2016 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Banco del Pacífico Serie A
Season	2016
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The 2016 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (officially known as the Copa Banco del Pacífico Serie A for sponsorship reasons) is the 59th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league.

Teams

Twelve teams are competing in the 2016 Serie A season, ten of whom remain from the previous season. LDU Loja and Deportivo Quito were relegated from the Serie A after accumulating the least amount of points during the 2015 season. They were replaced by Delfín and Fuerza Amarilla, the 2015 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Delfín is making their 11th top-flight appearance and their first return to the Serie A since 2001, while Fuerza Amarilla is participating in their first top-flight appearance.

Stadia and locations

Independiente del Valle

Locations of the 2016 Serie A teams.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Aucas	Quito	Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda	18,799
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
Fuerza Amarilla	Machala	9 de Mayo	16,456
Independiente del Valle	Sangolquí	Rumiñahui	7,233
LDU Quito	Quito	Casa Blanca	41,575
Mushuc Runa	Ambato	Bellavista	16,467
River Ecuador	Guayaquil	Christian Benítez Betancourt	10,152
Universidad Católica	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aucas	Osma, Armando !Armando Osma	Lotto	Cooperativa Andalucía Ltda.
Barcelona	Almada, Guillermo !Guillermo Almada	Marathon	Pilsener
Delfín	Zambrano, Octavio !Octavio Zambrano	Boman	Frescodegfer
Deportivo Cuenca	Cosenza, Gabriel !Gabriel Cosenza	Bow Sport	Chubb Seguros
El Nacional	Favaro, Eduardo !Eduardo Favaro	Lotto	Pilsener
Emelec	Arias, Alfredo !Alfredo Arias	Adidas	Pilsener
Fuerza Amarilla	Gracia, Ángel !Ángel Gracia	Boman	Oroporto S.A.
Independiente del Valle	Mendoza, Alexis !Alexis Mendoza	Marathon	Chevrolet
LDU Quito	Aguinaga, Álex !Álex Aguinaga	Umbro	Chevrolet
Mushuc Runa	Andrada, Víctor !Víctor Hugo Andrada	Aurik	Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Mushuc Runa
River Ecuador	Trobbiani, Pablo !Pablo Trobbiani	Astro	Comandato
Universidad Católica	Célico, Jorge !Jorge Célico	New Balance	Banco Pichincha

First stage

The First Stage began on February 5 and ended on July 24.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	22	15	2	5	51	19	+32	47	Third Stage and 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Emelec	22	13	4	5	37	23	+14	43
3	El Nacional	22	10	6	6	32	28	+4	36
4	Deportivo Cuenca	22	9	7	6	29	25	+4	34
5	Independiente del Valle	22	10	4	8	28	28	0	34
6	LDU Quito	22	8	7	7	20	23	−3	31
7	Universidad Católica	22	6	10	6	27	27	0	28
8	River Ecuador	22	8	3	11	29	35	−6	27
9	Fuerza Amarilla	22	6	6	10	22	28	−6	24
10	Delfín	22	5	8	9	23	30	−7	23
11	Aucas	22	4	7	11	21	34	−13	19
12	Mushuc Runa	22	3	6	13	19	38	−19	15

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AUC	BAR	DEL	CUE	NAC	EME	FAM	IND	LDQ	MUS	RIV	CAT
Aucas		0–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–3
Barcelona	3–0		2–1	2–2	3–0	5–0	2–1	3–2	5–0	3–1	2–0	6–1
Delfín	0–0	0–2		2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0
Deportivo Cuenca	2–2	1–2	1–1		0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
El Nacional	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–3		3–1	1–0	5–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2
Emelec	4–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1		2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–3	2–2
Fuerza Amarilla	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2		2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–2
Independiente del Valle	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–1		1–1	2–1	3–0	1–4
LDU Quito	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	1–1
Mushuc Runa	1–4	1–1	5–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–3	2–2		0–1	2–1
River Ecuador	3–0	0–3	1–2	1–3	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1		1–0
Universidad Católica	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0

Updated to games played on July 24, 2016.
Source: ^[1]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

