Ecuadorian Serie B

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Established
1971 (55 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-03-17

Current Season
2026

Current Round
15

Level Above
Ecuadorian Serie A

Level Below
Copa Ecuador

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Ecuador

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
09 Jul 26	El NacioEl Nacional	12:00am	CumbayáCumbayá
09 Jul 26	Cuenca JCuenca Juniors	8:30pm	LDU PortLDU Portoviejo
11 Jul 26	IndependIndependiente Juniors	4:45pm	AtléticoAtlético FC
11 Jul 26	San AntoSan Antonio FC	8:00pm	DeportivDeportivo Santo Domingo
11 Jul 26	22 de Ju22 de Julio	8:30pm	VinotintVinotinto Ecuador
11 Jul 26	9 de Oct9 de Octubre	9:00pm	GualaceoGualaceo
15 Jul 26	AtléticoAtlético FC	8:00pm	San AntoSan Antonio FC
15 Jul 26	CumbayáCumbayá	8:00pm	9 de Oct9 de Octubre
15 Jul 26	GualaceoGualaceo	8:00pm	22 de Ju22 de Julio
15 Jul 26	LDU PortLDU Portoviejo	8:00pm	IndependIndependiente Juniors

		Results
04 Jul 26	LDU PortoLDU Portoviejo	1 - 1	9 de Octu9 de Octubre
03 Jul 26	Cuenca JuCuenca Juniors	1 - 0	San AntonSan Antonio FC
03 Jul 26	DeportivoDeportivo Santo Domingo	1 - 0	IndependiIndependiente Juniors
02 Jul 26	CumbayáCumbayá	4 - 0	22 de Jul22 de Julio
02 Jul 26	Atlético Atlético FC	3 - 0	El NacionEl Nacional
01 Jul 26	VinotintoVinotinto Ecuador	1 - 2	GualaceoGualaceo
11 Jun 26	El NacionEl Nacional	0 - 0	DeportivoDeportivo Santo Domingo
10 Jun 26	IndependiIndependiente Juniors	4 - 0	Cuenca JuCuenca Juniors
10 Jun 26	GualaceoGualaceo	1 - 0	CumbayáCumbayá
10 Jun 26	San AntonSan Antonio FC	4 - 2	LDU PortoLDU Portoviejo

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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