Serie A Femenina de Ecuador
Football league
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The Serie A Femenina de Ecuador is the highest amateur league of women's football in Ecuador. The competition is organised by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. Until 2013, the tournament was played by divisional selections and not clubs. After a restructuring in 2013 clubs contest the league title. Until 2018, the winner qualified to the Copa Libertadores Femenina.
| Founded | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Country | Ecuador |
| Confederation | CONMEBOL |
| Divisions | Serie A Serie B |
| Current champions | Bejucal Sport (1st title) (2024) |
| Most championships | Unión Española (3 titles) |
| Top scorer | Madelin Riera (239 goals) |
As of 2014 all teams are amateur and do not pay their players, the only exception is Rocafuerte which pays small amounts of money.[1]
History
The national championship was announced and first held 2006.[2] It is open to representative teams of all provinces of Ecuador and not to clubs. In the first edition fifteen regions entered a team and eventually the Guayas selection finished on top of the Pichincha selection to become the first champions.[3]
| Year | Winner | Result | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006[3] | Guayas selection | round-robin | Pichincha selection |
| 2007[4] | Pichincha selection | 3–0 | Imbabura selection |
| 2008[5] | Pichincha selection | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Guayas selection |
| 2009[6] | Guayas selection | 2–0 | Tungurahua selection |
| 2010[7] | Pichincha selection | 2–1 | Guayas selection |
| 2011[8] | Chimborazo selection | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Imbabura selection |
| 2012[9] | Loja selection[10] | 1–0 | Guayas selection |
In 2013 the league was restructured and is only played by clubs since then. 16 teams were divided into four groups of four. The top two advance and then form two groups of four. The top two teams advance to the semi-finals. For the 2014 season, the twelve best placed teams of the 2013 season will build the first league while the four last placed teams will play in a new second division.[11] Those divisions are called Serie A and Serie B and both start the 2014 season with twelve teams.
By 2014 the FEF committed to apply seminars by FIFA on female tournaments, on referees, coaching, directive, and players.[12]
The 2016 season had to be postponed, because of monetary problems.[13] Because of that the second stage was delayed until January 2017.[14] The top four team of each of the two groups qualified to the second stage.
List of champions
| Ed. | Season | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2013[15] | Rocafuerte | Quito FC |
2 | 2014[16] | Rocafuerte | Siete de Febrero |
3 | 2015[17][18] | Unión Española | Espuce |
4 | 2016–17[19][20] | Unión Española | Espuce |
5 | 2017–18[21] | Unión Española | Ñañas |
6 | 2019 | Liga Deportivo Juvenil | San Miguel |
7 | 2020 | Sport JC | Espuce |
8 | 2021 | Delfín | Atlético Fluminense |
9 | 2022 | Bonita Banana | Ñusta |
10 | 2023 | Oriental | Orense |
11 | 2024 | Bejucal Sport | Mushuc Runa |
12 | 2025 |