2024 Ecuadorian Serie A

The 2024 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, officially known as the LigaPro Ecuabet 2024 for sponsoring purposes,^[1] was the 66th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the sixth under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season was originally scheduled to begin on 16 February 2024,^[2] but it was postponed for two weeks to 1 March due to the security conditions derived from the 2024 Ecuadorian conflict,^[3] and ended on 14 December 2024. The fixtures for the season were announced on 23 January 2024.^[4]

LigaPro Serie A

Season	2024
Dates	1 March – 14 December 2024
Champions	LDU Quito (13th title)
Relegated	Imbabura Cumbayá
Copa Libertadores	LDU Quito Independiente del Valle Barcelona El Nacional (via Copa Ecuador)
Copa Sudamericana	Universidad Católica Aucas Mushuc Runa Orense
Matches played	242
Goals scored	628 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Álex Arce (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 8–1 Cumbayá (10 November) Ind. del Valle 7–0 Macará (24 November)
Biggest away win	Imbabura 0–6 T. Universitario (28 October)
Highest scoring	Delfín 6–4 Cumbayá (30 November)
← 2023 2025 →

The defending champions LDU Quito won their thirteenth league title in this season, defeating Independiente del Valle in the finals by a 3–1 aggregate score.^[5]

Teams

16 teams competed in the season. Gualaceo and Guayaquil City were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season, being replaced by the 2023 Serie B champions Macará and runners-up Imbabura. Macará clinched promotion to the top flight with five matches to go after defeating Vargas Torres 2–0 on 21 September 2023, making an immediate return to top flight,^[6] whilst Imbabura ensured promotion in the last round played on 26 October, with a 4–0 victory over Macará, returning to the top flight after a 12-year absence.^[7]

Stadia and locations

Aucas

Barcelona

Cumbayá

Delfín

Deportivo Cuenca

El Nacional

Emelec

Imbabura

Independiente del Valle

Libertad

LDU Quito

Macará

Mushuc Runa

Orense

Técnico Universitario

Universidad Católica

Locations of the 2024 Serie A clubs.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aucas	Quito	Cooprogreso Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda	21,689
Barcelona	Guayaquil	Monumental Banco Pichincha	57,267
Cumbayá	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258
Delfín	Manta	Jocay	21,000
Deportivo Cuenca	Cuenca	Banco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar	18,549
El Nacional	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258
Emelec	Guayaquil	George Capwell Banco del Austro	40,020
Imbabura	Ibarra	Olímpico de Ibarra	18,600
Independiente del Valle	Quito	Banco Guayaquil	12,000
LDU Quito	Quito	Rodrigo Paz Delgado	41,575
Libertad	Loja	Reina del Cisne	14,935
Macará	Ambato	Bellavista Universidad Indoamérica	16,467
Mushuc Runa	Ambato	COAC Mushuc Runa	8,200
Orense	Machala	Banco de 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
Aucas	Gabriel Pereyra	Jasa Evolution	Lotería Nacional
Barcelona	Segundo Castillo	Marathon	Pilsener
Cumbayá	Diego Chamorro	Lotto	Marsbet
Delfín	Javier Carvajal	Baldo's	La Esquina de Ales
Deportivo Cuenca	Norberto Araujo	Lotto	Ecuabet, Banco del Austro, Chubb Seguros
El Nacional	Marcelo Zuleta	Lotto	ANDEC, Banco General Rumiñahui, Gana Play
Emelec	Leonel Álvarez	Adidas	Ecuabet
Imbabura	Josué Salazar	Ortiz Design	Fábrica de Medias Gardenia
Independiente del Valle	Javier Gandolfi	Marathon	Ecuabet, Banco Guayaquil, Toyota
LDU Quito	Pablo Sánchez	Puma	Banco Pichincha
Libertad	Juan Carlos León	Jasa Evolution	Banco de Loja, Grand Aviation
Macará	Alex Pallarés	Boman	Universidad Indoamérica, GanaPlay
Mushuc Runa	Ever Almeida	Boman	Cooperativa Mushuc Runa
Orense	Santiago Escobar	Elohim	Banco de Machala, IncarPalm
Técnico Universitario	Paúl Vélez	Vaz Sport	Cooperativa San Francisco Ltda.
Universidad Católica	Jorge Célico	Umbro	Banco Pichincha

