2012 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Credife Serie A
Season 2012
Champions Barcelona (14th title)
Relegated Olmedo
Técnico Universitario
2013 Copa Libertadores Barcelona
Emelec
LDU Quito
2012 Copa Sudamericana Barcelona
LDU Loja
Emelec
2013 Copa Sudamericana Barcelona
Emelec
LDU Loja
Independiente José Terán
Matches played 268
Goals scored 626 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer Narciso Mina (30 goals)
Biggest home win LDU Loja 6–0 Técnico Universitario
(September 13)
Biggest away win Deportivo Quito 0–4 Macará
(December 2)
Highest scoring Olmedo 4–4 Deportivo Quito
(April 25)
Longest winning run Barcelona — 5 matches
(May 6–June 13)
Longest unbeaten run LDU Quito — 9 matches
(March 28–May 18)
LDU Loja — 9 matches
(November 3–December 15)
Longest winless run Olmedo — 12 matches
(September 19–December 2)
Longest losing run Olmedo — 6 matches
(April 29–June 13)
2011
2013

The 2012 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2012 Copa Credife Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The season began on February 3 and ended in December 2012. Deportivo Quito was the defending champion. They were succeeded by Barcelona, who won their record-breaking 14th title.

Format

On the night of December 6, 2011, the Ecuadorian Football Federation determined that the format for 2012 will the same as the previous season.[1]

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the 2012 Serie A season, ten of whom remained from the previous season. ESPOLI and Imbabura were relegated last season after accumulating the least amount of points in the 2011 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Técnico Universitario[2] and Macará,[3] the 2011 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Both teams from Ambato are making returns to the Serie A. Macará is returning after one season while Técnico Universitario is returning after two.

Team Home city Home ground Manager Captain
Barcelona Guayaquil Monumental Banco Pichincha Costas, GustavoGustavo Costas Ecuador Oyola, MatíasMatías Oyola
Deportivo Cuenca Cuenca Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Duró, GuillermoGuillermo Duró Paraguay Paniagua, MiguelMiguel Paniagua
Deportivo Quito Quito Olímpico Atahualpa Insúa, Rubén DaríoRubén Darío Insúa Ecuador Saritama, LuisLuis Saritama
El Nacional Quito Olímpico Atahualpa Ecuador Pita, MarwinMarwin Pita
Emelec Guayaquil George Capwell Quinteros, GustavoGustavo Quinteros Ecuador Quiñónez, PedroPedro Quiñónez
Independiente José Terán Sangolquí Rumiñahui Repetto, PabloPablo Repetto Ecuador Samaniego, DanielDaniel Samaniego
LDU Loja Loja Federativo Reina del Cisne Vélez, PaúlPaúl Vélez Ecuador Larrea, PedroPedro Larrea
LDU Quito Quito Casa Blanca Bauza, EdgardoEdgardo Bauza Ecuador Araujo, NorbertoNorberto Araujo
Macará Ambato Bellavista Bustos, FabiánFabián Bustos Ecuador Mora, CristianCristian Mora
Manta Manta Jocay Osma, ArmandoArmando Osma Ecuador Gómez, BolívarBolívar Gómez
Olmedo Riobamba Olímpico de Riobamba Alfaro, RoqueRoque Alfaro Ecuador Caicedo, CarlosCarlos Caicedo
Técnico Universitario Ambato Bellavista Basualdo, JoséJosé Basualdo Ecuador Gómez, ChristianChristian Gómez

