Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A 2007

Infobox Football league season
competition = Copa Pílsener Serie A
season = 2007
winners = LDU Quito (9th Title)
relegated = Imbabura
continentalcup1 = Copa Libertadores 2008
continentalcup1 qualifiers = Group Stage:
D. Cuenca
LDU Quito
Preliminary Round: Olmedo
continentalcup2 = Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers = 2007: Olmedo
2008: LDU Quito
league topscorer = Juan Carlos Ferreyra (17)
biggest home win = LDU Quito 5-0 Imbabura
(Aug 29)
biggest away win = Imbabura 1-6 LDU Quito
(Apr 29)
highest scoring = Emelec 4-3 LDU Quito
(Feb 25)
Imbabura 1-6 LDU Quito
(Apr 29)
Emelec 4-3 El Nacional
(Jun 13)
total goals = 529
average goals = 2.52
longest wins = 4 - D. Azogues
(Apr 06 - Apr 29)
4 - LDU Quito
(Apr 29 - May 20)
(Sep 16 - Sep 29)
longest unbeaten = 17 - LDU Quito
(Aug 29 - Dec 09)
longest losses = 5 - Imbabura
(Feb 25 - Apr 01)
prevseason =
nextseason = 2008

The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A 2007 (known as Copa Pílsener Serie A 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th season of Ecuador's Serie A, the country's top football tournament for the country's top league. The First Stage began on February 2, the Second Stage on July 13, and the Liguilla Final on October 19. The defending champions were Club Deportivo El Nacional.

Format

The format is identical to the 2006 Serie A tournament. The tournament is composed of three stages:

*First Stage (Spanish: Primera Etapa):The ten teams will compete, each team playing the other nine teams twice in a double round-robin format (one home game, one away game). The top three teams qualify for the Liguilla final, and will earn bonus points (3, 2, and 1 point [s] respectively). The Stage winner qualifies for the Copa Sudamericana 2007.

*Second Stage (Spanish: Segunda Etapa):Identical to the First Stage. The top three teams will earn bonus points for the Liguilla Final (3, 2, and 1 point [s] respectively). If a team re-qualifies for the Liguilla Final after this stage, the highest positioned team in the Aggregate Table who has not qualified as a top three finisher from the two stages qualifies for the Liguilla Final, but does not earn bonus points. The Stage winner qualifies for the Copa Sudamericana 2008. The last team in the aggregate table at the end of this stage is relegated to Serie B.

*Liguilla Final:The Liguilla Final is a double round-robin format between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of this round-robin tournament will be the champion of Serie A. The champion and runner-up will qualify to the Copa Libertadores 2008 Group Stage and the third-place finisher to the Preliminary Round.

Teams

The teams for Serie A 2007 include the top nine finishers of the second half of 2006, plus the champion of Serie B 2006-E2 (marked with an asterisk). Sociedad Deportiva Aucas was relegated at the end of the previous season. The teams for 2007 are (home city in parenthesis):
*Barcelona Sporting Club (Guayaquil)
*Centro Deportivo Olmedo (Riobamba)
*Club Deportivo Cuenca (Cuenca)
*Club Deportivo El Nacional (Quito)
*Club Social y Deportivo Macará (Ambato)
*Club Sport Emelec (Guayaquil)
*Deportivo Azogues (Azogues)
*Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (Quito)
*Sociedad Deportivo Quito (Quito)
*Sporting Club Imbabura (Ibarra)*

tadiums

The matches for 2007 will be played in nine stadiums, in seven cities.

Tournament

First Stage

The first stage of the tournament was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007.

econd Stage

The second stage of the tournament was played between July 15, 2007 and October 7, 2007.

Aggregate table

Liguilla Final

The Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007.

ee also

* Serie A de Ecuador
* Copa Libertadores 2007
* Copa Sudamericana 2007
* Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol

External links

* [http://www.ecuafutbol.org Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol Official Site]
* [http://www.ecuafutbol.org/servicios/jugadores.aspx FEF's Player Finder]
* [http://www.futbolecuador.com Ecuadorian Futbol News]