Ecuadorian Serie B

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Established
1971 (55 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-03-17

Current Season
2026

Current Round
11

Level Above
Ecuadorian Serie A

Level Below
Copa Ecuador

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Soccer

Location
Ecuador

Gender
Male

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22 May	AtléticAtlético FC	9:30pm	GualaceoGualaceo
23 May	DeportivDeportivo Santo Domingo	12:00am	CumbayáCumbayá
23 May	LDU PortLDU Portoviejo	4:45pm	VinotintVinotinto Ecuador
24 May	San AntoSan Antonio FC	4:00pm	El NacioEl Nacional
25 May	IndependIndependiente Juniors	8:30pm	9 de Oct9 de Octubre
29 May	CumbayáCumbayá	8:30pm	IndependIndependiente Juniors
30 May	22 de Ju22 de Julio	8:30pm	San AntoSan Antonio FC
30 May	9 de Oct9 de Octubre	8:30pm	Cuenca JCuenca Juniors
30 May	GualaceoGualaceo	8:30pm	DeportivDeportivo Santo Domingo
31 May	El NacioEl Nacional	4:00pm	LDU PortLDU Portoviejo
Results
21 May	Cuenca JCuenca Juniors	3 - 0	22 de Ju22 de Julio
17 May	9 de Oct9 de Octubre	3 - 1	El NacioEl Nacional
16 May	GualaceoGualaceo	1 - 1	San AntoSan Antonio FC
16 May	22 de Ju22 de Julio	0 - 1	IndependIndependiente Juniors
15 May	DeportivDeportivo Santo Domingo	1 - 1	AtléticAtlético FC
14 May	VinotintVinotinto Ecuador	3 - 0	Cuenca JCuenca Juniors
13 May	CumbayáCumbayá	1 - 1	LDU PortLDU Portoviejo
10 May	9 de Oct9 de Octubre	1 - 0	DeportivDeportivo Santo Domingo
09 May	El NacioEl Nacional	1 - 1	22 de Ju22 de Julio
08 May	LDU PortLDU Portoviejo	1 - 1	AtléticAtlético FC

Description

The Primera Categoría Serie B, shortened to Serie B or Primera B, is a professional football league in Ecuador. It is in the second tier of the Ecuadorian football league system. Currently contested by ten clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the top-flight Serie A and the bottom-level Segunda Categoría. The season runs from February to December in two stages. For sponsorship reasons, it is known as the LigaPro Banco Pichincha Pymes.

Serie B has been in place since 1971 and has been held on a yearly basis since (except 1973 and 1983–88), often holding two tournaments a year. The number of teams being promoted or relegated changed through the years because, like the Serie A, the format often changes on a seasonal basis. With the creation of LigaPro for the beginning of the 2019 season, the format consisted of two separate round robin stages. The top four teams with the most points after both stages were placed in a playoffs to determine the two teams who would earn promotion to Serie A the following season. Additionally, the two teams with the fewest points at the end of the season are relegated to the Segunda Categoría.

Thirty two different clubs have won the Serie B, but only twelve have won it multiple times. The most successful team and current champion is Técnico Universitario, who won their sixth title in 2017.

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