2022 Ecuadorian Serie A

The 2022 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, known as the LigaPro Betcris 2022 for sponsoring purposes,^[1] was the 64th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the fourth under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season began on 18 February and ended on 13 November 2022.^[2]

LigaPro Serie A

Season	2022
Dates	18 February – 13 November 2022
Champions	Aucas (1st title)
Relegated	Macará 9 de Octubre
Copa Libertadores	Aucas Barcelona Universidad Católica Independiente del Valle (via Copa Sudamericana)
Copa Sudamericana	LDU Quito Emelec Deportivo Cuenca Delfín
Matches played	242
Goals scored	587 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Francisco Fydriszewski (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Aucas 5–0 Ind. del Valle (23 July)
Biggest away win	Macará 0–5 LDU Quito (22 October)
Highest scoring	LDU Quito 4–4 Aucas (19 March) Barcelona 5–3 Macará (10 September)
← 2021 2023 →

Aucas won their first Serie A title in this season, defeating Barcelona in the finals by a 1–0 aggregate score.^[3] Independiente del Valle were the defending champions.

Teams

16 teams competed in the season. Manta and Olmedo were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season, being replaced by the 2021 Serie B champions Cumbayá and runners-up Gualaceo. Cumbayá clinched promotion to the top flight with three matches in hand after a 2–1 win over Independiente Juniors on 23 September 2021,^[4] whilst Gualaceo ensured promotion on 13 October 2021, with a 2–1 victory against Atlético Santo Domingo and a draw for El Nacional against Independiente Juniors.^[5] Both promoted teams took part in Serie A for the first time ever.

Stadia and locations

Ambato

Delfín

Deportivo Cuenca

Gualaceo

Guayaquil

Independiente del Valle

Orense

Quito

Quito teams:
Aucas
Cumbayá
LDU Quito
Universidad Católica
Ambato teams:
Macará
Mushuc Runa
Técnico Universitario
Guayaquil teams:
9 de Octubre
Barcelona
Emelec
Guayaquil City

Locations of the 2022 Serie A clubs.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
9 de Octubre	Guayaquil	Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera	42,000
Aucas	Quito	Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda	21,689
Barcelona	Guayaquil	Monumental Banco Pichincha	57,267
Cumbayá	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258
Delfín	Manta	Jocay	17,834
Deportivo Cuenca	Cuenca	Banco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar	18,549
Emelec	Guayaquil	George Capwell	40,020
Gualaceo	Azogues	Jorge Andrade Cantos	14,000
Guayaquil City	Guayaquil	Christian Benítez Betancourt	10,152
Independiente del Valle	Quito	Banco Guayaquil	12,000
LDU Quito	Quito	Rodrigo Paz Delgado	41,575
Macará	Ambato	Bellavista Universidad Indoamérica	16,467
Mushuc Runa	Ambato	COAC Mushuc Runa	8,200
Orense	Machala	9 de Mayo	16,456
Técnico Universitario	Ambato	Bellavista Universidad Indoamérica	16,467
Universidad Católica	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
9 de Octubre	David Dóniga	Jasa Evolution	Bridgestone
Aucas	César Farías	Umbro	BET593
Barcelona	Fabián Bustos	Marathon	Pilsener
Cumbayá	Patricio Hurtado	Lotto	Geinco
Delfín	Guillermo Duró	Baldo's	La Esquina de Ales
Deportivo Cuenca	Gabriel Schürrer	Lotto	BET593 Banco del Austro Chubb Seguros
Emelec	Ismael Rescalvo	Adidas	BET593
Gualaceo	Leonardo Vanegas	Boman	Banco del Austro Municipalidad de Gualaceo
Guayaquil City	Pool Gavilánez	Astro	Betcris
Independiente del Valle	Martín Anselmi	Marathon	Chery Banco Guayaquil
LDU Quito	Luis Zubeldía	Puma	Banco Pichincha
Macará	Marcelo Fleitas	Boman	BET593
Mushuc Runa	Geovanny Cumbicus	Boman	Cooperativa Mushuc Runa
Orense	Juan Carlos León	Elohim	Banco de Machala IncarPalm
Técnico Universitario	Juan Pablo Buch (caretaker)	Boman	Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Universidad Católica	Miguel Rondelli	Umbro	Banco Pichincha Fundación Crisfe

