The 2016 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (officially known as the Copa Banco del Pacífico Serie A for sponsorship reasons) is the 58th season of the

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

Teams

Twelve teams are competing in the 2016 Serie A season, ten of whom remain from the previous season.

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

and

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian club football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the Second Category of Pi ...

were relegated from the Serie A after accumulating the fewest points during the 2015 season. They were replaced by Delfín and Fuerza Amarilla, the 2015 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Delfín is making their 11th top-flight appearance and their first return to the Serie A since 2001, while Fuerza Amarilla is participating in their first top-flight appearance.

Stadia and locations

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

Personnel and kits

First stage

The first stage began on February 5 and ended on July 24.

Results

Second stage

The second stage began on July 31 and ended on December 10.

Results

Third stage

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

won both the first stage and the second stage, the third stage was not played and Barcelona became champions automatically. Emelec became runners-up by virtue of the aggregate table.

Aggregate table

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Futbol Serie A Ecuadorian Serie A seasons Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A