The Serie A Femenina de Ecuador is the highest amateur league of
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
in
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
. The competition is organised by the
Ecuadorian Football Federation
The Ecuadorian Football Federation ( or ) is the governing body of football in Ecuador. Its headquarters are in Quito, and it organizes the country's various football competitions and oversees the Ecuador national team.
History
Numerous amate ...
. Until 2013, the tournament was played by divisional selections and not clubs. After a restructuring in 2013 clubs contest the league title. The winner qualifies to the
Copa Libertadores Femenina
The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, commonly known as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" ( Portuguese: ''Copa/Taça Libertadores Feminina''), is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by th ...
.
As of 2014 all teams are amateur and do not pay their players, the only exception is Rocafuerte which pays small amounts of money.
History
The national championship was announced and first held 2006. It is open to representative teams of all
provinces of Ecuador
Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (, singular''provincia''). The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:
List
1 Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01
In addition, there were four areas that were non-delimited. These ...
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.
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. 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
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
on female tournaments, on referees, coaching, directive, and players.
The 2016 season had to be postponed, because of monetary problems. Because of that the second stage was delayed until January 2017.
[http://www.futbolecuador.com/site/noticia/la-primera-etapa-del-campeonato-femenino-concluye-la-proxima-semana/73307] The top four team of each of the two groups qualified to the second stage.
2023 teams
Serie A consists of twelve teams:
* Cruz del Sur - Tena
* Cumandá - Puyo
* Espuce - Quito
* Grupo Siete - Montecristi
* Las Palmas - Santo Domingo
* LDU Amateur - Quito
* Quito FC - Quito
* Rocafuerte - Guayaquil
* Siete de febrero - Babahoyo
* Unión - Babahoyo
* Unión Española - Guayaquil
* U. San Francisco - Quito
List of champions
Below is the list of all champions.
References
External links
Federation website
{{CONMEBOL women's leagues
Women's football leagues in Ecuador
Recurring sporting events established in 2006