2022 Ecuadorian Serie B

The 2022 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B, known as the LigaPro Betcris Serie B 2022 for sponsoring purposes,[1] was the 64th season of the Serie B, Ecuador's second tier football league, and the fourth under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season began on 15 March and ended on 30 October 2022.[2][3]

LigaPro Serie B
Season2022
Dates15 March – 30 October 2022
ChampionsEl Nacional (2nd title)
PromotedEl Nacional
Libertad
RelegatedAtlético Santo Domingo
Olmedo
Matches played180
Goals scored384 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorerRonie Carrillo (16 goals)
Biggest home winEl Nacional 5–0 Imbabura
(13 September)
Biggest away winOlmedo 0–4 Imbabura
(7 July)
América de Quito 0–4 Independiente Juniors
(30 July)
Highest scoringLibertad 3–5 Imbabura
(31 March)
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2022.

Teams

10 teams competed in the season. LDU Portoviejo and Atlético Porteño were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season, being replaced by the 2021 Segunda Categoría champions Libertad and runners-up Imbabura. Manta and Olmedo were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the 2021 Serie A.[4]

Team changes
Promoted from 2021 Segunda CategoríaRelegated from 2021 Serie APromoted to 2022 Serie ARelegated to 2022 Segunda Categoría
Libertad
Imbabura		Manta
Olmedo		Cumbayá
Gualaceo		LDU Portoviejo
Atlético Porteño

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2022 Serie B clubs.
Club City Stadium Capacity
América de Quito Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 38,258
Atlético Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Etho Vega Baquero 10,172
Búhos ULVR Guayaquil Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera 42,000
Chacaritas Pelileo Ciudad de Pelileo 8,000
El Nacional Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 38,258
Imbabura Ibarra Olímpico Ciudad de Ibarra 18,600
Independiente Juniors Sangolquí Banco Guayaquil 12,000
Libertad Loja Federativo Reina del Cisne 14,935
Manta Manta Jocay 20,000
Olmedo Riobamba Fernando Guerrero 14,000

    Personnel and kits
    Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    América de Quito Colombia Samy Ariza Boman —
    Atlético Santo Domingo Argentina Patricio Lara Yeliyan Constructora Wilson Erazo
    PipBowling
    Búhos ULVR Uruguay Matías Rosa MB1 Universidad Vicente Rocafuerte
    Chacaritas Ecuador Joel Vernaza Vaz Sport San Francisco COAC Ltda.
    El Nacional Paraguay Ever Hugo Almeida Lotto ANDEC
    Banco General Rumiñahui
    Imbabura Ecuador Joel Armas Ortiz Design Fábrica de Medias Gardenia
    Independiente Juniors Ecuador Miguel Bravo Marathon Sports Chery
    Banco Guayaquil
    Libertad Ecuador Paúl Vélez Jasa Evolution Banco de Loja
    Grand Aviation
    Manta Argentina Fabián Frías Astro Atún Isabel
    BET593
    Olmedo Uruguay Eduardo Favaro Reusch Fibra Telecom

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
    Chacaritas Argentina Lorenzo Frutos Sacked 26 February 2022 3rd Ecuador Juan Carlos Ávila 5 April 2022[5]
    Manta Argentina Pablo Trobbiani Mutual agreement 8 April 2022[6] 10th Argentina Fabián Frías 15 April 2022[7]
    Atlético Santo Domingo Spain Juan Carlos Caballero 7 May 2022 9th Ecuador Jairo Portilla 8 May 2022
    Ecuador Jairo Portilla 9 July 2022 9th Argentina Patricio Lara 10 July 2022[8]
    Olmedo Ecuador Héctor González 1 September 2022[9] 8th Ecuador Omar Ledesma[lower-roman 1] 2 September 2022
    Ecuador Omar Ledesma End of caretaker spell 18 September 2022 8th Uruguay Eduardo Favaro 18 September 2022[10]
    Libertad Chile Nelson Tapia Sacked 22 September 2022[11] 4th Ecuador Paúl Vélez 22 September 2022[12]
    Chacaritas Ecuador Juan Carlos Ávila Resigned 27 September 2022[13] 6th Ecuador Joel Vernaza 1 October 2022
    Notes
    1. Caretaker manager.

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
    1 El Nacional (C, P) 36 18 9 9 54 37 +17 63 Promotion to Serie A
    2 Independiente Juniors[lower-alpha 1] 36 15 11 10 44 33 +11 56
    3 Libertad (P) 36 15 11 10 42 38 +4 56 Promotion to Serie A
    4 América de Quito 36 13 15 8 41 31 +10 54
    5 Imbabura 36 13 8 15 47 51 −4 47
    6 Chacaritas 36 11 10 15 30 38 −8 43
    7 Búhos ULVR 36 9 15 12 33 38 −5 42
    8 Manta 36 10 12 14 29 39 −10 42
    9 Atlético Santo Domingo (R) 36 9 12 15 31 36 −5 39 Relegation to Segunda Categoría
    10 Olmedo[lower-alpha 2] (R) 36 10 11 15 33 43 −10 38
    Source: LigaPro
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw.
    (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
    Notes:
    1. Reserve teams were ineligible for promotion.
    2. Olmedo were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay their creditors.[14]

