1988 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

The 1988 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 30th national championship for football teams in Ecuador.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams

The number of teams for this season was played by 18 teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LDU Quito	34	20	9	5	64	36	+28	49	Qualification to the Second stage
2	Emelec	34	16	12	6	56	36	+20	44
3	Macará	34	13	15	6	50	32	+18	41
4	Barcelona	34	13	14	7	50	25	+25	40
5	Deportivo Quito	34	13	13	8	48	43	+5	39
6	Universidad Católica	34	13	10	11	45	37	+8	36
7	Filanbanco	34	14	8	12	38	33	+5	36
8	El Nacional	34	12	11	11	49	41	+8	35
9	Técnico Universitario	34	11	12	11	42	39	+3	34
10	Aucas	34	11	12	11	45	49	−4	34
11	Deportivo Cuenca	34	7	19	8	41	45	−4	33
12	Esmeraldas Petrolero	34	11	10	13	40	50	−10	32
13	Audaz Octubrino	34	12	7	15	32	43	−11	31
14	Deportivo Quevedo	34	10	8	16	27	44	−17	28
15	Juventus	34	7	13	14	31	44	−13	27
16	LDU Portoviejo	34	9	9	16	34	50	−16	27
17	River Plate de Riobamba	34	9	7	18	27	53	−26	25
18	América de Quito	34	5	11	18	29	48	−19	21	Relegated to the Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Quito	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	8	Qualified to the Final
2	LDU Quito^[a]	6	3	1	2	10	11	−1	8
3	Macará	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	6
4	Filanbanco	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Emelec	6	2	4	0	7	4	+3	8	Qualified to the Final
2	Barcelona	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	7
3	El Nacional	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	6
4	Universidad Católica	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	3

19 November 1988

Emelec	3–0	Deportivo Quito

27 November 1988

Deportivo Quito	1–1	Emelec

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1988 champion