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
First stage
Cumbayá	Raúl Duarte	Sacked	13 October 2021[6]	Pre-season	Luis Espinel	19 October 2021[7]
Delfín	Horacio Montemurro	Mutual agreement	30 November 2021[8]		Guillermo Sanguinetti	7 December 2021[9]
Deportivo Cuenca	Guillermo Sanguinetti	Signed by Delfín	7 December 2021[9]		Gabriel Schürrer	17 December 2021[10]
Barcelona	Fabián Bustos	Signed by Santos	26 February 2022[11]	1st	Jorge Célico[i]	26 February 2022[13]
LDU Quito	Pablo Marini	Resigned	5 April 2022[14]	4th	Édison Méndez[ii]	6 April 2022[15]
Aucas	Héctor Bidoglio	Mutual agreement	17 April 2022[16]	9th	Nelson Videla[ii]	18 April 2022[17]
	Nelson Videla	End of caretaker spell	25 April 2022	8th	César Farías	25 April 2022[18]
LDU Quito	Édison Méndez		28 April 2022[19]	2nd	Luis Zubeldía	22 April 2022[19]
Técnico Universitario	José Eugenio Hernández	Mutual agreement	9 May 2022[20]	15th	Juan Urquiza	9 May 2022[21]
Cumbayá	Luis Espinel		11 May 2022[22]	13th	Gerardo Sanmartín[ii]	12 May 2022
	Gerardo Sanmartín	End of caretaker spell	20 May 2022	13th	Carlos Calderón	20 May 2022[23]
Second stage
Independiente del Valle	Renato Paiva	Signed by León	29 May 2022[24]	Pre-tournament	Martín Anselmi	30 May 2022[25]
Técnico Universitario	Juan Urquiza	Sacked	6 June 2022[26]		Iván Vázquez	6 June 2022[26]
Macará	Paúl Vélez		1 August 2022[27]	14th	Marcelo Fleitas	1 August 2022[27]
9 de Octubre	Juan Carlos León		2 August 2022[28]	10th	Silvano Estacio[iii]	2 August 2022[28]
Técnico Universitario	Iván Vázquez		9 August 2022[30]	16th	Juan Pablo Buch[ii]	9 August 2022[31]
Orense	Andrés García	Resigned	12 August 2022[32]	11th	Juan Carlos León	13 August 2022[33]
Delfín	Guillermo Sanguinetti		30 August 2022[34]	12th	Guillermo Duró	31 August 2022[35]
9 de Octubre	Silvano Estacio	Replaced	31 August 2022[36]	15th	David Dóniga	31 August 2022[36]
Barcelona	Jorge Célico	Mutual agreement	4 September 2022[37]	6th	Fabián Bustos	5 September 2022[38]
Cumbayá	Carlos Calderón	Sacked	6 September 2022[39]	13th	Patricio Hurtado	9 September 2022[40]

Notes

1. Segundo Castillo was the caretaker manager for the second leg of the 2022 Copa Libertadores second stage.^[12]
2. Caretaker manager.
3. Originally as caretaker manager, appointed on a permanent basis on 19 August 2022.^[29]

First stage

The first stage began on 18 February and ended on 29 May 2022.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	15	9	3	3	24	11	+13	30	Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Universidad Católica	15	9	2	4	31	17	+14	29
3	LDU Quito	15	9	2	4	26	22	+4	29
4	Independiente del Valle	15	8	3	4	16	12	+4	27
5	Aucas	15	7	5	3	23	17	+6	26
6	Emelec	15	6	5	4	23	15	+8	23
7	Delfín	15	6	4	5	16	18	−2	22
8	Deportivo Cuenca	15	5	6	4	12	14	−2	21
9	Gualaceo	15	6	2	7	18	23	−5	20
10	Mushuc Runa	15	5	4	6	19	21	−2	19
11	Guayaquil City	15	4	6	5	22	20	+2	18
12	Orense	15	4	6	5	14	13	+1	18
13	Macará	15	3	4	8	12	19	−7	13
14	Cumbayá	15	3	4	8	12	23	−11	13
15	Técnico Universitario	15	2	4	9	12	24	−12	10
16	9 de Octubre	15	1	6	8	15	26	−11	9

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.

