The 1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol (Ecuadorian Football Championship) was the 8th national championship for football teams in Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

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Barcelona Sporting Club

Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only team to have never been relegated.With...

  won their third national title. They qualified to the 1967 Copa Libertadores along with Emelec

Club Sport Emelec

Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....

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Qualified teams

The number of teams expanded to sixteen. The qualified teams included the top-eight finishers from the Campeonato Interandino and the Campeonato de Guayaquil.

Competition	Team	Qualification method
Guayaquil 8 berths	Emelec Club Sport Emelec Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....	1966 Guayaquil champion
	Barcelona Barcelona Sporting Club Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only team to have never been relegated.With...	1966 Guayaquil runner-up
	9 de Octubre Club 9 de Octubre Asociación Deportiva Nueve de Octubre, simply referred to as Nueve de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.-History:The club was found on April 18, 1926 as Club 9 de Octubre...	1966 Guayaquil top-eight finishers
	América de Manta América de Manta Club Deportivo América, commonly known as América de Manta, was an Ecuadorian football club based in Manta. Founded in 1962, It participated in the Serie A for two seasons in 1964 and 1966. After its final participation, the club disappeared in 1966....
	Español Deportivo Español (Guayaquil) Deportivo Español was an Ecuadorian football club based in Guayaquil. It played two consecutive season in the Serie A in 1966 and 1967. It dissolved shortly after its last participation....
	Norte América
	Patria Club Sport Patria Club Sport Patria is a soccer club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Patria was one of the first football clubs founded in Ecuador and right now it is the oldest team in existence in the country.-History:...
	River Plate de Manta
Interandino 8 berths	LDU Quito	1966 Interandino champion
	América de Quito América de Quito Club Deportivo América, commonly known as América de Quito, is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. Once a top-level club in Ecuador that spent 22 season at that level, they have been relegated over the years to the country's third-level, Segunda Categoría; they lasted played in Ecuador's Serie...	1966 Interandino runner-up
	América de Ambato	1966 Interandino top-eight finishers
	Aucas Sociedad Deportiva Aucas Sociedad Deportiva Aucas is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They currently play in the third tier of the Ecuadorian football league, the Segunda Categoría, but have spent a majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of...
	El Nacional Club Deportivo El Nacional Club Deportivo "El Nacional" is a Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country....
	Macará Club Social y Deportivo Macará Club Social y Deportivo Macará is a professional football club based in Ambato, Ecuador. Their home stadium is Bellavista, which they share with city rivals Técnico Universitario.-Foundation:...
	Politécnico Club Deportivo Politécnico Club Deportivo Politécnico is an Ecuadorian football club based in Quito. The club was founded on November 25, 1951 by students and professors from the National Polytechnic School, the second oldest public university in the city...
	Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica del Ecuador Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador.-History:Universidad Católica was originally founded as a university football team for Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, a Catholic university in Quito. In 1962, they won the inter-university championship...

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Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1965 Champion
Barcelona Barcelona Sporting Club Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only team to have never been relegated.With... 3rd Title

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