2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Copa Pílsener Serie A

Season	2003
Champions	LDU Quito (7th title)
Relegated	Técnico Universitario Manta
Copa Libertadores	LDU Quito Barcelona El Nacional
Top goalscorer	Ariel Graziani (23 goals)
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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 its seventh national championship.

Format

The tournament for this season was composed of three stages:

The First Stage and Second Stages 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
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:

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) Champions

Copa Pílsener Serie A 2003 champion
LDU Quito 7th title

External links

• 2003 season on RSSSF