Ecuadorian women's football championship

The Serie A Femenina de Ecuador is the highest amateur league of women's football in Ecuador. The competition is organised by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. Until 2013, the tournament was played by divisional selections and not clubs. After a restructuring in 2013 clubs contest the league title. The winner qualifies to the Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Ecuadorian women's football championship
Founded2006
CountryEcuador
ConfederationCONMEBOL
DivisionsSerie A
Serie B
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores Femenina
Current championsSport Jc (1st title)
(2019)
Most championshipsUnión Española (3 titles)
Current: 2021 Serie A Femenina Amateur de Ecuador

As of 2014 all teams are amateur and do not pay their players, the only exception is Rocafuerte which pays small amounts of money.[1]

History

The national championship was announced and first held 2006.[2] It is open to representative teams of all provinces of Ecuador and not to clubs. In the first edition fifteen regions entered a team and eventually the Guayas selection finished on top of the Pichincha selection to become the first champions.[3]

In 2013 the league was restructured and is only played by clubs since then. 16 teams were divided into four groups of four. The top two advance and then form two groups of four. The top two teams advance to the semi-finals. For the 2014 season, the twelve best placed teams of the 2013 season will build the first league while the four last placed teams will play in a new second division.[4] Those divisions are called Serie A and Serie B and both start the 2014 season with twelve teams.

By 2014 the FEF committed to apply seminars by FIFA on female tournaments, on referees, coaching, directive, and players.[5]

The 2016 season had to be postponed, because of monetary problems.[6] Because of that the second stage was delayed until January 2017.[7] The top four team of each of the two groups qualified to the second stage.

2023 teams

Serie A consists of twelve teams:

  • Cruz del Sur - Tena
  • Cumandá - Puyo
  • Espuce - Quito
  • Grupo Siete - Montecristi
  • Las Palmas - Santo Domingo
  • LDU Amateur - Quito
  • Quito FC - Quito
  • Rocafuerte - Guayaquil
  • Siete de febrero - Babahoyo
  • Unión - Babahoyo
  • Unión Española - Guayaquil
  • U. San Francisco - Quito

List of champions

Below is the list of all champions.

Year Winner Result Runner-up
2006[3]Guayas selectionround-robinPichincha selection
2007[8]Pichincha selection3–0Imbabura selection
2008[9]Pichincha selection0–0 (3–2 p)Guayas selection
2009[10]Guayas selection2–0Tungurahua selection
2010[11]Pichincha selection2–1Guayas selection
2011[12]Chimborazo selection1–1 (4–3 p)Imbabura selection
2012[13]Loja selection[14]1–0Guayas selection
Club championship
2013[15]Rocafuerte1–0Quito FC
2014[16]Rocafuerte7–1Liga de Quito.
2015[17][18]Unión Española5–1, 1–1Espuce de Quito
2016–17[19][20]Unión Española1–1, 1–0Espuce de Quito
2017–18[21]Unión Española2–2, 1–1 (a)Ñañas
2019[22]Deportivo Cuenca2–1, 2–0Ñañas
2020[23]El Nacional2–0, 2–1Ñañas
2023[24]

References
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  2. "Ecuador to start women's football championship" (in Spanish). ecuadorinmediato.com. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  3. "Ecuador (Women) 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. "New league will have 16 teams" (in Spanish). telegrafo.com.ec. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  5. "Estructura del fútbol femenino, en gestación". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  6. "Postergan el campeonato ecuatoriano de fútbol femenino 2016 – Metro Ecuador". www.metroecuador.com.ec. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27.
  7. http://www.futbolecuador.com/site/noticia/la-primera-etapa-del-campeonato-femenino-concluye-la-proxima-semana/73307
  8. "Pichincha wins 2007 championship" (in Spanish). lahora.com.ec. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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  16. "Rocafuerte campeón del fútbol femenino ecuatoriano" (in Spanish). lared.com.ec. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  17. "Unión Española se proclama campeón del tercer campeonato ecuatoriano de fútbol femenino (Espanola win third championship edition)" (in Spanish). andes.info.ec. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  18. "Unión Española, nuevo campeón del fútbol femenino del Ecuador (Espanola new champion)" (in Spanish). andes.info.ec. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  19. "UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA BICAMPEÓN DEL FÚTBOL FEMENINO" (in Spanish). ecuafutbol.org. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  20. "Unión Española se proclama campeón en fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). eluniverso.com. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  21. "Unión Española se coronó campeón nacional femenino y jugará la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 23 September 2018.
  22. "Campaña perfecta del Deportivo Cuenca en la SuperLiga Femenina - El Comercio".
  23. "El Nacional femenino se consagró como campeón de la Superliga femenina 2020" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 December 2020.
  24. "Superliga femenina 2023" (in Spanish). Superliga Femenina DoradoBet. 1 June 2023.
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