- Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A 2008
Infobox Football league season
competition = Copa Pílsener Serie A
season =2008
winners =
relegated = D. Azogues
U. Católica
continentalcup1 =Copa Libertadores 2009
continentalcup1 qualifiers = Group Stage:
LDU Quito
continentalcup2 =Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers = 2008: D. Quito
prevseason = 2007
nextseason =The Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A 2008 (known as Copa Pílsener Serie A 2008 for sponsorship reasons) is the 50th season of the Ecuadorian Serie A,
Ecuador 's premier football league. It is a three-stage tournament set to run between February and December. The winner is the champion of Ecuadorian professional football.Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito is the defending champion.Format
The format for 2008 is new, but is similar to the Serie A 2007 edition. The tournament is composed of three stages :
*First Stage (Spanish: Primera Etapa):The 12 teams will compete each against other in a double round-robin format (one home game, one away game). The top four teams will qualify directly to the Liguilla Final, with the first-place finisher qualifying for the last Ecuadorian spot in the
Copa Sudamericana 2008 . The top three teams will receive free points for the Liguilla Final (3, 2, & 1 point [s] respectively)*Second Stage (Spanish: Segunda Etapa):The 12 teams will be divided into 2 groups of 6 teams, and then play within the group in a double round-robin tournament. The winner of the each group advances to the final two spots in the Liguilla Final. If the teams who have already qualified for the Liguilla Final manage to qualify again by winning their group, the last spots for the Liguilla Final go to the highest positioned team in the Aggregate Table who has not qualified. The top team of each group will receive one free point for the Liguilla Final. If a team who earned bonus points from the first stage finishes last in their group, they will lose their bonus points for the Liguilla Final. At the end of this stage, the two lowest teams on the aggregate table become relegated to Serie B.
*Liguilla Final:The Liguilla Final is a double round-robin format between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of this stage will be the champion of the Copa Pílsener Serie A. The champion will qualify to the
Copa Libertadores 2009 Group Stage, while the runner-up and third-place finisher to the Preliminary Round (this slight change from other years is due to the fact that the defending Copa Libertadores champion is an Ecuadorian team).Teams
The teams for Serie A 2008 include the top nine finishers of 2007, plus the top three finishers from Serie B 2007 (marked with an asterisk). The teams for 2008 are (home city in parenthesis) [cite web |url=http://www.ecuafutbol.org/organizaciones/Clubes-A.aspx |title= Federación Ecuadoriana de Futbol, el portal del futbol de ecuadoriano |accessdate=2008-09-11 |work=website |publisher=Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol |date=2008 ] :
*Barcelona Sporting Club (Guayaquil )
*Centro Deportivo Olmedo (Riobamba )
*Club Deportivo Cuenca (Cuenca)
*Club Deportivo El Nacional (Quito )
*Club Deportivo ESPOLI (Quito , but plays inLatacunga )*
*Club Deportivo Técnico Universitario (Ambato)*
*Club Deportivo Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Quito )*
*Club Social y Deportivo Macará (Ambato)
*Club Sport Emelec (Guayaquil )
*Deportivo Azogues (Azogues )
*Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (Quito )
*Sociedad Deportivo Quito (Quito )tadiums
The matches for 2008 will be played in nine stadiums, in seven cities.
ee also
*
Serie A de Ecuador
*Copa Libertadores 2008
*Copa Sudamericana 2008
*Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol References
External links
* [http://www.ecuafutbol.org Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol Official Website]
* [http://www.ecuafutbol.org/servicios/jugadores.aspx FEF's Player Finder]
* [http://www.futbolecuador.com Ecuadorian Futbol News]
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