2023 Supercopa Ecuador Explained

2023 Supercopa Ecuador Ecuabet
Team1:	Independiente del Valle
Team1score:	3
Team2:	Aucas
Team2score:	0
Date:	11 February 2023
Stadium:	Estadio La Cocha
City:	Latacunga
Referee:	Roberto Sánchez^[1]
Next:	2024

The 2023 Supercopa Ecuador, known as the 2023 Supercopa Ecuador Ecuabet for sponsorship purposes,^[2] was the third edition of the Supercopa Ecuador, Ecuador's football super cup. It was held on 11 February 2023 between the 2022 Ecuadorian Serie A champions Aucas and the 2022 Copa Ecuador champions Independiente del Valle at Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga.^[3]

In the match, Independiente del Valle defeated Aucas 3–0 to win their first Supercopa Ecuador title.^[4]

Teams

For the 2023 season, the competition returned to the single-match format originally used, unlike the previous Supercopa Ecuador edition (2021) which was contested by six teams. Due to this, the champions of both the Ecuadorian Serie A and the Copa Ecuador were the only two teams that played the competition.^[5]

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Aucas	2022 Ecuadorian Serie A champions^[6]	None
Independiente del Valle	2022 Copa Ecuador champions^[7]	1 (2021)

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Moisés Ramírez RB 13 Matías Fernández CB 14 Mateo Carabajal CB 5 Richard Schunke CB 2 Agustín García Basso LB 15 CM 7 CM 8 CM 16 Cristian Pellerano (c) CF 19 CF 10 Substitutes: GK 12 Kleber Pinargote GK 22 Alexis Villa DF 4 Anthony Landázuri DF 17 DF 31 Esnaider Cabezas MF 11 MF 18 Carlos Sánchez MF 21 MF 55 Kendry Páez MF 80 FW 9 Manager: Martín Anselmi

width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 Hernán Galíndez RB 21 Pedro Perlaza CB 5 Franklin Carabalí CB 33 Luis Cangá LB 29 RM 7 Édison Vega CM 28 Jhonny Quiñónez (c) LM 8 RW 31 LW 23 CF 99 Substitutes: GK 1 Damián Frascarelli DF 27 Luis Romero DF 52 Aubrey David MF 10 MF 13 Edison Caicedo MF 15 MF 16 Sergio Quintero MF 18 Marcos Mejía FW 11 FW 17 FW 20 Michael Mieles FW 38 Manager: César Farías

Assistant referees Christian Lescano David Vacacela Fourth official Juan Carlos Andrade Video assistant referee Carlos Orbe Assistant video assistant referee Edison Vásquez

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ÁRBITRO ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ DIRIGIRÁ LA SUPERCOPA ECUADOR 2023 . REFEREE ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ WILL CONDUCT THE 2023 SUPERCOPA ECUADOR . es . Revista Winner . 4 February 2023 . 11 February 2023.
2. Web site: FEF inicia proceso de acreditación para la final de la Supercopa Ecuador Ecuabet . FEF starts accreditation process for the Supercopa Ecuador Ecuabet final . es . . 3 February 2023 . 11 February 2023.
3. Web site: ¿Cuándo se juega la Supercopa Ecuador 2023? . When will the 2023 Supercopa Ecuador be played? . es . Bendito Fútbol . 17 January 2023 . 18 January 2023.
4. Web site: Independiente del Valle, supercampeón de Ecuador . Independiente del Valle, super champion of Ecuador . es . El Universo . 11 February 2023 . 11 February 2023.
5. Web site: Aucas e Independiente del Valle disputarán la Supercopa Ecuador 2023 . Aucas and Independiente del Valle will play the 2023 Supercopa Ecuador . es . El Telégrafo . 11 January 2023 . 18 January 2023.
6. Web site: ¡Aucas, campeón de la Liga Pro! el equipo del sur de Quito venció en la final a Barcelona SC y levantó su primer título en la historia del campeonato ecuatoriano . Aucas, Liga Pro champions! The team from southern Quito beat Barcelona SC in the final and lifted their first title in Ecuadorian championship history . . es . 13 November 2022 . 18 January 2023.
7. Web site: Independiente del Valle se proclama campeón de la Copa Ecuador . Independiente del Valle proclaim themselves Copa Ecuador champions . . es . 8 November 2022 . 13 January 2023.