanish). Fútbol Ecuador. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

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