Sports
Quito is home to six prominent football clubs in the country. The city's top three clubs (El Nacional, Deportivo Quito and LDU Quito) have won a total of 28 national championships, over half of all championships played. Deportivo Quito and Aucas were the first home teams to play in the national league (since 1957, 3 years before LDU and 7 years before El Nacional), Deportivo Quito was also the first out of the three home teams to win the title. El Nacional have won the most "Series A" titles with a total of 13 ( a tie with Barcelona Sporting Club of Guayaquil). LDU Quito is the only Ecuadorian club to have won 4 continental titles.
The teams in Ecuador's First Division (Serie A and Serie B) are:
- Deportivo Quito
- El Nacional
- ESPOLI
- LDU Quito
- Universidad Católica
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