| Competition: | LigaPro Serie B |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Dates: | 15 March – 30 October 2022 |
| Winners: | El Nacional (2nd title) |
| Promoted: | El Nacional Libertad |
| Relegated: | Atlético Santo Domingo Olmedo |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 384 |
| 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) |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
| Updated: | 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]
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]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Jairo Portilla | 9 July 2022 | 9th | Patricio Lara | 10 July 2022[8] | |||
| Olmedo | Héctor González | 1 September 2022[9] | 8th | Omar Ledesma | 2 September 2022 | ||
| 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 |
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Ronie Carrillo | El Nacional | align=center | 16 | |
| 2 | Alejandro Tobar | Imbabura | 11 | |||
| Bryan Rodríguez | Libertad | |||||
| align=center | 4 | Mario Barrionuevo | Búhos ULVR | align=center | 10 | |
| 5 | Kevin Rodríguez | Imbabura | 9 | |||
| Kevin Hoyos | América de Quito | |||||
| align=center | 7 | Steven Gómez | El Nacional | align=center | 8 | |
| align=center | 8 | César Espínola | Libertad | align=center | 7 |
| Position | Province | Number | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan="1" | 1 | 3 | América de Quito, El Nacional and Independiente Juniors | |
| align=center rowspan="7" | 2 | 1 | Olmedo | |
| 1 | Búhos ULVR | |||
| 1 | Imbabura | |||
| 1 | Libertad | |||
| 1 | Manta | |||
| 1 | Atlético Santo Domingo | |||
| 1 | Chacaritas |