Serie A - Primera Etapa 1974

						
Tournament split in Serie A and Serie B (8 teams each), with 
relegation in mid-season.

Ecuador Serie A 1974

First Stage

Cross-Table
		     Bar DCu DQu Nac Eme LPo Mac UCa
Barcelona            xxx 0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 2-2 3-0 1-0
Deportivo Cuenca     3-1 xxx 0-0 1-0 3-2 5-0 2-0 3-1
Deportivo Quito      1-1 0-1 xxx 0-4 2-2 2-3 3-1 1-0
El Nacional          1-1 1-1 3-2 xxx 2-1 3-3 3-1 3-1
Emelec               0-1 1-2 2-1 2-1 xxx 1-0 2-1 2-0
LDU de Portoviejo    2-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 xxx 3-0 2-2
Macará               2-3 2-1 1-1 3-3 1-1 2-1 xxx 2-1
Universidad Católica 1-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 2-1 xxx

Table

 1.Deportivo Cuenca     14  8  3  3 22-11 19             Qualified
 2.El Nacional          14  6  6  2 28-19 18 [Quito]     Qualified
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Emelec               14  7  3  4 19-15 17 [Guayaquil]
 4.Barcelona     	14  4  8  2 19-16 16 [Guayaquil]
 5.LDU de Portoviejo    14  4  5  5 21-25 13
 6.Universidad Católica 14  5  1  8 14-18 11 [Quito]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 7.Deportivo Quito      14  2  5  7 16-23  9             Relegated
 8.Macará           	14  3  3  8 17-29  9 [Ambato]    Relegated

Top-2 qualify to Liguilla Final
Bottom-2 relegated to Serie B

Second Stage

Nb: LDU de Quito and América de Quito promoted as winners 
    of First Stage of Serie B

Cross-Table
		     Amé Bar DCu Nac Eme LPo LQu UCa
América de Quito     xxx 2-1 1-0 1-1 4-4 6-0 2-1 3-2
Barcelona            1-1 xxx 3-2 1-1 3-0 0-0 2-1 3-2
Deportivo Cuenca     2-0 1-2 xxx 0-1 1-0 3-0 2-2 2-0
El Nacional 	     1-1 3-2 3-2 xxx 1-1 4-1 1-1 1-1
Emelec               1-0 1-1 2-0 2-1 xxx 1-1 1-2 1-1
LDU de Portoviejo    1-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 xxx 0-0 0-0
LDU de Quito         3-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 xxx 1-3
Universidad Católica 3-2 2-2 1-4 1-1 3-3 3-0 1-1 xxx

Table

 1.El Nacional          14  4  9  1 20-15 17 [Quito]     Qualified
 2.LDU de Quito         14  5  6  3 16-13 16             Qualified
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Barcelona     	14  5  5  4 21-20 15 [Guayaquil]
 4.América          	14  5  4  5 24-21 14 [Quito]
 5.Deportivo Cuenca     14  5  3  6 19-15 13 [Cuenca]
 6.Universidad Católica 14  3  7  4 23-24 13 [Quito]
 7.Emelec               14  3  6  5 17-20 12 [Guayaquil]
 8.LDU de Portoviejo    14  3  6  5  7-19 12 [Portoviejo]

Top-2 qualify to Liguilla Final

Liguilla Final

El Nacional qualify to Final by most points overall

Semifinal

Round 1
LDU de Quito         1- 0 Deportivo Cuenca

Round 2
Deportivo Cuenca     0- 0 LDU de Quito

LDU de Quito qualify to Final

Final

Round 1
LDU de Quito         2- 1 El Nacional

Round 2
El Nacional          0- 0 LDU de Quito

LDU de Quito champion 1974

Serie A extended to 12 teams in 1975

Topscorers

19 Angel Luis LICIARDI (Deportivo Cuenca)
18 Carlos INFANTINO (LDU de Portoviejo)
15 Carlos TORRES GARCES (El Nacional)
13 Washington MUÑOZ (Barcelona)
11 Fabián PAZYMIÑO (El Nacional)



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Last updated: 22 Feb 2003

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