1994 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 36th season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador.^[1][2][3][4]

Serie A

Season	1994
Champions	Emelec (8th title)
Relegated	Deportivo Cuenca Valdez
Copa Libertadores	Emelec El Nacional
Copa CONMEBOL	Barcelona
Matches played	236
Goals scored	646 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manuel Uquillas (25 goals)
← 1993 1995 →

Teams

The number of teams for this season was played by 12 teams.

Club	City
Aucas	Quito
Barcelona	Guayaquil
Delfín	Manta
Deportivo Quito	Quito
El Nacional	Quito
Emelec	Guayaquil
ESPOLI	Quito
Green Cross	Manta
LDU Portoviejo	Portoviejo
LDU Quito	Quito
Universidad Católica	Quito
Valdez	Guayaquil

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ESPOLI[a]	22	12	7	3	41	26	+15	33	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	El Nacional[b]	22	12	6	4	39	24	+15	30.5
3	Emelec	22	12	4	6	37	16	+21	28
4	Deportivo Quito	22	10	6	6	40	26	+14	26
5	LDU Portoviejo	22	8	8	6	30	28	+2	24
6	Aucas	22	8	6	8	29	23	+6	22
7	Barcelona	22	7	7	8	18	24	−6	21
8	LDU Quito	22	7	6	9	36	26	+10	20
9	Green Cross	22	6	6	10	27	31	−4	18
10	Delfín	22	5	6	11	16	43	−27	16
11	Deportivo Cuenca	22	4	7	11	21	41	−20	15
12	Valdez	22	5	3	14	23	49	−26	13

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. ESPOLI were awarded 1 points.
2. El Nacional were awarded 0.5 points.

Second stage

Hexagonal 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ESPOLI	12	8	2	2	22	16	+6	18
2	Emelec	12	7	2	3	28	13	+15	16	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3	Deportivo Quito[a]	12	6	4	2	24	13	+11	16
4	LDU Quito	12	4	2	6	26	27	−1	10
5	LDU Portoviejo	12	3	4	5	14	22	−8	10
6	Delfín (O)	12	3	3	6	13	24	−11	9	Definición del Descenso

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Deportivo Quito qualified for Liguilla Final because finished higher-place on aggregate table

Hexagonal 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	12	5	5	2	12	4	+8	15	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Aucas	12	5	3	4	15	16	−1	13
3	El Nacional	12	3	5	4	19	20	−1	11
4	Deportivo Cuenca (R)	12	4	2	6	14	24	−10	10	Definición del Descenso
5	Green Cross	12	3	3	6	16	14	+2	9
6	Valdez[a] (R)	12	2	3	7	9	19	−10	6	Relegation to the Serie B

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Valdez were docked -1 points and also relegated to 1995 Ecuadorian Serie B after finished in last place on aggregate table

Definición del Descenso

30 October 1994 (1994-10-30)

Delfín	1–0	Deportivo Cuenca

6 November 1994 (1994-11-06)

Deportivo Cuenca	2–1	Delfín
Penalties
	3–4

2–2 on aggregate. Delfín SC won 3–4 on penalties. Delfín SC won Definición del Descenso, while Deportivo Cuenca who relegated to the 1995 Ecuadorian Serie B

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Emelec (C)	10	5	4	1	15	4	+11	14	1995 Copa Libertadores
2	El Nacional[a]	10	4	5	1	13	9	+4	13.5
3	Barcelona[b]	10	2	6	2	13	9	+4	11	1995 Copa CONMEBOL
4	Deportivo Quito	10	1	7	2	11	15	−4	9
5	Aucas	10	3	2	5	10	18	−8	8
6	ESPOLI[c]	10	2	2	6	11	18	−7	8

Source: RSSSF - 1994 Serie A
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. El Nacional we’re awarded 0.5 points
2. Barcelona SC we’re awarded 1 points
3. ESPOLI we’re awarded 2 points