Results

Home \ Away	9OC	AUC	BSC	CUM	DEL	CUE	EME	GUA	GCY	IDV	LDQ	MAC	MUS	ORE	TEC	CAT
9 de Octubre	—	—	1–3	—	0–1	—	—	1–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	—	—	0–4
Aucas	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	3–2
Barcelona	—	—	—	4–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	1–0	—
Cumbayá	3–2	—	—	—	—	0–1	1–1	—	—	0–1	0–2	—	—	1–1	2–0	—
Delfín	—	—	0–1	1–1	—	0–0	—	1–0	—	0–1	—	1–0	—	2–1	—	—
Deportivo Cuenca	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	2–1	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	1–0	0–2
Emelec	2–1	1–0	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	2–2	—	2–0	4–0	4–0	—	—	0–1
Gualaceo	—	1–4	—	0–1	—	—	2–1	—	2–1	1–3	—	2–1	3–2	2–1	—	—
Guayaquil City	—	4–0	1–4	4–1	1–1	3–0[a]	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	0–1	—
Independiente del Valle	—	1–0	—	—	—	2–0	0–1	—	0–0	—	1–0	—	0–1	1–1	—	—
LDU Quito	2–0	4–4	2–0	—	3–2	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	3–2	3–2	—	—	2–1
Macará	—	—	0–1	0–0	—	0–1	—	—	2–0	0–1	—	—	—	1–0	3–1	—
Mushuc Runa	—	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–0	—	—	2–0	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	1–2
Orense	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	0–1	—	3–0	—	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
Técnico Universitario	2–1	0–1	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	—	2–3	1–2	—	1–3	—	—	—
Universidad Católica	—	—	1–2	1–0	4–2	—	—	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–2	—	—	4–1	—

Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Match ended after 30 minutes of play and awarded to Guayaquil City by walkover due to the withdrawal of Deportivo Cuenca player Jhon Mero by injury, leaving the team below the minimum number of players required per tournament regulations (seven). The score at the time of suspension was 2–0.^[41]

Second stage

The second stage began on 8 July and ended on 23 October 2022.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aucas	15	9	6	0	28	9	+19	33	Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Independiente del Valle	15	9	2	4	20	16	+4	29
3	Universidad Católica	15	8	3	4	22	12	+10	27
4	LDU Quito	15	7	5	3	23	17	+6	26
5	Emelec	15	7	4	4	22	15	+7	25
6	Deportivo Cuenca	15	6	4	5	18	16	+2	22
7	Técnico Universitario	15	6	4	5	20	20	0	22
8	Barcelona	15	5	6	4	24	19	+5	21
9	Delfín	15	5	4	6	17	19	−2	19
10	Orense	15	4	6	5	16	17	−1	18
11	Cumbayá	15	4	6	5	15	16	−1	18
12	Guayaquil City	15	4	5	6	15	17	−2	17
13	Gualaceo	15	4	2	9	10	23	−13	14
14	Mushuc Runa	15	2	6	7	12	22	−10	12
15	Macará	15	2	5	8	17	28	−11	11
16	9 de Octubre	15	2	4	9	12	25	−13	10

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.

