# 1995 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 1995 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 37th season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Barcelona won their thirteenth national championship.

## Format

The tournament had a three-stage system.
The first stage during the Apertura Tournament was played in a round-robin tournament, where the first four teams to qualify earned the right to fight for a place in the 1996 Copa Libertadores and also a place in the final of the national tournament. In the second stage during the Apertura Tournament, the three quadrangulars established in the second stage were played, such as the Pre-Libertadores Quadrangular (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in the standings), the B Quadrangular (5th, 7th, 9th and 11th places in the standings) and the C Quadrangular (6th, 8th, 10th and 12th places in the standings), the three quadrangulars established in this new system were played. In the first stage during the Finalisation Tournament, two hexagonals were formed, where the qualifiers for the hexagonals such as the Final Hexagonal and the Non-Relegation Hexagonal were defined.
In the second stage during the Finalisation Tournament, the two hexagonals established in the second stage were played, The first of the phase was the final hexagonal, which gave the right to fight for a place in the 1996 Copa Libertadores and also a place in the final of the national tournament, plus the team in fourth place in the standings got a place in the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL, and the team in fifth place in the standings got a place in the 1996 Pre-Conmebol, and the second of the same phase was the final hexagonal, which gave the right to fight for a place in the 1996 Copa Libertadores.

## Torneo Apertura
### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ESPOLI | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 48 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular Pre-Libertadores |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 47 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular Pre-Libertadores |
| 3 | Barcelona | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 15 | +30 | 43 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular Pre-Libertadores |
| 4 | Green Cross | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 42 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular Pre-Libertadores |
| 5 | Emelec | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 40 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular B |
| 6 | Aucas | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 32 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular C |
| 7 | Deportivo Quito | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 25 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular B |
| 8 | LDU Portoviejo | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 25 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular C |
| 9 | El Nacional | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 23 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular B |
| 10 | Olmedo | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 18 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular C |
| 11 | Delfín | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 67 | −41 | 16 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular B |
| 12 | 9 de Octubre | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 51 | −34 | 8 | Qualified to the Cuadrangular C |

### Second Stage
#### Cuadrangular Pre-Libertadores

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 16 | Qualified to the Championship final and Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | ESPOLI | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Green Cross | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 7 | |
| 4 | LDU Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |

#### Cuadrangular B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | El Nacional | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 14 |
| 2 | Emelec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |
| 4 | Delfín | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
* ↑ Delfín were deducted five points as pusihment for fielding a suspended player.

#### Cuadrangular C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | LDU Portoviejo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 |
| 2 | Olmedo | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 |
| 3 | Aucas | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| 4 | 9 de Octubre | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |

## Torneo Finalización
### First stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 18 | Qualified to the Championship round |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 18 | Qualified to the Championship round |
| 3 | El Nacional | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 18 | Qualified to the Championship round |
| 4 | Green Cross | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 15 | Qualified to the Relegation round |
| 5 | Deportivo Quito | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 8 | Qualified to the Relegation round |
| 6 | Delfín | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 4 | Qualified to the Relegation round |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Aucas | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 17 | Qualified to the Championship round |
| 2 | ESPOLI | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 17 | Qualified to the Championship round |
| 3 | Emelec | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 16 | Qualified to the Championship round |
| 4 | Olmedo | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 | Qualified to the Relegation round |
| 5 | LDU Portoviejo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 12 | Qualified to the Relegation round |
| 6 | 9 de Octubre | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 38 | −35 | 2 | Qualified to the Relegation round |

### Second stage
#### Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ESPOLI | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 21 | Qualified to the Championship final and Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Barcelona | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 18 | |
| 3 | El Nacional | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
| 4 | Emelec | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 14 | Qualified to the Fase Pre-CONMEBOL |
| 5 | LDU Quito | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 11 | Qualified to the Fase Pre-CONMEBOL |
| 6 | Aucas | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 4 | |
* ↑ Emelec qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL first round as the Fase Pre-CONMEBOL winners.

#### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olmedo | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 19 | |
| 2 | Green Cross | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 | |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 18 | |
| 4 | LDU Portoviejo | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 9 | |
| 5 | 9 de Octubre (R) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 5 | Relegated to the Ecuadorian Serie B |
| 6 | Delfín (R) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 4 | Relegated to the Ecuadorian Serie B |
* ↑ 9 de Octubre were deducted three points after finished in bottom two relegation round
* ↑ The match between Liga de Portoviejo and Delfín played at the Estadio Reales Tamarindos de Portoviejo in the Clásico Manabita was not played because of the 3 penalty points as both teams would have withdrawn by mutual agreement, as the Delfín team had already been relegated to Serie B, while the Liga de Portoviejo team had been relegated a date earlier.
* ↑ Delfín were deducted three points after finished in bottom two relegation round.

## Fase Pre-CONMEBOL

They faced each other between Emelec (finis hed 4th place Championship round) and LDU Quito (finished 5th place Championship round). The winner was Emelec and they qualified for the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL.