# 2013 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 2013 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (officially known as the Copa Pilsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. Barcelona was the defending champion.

## Format

On the night of January 8, 2013, the Ecuadorian Football Federation determined that the format for 2013 would be the same as the previous season.

## Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the 2013 Serie A season, ten of whom remain from the previous season. Técnico Universitario and Olmedo were relegated last season after accumulating the fewest points in the 2012 season aggregate table. They will be replaced by Universidad Católica and Deportivo Quevedo, the 2012 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Both teams are making returns to the Serie A. Universidad Católica is returning after two seasons, while Deportivo Quevedo is returning after seven.
| Team | Home city | Home ground | Manager | Captain |
| Barcelona | Guayaquil | Monumental Banco Pichincha | Luis Soler | Matías Oyola |
| Deportivo Cuenca | Cuenca | Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | Fabián Frías | Mariano Mina |
| Deportivo Quevedo | Quevedo | 7 de Octubre | José Mora | Jhon García |
| Deportivo Quito | Quito | Olímpico Atahualpa | Rubén Darío Insúa | Jorge Guagua |
| El Nacional | Quito | Olímpico Atahualpa | Carlos Sevilla | Marwin Pita |
| Emelec | Guayaquil | George Capwell | Gustavo Quinteros | Pedro Quiñónez |
| Independiente del Valle | Sangolquí | Rumiñahui | Pablo Repetto | Henry León |
| LDU Loja | Loja | Federativo Reina del Cisne | Álex Aguinaga | Pedro Larrea |
| LDU Quito | Quito | Casa Blanca | Edgardo Bauza | Norberto Araujo |
| Macará | Ambato | Bellavista | Christian Gómez | Cristian Mora |
| Manta | Manta | Jocay | Fabián Bustos | Rolando Ramírez |
| Universidad Católica | Quito | Olímpico Atahualpa | Jorge Célico | Facundo Martínez |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Pre-season changes |||||||
| Deportivo Cuenca | Guillermo Duró | Replaced | December 2, 2012 | Guillermo Rivarola | December 19, 2012 | N/A |
| Manta | Armando Osma | Replaced | December 2, 2012 | Edwin Cózar | December 18, 2012 | N/A |
| First Stage changes |||||||
| El Nacional | Orlando Narváez | Replaced | January 29, 2013 | Manuel Tomé | January 29, 2013 | 2nd |
| El Nacional | Manuel Tomé | Sacked | March 5, 2013 | Orlando Narváez | March 5, 2013 | 10th |
| El Nacional | Orlando Narváez | Replaced | March 10, 2013 | Carlos Sevilla | March 10, 2013 | 12th |
| Deportivo Cuenca | Guillermo Rivarola | Resigned | April 22, 2013 | Fabián Frías | April 22, 2013 | 12th |
| Macará | Fabián Bustos | Resigned | April 28, 2013 | Armando Ósma | April 29, 2013 | 12th |
| LDU Loja | Paúl Vélez | Resigned | May 18, 2013 | Juan Carlos Pérez | May 18, 2013 | 11th |
| Inter-stage changes |||||||
| LDU Loja | Juan Carlos Pérez | Replaced | June 29, 2013 | Álex Aguinaga | June 29, 2013 | N/A |
| Manta | Edwin Cózar | Resigned | June 30, 2013 | Fabián Bustos | July 1, 2013 | N/A |
| Second Stage changes |||||||
| Deportivo Quevedo | Raúl Duarte | Resigned | July 21, 2013 | Juan Urquiza | July 23, 2013 | 12th |
| Barcelona | Gustavo Costas | Resigned | August 10, 2013 | Luis Soler | August 12, 2013 | 10th |
| Deportivo Quevedo | Juan Urquiza | Resigned | September 25, 2013 | José Mora | September 25, 2013 | 12th |
| Macará | Armando Ósma | Resigned | October 22, 2013 | Óscar Pacheco | October 23, 2013 | 12th |
| Macará | Óscar Pacheco | Resigned | November 8, 2013 | Christian Gómez | November 8, 2013 | 12th |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Interim manager.

