2025 Ecuadorian Serie A

The 2025 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A is the 67th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the seventh under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season began on 14 February and is scheduled to end in December 2025.^[1] The fixture for the first stage of the season was released on 16 January 2025.^[2]

LigaPro Serie A

Season	2025
Dates	14 February – December 2025
Matches played	95
Goals scored	236 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rafael Monti (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Vinotinto 5–0 Delfín (9 April)
Biggest away win	Emelec 0–4 U. Católica (16 February) Barcelona 0–4 Ind. del Valle (8 March)
Highest scoring	Manta 4–3 El Nacional (8 March) Mushuc Runa 4–3 Macará (3 May)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 12 May 2025.

For the second season in a row, LDU Quito are the defending champions.

Format changes

On 27 September 2024, the Council of Presidents of LigaPro approved changes to the format of competition for the 2025 season, aiming to have more matches played in the season.^[3] The tournament, which will have 72 additional matches, will have two stages: a first stage in which the 16 participating teams will play each other twice (once at home and once away), and a final stage in which the teams will be split into two hexagonals and one quadrangular group according to their placements in the first stage. In the first hexagonal, the top six teams from the first stage will play each other twice to decide the season champions as well as three Copa Libertadores berths and three Copa Sudamericana ones, while in the second hexagonal the next six teams will play for the last berth to the Copa Sudamericana. The top team at the end of the first stage will be assured of qualification for the Copa Libertadores group stage as Ecuador 2. Relegation will be decided in the quadrangular group, which will involve the four lowest-placed teams in the first stage, with the bottom two being relegated to the second tier at the end of the season. Points from the first stage will be carried over to the final stage.^[4]

Teams

Team changes

16 teams compete in the season, the top 14 teams from the 2024 Ecuadorian Serie A and the top two teams of the 2024 Ecuadorian Serie B. Imbabura and Cumbayá were relegated from Serie A after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season and were replaced by the second tier champions Cuniburo and runners-up Manta. Cuniburo clinched a first-ever promotion to the top flight with three matches to go after a 2–0 loss for Guayaquil City against San Antonio on 13 October 2024,^[5] whilst Manta ensured a return to Serie A for the first time since 2021 with one match left on 24 October, after a 6–1 thrashing of Vargas Torres.^[6]

On 7 November 2024, it was announced that Cuniburo would change its name to Vinotinto Ecuador starting from this season.^[7] The name change, approved by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Sports, was made after the club was acquired by the owners of Segunda Categoría club Vinotinto prior to the start of the 2024 season, and aimed to have the club reach out to the Venezuelan expatriate community in Ecuador.^[8]

Stadia and locations

Aucas

Barcelona

Delfín

Deportivo Cuenca

El Nacional

Emelec

Independiente del Valle

LDU Quito

Libertad

Macará

Manta

Mushuc Runa

Orense

Técnico Universitario

Universidad Católica

Vinotinto Ecuador

Locations of the 2025 Serie A clubs.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Aucas	Quito	Cooprogreso Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda	21,689
Barcelona	Guayaquil	Monumental Banco Pichincha	57,267
Delfín	Manta	Jocay	21,000
Deportivo Cuenca	Cuenca	Banco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar	18,549
El Nacional	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258
Emelec	Guayaquil	George Capwell Banco del Austro	40,020
Independiente del Valle	Quito	Banco Guayaquil	12,000
LDU Quito	Quito	Rodrigo Paz Delgado	41,575
Libertad	Loja	Reina del Cisne	14,935
Macará	Ambato	Bellavista Universidad Indoamérica	16,467
Manta	Manta	Jocay	21,000
Mushuc Runa	Riobamba	Olímpico Fernando Guerrero[i]	14,400
Orense	Machala	Banco de Machala 9 de Mayo	16,456
Técnico Universitario	Ambato	Bellavista Universidad Indoamérica	16,467
Universidad Católica	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258
Vinotinto Ecuador	Quito	Olímpico Atahualpa	35,258

Notes

1. To be used as home stadium for the season since Mushuc Runa's stadium Estadio COAC Mushuc Runa in Ambato was closed for failing to meet legal requirements.^[9][10]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aucas	Gabriel Pereyra	Lotto
Barcelona	Segundo Castillo	Marathon	Pilsener
Delfín	Patricio Urrutia	Baldo's	Hotel Oro Verde Manta
Deportivo Cuenca	Norberto Araujo	Lotto	Banco del Austro, Chubb Seguros
El Nacional	Omar Asad	Lotto	ANDEC, Teojama Comercial
Emelec	Jorge Célico	Adidas	Zapping
Independiente del Valle	Javier Rabanal	Marathon	Ecuabet, Banco Guayaquil, MG Motor, Chubb Seguros
LDU Quito	Pablo Sánchez	Puma	Banco Pichincha
Libertad	Juan Carlos León	Macón Sport	Grand Aviation
Macará	Guillermo Sanguinetti	Boman	San Francisco COAC Ltda.
Manta	Efrén Mera	Jasa Evolution	Atún Isabel, Terminal Portuaria de Manta, Tadel S.A.
Mushuc Runa	Ever Almeida	Boman	Mushuc Runa COAC
Orense	Raúl Antuña	Elohim	Banco de Machala, IncarPalm
Técnico Universitario	José Eugenio Hernández	Vaz Sport	San Francisco COAC Ltda.
Universidad Católica	Diego Martínez	Umbro	Fundación Crisfe
Vinotinto Ecuador	Juan Grabowski	Astro	Panolini

