The 2022 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B, known as the LigaPro Betcris Serie B 2022 for sponsoring purposes, was the 64th season of the Serie B, Ecuador's second tier football league, and the fourth under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). The season began on 15 March and ended on 30 October 2022.
Teams 10 teams competed in the season. LDU Portoviejo and Atlético Porteño were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the previous season, being replaced by the 2021 Segunda Categoría champions Libertad and runners-up Imbabura. Manta and Olmedo were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the aggregate table of the 2021 Serie A. Team changes Promoted from 2021 Segunda Categoría Relegated from 2021 Serie A Promoted to 2022 Serie A Relegated to 2022 Segunda Categoría LibertadImbabura MantaOlmedo CumbayáGualaceo LDU PortoviejoAtlético Porteño
Stadiums and locations
ClubCityStadiumCapacity América de Quito Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 38,258 Atlético Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Etho Vega Baquero 10,172 Búhos ULVR Guayaquil Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera 42,000 Chacaritas Pelileo Ciudad de Pelileo 8,000 El Nacional Quito Olímpico Atahualpa 38,258 Imbabura Ibarra Olímpico Ciudad de Ibarra 18,600 Independiente Juniors Sangolquí Banco Guayaquil 12,000 Libertad Loja Federativo Reina del Cisne 14,935 Manta Manta Jocay 20,000 Olmedo Riobamba Fernando Guerrero 14,000
Personnel and kits
Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor América de Quito Samy Ariza Boman — Atlético Santo Domingo Patricio Lara Yeliyan Constructora Wilson ErazoPipBowling Búhos ULVR Matías Rosa MB1 Universidad Vicente Rocafuerte Chacaritas Joel Vernaza Vaz Sport San Francisco COAC Ltda. El Nacional Ever Hugo Almeida Lotto ANDECBanco General Rumiñahui Imbabura Joel Armas Ortiz Design Fábrica de Medias Gardenia Independiente Juniors Miguel Bravo Marathon Sports CheryBanco Guayaquil Libertad Paúl Vélez Jasa Evolution Banco de LojaGrand Aviation Manta Fabián Frías Astro Atún IsabelBET593 Olmedo Eduardo Favaro Reusch Fibra Telecom
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentChacaritas Lorenzo FrutosSacked26 February 20223rd Juan Carlos Ávila5 April 2022Manta Pablo TrobbianiMutual agreement8 April 202210th Fabián Frías15 April 2022Atlético Santo Domingo Juan Carlos Caballero7 May 20229th Jairo Portilla8 May 2022 Jairo Portilla9 July 20229th Patricio Lara10 July 2022Olmedo Héctor González1 September 20228th Omar Ledesma2 September 2022 Omar LedesmaEnd of caretaker spell18 September 20228th Eduardo Favaro18 September 2022Libertad Nelson TapiaSacked22 September 20224th Paúl Vélez22 September 2022Chacaritas Juan Carlos ÁvilaResigned27 September 20226th Joel Vernaza1 October 2022 Notes
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Top scorers
Rank Name Club Goals 1 Ronie CarrilloEl Nacional 16 2 Alejandro TobarImbabura 11 Bryan RodríguezLibertad 4 Mario BarrionuevoBúhos ULVR 10 5 Kevin RodríguezImbabura 9 Kevin HoyosAmérica de Quito 7 Steven GómezEl Nacional 8 8 César EspínolaLibertad 7 Source: Ecuagol
Number of teams by province PositionProvinceNumberTeams13América de Quito, El Nacional and Independiente Juniors21Olmedo1Búhos ULVR1Imbabura1Libertad1Manta1Atlético Santo Domingo1Chacaritas
See also 2022 Ecuadorian Serie A 2022 Segunda Categoría 2022 Copa Ecuador
Notes
References
External links LigaPro's official website Official webpage Serie B summary (SOCCERWAY)