1976 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
Season1976
ChampionsEl Nacional
Relegated9 de Octubre
América de Quito
Audaz Octubrino
Deportivo Quito
Copa LibertadoresEl Nacional
Deportivo Cuenca
Matches played194
Goals scored522 (2.69 per match)
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The 1976 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 18th national championship for football teams in Ecuador.

Teams

The number of teams for this season was played by 12 teams. Carmen Mora and Deportivo Quito promoted as winners of First Stage of Serie B.

Club City
9 de Octubre Guayaquil
América de Quito Quito
Audaz Octubrino Machala
Aucas Quito
Barcelona Guayaquil
Carmen Mora Machala
Deportivo Cuenca Cuenca
Deportivo Quito Quito
El Nacional Quito
Emelec Guayaquil
LDU Quito Quito
Universidad Católica Quito

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 18 13 2 3 36 21 +15 28 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Emelec 18 9 5 4 29 24 +5 23
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 5 5 34 21 +13 21
4 Audaz Octubrino 18 8 5 5 30 27 +3 21
5 LDU Quito 18 6 6 6 26 22 +4 18
6 Barcelona 18 5 6 7 26 20 +6 16
7 Universidad Católica 18 6 4 8 26 22 +4 16
8 Aucas 18 6 4 8 18 28 −10 16
9 América de Quito 18 4 4 10 23 36 −13 12 Relegated to the Serie B
10 9 de Octubre 18 3 3 12 11 38 −27 9
Source: RSSSF - 1976 Serie A

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 18 10 3 5 35 19 +16 23 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 LDU Quito 18 8 5 5 27 21 +6 21
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 4 6 28 20 +8 20
4 Emelec 18 6 7 5 23 19 +4 19
5 Aucas 18 7 5 6 22 27 −5 19
6 Barcelona 18 6 6 6 24 21 +3 18
7 Carmen Mora 18 5 7 6 22 27 −5 17
8 Universidad Católica 18 5 6 7 20 22 −2 16
9 Deportivo Quito 18 5 6 7 18 26 −8 16 Relegated to the Serie B
10 Audaz Octubrino 18 3 5 10 17 34 −17 11
Source: RSSSF - 1976 Serie A

Liguilla Final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 El Nacional[a] (C) 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 14 1977 Copa Libertadores
2 Deportivo Cuenca[b] 6 3 1 2 5 4 +1 9
3 Emelec[c] 6 3 1 2 6 8 −2 9
4 LDU Quito[d] 6 1 0 5 6 7 −1 4
Source: RSSSF - 1976 Serie A
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ El Nacional were awarded six points.
  2. ^ Deportivo Cuenca were awarded two points.
  3. ^ Emelec were awarded two points.
  4. ^ LDU Quito were awarded two points.

Second-place play-offs

[1]

Deportivo Cuenca2–0Emelec
Emelec0–0Deportivo Cuenca


 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
1976 champion 
El Nacional

References

  1. ^ "Ecuador 1976".