1972 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 1972 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, the first division of Ecuadorian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The champion was Emelec.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	14	7	4	3	33	19	+14	18	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Barcelona	14	7	3	4	24	15	+9	17	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3	Emelec	14	5	7	2	17	12	+5	17
4	Macará	14	5	4	5	24	25	−1	14
5	América de Quito	14	4	5	5	15	17	−2	13
6	LDU Quito	14	4	5	5	18	23	−5	13
7	Universidad Católica	14	5	2	7	17	18	−1	12	Relegated to the Serie B
8	Olmedo	14	2	4	8	20	39	−19	8	Relegated to the Serie B

Home \ Away	CDA	BSC	EN	CSE	LDQ	MAC	CDO	UC
América de Quito		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	0–1
Barcelona	2–1		2–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1
El Nacional	2–2	3–1		3–0	3–1	5–2	8–3	1–0
Emelec	0–0	0–0	3–1		1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0
LDU Quito	1–1	2–2	1–4	1–1		3–2	3–1	3–2
Macará	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1		4–2	3–2
Olmedo	1–3	1–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	3–3		1–0
Universidad Católica	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Emelec	14	7	6	1	28	14	+14	20	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Barcelona	14	7	3	4	26	15	+11	17
3	Deportivo Quito	14	6	5	3	23	23	0	17
4	El Nacional	14	5	4	5	14	16	−2	14
5	LDU Portoviejo	14	3	6	5	18	19	−1	12
6	América de Quito	14	4	3	7	13	18	−5	11
7	LDU Quito	14	3	5	6	18	24	−6	11	Qualified to the Relegation play-off
8	Macará	14	3	4	7	14	25	−11	10

Home \ Away	CDA	BSC	SDQ	EN	CSE	LDP	LDQ	MAC
América de Quito		1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1
Barcelona	3–1		6–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2
Deportivo Quito	1–2	1–0		2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–1
El Nacional	1–0	1–1	1–3		0–2	1–0	1–2	3–0
Emelec	3–1	2–4	2–2	0–0		0–0	2–0	7–2
LDU Portoviejo	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–3		1–1	1–0
LDU Quito	4–2	0–1	3–3	0–1	1–3	4–3		0–0
Macará	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	5	Champions
2	El Nacional	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2	4	Runners-up
3	Barcelona	4	1	1	2	6	12	−6	3

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