Ecuadorian Serie B

Primera Categoría Serie B

Founded	1971
Country	Ecuador
Técnico Universitario (6 titles)
Website	Official webpage
Current: 2023 Serie B season

The Primera Categoría Serie B, shortened to Serie B or Primera B, is a professional football league in Ecuador. It is in the second tier of the

. The season runs from February to December in two stages. For sponsorship reasons, it is known as the LigaPro Banco Pichincha Pymes.

Serie B has been in place since 1971 and has been held on a yearly basis since (except 1973 and 1983–88), often holding two tournaments a year. The number of teams being promoted or relegated changed through the years because, like the Serie A, the format often changes on a seasonal basis. With the creation of LigaPro for the beginning of the 2019 season, the format consisted of two separate round robin stages. The top four teams with the most points after both stages were placed in a playoffs to determine the two teams who would earn promotion to Serie A the following season. Additionally, the two teams with the fewest points at the end of the season are relegated to the Segunda Categoría.

Thirty two different clubs have won the Serie B, but only twelve have won it multiple times. The most successful team and current champion is

, who won their sixth title in 2017.

Current teams

There are currently ten teams in the 2023 Serie B.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Macara	Ambato	Bellavista	38,258
Imbabura	Salinas	Christian Benítez	10,150
Cuniburo	Santo Domingo	Olímpico (Santo Domingo)	10,172
Manta FC	Pelileo	Ciudad de Pelileo	8,000
Independiente Juniors	Sangolqui	Rumiñahui	12,000
9 de Octubre	Guayaquil	Olímpico Atahualpa	38,258
Vargas Torres	Esmeraldas	Olímpico Atahualpa	38,258
Chacaritas	Riobamba	Gerardo León Pozo	3,171
America de Quito	Quito	Reales Tamarindos	21,000
Buhos ULVR	Guayaquil	Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera	42,000

List of champions

Ed.	Season		Champion (title count)	Runner-up
1	1971		Macará (1)	Olmedo
2	1972	E1	LDU Portoviejo (1)	Deportivo Quito
3		E2	Deportivo Cuenca (1)	Universidad Católica
4	1974	E1	LDU Quito (1)	América de Quito
5		E2	Aucas (1)	Deportivo Quito
6	1975		Audaz Octubrino (1)	9 de Octubre
7	1976	E1	Carmen Mora (1)	Deportivo Quito
8		E2	LDU Portoviejo (2)	América de Quito
9	1977	E1	LDU Cuenca (1)	Manta Sport
10		E2	Técnico Universitario (1)	Deportivo Quito
11	1978	E1	Bonita Banana (1)	Valdez
12		E2	América de Quito (1)	LDU Quito
13	1979	E1	Manta Sport (1)	Aucas
14		E2	El Nacional (1)	Everest
15	1980	E1	Deportivo Quito (1)	LDU Cuenca
16		E2	LDU Portoviejo (3)	Deportivo Cuenca
17	1981	E1	Emelec (1)	9 de Octubre
18		E2	Técnico Universitario (2)	LDU Portoviejo
19	1982	E1	Quevedo (1)	Aucas
20		E2	Manta Sport (2)	América de Quito
21	1989	E1	Delfín (1)	Universidad Católica
22		E2	Juventus (1)	River Plate Riobamba
23	1990	E1	Universidad Católica (1)	LDU Portoviejo
24		E2	Juvenil (1)	LDU Loja
25	1991	E1	Green Cross (1)	LDU Portoviejo
26		E2	Aucas (2)	ESPOLI
27	1992	E1	LDU Portoviejo (4)	ESPOLI
28		E2	Santos (1)	Calvi
29	1993		ESPOLI (1)	LDU Portoviejo
30	1994		Olmedo (1)	9 de Octubre
31	1995		Deportivo Cuenca (2)	Técnico Universitario
32	1996		Quevedo (2)	Calvi
33	1997		Panamá (1)	Delfín
34	1998		Macará (2)	Audaz Octubrino
35	1999		Técnico Universitario (3)	LDU Portoviejo
36	2000		LDU Portoviejo (5)	Delfín
37	2001		LDU Quito (2)	Deportivo Cuenca
38	2002		Técnico Universitario (4)	Manta
39	2003		Olmedo (2)	Macará
40	2004		Quevedo (3)	LDU Loja
41	2005	A	ESPOLI (2)	Manta
42		C	Macará (3)	Universidad Católica
43	2006	E1	Deportivo Azogues (1)	Universidad Católica
44		E2	Imbabura (1)	Universidad Católica
45	2007		Universidad Católica (2)	ESPOLI
46	2008		Manta (1)	LDU Portoviejo
47	2009		Independiente del Valle (1)	Universidad Católica
48	2010		LDU Loja (1)	Imbabura
49	2011		Técnico Universitario (5)	Macará
50	2012		Universidad Católica (3)	Quevedo
51	2013		Olmedo (3)	Mushuc Runa
52	2014		Aucas (3)	River Ecuador
53	2015		Delfín (2)	Fuerza Amarilla
54	2016		Macará (4)	Clan Juvenil
55	2017		Técnico Universitario (6)	Aucas
56	2018		Mushuc Runa (1)	América de Quito
57	2019		Orense (1)	LDU Portoviejo
58	2020		9 de Octubre (1)	Manta
59	2021		Cumbayá (1)	Gualaceo
60	2022		El Nacional (2)	Libertad
61	2023		Macará (5)	Imbabura

