2020 Ecuadorian Serie A Explained

Competition:LigaPro Serie A
Season:2020
Winners:Barcelona (16th title)
Relegated:LDU Portoviejo
El Nacional
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Barcelona
LDU Quito
Independiente del Valle
Universidad Católica
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Emelec
Guayaquil City
Macará
Aucas
Matches:240
Total Goals:667
League Topscorer:Cristian Martínez Borja
(24 goals)
Biggest Home Win:LDU Quito 5–0 Dep. Cuenca
(14 October)
Biggest Away Win:LDU Portoviejo 0–6 Emelec
(11 November)
Highest Scoring:Ind. del Valle 4–4 Macará
(18 August)
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The 2020 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (until 18 September 2020 officially known as the LigaPro Banco Pichincha 2020 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was 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 (or LigaPro). Delfín were the defending champions.[2] Barcelona won their 16th domestic league title after defeating LDU Quito 3–1 on penalties following a 1–1 draw on aggregate score in the finals.

The competition was suspended from 14 March to 14 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format

The format for the 2020 season was decided by LigaPro's Council of Presidents on 22 October 2019. For this season, the league returned to the three-stage system used before the 2019 season, scrapping the play-off stage played in the previous season.[3] The first and second stages were 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 finals 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 have been 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, and the next best three teams qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana. The remaining Copa Sudamericana berth would have been allocated through the 2020 Copa Ecuador, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and had its berth reallocated to the next best team in the aggregate table. Meanwhile, the teams that ended in the 15th and 16th place of the aggregate table would have competed in 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,[4] however, in a Council of Presidents session held on 23 May 2020 it was decided not to expand the Serie A to 18 teams for the 2021 season, meaning that the bottom two teams of the aggregate table at the end of the season were relegated to Serie B.[5]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
AucasQuitoGonzalo Pozo Ripalda21,689
BarcelonaGuayaquilMonumental Banco Pichincha57,267
DelfínMantaJocay17,834
Deportivo CuencaCuencaBanco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar18,549
El NacionalQuitoOlímpico Atahualpa35,258
CayambeGuillermo Albornoz12,000
EmelecGuayaquilBanco del Pacífico Capwell40,020
Guayaquil CityGuayaquilChristian Benítez Betancourt10,152
Independiente del ValleSangolquíRumiñahui7,233
QuitoOlímpico Atahualpa35,258
Rodrigo Paz Delgado41,575
LDU PortoviejoPortoviejoReales Tamarindos20,500
LDU QuitoQuitoRodrigo Paz Delgado41,575
MacaráAmbatoBellavista16,467
Mushuc RunaAmbatoCOAC Mushuc Runa6,000
Bellavista16,467
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 Horacio Montemurro (caretaker)Baldo'sBanco del Pacífico
Deportivo Cuenca Guillermo Duró (caretaker)JomaChubb Seguros
El Nacional José Villafuerte (caretaker)LottoAceros ANDEC
Banco General Rumiñahui
Emelec Ismael RescalvoAdidasTubos Pacífico
Guayaquil City Pool GavilánezAstroCooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Independiente del Valle Miguel Ángel RamírezMarathonChery
DirecTV
LDU Portoviejo Pablo TrobbianiBomanCooperativa 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 Patricio LaraJMP 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
First stage
Olmedo Ricardo DillonResigned3 November 2019[6] Pre-season Darío Franco9 December 2019[7]
Mushuc Runa Martín CardettiSacked5 November 2019[8] Ricardo Dillon12 November 2019[9]
El Nacional Marcelo ZuletaEnd of contract7 November 2019[10] Eduardo Lara12 November 2019[11]
Barcelona Tabaré Silva27 November 2019[12] Fabián Bustos16 December 2019[13]
Aucas Gabriel Schürrer9 December 2019[14] Máximo Villafañe11 December 2019[15]
Delfín Fabián BustosSigned by Barcelona15 December 2019[16] Ángel López Pérez27 December 2019[17]
Ángel López PérezSacked29 February 2020[18] 11th Carlos Ischia1 March 2020[19]
Aucas Máximo VillafañeResigned14 June 2020[20] 16th Darío Tempesta14 June 2020[21]
Olmedo Darío Franco15 June 2020[22] 13th Geovanny Cumbicus18 June 2020[23]
El Nacional Eduardo LaraSacked20 June 2020[24] 9th Jorge Montesino20 June 2020[25]
Orense Humberto PizarroMutual consent1 September 2020[26] 15th Patricio Lara2 September 2020[27]
Delfín Carlos IschiaSacked4 September 2020[28] 11th Miguel Ángel Zahzú4 September 2020[29]
Deportivo Cuenca Tabaré Silva30 September 2020[30] 16th Guillermo Duró (caretaker)30 September 2020
Second stage
LDU Portoviejo Rubén Darío InsúaSacked5 November 2020[31] 15th Marcelo Zuleta5 November 2020[32]
El Nacional Jorge Montesino7 November 2020[33] 15th Javier Rodríguez7 November 2020
Javier RodríguezResigned20 November 2020[34] 16th Édison Méndez20 November 2020[35]
LDU Portoviejo Marcelo Zuleta20 November 2020[36] 15th Pablo Trobbiani20 November 2020[37]
Delfín Miguel Ángel ZahzúSacked3 December 2020[38] 10th Horacio Montemurro (caretaker)3 December 2020
El Nacional Édison MéndezResigned8 December 2020[39] 16th José Villafuerte (caretaker)8 December 2020[40]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 14 March 2020 after two Matchday 5 games had been played, the competition was suspended indefinitely by LigaPro due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[41]

