2018 Ecuadorian Serie A

The 2018 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (officially known as the Campeonato Ecuatoriano - Copa Lubricantes Havoline 2018 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 60th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league. Emelec were the defending champions. First stage winners LDU Quito defeated second stage winners and defending champions Emelec 2–1 on aggregate in the final (third stage) to win their eleventh domestic title.[2]

Copa Lubricantes Havoline
Season2018
Dates16 February – 16 December 2018
ChampionsLDU Quito (11th title)
Copa LibertadoresLDU Quito
Emelec
Barcelona
Delfín
Copa SudamericanaUniversidad Católica
Macará
Independiente del Valle
Matches played266
Goals scored688 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerJhon Cifuente
(37 goals)
Biggest home winMacará 6–1 Guayaquil City
(2 December)
Biggest away winGuayaquil City 0–3 Emelec
(5 March)
El Nacional 0–3 Delfín
(7 July)
Macará 0–3 Técnico Universitario
(24 August)
Guayaquil City 1–4 LDU Quito
(25 August)
Guayaquil City 1–4 Emelec
(24 November)
Highest scoringTécnico Universitario 4–5 U. Católica
(24 September)
← 2017
2019 →

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the 2018 Serie A season, ten of whom took part in the previous season. Clan Juvenil and Fuerza Amarilla were relegated from the Serie A after accumulating the fewest points during the 2017 season. They were replaced by Técnico Universitario and Aucas, the 2017 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Técnico Universitario were in their 25th top-flight appearance and their first one since 2012, while Aucas returned to the Serie A for their 37th appearance after just one season in the second tier.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2018 Serie A teams.
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Aucas Quito Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda 21,689
Barcelona Guayaquil Monumental Banco Pichincha 57,267
Delfín Manta Jocay 17,834
Deportivo Cuenca Cuenca Banco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar 18,549
El Nacional Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258
Emelec Guayaquil Banco del Pacífico Capwell 38,963
Guayaquil City Guayaquil Christian Benítez Betancourta 10,152
Independiente del Valle Sangolquí Rumiñahui 7,233
LDU Quito Quito Rodrigo Paz Delgado 41,575
Macará Ambato Bellavista 16,467
Técnico Universitario Ambato Bellavista 16,467
Universidad Católica Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258

a: Guayaquil City played its home matches between February and early-June at Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha and Estadio George Capwell in Guayaquil due to remodeling works at Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt.

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aucas Argentina Darío Tempesta Umbro CNT
Banco del Pacífico
Barcelona Uruguay Guillermo Almada Marathon Pilsener
Delfín Argentina Fabián Bustos Spyro La Esquina de Ales
Deportivo Cuenca Venezuela Richard Páez Joma Chubb Seguros
El Nacional Uruguay Eduardo Favaro Lotto Aceros ANDEC
Banco General Rumiñahui
Emelec Argentina Mariano Soso Adidas Electrocables
Guayaquil City Ecuador Pool Gavilánez Astro DirecTV
Independiente del Valle Spain Ismael Rescalvo Marathon Chevrolet
DirecTV
LDU Quito Uruguay Pablo Repetto Puma Chevrolet
Macará Ecuador Paúl Vélez Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Técnico Universitario Argentina Fabián Frías Boman Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Universidad Católica Colombia Santiago Escobar Umbro Discover Card

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
First stage
Deportivo Cuenca Argentina Gabriel Schürrer Resigned 9 December 2017[3] Pre-season Argentina Aníbal Biggeri 9 December 2017[4]
Independiente del Valle Colombia Alexis Mendoza Sacked 9 December 2017[5] Argentina Gabriel Schürrer 12 December 2017[6]
Delfín Uruguay Guillermo Sanguinetti 15 April 2018[7] 9th Argentina Fabián Bustos 15 April 2018[7]
Deportivo Cuenca Argentina Aníbal Biggeri 17 April 2018[8] 11th Uruguay Juan Ramón Silva (caretaker) 17 April 2018[8]
Deportivo Cuenca Uruguay Juan Ramón Silva End of caretaker tenure 27 April 2018[9] 11th Uruguay Guillermo Sanguinetti 30 April 2018[10]
Emelec Uruguay Alfredo Arias Resigned 19 May 2018[11] 4th Ecuador Javier Klimowicz (caretaker) 22 May 2018[12]
Emelec Ecuador Javier Klimowicz End of caretaker tenure 27 May 2018[12] 4th Argentina Mariano Soso 28 May 2018[13]
Deportivo Cuenca Uruguay Guillermo Sanguinetti Signed by Santa Fe 11 June 2018[14] 11th Uruguay Juan Ramón Silva (caretaker) 11 June 2018[14]
Deportivo Cuenca Uruguay Juan Ramón Silva End of caretaker tenure 20 June 2018 11th Venezuela Richard Páez 21 June 2018[15]
Independiente del Valle Argentina Gabriel Schürrer Mutual consent 28 June 2018[16] 6th Ecuador Álvaro Carcelén (caretaker) 28 June 2018[17]
Independiente del Valle Ecuador Álvaro Carcelén End of caretaker tenure 30 June 2018 6th Spain Ismael Rescalvo 1 July 2018[17]
Second stage
Técnico Universitario Ecuador Patricio Hurtado Sacked 23 July 2018[18] 12th Argentina Fabián Frías 24 July 2018[19]
Aucas Argentina Luis Soler 30 August 2018[20] 11th Argentina Darío Tempesta 1 September 2018[21]