    Managerial changes

    Team Outgoing manager Manner of
    departure
    Date of
    vacancy
    Replaced by Date of
    appointment
    Position
    in table
    Pre-season changes
    Técnico Universitario Paúl Vélez Sacked[M 1] November 28, 2011[4] Fabián Bustos[M 1] November 28, 2011[5] N/A
    LDU Loja Diego Ochoa[M 2] Replaced December 4, 2011 Paúl Vélez December 4, 2011[6] N/A
    Olmedo Dragan Miranovic Mutual consent December 6, 2011 Carlos Calderón December 6, 2011[7] N/A
    First Stage changes
    Olmedo Carlos Calderón Resigned February 12, 2012[8] Juan Amador Sánchez February 13, 2012 12th
    Barcelona Luis Zubeldía Resigned April 9, 2012[9] Gustavo Costas April 11, 2012 4th
    El Nacional Mario Saralegui Mutual consent April 9, 2012[10] Sixto Vizuete April 10, 2012[11] 8th
    Técnico Universitario Fabián Bustos Mutual consent April 13, 2012[12] Mario Saralegui April 14, 2012[13] 11th
    Olmedo Juan Amador Sánchez Mutual consent April 30, 2012 Óscar Pacheco June 8, 2012 12th
    Deportivo Quito Carlos Ischia Sacked May 14, 2012[14] Nelson Acosta May 24, 2012[14] 7th
    Técnico Universitario Mario Saralegui Resigned June 18, 2012 José Basualdo June 26, 2012[15] 11th
    Inter-stage changes
    Emelec Marcelo Fleitas Resigned July 8, 2012 Gustavo Quinteros July 6, 2012 N/A
    Macará Homero Valencia Mutual consent July 8, 2012 Fabián Bustos July 9, 2012 N/A
    Second Stage changes
    Deportivo Quito Nelson Acosta Resigned July 30, 2012 Rubén Darío Insúa July 31, 2012 12th
    Independiente José Terán Carlos Sevilla Resigned September 20, 2012 Pablo Repetto September 24, 2012[16] 11th
    Olmedo Óscar Pacheco Resigned October 1, 2012 Roque Alfaro October 8, 2012 6th
    Deportivo Cuenca Luis Soler Mutual consent October 4, 2012 Guillermo Duró October 26, 2012 9th
    El Nacional Sixto Vizuete Sacked November 8, 2012 Orlando Narváez[M 2] November 9, 2012 11th
    1. 1 2 The change in managers was announced in early November, but took effect at the end of the previous season.
    2. 1 2 Interim manager.

    First stage

    The First Stage (Spanish: Primera Etapa) began on February 3 and ended on July 8.

    Standings

    Pos
    Team
    Pld
    W
    D
    L
    GF
    GA
    GD
    Pts
    Qualification or relegation
    1 Barcelona 22 10 8 4 33 15 +18 38 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage,
    2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
    2 LDU Loja 22 10 8 4 25 18 +7 38 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
    3 Emelec 22 11 4 7 39 23 +16 37
    4 Independiente José Terán 22 10 7 5 29 20 +9 37
    5 Deportivo Cuenca 22 11 3 8 24 26 2 36
    6 LDU Quito 22 8 10 4 32 22 +10 34
    7 Deportivo Quito 22 8 7 7 34 23 +11 31
    8 El Nacional 22 8 5 9 24 34 10 29
    9 Manta 22 7 6 9 22 23 1 27
    10 Macará 22 5 6 11 19 33 14 21
    11 Técnico Universitario 22 4 6 12 18 32 14 18
    12 Olmedo 22 4 2 16 14 44 30 14

    Results

    Home \ Away[1] BAR CUE QUINACEMEIJTLDLLDQMACMANOLMTEC
    Barcelona 31 00 12 11 11 00 11 41 40 40 30
    Deportivo Cuenca 10 14 10 03 32 12 00 02 21 10 21
    Deportivo Quito 30 13 30 21 01 41 11 30 12 20 00
    El Nacional 02 12 21 21 12 13 11 31 11 21 00
    Emelec 01 21 22 50 11 20 30 32 02 50 21
    Independiente José Terán 02 12 00 30 21 10 22 10 02 30 41
    LDU Loja 00 10 10 00 20 00 10 22 21 21 41
    LDU Quito 22 12 00 32 20 11 22 30 20 50 21
    Macará 10 00 10 12 02 02 11 02 11 31 20
    Manta 01 00 12 11 00 30 10 01 11 31 10
    Olmedo 02 10 44 01 02 00 01 20 20 10 03
    Técnico Universitario 11 01 21 12 23 02 00 11 00 21 10

    Updated to games played on July 8, 2012.
    Source: [17]
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Second stage

    The Second Stage (Spanish: Segunda Etapa) began on July 13 and ended on December 2.

