LigaPro

Name

LigaPro

Legal name

Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador – LIGAPRO

Website

https://ligapro.ec

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Sports League Administration

NAICS

Spectator Sports (71121), Other Spectator Sports (711219), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (7113)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association Football (Soccer) Leagues (MPAKAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional Sport Governing Bodies & League Sanctioning Authorities (MPAKAFAE), Sports Officiating & Competition Management (MPAGAMAK)

Keywords

• Professional football league
• Sports league management
• Football broadcasting rights
• Stadium security systems
• Football club governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Guayaquil

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LigaPro organizes and administers Ecuador's top two professional football divisions, Liga Ecuabet Serie A and Serie B, covering fixture scheduling, match officiating, disciplinary processes, club licensing, and broadcasting rights. It operates a digital ecosystem — official website, mobile application, live-streaming service, and Fan ID biometric stadium-access system — through which fans, clubs, and media consume official league content and services.

Product overview

LigaPro (Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador) operates a comprehensive digital ecosystem for organizing and administering Ecuador's professional football tournaments (Serie A and Serie B). The core offering consists of the official website (ligapro.ec) and mobile application, which provide match schedules, live results, standings, statistics, news, and press content. Supporting platforms include the Fan ID biometric access control system for stadium security, the Canal de Denuncias reporting channel, institutional information portals, economic control systems, legal documentation platforms, and transparency reporting tools. Sub-brands include LigaPro Foundation (social responsibility) and LigaPro Kids (youth development programs). The league operates under the commercial name 'Liga Ecuabet' for sponsorship purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Liga Ecuabet: The commercial sponsorship name for LigaPro's professional football competitions (Serie A and Serie B).

Products and services

• Liga Ecuabet Serie A
• Liga Ecuabet Serie B
• LigaPro Mobile Application
• Fan ID Biometric Stadium Access System
• En Vivo Live Streaming Service
• Zapping Sports Broadcast Partnership

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ECU 911 (Servicio Integrado de Seguridad)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 May 2025LigaPro signed a cooperation agreement with ECU 911 to strengthen stadium security and create safer environments at sporting events. The partnership includes installation of Unified Command Posts (PMU) at Serie A and B matches, video surveillance monitoring inside and outside stadiums, emergency management training for LigaPro technical staff, and educational messaging on responsible behavior. The agreement was signed by LigaPro President Miguel Ángel Loor and ECU 911 Director General Juan Carlos Paladines.
• Zapping SportscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBroadcasting partnership for exclusive television and digital distribution of all Liga Ecuabet Serie A and Serie B matches. All league matches are available through Zapping Sports platform for fans to watch live and on-demand.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AUF / Primera División (Uruguay): Uruguayan Football Association operating the Uruguayan Primera División. A small-market but high-prestige South American league with a governance model directly comparable to LigaPro's.
• APF / División Profesional (Paraguay): Paraguayan Football Association operating the country's División Profesional. A smaller-market South American peer with analogous governance model and similar revenue constraints to LigaPro.
• Liga Profesional de Fútbol (AFA, Argentina): Governs top-flight Argentine professional football, organized as a league association of member clubs. Most structurally comparable peer to LigaPro in South America, with similar delegated authority from the national federation and centralized broadcast/sponsorship model.
• Liga 1 (Peru, Liga 1 Max): Top-flight Peruvian professional football league. Comparable to LigaPro in market size, headcount, and emerging-market broadcast/sponsorship dynamics; both leagues operate under their respective national federations and rely heavily on betting-sector sponsors.
• Dimayor (Liga BetPlay, Colombia): Colombia's professional football league organizer running Liga BetPlay. Closely analogous to LigaPro in scale, governance structure (member-club association), and dependency on broadcast-rights and sponsorship monetization in a mid-sized South American market.
• ANFP / Chilean Primera División: Chilean national football association operating the Primera División. Similar in governance scope and member-club structure to LigaPro, with a comparable South American broadcast and sponsorship profile.

Broad incumbents

• CONMEBOL: Continental governing body for South American football. Indirect peer/incumbent to LigaPro: CONMEBOL sits above LigaPro in the football hierarchy and licenses international competitions (Copa Libertadores, Sudamericana) that LigaPro's clubs participate in.
• Liga MX (Mexican Liga BBVA / Liga MX): Top-flight professional football league of Mexico, the largest comparable Latin American soccer league to LigaPro. Operates a similar member-club governance structure, centralized broadcast rights, and sponsorship monetization model, but on a materially larger market scale.
• Major League Soccer (MLS): Top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Comparable single-entity-franchise league model with centralized broadcast, sponsorship, and digital infrastructure; useful benchmark for LigaPro's commercial maturity and growth path.

Regional players

• Federación Boliviana de Fútbol / División Profesional: Bolivian top-flight professional football league under the Bolivian Football Federation. Closest scale analog to LigaPro in South America and a direct comparator on broadcast value, market size, and operational constraints.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/ligaproinstitute
• Xx.com/LigaProEC
• Facebookfacebook.com/LigaProEC

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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