2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2003 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 46th season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador. LDU Quito won its seventh national championship.

Copa Pílsener Serie A

Season	2003
Champions	LDU Quito (7th title)
Relegated	Técnico Universitario Manta
Copa Libertadores	LDU Quito Barcelona El Nacional
Top goalscorer	Ariel Graziani (23 goals)
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Format

The tournament for this season was composed of three stages:

The First Stage and Second Stages are identical. The ten teams competed in a double round-robin tournament, one game at home and one away. The top three teams in each stage qualified to the Liguilla Final with bonus points (3, 2, and 1 point[s], respectively). At the end of the Second Stage, the team with the fewest points in the aggregate table were relegated to the Serie B.

The Liguilla Final was a double round-robin tournament between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of the Liguilla Final was crowned the Serie A champion. The champion, runner-up, and third-place finisher qualified to the 2004 Copa Libertadores.

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	18	12	2	4	41	19	+22	38	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	LDU Quito	18	10	6	2	37	24	+13	36
3	El Nacional	18	9	4	5	31	22	+9	31
4	Deportivo Quito	18	8	4	6	29	23	+6	28
5	Emelec	18	6	8	4	26	31	−5	26
6	Deportivo Cuenca	18	5	7	6	27	26	+1	22
7	Aucas	18	6	4	8	24	26	−2	22
8	Técnico Universitario	18	4	5	9	24	36	−12	17
9	ESPOLI	18	4	3	11	25	37	−12	15
10	Manta	18	3	3	12	17	37	−20	12

Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	18	10	4	4	31	15	+16	34	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Barcelona	18	9	7	2	28	12	+16	34
3	El Nacional	18	9	5	4	38	18	+20	32
4	Deportivo Quito	18	10	2	6	27	23	+4	32
5	Deportivo Cuenca	18	8	3	7	22	17	+5	27
6	Emelec	18	8	3	7	29	26	+3	27
7	ESPOLI	18	5	6	7	24	35	−11	21
8	Aucas	18	5	3	10	21	29	−8	18
9	Manta	18	3	5	10	16	38	−22	14
10	Técnico Universitario	18	2	4	12	13	36	−23	10

Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	36	21	9	6	69	31	+38	72
2	LDU Quito	36	20	10	6	68	39	+29	70
3	El Nacional	36	18	9	9	69	40	+29	63
4	Deportivo Quito	36	18	6	12	56	46	+10	60	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
5	Emelec	36	14	11	11	55	57	−2	53
6	Deportivo Cuenca	36	13	10	13	49	43	+6	49
7	Aucas	36	11	8	17	45	55	−10	41
8	ESPOLI	36	9	8	19	49	72	−23	35
9	Técnico Universitario	36	6	9	21	37	72	−35	27	Relegation to Serie B
10	Manta	36	6	8	22	33	75	−42	26

Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito (C)	10	7	0	3	19	13	+6	5	26	2004 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Barcelona	10	6	0	4	19	9	+10	5	23
3	El Nacional	10	6	0	4	21	13	+8	2	20
4	Emelec	10	3	2	5	12	21	−9	0	11
5	Deportivo Quito	10	3	1	6	11	19	−8	0	10
6	Deportivo Cuenca	10	3	1	6	17	26	−9	0	10

Updated to match(es) played on December 21, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned in the previous stages.
(C) Champions

Copa Pílsener Serie A 2003 champion
LDU Quito 7th title

External links

• 2003 season on RSSSF