1974 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
| Season | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Champions | LDU Quito (2nd title) |
| Relegated |
Deportivo Quito Macará (both after the first stage) |
| Copa Libertadores |
LDU Quito El Nacional |
| Top goalscorer | Ángel Liciardi (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | América de Quito 6–0 LDU Portoviejo |
| Biggest away win | Deportivo Quito 0–4 El Nacional |
| Highest scoring | América de Quito 4–4 Emelec |
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The 1974 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 16th national championship for football teams in Ecuador. LDU Quito won their second national title.
Teams
Eight teams started the season. Two would be relegated mid-season and be replaced by two teams from the Serie B. The following eight teams started the season (home city in parentheses):
- Barcelona (Guayaquil)
- Deportivo Cuenca (Cuenca)
- Deportivo Quito (Quito)
- El Nacional (Quito)
- Emelec (Guayaquil)
- LDU Portoviejo (Portoviejo)
- Macará (Ambato)
- Universidad Católica (Quito)
First stage
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportivo Cuenca | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 19 | Qualified to the Liguilla |
| 2 | El Nacional | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 18 | |
| 3 | Emelec | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 16 | |
| 5 | LDU Portoviejo | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 13 | |
| 6 | Universidad Católica | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 11 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Quito | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 9 | Relegated to the Serie B |
| 8 | Macará | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 9 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Second stage
Two teams were promoted from the Serie B after the First Stage; there was no relegation after this stage. The new teams are (home city in parentheses):
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Nacional | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17 | Qualified to the Liguilla |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 16 | |
| 3 | Barcelona | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 15 | |
| 4 | América de Quito | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 14 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cuenca | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 13 | |
| 6 | Universidad Católica | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 13 | |
| 7 | Emelec | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 12 | |
| 8 | LDU Portoviejo | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 12 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Liguilla
The following teams qualied to for the Liguilla:
Since El Nacional accumlated the most points during the season, they advanced automatically to the finals.
| Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
| Deportivo Cuenca | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| LDU Quito | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| El Nacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| LDU Quito | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1974 Champion |
|---|
| LDU Quito 2nd Title |
References
- General
- Espinoza Añazco, Fernando (February 22, 2003). "Ecuador 1974". RSSSF. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
External links
- Official website (Spanish)