2019 in Ecuadorian football

Football in Ecuador
Season	2019
Men's football
Serie A	Delfín S.C.
Serie B	2019
Copa Ecuador	L.D.U. Quito
Women's football
Superliga Serie A	C.D. Cuenca

The 2019 season was the 61st season of competitive association football in Ecuador.

National teams[edit]

Ecuador national football team[edit]

Friendly matches[edit]

21 March Friendly	United States	1–0	Ecuador	Orlando, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Zardes 81'	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 17,422 Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

26 March Friendly	Honduras	0–0	Ecuador	Harrison, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Jaime Fernando Fernández (Mexico)

1 June Friendly	Venezuela	1–1	Ecuador	Miami Gardens, United States
20:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Rosales 38' (pen.)	Report	E. Valencia 90+1'	Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium Attendance: 12,021 Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

9 June Friendly	Mexico	3–2	Ecuador	Arlington, United States
19:00 CST (UTC−6)	Dos Santos 28' Montes 63' L. Rodríguez 77'	Report	Mena 47' Preciado 66'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 59,000 Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

5 September Friendly	Peru	0–1	Ecuador	Harrison, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)		Report	Castillo 47'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 21,428 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

10 September Friendly	Ecuador	3–0	Bolivia	Cuenca, Ecuador
20:00 ECT (UTC–5)	Estrada 49' Sornoza 72' (pen.) Plata 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Referee: Nicolas Gallo (Colombia)

13 October Friendly	Ecuador	1–6	Argentina	Alicante, Spain
	Mena 49'	Report	Alario 20' Espinoza 27' (o.g.) Paredes 32' (pen.) Pezzella 66' Domínguez 82' Ocampos 86'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero^[1] Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)

14 November Friendly	Ecuador	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Portoviejo, Ecuador
	Franco 29' E. Valencia 71' (pen.), 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Reales Tamarindos Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

19 November Friendly	Ecuador	0–1	Colombia	Harrison, United States
20:00 (UTC–5)		Report	Uribe 42'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)

2019 Copa América[edit]

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Japan	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2
4	Ecuador	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: CONMEBOL

16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)	Uruguay	4–0	Ecuador	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
19:00	Lodeiro 6' Cavani 33' Suárez 44' Mina 78' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 13,611^[2] Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

21 June 2019 (2019-06-21)	Ecuador	1–2	Chile	Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
20:00	E. Valencia 26' (pen.)	Report	Fuenzalida 8' Sánchez 51'	Attendance: 14,727^[3] Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

24 June 2019 (2019-06-24)	Ecuador	1–1	Japan	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
20:00	Mena 35'	Report	Nakajima 15'	Attendance: 7,623^[4] Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Ecuador national under-20 football team[edit]

2019 South American U-20 Championship[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ecuador	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9	Final stage
2	Argentina	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
3	Uruguay	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	6
4	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4
5	Peru	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	3

Source: CONMEBOL

18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)	Ecuador	3–0	Paraguay	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
17:10	Rezabala 9', 44' Alvarado 57' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20)	Uruguay	3–1	Ecuador	Estadio La Granja, Curicó
19:30	Dávila 30', 45+3' Schiappacasse 90+3'	Report	Campana 34'	Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22)	Argentina	0–1	Ecuador	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
17:10		Report	Alvarado 54'	Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

24 January 2019 (2019-01-24)	Peru	1–3	Ecuador	Estadio La Granja, Curicó
17:10	Mora 24'	Report	Rezabala 8' Alvarado 18' Campana 58'	Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Final stage[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ecuador	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup & 2019 Pan American Games
2	Argentina	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3	9
3	Uruguay	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
4	Colombia	5	1	2	2	2	2	0	5	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
5	Brazil	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5

Source: CONMEBOL

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)	Ecuador	2–1	Argentina	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50	Campana 37' Cifuentes 73'	Report	Almada 26'	Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)	Ecuador	0–1	Uruguay	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50		Report	Batista 61' (pen.)	Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)	Ecuador	1–0	Colombia	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50	Campana 90+4'	Report		Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)	Ecuador	0–0	Brazil	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50		Report		Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)	Venezuela	0–3	Ecuador	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
19:50		Report	Campana 2' (pen.), 31' Segura 90'	Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) Group B	Japan	1–1	Ecuador	Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
20:30	Yamada 68'	Report	Tagawa 45' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,018^[5] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) Group B	Ecuador	0–1	Italy	Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
18:00		Report	Pinamonti 15'	Attendance: 6,717^[6] Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) Group B	Ecuador	1–0	Mexico	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
18:00	Plata 12'	Report		Attendance: 4,208^[7] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Knockout stage[edit]