First stage

The First stage began on February 16 and is scheduled to end on July 16.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 22 14 4 4 32 18 +14 46 Qualification to Third stage and Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Barcelona 22 13 6 3 41 21 +20 45
3 Universidad Católica 22 11 5 6 40 28 +12 38
4 Emelec 22 11 4 7 34 27 +7 37
5 Delfín 22 10 3 9 35 34 +1 33
6 Independiente del Valle 22 9 4 9 30 27 +3 31
7 Aucas 22 6 11 5 25 18 +7 29
8 Macará 22 7 6 9 25 29 −4 27
9 El Nacional 22 6 5 11 24 35 −11 23
10 Deportivo Cuenca 22 5 7 10 21 33 −12 22
11 Guayaquil City 22 3 7 12 15 28 −13 16
12 Técnico Universitario 22 3 6 13 15 39 −24 15
Source: FEF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Head-to-head record, 7) Penalty shootout.
If a penalty shootout is not possible: 7) Drawing of lots or playoff game.

Results
Home \ Away AUC BAR DEL CUE NAC EME GUA IDV LDQ MAC TEC CAT
Aucas — 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1
Barcelona 1–1 — 5–1 2–0 5–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–2
Delfín 1–1 0–1 — 4–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 5–2
Deportivo Cuenca 1–1 0–1 2–1 — 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
El Nacional 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–0 — 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–0
Emelec 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 — 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–3
Guayaquil City 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 — 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1
Independiente del Valle 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 — 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–1
LDU Quito 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 4–0 2–1
Macará 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–3 0–1 — 1–1 1–2
Técnico Universitario 0–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 — 0–2
Universidad Católica 2–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 —
Source: FEF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

The Second stage began on July 20 and ended on December 8.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Emelec 22 12 5 5 35 17 +18 41 Qualification to Third stage and Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Macará 22 10 8 4 31 24 +7 38
3 LDU Quito 22 9 10 3 32 19 +13 37
4 Delfín 22 9 9 4 34 22 +12 36
5 Barcelona 22 9 8 5 28 21 +7 35
6 Independiente del Valle 22 9 6 7 31 24 +7 33
7 Aucas 22 10 3 9 25 25 0 33
8 Universidad Católica 22 8 3 11 29 32 −3 27
9 Técnico Universitario 22 8 3 11 33 38 −5 27
10 Deportivo Cuenca 22 6 5 11 23 31 −8 23
11 El Nacional 22 3 7 12 29 47 −18 16
12 Guayaquil City 22 3 5 14 19 49 −30 14
Source: FEF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Head-to-head record, 7) Penalty shootout.
If a penalty shootout is not possible: 7) Drawing of lots or playoff game.

Results
Home \ Away AUC BAR DEL CUE NAC EME GUA IDV LDQ MAC TEC CAT
Aucas — 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–1
Barcelona 3–1 — 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Delfín 1–0 1–0 — 3–0 5–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Deportivo Cuenca 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1
El Nacional 1–2 0–0 3–3 3–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–3
Emelec 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–1
Guayaquil City 0–2 3–4 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–4 — 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–3 2–1
Independiente del Valle 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 4–2 3–1 4–0 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3
LDU Quito 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–0
Macará 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 6–1 2–1 3–2 — 0–3 1–2
Técnico Universitario 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 — 4–5
Universidad Católica 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 —
Source: FEF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third stage

LDU Quito and Emelec qualified to 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 2019 Copa Libertadores, and the losers were the Serie A runners-up and earned the Ecuador 2 berth in the 2019 Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, LDU Quito played the second leg at home.