    Standings

    Pos
    Team
    Pld
    W
    D
    L
    GF
    GA
    GD
    Pts
    Qualification or relegation
    1 Barcelona 22 13 6 3 42 19 +23 45 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
    2 Emelec 22 11 4 7 28 26 +2 37
    3 LDU Quito 22 9 8 5 26 20 +6 35
    4 Independiente José Terán 22 9 4 9 22 25 3 31
    5 Técnico Universitario 22 8 7 7 27 34 7 31
    6 Manta 22 8 6 8 27 22 +5 30
    7 Macará 22 9 2 11 27 29 2 29
    8 LDU Loja 22 7 6 9 28 29 1 27
    9 Deportivo Cuenca 22 7 6 9 20 23 3 27
    10 Deportivo Quito 22 6 7 9 14 25 11 25
    11 El Nacional 22 5 8 9 24 28 4 23
    12 Olmedo 22 5 6 11 22 27 5 21

    Results

    Home \ Away[1] BAR CUE QUINACEMEIJTLDLLDQMACMANOLMTEC
    Barcelona 41 10 31 50 22 11 10 40 00 31 01
    Deportivo Cuenca 12 00 10 10 21 20 31 00 11 11 13
    Deportivo Quito 02 11 10 20 20 00 00 04 01 20 00
    El Nacional 21 11 01 30 02 01 00 21 21 11 22
    Emelec 12 10 30 21 21 31 22 30 10 10 21
    Independiente José Terán 11 10 22 11 20 20 10 03 10 10 12
    LDU Loja 01 10 01 22 22 21 12 21 12 21 60
    LDU Quito 22 02 30 31 10 10 22 12 10 00 22
    Macará 02 20 21 21 01 01 02 02 42 10 20
    Manta 11 20 41 11 02 01 11 12 10 21 40
    Olmedo 12 02 20 00 11 20 21 01 32 11 41
    Técnico Universitario 32 10 00 13 11 30 30 00 11 02 21

    Updated to games played on December 2, 2012.
    Source: [18]
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Aggregate table

    Pos
    Team
    Pld
    W
    D
    L
    GF
    GA
    GD
    Pts
    Qualification or relegation
    1 Barcelona 44 23 14 7 75 34 +41 83 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
    2 Emelec 44 22 8 14 67 49 +18 74 Second-Place Playoffs
    3 LDU Quito 44 17 18 9 58 42 +16 69
    4 Independiente José Terán 44 19 11 14 51 45 +6 68 Fourth-Place Playoffs
    5 LDU Loja 44 17 14 13 53 47 +6 65
    6 Deportivo Cuenca 44 18 9 17 44 49 5 63
    7 Manta 44 15 12 17 49 45 +4 57
    8 Deportivo Quito 44 14 14 16 48 48 0 56
    9 El Nacional 44 13 13 18 48 62 14 52
    10 Macará 44 14 8 22 46 62 16 50
    11 Técnico Universitario 44 12 13 19 45 66 21 49 Relegated to the Serie B
    12 Olmedo 44 9 8 27 36 71 35 35

    Third stage

    The Third Stage (Spanish: Tercera Etapa) began on December 9 and ended on December 16. It consisted of two playoffs.

    Fourth-place playoffs

    Independiente José Terán and LDU Loja played in the fourth-place playoff. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, Independiente José Terán will play the second leg at home.

    Having won both matches, Independiente José Terán earned the Ecuador 3 berth in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana; LDU Loja earned the Ecuador 4 berth.

