1971 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 1971 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, the first division of Ecuadorian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The champion was Barcelona.

Ecuadorian Serie A

Season	1971
Champions	Barcelona
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First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	14	8	5	1	30	12	+18	21	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	El Nacional	14	8	3	3	27	15	+12	19
3	Deportivo Cuenca	14	7	4	3	21	16	+5	18
4	América de Quito	14	7	3	4	24	19	+5	17
5	Politécnico	14	3	6	5	20	19	+1	12	Qualified to the Liguilla del No Descenso
6	Macará	14	4	4	6	22	24	−2	12
7	Juventud Italiana	14	3	6	5	17	26	−9	12
8	Norte América	14	0	1	13	9	40	−31	1

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A

Home \ Away	CDA	CDC	CSE	EN	JUV	MAC	NOR	CDP
América de Quito		1–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1
Deportivo Cuenca	3–2		0–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Emelec	3–0	3–1		3–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	1–0
El Nacional	2–1	1–0	1–1		4–0	4–0	3–0	2–2
Juventud Italiana	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0		4–3	3–1	1–1
Macará	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–4	3–1		3–1	1–1
Norte América	1–3	1–2	0–6	2–3	1–1	0–3		0–4
Politécnico	2–4	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	14	8	3	3	28	13	+15	19	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	LDU Quito	14	6	5	3	23	14	+9	17
3	Barcelona	14	7	3	4	21	14	+7	17
4	LDU Portoviejo	14	4	8	2	25	19	+6	16
5	Deportivo Quito	14	5	3	6	22	25	−3	13	Qualified to the Liguilla del No Descenso
6	Brasil	14	5	3	6	10	22	−12	13
7	9 de Octubre	14	5	2	7	19	26	−7	12
8	Olmedo	14	1	3	10	8	23	−15	5

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A

Home \ Away	9DO	BSC	BRA	SDQ	LDP	LDQ	CDO	UC
9 de Octubre		1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0
Barcelona	1–0		3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1
Brasil	1–0	3–2		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Deportivo Quito	3–2	2–0	3–0		1–1	1–3	2–0	1–3
LDU Portoviejo	5–3	1–1	4–0	3–1		2–2	1–1	3–0
LDU Quito	4–0	2–1	3–0	4–2	1–1		1–1	1–1
Olmedo	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1		1–3
Universidad Católica	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla del No Descenso

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Macará	14	7	4	3	23	12	+11	18
2	Olmedo	14	6	5	3	24	17	+7	17
3	9 de Octubre	14	7	3	4	23	18	+5	17	Relegated to Serie B
4	Deportivo Quito	14	6	4	4	25	16	+9	16
5	Politécnico	14	5	3	6	29	27	+2	13
6	Juventud Italiana	14	4	5	5	18	26	−8	13
7	Norte América	14	5	2	7	14	22	−8	12
8	Brasil	14	1	4	9	10	28	−18	6

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A

Home \ Away	9DO	BRA	SDQ	JUV	MAC	NOR	CDO	CDP
9 de Octubre		4–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1
Brasil	0–0		1–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1
Deportivo Quito	4–0	3–0		3–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1
Juventud Italiana	2–2	4–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–1	5–1
Macará	1–0	5–2	2–1	4–1		4–0	1–1	3–0
Norte América	1–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		3–2	3–1
Olmedo	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–1	1–0		2–1
Politécnico	3–1	3–0	2–2	8–0	2–0	2–4	3–3

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	14	6	6	2	20	13	+7	18	Champions and Qualified to the 1972 Copa Libertadores
2	América de Quito	14	4	9	1	18	11	+7	17	Qualified to the 1972 Copa Libertadores
3	Emelec	14	4	7	3	12	9	+3	15
4	El Nacional	14	5	5	4	18	17	+1	15
5	Universidad Católica	14	4	5	5	17	17	0	13
6	LDU Quito	14	4	5	5	13	14	−1	13
7	Deportivo Cuenca	14	2	9	3	8	12	−4	13	Relegated to the Serie B
8	LDU Portoviejo	14	2	4	8	14	27	−13	8

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A

Home \ Away	CDA	BSC	CDC	EN	CSE	LDP	LDQ	UC
América de Quito		1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1
Barcelona	1–1		2–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0
Deportivo Cuenca	1–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2
El Nacional	1–2	1–0	4–1		1–1	5–2	1–0	1–1
Emelec	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	4–0
LDU Portoviejo	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2		2–1	2–2
LDU Quito	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–2		2–0
Universidad Católica	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–1

Source: RSSSF - 1971 Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

External links

• Ecuador 1971 (in Spanish)