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 Serie A 1998 Torneo Apertura --------------- Table: 1.LDU Quito 22 11 5/1 5 40-27 44 [Quito] 2.Emelec 22 10 4/4 4 40-28 42 [Guayaquil] 3.Aucas 22 9 5/3 5 32-22 40 [Quito] 4.Olmedo 22 8 5/4 5 28-24 38 [Riobamba] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Espoli 22 10 2/2 8 36-36 36 [Quito] 6.Barcelona 22 8 3/4 7 39-29 34 [Guayaquil] 7.Delfín 22 8 3/4 7 33-30 34 [Manta] 8.El Nacional 22 8 2/3 9 35-27 31 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Deportivo (Quito) 22 6 3/6 7 34-36 29 [Quito] 10.Deportivo (Cuenca) 22 7 1/4 10 20-27 26 [Cuenca] 11.Técnico Universitário 22 5 4/1 12 26-47 24 [Ambato] 12.Panamá 22 3 2/3 14 17-47 16 [Babahoyo] Round 1 [Mar 6-9] Cuenca 1-0 Aucas Dep Quito 1-1 LDU [4-3 pen] Espoli 1-4 Nacional Emelec 4-0 Olmedo Delfin 4-2 Panama Barcelona 4-0 Tecnico U Round 2 [Mar 15] Aucas 2-1 Emelec LDU 4-2 Delfin Panama 1-1 Dep Quito [3-1 pen] Tecnico U 0-1 Espoli Olmedo 1-0 Cuenca Nacional 3-0 Barcelona [Jun 9] Round 3 [Mar 21-23] Espoli 3-4 LDU Emelec 3-0 Tecnico U Barcelona 1-1 Olmedo [4-3 pen] Cuenca 2-0 Panama Delfin 0-0 Aucas [5-6 pen] Dep Quito 1-1 Nacional [2-4 pen, May 13] Round 4 [Mar 28-30] Aucas 3-1 Barcelona Nacional 3-1 Emelec LDU 0-1 Cuenca Tecnico U 3-5 Dep Quito [May 26] Panama 1-3 Espoli Olmedo 0-0 Delfin [5-4 pen] Round 5 [Apr 5] Espoli 1-0 Aucas Dep Quito 3-2 Olmedo Emelec 4-1 LDU Barcelona 4-1 Panama [Jun 17] Dep Cuenca 0-0 Tecnico U [4-5 pen] Delfin 2-1 Nacional Round 6 [Apr 8] Nacional 4-0 Dep Cuenca LDU 0-0 Barcelona [6-5 pen] Espoli 2-2 Emelec [6-5 pen] Panama 1-0 Aucas Delfin 1-0 Dep Quito Olmedo 2-1 Tecnico U Round 7 [Apr 12] Dep Quito 2-3 Espoli Aucas 4-1 Nacional Emelec 1-1 Barcelona [4-3 pen, Jun 21] Panama 1-0 Olmedo Dep Cuenca 2-0 Delfin Tecnico U 0-3 LDU Round 8 [Apr 19] LDU 2-2 Aucas [3-1 pen] Nacional 4-0 Panama Emelec 2-0 Dep Cuenca Barcelona 5-0 Dep Quito Delfin 3-1 Tecnico U Olmedo 4-1 Espoli Round 9 [Apr 22] Espoli 1-0 Delfin Aucas 1-1 Dep Quito [6-5 pen] LDU 2-1 Olmedo Panama 0-2 Emelec Dep Cuenca 0-0 Barcelona [2-3 pen] Tecnico U 2-2 Nacional [3-0 pen] Round 10 [Apr 26] Nacional 3-2 LDU Dep Quito 1-2 Dep Cuenca Barcelona 2-0 Espoli Panama 2-2 Tecnico U [3-4 pen] Delfin 2-2 Emelec [5-4 pen] Olmedo 1-1 Aucas [3-4 pen] Round 11 [May 2-4] Emelec 2-2 Dep Quito [6-5 pen] Dep Cuenca 2-1 Espoli Tecnico U 1-2 Aucas Nacional 0-1 Olmedo LDU 3-0 Panama Barcelona 4-1 Delfin Round 12 [May 9,10] Dep Quito 2-2 Emelec [4-3 pen] Espoli 1-0 Dep Cuenca Aucas 3-0 Tecnico U Olmedo 0-0 Nacional [4-3 pen] Panama 0-1 LDU Delfin 1-2 