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
First stage
Macará	Boris Fiallos	Mutual agreement	30 October 2023[8]	Pre-season	Alex Pallarés	21 November 2023[9]
Cumbayá	Leonardo Vanegas	End of contract	2 December 2023		Norberto Araujo	27 December 2023[10]
Orense	Juan Carlos León		3 December 2023[11]		Nicolás Chietino	18 December 2023[12]
Universidad Católica	Igor Oca		5 December 2023[13]		Jorge Célico	5 December 2023[14]
Deportivo Cuenca	Carlos Ischia		5 December 2023[15]		Luis García	22 December 2023[16]
Independiente del Valle	Martín Anselmi	Resigned	17 December 2023[17]		Javier Gandolfi	20 December 2023[18]
Aucas	Santiago Escobar	Mutual agreement	19 December 2023[19]		Gerardo Espinoza	26 December 2023[20]
LDU Quito	Luis Zubeldía	End of contract	4 January 2024[21]		Josep Alcácer	8 January 2024[22]
Técnico Universitario	Juan Pablo Buch	Mutual agreement	19 March 2024[23]	11th	Dayron Montesino[i]	19 March 2024[23]
	Dayron Montesino	End of caretaker spell	31 March 2024	12th	Paúl Vélez	31 March 2024[24]
Deportivo Cuenca	Luis García	Mutual agreement	7 April 2024[25]	14th	Jerson Stacio[i]	7 April 2024
Libertad	Geovanny Cumbicus	Sacked	19 April 2024[26]	16th	Juan Carlos León	19 April 2024[27]
Barcelona	Diego López		19 April 2024[28]	6th	Ariel Holan[ii]	22 April 2024[30]
El Nacional	Ever Almeida		19 April 2024[31]	9th	Marcelo Zuleta	22 April 2024[32]
Deportivo Cuenca	Jerson Stacio	End of caretaker spell	22 April 2024	15th	Igor Oca	22 April 2024[33]
Mushuc Runa	Renato Salas	Sacked	27 April 2024[34]	11th	Ever Almeida	28 April 2024[35]
Orense	Nicolás Chietino	Mutual agreement	5 May 2024[36]		Santiago Escobar	5 May 2024[37]
Delfín	Guillermo Duró	Sacked	9 May 2024[38]	15th	Juan Pablo Buch	9 May 2024[39]
LDU Quito	Josep Alcácer	Mutual agreement	23 May 2024[40]	4th	Patricio Hurtado[i]	23 May 2024[40]
Cumbayá	Norberto Araujo	Resigned	26 May 2024[41]	14th	Lucas García[i]	26 May 2024[42]
Emelec	Hernán Torres	Mutual agreement	1 June 2024[43]	5th	Leonel Álvarez	17 June 2024[44]
Second stage
Imbabura	Joe Armas	Resigned	18 June 2024[45]	Pre-tournament	Martín Wainer	8 July 2024[46]
LDU Quito	Patricio Hurtado	End of caretaker spell	19 June 2024		Pablo Sánchez	19 June 2024[47]
Aucas	Gerardo Espinoza	Resigned	1 July 2024[48]		Jorge Alfonso[i]	4 July 2024[49]
Deportivo Cuenca	Igor Oca	Mutual agreement	18 July 2024[50]		Andrés Carevic	24 July 2024[51]
Cumbayá	Lucas García	End of caretaker spell	29 July 2024		Armando Osma	29 July 2024[52]
Aucas	Jorge Alfonso		6 August 2024[53]	15th	Sebastián Blázquez	6 August 2024[53]
Imbabura	Martín Wainer	Sacked	29 August 2024[54]	12th	Galo Rodríguez[iii]	31 August 2024[56]
Deportivo Cuenca	Andrés Carevic	Mutual agreement	2 September 2024[57]	16th	Norberto Araujo	5 September 2024[58]
Aucas	Sebastián Blázquez	Sacked	11 September 2024[59]	15th	Gabriel Pereyra	11 September 2024[60]
Delfín	Juan Pablo Buch		16 September 2024[61]	10th	Javier Carvajal	19 September 2024[62]
Cumbayá	Armando Osma		27 September 2024[63]	16th	Juan Carlos Carrión[i]	27 September 2024[63]
	Juan Carlos Carrión	End of caretaker spell	4 October 2024[64]	15th	Diego Chamorro	4 October 2024[64]
Barcelona	Ariel Holan	Mutual agreement	10 October 2024[65]	9th	Segundo Castillo	10 October 2024[65]
Imbabura	Galo Rodríguez	Sacked	3 November 2024[66]	13th	Josué Salazar	3 November 2024[67]

Notes

1. Caretaker manager.
2. Germán Corengia was the caretaker manager for the 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage matchday 3 and the first stage 10th round match against Emelec.^[29]
3. Brandon Salazar was the caretaker manager for the second stage 5th round match against Cumbayá.^[55]

