2019 in Ecuadorian football

The 2019 season was the 61st season of competitive association football in Ecuador.

Football in Ecuador

Season	2019
Men's football
Serie A	Delfín S.C.
Serie B	2019
Copa Ecuador	L.D.U. Quito
Women's football
Superliga Serie A	C.D. Cuenca
← 2018 2020 →

National teams

Ecuador national football team

Main article: Ecuador national football team

Friendly matches

United States  v  Ecuador

21 March Friendly	United States	1–0	Ecuador	Orlando, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Zardes 81'	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 17,422 Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Honduras  v  Ecuador

26 March Friendly	Honduras	0–0	Ecuador	Harrison, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Jaime Fernando Fernández (Mexico)

Venezuela  v  Ecuador

1 June Friendly	Venezuela	1–1	Ecuador	Miami Gardens, United States
20:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Rosales 38' (pen.)	Report	E. Valencia 90+1'	Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium Attendance: 12,021 Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Mexico  v  Ecuador

9 June Friendly	Mexico	3–2	Ecuador	Arlington, United States
19:00 CST (UTC−6)	Dos Santos 28' Montes 63' L. Rodríguez 77'	Report	Mena 47' Preciado 66'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 59,000 Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Peru  v  Ecuador

5 September Friendly	Peru	0–1	Ecuador	Harrison, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)		Report	Castillo 47'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 21,428 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Ecuador  v  Bolivia

10 September Friendly	Ecuador	3–0	Bolivia	Cuenca, Ecuador
20:00 ECT (UTC–5)	Estrada 49' Sornoza 72' (pen.) Plata 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Referee: Nicolas Gallo (Colombia)

Ecuador  v  Argentina

13 October Friendly	Ecuador	1–6	Argentina	Alicante, Spain
	Mena 49'	Report	Alario 20' Espinoza 27' (o.g.) Paredes 32' (pen.) Pezzella 66' Domínguez 82' Ocampos 86'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero[1] Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)

Ecuador  v  Trinidad and Tobago

14 November Friendly	Ecuador	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Portoviejo, Ecuador
	Franco 29' E. Valencia 71' (pen.), 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Reales Tamarindos Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Ecuador  v  Colombia

19 November Friendly	Ecuador	0–1	Colombia	Harrison, United States
20:00 (UTC–5)		Report	Uribe 42'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)

2019 Copa América

Main article: 2019 Copa América

Group C

Main article: 2019 Copa América Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Japan	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2
4	Ecuador	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: CONMEBOL

Uruguay  v  Ecuador

16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)	Uruguay	4–0	Ecuador	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
19:00	Lodeiro 6' Cavani 33' Suárez 44' Mina 78' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 13,611[2] Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Ecuador  v  Chile

21 June 2019 (2019-06-21)	Ecuador	1–2	Chile	Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
20:00	E. Valencia 26' (pen.)	Report	Fuenzalida 8' Sánchez 51'	Attendance: 14,727[3] Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Ecuador  v  Japan

24 June 2019 (2019-06-24)	Ecuador	1–1	Japan	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
20:00	Mena 35'	Report	Nakajima 15'	Attendance: 7,623[4] Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Ecuador national under-20 football team

Main article: Ecuador national under-20 football team

2019 South American U-20 Championship

Main article: 2019 South American U-20 Championship

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ecuador	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9	Final stage
2	Argentina	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
3	Uruguay	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	6
4	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4
5	Peru	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	3

Source: CONMEBOL

Ecuador  v  Paraguay

18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)	Ecuador	3–0	Paraguay	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
17:10	Rezabala 9', 44' Alvarado 57' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Uruguay  v  Ecuador

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20)	Uruguay	3–1	Ecuador	Estadio La Granja, Curicó
19:30	Dávila 30', 45+3' Schiappacasse 90+3'	Report	Campana 34'	Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Argentina  v  Ecuador

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22)	Argentina	0–1	Ecuador	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
17:10		Report	Alvarado 54'	Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Peru  v  Ecuador