## First stage

The first stage (Spanish: Primera Etapa) began on January 25 and ended on June 30.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Emelec | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 45 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 41 | |
| 3 | Independiente del Valle | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 39 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Quito | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 38 | |
| 5 | Barcelona | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 38 | |
| 6 | Universidad Católica | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 33 | |
| 7 | El Nacional | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 26 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Cuenca | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 25 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Quevedo | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 23 | |
| 10 | Manta | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 22 | |
| 11 | LDU Loja | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 17 | |
| 12 | Macará | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 36 | −22 | 16 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | CUE | QUE | QUI | NAC | EME | IDV | LDL | LDQ | MAC | MAN | CAT |
| Barcelona | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 |
| Deportivo Cuenca | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Deportivo Quevedo | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Deportivo Quito | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| El Nacional | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Emelec | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Independiente del Valle | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| LDU Loja | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| LDU Quito | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Macará | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Manta | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
| Universidad Católica | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — |

## Second stage

The second stage (Spanish: Segunda Etapa) began on July 5 and will end on December 8.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Emelec | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 13 | +26 | 43 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 38 | |
| 3 | Independiente del Valle | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 34 | |
| 4 | El Nacional | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 34 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Quito | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 33 | |
| 6 | Barcelona | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 30 | |
| 7 | LDU Loja | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 29 | |
| 8 | Manta | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 27 | |
| 9 | LDU Quito | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 25 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Cuenca | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 22 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Quevedo | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 22 | |
| 12 | Macará | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 16 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | CUE | QUE | QUI | NAC | EME | IDV | LDL | LDQ | MAC | MAN | CAT |
| Barcelona | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo Cuenca | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Deportivo Quevedo | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Deportivo Quito | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| El Nacional | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Emelec | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 |
| Independiente del Valle | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| LDU Loja | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| LDU Quito | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Macará | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Manta | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Universidad Católica | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Emelec | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 88 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Independiente del Valle | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 73 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 71 | 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 71 | 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Barcelona | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 68 | 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | LDU Quito | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 66 | |
| 7 | El Nacional | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 60 | |
| 8 | Manta | 44 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 49 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Cuenca | 44 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 58 | 68 | −10 | 47 | |
| 10 | LDU Loja | 44 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Quevedo | 44 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 45 | Relegation to the Serie B |
| 12 | Macará | 44 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 71 | −41 | 32 | Relegation to the Serie B |

## Third stage

The Third Stage (Spanish: Tercera Etapa) was not played as Emelec won both the first stage and second stage, and were crowned champions automatically. They earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2014 Copa Libertadores and the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Federico Nieto | Argentine | Deportivo Quito | 28 |
| 2 | Federico Laurito | Argentine | Universidad Católica | 25 |
| 3 | Andrés Ríos | Argentine | Deportivo Cuenca | 21 |
| 4 | Junior Sornoza | Ecuadorian | Independiente del Valle | 19 |
| 5 | Christian Márquez | Ecuadorian | Manta | 15 |
| 6 | Daniel Angulo | Ecuadorian | Independiente del Valle | 12 |
| 6 | Alex Colón | Ecuadorian | Deportivo Quito | 12 |
| 6 | Ariel Nahuelpan | Argentine | Barcelona | 12 |
| 9 | Michael Arroyo | Ecuadorian | Barcelona | 11 |
| 9 | Marlon de Jesús | Ecuadorian | Emelec | 11 |
Updated as of games played on December 8, 2013. Source:

### Hat tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Christian Márquez | Manta | Independiente del Valle | 3–1 | January 26, 2013 |
| Junior Sornoza$^4$ | Independiente del Valle | Macará | 1–5 | May 25, 2013 |
| Federico Nieto | Deportivo Quito | Deportivo Quevedo | 4–3 | June 26, 2013 |
| Andrés Ríos | Deportivo Cuenca | Deportivo Quito | 6–1 | August 16, 2013 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals.