Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, in Ecuador it is simply referred as Barcelona, El Idolo (BSC) or Los Canarios. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only club in the Ecuadorian top flight to not have played in the Serie B.
Club Sport Emelec is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country.
Liga Deportiva Universitaria, often referred to as Liga de Quito, LDU, is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their home games at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, more commonly referred to as Casa Blanca. Rival clubs include Quito-based clubs El Nacional, Deportivo Quito, Aucas and Universidad Católica.
9 de Octubre Fútbol Club, simply referred to as Nueve (9) de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.
The Ecuadorian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Ecuador. Its headquarters are in Quito, and it organizes the country's various football competitions and oversees the Ecuador national team.
The Liga Pro Bet593, simply known as the Liga Pro, or the Serie A, is a professional football league in Ecuador. At the top of the Ecuadorian football league system, it is the country's premier football competition. Contested by sixteen clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Serie B, the lower level of the Primera Categoría. The season runs from February to December and is usually contested in multiple stages.
Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo is an Ecuadorian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently a sporting director of Club 9 de Octubre.
Luis Enrique Capurro Bautista is a former football player. He played 100 games for the Ecuador national team
Nicolás Ignacio Vigneri Cetrulo is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as either a winger or a striker.
Club Deportivo América, commonly known as América de Quito, is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. A top-level club in Ecuador for decades, they were relegated to the second division in 1988 and later to the country's third-tier Segunda Categoría. In 2018, they returned to the top flight, but were again relegated a year later.
The 2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 51st season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The season began on January 31 and ended on December 7. Deportivo Quito successfully defended their title for their fourth overall.
Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador, that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
Hamilton Emilio Cuvi Rivera is a retired footballer from Ecuador, who played as a midfielder during his career.
Valdez Sporting Club was an Ecuadorian football club based in Milagro, Guayas. The club was founded in 1991 after Filanbanco ceded its franchise to the club. That same year, it finished as the Serie A runner-up. The following year, they participated in their first and only Copa Libertadores. They successfully advanced out of the group stage and were eventually eliminated in the Round of 16 by San Lorenzo de Almagro by penalties. After six years, the club folded in 1997.
Unión Deportiva Valdez was an Ecuadorian football club based in Milagro, Guayas. Founded in 1915, it played one season in the top-flight Serie A in 1978. It dissolved in 1997.
The Supercopa Ecuador is an annual one-match football official competition in Ecuador organised by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) to be played by the champions of the Ecuadorian Serie A and the Copa Ecuador of the previous season, starting from 2020. This competition serves as the season curtain-raiser and is scheduled to be played in late January or early February each year, one week before the start of the season.
Cumbayá Fútbol Club is an Ecuadorian professional football club from the city of Cumbayá. Founded on 31 May 1970 as Club Deportivo Los Loros, they play in the Serie A.
The 1985 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 27th national championship for football teams in Ecuador.
The 1986 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 28th national championship for football teams in Ecuador.
Osvaldo Dionisio Vargas Gómez is a Chilean former footballer who played as a centre-back. Besides Chile, he played in Argentina, Ecuador and Venezuela.
