| Competition: | Copa Credife Serie A |
| Season: | 2011 |
| Winners: | Deportivo Quito |
| Relegated: | Imbabura ESPOLI |
| Continentalcup1: | 2012 Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Emelec Deportivo Quito El Nacional |
| Continentalcup2: | 2011 Copa Sudamericana |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Emelec Deportivo Quito |
| Continentalcup3: | 2012 Copa Sudamericana |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Deportivo Quito |
| League Topscorer: | Narciso Mina (28 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | LDU Quito 6–0 Manta (August 13) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Independiente José Terán 1–6 Deportivo Quito (March 5) |
| Highest Scoring: | Independiente José Terán 3–6 LDU Loja (August 13) |
| Matches: | 264 |
| Total Goals: | 672 |
| Longest Wins: | Deportivo Quito — 8 matches (July 23–August 28)[1] |
| Longest Unbeaten: | LDU Quito — 12 matches (February 6–April 23) Deportivo Quito — 12 matches (July 23–October 19) |
| Longest Winless: | Imbabura — 8 matches (January 30–March 9) |
| Longest Losses: | Imbabura — 5 matches (February 17–March 9) |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2011 Copa Credife Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 53rd season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The season began on January 30 and ended on December 18, with a break in July for the 2011 Copa América. LDU Quito is the defending champion.
After a session of the preliminary meeting of the Congress of Professional Football of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (es|Congreso Ordinario del Fútbol Profesional de la Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol), it was determined that the format for the 2011 season will be the same as the previous season.[2]
Twelve teams will compete in the 2011 Serie A season, ten of whom remain from the previous season. Macará and Universidad Católica were relegated last season after accumulating the fewest points in the 2010 season aggregate table. They were replaced by LDU Loja and Imbabura, the 2010 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively.[3] [4] This will be both clubs' second season in the league. LDU Loja played their only season in 2005 and Imbabura played their only season in 2007.
| Team | Home city | Home ground | Current manager | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega[5] | ||||
| LDU Quito (details) | ||||
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-season changes | ||||||
| Olmedo | Ariel Graziani | Resigned | November 13, 2010[6] | Dragan Miranovic | December 16, 2010[7] | N/A |
| Manta | Fabián Bustos | Mutual agreement | December 8, 2010[8] | Gabriel Perrone | December 14, 2010[9] | N/A |
| Emelec | Jorge Sampaoli | Mutual agreement | December 15, 2010[10] | Omar Asad | December 24, 2010[11] | N/A |
| Deportivo Quito | Carlos Sevilla | Mutual agreement | December 17, 2010[12] | Fabián Bustos | December 21, 2010[13] | N/A |
| First Stage changes | ||||||
| ESPOLI | Carlos Calderón | Resigned | February 16, 2011[14] | Santiago Ostolaza | February 17, 2011[15] | 12th |
| Imbabura | Wilson Armas | Resigned | March 11, 2011[16] | Eduardo Granda | March 11, 2011 | 12th |
| Barcelona | Rubén Darío Insúa | Sacked | March 25, 2011[17] | Álex Aguinaga | March 25, 2011[18] | 9th |
| Independiente José Terán | Julio Asad | Sacked | April 17, 2011[19] | Carlos Sevilla | April 17, 2011 | 12th |
| LDU Loja | Homero Valencia | Mutual consent | April 24, 2011[20] | Diego Ochoa[21] | April 24, 2011 | 8th |
| Deportivo Quito | Fabián Bustos | Sacked | May 1, 2011[22] | Juan Carlos Garay | May 1, 2011 | 3rd |
| Manta | Gabriel Perrone | Sacked | May 2, 2011[23] | Carlos Pico | May 2, 2011 | 10th |
| LDU Loja | Diego Ochoa | Replaced | May 5, 2011 | Jorge Habegger | May 5, 2011[24] | 7th |
| Deportivo Quito | Juan Carlos Garay | Replaced | May 6, 2011 | Carlos Ischia | May 6, 2011[25] | 3rd |
| Emelec | Omar Asad | Contract rescinded | May 26, 2011[26] | Juan Ramón Silva | May 26, 2011 | 2nd |
| Barcelona | Álex Aguinaga | Resigned | May 27, 2011[27] | Raúl Noriega | May 27, 2011 | 9th |
| Inter-stage changes | ||||||
| Imbabura | Eduardo Granda | Mutual consent | June 20, 2011[28] | Fabián Bustos | June 27, 2011[29] | N/A |
| Barcelona | Raúl Noriega | Replaced | June 23, 2011 | Luis Zubeldía | June 23, 2011[30] | N/A |
| Emelec | Juan Ramón Silva | Replaced | July 8, 2011 | Juan Ramón Carrasco | July 8, 2011[31] | N/A |
| Second Stage changes | ||||||
| Imbabura | Fabián Bustos | Resigned | August 25, 2011[32] | Janio Pinto | September 1, 2011[33] | 10th |
| Manta | Carlos Pico | Resigned | August 28, 2011[34] | Armando Osma | August 31, 2011[35] | 12th |
| LDU Loja | Jorge Habegger | Resigned | September 4, 2011[36] | Diego Ochoa | September 4, 2011 | 9th |
| ESPOLI | Santiago Ostolaza | Sacked | September 8, 2011[37] | Eduardo Granda | September 8, 2011 | 11th |
| Emelec | Juan Ramón Carrasco | Resigned | November 27, 2011[38] | Juan Ramón Silva | November 27, 2011 | 3rd |
| Emelec | Juan Ramón Silva | Replaced | November 27, 2011[39] | Marcelo Fleitas | November 27, 2011 | 3rd |
The first stage (es|Primera Etapa) began on January 30 and ended on June 19.[40] Emelec won the stage.
The second stage (es|Segunda Etapa) began on July 22 and is scheduled to end on December 4.
The Third Stage (es|'''Tercera Etapa''') began on December 11 and will end on December 19. It will consist of two playoffs.
LDU Quito and El Nacional will play in the third-place playoff for the Ecuador 3 berth in the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the top-two teams non-stage winners in the aggregate table. Since LDU Quito had the most points in the aggregate table, they will play the second leg at home.
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Emelec and Deportivo Quito qualified to the Finals by being the First Stage and Second Stage winners, respectively. The winner will be the Serie A champion and earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2012 Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, Deportivo Quito will play the second leg at home.
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| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | Narciso Mina |  Ecuador | Independiente José Terán | 28 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | Juan Luis Anangonó | Ecuador | El Nacional | 21 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 3 | Julio Bevacqua |  Argentina | Deportivo Quito | 20 |
| Fabio Renato |  Brazil | LDU Loja | 20 | ||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 5 | Hernán Barcos | Argentina | LDU Quito | 16 |
| align=center rowspan=3 | 6 | Christian Gómez | Ecuador | Olmedo | 12 |
| Juan Govea | Ecuador | Deportivo Cuenca | 12 | ||
| Edder Vaca | Ecuador | LDU Loja | 12 | ||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 9 | Édison Preciado | Ecuador | El Nacional | 11 |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 10 | Javier Guarino | ESPOLI | 10 | |
| Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narciso Mina | Independiente José Terán | Deportivo Quito | 2–3 | May 1, 2011 |
| Fernando Giménez | Emelec | Imbabura | 5–0 | July 23, 2011 |
| Hernán Barcos5 | LDU Quito | Manta | 6–0 | August 13, 2011 |
| Narciso Mina | Independiente José Terán | ESPOLI | 1–4 | November 27, 2011 |