2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
| Season | 2008 |
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| Champions | Deportivo Quito (3rd title) |
| Relegated |
Deportivo Azogues Universidad Católica |
| Copa Libertadores |
Deportivo Quito Deportivo Cuenca El Nacional |
| Copa Sudamericana | Deportivo Quito |
| Matches played | 122 |
| Goals scored | 519 (4.25 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pablo Palacios (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Deportivo Quito 6−0 Emelec (Sep 21) |
| Biggest away win | Universidad Católica 0−6 Deportivo Quito (Mar 2) |
| Highest scoring | ESPOLI 6−2 Emelec (Apr 26) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches: Deportivo Quito (May 9−Jun 29) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches: Deportivo Quito (Apr 6−Jun 29) |
| Longest losing run | 4 matches: Técnico Universitario (Feb 10−Feb 27) Universidad Católica (Feb 23−Mar 8) Olmedo (May 23−Jun 22) |
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The 2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2008 Copa Pílsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th season of the Ecuadorian Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The three-stage season ran from February 8 and December 7.
Deportivo Quito became the league champion on December 3 by defeating Macará 2-1 in Latacunga. It is Deportivo Quito's 3rd title, and first in 40 years.
The format for 2008 was new, but similar to the 2007 Serie A. The season was composed of three stages:
The format for the First Stage remained the same. The twelve teams competed against each other in a double round-robin format playing each opponent once at home and once away. The top-four teams at the end of the stage qualified to the Liguilla Final. The top-three teams earned bonus points for the Liguilla Final (3, 2, & 1 point[s] respectively) The top-team of the stage qualified to the last Ecuadorian spot in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.
The format for the Second Stage changed. The twelve teams were divided into two groups of six, where they played within their groups in a double round-robin tournament. The winner of the each group qualified to the final two spots in the Liguilla Final. If a team who has already qualified for the Liguilla Final manages to qualify again by winning their group, the last spots for the Liguilla Final went to the highest positioned team(s) in the Aggregate Table who have not already qualified. The top-team of each group received one bonus point for the Liguilla Final (if a team who earned bonus points from the First Stage finishes last in their group, they will lose their bonus points for the Liguilla Final). At the end of this stage, the two teams with the least amount of points in the aggregate table were relegated to the Serie B for the 2009 season.
The format for the Liguilla Final remained the same. The six qualified team competed in a double round-robin tournament. The winner of this stage was crowned the champion of the Copa Pílsener Serie A. The champion will qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, while the runner-up and third-place finisher qualify to the First Stage (this slight change from other years is due to the fact that the defending Copa Libertadores champion is an Ecuadorian team).
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