2004 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

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LDU Quito
Top goalscorerEbelio Ordóñez (28 goals)
2003

The 2004 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2004 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th season of the

Deportivo Cuenca
won their first national championship.

Format

The format for 2004 remained the same for this season.

The First Stage and Second Stage are identical. The ten teams competed in a double round-robin tournament, one game at home and one away. The top three teams in each stage qualified to the Liguilla Final with bonus points (2, 1, and .5 points, respectively). The First Stage winner and runner-up qualified to the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. At the end of the Second Stage, the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to the Serie B.

The Liguilla Final was a double round-robin tournament between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of the Liguilla Final was crowned the Serie A champion. The champion and runner-up also qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores into the Second Stage, while the third-place finisher qualified to the First Stage.

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Aucas
18 10 6 2 31 15 +16 36 2004 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Phase and the Liguilla Final
2
LDU Quito
18 9 3 6 33 26 +7 30
3
Deportivo Cuenca
18 8 5 5 21 15 +6 29 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
4
Emelec
18 9 1 8 26 21 +5 28
5
El Nacional
18 7 5 6 26 25 +1 26
6
Deportivo Quito
18 7 4 7 28 32 −4 25
7
Olmedo
18 6 6 6 23 23 0 24
8
Barcelona
18 4 6 8 20 25 −5 18
9
ESPOLI
18 3 8 7 14 23 −9 17
10
Macará
18 2 6 10 16 33 −17 12
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2004. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Barcelona
18 10 4 4 36 22 +14 34 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2
Olmedo
18 8 7 3 34 25 +9 31
3
El Nacional
18 9 4 5 21 17 +4 31
4
Deportivo Quito
18 8 6 4 37 26 +11 30
5
Deportivo Cuenca
18 8 4 6 24 21 +3 28
6
Aucas
18 7 5 6 22 20 +2 26
7
Emelec
18 5 7 6 27 33 −6 22
8
LDU Quito
18 6 2 10 23 27 −4 20
9
Macará
18 3 6 9 17 32 −15 15
10
ESPOLI
18 2 3 13 15 33 −18 9
Updated to match(es) played on October 3, 2004. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1
Aucas
36 17 11 8 53 35 +18 62
2
Deportivo Cuenca
36 16 9 11 45 36 +9 57
3
El Nacional
36 16 9 11 47 42 +5 57
4
Olmedo
36 14 13 9 57 48 +9 55
5
Deportivo Quito
36 15 10 11 65 58 +7 55
6
Barcelona
36 14 10 12 56 47 +9 52
7
LDU Quito
36 15 5 16 56 53 +3 50
8
Emelec
36 14 8 14 53 54 −1 50
9
Macará
36 5 12 19 33 65 −32 27 Relegation to Serie B
10
ESPOLI
36 5 11 20 29 56 −27 26
Updated to match(es) played on October 3, 2004. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Liguilla Final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1
Deportivo Cuenca
(C)
10 6 1 3 16 13 +3 0.5 19.5 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2
Olmedo
10 6 0 4 16 14 +2 1 19
3
LDU Quito
10 5 2 3 13 9 +4 1 18 2005 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4
El Nacional
10 4 3 3 17 16 +1 0.5 15.5
5
Barcelona
10 3 2 5 14 16 −2 2 13
6
Aucas
10 1 2 7 11 19 −8 2 7
Updated to match(es) played on December 19, 2004. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned in the previous stages.
(C) Champions


 Copa Pílsener Serie A
2004 champion 
Deportivo Cuenca

1st title