First stage

The first stage began on 1 March and ended on 2 June 2024.^[4]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Independiente del Valle	15	10	5	0	23	8	+15	35	Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Barcelona	15	9	4	2	24	8	+16	31
3	LDU Quito	15	9	3	3	27	17	+10	30
4	Aucas	15	8	5	2	31	18	+13	29
5	Universidad Católica	15	7	4	4	31	20	+11	25
6	Emelec	15	6	7	2	17	12	+5	25
7	El Nacional[a]	15	8	0	7	17	16	+1	21
8	Mushuc Runa	15	5	3	7	18	19	−1	18
9	Macará	15	4	6	5	11	13	−2	18
10	Deportivo Cuenca	15	3	7	5	25	24	+1	16
11	Técnico Universitario	15	4	4	7	14	21	−7	16
12	Orense	15	3	6	6	10	17	−7	15
13	Cumbayá	15	4	2	9	8	19	−11	14
14	Imbabura	15	3	4	8	17	29	−12	13
15	Delfín	15	2	3	10	8	23	−15	9
16	Libertad[b]	15	1	5	9	8	25	−17	4

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.
Notes:

1. El Nacional were deducted three points as punishment for outstanding debts.^[68]
2. Libertad were deducted four points as punishment for the involvement of two of their players in match-fixing and illegal betting during the previous season.^[69]

Results

Home \ Away	AUC	BSC	CUM	DEL	CUE	NAC	EME	IMB	IDV	LDQ	LIB	MAC	MUS	ORE	TEC	CAT
Aucas	—	—	3–0	—	—	3–4	3–1	2–2	—	—	2–0	—	—	2–0	3–1	2–2
Barcelona	1–1	—	—	—	4–0	1–0	—	2–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	0–0	3–0	—
Cumbayá	—	0–1	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	—	—	—
Delfín	2–0	1–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	0–2
Deportivo Cuenca	3–3	—	2–1	0–0	—	—	1–2	5–2	—	2–2	—	1–1	5–0	—	—	—
El Nacional	—	—	—	1–0	2–1	—	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	—	—	1–0	—	—	—
Emelec	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	—	—	2–1
Imbabura	—	—	0–0	3–0	—	—	1–2	—	0–1	—	4–2	0–1	—	—	—	2–2
Independiente del Valle	1–1	3–1	3–0	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	3–0	—	2–1	1–0	—	—
LDU Quito	1–2	—	—	2–1	—	—	2–2	5–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	1–0	2–1
Libertad	—	0–3	—	—	0–0	0–2	—	—	—	2–3	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	0–1
Macará	0–2	1–1	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	0–1	—	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	—	—
Mushuc Runa	0–2	1–0	—	5–0	—	—	—	3–0	—	0–1	2–1	—	—	—	1–2	2–1
Orense	—	—	1–0	—	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–0	—	—	2–2	—	—	—
Técnico Universitario	—	—	1–0	—	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	—	1–1	—	1–0	—	—
Universidad Católica	—	0–1	2–1	—	3–3	3–0	—	—	2–2	—	—	3–0	—	5–1	3–2	—

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

Second stage

The second stage began on 2 August and ended on 1 December 2024.^[70]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	15	11	2	2	33	14	+19	35	Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Independiente del Valle	15	9	3	3	33	14	+19	30
3	Universidad Católica	15	8	2	5	28	24	+4	26
4	Barcelona	15	7	4	4	30	21	+9	25
5	Orense	15	7	4	4	18	16	+2	25
6	Mushuc Runa	15	5	8	2	27	24	+3	23
7	Libertad	15	6	5	4	20	18	+2	23
8	Técnico Universitario	15	6	4	5	25	15	+10	22
9	Delfín	15	6	4	5	21	22	−1	22
10	El Nacional	15	5	4	6	16	20	−4	19
11	Aucas	15	4	4	7	16	22	−6	16
12	Macará	15	4	3	8	15	27	−12	15
13	Deportivo Cuenca[a]	15	4	4	7	15	21	−6	13
14	Imbabura	15	3	2	10	17	31	−14	11
15	Cumbayá	15	2	4	9	17	34	−17	10
16	Emelec[b]	15	3	3	9	12	20	−8	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.
Notes:

1. Deportivo Cuenca were deducted three points as punishment for delayed debt payments.^[71]
2. Emelec were deducted three points as punishment for delayed debt payments.^[72]

