Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A 2008

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Copa Pílsener Serie A

Season	2008
Champions	Deportivo Quito (3rd title)
Relegated	Deportivo Azogues Universidad Católica
Copa Libertadores	Deportivo Quito (Second Stage) Deportivo Cuenca (First Stage) El Nacional (First Stage)
Copa Sudamericana	Deportivo Quito (Preliminary Round)
Top goalscorer	Pablo Palacios (20)
Biggest home win	Deportivo Quito 6−0 Emelec (Sep 21)
Biggest away win	Universidad Católica 0−6 Deportivo Quito (Mar 2)
Highest scoring	ESPOLI 6−2 Emelec (Apr 26)
Total goals	519
Average goals/game	2.34
Longest winning run	7 - Deportivo Quito (May 9−Jun 29)
Longest unbeaten run	12 - Deportivo Quito (Apr 6−Jun 29)
Longest losing run	4 - Técnico Universitario (Feb 10−Feb 27) 4 - Universidad Católica (Feb 23−Mar 8) 4 - Olmedo (May 23−Jun 22)
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Campeonato Nacional de la Serie A (known as 2008 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) is the 50th season of the Ecuadorian Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The three-stage tournament ran from February 8 and December 7.

Deportivo Quito became the tournament champion on December 3 by defeating Macará 2-1 in Latacunga. It is Deportivo Quito's 3rd title, and first in 40 years.

Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Tournament 3.1 First stage 3.2 Second stage 3.2.1 Group A 3.2.2 Group B 3.3 Aggregate Table 3.4 Liguilla Final 4 Top-ten goalscorers 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Format

The format for 2008 is new, but is similar to the 2007 Serie A. The tournament is composed of three stages:

• First Stage (Spanish: Primera Etapa)

The twelve teams will compete against each other in a double round-robin format playing each opponent once at home and once away. The top-four teams at the end of the stage will qualify to the Liguilla Final. The top-three teams will also earn bonus points for the Liguilla Final (3, 2, & 1 point[s] respectively) The top-team of the stage will qualify to the last Ecuadorian spot in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.

• Second Stage (Spanish: Segunda Etapa)

The twelve teams will be divided into two groups of six, where they will play within their groups in a double round-robin tournament. The winner of the each group qualifies to the final two spots in the Liguilla Final. If a team who has already qualified for the Liguilla Final manages to qualify again by winning their group, the last spots for the Liguilla Final go to the highest positioned team in the Aggregate Table who has not already qualified. The top-team of each group will receive one bonus point for the Liguilla Final. If a team who earned bonus points from the first stage finishes last in their group, they will lose their bonus points for the Liguilla Final. At the end of this stage, the two-lowest teams on the aggregate table will be relegated to Serie B for the 2009 season.

• Liguilla Final

The Liguilla Final is a double round-robin tournament between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of this stage will be the champion of the Copa Pílsener Serie A. The champion will also qualify to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, while the runner-up and third-place finisher qualify to the First Stage (this slight change from other years is due to the fact that the defending Copa Libertadores champion is an Ecuadorian team).

[edit] Teams

The teams for this season included the top nine finishers of 2007, plus the top three finishers from the 2007 Serie B (marked with an asterisk)^[1].

Team	City	Home ground
Barcelona	Guayaquil	Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Deportivo Azogues	Azogues	Estadio Municipal Jorge Andrade Cantos
Deportivo Cuenca	Cuenca	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
Deportivo Quito	Quito	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
El Nacional	Quito	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Emelec	Guayaquil	Estadio George Capwell
ESPOLI*	Quito	Estadio La Cocha (in Latacunga)
LDU Quito	Quito	Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria
Macará	Ambato	Estadio Bellavista
Olmedo	Riobamba	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
Técnico Universitario*	Ambato	Estadio Bellavista
Universidad Católica*	Quito	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa

[edit] Tournament

[edit] First stage

The first stage of the tournament was played between February 8, 2008 and July 13, 2008.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Quito  (Q) (A)	22	13	6	3	38	17	+21	45	2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round
2	LDU Quito  (A)	22	11	5	6	36	22	+14	38
3	Deportivo Cuenca  (A)	22	10	7	5	26	16	+10	37
4	El Nacional  (A)	22	10	7	5	21	9	+12	37
5	Barcelona	22	9	8	5	34	27	+7	35
6	ESPOLI	22	9	4	9	31	29	+2	31
7	Macará	22	8	6	8	18	19	−1	30
8	Emelec	22	7	8	7	23	28	−5	29
9	Técnico Universitario	22	7	2	13	20	40	−20	23
10	Olmedo	22	3	9	10	15	27	−12	18
11	Universidad Católica	22	4	6	12	22	38	−16	18
12	Deportivo Azogues	22	3	8	11	22	31	−9	17