24 January 2019 (2019-01-24)	Peru	1–3	Ecuador	Estadio La Granja, Curicó
17:10	Mora 24'	Report	Rezabala 8' Alvarado 18' Campana 58'	Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Final stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ecuador	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup & 2019 Pan American Games
2	Argentina	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3	9
3	Uruguay	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
4	Colombia	5	1	2	2	2	2	0	5	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
5	Brazil	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5

Source: CONMEBOL

Ecuador  v  Argentina

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)	Ecuador	2–1	Argentina	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50	Campana 37' Cifuentes 73'	Report	Almada 26'	Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

Ecuador  v  Uruguay

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)	Ecuador	0–1	Uruguay	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50		Report	Batista 61' (pen.)	Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Ecuador  v  Colombia

4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)	Ecuador	1–0	Colombia	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50	Campana 90+4'	Report		Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Ecuador  v  Brazil

7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)	Ecuador	0–0	Brazil	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50		Report		Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

Venezuela  v  Ecuador

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)	Venezuela	0–3	Ecuador	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50		Report	Campana 2' (pen.), 31' Segura 90'	Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Main article: 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Japan  v  Ecuador

23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) Group B	Japan	1–1	Ecuador	Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
20:30	Yamada 68'	Report	Tagawa 45' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,018[5] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Ecuador  v  Italy

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) Group B	Ecuador	0–1	Italy	Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
18:00		Report	Pinamonti 15'	Attendance: 6,717[6] Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Ecuador  v  Mexico

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) Group B	Ecuador	1–0	Mexico	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
18:00	Plata 12'	Report		Attendance: 4,208[7] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Knockout stage

Uruguay  v  Ecuador

3 June 2019 (2019-06-03) Round of 16	Uruguay	1–3	Ecuador	Lublin Stadium, Lublin
17:30	R. Araújo 11'	Report	Alvarado 31' (pen.) Quintero 75' Plata 83' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,562[8] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

United States  v  Ecuador

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08) Quarter-finals	United States	1–2	Ecuador	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
17:30	Weah 36'	Report	Cifuentes 30' Espinoza 43'	Attendance: 6,389[9] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Ecuador  v  South Korea

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11) Semi-finals	Ecuador	0–1	South Korea	Lublin Stadium, Lublin
20:30		Report	Choi Jun 39'	Attendance: 12,614[10] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Italy  v  Ecuador

14 June 2019 (2019-06-14) 3rd place	Italy	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Ecuador	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
20:30		Report	Mina 104'	Attendance: 8,937[11] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Ecuador national under-23 football team

Main article: Ecuador national under-23 football team

2019 Pan American Games

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Panama	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2	Fifth place match
4	Ecuador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

Ecuador  v  Argentina

29 July 2019 (2019-07-29) Group A	Ecuador	2–3	Argentina	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
13:00	Rezabala 75' Naula 89'	Report	Valenzuela 33' Gaich 40', 76'	Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

Panama  v  Ecuador

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) Group A	Panama	1–1	Ecuador	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
10:00	Zúñiga 27'	Report	Campana 53'	Referee: Miguel Santibañez (Peru)

Ecuador  v  Mexico

4 August 2019 (2019-08-04) Group A	Ecuador	0–2	Mexico	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
13:00		Report	Vásquez 25' Lainez 90'+5'	Referee: Wagner Magalhães (Brazil)

Ecuador  v  Peru

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07) 7th place	Ecuador	1–1 (2–4 p)	Peru	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
10:00	Vivar 88'	Report	Minda 83' (o.g.)	Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
	Penalties
	Vallecilla Alcivar Porozo Minda		Barco Acuy Arakaki Pretell Rivera

CONMEBOL competitions

2019 CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2019 Copa Libertadores

2019 CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana

Men's football

2019 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Serie A	Mushuc Runa S.C. América de Quito Fuerza Amarilla S.C. C.D. Olmedo	No relegated clubs
Serie B	C.D. Independiente Juniors Atlético Porteño	Gualaceo S.C. C.D. Clan Juvenil
Segunda Categoría	—	—

