1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
Season	1978
Champions	El Nacional
Relegated	LDU Quito; Manta; LDU Portoviejo; Valdez
Copa Libertadores	El Nacional ; Técnico Universitario
Matches played	192
Goals scored	483 (2.52 per match)
	← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 20th national championship for football teams in Ecuador.

Teams

The number of teams for this season was played by 12 teams. Bonita Banana and Valdez promoted as winners of First Stage of Serie B.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	18	6	9	3	19	14	+5	21	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Técnico Universitario	18	7	6	5	22	21	+1	20
3	Emelec	18	6	7	5	31	23	+8	19
4	LDU Portoviejo	18	6	7	5	27	24	+3	19
5	Deportivo Quito	18	5	9	4	17	19	−2	19
6	Deportivo Cuenca	18	6	6	6	15	17	−2	18
7	Barcelona	18	6	5	7	20	20	0	17
8	Universidad Católica	18	5	7	6	21	22	−1	17
9	LDU Quito	18	5	7	6	13	17	−4	17	Relegated to the Serie B
10	Manta	18	5	3	10	21	29	−8	13	Relegated to the Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	18	10	3	5	43	16	+27	23	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Barcelona	18	10	3	5	29	20	+9	23
3	Técnico Universitario	18	8	6	4	26	20	+6	22
4	Emelec	18	9	4	5	23	17	+6	22
5	Bonita Banana	18	10	2	6	20	19	+1	22
6	Deportivo Quito	18	6	4	8	19	21	−2	16
7	Universidad Católica	18	5	5	8	29	29	0	15
8	Deportivo Cuenca	18	5	5	8	12	20	−8	15
9	LDU Portoviejo	18	5	3	10	25	37	−12	13	Relegated to the Serie B
10	Valdez	18	1	7	10	10	37	−27	9	Relegated to the Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Nacional^[a] (C)	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	13	1979 Copa Libertadores
2	Técnico Universitario	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9	1979 Copa Libertadores
3	Emelec^[b]	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	7
4	Barcelona^[c]	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7

Source: RSSSF - 1978 Serie A
(C) Champions
Notes:

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1978 champion
El Nacional