2006 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Pílsener Serie A
Season 2006
Champions El Nacional (13th title)
Relegated ESPOLI
Aucas
Copa Libertadores El Nacional
Emelec
LDU Quito
Copa Sudamericana 2006: LDU Quito
2007: El Nacional
Matches played 210
Goals scored 587 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Luis Miguel Escalada (29 goals)
2005
2007

The 2006 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2006 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th season of Ecuador's Serie A, the country's top football tournament for the country's top league. El Nacional won their 13th title to tie Barcelona for the most top-flight championships in Ecuadorian football history.

Format

The Serie A returned to its year-long format this season. The tournament 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). The winner of each group also qualified to the 2006 and 2007 Copa Sudamericana, respectively. At the end of each, the team with the least amount of points 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 and runner-up also qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores into the Second Stage, while the third-place finisher qualified to the First Stage.

First stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 LDU Quito 18 11 3 4 37 24 +13 36 2006 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & the Liguilla Final
2 El Nacional 18 9 4 5 35 26 +9 31 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3 Olmedo 18 9 2 7 19 21 2 29
4 Emelec 18 8 4 6 30 21 +9 28
5 Deportivo Quito 18 7 4 7 22 23 1 25
6 Barcelona 18 8 0 10 26 24 +2 24
7 Aucas 18 6 4 8 25 35 10 22
8 Deportivo Cuenca 18 7 0 11 18 26 8 21
9 Macará 18 6 3 9 17 28 11 21
10 ESPOLI 18 4 6 8 31 32 1 18 Relegation to the Serie B

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 El Nacional 18 8 7 3 31 16 +15 31 2007 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & the Liguilla Final
2 Emelec 18 8 7 3 29 21 +8 31 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3 Barcelona 18 9 4 5 27 20 +7 31
4 Olmedo 18 8 7 3 24 18 +6 31
5 Deportivo Quito 18 6 4 8 21 25 4 22
6 LDU Quito 18 6 3 9 21 32 11 21
7 Deportivo Cuenca 18 4 8 6 16 14 +2 20
8 Macará 18 5 5 8 28 29 1 20
9 Deportivo Azogues 18 5 4 9 16 28 12 19
10 Aucas 18 5 3 10 23 35 12 18 Relegation to the Serie B

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
1 El Nacional 36 17 11 8 66 42 +24 62
2 Olmedo 36 17 9 10 43 39 +4 60
3 Emelec 36 16 11 9 59 40 +19 59
4 LDU Quito 36 17 6 13 58 56 +2 57
5 Barcelona 36 17 4 15 53 44 +9 55
6 Deportivo Quito 36 13 8 15 43 48 5 47
7 Deportivo Cuenca 36 11 8 17 34 40 6 41
8 Macará 36 11 8 17 45 57 12 41
9 Aucas 36 11 7 18 48 70 22 40
10 Deportivo Azogues 18 5 4 9 16 28 12 19
11 ESPOLI 18 4 6 8 31 32 1 18

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 Final

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional (C) 10 3 5 2 16 11 +5 0191 2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Emelec 10 4 3 3 20 17 +3 0171
3 LDU Quito 10 3 4 3 17 13 +4 0161 2007 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Olmedo 10 3 5 2 14 12 +2 0151
5 Barcelona 10 3 4 3 10 15 5 0141
6 Deportivo Quito 10 3 1 6 14 23 9 10

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Points include Bonus Points earned in the previous rounds: El Nacional (5); LDU Quito (3); Emelec (2); Barcelona & Olmedo (1).
(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
2006 Champion
El Nacional
13th Title

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