Ecuadorian Serie A

Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A

Founded	1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Country	Ecuador
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Serie B
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Ecuador Supercopa Ecuador
International cup(s)	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana
Current champions	LDU Quito (12th title)
Most championships	Barcelona (16 titles)
Most appearances	Carlos Javier Caicedo (670)
Top goalscorer	Ermen Benítez (191)
Website	www.ligapro.ec
Current: 2024 Serie A season

The Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, simply known as the Liga Pro or the Serie A (or the Ecuadorian Serie A to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A and the Brazilian Série A), or officially as Liga Pro Bet593 for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Ecuador. At the top of the Ecuadorian football league system, it is the country's premier football competition. Contested by sixteen clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Serie B, the lower level of the Primera Categoría. The season runs from February to December and is usually contested in multiple stages.

While initially not a league, the Serie A has its roots in the national championship between the top teams of Ecuador's two regional leagues. For the first nine editions, teams from Guayaquil and Quito qualified to the competition through their professional regional leagues. It abandoned the qualification format to form a proper league in 1967. Since the first edition in 1957, the tournament has been held annually (except 1958 and 1959); the 2005 season had two champions. It was ranked by IFFHS as the 11th strongest football league in the world for 2022, and the 4th strongest league in South America.^[1]

Eleven clubs have been crowned Ecuadorian champions, but four teams have a combined total of 55 championships. The most successful club is Barcelona with sixteen titles. LDU Quito are the defending champions.