Excluding the 2023 match between Independiente del Valle and Liga de Quito – as it has not yet been decided, the second leg remains to be played -, on 21 occasions the Ecuadorian football championship has been defined by finals. In the 1973 tournament, this format was inaugurated when El Nacional, directed by Héctor Morales Altamirano, and Universidad Católica, led by Alberto Spencer as coach, faced off in two-way contests (held in February 1974, at the Olympic Atahualpa).
Moisés Ramírez returns to the title of Independiente del Valle in the final of the Pro League
The army won the first game, and a trend that has been maintained over time has been recorded for half a century: the winner of the first section in a high percentage of cases ended up as the champion of Ecuador.
Independiente del Valle, with only one final in the national championship: it is crowned in the ‘pool’
In 16 of the 21 finals (the full list appears below), there has been a winner in game number one (there have been five tied games in the opening games). And twelve of those 16 winners of the first final match ended up as the football monarch of the country; That is, in 75% of cases, the one who hit first won the Olympic round.
Liga Quito, with a performance of 75 percent in the final of the national championship: this is how it went for the albos
The only cases of clubs that started with victories in the finals and then missed out on the title in Ecuador are those of Técnico Universitario (1980), Barcelona SC (1982), Emelec (1998) and Barcelona SC (Apertura 2005).
Esteban Paz, the leader of the Quito league, and his attack on Guayaquil journalists: They are furious at the success of the Quito teams
All finals of Ecuador
1) in 1973
El Nacional 2, Universidad Católica 0
Catholic University 3, El Nacional 3
2) in 1974
Quito Liga 2, El Nacional 1
El Nacional 0, Quito Liga 0
3) in 1980
University Technician 4, Barcelona SC 1
Barcelona SC 3, University Technician 0
Barcelona SC 3, University Technician 0
(neutral ground: Machala)
4) in 1982
Barcelona SC 2, El Nacional 2
El Nacional 3, Barcelona SC 0
El Nacional 3, Barcelona SC 0
(neutral ground: Ambato)
5) in 1988
Emelec 3, Deportivo Quito 0
Deportivo Quito 0, Emelec 0
6) in 1995
Barcelona SC 2, Espoli 0
Espoli 0, Barcelona SC 1
7) in 1996
Emelec 1, El Nacional 2
El Nacional 2, Emelec 0
8) in 1998
Emelec 1, Quito Liga 0
Quito Liga 7, Emelec 0
9) in 1999
Quito Liga 1, El Nacional 0
El Nacional 1, Quito Liga 3
10) 2005 (opening)
Barcelona SC 1, Quito Liga 0
Quito Liga 3, Barcelona SC 0
11) in 2009
Deportivo Cuenca 1, Deportivo Quito 1
Deportivo Quito 3, Deportivo Cuenca 2
12) in 2010
Quito Liga 2, Emelec 0
Emelec 1, Quito Liga 0
13) in 2011
Emelec 0, Deportivo Quito 1
Deportivo Quito 1, Emelec 0
14) in 2014
Barcelona SC 1, Emelec 1
Emelec 3, Barcelona SC 0
15) in 2015
Emelec 3, Quito Liga 1
Quito Liga 0, Emelec 0
16) in 2017
Emelec 4, Dolphin 2
Delfin 0, Emelec 2
17) in 2018
Emelec 1, Quito Liga 1
Quito Liga 1, Emelec 0
18) 2019
Quito Liga 0, Delfin 0
Delfin 0, Quito Liga 0
(Delfin champion on penalties 2-1)
19) 2020
Barcelona SC 1, Quito Liga 1
Quito Liga 0, Barcelona 0
(Barcelona champion on penalties 3-1)
20) in 2021
Independiente del Valle 3, Emelec 1
Emelec 1, Independiente del Valle 1
21) 2022
Barcelona 0, Aucas 1
Aucas 0, Barcelona SC 0 (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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