    Pos
    Team
    Pld
    W
    D
    L
    GF
    GA
    GD
    Pts
    Qualification or relegation
    1 LDU Loja 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
    2 Independiente José Terán 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0

    December 15, 2012
    11:00 UTC−05:00
    Independiente José Terán 0–1 LDU Loja
    Report León  73'
    Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí
    Attendance: 422
    Referee: Miguel Hidalgo

    Second-place playoffs

    Emelec and LDU Quito played the second-place playoff. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, Emelec will play the second leg at home.

    Having won both matches, Emelec won the Ecuador 2 berth for the 2013 Copa Libertadores and the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. LDU Quito earned the Ecuador 3 berth for the 2013 Copa Libertadores.

    Pos
    Team
    Pld
    W
    D
    L
    GF
    GA
    GD
    Pts
    Qualification or relegation
    1 Emelec 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
    2 LDU Quito 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage

    December 9, 2012
    11:30 UTC−05:00
    LDU Quito 1–2 Emelec
    Vitti  45+1' Report de Jesús  31'
    Mondaini  67'
    Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito
    Attendance: 14,466
    Referee: Omar Ponce

    December 16, 2012
    17:00 UTC−05:00
    Emelec 1–0 LDU Quito
    de Jesús  78' Report
    Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil
    Attendance: 13,243
    Referee: José Luis Espinel

    Finals

    Since Barcelona won both the first stage and second stage, the finals were not played, and Barcelona were crowned champions. They earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2013 Copa Libertadores and the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana.

    Top goalscorers

    RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals
    1 Narciso Mina EcuadorianBarcelona30
    2 Claudio Bieler EcuadorianLDU Quito20
    3 Fábio Renato BrazilianLDU Loja16
    4 Marlon de Jesús EcuadorianEmelec13
    Carlos Luis Quintero EcuadorianMacará13
    Enner Valencia EcuadorianEmelec13
    7 Ariel Nahuelpan ArgentineLDU Quito11
    Daniel Samaniego EcuadorianIndependiente José Terán11
    9 Byron Cano EcuadorianDeportivo Cuenca10
    Alex Colón EcuadorianTécnico Universitario10
    Luciano Figueroa ArgentineEmelec10
    Marcos Mondaini ArgentineEmelec10

    Updated as of games played on December 16, 2012.
    Source:[19]

    Hat tricks

    Player For Against Result Date
    Ecuador Claudio BielerLDU QuitoOlmedo5–0February 12, 2012
    Ecuador Alex ColónTécnico UniversitarioOlmedo0–3February 24, 2012
    Ecuador Luis CaicedoBarcelonaOlmedo4–0March 23, 2012
    Ecuador Claudio BielerLDU QuitoEl Nacional3–2March 31, 2012
    Brazil Fábio RenatoLDU LojaEl Nacional1–3July 1, 2012
    Argentina Marcos MondainiEmelecOlmedo5–0July 8, 2012
    Ecuador Narciso Mina4BarcelonaMacará4–0July 21, 2012
    Ecuador Christian MárquezMantaTécnico Universitario4–0November 18, 2012
    Ecuador Carlos Luis QuinteroMacaráDeportivo Quito0–4December 2, 2012

    References

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    2. "Técnico Universitario festejó en Azogues su retorno a la Serie A" [Técnico Universitario celebrated in Azogues their return to the Primera A] (in Spanish). El Comercio. October 26, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
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    4. http://www.futbolecuador.com/stories/publica/24302
    5. http://www.futbolecuador.com/stories/publica/24240
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    9. "El Príncipe abandona el Reino de los Amarillos" [The Prince abandoned the Kingdom of the Yellows]. website (in Spanish). futbolecuador.com. April 9, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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    13. "Ni una semana sin trabajo: Mario Saralegui se pondrá al frente de Técnico Universitario" [Not one week with a job: Mario Saralegui will be placed in charge of Técnico Universitario]. website (in Spanish). futbolecuador.com. April 15, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
    14. 1 2 "Se terminó el Romance: Carlos Ischia fue despedido como entrenador del Deportivo Quito" [The romance is over: Ishcia was sacked as the manager of Deportivo Quito] (in Spanish). futbolecuador.com. May 14, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
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