2004 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Pílsener Serie A 2004 Deportivo Cuenca (1st title) MacaráESPOLI Copa Libertadores Deportivo CuencaOlmedoLDU Quito Copa Sudamericana AucasLDU Quito Ebelio Ordóñez (28 goals) 2003 2005 thumb | right | alt=A photograph of a green soccer pitch and a packed stadium crowd under an overcast sky in Ibarra | Sociedad Deportiva Aucas match in Ibarra The 2004 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2004 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Deportivo Cuenca won their first national championship. Format The format for 2004 remained the same for this season. 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 (2, 1, and .5 points, respectively). The First Stage winner and runner-up qualified to the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. At the end of the Second Stage, the two teams with the fewest 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 2005 Copa Libertadores into the Second Stage, while the third-place finisher qualified to the First Stage. First stage main WDL Q First stage AUC Aucas LDQ LDU Quito CUE Deportivo Cuenca EME Emelec NAC El Nacional QUI Deportivo Quito OLM Olmedo BAR Barcelona ESP ESPOLI MAC Macará 10 6 2 31 15 9 3 6 33 26 8 5 5 21 15 9 1 8 26 21 7 5 6 26 25 7 4 7 28 32 6 6 6 23 23 4 6 8 20 25 3 8 7 14 23 2 6 10 16 33 #97DEFF 2004 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Phase and the Liguilla Final CS1LF CS1LF #FFFF00 Qualified to the Liguilla Final LF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. May 23, 2004 RSSSF Second stage main WDL Q Second stage BAR Barcelona OLM Olmedo NAC El Nacional QUI Deportivo Quito CUE Deportivo Cuenca AUC Aucas EME Emelec LDQ LDU Quito MAC Macará ESP ESPOLI 10 4 4 36 22 8 7 3 34 25 9 4 5 21 17 8 6 4 37 26 8 4 6 24 21 7 5 6 22 20 5 7 6 27 33 6 2 10 23 27 3 6 9 17 32 2 3 13 15 33 #FFFF00 Qualified to the Liguilla Final LF LF LF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. October 3, 2004 RSSSF Aggregate table main WDL R Aggregate AUC Aucas CUE Deportivo Cuenca NAC El Nacional OLM Olmedo QUI Deportivo Quito BAR Barcelona LDQ LDU Quito EME Emelec MAC Macará ESP ESPOLI 17 11 8 53 35 16 9 11 45 36 16 9 11 47 42 14 13 9 57 48 15 10 11 65 58 14 10 12 56 47 15 5 16 56 53 14 8 14 53 54 5 12 19 33 65 5 11 20 29 56 #FF8888 Relegation to Serie B R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. October 3, 2004 RSSSF Liguilla Final main WDL Q Liguilla Final y CUE Deportivo Cuenca OLM Olmedo LDQ LDU Quito NAC El Nacional BAR Barcelona AUC Aucas 6 1 3 16 13 .5 C 6 0 4 16 14 1 5 2 3 13 9 1 4 3 3 17 16 .5 3 2 5 14 16 2 1 2 7 11 19 2 #ACE1AF 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage CL2 CL2 #D0F0C0 2005 Copa Libertadores First Stage CL1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned in the previous stages. December 19, 2004 RSSSF Copa Pílsener Serie A2004 champion Deportivo Cuenca 1st External links 2004 season on RSSSF Category:Ecuadorian Serie A seasons Ecu Football