2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2003 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 46th season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador. LDU Quito won their seventh national championship.

Copa Pílsener Serie A
Season2003
ChampionsLDU Quito (7th title)
RelegatedTécnico Universitario
Manta
Copa LibertadoresLDU Quito
Barcelona
El Nacional
Top goalscorerAriel Graziani (23 goals)
← 2002
2004 →

Format

The tournament for this season was composed of three stages:

The First Stage and Second Stage are identical. The ten teams competed in a double round-robin tournament, one game at home and one away. The top three teams in each stage qualified to the Liguilla Final with bonus points (3, 2, and 1 point[s], respectively). At the end of the Second Stage, the team with the fewest points in the aggregate table were relegated to the Serie B.

The Liguilla Final was a double round-robin tournament between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of the Liguilla Final was crowned the Serie A champion. The champion, runner-up, and third-place finisher qualified to the 2004 Copa Libertadores.

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 18 12 2 4 41 19 +22 38 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 LDU Quito 18 10 6 2 37 24 +13 36
3 El Nacional 18 9 4 5 31 22 +9 31
4 Deportivo Quito 18 8 4 6 29 23 +6 28
5 Emelec 18 6 8 4 26 31 −5 26
6 Deportivo Cuenca 18 5 7 6 27 26 +1 22
7 Aucas 18 6 4 8 24 26 −2 22
8 Técnico Universitario 18 4 5 9 24 36 −12 17
9 ESPOLI 18 4 3 11 25 37 −12 15
10 Manta 18 3 3 12 17 37 −20 12
Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 18 10 4 4 31 15 +16 34 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Barcelona 18 9 7 2 28 12 +16 34
3 El Nacional 18 9 5 4 38 18 +20 32
4 Deportivo Quito 18 10 2 6 27 23 +4 32
5 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 3 7 22 17 +5 27
6 Emelec 18 8 3 7 29 26 +3 27
7 ESPOLI 18 5 6 7 24 35 −11 21
8 Aucas 18 5 3 10 21 29 −8 18
9 Manta 18 3 5 10 16 38 −22 14
10 Técnico Universitario 18 2 4 12 13 36 −23 10
Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona 36 21 9 6 69 31 +38 72
2 LDU Quito 36 20 10 6 68 39 +29 70
3 El Nacional 36 18 9 9 69 40 +29 63
4 Deportivo Quito 36 18 6 12 56 46 +10 60 Qualified to the Liguilla Final[lower-alpha 1]
5 Emelec 36 14 11 11 55 57 −2 53
6 Deportivo Cuenca 36 13 10 13 49 43 +6 49
7 Aucas 36 11 8 17 45 55 −10 41
8 ESPOLI 36 9 8 19 49 72 −23 35
9 Técnico Universitario 36 6 9 21 37 72 −35 27 Relegation to Serie B
10 Manta 36 6 8 22 33 75 −42 26
Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Since Barcelona, LDU Quito, & El Nacional qualified to the Liguilla Final twice, Deportivo Quito, Emelec, and Deportivo Cuenca qualified to the Liguilla Final as the best non-top-three finisher in the aggregate table.

Liguilla Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito (C) 10 7 0 3 19 13 +6 5 26 2004 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
2 Barcelona 10 6 0 4 19 9 +10 5 23
3 El Nacional 10 6 0 4 21 13 +8 2 20
4 Emelec 10 3 2 5 12 21 −9 0 11
5 Deportivo Quito 10 3 1 6 11 19 −8 0 10
6 Deportivo Cuenca 10 3 1 6 17 26 −9 0 10
Updated to match(es) played on December 21, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned in the previous stages.
(C) Champion.
 Copa Pílsener Serie A
2003 Champion 
LDU Quito
7th title
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