2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A explained

Competition:Copa Pílsener Serie A
Season:2007
Winners:LDU Quito (9th Title)
Relegated:Imbabura
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Deportivo Cuenca
LDU Quito
Olmedo
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:2007

Olmedo
2008: LDU Quito

League Topscorer:Juan Carlos Ferreyra (17 goals)
Biggest Home Win:LDU Quito 5–0 Imbabura (Aug 29)
Biggest Away Win:Imbabura 1–6 LDU Quito (Apr 29)
Highest Scoring:Emelec 4–3 LDU Quito (Feb 25)
Imbabura 1–6 LDU Quito (Apr 29)
Emelec 4–3 El Nacional (Jun 13)
Matches:210
Total Goals:529
Longest Wins:4 matches:
Deportivo Azogues (Apr 06 – Apr 29)
LDU Quito (Apr 29 – May 20 & Sep 16 – Sep 29)
Longest Unbeaten:17 matches: LDU Quito
(Aug 29 – Dec 9)
Longest Losses:5 matches: Imbabura
(Feb 25 – Apr 01)
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

The 2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as 2007 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th season of Ecuador's Serie A, the country's top football league. The season began on February 10. LDU Quito won their 9th title.

Format

The format for this season remains the same as the previous season.

The First Stage and Second Stage 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). The winner of each group also qualified to the 2007 and 2008 Copa Sudamericana, respectively. At the end of the second stage, the team with the fewest points in the First and Second Stage aggregate table was 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 and runner-up also qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores into the Second Stage, while the third-place finisher qualified to the First Stage.

Teams

The number of teams remained the same for this season. Aucas was relegated after the Second Stage of the 2006 season. They were replaced by Imbabura, the 2006 Serie B E2 winner, who was making their first appearance in the Serie A.

ClubHome cityStadium
Monumental Banco Pichincha
Municipal Jorge Andrade Cantos
Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
Olímpico Atahualpa
Olímpico Atahualpa
George Capwell
Olímpico de Ibarra
La Casa Blanca
Bellavista
Olímpico de Riobamba

First stage

The first stage was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007.

Second stage

The second stage was played between July 15, 2007 and October 7, 2007.

Aggregate table

Liguilla Final

The Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007.

Top goalscorers

PosPlayerClubGoals
1 Juan Carlos FerreyraDeportivo Cuenca17
2 Luis Miguel EscaladaLDU Quito16
Christian LaraLDU Quito16
Daniel NeculmanImbabura16
5 Pablo PalaciosDeportivo Quito15
6 Iván KaviedesEl Nacional14
7 Pedro GalvánOlmedo13
8 Germán CastilloDeportivo Cuenca12
Jorge LadinesEmelec12
10 Martín MandraDeportivo Azogues11

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