1969 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 1969 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol (English: Ecuadorian Football Championship) was the 11th national championship for football teams in Ecuador. LDU Quito won their first national title.

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

Season	1969
Champions	LDU Quito (1st title)
1970 Copa Libertadores	LDU Quito América de Quito
Matches played	182
Goals scored	543 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Francisco Bertocchi (26 goals)
Biggest home win	LDU Quito 7–0 Patria
Biggest away win	América de Ambato 0–11 LDU Quito
Highest scoring	América de Ambato 0–11 LDU Quito
← 1968 1970 →

Teams

Fourteen teams participated this season (home city in parentheses).

• América (Ambato)
• América (Quito)
• Aucas (Quito)
• Barcelona (Guayaquil)
• Deportivo Quito (Quito)
• El Nacional (Quito)
• Emelec (Guayaquil)
• Everest (Guayaquil)
• INECEL (Manta)
• LDU Quito (Quito)
• Manta Sport (Manta)
• Norte América (Guayaquil)
• Patria (Guayaquil)
• Universidad Católica (Quito)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LDU Quito (C, Q)	26	19	4	3	75	20	+55	42	Qualified for the 1970 Copa Libertadores
2	América de Quito (Q)	26	15	7	4	39	18	+21	37
3	Aucas	26	16	4	6	50	27	+23	36
4	Barcelona	26	14	5	7	35	20	+15	33
5	El Nacional	26	13	6	7	56	36	+20	32
6	Emelec	26	11	9	6	34	28	+6	31
7	Deportivo Quito	26	12	6	8	40	28	+12	30
8	Everest	26	8	9	9	46	45	+1	25
9	Universidad Católica	26	9	4	13	34	47	−13	22
10	Patria	26	8	5	13	28	36	−8	21
11	Norte América (R)	26	7	5	14	24	40	−16	19	Relegated to the Segunda Categoría
12	Manta (R)	26	7	3	16	33	59	−26	17
13	América de Ambato (R)	26	5	3	18	32	72	−40	13
14	INECEL (R)	26	2	2	22	17	67	−50	6

Source: RSSSF - 1969 Serie A
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1969 champion
LDU Quito 1st title

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	AMQ	AUC	BAR	QUI	NAC	EME	EVE	INE	LDQ	MSC	NAM	PAT	CAT
América de Ambato		0–2	2–4	1–2	1–0	2–6	3–4	1–1	3–0	0–11	5–3	0–0	2–0	3–4
América de Quito	4–1		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Aucas	3–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–0
Barcelona	3–1	0–1	2–2		0–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Deportivo Quito	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–0		0–2	3–2	8–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
El Nacional	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	6–3		1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	5–1
Emelec	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		0–0	3–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0
Everest	2–0	2–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1		9–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–0	5–2
INECEL	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–4	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–5		1–7	1–0	0–0	0–4	1–1
LDU Quito	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	5–1		2–0	2–0	7–0	1–0
Manta	4–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–5	2–0	0–3		1–0	4–1	2–0
Norte América	3–0	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–5	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–5	1–0		2–1	2–1
Patria	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–5	0–1	6–2	1–0		0–1
Universidad Católica	3–0	2–1	2–4	0–0	3–2	2–5	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–6	2–0	1–0	0–1

Source: ^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Record match

The Serie A record for the largest margin of victory was set this season on October 26. LDU Quito beat América de Ambato 11–0 in Ambato. In this game, Uruguayan Francisco Bertocchi also set a record for individual goalscoring in a single match with 8 goals.

References

1. Espinoza Añazco, Fernando (March 8, 2003). "Ecuador 1969". RSSSF. from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2011.

External links

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