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 60 LDU Portoviejo
Biggest away win Deportivo Quito 04 El Nacional
Highest scoring América de Quito 44 Emelec
← 1973
1975

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):

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 21 254 13
6 Universidad Católica 14 5 1 8 14 184 11
7 Deportivo Quito 14 2 5 7 16 237 9 Relegated to the Serie B
8 Macará 14 3 3 8 17 2912 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 23 241 13
7 Emelec 14 3 6 5 17 203 12
8 LDU Portoviejo 14 3 6 5 7 1912 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

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