Results

Home \ Away	9OC	AUC	BSC	CUM	DEL	CUE	EME	GUA	GCY	IDV	LDQ	MAC	MUS	ORE	TEC	CAT
9 de Octubre	—	1–2	—	0–1	—	1–0	0–3	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	0–0	2–0	—
Aucas	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	5–2	—
Barcelona	2–2	0–2	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	5–3	4–1	—	—	0–0
Cumbayá	—	0–0	1–1	—	2–1	—	—	1–2	3–0	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	0–0
Delfín	3–1	0–0	—	—	—	—	0–3	—	1–3	—	3–0	—	0–0	—	0–0	2–1
Deportivo Cuenca	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	—	—	—	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	3–1	—	—	—
Emelec	—	—	1–3	1–0	—	3–1	—	2–1	—	2–3	—	—	—	0–0	3–1	—
Gualaceo	1–0	—	2–1	—	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	0–3	0–1
Guayaquil City	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–0	—	0–1	—	0–0	4–1	1–1	—	2–0
Independiente del Valle	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	0–1	1–2
LDU Quito	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	—	2–0	2–2	—	—	—	1–2	2–0	—
Macará	3–1	1–1	—	—	1–2	—	1–3	1–1	—	—	0–5	—	3–0	—	—	1–3
Mushuc Runa	3–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–2	—	—	1–1	0–0	—
Orense	—	—	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	—	4–1	—	1–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	—
Técnico Universitario	—	—	0–2	3–3	—	1–0	—	—	3–1	—	—	3–1	—	2–0	—	1–1
Universidad Católica	3–0	1–2	—	—	—	0–2	2–0	—	—	—	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	—	—

Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

The finals (Third stage) were played by Barcelona (first stage winners) and Aucas (second stage winners). The winners of the double-legged series were crowned as Serie A champions and earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2023 Copa Libertadores, and the losers were the Serie A runners-up and earned the Ecuador 2 berth in the Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, Aucas played the second leg at home.

6 November 2022 (2022-11-06)

16:00 UTC−5

Barcelona	0–1	Aucas
	Report	Vega 65'

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Referee: Augusto Aragón

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13 November 2022 (2022-11-13)

18:00 UTC−5

Aucas	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda, Quito

Referee: Luis Quiroz

Aucas won 1–0 on aggregate.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aucas (C)	30	16	11	3	51	26	+25	59	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Universidad Católica	30	17	5	8	53	29	+24	56	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
3	Independiente del Valle	30	17	5	8	36	28	+8	56	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[a]
4	LDU Quito	30	16	7	7	49	39	+10	55	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
5	Barcelona	30	14	9	7	48	30	+18	51	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
6	Emelec	30	13	9	8	45	30	+15	48	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
7	Deportivo Cuenca	30	11	10	9	30	30	0	43
8	Delfín	30	11	8	11	33	37	−4	41
9	Orense	30	8	12	10	30	30	0	36
10	Guayaquil City	30	8	11	11	37	37	0	35
11	Gualaceo	30	10	4	16	28	46	−18	34
12	Técnico Universitario	30	8	8	14	32	44	−12	32
13	Mushuc Runa	30	7	10	13	31	43	−12	31
14	Cumbayá	30	7	10	13	27	39	−12	31
15	Macará (R)	30	5	9	16	29	47	−18	24	Relegation to Serie B
16	9 de Octubre (R)	30	3	10	17	27	51	−24	19

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

1. Independiente del Valle qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2022 Copa Sudamericana.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Francisco Fydriszewski	Aucas	15
2	Tomás Molina	LDU Quito	14
3	Ismael Díaz	Universidad Católica	13
4	Gabriel Cortez	Barcelona / 9 de Octubre	12
5	Jhon Cifuente	Delfín / Barcelona	11
	Santiago Giordana	Mushuc Runa
7	Alexander Alvarado	LDU Quito	10
	Leonardo Villagra	Orense
	Joaquín Vergés	Gualaceo / 9 de Octubre
10	Lucas Mancinelli	Deportivo Cuenca	9
	Cristian Martínez Borja	Universidad Católica
	Sebastián Rodríguez	Emelec

Source: Ecuagol

See also

• 2022 Copa Ecuador
• 2022 Ecuadorian Serie B
• 2022 Segunda Categoría