Updated to games played on July 13, 2008
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Home \ Away1

BAR

AZO

CUE

QUI

NAC

EME

ESP

LDQ

MAC

OLM

TEC

CAT

Barcelona

2–0

2–2

2–1

3–1

0–0

1–3

1–1

2–0

3–2

2–0

1–0

Deportivo Azogues

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

2–2

0–0

3–0

5–0

2–4

Deportivo Cuenca

2–2

1–0

0–0

1–0

4–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

Deportivo Quito

2–2

3–2

1–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

3–2

2–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

El Nacional

3–2

3–2

1–0

2–0

3–0

2–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

Emelec

1–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

3–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

ESPOLI

2–1

0–0

0–1

2–2

3–2

6–2

1–2

0–2

2–2

1–3

1–0

LDU Quito

1–0

4–0

1–0

1–0

2–2

2–0

0–1

1–1

3–1

3–1

1–1

Macará

1–0

3–0

2–1

1–3

0–0

3–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

1–0

1–2

Olmedo

2–2

1–0

0–0

0–1

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–3

0–1

0–0

1–1

Técnico Universitario

2–3

1–0

0–2

0–4

3–2

2–1

0–4

2–1

1–0

1–0

3–3

Universidad Católica

0–1

2–2

2–1

0–6

0–0

0–3

0–2

0–2

0–1

0–2

3–1

Updated to games played July 13, 2008
Source: RSSSF
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Second stage

The second stage was played between July 19, 2008, and September 27, 2008.

[edit] Group A

[edit] Group B

[edit] Aggregate Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Quito	32	18	8	6	53	27	+26	62
2	Barcelona	32	16	9	7	47	31	+16	57
3	LDU Quito	32	15	9	8	48	32	+16	54
4	El Nacional	32	14	8	10	37	32	+5	50
5	Macará	32	13	9	10	35	32	+3	48
6	Deportivo Cuenca	32	12	11	9	38	29	+9	47
7	Emelec	32	11	9	12	30	43	−13	42
8	ESPOLI	32	11	6	15	38	40	−2	39
9	Técnico Universitario	32	10	8	14	30	49	−19	38
10	Olmedo	32	8	11	13	30	36	−6	35
11	Universidad Católica  (R)	32	7	9	16	36	54	−18	30	Relegation to Serie B
12	Deportivo Azogues  (R)	32	4	9	19	29	48	−19	21

Updated to games played on September 27, 2008
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Liguilla Final

The Liguilla Final was played between October 19, 2008 and December 7, 2008. The top team qualifies directly to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage, with the runner-up and third place finisher qualifying to the Preliminary Round (LDU Quito already has a berth into the Second Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the defending tournament champion).

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Quito  (C) (Q)	10	6	2	2	12	5	+7	231	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	LDU Quito	10	5	1	4	15	14	+1	181
3	Deportivo Cuenca  (Q)	10	4	2	4	10	11	−1	151	2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	El Nacional  (Q)	10	3	5	2	10	9	+1	14
5	Barcelona	10	2	6	2	10	11	−1	131
6	Macará	10	0	4	6	12	19	−7	51

Updated to games played on December 7, 2008
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
1. Points include Bonus Points earned in the previous rounds: Deportivo Quito (3); LDU Quito (2); Barcelona, Deportivo Cuenca, & Macará (1).
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Home \ Away1	BAR	CUE	QUI	NAC	LDQ	MAC
Barcelona		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2
Deportivo Cuenca	2–0		0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Deportivo Quito	1–1	0–1		1–0	2–0	2–0
El Nacional	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–2
LDU Quito	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–1		4–3
Macará	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1

Updated to games played December 7, 2008
Source: RSSSF
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Pílsener Serie A 2008 Champion
Deportivo Quito 3rd Title

[edit] Top-ten goalscorers

P	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pablo Palacios	Barcelona	20
2	Martín Mandra	Deportivo Quito	17
3	Claudio Bieler	LDU Quito	13
4	José Herrera	Macará	11
	David Quiroz	Barcelona	11
6	Carlos Quiñónez	El Nacional	10
7	Ebelio Ordóñez	Deportivo Quito	9
	Jorge Torales	Deportivo Cuenca	9
9	Luis Saritama	Deportivo Qutio	8
10	Orlindo Ayoví	Deportivo Azogues	7
	Walter Calderón	Deportivo Quito	7
	Germán Castillo	Deportivo Cuenca	7
	Ángel Escobar	Macará	7
	Mauricio Ferradas	Deportivo Cuenca	7
	Edder Vaca	LDU Quito	7
Last Updated: December 6, 2008[2]

[edit] See also

• 2008 in Ecuadorian football
• Serie A de Ecuador
• Copa Libertadores 2008
• Copa Sudamericana 2008
• Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Ecuadorian football news

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