Barcelona [abandoned due to pitch invasion at 1-2 in 81'; finished May 16] Round 13 [May 15-17] LDU 1-0 Nacional Dep Cuenca 0-0 Dep Quito [4-5 pen] Espoli 2-1 Barcelona Tecnico U 3-1 Panama Emelec 1-0 Delfin Aucas 1-0 Olmedo Round 14 [May 20] Delfin 3-0 Espoli [in Guayaquil] Olmedo 1-1 LDU [2-3 pen] Dep Quito 3-2 Aucas Emelec 2-0 Panama Nacional 0-1 Tecnico U Barcelona 1-1 Dep Cuenca [8-9 pen] Round 15 [May 23,24] Aucas 1-2 LDU Panama 1-1 Nacional [1-3 pen] Dep Cuenca 0-0 Emelec [4-5 pen] Dep Quito 2-0 Barcelona Tecnico U 3-2 Delfin Espoli 3-3 Olmedo [3-4 pen] Round 16 [May 29,30] Espoli 3-1 Dep Quito Nacional 1-1 Aucas [1-3 pen] Olmedo 1-0 Panama Delfin 3-1 Dep Cuenca [in Guayaquil] LDU 2-0 Tecnico U Barcelona 1-3 Emelec [Jul 5] Round 17 [Jun 3] Dep Cuenca 2-1 Nacional Barcelona 3-1 LDU Emelec 2-1 Espoli Aucas 2-0 Panama Dep Quito 2-2 Delfin [3-4 pen] Tecnico U 1-1 Olmedo [5-6 pen] Round 18 [Jun 6,7] Aucas 0-0 Espoli [3-4 pen] Olmedo 3-0 Dep Quito LDU 6-1 Emelec Panama 2-2 Barcelona [4-2 pen] Tecnico U 3-2 Dep Cuenca Nacional 1-2 Delfin Round 19 [Jul 18] Delfin 1-1 Olmedo [1-4 pen] [Jul 19] Barcelona 2-2 Aucas [8-7 pen] Emelec 1-0 Nacional Dep Cuenca 1-3 LDU Espoli 5-1 Panama Dep Quito 3-0 Tecnico U Round 20 [Jul 26] LDU 1-1 Espoli [4-3 pen] Nacional 2-1 Dep Quito Tecnico U 2-2 Emelec [3-2 pen] Olmedo 2-1 Barcelona Panama 2-1 Dep Cuenca Aucas 1-1 Delfin [3-2 pen] Round 21 [Jul 29] Emelec 0-1 Aucas Barcelona 2-0 Nacional Delfin 2-0 LDU Espoli 2-0 Tecnico U Dep Quito 3-0 Panama Dep Cuenca 0-1 Olmedo Round 22 [Aug 2] Aucas 3-2 Dep Cuenca LDU 0-0 Dep Quito [2-3 pen] Nacional 3-1 Espoli Olmedo 2-2 Emelec [1-4 pen] Panama 1-1 Delfin [4-3 pen] Tecnico U 3-2 Barcelona Table: 1.LDU Quito 22 11 4/2 5 40-27 43 [Quito] 2.Emelec 22 10 4/4 4 40-28 42 [Guayaquil] 3.Aucas 22 9 5/3 5 32-22 40 [Quito] 4.Olmedo 22 8 5/4 5 28-24 38 [Riobamba] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Espoli 22 10 2/2 8 36-36 36 [Quito] 6.Barcelona 22 8 3/4 7 39-29 34 [Guayaquil] 7.Delfín 22 8 2/5 7 33-30 33 [Manta] 8.El Nacional 22 8 2/3 9 35-27 31 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Deportivo (Quito) 22 6 4/5 7 34-36 30 [Quito] 10.Deportivo (Cuenca) 22 7 1/4 10 20-27 26 [Cuenca] 11.Técnico Universitário 22 5 4/1 12 26-47 24 [Ambato] 12.Panamá 22 3 3/2 14 17-47 17 [Babahoyo] First four teams play off for Apertura championship (which guarantees a place in the Copa Libertadores 1999), middle four for a pre-qualifying place for the Copa Conmebol 1999 (winners later plays off against another team), bottom four play off against relegation. Cuadrangular