3 June 2019 (2019-06-03) Round of 16	Uruguay	1–3	Ecuador	Lublin Stadium, Lublin
17:30	R. Araújo 11'	Report	Alvarado 31' (pen.) Quintero 75' Plata 83' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,562^[8] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08) Quarter-finals	United States	1–2	Ecuador	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
17:30	Weah 36'	Report	Cifuentes 30' Espinoza 43'	Attendance: 6,389^[9] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11) Semi-finals	Ecuador	0–1	South Korea	Lublin Stadium, Lublin
20:30		Report	Choi Jun 39'	Attendance: 12,614^[10] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

14 June 2019 (2019-06-14) 3rd place	Italy	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Ecuador	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
20:30		Report	Mina 104'	Attendance: 8,937^[11] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Ecuador national under-23 football team[edit]

2019 Pan American Games[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Knockout stage
3	Panama	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2	Fifth place match
4	Ecuador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

29 July 2019 (2019-07-29) Group A	Ecuador	2–3	Argentina	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
13:00	Rezabala 75' Naula 89'	Report	Valenzuela 33' Gaich 40', 76'	Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) Group A	Panama	1–1	Ecuador	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
10:00	Zúñiga 27'	Report	Campana 53'	Referee: Miguel Santibañez (Peru)

4 August 2019 (2019-08-04) Group A	Ecuador	0–2	Mexico	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
13:00		Report	Vásquez 25' Lainez 90'+5'	Referee: Wagner Magalhães (Brazil)

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07) 7th place	Ecuador	1–1 (2–4 p)	Peru	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
10:00	Vivar 88'	Report	Minda 83' (o.g.)	Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
	Penalties
	Vallecilla Alcivar Porozo Minda		Barco Acuy Arakaki Pretell Rivera

CONMEBOL competitions[edit]

2019 CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores[edit]

2019 CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana[edit]

Men's football[edit]

2019 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol[edit]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Serie A	Mushuc Runa S.C. América de Quito Fuerza Amarilla S.C. C.D. Olmedo	No relegated clubs
Serie B	C.D. Independiente Juniors Atlético Porteño	Gualaceo S.C. C.D. Clan Juvenil
Segunda Categoría	—	—

Serie A[edit]

First stage[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Macará	30	17	11	2	47	16	+31	62	Advance to Playoffs
2	Barcelona	30	17	4	9	55	38	+17	55
3	Universidad Católica	30	16	5	9	48	29	+19	53
4	Delfín	30	15	8	7	46	33	+13	53
5	Independiente del Valle	30	15	7	8	41	29	+12	52
6	LDU Quito	30	13	10	7	46	30	+16	49
7	Aucas	30	14	7	9	48	44	+4	49
8	Emelec	30	14	4	12	43	30	+13	46
9	El Nacional^[a]	30	13	6	11	41	34	+7	44
10	Deportivo Cuenca^[b]	30	12	7	11	44	46	−2	42
11	Olmedo	30	9	7	14	34	44	−10	34
12	Guayaquil City	30	8	7	15	35	48	−13	31
13	Mushuc Runa	30	8	6	16	36	58	−22	30
14	Técnico Universitario	30	8	5	17	40	60	−20	29
15	América de Quito (R)	30	6	7	17	26	41	−15	25	Relegation to Serie B
16	Fuerza Amarilla^[c] (R)	30	2	5	23	24	74	−50	6	Relegation to Serie B

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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ El Nacional were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of August.^[12]
^ Deportivo Cuenca were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.^[13]
^ Fuerza Amarilla were deducted four points for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS,^[14] and one additional point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.^[13]

Play-offs[edit]

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals

7	Aucas	1	0	1

2	Barcelona	0	0	0
					7	Aucas	1	0	1

					6	LDU Quito	3	0	3
6	LDU Quito	2	2	4

3	Universidad Católica	3	0	3
										6	LDU Quito	0	0	0 (1)

										4	Delfín	0	0	0 (2)
5	Independiente del Valle	0	2	2

4	Delfín (bsr)	0	2	2
					4	Delfín	2	1	3

					1	Macará	1	1	2
8	Emelec	1	2	3

1	Macará (bsr)	2	1	3

Serie B[edit]