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.[42] 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 (COE).[43] 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.[44]

On 27 July, the National COE approved LigaPro's biosecurity protocol and established 15 August as the tentative date to resume the competition.[45] Eventually, on 11 August the National COE approved LigaPro's request to resume the competition on 14 August, with the completion of the fifth matchday.[46]

First stage

Results

Second stage

Results

Finals

LDU Quito and Barcelona qualified for the Finals (Third stage) by being the First stage and Second stage winners, respectively. The winners were the Serie A champions and earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2021 Copa Libertadores, and the losers were the Serie A runners-up and earned the Ecuador 2 berth in the 2021 Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, LDU Quito played the second leg at home.

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Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties.

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Cristian Martínez BorjaLDU Quitoalign=center 24
align=center 2 Gabriel TorresIndependiente del Vallealign=center 16
align=center 3 Víctor FigueroaAucasalign=center 14
4 José CevallosEmelec13
Francisco FydriszewskiLDU Portoviejo
6 Juan Sebastián HerreraMacará11
Gonzalo MastrianiGuayaquil City
Muriel OrlandoMushuc Runa
9 Facundo BarcelóEmelec10
Damián DíazBarcelona
Michael HoyosGuayaquil City
Sergio LópezAucas-align=center 13 Carlos GarcésDelfínalign=center 9
14 Vinicio AnguloLDU Portoviejo8
Willian CevallosOlmedo
Jhon CifuenteDelfín
Diego DorregarayTécnico Universitario / Deportivo Cuenca-->

