2004 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 2004 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2004 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th season of the Serie A, the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Deportivo Cuenca won their first national championship.

Copa Pílsener Serie A
Season2004
ChampionsDeportivo Cuenca (1st title)
RelegatedMacará
ESPOLI
Copa LibertadoresDeportivo Cuenca
Olmedo
LDU Quito
Copa SudamericanaAucas
LDU Quito
Top goalscorerEbelio Ordóñez (28 goals)
← 2003
2005 →

Format

The format for 2004 remained the same for this season.

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 (2, 1, and .5 points, respectively). The First Stage winner and runner-up qualified to the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. At the end of the Second Stage, the two teams with the fewest points 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 and runner-up also qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores into the Second Stage, while the third-place finisher qualified to the First Stage.

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aucas 18 10 6 2 31 15 +16 36 2004 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Phase and the Liguilla Final
2 LDU Quito 18 9 3 6 33 26 +7 30
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 5 5 21 15 +6 29 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
4 Emelec 18 9 1 8 26 21 +5 28
5 El Nacional 18 7 5 6 26 25 +1 26
6 Deportivo Quito 18 7 4 7 28 32 −4 25
7 Olmedo 18 6 6 6 23 23 0 24
8 Barcelona 18 4 6 8 20 25 −5 18
9 ESPOLI 18 3 8 7 14 23 −9 17
10 Macará 18 2 6 10 16 33 −17 12
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2004. 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 Barcelona 18 10 4 4 36 22 +14 34 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Olmedo 18 8 7 3 34 25 +9 31
3 El Nacional 18 9 4 5 21 17 +4 31
4 Deportivo Quito 18 8 6 4 37 26 +11 30
5 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 4 6 24 21 +3 28
6 Aucas 18 7 5 6 22 20 +2 26
7 Emelec 18 5 7 6 27 33 −6 22
8 LDU Quito 18 6 2 10 23 27 −4 20
9 Macará 18 3 6 9 17 32 −15 15
10 ESPOLI 18 2 3 13 15 33 −18 9
Updated to match(es) played on October 3, 2004. 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 Relegation
1 Aucas 36 17 11 8 53 35 +18 62
2 Deportivo Cuenca 36 16 9 11 45 36 +9 57
3 El Nacional 36 16 9 11 47 42 +5 57
4 Olmedo 36 14 13 9 57 48 +9 55
5 Deportivo Quito 36 15 10 11 65 58 +7 55
6 Barcelona 36 14 10 12 56 47 +9 52
7 LDU Quito 36 15 5 16 56 53 +3 50
8 Emelec 36 14 8 14 53 54 −1 50
9 Macará 36 5 12 19 33 65 −32 27 Relegation to Serie B
10 ESPOLI 36 5 11 20 29 56 −27 26
Updated to match(es) played on October 3, 2004. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Liguilla Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cuenca (C) 10 6 1 3 16 13 +3 0.5 19.5 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Olmedo 10 6 0 4 16 14 +2 1 19
3 LDU Quito 10 5 2 3 13 9 +4 1 18 2005 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 El Nacional 10 4 3 3 17 16 +1 0.5 15.5
5 Barcelona 10 3 2 5 14 16 −2 2 13
6 Aucas 10 1 2 7 11 19 −8 2 7
Updated to match(es) played on December 19, 2004. 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
2004 Champion 
Deportivo Cuenca
1st title
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