1991 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Valdez
Matches played	242
Goals scored	684 (2.83 per match)
	← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 33rd season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador.^[1] ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams

The number of teams for this season was played by 12 teams.

(In First Stage)

Club	City
Barcelona	Guayaquil
Delfín	Manta
Deportivo Cuenca	Cuenca
Deportivo Quito	Quito
El Nacional	Quito
Emelec	Guayaquil
Juvenil	Esmeraldas
LDU Quito	Quito
Macará	Ambato
Técnico Universitario	Ambato
Universidad Católica	Quito
Valdez	Guayaquil

(In Second Stage)

Club	City
Barcelona	Guayaquil
Delfín	Manta
Deportivo Cuenca	Cuenca
Deportivo Quito	Quito
El Nacional	Quito
Emelec	Guayaquil
Green Cross	Manta
Juvenil	Esmeraldas
LDU Quito	Quito
Técnico Universitario	Ambato
Universidad Católica	Quito
Valdez	Guayaquil

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	22	14	5	3	43	21	+22	33
2	El Nacional	22	9	11	2	37	20	+17	29
3	LDU Quito	22	10	7	5	45	26	+19	27
4	Valdez	22	9	9	4	31	17	+14	27
5	Emelec	22	7	9	6	30	36	−6	23
6	Deportivo Quito	22	6	9	7	32	31	+1	21
7	Técnico Universitario	22	8	5	9	30	30	0	21
8	Universidad Católica	22	6	7	9	20	24	−4	19	Relegation Ligulla
9	Deportivo Cuenca	22	7	5	10	23	28	−5	19
10	Juvenil	22	5	8	9	20	39	−19	18
11	Delfín	22	5	4	13	27	45	−18	14
12	Macará	22	3	7	12	20	41	−21	13	Relegated to the Serie B

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	10	5	4	1	20	10	+10	14
2	Emelec	10	5	3	2	17	10	+7	13
3	Deportivo Cuenca	10	4	2	4	13	12	+1	10
4	Delfín	10	4	2	4	13	15	−2	10
5	LDU Quito	10	3	3	4	14	13	+1	9
6	Universidade Católica	10	1	2	7	12	29	−17	4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Valdez	10	5	3	2	12	8	+4	13
2	El Nacional	10	5	2	3	21	9	+12	12
3	Técnico Universitario	10	5	2	3	20	13	+7	12
4	Green Cross	10	5	0	5	17	19	−2	10
5	Deportivo Quito	10	3	3	4	15	14	+1	9
6	Juvenil	10	1	2	7	11	33	−22	4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valdez^[a]	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	9.5	Qualified to the Cuadrangular Final
2	Barcelona^[b]	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	9	Qualified to the Cuadrangular Final
3	Técnico Universitario	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	5
4	Green Cross	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	4

Source: RSSSF - 1991 Serie A
Notes:

^ Valdez were awarded 1.5 points.
^ Barcelona were awarded 2 points.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional^[a]	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	7.5	Qualified to the Cuadrangular Final
2	Deportivo Quito	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	7	Qualified to the Cuadrangular Final
3	LDU Quito^[b]	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	6.5
4	Emelec^[c]	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	5.5

Source: RSSSF - 1991 Serie A
Notes:

^ El Nacional were awarded 1.5 point.
^ LDU Quito were awarded 0.5 point.
^ Emelec were awarded 0.5 point.

Relegation Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Cuenca	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	9
2	Delfín	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	7
3	Universidad Católica^[a]	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	3
4	Juvenil^[b]	6	2	0	4	5	15	−10	3.5	Relegated to the Serie B

Source: RSSSF - 1991 Serie A
Notes:

^ Universidad Católica were deducted 1 point.
^ Juvenil were deducted 0.5 point.

Cuadrangular Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	6	1	4	1	10	8	+2	6	1992 Copa Libertadores
2	El Nacional	6	1	3	2	8	12	−4	5	Second-Place Playoffs
3	Valdez	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	5	Second-Place Playoffs
4	Deportivo Quito	6	2	0	4	9	7	+2	4

Source: RSSSF - 1988 Serie A
(C) Champions

Serie A 1991 champion
Barcelona 11th title

Second-place playoffs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Valdez	2–1	El Nacional
El Nacional	0–0	Valdez

References

External links

[table_note_VAL0.29979901588513-5] Valdez were awarded 1.5 points.

[table_note_BAR0.29979901588513-6] Barcelona were awarded 2 points.

[table_note_NAC0.77084173810242-7] El Nacional were awarded 1.5 point.

[table_note_LDQ0.77084173810242-8] LDU Quito were awarded 0.5 point.

[table_note_EME0.77084173810242-9] Emelec were awarded 0.5 point.

[table_note_CAT0.60425778459956-10] Universidad Católica were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_JUV0.60425778459956-11] Juvenil were deducted 0.5 point.

[1] RSSSF - Ecuador 1991

[2] Artículo Oficial de Barcelona Campeón Nacional 1991 en la página web del Diario El Universo

[3] rchivo futbol ecuatoriano - NOTA 1991

[4] rchivo futbol ecuatoriano - AÑO 1991

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