La Serie A de Ecuador que por motivos de patrocinio es llamada desde 2013 con el nombre de Copa Pilsener, es el torneo oficial de fútbol de primera división realizado por la Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol.
Ecuador National Championship 1961 Qualified for the National Championship the four first ubicated of Campeonato Profesional Interandino (Quito and Ambato) and of the Campeonato Profesional de Guayaquil. Cross-Table Bar Eme Eve Pat DQu Esp LDU Mac Barcelona xxx xxx xxx xxx 0-1 4-0 1-0 2-3 Emelec xxx xxx xxx xxx 3-3 1-1 1-0 4-4 Everest xxx xxx xxx xxx 6-1 2-1 2-1 7-1 Patria xxx xxx xxx xxx 1-1 4-0 2-1 3-1 Deportivo Quito 3-2 3-5 1-0 0*2 xxx xxx xxx xxx España 0-0 0-0 1-0 4-1 xxx xxx xxx xxx LDU de Quito 4-0 1-0 5-4 3-1 xxx xxx xxx xxx Macará 2-3 0-1 2-1 4-3 xxx xxx xxx xxx * the match Deportivo Quito-Patria was played Jan 28, 1962, and finished 3-0; it later was awarded 0-2, rendering the championship playoff between Deportivo Quito and Emelec (who had both finished on 10 points before this decision), played on Jan 31, 1962 and won 3-2 by Deportivo Quito, meaningless. (NB: teams from the same association did not play each other) Table 1.Emelec 8 3 4 1 15-12 10 [Guayaquil] Champions 2.Patria 8 4 1 3 17-14 9 [Guayaquil] 3.Everest 8 4 0 4 22-13 8 [Guayaquil] 4.LDU de Quito 8 4 0 4 15-11 8 5.Deportivo Quito 8 3 2 3 13-19 8 6.Barcelona 8 3 1 4 12-13 7 [Guayaquil] 7.España 8 2 3 3 7-12 7 [Quito] 8.Macará 8 3 1 4 17-24 7 [Ambato] Topscorers 14 Galo PINTO (Everest) 9 Hardany ROJAS 5 Ernesto GUERRA (Aucas) 5 Hugo MANTILLA (LDU de Quito) 5 Bolívar MERIZALDE (Aucas) 5 Carlos Alberto RAFFO (Emelec)
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