A quick guide to Ecuadors Serie A.

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A quick guide to Ecuadors Serie A.

The Ecuadorian Serie A or Primera Categora Serie A is Ecuadors national championship contested between 12 teams.The current champions are Sociedad Deportivo Quito or simply Deportivo who had previously won the championship 4 times before 2011. They currently share the Olympic stadium Atahaulpa with El Nacional, Universidad Catlica Erik Johnson Women Jersey (Seria B) and the Ecuadorian national team.Olympic stadium AtahaulpaAlso in the nations capital city (or slightly outside) are Independiente Jos Tern, a small provincial team that proudly sit atop of the league this season.Quitos biggest club however is LDU Quito (Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito) or La Liga who reside in the Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria or Casa Blanca ( Teemu Selanne Women Jersey White House). Since the 55,000 capacity stadiums inauguration in 1997, La Liga has enjoyed their greatest period of succe s with 6 national titles and 4 continental titles (the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana and the Recopa Sudamericana twice).LDU QUITOHistorically, La Liga enjoyed a fierce rivalry with Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (Aucas) also of Quito but in recent years Aucas have failed to reach Serie A and currently reside in the third tier of Ecuadorian football. As a result there has been no po sibility for the Superclsico de Quito.Ecuadors biggest and most populous city is Guayaquil; however it has only two main football teams in the Seria A.Barcelona Sporting Club is probably the countrys most popular team and play at the Monumental Banco Pichincha which with a capacity of 60,000 it is the countrys biggest stadium. They also share the most title wins (13) with Nail Yakupov Kids Jersey El Nacional and to date is the only club not to be ever relegated from Ecuadors premier division.Barcelonas great rivals are Emelec also of Guayaquil and their clashes, Clsico del Astillero (the Shipyard derby) is known as the most important and historic game in Ecuador. They play at the Rob Ramage Kids Jersey Estadio George Capwell (named after a wealthy, American benefactor) and as last runners up qualified for this years Copa Libertadores.The rest of Seria As teams are spotted around the country from Manta on the east coast, newly promoted LDU Loja and Deportivo Cuenca from the south, and the centrally situated Macar, Olmedo and Tcnico Universitario.The league format seems to be Adam Foote Kids Jersey fairly fluid and changes from year to year but instead of the normalLatinamerican system of Apertura/Clausura they follow two stages of round robin. The winners of each stage then play for the title (if the same club wins both stages then it is automatic champion) and the the other best placed teams compete for runner up spots and continental competition places.Thankfully relegation and promotion is two up two down.
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