The 2025 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A was the 67th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the seventh under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season began on 14 February and ended on 21 December 2025. The fixture for the first stage of the season was released on 16 January 2025.
In this season Independiente del Valle won their second league title, clinching the Serie A championship with three matches left after a 1–1 draw with Libertad and a defeat for LDU Quito against Orense on 6 December 2025. LDU Quito were the defending champions for the second season in a row.
Format changes On 27 September 2024, the Council of Presidents of LigaPro approved changes to the format of competition for the 2025 season, aiming to have more matches played in the season. The tournament, which had 72 additional matches, had two stages: a first stage in which the 16 participating teams played each other twice (once at home and once away), and a final stage in which the teams were split into two hexagonals and one quadrangular group according to their placements in the first stage. In the first hexagonal, the top six teams from the first stage played each other twice to decide the season champions as well as three Copa Libertadores berths and three Copa Sudamericana ones, while in the second hexagonal the next six teams played for the last berth to the Copa Sudamericana. The top team at the end of the first stage was assured of qualification for the Copa Libertadores group stage as Ecuador 2. Relegation was decided in a group that involved the four lowest-placed teams in the first stage, with the bottom two being relegated to the second tier at the end of the season. Points from the first stage were carried over to the final stage.
Teams Team changes Sixteen teams competed in the season, the top 14 teams from the 2024 Ecuadorian Serie A and the top two teams of the 2024 Ecuadorian Serie B. Imbabura and Cumbayá were relegated from Serie A after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season and were replaced by the second tier champions Cuniburo and runners-up Manta. Cuniburo clinched a first-ever promotion to the top flight with three matches to go after a 2–0 loss for Guayaquil City against San Antonio on 13 October 2024, whilst Manta ensured a return to Serie A for the first time since 2021 with one match left on 24 October, after a 6–1 thrashing of Vargas Torres.
On 7 November 2024, it was announced that Cuniburo would change its name to Vinotinto Ecuador starting from this season. The name change, approved by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Sports, was made after the club was acquired by the owners of Segunda Categoría club Vinotinto prior to the start of the 2024 season, and aimed to have the club reach out to the Venezuelan expatriate community in Ecuador.
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity Aucas Quito Cooprogreso Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda 21,689 Barcelona Guayaquil Monumental Banco Pichincha 57,267 Delfín Manta Jocay 21,000 Deportivo Cuenca Cuenca Banco del Austro Alejandro Serrano Aguilar 18,549 El Nacional Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258 Emelec Guayaquil George Capwell Banco del Austro 40,020 Independiente del Valle Quito Banco Guayaquil 12,000 LDU Quito Quito Rodrigo Paz Delgado 41,575 Libertad Loja Reina del Cisne 14,935 Macará Ambato Bellavista Universidad Indoamérica 16,467 Manta Manta Jocay 21,000 Mushuc Runa Ambato COAC Mushuc Runa 8,200 Orense Machala Banco de Machala 9 de Mayo 16,456 Técnico Universitario Ambato Bellavista Universidad Indoamérica 16,467 Universidad Católica Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258 Vinotinto Ecuador Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258 Notes
Personnel and kits
Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Aucas Juan Pablo Buch Lotto Barcelona Ismael Rescalvo Marathon Pilsener Delfín Juan Zubeldía Baldo's Hotel Oro Verde Manta Deportivo Cuenca Norberto Araujo Lotto Banco del Austro, Chubb Seguros El Nacional Juan Carlos Pérez Lotto ANDEC, Teojama Comercial Emelec Guillermo Duró Adidas Zapping Independiente del Valle Javier Rabanal Marathon Ecuabet, Banco Guayaquil, MG Motor, Chubb Seguros LDU Quito Tiago Nunes Puma Banco Pichincha Libertad Juan Carlos León Macón Sport Grand Aviation Macará Guillermo Sanguinetti Boman San Francisco COAC Ltda. Manta Javier Carvajal Jasa Evolution Atún Isabel, Terminal Portuaria de Manta, Tadel S.A. Mushuc Runa Paúl Vélez Boman Mushuc Runa COAC Orense Raúl Antuña Elohim Banco de Machala, IncarPalm Técnico Universitario Alejandro Cortez (caretaker) Vaz Sport San Francisco COAC Ltda. Universidad Católica Diego Martínez Umbro Fundación Crisfe Vinotinto Ecuador Gabriel Schürrer Astro Panolini
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentFirst stageUniversidad Católica Jorge CélicoEnd of contract5 December 2024Pre-season Diego Martínez20 December 2024El Nacional Marcelo Zuleta10 December 2024 Omar Asad23 December 2024Independiente del Valle Javier GandolfiSacked17 December 2024 Javier Rabanal21 December 2024Delfín Javier Carvajal2 January 2025 Nicolás Chietino6 January 2025Emelec Leonel Álvarez22 January 2025 Jorge Célico23 January 2025Técnico Universitario Paúl Vélez20 March 202516th José Eugenio Hernández20 March 2025Orense Santiago Escobar20 March 202511th Raúl Antuña24 March 2025Macará Alex PallarésMutual agreement14 April 202511th Guillermo Sanguinetti14 April 2025Delfín Nicolás ChietinoResigned20 April 202514th Patricio Urrutia24 April 2025LDU Quito Pablo SánchezSacked26 May 20256th Patricio Hurtado26 May 2025 Patricio HurtadoEnd of caretaker spell6 June 20254th Tiago Nunes6 June 2025Barcelona Segundo CastilloMutual agreement19 June 20253rd Ismael Rescalvo20 June 2025El Nacional Omar AsadResigned21 June 202512th Juan Carlos Pérez24 June 2025Técnico Universitario José Eugenio HernándezSacked22 June 202516th Geovanny Cumbicus25 June 2025Emelec Jorge Célico27 June 202514th Cristian Nasuti27 June 2025Mushuc Runa Ever Almeida22 July 202515th Fabián Frías22 July 2025Emelec Cristian NasutiEnd of caretaker spell22 July 202510th Guillermo Duró22 July 2025Mushuc Runa Fabián FríasSacked7 August 202516th Paúl Vélez7 August 2025Vinotinto Ecuador Juan GrabowskiResigned18 August 202515th Gabriel Schürrer20 August 2025Manta Efrén MeraSacked2 September 202513th Javier Carvajal2 September 2025Aucas Gabriel Pereyra30 September 20259th Ezequiel Tartaglia1 October 2025Final stagesAucas Ezequiel TartagliaEnd of caretaker spell6 October 20254th, second hexagonal Juan Pablo Buch6 October 2025Técnico Universitario Geovanny CumbicusMutual agreement11 November 20252nd, relegation group Alejandro Cortez17 November 2025Delfín Patricio UrrutiaResigned12 November 20256th, second hexagonal Juan Zubeldía21 November 2025 Notes
First stage The first stage began on 14 February and ended on 28 September 2025.
Standings
Results
Final stages For the final stages, the teams were split into three groups according to their placement in the first stage. The top six teams in the first stage played the first hexagonal, in which the championship as well as most of the international berths were awarded, whilst the next six teams played the second hexagonal for the last Copa Sudamericana berth. The bottom four teams played the relegation group, where the two worst placed teams were relegated at the end of the season. Teams carried over their first stage records to the final stages.
On 18 December 2025, LigaPro were notified of El Nacional's administrative relegation per ruling by the Ecuadorian Football Federation and announced that their last match against Delfín would not be played.
First hexagonal
Second hexagonal
Relegation group
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Daniel ValenciaManta 21 2 Claudio SpinelliIndependiente del Valle 20 3 Djorkaeff ReascoEl Nacional 18 Byron PalaciosUniversidad Católica Rafael MontiVinotinto Ecuador 6 Eber CaicedoLibertad 15 Janner CorozoBarcelona 8 Federico PazMacará 13 Michael EstradaLDU Quito 10 Brian MontenegroAucas 12 Bruno MirandaAucas Alejandro TobarDeportivo Cuenca
Source: Besoccer
See also 2025 Ecuadorian Serie B 2025 Copa Ecuador
References
External links LigaPro's official website