At the meeting who is the president Miguel Ángel Loor defined it as “the best Council of Presidents in historybecause it only had to grow”, Pro League defined parameters that come into force from the 2024 season. which kept the tournament format in series A and B as the main point.

“The Pro League was not interested in something for 2024, but for 2025but the review will be done by see if it is appropriate to modify certain things before the start of the next tournament, i.e. in January, the problems will be analyzed to see if the improvements are appropriate or not, if it doesn’t happen, we will continue as before,” Loor pointed out.

The format of the Pro League tournament has not been changed, but the changes will be analyzed for 2025

With a defined championship format, Another fixed point was the start of the League Pro Serie A for the third week of Februarywhich would bring national football back for Friday the 23rd.

Management also approved a a point that is directly related to the hobby, the implementation of Fan IDthe country-run system in charge of the Ecuadorian Football Association to encourage the national team in its 2026 World Cup qualifiers, with pre-registration of fans entering the stadium as a condition for purchasing tickets.

In the case of the Pro League, It turns out that fans will pay an individual (annual) value of between $12 and $15 for your authorization to purchase tickets, this as the additional value that fans of different clubs will pay for tickets for tournament matches.

The South American champions will compete for the 2023 Pro League title

The second approved point was a stricter economic regulation of control, with “unanimous” acceptance, according to President Loor.

In addition, in matters relating to clubs, a reform of the state of the playground, which will lead to economic sanctions and even disqualification from the stage.

It is also resolved “destination” of the last quota that Liga Pro assigns to international tournaments (Copa Sudamericana), in this sense it was established that if an Ecuadorian club wins an additional place in the international tournament by winning the title, it will move to ninth place in total, but in the event that Ecuafútbol continues the Copa Ecuador, it will be that entity that will be responsible for the distribution and Copa tickets.

It is forbidden to ‘predict’

After the case of Libertad FC and players who accepted participation in sports betting, The national leadership “self-imposed” a ban on participation in sports forecasting companiesthis covers all persons involved in the “soccer industry”, whether players, coaches, managers and associates of clubs, who will not be able to forecast directly or through third parties.

In it the case of the Lojano club, which is being investigatedthe procedure is carried out by “two independent entities, such as the Administration for Integrity and the Disciplinary Commission, The lawyers of the clubs will decide if it was involved and we will see what will be decided there“We organize the tournament and try to make sure the rules are followed, nothing more,” Loor said. (D)