Libertadores Round 1 [Aug 9] Emelec 2-1 Aucas [Aug 19] LDU 2-0 Olmedo Round 2 [Aug 15] Olmedo 0-1 Emelec [Aug 16] Aucas 0-2 LDU Round 3 [Aug 23] Emelec 1-0 LDU Aucas 3-0 Olmedo Round 4 [Aug 30] LDU 1-3 Emelec Olmedo 0-1 Aucas Round 5 [Sep 6] Emelec 4-1 Olmedo LDU 1-0 Aucas Round 6 [Sep 13] Olmedo 1-1 LDU [3-5 pen] Aucas 2-1 Emelec Table: 1.Emelec 6 5 0/0 1 12- 5 15 [Guayaquil] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.LDU Quito 6 3 1/0 2 7- 5 11 [Quito] 3.Aucas 6 3 0/0 3 7- 6 9 [Quito] 4.Olmedo 6 0 0/1 5 2-12 1 [Riobamba] Emelec are Apertura Champions and will play in the 1999 Copa Libertadores. Cuadrangular Pre-Conmebol Round 1 [Aug 9] Barcelona 0-0 Nacional [3-5 pen] Espoli 5-2 Delfin Round 2 [Aug 15] Nacional 3-0 Espoli [Aug 19] Delfin 1-0 Barcelona Round 3 [Aug 23] Nacional 4-1 Delfin [Sep 2] Barcelona 3-2 Espoli Round 4 [Aug 30] Espoli 1-1 Barcelona [5-4 pen] Delfin 0-1 Nacional Round 5 [Sep 6] Espoli 0-0 Nacional [4-5 pen] Barcelona 3-0 Delfin Round 6 [Sep 11] Nacional 1-2 Barcelona [Sep 13] Delfin 1-0 Espoli Table: 5.El Nacional 6 3 2/0 1 9- 3 13 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.Barcelona 6 3 0/2 1 9- 5 11 [Guayaquil] 7.Espoli 6 1 1/1 3 8-10 6 [Quito] 8.Delfín 6 2 0/0 4 5-13 6 [Manta] El Nacional will play off for a place in the Copa Conmebol 1999 with Deportivo (Cuenca) (winner of the Pre-Conmebol of the Clausura). Cuadrangular del No-Descenso Round 1 [Aug 9] Dep Cuenca 1-2 Dep Quito Panama 4-1 Tecnico U Round 2 [Aug 15] Tecnico U 3-0 Dep Cuenca Dep Quito 0-0 Panama [4-5 pen] Round 3 [Aug 23] Tecnico U 1-2 Dep Quito Panama 1-0 Dep Cuenca Round 4 [Aug 29] Dep Quito 3-1 Tecnico U [Aug 30] Dep Cuenca 3-0 Panama Round 5 [Sep 6] Panama 1-3 Dep Quito Dep Cuenca 0-0 Tecnico U [4-5 pen] Round 6 [Sep 11] Dep Quito 1-1 Dep Cuenca [4-3 pen] [Sep 13] Tecnico U 2-0 Panama Table: 9.Deportivo (Quito) 6 4 1/1 0 11- 5 15 [Quito] 10.Técnico Universitário 6 2 1/0 3 8- 9 8 [Ambato] 11.Panamá 6 2 1/0 3 6- 9 8 [Babahoyo] 12.Deportivo (Cuenca) 6 1 0/2 3 5- 7 5 [Cuenca] Penalty points: Deportivo (Quito) -1, Técnico Universitário -2, Panamá -3, Deportivo (Cuenca) -4. Torneo Clausura --------------- Tables: Hexagonal 1 1.Deportivo (Quito) 10 6 0/2 2 23-14 20 [Quito] 2.Aucas 10 5 1/2 2 13-11 19 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.El Nacional 10 4 3/0 3 18-19 18 [Quito] 4.Espoli 10 4 0/2 4 21-15 14 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Emelec 10 4 0/1 5 19-18 13 [Guayaquil] 6.Panamá 10 0 3/0 7 9-26 6 [Babahoyo] Hexagonal 2 1.LDU Quito 10 6 3/0 1 18- 5 24 [Quito] 2.Barcelona 10 6 1/1 