1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
Season	1966
Champions	Barcelona (3rd title)
Copa Libertadores	Barcelona; Emelec
Top goalscorer	Coutinho (13 goals)
Biggest home win	América de Quito 8–0 Macará
Biggest away win	9 de Octubre 0–4 Emelec; River Plate de Manta 0–4 Barcelona; Aucas 1–5 LDU Quito
Highest scoring	LDU Quito 5–4 Politécnico
	← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol (English: Ecuadorian Football Championship) was the 8th national championship for football teams in Ecuador. Barcelona won their third national title. They qualified to the 1967 Copa Libertadores along with Emelec.

Qualified teams

The number of teams expanded to sixteen. The qualified teams included the top-eight finishers from the Campeonato Interandino and the Campeonato de Guayaquil.

Competition	Team	Qualification method
Guayaquil 8 berths	Emelec	1966 Guayaquil champion
	Barcelona	1966 Guayaquil runner-up
	9 de Octubre	1966 Guayaquil top-eight finishers
	América de Manta
	Español
	Norte América
	Patria
	River Plate de Manta
Interandino 8 berths	LDU Quito	1966 Interandino champion
	América de Quito	1966 Interandino runner-up
	América de Ambato	1966 Interandino top-eight finishers
	Aucas
	El Nacional
	Macará
	Politécnico
	Universidad Católica

First stage

Sierra

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LDU Quito	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	11	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	El Nacional	6	4	1	1	15	8	+7	9	Advanced to the Final Stage
3	Universidad Católica	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	4
4	América de Ambato	6	0	0	6	8	22	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	NAC	LDQ	CAT
América de Ambato		3–5	1–3	3–4
El Nacional	2–0		2–2	4–1
LDU Quito	4–1	1–0		3–1
Universidad Católica	4–0	1–2	0–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Politécnico	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	7	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	Aucas	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6	Advanced to the Final Stage
3	América de Quito	6	1	4	1	10	4	+6	6
4	Macará	6	2	1	3	7	15	−8	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AMQ	AUC	MAC	POL
América de Quito		0–2	8–0	2–2
Aucas	0–0		0–1	2–1
Macará	0–0	3–2		2–3
Politécnico	0–0	0–0	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Costa

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Patria	6	4	2	7	4	+3	8	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	Emelec	6	3	3	11	5	+6	6	Advanced to the Final Stage
3	9 de Octubre	6	3	3	5	8	−3	6
4	América de Manta	6	2	4	5	11	−6	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	9OC	AMM	EME	PAT
9 de Octubre		2–0	0–4	0–2
América de Manta	2–1		3–1	0–1
Emelec	0–1	3–0		0–1
Patria	0–1	3–0	0–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	11	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	Español	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	7	Advanced to the Final Stage
3	River Plate de Manta	6	2	0	4	10	15	−5	4
4	Norte América	6	1	0	5	6	15	−9	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	ESP	NAM	RPM
Barcelona		1–0	3–0	3–2
Español	0–0		3–0	4–2
Norte América	3–5	0–1		2–1
River Plate de Manta	0–4	3–1	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	14	8	5	1	23	10	+13	21	1967 Copa Libertadores
2	Emelec	14	9	2	3	27	13	+14	20	1967 Copa Libertadores
3	Politécnico	14	7	2	5	27	26	+1	16
4	LDU Quito	14	6	3	5	29	25	+4	15
5	Patria	14	6	2	6	19	20	−1	14
6	El Nacional	14	4	6	4	15	16	−1	14
7	Aucas	14	1	5	8	13	28	−15	7
8	Español	14	2	1	11	20	35	−15	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1965 champion
Barcelona 3rd title

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1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

Qualified teams

First stage

Sierra

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Costa

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Final stage

Standings

References

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