Titles by club

Club	Titles	Seasons won
Técnico Universitario	6	1977 E2, 1981 E2, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2017
LDU Portoviejo	5	1972 E1, 1976 E2, 1980 E2, 1992 E1, 2000
Macará	5	1971, 1998, 2005 C, 2016, 2023
Aucas	3	1974 E2, 1991 E2, 2014
Olmedo	3	1994, 2003, 2013
Quevedo	3	1982 E1, 1996, 2004
Universidad Católica	3	1990 E1, 2007, 2012
ESPOLI	2	1993, 2005 A
Delfín	2	1989 E1, 2015
Deportivo Cuenca	2	1972 E2, 1995
El Nacional	2	1979 E2, 2022
LDU Quito	2	1974 E1, 2001
Manta Sport	2	1979 E1, 1982 E2
9 de Octubre	1	2020
América de Quito	1	1978 E2
Audaz Octubrino	1	1975
Bonita Banana	1	1978 E1, 1976 E1
Cumbayá	1	2021
Deportivo Azogues	1	2006 E1
Deportivo Quito	1	1980 E1
Emelec	1	1981 E1
Green Cross	1	1991 E1
Imbabura	1	2006 E2
Independiente del Valle	1	2009
Juvenil	1	1990 E2
Juventus	1	1989 E2
LDU Cuenca	1	1977 E1
LDU Loja	1	2010
Manta	1	2008
Mushuc Runa	1	2018
Orense	1	2019
Panamá	1	1997
Santos	1	1992 E2

Titles by city

City	Nº of titles	Clubs
Quito	14	Aucas (3), Universidad Católica (3), El Nacional (2), ESPOLI (2), LDU Quito (2), América de Quito (1), Deportivo Quito (1)
Ambato	12	Técnico Universitario (6), Macará (5), Mushuc Runa (1)
Manta	6	Manta Sport (2), Delfín (2), Green Cross (1), Manta FC (1)
Portoviejo	5	LDU Portoviejo (5)
Cuenca	3	Deportivo Cuenca (2), LDU Cuenca (1)
Guayaquil	3	9 de Octubre (1), Emelec (1), Panamá (1)
Machala	3	Audaz Octubrino (1), Bonita Banana (1), Orense (1)
Riobamba	3	Olmedo (3)
Esmeraldas	2	Juvenil (1), Juventus (1)
Azogues	1	Deportivo Azogues (1)
Cumbayá	1	Cumbayá (1)
El Guabo	1	Santos (1)
Ibarra	1	Imbabura (1)
Loja	1	LDU Loja (1)
Pasaje	1	Carmen Mora (1)
Quevedo	1	Deportivo Quevedo (1)
Sangolquí	1	Independiente del Valle (1)

References

External links

• Official webpage Archived 2015-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Serie B summary(SOCCERWAY)
• Ecuadorian Serie B, standings, results & fixtures at Donnael.com