2020 Ecuadorian Serie A


The 2020 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A is the 62nd season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the second under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador. Delfín are the defending champions.
On 14 March 2020, the competition was suspended indefinitely by LigaPro due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 20 May LigaPro's Council of Presidents decided to tentatively resume the league on 17 July pending final approval by the Ecuadorian government, with matches to be played behind closed doors. That same day the Council approved to restart training activities on 8 June, which was later moved to 10 June per decision by the National Emergency Operations Committee. However, the date for the resumption of the competition was pushed back as the protocol approved by the Ecuadorian government through the National COE had set 29 July as the earliest tentative date for resumption. On 27 July, the National COE approved LigaPro's biosecurity protocol and established 15 August as the tentative date to resume the competition.

Format

The format for the 2020 season was decided by LigaPro's Council of Presidents on 22 October 2019. For this season, the league will return to the three-stage system used before the 2019 season, scrapping the play-off stage played in the previous season. The first and second stages will 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 finals 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 shootout deciding the champion in case of a tie in points and goals scored. Should a team win 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 qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, and the next best three teams qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana. The remaining Copa Sudamericana berth will be allocated through the 2020 Copa Ecuador. Meanwhile, the teams that end in the 15th and 16th place of the aggregate table will compete in the relegation play-offs against the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2020 Serie B for the right to remain in the top tier for the following season.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
AucasQuitoGonzalo Pozo Ripalda21,689
BarcelonaGuayaquilMonumental Banco Pichincha57,267
DelfínMantaJocay17,834
Deportivo CuencaCuencaBanco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar18,549
El NacionalQuito
Cayambe		Olímpico Atahualpa
Guillermo Albornoz		35,258
12,000
EmelecGuayaquilBanco del Pacífico Capwell40,020
Guayaquil CityGuayaquilChristian Benítez Betancourt10,152
Independiente del ValleSangolquí
Quito		Rumiñahui
Olímpico Atahualpa		7,233
35,258
LDU PortoviejoPortoviejoReales Tamarindos20,500
LDU QuitoQuitoRodrigo Paz Delgado41,575
MacaráAmbatoBellavista16,467
Mushuc RunaAmbatoCOAC Mushuc Runa6,000
OlmedoRiobambaOlímpico7,233
OrenseMachala9 de Mayo16,456
Técnico UniversitarioAmbatoBellavista16,467
Universidad CatólicaQuitoOlímpico Atahualpa35,258

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aucas Darío TempestaUmbroBanco del Pacífico
Barcelona Fabián BustosMarathonPilsener
Delfín Carlos IschiaBaldo'sBanco del Pacífico
Deportivo Cuenca Tabaré SilvaJomaChubb Seguros
El Nacional VacantLottoAceros ANDEC
Banco General Rumiñahui
Emelec Ismael RescalvoAdidasTubos Pacífico
Guayaquil City Pool GavilánezAstroCooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Independiente del Valle Miguel Ángel RamírezMarathonChery
DirecTV
LDU Portoviejo Rubén Darío InsúaBomanCooperativa 15 de Abril
LDU Quito Pablo RepettoPumaBanco Pichincha
Macará Paúl VélezBomanCooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Mushuc Runa Ricardo DillonElohimCooperativa Mushuc Runa
Olmedo Geovanny CumbicusBomanCooperativa Daquilema
GolTV
Orense Humberto PizarroJMP SportBanco del Austro
Técnico Universitario José Eugenio HernándezBomanCooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Universidad Católica Santiago EscobarUmbroDiscover Card

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Olmedo Ricardo DillonResigned3 November 2019Pre-season Darío Franco9 December 2019
Mushuc Runa Martín CardettiSacked5 November 2019Pre-season Ricardo Dillon12 November 2019
El Nacional Marcelo ZuletaEnd of contract7 November 2019Pre-season Eduardo Lara12 November 2019
Barcelona Tabaré SilvaEnd of contract27 November 2019Pre-season Fabián Bustos16 December 2019
Aucas Gabriel SchürrerEnd of contract9 December 2019Pre-season Máximo Villafañe11 December 2019
Delfín Fabián BustosSigned by Barcelona15 December 2019Pre-season Ángel López Pérez27 December 2019
Delfín Ángel López PérezSacked29 February 202011th Carlos Ischia1 March 2020
Aucas Máximo VillafañeResigned14 June 202016th Darío Tempesta14 June 2020
Olmedo Darío FrancoResigned15 June 202013th Geovanny Cumbicus18 June 2020
El Nacional Eduardo LaraSacked20 June 20209th

First stage

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Cristian Martínez BorjaLDU Quito7
2 Gustavo AllesDeportivo Cuenca3
2 Nazareno BazánUniversidad Católica3
2 Francisco FydriszewskiLDU Portoviejo3
2 Juan Sebastián HerreraMacará3
2 Michael HoyosGuayaquil City3
2 Gonzalo MastrianiGuayaquil City3
2 Roberto OrdóñezEmelec3
2 Henry PattaTécnico Universitario3

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