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
First stage
Universidad Católica	Jorge Célico	End of contract	5 December 2024[11]	Pre-season	Diego Martínez	20 December 2024[12]
El Nacional	Marcelo Zuleta		10 December 2024[13]		Omar Asad	23 December 2024[14]
Independiente del Valle	Javier Gandolfi	Sacked	17 December 2024[15]		Javier Rabanal	21 December 2024[16]
Delfín	Javier Carvajal		2 January 2025[17]		Nicolás Chietino	6 January 2025[18]
Emelec	Leonel Álvarez		22 January 2025[19]		Jorge Célico	23 January 2025[20]
Técnico Universitario	Paúl Vélez		20 March 2025[21]	16th	José Eugenio Hernández	20 March 2025[22]
Orense	Santiago Escobar		20 March 2025[23]	11th	Raúl Antuña	24 March 2025[24]
Macará	Alex Pallarés	Mutual agreement	14 April 2025[25]	11th	Guillermo Sanguinetti	14 April 2025[26]
Delfín	Nicolás Chietino	Resigned	20 April 2025[27]	14th	Patricio Urrutia	24 April 2025[28]

First stage

The first stage began on 14 February and is scheduled to end on 28 September 2025.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	11	8	1	2	18	13	+5	25	Advance to First hexagonal and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Independiente del Valle	12	7	3	2	23	11	+12	24	Advance to First hexagonal
3	Aucas	12	6	3	3	18	13	+5	21
4	LDU Quito	11	5	4	2	17	8	+9	19
5	Vinotinto Ecuador	12	5	3	4	20	14	+6	18
6	Libertad	12	5	3	4	18	17	+1	18
7	Universidad Católica	12	4	5	3	20	14	+6	17	Advance to Second hexagonal
8	Orense	12	5	2	5	11	16	−5	17
9	Deportivo Cuenca	12	5	1	6	9	12	−3	16
10	Mushuc Runa	12	4	3	5	16	16	0	15
11	Manta	12	3	4	5	16	22	−6	13
12	Emelec	12	3	4	5	8	14	−6	13
13	El Nacional	12	3	3	6	15	18	−3	12	Advance to Relegation quadrangular
14	Delfín	12	2	5	5	8	18	−10	11
15	Macará	12	2	4	6	8	12	−4	10
16	Técnico Universitario	12	2	4	6	11	18	−7	10

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2025. 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.

Results

Home \ Away	AUC	BSC	DEL	CUE	NAC	EME	IDV	LDQ	LIB	MAC	MAN	MUS	ORE	TEC	CAT	VIN
Aucas	—						1–2	a	2–0			2–0		4–1	2–1	2–2
Barcelona		—	2–0		1–0	a	0–4					1–0				2–1
Delfín	1–1		—	0–0		2–0				0–0			0–0
Deportivo Cuenca	2–0			—		0–1		1–2	0–1		2–0
El Nacional	0–1		3–2	0–1	—		1–3						0–1	0–0		2–1
Emelec	0–1	a				—		1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1			0–1	0–4
Independiente del Valle				4–0		1–2	—	1–1		1–1	2–0				1–1
LDU Quito	3–1		3–0		2–2			—					4–0			0–0
Libertad		1–4	0–1		1–3		2–0		—			2–1	4–1		3–1
Macará	1–1	0–1		0–1				0–1		—			1–0	0–1
Manta		2–3	2–2		4–3			1–1	1–1		—	2–1		2–1
Mushuc Runa			2–0	3–1		1–1		1–0		4–3		—				1–2
Orense		3–1		1–0			1–2				2–1		—	2–1		0–0
Técnico Universitario		0–1					1–2		2–2			1–1		—	1–1	1–3
Universidad Católica		2–2			1–1					1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0		—
Vinotinto Ecuador			5–0	0–1		2–1				1–2					3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2025. Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 12 May 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rafael Monti	Vinotinto Ecuador	9
2	Jorge Daniel Valencia	Manta	8
3	Ismael Díaz	Universidad Católica	7
	Michael Hoyos	Independiente del Valle
5	Byron Palacios	Universidad Católica	6
6	Michael Carcelén	Aucas	5
	Gabriel Cortez	Barcelona
	Néstor Caicedo	Libertad
	Miguel Parrales	Orense
10	Brian Montenegro	Aucas	4
	Octavio Rivero	Barcelona
	Lucas Mancinelli	Deportivo Cuenca
	Francisco Mera	Vinotinto Ecuador

Source: Futbolecuador.com