# 2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

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 | Stadium |
| Barcelona | Guayaquil | Monumental Banco Pichincha |
| Deportivo Azogues | Azogues | Municipal Jorge Andrade Cantos |
| Deportivo Cuenca | Cuenca | Alejandro Serrano Aguilar |
| Deportivo Quito | Quito | Olímpico Atahualpa |
| El Nacional | Quito | Olímpico Atahualpa |
| Emelec | Guayaquil | George Capwell |
| Imbabura | Ibarra | Olímpico de Ibarra |
| LDU Quito | Quito | La Casa Blanca |
| Macará | Ambato | Bellavista |
| Olmedo | Riobamba | Olímpico de Riobamba |

## First stage

The first stage was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olmedo | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 37 | 2007 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Deportivo Cuenca | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 32 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 28 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Deportivo Azogues | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 | |
| 5 | El Nacional | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 27 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Quito | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 21 | |
| 7 | Barcelona | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 20 | |
| 8 | Imbabura | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 20 | |
| 9 | Macará | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 18 | |
| 10 | Emelec | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 18 | |

## Second stage

The second stage was played between July 15, 2007 and October 7, 2007.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 33 | 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage & Liguilla Final |
| 2 | El Nacional | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 32 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 29 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Emelec | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 26 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Azogues | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 24 | |
| 6 | Barcelona | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 24 | |
| 7 | Olmedo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Macará | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 21 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Cuenca | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 19 | |
| 10 | Imbabura | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 19 | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 61 | |
| 2 | El Nacional | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 59 | |
| 3 | Olmedo | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 59 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Azogues | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 52 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Deportivo Cuenca | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 51 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Quito | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 50 | |
| 7 | Emelec | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Barcelona | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 44 | |
| 9 | Macará | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 39 | |
| 10 | Imbabura | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 39 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ 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.

## Liguilla Final

The Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 4 | 27 | 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Deportivo Cuenca | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 2 | 20 | 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Olmedo | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 | 19 | 2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Deportivo Azogues | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | El Nacional | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 2 | 8 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Quito | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 1 | 5 | |
* Copa Pílsener Serie A 2007 champion
* LDU Quito 9th title

## Top goalscorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Juan Carlos Ferreyra | Deportivo Cuenca | 17 |
| 2 | Luis Miguel Escalada | LDU Quito | 16 |
| 2 | Christian Lara | LDU Quito | 16 |
| 2 | Daniel Neculman | Imbabura | 16 |
| 5 | Pablo Palacios | Deportivo Quito | 15 |
| 6 | Iván Kaviedes | El Nacional | 14 |
| 7 | Pedro Galván | Olmedo | 13 |
| 8 | Germán Castillo | Deportivo Cuenca | 12 |
| 8 | Jorge Ladines | Emelec | 12 |
| 10 | Martín Mandra | Deportivo Azogues | 11 |