Results

Home \ Away	AUC	BSC	CUM	DEL	CUE	NAC	EME	IMB	IDV	LDQ	LIB	MAC	MUS	ORE	TEC	CAT
Aucas	—	1–1	—	2–0	1–4	—	—	—	0–2	0–1	—	3–1	1–2	—	—	—
Barcelona	—	—	8–1	4–0	—	—	2–1	—	3–2	—	0–0	2–1	2–2	—	—	1–0
Cumbayá	0–3	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	1–2	1–3	—	—	—	—	2–2	1–2	1–1
Delfín	—	—	6–4	—	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	—	3–2	—	—	4–2	—	—	—
Deportivo Cuenca	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	0–2	—	1–1	—	—	1–2	1–1	1–2
El Nacional	0–0	3–0	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4	1–3	—	0–1	2–1	0–2
Emelec	0–0	—	—	—	0–1	0–1	—	2–2	—	0–1	—	—	—	2–1	3–1	—
Imbabura	1–2	1–3	—	—	0–2	1–0	—	—	—	4–0	—	—	2–3	0–1	0–6	—
Independiente del Valle	—	—	—	1–2	—	2–0	2–1	3–1	—	—	—	7–0	—	—	1–0	5–2
LDU Quito	—	3–0	2–1	—	5–0	1–1	—	—	2–1	—	3–0	—	1–1	2–0	—	—
Libertad	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	—	—	2–1	3–1	1–1	—	—	0–1	2–2	—	—	—
Macará	—	—	1–1	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	2–0	—	0–4	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–2
Mushuc Runa	—	—	0–0	—	1–1	2–2	3–0	—	1–1	—	—	2–1	—	3–0	—	—
Orense	4–0	3–2	—	0–0	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	0–2	2–2
Técnico Universitario	2–0	2–2	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	3–0	—	2–2	—	—	2–0
Universidad Católica	3–2	—	—	2–1	—	—	2–0	2–1	—	2–4	1–2	—	5–1	—	—	—

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

Finals

The finals (Third stage) were played by Independiente del Valle (first stage winners) and LDU Quito (second stage winners). The winners of this double-legged series were crowned as Serie A champions. By having a better placement in the aggregate table, Independiente del Valle played the second leg at home.

7 December 2024 (2024-12-07)

15:30 UTC−5

LDU Quito	3–0	Independiente del Valle
Arce 45+2', 57' Villamíl 73'	Report

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Referee: Bryan Loayza

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14 December 2024 (2024-12-14)

15:30 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	1–0	LDU Quito
Zárate 90+6'	Report

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito

Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

LDU Quito won 3–1 on aggregate.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Independiente del Valle	30	19	8	3	56	22	+34	65	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	LDU Quito (C)	30	20	5	5	60	31	+29	65
3	Barcelona	30	16	8	6	54	29	+25	56	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Universidad Católica	30	15	6	9	59	44	+15	51	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
5	Aucas	30	12	9	9	47	40	+7	45
6	Mushuc Runa	30	10	11	9	45	43	+2	41
7	El Nacional[a]	30	13	4	13	33	36	−3	40	Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage[b]
8	Orense	30	10	10	10	28	33	−5	40	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
9	Técnico Universitario	30	10	8	12	39	36	+3	38
10	Emelec[c]	30	9	10	11	29	32	−3	34
11	Macará	30	8	9	13	26	40	−14	33
12	Delfín	30	8	7	15	29	45	−16	31
13	Deportivo Cuenca[d]	30	7	11	12	40	45	−5	29
14	Libertad[e]	30	7	10	13	28	43	−15	27
15	Imbabura (R)	30	6	6	18	34	60	−26	24	Relegation to Ecuadorian Serie B
16	Cumbayá (R)	30	6	6	18	25	53	−28	24

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. El Nacional were deducted three points as punishment for outstanding debts.^[68]
2. El Nacional qualified for the Copa Libertadores first stage by winning the 2024 Copa Ecuador.
3. Emelec were deducted three points as punishment for delayed debt payments.^[72]
4. Deportivo Cuenca were deducted three points as punishment for delayed debt payments.^[71]
5. Libertad were deducted four points as punishment for the involvement of two of their players in match-fixing and illegal betting during the previous season.^[69]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Álex Arce	LDU Quito	28
2	Diego Armas	Técnico Universitario	20
	Jeison Medina	Aucas / Independiente del Valle
4	Janner Corozo	Barcelona	17
5	Pablo Magnín	Deportivo Cuenca	15
6	José Fajardo	Universidad Católica	13
7	Octavio Rivero	Barcelona	11
8	Ismael Díaz	Universidad Católica	10
	Erik Mendoza	Imbabura
10	Jonathan dos Santos	Mushuc Runa	9
	Francisco Fydriszewski	Barcelona
	Miguel Parrales	Orense

Source: Futbolecuador.com

See also

• 2024 Copa Ecuador