Season 1967 Copa Libertadores El NacionalEmelec Goals scored 224 (2.46 per match) | Relegated EspañolPatria Matches played 91 | |
Champions El Nacional (1st title) | ||
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.
Contents
El Nacional won their first national title this season, just three years after being founded.
Teams
Ten teams participated this season (home city in parenthesis).
Standings
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: RSSSF
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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.