Serie A

Main article: 2019 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Macará	30	17	11	2	47	16	+31	62	Advance to Playoffs
2	Barcelona	30	17	4	9	55	38	+17	55
3	Universidad Católica	30	16	5	9	48	29	+19	53
4	Delfín	30	15	8	7	46	33	+13	53
5	Independiente del Valle	30	15	7	8	41	29	+12	52
6	LDU Quito	30	13	10	7	46	30	+16	49
7	Aucas	30	14	7	9	48	44	+4	49
8	Emelec	30	14	4	12	43	30	+13	46
9	El Nacional[a]	30	13	6	11	41	34	+7	44
10	Deportivo Cuenca[b]	30	12	7	11	44	46	−2	42
11	Olmedo	30	9	7	14	34	44	−10	34
12	Guayaquil City	30	8	7	15	35	48	−13	31
13	Mushuc Runa	30	8	6	16	36	58	−22	30
14	Técnico Universitario	30	8	5	17	40	60	−20	29
15	América de Quito (R)	30	6	7	17	26	41	−15	25	Relegation to Serie B
16	Fuerza Amarilla[c] (R)	30	2	5	23	24	74	−50	6

Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. El Nacional were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of August.^[12]
2. Deportivo Cuenca were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.^[13]
3. Fuerza Amarilla were deducted four points for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS,^[14] and one additional point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.^[13]

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	7	Aucas	1	0	1
	2	Barcelona	0	0	0
								7	Aucas	1	0	1
								6	LDU Quito	3	0	3
	6	LDU Quito	2	2	4
	3	Universidad Católica	3	0	3
															6	LDU Quito	0	0	0 (1)
															4	Delfín	0	0	0 (2)
	5	Independiente del Valle	0	2	2
	4	Delfín (bsr)	0	2	2
								4	Delfín	2	1	3
								1	Macará	1	1	2
	8	Emelec	1	2	3
	1	Macará (bsr)	2	1	3

Serie B

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Orense S.C.	36	19	11	6	57	26	+31	68	Advance to Playoffs
2	C.D. Independiente Juniors	36	19	9	8	48	29	+19	66
3	L.D.U. Portoviejo	36	14	17	5	49	23	+26	59
4	Manta F.C.	36	16	11	9	48	31	+17	59
5	C.D.S. Santa Rita[a]	36	15	15	6	39	22	+17	59
6	Gualaceo S.C.[b]	36	13	12	11	35	17	+18	50
7	Atlético Porteño	36	10	12	14	35	36	−1	42
8	Atlético Santo Domingo	36	11	8	17	32	41	−9	41
9	L.D.U. Loja[c] (R)	36	7	8	21	32	63	−31	28	Relegation to Segunda Categoría
10	C.D. Clan Juvenil[d] (R)	36	3	3	30	12	86	−74	0

Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Santa Rita were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.
2. Gualaceo were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of September.
3. L.D.U. Loja were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of September.
4. Clan Juvenil were deducted fourteen points for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for several months. Due to financial reasons the club lost the category.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Finals
	1	Orense	2	2	4
	4	Manta	2	1	3
								1	Orense	2	2	4
								3	L.D.U. Portoviejo	1	2	3
	2	Independiente Juniors	1	0	1
	3	L.D.U. Portoviejo	2	0	2

Segunda Categoría

Final stage

Main article: 2019 Segunda Categoría

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		9OC	CHA	OTA	ESM
1	9 de Octubre	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Promoted to 2020 Ecuadorian Serie B		—	2–0	3–1
2	Chacaritas F.C.	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7			3–2	—		1–0
3	Esmeraldas F.C.	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5				1–1	—	3–0
4	Otavalo F.C.	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	1			0–2		1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Copa Ecuador

Women's football

Súperliga Femenina

Main article: 2019 Superliga Femenina (Ecuador)