Source: Soccerway

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Banco Pichincha deja de ser el patrocinador de la Liga Profesional. 18 September 2020. Primicias.ec. es. 21 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Delfín SC, campeón de la Liga Pro al vencer en penales a Liga de Quito. 15 December 2019. El Universo. es. 17 December 2019.
  3. Web site: La LigaPro cambió el formato del campeonato nacional del 2020. es. El Comercio. 22 October 2019. 24 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Detalles Fixture 2020. es. LigaPro. 20 December 2019. 24 December 2019. 23 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223171402/https://ligapro.ec/post/1025-detalles-fixture-2020.html. dead.
  5. Web site: LigaPro definió no incrementar clubes en serie A para temporada del 2021. es. El Universo. 23 May 2020. 12 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Despedida adelantada para el DT Ricardo Dillon en Olmedo. El Universo. es. 30 October 2019. 21 December 2019.
  7. Web site: Darío Franco será director técnico de Olmedo en el 2020. El Universo. es. 12 December 2019. 21 December 2019.
  8. Web site: MALA RACHA DE LAS ÚLTIMAS FECHAS PROVOCA SALIDA DE CARDETTI DEL MANDO DE MUSHUC RUNA. Info Cancha. es. 5 November 2019. 21 December 2019. 13 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913061454/http://www.infocancha.com/contenido/noticia/1/24782/mala-racha-de-las-ultimas-fechas-provoca-salida-de-cardetti-del-mando-de-mushuc-runa.html. dead.
  9. Web site: Ricardo Dillon, el nuevo director técnico de Mushuc Runa, comprometido a promover jugadores indígenas. El Universo. es. 12 November 2019. 21 December 2019.
  10. Web site: El Nacional no continuará con el DT Marcelo Zuleta y anunciará a su nuevo entrenador el 12 de noviembre del 2019. El Comercio. es. 8 November 2019. 21 December 2019.
  11. Web site: El Nacional tiene nuevo director técnico. Teleamazonas. es. 13 November 2019. 21 December 2019. 22 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191222040522/http://www.teleamazonas.com/2019/11/el-nacional-tiene-nuevo-director-tecnico-2/. dead.
  12. Web site: 'El responsable soy yo', dice Tabaré Silva tras la eliminación de Barcelona SC. El Universo. es. 28 November 2019. 21 December 2019.
  13. Web site: Fabián Bustos, campeón con Delfín, es el nuevo técnico de Barcelona SC. Metro Ecuador. es. 16 December 2019. 21 December 2019.
  14. Web site: Gabriel Schurrer no sigue más en Aucas. Ecuavisa. es. 9 December 2019. 21 December 2019.
  15. Web site: Máximo Villafañe y el 'Potro' Figueroa comandarán Aucas en el 2020. El Comercio. es. 11 December 2019. 21 December 2019.
  16. Web site: Dirigencia del Delfín SC se despide, 'agradecida', de Fabián Bustos. El Universo. es. 12 December 2019. 21 December 2019.
  17. Web site: El español Miguel Ángel López es el nuevo entrenador del Delfín SC. El Comercio. es. 27 December 2019.
  18. Web site: Ángel López deja de ser el entrenador de Delfín. Ecuavisa. es. 29 February 2020.
  19. Web site: ACTUALIZACIÓN: Delfín SC tiene nuevo entrenador. Ecuagol. es. 1 March 2020. 2 March 2020. 2 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302215546/http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=155865. dead.
  20. Web site: El argentino Máximo Villafañe dejó de ser el entrenador de Aucas. El Comercio. es. 14 June 2020. 20 June 2020.
  21. Web site: El entrenador argentino Darío Tempesta confirma que regresa a dirigir Aucas. El Comercio. es. 14 June 2020. 20 June 2020.
  22. Web site: Olmedo sin director técnico, Darío Franco comunicó que no regresará de Argentina. El Universo. es. 15 June 2020. 20 June 2020.
  23. Web site: Olmedo anunció a Geovanny Cumbicus como nuevo entrenador del plantel. El Comercio. es. 18 June 2020. 20 June 2020.
  24. Web site: El colombiano Eduardo Lara no seguirá al mando de El Nacional. El Universo. es. 20 June 2020.
  25. Web site: El técnico argentino Jorge Montesino tomará el mando de El Nacional, según cable internacional. El Universo. es. 20 June 2020.
  26. Web site: Director técnico de la Costa anuncia su salida del club. Ecuagol. es. 1 September 2020. 8 September 2020. 13 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913043323/http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=161347. dead.
  27. Web site: Orense ya presentó a su nuevo entrenador. Ecuagol. es. 2 September 2020. 8 September 2020. 13 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913055929/http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=161391. dead.
  28. Web site: Delfín despidió al DT argentino Carlos Ischia y espera a Miguel Ángel Zahzú. El Comercio. es. 4 September 2020. 8 September 2020.
  29. Web site: Miguel Ángel Zahzú, el nuevo técnico de Delfín SC de Manta tras la salida de Carlos Ischia. El Universo. es. 4 September 2020. 8 September 2020.
  30. Web site: Deportivo Cuenca anuncia salida del DT Tabaré Silva; Guillermo Duró asume cargo como interino. El Universo. es. 30 September 2020. 12 October 2020.
  31. Web site: Liga de Portoviejo separó al DT Rubén Darío Insúa por malos resultados. El Comercio. es. 5 November 2020. 6 November 2020.
  32. Web site: INSÚA 'OUT', ZULETA 'IN': Ya hay nuevo DT en LDU Portoviejo. Studio Fútbol. es. 5 November 2020. 6 November 2020.
  33. Web site: Javier Rodríguez fue presentado como nuevo entrenador de El Nacional. Primicias. es. 7 November 2020. 11 November 2020.
  34. Web site: Javier Rodríguez se aleja de El Nacional. Cancha Ecuador. es. 20 November 2020. 9 December 2020. 27 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127201541/https://www.canchaecuador.com/2020/11/20/javier-rodriguez-se-aleja-de-el-nacional/. dead.
  35. Web site: Édison Méndez reemplaza a Javier Rodríguez como DT de El Nacional. Primicias. es. 20 November 2020. 9 December 2020.
  36. Web site: Marcelo Zuleta dejaría la dirección técnica de Liga de Portoviejo. El Comercio. es. 20 November 2020. 23 November 2020.
  37. Web site: El DT Pablo Trobbiani toma el mando de Liga de Portoviejo tras la salida de Marcelo Zuleta. El Universo. es. 21 November 2020. 23 November 2020.
  38. Web site: Miguel Ángel Zahzú no es más DT de Delfín SC y no descarta dirigir en Ecuador en 2021. El Universo. es. 3 December 2020.
  39. Web site: 'Diferencias' con la directiva dejó a El Nacional sin director técnico. El Universo. es. 8 November 2020. 9 December 2020.
  40. Web site: Edison Méndez se despide de El Nacional que tendría nuevo DT. Ecuagol. es. 8 November 2020. 9 December 2020. 27 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127161706/http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=164723. dead.
  41. Web site: La LigaPro suspende indefinidamente los campeonatos de fútbol de Serie A y Serie B en Ecuador. El Comercio. es. 14 March 2020.
  42. Web site: El campeonato ecuatoriano de fútbol volverá a disputarse desde el 19 de julio. El Comercio. es. 20 May 2020. 8 June 2020.
  43. Web site: Fútbol ecuatoriano: COE Nacional autoriza el retorno de clubes a entrenamientos. Teleamazonas. es. 4 June 2020. 8 June 2020. 8 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200608174402/http://www.teleamazonas.com/2020/06/futbol-ecuatoriano-entrenamientos/. dead.
  44. Web site: Clubes de LigaPro inician entrenamientos colectivos, reanudación del torneo se mantiene para el 29 de julio. El Universo. es. 13 July 2020.
  45. Web site: COE Nacional aprueba protocolo de bioseguridad de LigaPro y establece fecha tentativa para reinicio del campeonato. El Universo. es. 28 July 2020. 29 July 2020.
  46. Web site: Luz verde para reactivación de la LigaPro, COE Nacional aprobó el 14 de agosto para el regreso del fútbol. El Universo. es. 11 August 2020. 12 August 2020.

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