1967 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
Season1967
ChampionsEl Nacional (1st title)
RelegatedEspañol
Patria
Copa LibertadoresEl Nacional
Emelec
Matches played91
Goals scored224 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerTom Rodríguez (16 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 4–0 Politécnico
El Nacional 4–0 Barcelona
LDU Quito 4–0 Español
El Nacional 5–1 Manta Sport
Emelec 5–1 Español
Biggest away winManta Sport 0–2 Patria
Patria 0–2 El Nacional
Politécnico 3–5 El Nacional
Highest scoringPolitécnico 3–5 El Nacional
← 1966
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The 1967 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol (English: Ecuadorian Football Championship) was the 9th national championship for football teams in Ecuador. This season marked the first time the national championship was contested as a league and not as a tournament in which teams had to qualified for. With the creation of the Segunda Categoria this same season, a system of promotion and relegation was also implemented.

El Nacional won their first national title this season, just three years after being founded.

Teams

Ten teams participated this season (home city in parentheses).

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 18 12 2 4 34 17 +17 26 1968 Copa Libertadores
2 Emelec 18 9 6 3 26 16 +10 24
3 Barcelona 18 7 5 6 21 21 0 19
4 América de Quito 18 8 3 7 19 19 0 19
5 LDU Quito 18 8 2 8 29 23 +6 18
6 Politécnico 18 5 6 7 20 24 −4 16
7 Macará 18 5 6 7 19 25 −6 16
8 Patria 18 4 7 7 16 20 −4 15 Relegation Playoff
9 Manta 18 5 5 8 22 28 −6 15
10 Español 18 4 4 10 15 28 −13 12 Relegation to Segunda Categoría
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points


 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
1967 champion 
El Nacional
1st title

Results

Home \ Away AMQ BAR NAC EME ESP LDQ MAC MSC PAT POL
América de Quito 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Barcelona 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–0
El Nacional 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 0–0
Emelec 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0
Español 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
LDU Quito 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1
Macará 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Manta 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 3–1 0–2 0–0
Patria 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
Politécnico 1–2 2–1 3–5 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Since Manta and Patria were tied on points, a playoff was played in Cuenca to determine the last team to be relegated.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Manta 2–1 Patria