1974 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

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):

• América (Quito)
• LDU Quito (Quito)

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:

• Deportivo Cuenca
• El Nacional
• LDU Quito

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

External links

• Official website (Spanish)