The 2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as 2007 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th season of Ecuador's Serie A, the country's top football league. The season began on February 10. LDU Quito won their 9th title.
Format The format for this season remains the same as the previous season.
The First Stage and Second Stage are identical. The ten teams competed in a double round-robin tournament, one game at home and one away. The top three teams in each stage qualified to the Liguilla Final with bonus points (3, 2, and 1 point[s], respectively). The winner of each group also qualified to the 2007 and 2008 Copa Sudamericana, respectively. At the end of the second stage, the team with the fewest points in the First and Second Stage aggregate table was relegated to the Serie B.
The Liguilla Final was a double round-robin tournament between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of the Liguilla Final was crowned the Serie A champion. The champion and runner-up also qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores into the Second Stage, while the third-place finisher qualified to the First Stage.
Teams The number of teams remained the same for this season. Aucas was relegated after the Second Stage of the 2006 season. They were replaced by Imbabura, the 2006 Serie B E2 winner, who was making their first appearance in the Serie A.
Club Home city StadiumBarcelona Guayaquil Monumental Banco PichinchaDeportivo Azogues Azogues Municipal Jorge Andrade CantosDeportivo Cuenca Cuenca Alejandro Serrano AguilarDeportivo Quito Quito Olímpico AtahualpaEl Nacional Quito Olímpico AtahualpaEmelec Guayaquil George CapwellImbabura Ibarra Olímpico de IbarraLDU Quito Quito La Casa BlancaMacará Ambato BellavistaOlmedo Riobamba Olímpico de Riobamba
First stage The first stage was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007.
Second stage The second stage was played between July 15, 2007 and October 7, 2007.
Aggregate table
Liguilla Final The Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007.
Top goalscorers PosPlayerClubGoals 1 Juan Carlos Ferreyra Deportivo Cuenca 17 2 Luis Miguel Escalada LDU Quito 16 Christian Lara LDU Quito 16 Daniel Neculman Imbabura 16 5 Pablo Palacios Deportivo Quito 15 6 Iván Kaviedes El Nacional 14 7 Pedro Galván Olmedo 13 8 Germán Castillo Deportivo Cuenca 12 Jorge Ladines Emelec 12 10 Martín Mandra Deportivo Azogues 11
See also Serie A de Ecuador 2007 Copa Libertadores 2007 Copa Sudamericana 2007 in Ecuadorian football Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol
External links Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol official site 2007 season on RSSSF Ecuadorian Futbol News