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.
National Championship 1970 Phase 1 Cross-Table 9Oc Amé Auc Bar DQu Nac Eme Eve LPo LQu Mac Pat UCa 9 de Octubre xxx 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 6-3 1-1 1-3 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 América de Quito 1-0 xxx 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-4 1-0 5-0 5-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 3-1 Aucas 1-1 2-2 xxx 2-3 0-2 1-1 3-1 0-0 3-3 2-3 3-1 4-0 1-1 Barcelona 4-0 0-0 0-1 xxx 1-0 4-0 0-0 1-0 3-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 Deportivo Quito 1-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 xxx 1-5 0-0 2-2 2-1 3-1 2-2 1-0 1-1 El Nacional 3-0 5-0 1-1 3-4 0-1 xxx 1-1 1-0 3-3 2-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 Emelec 2-2 2-0 2-0 1-2 3-1 2-0 xxx 4-2 0-2 2-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 Everest 4-3 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 1-1 xxx 5-1 0-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 LDU de Portoviejo 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 xxx 3-1 3-2 0-0 1-0 LDU de Quito 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-2 1-3 2-0 6-2 3-0 xxx 2-0 4-1 1-0 Macará 2-2 2-2 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 2-2 xxx 1-0 1-0 Patria 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 3-1 0-1 2-2 1-1 0-3 1-1 xxx 2-1 Universidad Católica 1-0 1-2 3-2 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 2-0 xxx Table 1.Barcelona 24 14 6 4 33-17 34 [Guayaquil] 2.LDU de Quito 24 11 6 7 37-26 28 3.América 24 9 10 5 30-27 28 [Quito] 4.Emelec 24 9 9 6 28-24 27 [Guayaquil] 5.Dep. Quito 24 10 6 8 26-25 26 6.El Nacional 24 9 7 8 40-30 25 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.LDU de Portoviejo 24 9 6 9 34-37 24 (play in Manta) 8.Aucas 24 6 10 8 31-30 22 [Quito] 9.Universidad Católica 24 7 8 9 22-22 22 [Quito] 10.Macará 24 6 10 8 27-31 22 [Ambato] 11.9 de Octubre 24 5 10 9 23-32 20 [Guayaquil] 12.Patria 24 5 8 11 18-31 18 [Guayaquil] 13.Everest 24 4 8 12 25-42 16 [Guayaquil] Top-6 qualify to Liguilla Final Bottom-7 participate in Liquilla de no descenso Liguilla de no descenso Cross-Table 9Oc Auc Eve LPo Mac Pat UCa 9 de Octubre xxx 0-0 5-3 2-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 Aucas 5-1 xxx 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-3 Everest 2-1 2-4 xxx 1-0 3-2 2-2 1-1 LDU de Portoviejo 2-0 4-2 0-1 xxx 1-1 4-0 2-2 Macará 0-1 1-0 2-0 8-0 xxx 2-0 1-0 Patria 3-5 0-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 xxx 2-0 Universidad Católica 5-2 1-1 7-0 1-0 3-0 1-1 xxx Table 1.Universidad Católica 36 12 13 11 46-34 37 [Quito] 2.Aucas 36 11 14 11 50-44 36 [Quito] Relegated (1) 3.Macara 36 11 13 12 45-41 35 [Ambato] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.LDU de Portoviejo 36 12 9 15 48-57 33 5.9 de Octubre 36 9 13 14 41-54 31 [Guayaquil] 6.Patria 36 8 12 16 30-49 28 [Guayaquil] Relegated 7.Everest 36 9 10 17 42-68 28 [Guayaquil] Relegated Record of Phase 1 was carried forward to Liguilla de no descenso. Initially bottom-4 relegated (1) Aucas play playoff with Politécnico (Pichincha's second division champion) to decide which team of Pichincha is relegated to second division; according to reglementation to 1971 Pichincha only can have 4 teams in National Championship. (2) LDU de Portoviejo maintained in National Championship 1971 by decision of Extraordinary Congress of Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. Liguilla Final Cross-Table Amé Bar DQu Nac Eme LQu América xxx 2-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 Barcelona 1-0 xxx 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-2 Deportivo Quito 0-1 1-0 xxx 2-0 0-0 3-2 El Nacional 2-0 3-0 2-0 xxx 2-0 0-3 Emelec 2-0 4-0 2-0 2-2 xxx 6-1 LDU de Quito 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-1 0-3 xxx Table 1.Barcelona 34 19 7 8 44-31 45 [Guayaquil] Champions 2.Emelec 34 14 11 9 47-32 39 [Guayaquil] Runners-up 3.América 34 13 13 8 38-35 39 [Quito] 4.LDU de Quito 34 14 8 12 51-45 36 5.El Nacional 34 13 9 12 54-42 35 [Quito] 6.Deportivo Quito 34 13 8 13 32-36 34 Record of Phase 1 was carried forward to Liguilla Final National championship was extended to 16 clubs in 1971. Topscorers 19 Rómulo Dudar MINA (Macara) 16 Félix LASSO (Emelec) 15 Patricio PEÑAHERRERA (El Nacional) 14 Pedro ALVAREZ (Barcelona) 14 Alberto CABALEIRO (Emelec) 14 Ricardo MARTINEZ (9 de Octubre) Copa Ecuador 1970 Winner qualify to Recopa Sudaméricana 1970 Mode of qualifying not completely clear. Participants: the teams placed in 4th, 5th, 8th place of League 1969. Jan 1970 In Guayaquil Barcelona 1- 1 El Nacional In Quito El Nacional 3- 1 Everest In Guayaquil Barcelona - Everest not played by innecessity (?) El Nacional qualify to Recopa Sudamericana 1970.
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