2025 Ecuadorian Serie B

LigaPro Serie B
Season2025
Dates18 March – 29 October 2025
Matches155
Goals353 (2.28 per match)
2024
2026

The 2025 Primera Categoría Serie B, is the 67th season of the Serie B, Ecuador's second tier football league, and the seventh under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season began on 18 March and scheduled to conclude on 29 October 2025.

Teams

Club City Stadium Capacity
22 de Julio Esmeraldas Estadio Folke Anderson 14,000
9 de Octubre Guayaquil Alejandro Ponce Noboa 5,000
Chacaritas Pelileo Ciudad de Pelileo 8,000
Cumbayá Cumbayá Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258
Gualaceo Gualaceo Gerardo León Pozo 2,791
Guayaquil City Guayaquil Christian Benítez 10,152
Imbabura Ibarra Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra 18,600
Independiente Juniors Sangolquí Banco Guayaquil 12,000
Leones Atuntaqui Olímpico Jaime Terán 10,000
San Antonio Ibarra Olímpico de Ibarra 18,600
Vargas Torres Esmeraldas Folke Anderson 14,000
Vinotinto Cayambe Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa 35,258

First stage

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Leones 22 11 7 4 26 14 +12 40 Qualification to Promotion round
2 Guayaquil City 22 10 7 5 31 16 +15 37
3 Gualaceo 22 9 8 5 28 27 +1 35
4 9 de Octubre 22 9 6 7 20 15 +5 33
5 Independiente Juniors 22 9 6 7 22 21 +1 33
6 San Antonio 22 9 5 8 20 19 +1 32
7 Atlético Vinotinto 22 9 4 9 37 26 +11 31 Qualification to Relegation round
8 22 de Julio 22 7 7 8 20 31 −11 28
9 Vargas Torres 22 5 11 6 26 22 +4 26
10 Cumbayá 22 7 5 10 19 28 −9 26
11 Imbabura 22 4 6 12 23 30 −7 18
12 Chacaritas 22 3 8 11 21 44 −23 17
Source: LigaPro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw.

Final stages

Promotion round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guayaquil City (C, P) 32 16 10 6 44 22 +22 58 Promotion to 2026 Ecuadorian Serie A
2 Leones (P) 32 14 12 6 36 23 +13 54
3 Independiente Juniors[a] 32 13 8 11 39 34 +5 47 Ineligible for promotion
4 9 de Octubre 32 12 10 10 35 26 +9 46
5 Gualaceo 32 12 9 11 39 47 −8 45
6 San Antonio[a] 32 10 10 12 34 40 −6 40 Ineligible for promotion
Source: LigaPro
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Vinotinto 32 12 9 11 50 31 +19 45
2 Vargas Torres 32 9 16 7 38 26 +12 43
3 Cumbayá 32 11 9 12 30 39 −9 42
4 22 de Julio 32 9 11 12 27 47 −20 38
5 Imbabura (R) 32 7 10 15 36 44 −8 31 Relegation to Segunda Categoría
6 Chacaritas (R) 32 4 12 16 31 60 −29 24
Source: LigaPro
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
(R) Relegated

See also

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