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.
Tournament split in Serie A and Serie B (8 teams each), with relegation in mid-season. Ecuador Serie A 1972 First Stage Cross-Table Amé Bar Nac Eme LQu Mac Olm UCa América de Quito xxx 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-3 2-2 0-1 Barcelona 2-1 xxx 2-0 2-2 3-0 2-1 3-1 4-1 El Nacional 2-2 3-1 xxx 3-0 3-1 5-2 8-3 1-0 Emelec 0-0 0-0 3-1 xxx 1-1 0-0 4-1 1-0 LDU de Quito 1-1 2-2 1-4 1-1 xxx 3-2 3-1 3-2 Macará 2-1 0-2 1-0 2-2 0-1 xxx 4-2 3-2 Olmedo 1-3 1-0 3-3 0-1 1-1 3-3 xxx 1-0 Universidad Católica 3-1 2-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 4-0 xxx Table 1.El Nacional 14 7 4 3 33-19 18 [Quito] Qualified 2.Barcelona 14 7 3 4 24-15 17 [Guayaquil] Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Emelec 14 5 7 2 17-12 17 [Guayaquil] 4.Macará 14 5 4 5 24-25 14 [Ambato] 5.América 14 4 5 5 15-17 13 [Quito] 6.LDU de Quito 14 4 5 5 18-23 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Universidad Católica 14 5 2 7 17-18 12 [Quito] Relegated 8.Olmedo 14 2 4 8 20-39 8 [Riobamba] Relegated Playoff to decide second place [Sep 28] Barcelona 1 - 0 Emelec Top-2 qualify to Liguilla Final Bottom-2 relegated to Serie B Second Stage Nb: Dep. Quito and LDU de Portoviejo promoted as winners of First Stage of Serie B Cross-Table Amé Bar DQu Nac Eme LPo LQu Mac América de Quito xxx 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 0-1 Barcelona 3-1 xxx 6-0 3-0 1-3 1-1 2-0 3-2 Deportivo Quito 1-2 1-0 xxx 2-1 0-0 3-1 2-2 2-1 El Nacional 1-0 1-1 1-3 xxx 0-2 1-0 1-2 3-0 Emelec 3-1 2-4 2-2 0-0 xxx 0-0 2-0 7-2 LDU de Portoviejo 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-2 2-3 xxx 1-1 1-0 LDU de Quito 4-2 0-1 3-3 0-1 1-3 4-3 xxx 0-0 Macará 2-1 2-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 0-3 1-1 xxx Table 1.Emelec 14 7 6 1 28-14 20 [Guayaquil] Qualified 2.Barcelona 14 7 3 4 26-15 17 [Guayaquil] Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Deportivo Quito 14 6 5 3 23-23 17 [Quito] 4.El Nacional 14 5 4 5 14-16 14 [Quito] 5.LDU de Portoviejo 14 3 6 5 18-19 12 [Riobamba] 6.América 14 4 3 7 13-18 11 [Quito] 7.LDU de Quito 14 3 5 6 18-24 11 Relegated 8.Macará 14 3 4 7 14-25 10 [Ambato] Top-2 qualify to Liguilla Final Liguilla Final Cross-Table Bar Nac Eme Barcelona xxx 3-3 2-1 El Nacional 3-0 xxx 2-2 Emelec 5-1 1-0 xxx Table 1.Emelec 4 2 1 1 9- 5 5 [Guayaquil] Champions 2.El Nacional 4 1 2 1 8- 6 4 [Quito] Runners-up 3.Barcelona 4 1 1 2 6-12 3 [Guayaquil] Serie A extended to 12 teams in 1973 PD: LDU de Quito play playoff with Universidad Católica (team of Pichincha in Serie B) to decide which team of Pichincha is relegated to second division; according to regulations for 1973 Pichincha only can have 4 teams in Serie A. Universidad Católica win series, LDU de Quito relegated to second division in 1973. Topscorers 15 Nelson Miranda NELSINHO (Barcelona) 14 Pedro PERICO León (Barcelona) 12 Luis LAMBERCK (Emelec) 12 Félix LASSO GARCIA (Emelec) 11 Washington MUÑOZ (Barcelona) 11 Cassiano SUAREZ (Macará) 11 Carlos TORRES GARCES (El Nacional)
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