Aggregate table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Orense S.C.	36	19	11	6	57	26	+31	68	Advance to Playoffs
2	C.D. Independiente Juniors	36	19	9	8	48	29	+19	66
3	L.D.U. Portoviejo	36	14	17	5	49	23	+26	59
4	Manta F.C.	36	16	11	9	48	31	+17	59
5	C.D.S. Santa Rita^[a]	36	15	15	6	39	22	+17	59
6	Gualaceo S.C.^[b]	36	13	12	11	35	17	+18	50
7	Atlético Porteño	36	10	12	14	35	36	−1	42
8	Atlético Santo Domingo	36	11	8	17	32	41	−9	41
9	L.D.U. Loja^[c] (R)	36	7	8	21	32	63	−31	28	Relegation to Segunda Categoría
10	C.D. Clan Juvenil^[d] (R)	36	3	3	30	12	86	−74	0	Relegation to Segunda Categoría

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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Santa Rita were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.
^ Gualaceo were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of September.
^ L.D.U. Loja were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of September.
^ Clan Juvenil were deducted fourteen points for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for severals months. Due to financial reasons the club lost the category.

Play-offs[edit]

Semi-finals					Finals

1	Orense	2	2	4

4	Manta	2	1	3
					1	Orense	2	2	4

					3	L.D.U. Portoviejo	1	2	3
2	Independiente Juniors	1	0	1

3	L.D.U. Portoviejo	2	0	2

Segunda Categoría[edit]

Final stage[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	9OC	CHA	OTA	ESM
1	9 de Octubre	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Promoted to 2020 Ecuadorian Serie B	—	2–0	3–1
2	Chacaritas F.C.	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7	Promoted to 2020 Ecuadorian Serie B	3–2	—		1–0
3	Esmeraldas F.C.	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5			1–1	—	3–0
4	Otavalo F.C.	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	1		0–2		1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Copa Ecuador[edit]

Women's football[edit]

Súperliga Femenina[edit]

References[edit]

^ Nemer, Roy. "Argentina to play Ecuador in FIFA friendly on October 13 in Spain – Mundo Albiceleste". Retrieved 25 September 2019.
^ "Uruguay vs. Ecuador". ESPN. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ "Ecuador vs. Chile". ESPN. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Ecuador vs. Japan". ESPN. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Group B – Japan v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Group B – Ecuador v Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Group B – Ecuador v Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Uruguay v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Quarter-final – USA v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Semi-finals – Ecuador v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Match for third place – Italy v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ "Comunicado oficial: Club Deportivo El Nacional" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Sanciones a clubes" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ "Comunicado oficial: Clubes Sancionados" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 20 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

[table_note_NAC0.41024543922872-13] El Nacional were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of August.^[12]

[table_note_CUE0.41024543922872-15] Deportivo Cuenca were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.^[13]

[table_note_FAM0.41024543922872-17] Fuerza Amarilla were deducted four points for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS,^[14] and one additional point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.^[13]

[table_note_SAN0.25427684898222-18] Santa Rita were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.

[table_note_GUA0.25427684898222-19] Gualaceo were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of September.

[table_note_LLO0.25427684898222-20] L.D.U. Loja were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of September.

[table_note_CJU0.25427684898222-21] Clan Juvenil were deducted fourteen points for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for severals months. Due to financial reasons the club lost the category.

[mundoal-1] Nemer, Roy. "Argentina to play Ecuador in FIFA friendly on October 13 in Spain – Mundo Albiceleste". Retrieved 25 September 2019.

[2] "Uruguay vs. Ecuador". ESPN. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[3] "Ecuador vs. Chile". ESPN. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[4] "Ecuador vs. Japan". ESPN. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[5] "Match report – Group B – Japan v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[6] "Match report – Group B – Ecuador v Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[7] "Match report – Group B – Ecuador v Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[8] "Match report – Round of 16 – Uruguay v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[9] "Match report – Quarter-final – USA v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[10] "Match report – Semi-finals – Ecuador v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[11] "Match report – Match for third place – Italy v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[El_Nacional_Deduction-12] "Comunicado oficial: Club Deportivo El Nacional" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

[Dep._Cuenca_&_Fuerza_Amarilla_Deductions-14] "Sanciones a clubes" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

[Fuerza_Amarilla_Deduction-16] "Comunicado oficial: Clubes Sancionados" (in Spanish). LigaPro. 20 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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