2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Annual soccer tournament Copa Pílsener Serie A 2007 LDU Quito (9th Title) Imbabura Copa Libertadores Deportivo CuencaLDU QuitoOlmedo Copa Sudamericana 2007: Olmedo2008: LDU Quito Juan Carlos Ferreyra (17 goals) LDU Quito 5–0 Imbabura (Aug 29) Imbabura 1–6 LDU Quito (Apr 29) Emelec 4–3 LDU Quito (Feb 25)Imbabura 1–6 LDU Quito (Apr 29)Emelec 4–3 El Nacional (Jun 13) 210 529 4 matches:Deportivo Azogues (Apr 06 – Apr 29)LDU Quito (Apr 29 – May 20 & Sep 16 – Sep 29) 17 matches: LDU Quito(Aug 29 – Dec 9) 5 matches: Imbabura(Feb 25 – Apr 01) 2006 2008 The 2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as 2007 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th season of Ecuador's Serie A, the country's top football league. The season began on February 10. LDU Quito won their 9th title. Format The format for this season remains the same as the previous 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 (3, 2, and 1 point[s], respectively). The winner of each group also qualified to the 2007 and 2008 Copa Sudamericana, respectively. At the end of the second stage, the team with the fewest points in the First and Second Stage aggregate table was 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. Teams The number of teams remained the same for this season. Aucas was relegated after the Second Stage of the 2006 season. They were replaced by Imbabura, the 2006 Serie B E2 winner, who was making their first appearance in the Serie A. Club Home city StadiumBarcelona Guayaquil Monumental Banco PichinchaDeportivo Azogues Azogues Municipal Jorge Andrade CantosDeportivo Cuenca Cuenca Alejandro Serrano AguilarDeportivo Quito Quito Olímpico AtahualpaEl Nacional Quito Olímpico AtahualpaEmelec Guayaquil George CapwellImbabura Ibarra Olímpico de IbarraLDU Quito Quito La Casa BlancaMacará Ambato BellavistaOlmedo Riobamba Olímpico de Riobamba First stage The first stage was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007. main WDL First stage 5 Q OLM Olmedo CUE Deportivo Cuenca LDQ LDU Quito AZO Deportivo Azogues NAC El Nacional QUI Deportivo Quito BAR Barcelona IMB Imbabura MAC Macará EME Emelec 11 4 3 27 15 10 2 6 26 19 8 4 6 36 26 8 4 6 26 26 8 3 7 37 27 5 6 7 21 26 5 5 8 19 28 5 5 8 21 23 5 3 10 25 31 4 6 8 23 30 #97DEFF 2007 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & Liguilla Final CSPRLF #FFFF00 Qualified to the Liguilla Final LF LF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. June 13, 2007 2007 First Stage Table Second stage The second stage was played between July 15, 2007 and October 7, 2007. main WDL Second stage 5 Q LDQ LDU Quito NAC El Nacional QUI Deportivo Quito EME Emelec AZO Deportivo Azogues BAR Barcelona OLM Olmedo MAC Macará CUE Deportivo Cuenca IMB Imbabura 10 3 5 28 11 9 5 4 24 18 9 2 7 22 15 8 2 8 23 21 7 3 8 20 25 7 3 8 19 25 5 7 6 13 15 5 6 7 21 25 5 4 9 22 24 4 7 7 18 30 #97DEFF 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage & Liguilla Final CSPRLF #FFFF00 Qualified to the Liguilla Final LF LF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. October 7, 2007 2007 Second Stage Table Aggregate table main WDL Aggregate table 5 QR LDQ LDU Quito NAC El Nacional OLM Olmedo AZO Deportivo Azogues CUE Deportivo Cuenca QUI Deportivo Quito EME Emelec BAR Barcelona MAC Macará IMB Imbabura 18 7 11 64 37 17 8 11 61 45 16 11 9 22 15 15 7 14 46 51 15 6 15 48 44 14 8 14 43 41 12 8 16 46 51 12 8 12 38 53 10 9 17 46 56 9 12 15 39 63 #FFFF00 Qualified to the Liguilla Final Deportivo Azogues qualified as the best team in the aggregate table not qualified as a top-three team in the First or Second Stage. They earned no bonus points. LF #FF8888 Relegation to Serie B R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. October 7, 2007 RSSSF Liguilla Final The Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007. main WDL Liguilla Final 5 Q y LDQ LDU Quito CUE Deportivo Cuenca OLM Olmedo AZO Deportivo Azogues NAC El Nacional QUI Deportivo Quito 7 2 1 13 4 4 4 6 0 12 5 2 4 4 2 9 5 3 4 2 4 8 8 1 3 6 10 18 2 1 1 8 6 18 1 #ACE1AF 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage CL2 CL2 #D0F0C0 2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage CL1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned from the previous rounds. December 16, 2007 2007 Liguilla Final Table Copa Pílsener Serie A2007 champion LDU Quito 9th Top goalscorers PosPlayerClubGoals 1 ARG Juan Carlos Ferreyra Deportivo Cuenca 17 2 ARG Luis Miguel Escalada LDU Quito 16 Ecuador Christian Lara LDU Quito 16 ARG Daniel Neculman Imbabura 16 5 ECU Pablo Palacios Deportivo Quito 15 6 ECU Iván Kaviedes El Nacional 14 7 ARG Pedro Galván Olmedo 13 8 ARG Germán Castillo Deportivo Cuenca 12 ECU Jorge Ladines Emelec 12 10 ARG Martín Mandra Deportivo Azogues 11 See also Serie A de Ecuador 2007 Copa Libertadores 2007 Copa Sudamericana 2007 in Ecuadorian football Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol External links Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol official site es 2007 season on RSSSF Ecuadorian Futbol News 2007 Ecu Football