2 17- 7 21 [Guayaquil] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Olmedo 10 3 2/0 5 14-19 13 [Riobamba] 4.Deportivo (Cuenca) 10 2 1/3 4 11-16 11 [Cuenca] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Técnico Universitário 10 1 3/3 3 10-17 11 [Ambato] 6.Delfín 10 2 1/2 5 16-22 10 [Manta] Round 1 [Sep 20] Emelec 3-3 Nacional [3-4 pen] Barcelona 2-1 Delfin Dep Quito 5-1 Panama Espoli 1-2 Aucas LDU 4-0 Tecnico U Dep Cuenca 2-2 Olmedo [5-6 pen] Round 2 [Sep 26] Panama 1-1 Espoli [4-3 pen] Tecnico U 3-3 Dep Cuenca [4-3 pen] Olmedo 2-1 Barcelona [Sep 27] Aucas 3-1 Emelec Delfin 2-2 LDU [1-4 pen] [Nov 4] Nacional 1-3 Dep Quito Round 3 [Oct 2] Dep Cuenca 0-2 LDU [Oct 3] Espoli 2-3 Dep Quito [Oct 4] Aucas 2-0 Nacional Emelec 2-0 Panama Barcelona 4-0 Tecnico U Olmedo 2-0 Delfin Round 4 [Oct 9] Dep Quito awd Emelec [abandoned at 2-0 at half-time; Emelec dns for 2nd half; Nacional 1-0 Espoli apparently awarded 2-0] [Oct 10] Panama 1-1 Aucas [4-2 pen] [Oct 11] LDU 0-0 Barcelona [7-6 pen] Delfin 0-0 Dep Cuenca [5-4 pen] Tecnico U 0-2 Olmedo Round 5 [Oct 17] Nacional 2-1 Panama Barcelona 4-0 Dep Cuenca [Oct 18] Aucas 1-0 Dep Quito Emelec 4-1 Espoli Tecnico U 2-0 Delfin Olmedo 0-2 LDU Round 6 [Oct 24] Dep Quito 2-1 Aucas [Oct 25] Panama 2-4 Nacional Espoli 4-1 Emelec Dep Cuenca 0-2 Barcelona Delfin 0-0 Tecnico U [3-4 pen] LDU 3-2 Olmedo Round 7 [Oct 31] Espoli 3-1 Nacional [Nov 1] Emelec 1-2 Dep Quito Barcelona 1-0 LDU Aucas 2-1 Panama Dep Cuenca 4-1 Delfin Olmedo 1-1 Tecnico U [4-3 pen] Round 8 [Nov 8] Nacional 1-1 Aucas [4-3 pen] Dep Quito 2-3 Espoli Panama 1-2 Emelec Tecnico U 0-0 Barcelona [3-4 pen] LDU 1-0 Dep Cuenca Delfin 6-1 Olmedo Round 9 [Nov 15] Dep Quito 3-3 Nacional [3-4 pen] Emelec 4-0 Aucas Espoli 6-0 Panama LDU 4-0 Delfin Dep Cuenca 0-0 Tecnico U [4-3 pen] Barcelona 2-1 Olmedo Round 10 [Nov 22] Nacional 2-1 Emelec Delfin 3-1 Barcelona Panama 1-1 Dep Quito [4-1 pen] Aucas 0-0 Espoli [3-1 pen] Tecnico U 0-0 LDU [3-4 pen] Olmedo 1-2 Dep Cuenca Tables: Hexagonal 1 1.Deportivo (Quito) 10 6 0/2 2 23-14 20 [Quito] 2.Aucas 10 5 1/2 2 13-11 19 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.El Nacional 10 4 3/0 3 18-19 18 [Quito] 4.Espoli 10 4 0/2 4 21-15 14 [Quito] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Emelec 10 4 0/1 5 19-18 13 [Guayaquil] 6.Panamá 10 0 3/0 7 9-26 6 [Babahoyo] Hexagonal 2 1.LDU Quito 10 6 3/0 1 18- 5 24 [Quito] 2.Barcelona 10 6 1/1 2 17- 7 21 [Guayaquil] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Olmedo 10 3 2/0 5 14-19 13 [Riobamba] 4.Deportivo (Cuenca) 10 2 1/3 4 11-16 11 [Cuenca] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Técnico Universitário 10 1 3/3 3 10-17 11 [Ambato] 6.Delfín 10 2 1/2 5 16-22 10 [Manta] Cuadrangular Libertadores Round 1 [Nov 29] Aucas 2-1 LDU Dep Quito 2-0 Barcelona Round 2 [Dec 2] LDU 1-0 Dep Quito Barcelona 1-0 Aucas Round 3 [Dec 6] LDU 1-1 Barcelona [2-4 pen] Dep Quito 0-2 Aucas Round 4 [Dec 12] Barcelona 2-2 LDU [4-3 pen] [Dec 13] Aucas 1-1 Dep Quito [2-4 pen] Round 5 [Dec 16] Dep Quito 0-1 LDU Aucas 1-0 Barcelona Round 6 [Dec 20] LDU 3-1 Aucas Barcelona 5-0 Deportivo Quito 1.LDU Quito 6 3 0/2 1 9- 6 11 [Quito] 2.Barcelona 6 2 2/0 2 9- 6 10 [Guayaquil] 3.Aucas 6 3 0/1 2 7- 6 10 [Quito] 4.Deportivo (Quito) 6 1 1/0 4 3-10 5 [Quito] LDU Quito Clausura winners Cuadrangular Pre-Conmebol Round 1 [Nov 29] Dep Cuenca 1-0 Espoli Nacional 0-0 Olmedo [2-3 pen] Round 2 [Dec 2] Espoli 4-3 Nacional Olmedo 0-3 Dep Cuenca Round 3 [Dec 6] Dep Cuenca 3-0 Nacional Espoli 4-0 Olmedo Round 4 [Dec 12] Nacional 1-0 Dep Cuenca [Dec 13] Olmedo 1-1 Espoli [7-6 pen] Round 5 [Dec 16] Nacional 1-3 Espoli Dep Cuenca 3-0 Olmedo Round 6 [Dec 20] Espoli 1-2 Dep Cuenca Olmedo 1-1 Nacional [5-3 pen] 1.Deportivo (Cuenca) 6 5 0/0 1 12- 2 15 [Cuenca] 2.Espoli 6 3 0/1 2 13- 8 10 [Quito] 3.Olmedo 6 0 3/0 3 2-12 6 [Riobamba] 4.El Nacional 6 1 0/2 3 6-11 5 [Quito] Deportivo (Cuenca) will play off for a place in the Copa Conmebol 1999 with El Nacional (winner of the Pre-Conmebol of the Apertura). Cuadrangular del No-Descenso Round 1 [Nov 29] Panama 1-3 Emelec Tecnico U 5-0 Delfin Round 2 [Dec 2] Emelec 4-1 Tecnico U Delfin 2-1 Panama Round 3 [Dec 6] Delfin 2-4 Emelec Panama 3-1 Tecnico U Round 4 [Dec 13] Emelec 5-0 Delfin Tecnico U 2-1 Panama Round 5 [Dec 16] Tecnico U 2-1 Emelec Panama 0-1 Delfin Round 6 [Dec 20] Emelec 3-3 Panama [4-2 pen] Delfin 3-0 Tecnico U 1.Emelec 6 4 1/0 1 20- 9 14 [Guayaquil] 2.Técnico Universitário 6 3 0/0 3 11-12 9 [Ambato] 3.Delfín 6 3 0/0 3 8-15 9 [Manta] 4.Panamá 6 1 0/1 4 9-12 4 [Babahoyo] Penalty points: Emelec -1, Técnico Universitário -2, Delfín -3, Panamá -4 Total Penalty points: Panamá -7, Técnico Universitário -4, Deportivo (Cuenca) -4, Delfín -3, Deportivo (Quito) -1, Emelec -1 Panamá and Técnico Universitário relegated (note that Deportivo (Cuenca) could not be relegated by virtue of winning the Pre-Conmebol of the Clausura). Playoffs: Championship First Leg [Dec 23] Emelec 1-0 LDU Quito Second Leg [Dec 27] LDU Quito 7-0 Emelec LDU Quito champions 1998. Author: Arvids Stashans (stashans@mail.epn.edu.ec) Last updated: 4 Aug 1999 (C) Copyright Arvids Stashans and RSSSF 1999