Ecuadorian Serie B

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Established
1971 (54 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-03-17

Current Season
2025

Level Above
Ecuadorian Serie A

Level Below
Copa Ecuador

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Soccer

Location
Ecuador

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
08 Jul	Gualaceo	8:30pm	Cumbayá
09 Jul	Imbabura	12:00am	San Anton
09 Jul	Leones	8:30pm	Independi
09 Jul	22 de Jul	12:00am	Guayaquil
10 Jul	Chacarita	8:30pm	Atlético
11 Jul	9 de Octu	12:00am	Vargas To
15 Jul	Chacarita	8:30pm	Leones
16 Jul	Guayaquil	8:30pm	Imbabura
16 Jul	Atlético	6:00pm	22 de Jul
16 Jul	San Anton	12:00am	Cumbayá
Results
04 Jul	Vargas To	1 - 0	Imbabura
03 Jul	Guayaquil	6 - 0	Chacarita
03 Jul	Atlético	0 - 0	Leones
02 Jul	San Anton	2 - 2	Gualaceo
02 Jul	Independi	2 - 0	22 de Jul
01 Jul	Cumbayá	1 - 0	9 de Octu
27 Jun	9 de Octu	3 - 0	Gualaceo
26 Jun	Imbabura	0 - 1	Cumbayá
26 Jun	Atlético	3 - 2	Guayaquil
25 Jun	Leones	3 - 2	Vargas To

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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