The First Stage began on July 31 and ended on December 10.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	20	15	3	2	35	11	+24	48	Third Stage and 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Emelec	20	14	2	4	40	20	+20	44
3	LDU Quito	20	8	6	6	20	23	−3	30
4	Universidad Católica	20	8	5	7	26	30	−4	29
5	Deportivo Cuenca	20	7	4	9	29	33	−4	25
6	El Nacional	20	6	7	7	25	29	−4	25
7	Mushuc Runa	20	7	4	9	26	31	−5	25
8	Independiente del Valle	20	7	3	10	22	23	−1	24
9	Fuerza Amarilla	20	6	6	8	24	30	−6	24
10	Aucas	20	4	8	8	22	24	−2	20
11	River Ecuador	20	6	2	12	18	27	−9	20
12	Delfín	20	5	4	11	23	29	−6	19

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AUC	BAR	DEL	CUE	NAC	EME	FAM	IND	LDQ	MUS	RIV	CAT
Aucas		1–2	1–1		0–0	1–3	5–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0
Barcelona			3–0	5–0	1–0	1–2	5–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1
Delfín	1–1	0–1		2–2	5–0		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1
Deportivo Cuenca	1–1	0–1	3–1			2–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–1
El Nacional	2–2	0–1	5–2	2–3		1–2	0–0	2–1		2–1	2–1	1–2
Emelec	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2		3–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	5–0
Fuerza Amarilla	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	0–2			2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0
Independiente del Valle	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	0–0		1–1	1–0		5–0
LDU Quito	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1			1–0	2–2
Mushuc Runa	2–0		1–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	3–0		0–2	1–1
River Ecuador	1–0	0–1		2–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–0		3–0
Universidad Católica	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0		3–1	0–1	6–1	2–1

Updated to games played on November 27, 2016.
Source: ^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	42	30	5	7	86	30	+56	95	Copa Libertadores second stage
2	Emelec	42	27	6	9	77	43	+34	87	Copa Libertadores second stage
3	El Nacional	42	16	13	13	57	57	0	61	Copa Libertadores first stage
4	LDU Quito	42	16	13	13	40	46	−6	61	Copa Sudamericana first stage
5	Deportivo Cuenca	42	16	11	15	58	58	0	59
6	Independiente del Valle	42	17	7	18	50	51	−1	58
7	Universidad Católica	42	14	15	13	53	57	−4	57
8	Fuerza Amarilla	42	12	12	18	46	58	−12	48
9	River Ecuador	42	14	5	23	47	62	−15	47
10	Delfín	42	10	12	20	46	59	−13	42
11	Mushuc Runa	42	10	10	22	45	69	−24	40	Serie B
12	Aucas	42	8	15	19	43	58	−15	39	Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2016. Source: Ecuafutbol

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Barreiro, MaximilianoMaximiliano Barreiro	ARG	Delfín	23
2	Guanca, CristianCristian Guanca	ARG	Emelec	20
2	Quintero, Carlos LuisCarlos Luis Quintero	ECU	Mushuc Runa	20
4	Álvez, JonathanJonathan Álvez	URU	Barcelona	19
4	Becerra, RaúlRaúl Becerra	ARG	Deportivo Cuenca	19
6	Estrada, MichaelMichael Estrada	ECU	El Nacional	17
7	Mena, ÁngelÁngel Mena	ECU	Emelec	16

References

↑ "Partidos y Resultados" (in Spanish). ecuafutbol.org.
↑ "Partidos y Resultados" (in Spanish). ecuafutbol.org.

External links

Official website (Spanish)

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A

2016 teams	Aucas Barcelona Delfín Deportivo Cuenca El Nacional Emelec Fuerza Amarilla Independiente del Valle LDU Quito Mushuc Runa River Plate Ecuador Universidad Católica

Former teams	9 de Octubre América de Ambato América de Manta América de Quito Atlético Riobamba Audaz Octubrino Bonita Banana Brasil Calvi Deportivo Azogues Deportivo Cotopaxi Deportivo Quevedo Deportivo Quito Esmeraldas Petrolero España Español ESPOLI Estibadores Navales Everest Filanbanco Green Cross Guayaquil Sport Imbabura INECEL Juvenil Juventud Italiana Juventus LDU Cuenca LDU Loja LDU Portoviejo Macará Manta FC Manta SC Norte América Olmedo Panamá Patria Politécnico River Plate de Manta River Plate de Riobamba Santos Técnico Universitario UD Valdez Valdez SC

Seasons	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

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Domestic leagues	Argentina (2016, 2016–17) Bolivia (2015–16, 2016–17) Brazil Chile (2015–16, 2016–17) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2015–16, 2016) Venezuela

Domestic cups	Argentina (2015–16, 2016–17) Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, final stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship Copa Libertadores Femenina

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