The 2005 season is the 83rd season of competitive football in Ecuador.

National leagues

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

*Champion: **Apertura: LDU Quito (8th title) **Clausura: El Nacional (12th title) *International cup qualifiers: **

2006 Copa Libertadores The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament. 38 teams from 11 football associations have taken part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January 20 ...

: LDU Quito, El Nacional,

Deportivo Cuenca Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...

2005 Copa Sudamericana The 2005 Copa Sudamericana, also known as the 2005 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons, was the 4th edition of the international football (soccer), football cup competition played annually by clubs of CONMEBOL, and starting ...

: LDU Quito, El Nacional *Relegated:

Deportivo Quevedo Club Deportivo Quevedo is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quevedo. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie B, the country's second division-flight professional league. Current squad Managers * ...

(after Apertura);

LDU Loja Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Loja was a professional association football team from the city of Loja, Ecuador. They played in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. In the First Stage of the 2012 seas ...

(after Clausura)

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

*Winner: **Apertura:

ESPOLI Club Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional football team from Quito, Ecuador that now plays in the Segunda Categoría, the third level of professional football in country. The team belong to the ''Escuela Superior de Policía'' (''ESPOLI''), a poli ...

(2nd title) **Clausura:

Macará Macará is a city in the Loja Province of Ecuador. It is the seat of the Macará Canton and is on the border between Ecuador and Peru. The population as of a 1995 census was 11,841 and in 2009 it had an estimated population of 12,896. It is ser ...

(3rd title) *Promoted:

(after Apertura);

(after Clausura) *Relegated: Tungurahua Sporting Club, Tungurahua, C.D.S. Santa Rita, Santa Rita

Segunda

*Winner: Deportivo Azogues *Promoted: Deportivo Azogues, Imbabura Sporting Club, Imbabura

Clubs in international competitions

National teams

Ecuador national football team, Senior team

The Ecuador national team played seventeen matches in 2005: their remaining seven 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and ten friendlies.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Ecuador finished their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign in 3rd place, behind Brazil national football team, Brazil and Argentina national football team, Argentina. This marked their second qualification to the tournament. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Friendlies

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References

External links

National leagues details on RSSSF

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