2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Pílsener Serie A
Season	2003
Champions	LDU Quito (7th title)
Relegated	Técnico Universitario Manta
Copa Libertadores	LDU Quito Barcelona El Nacional
Top goalscorer	Ariel Graziani (23 goals)
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2003 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 46th season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador. LDU Quito won their seventh national championship.

Format

The tournament for this season was composed of three stages:

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). At the end of the Second Stage, the team with the least amount of points in the aggregate table were 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, runner-up, and third-place finisher qualified to the 2004 Copa Libertadores.

First stage


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	18	12	2	4	41	19	+22	38	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	LDU Quito	18	10	6	2	37	24	+13	36
3	El Nacional	18	9	4	5	31	22	+9	31
4	Deportivo Quito	18	8	4	6	29	23	+6	28
5	Emelec	18	6	8	4	26	31	−5	26
6	Deportivo Cuenca	18	5	7	6	27	26	+1	22
7	Aucas	18	6	4	8	24	26	−2	22
8	Técnico Universitario	18	4	5	9	24	36	−12	17
9	ESPOLI	18	4	3	11	25	37	−12	15
10	Manta	18	3	3	12	17	37	−20	12

Updated to games played on June 22, 2003.
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


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LDU Quito	18	10	4	4	31	15	+16	34	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Barcelona	18	9	7	2	28	12	+16	34
3	El Nacional	18	9	5	4	38	18	+20	32
4	Deportivo Quito	18	10	2	6	27	23	+4	32
5	Deportivo Cuenca	18	8	3	7	22	17	+5	27
6	Emelec	18	8	3	7	29	26	+3	27
7	ESPOLI	18	5	6	7	24	35	−11	21
8	Aucas	18	5	3	10	21	29	−8	18
9	Manta	18	3	5	10	16	38	−22	14
10	Técnico Universitario	18	2	4	12	13	36	−23	10

Updated to games played on October 12, 2003.
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.

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	36	21	9	6	69	31	+38	72
2	LDU Quito	36	20	10	6	68	39	+29	70
3	El Nacional	36	18	9	9	69	40	+29	63
4	Deportivo Quito	36	18	6	12	56	46	+10	60	Qualified to the Liguilla Final ¹
5	Emelec	36	14	11	11	55	57	−2	53
6	Deportivo Cuenca	36	13	10	13	49	43	+6	49
7	Aucas	36	11	8	17	45	55	−10	41
8	ESPOLI	36	9	8	19	49	72	−23	35
9	Técnico Universitario	36	6	9	21	37	72	−35	27	Relegation to the Serie B
10	Manta	36	6	8	22	33	75	−42	26	Relegation to the Serie B

Updated to games played on October 12, 2003.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Since Barcelona, LDU Quito, & El Nacional qualified to the Liguilla Final twice, Deportivo Quito, Emelec, and Deportivo Cuenca qualified to the Liguilla Final as the best non-top-three finisher in the aggregate table.
(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 Final


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LDU Quito (C)	10	7	0	3	19	13	+6	026¹	2004 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
2	Barcelona	10	6	0	4	19	9	+10	023¹
3	El Nacional	10	6	0	4	21	13	+8	020¹
4	Emelec	10	3	2	5	12	21	−9	11
5	Deportivo Quito	10	3	1	6	11	19	−8	10
6	Deportivo Cuenca	10	3	1	6	17	26	−9	10

Updated to games played on December 21, 2003.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Includes Bonus Points earned in the previous stages: LDU Quito & Barcelona (5); El Nacional (2).
(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.

Copa Pílsener Serie A 2003 Champion
LDU Quito 7th Title

External links

2003 season on RSSSF

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A

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