    Results
    Home \ Away AME ASD BUH CHA NAC IMB IND LIB MAN OLM
    América de Quito — 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 0–0
    — 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–0
    Atlético Santo Domingo 4–0 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2
    2–2 — 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0
    Búhos ULVR 3–2 1–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–3
    0–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2
    Chacaritas 0–1 1–0 2–0 — 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
    0–2 3–0 1–0 — 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
    El Nacional 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 — 2–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1
    0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 — 5–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–1
    Imbabura 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 — 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0
    2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 — 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0
    Independiente Juniors 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–1
    1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 4–1 4–1 — 0–1 2–2 1–0
    Libertad 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 3–5 1–0 — 0–0 1–0
    1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 — 0–0 2–1
    Manta 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–3 — 2–1
    1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 — 2–1
    Olmedo 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–2 1–2 —
    0–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 —
    Source: LigaPro
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Positions by round

    To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match was scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

    Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
    América de Quito354325545422222111244653123333323334
    Atl. Santo Domingo48108998999999991010109101010999998810109101099
    Búhos ULVR9107968988766767535667767777777777777
    Chacaritas243542412111111222423342345666666666
    El Nacional568676666888533354132121232111111111
    Imbabura621111121245675666556576666555555555
    Independiente Juniors735254334357888888875414411222232222
    Libertad112433253574454443311235554444444443
    Manta8791010101010101010101010109991099910101010101099888888
    Olmedo10967877776333467777888888889108910991010
    Leader and promotion to Serie A
    Promotion to Serie A
    Relegation to Segunda Categoría
    Source: LigaPro

    Results by match played
    Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
    América de QuitoDDWDWLDWLWWDLWWWLLLLDLWWWDDDWDDWDDDD
    Atl. Santo DomingoDLLWLDDLLLWLDDLDDWWLLDWLWDDWLLLWLDWD
    Búhos ULVRLLWLWLLDWWWDDDDWWDLLLWWLDDDDLDLDDLDD
    ChacaritasWLWLWWDWDWLWDWLDLDLWDDLWDDLLLLWDLLLL
    El NacionalDDLWLWDWLLWDWWWLLWWDWDLWLDWWWWDWDWLW
    ImbaburaDWWWWLDLWLLLDLWLWLWLDWDWDLLWLDWLDLWL
    Independiente JuniorsDWLWLWWDLWLLDLDLDLWWWWWDDWWDWDDLWWLD
    LibertadWWLLWDWLWLLWDDDWDWLWWLLDDDWLWDDWDLWW
    MantaDDLLLLLWDLLWDLDWWWLWDLLLDDDDWDWLDWLW
    OlmedoLDWDLWDLWWWDDDLLDLWDLDDLLDLLLWLLWWWL
    Source: LigaPro
    W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

    Top scorers
    As of 30 October 2022
    Rank Name Club Goals
    1 Ecuador Ronie Carrillo El Nacional 16
    2 Ecuador Alejandro Tobar Imbabura 11
    Ecuador Bryan Rodríguez Libertad
    4 Ecuador Mario Barrionuevo Búhos ULVR 10
    5 Ecuador Kevin Rodríguez Imbabura 9
    Argentina Kevin Hoyos América de Quito
    7 Ecuador Steven Gómez El Nacional 8
    8 Paraguay César Espínola Libertad 7

    Source: Ecuagol

    Number of teams by province
    Position Province Number Teams
    1  Pichincha3América de Quito, El Nacional and Independiente Juniors
    2  Chimborazo1Olmedo
     Guayas1Búhos ULVR
     Imbabura1Imbabura
     Loja1Libertad
     Manabí1Manta
     Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas1Atlético Santo Domingo
     Tungurahua1Chacaritas

    See also

    Notes
    1. The match, which originally ended 4–2, was awarded 0–3 to América de Quito due to Libertad fielding the suspended player José Cortez.[15]

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      2. "Resoluciones del Consejo de Presidentes Extraordinario". ligapro.ec (in Spanish). LigaPro. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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      5. Chávez, Francisco (5 April 2022). "Chacaritas apostará por quien fue la mano derecha de Paúl Vélez toda una vida (OFICIAL)". Fútbol Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
      6. Campoverde, Brian (8 April 2022). "OFICIAL: Pablo Trobbiani no es más DT de Manta Fútbol Club". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
      7. Sánchez, Aurelio (15 April 2022). "(FOTO) Manta FC oficializó el regreso de Fabián Frías al banquillo técnico". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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      9. Otero, Luis (1 September 2022). "Cambio de timón en CD.Olmedo por el alto riesgo de descenso que vive (DOCUMENTO)". futbolecuador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2022.
      10. Sánchez, Aurelio (18 September 2022). "NUEVO RETO || Eduardo 'Lolo' Favaro volverá a dirigir en el fútbol ecuatoriano". ecuagol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
      11. Chávez, Francisco (22 September 2022). "Libertad FC corta el ciclo que tenía en el banquillo (OFICIAL)". futbolecuador.com (in Spanish).
      12. Guillén, Adrián (22 September 2022). "El DT Paul Vélez tiene nuevo equipo en el fútbol ecuatoriano". studiofutbol.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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