Emelec1–1LDU Quito
  • Angulo 45+1'
 Report
Referee: Carlos Orbe
LDU Quito1–0Emelec
 Report
Referee: Luis Quiroz

LDU Quito won 2–1 on aggregate.

 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
2018 Serie A champions 
LDU Quito
11th title

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito (C) 44 23 14 7 64 37 +27 83 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Barcelona 44 22 14 8 69 42 +27 80 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
3 Emelec 44 23 9 12 69 44 +25 78 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
4 Delfín 44 19 12 13 69 56 +13 69 Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
5 Universidad Católica 44 19 8 17 69 60 +9 65 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 Macará 44 17 14 13 56 53 +3 65
7 Independiente del Valle 44 18 10 16 61 51 +10 64
8 Aucas 44 16 14 14 50 43 +7 62 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana playoff
9 Deportivo Cuenca 44 11 12 21 44 64 −20 45
10 Técnico Universitario 44 11 9 24 48 77 −29 42
11 El Nacional 44 9 12 23 53 82 −29 39
12 Guayaquil City 44 6 12 26 34 77 −43 30
Source: FEF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Head-to-head record, 7) Penalty shootout.
If a penalty shootout is not possible: 7) Drawing of lots or playoff game.
(C) Champions

Copa Sudamericana playoff

The Copa Sudamericana playoff was played between:

The winners qualified for the 2019 Copa Sudamericana first stage.

Mushuc Runa1–0Aucas
  • Fábio Renato 88'
 Report
Referee: Marlon Vera
Aucas2–2Mushuc Runa
 Report
  • Estupiñán 42'
  • Rivas 70'
Referee: Vinicio Espinel

Mushuc Runa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Ecuador Jhon Cifuente Universidad Católica 37
2 Ecuador Brayan Angulo Emelec 29
3 Ecuador Edson Montaño Aucas 25
4 Ecuador Carlos Garcés Delfín 19
5 Argentina Juan Manuel Tévez Macará 18
6 Ecuador Juan Anangonó LDU Quito 16
Ecuador Luis Chicaiza Delfín
Argentina Juan Dinenno Barcelona
9 Ecuador Diego Armas Técnico Universitario 13
10 Ecuador Anderson Julio LDU Quito 12

Source: FEF

References
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  2. "Liga de Quito derrotó 1-0 a Emelec y es el campéon del Ecuador 2018". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). 16 December 2018.
  3. "El DT Gabriel Schürrer se irá de Cuenca, pero seguirá en el fútbol de Ecuador". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. "Deportivo Cuenca oficializa al técnico Anibal Biggeri". estadio.ec (in Spanish). 9 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. "Alexis Mendoza se despedirá mañana de Independiente del Valle". eltelegrafo.com.ec (in Spanish). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. "Gabriel Schürrer, nuevo estratega de Independiente del Valle". eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  7. "Guillermo Sanguinetti no va más como DT de Delfín". eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 16 April 2018.
  8. "Deportivo Cuenca busca nuevo DT tras la salida de Aníbal Biggeri". eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 17 April 2018.
  9. "Juan Ramón Silva dirige hoy su último partido en D. Cuenca". eltelegrafo.com.ec (in Spanish). 27 April 2018.
  10. "Guillermo Sanguinetti es el nuevo director técnico de Deportivo Cuenca". metroecuador.com.ec (in Spanish). 24 April 2018.
  11. "Alfredo Arias confirmó que dirigirá un partido más con Emelec". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  12. "Javier Klimowicz dirigirá el primer plantel los dos próximos partidos". emelec.com.ec (in Spanish). 22 May 2018.
  13. "Mariano Soso, nuevo técnico de Emelec". estadio.com (in Spanish). 22 May 2018.
  14. "Dep. Cuenca confirmó la salida del técnico Sanguinetti; irá a Colombia". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). 11 June 2018.
  15. "El venezolano Richard Páez es el nuevo técnico del Deportivo Cuenca". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2018.
  16. "Independiente del Valle se queda sin técnico, a dos días de medir a Barcelona". eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  17. "Ismael Rescalvo, flamante DT de Independiente del Valle". eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  18. "Patricio Hurtado dejó de ser entrenador de Técnico Universitario". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2018.
  19. "Fabián Frías asume el banquillo de Técnico Universitario". eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  20. "Luis Soler no es más DT del Aucas". eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 30 August 2018.
  21. "Darío Tempesta asume la dirección técnica del Aucas". ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). 2 September 2018.
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