1976 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1976 season was the club's 46th year of existence, the 23rd year in professional football and the 16th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

L.D.U. Quito
1976 season
PresidentRodrigo Paz
ManagerLeonel Montoya
StadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie A4th
Copa LibertadoresSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Polo Carrera (14 goals)
All: Polo Carrera (17 goals)

Squad
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ECU Adolfo Bolaños
— GK  ARG Miguel Ángel Leyes
— GK  URU Walter Maesso
— DF  URU Luis De Carlos
— DF  ECU Humboldt De La Torre
— DF  ECU Ramiro Del Pozo
— DF  ECU Fernando Villena
— DF  ECU Patricio Maldonado
— DF  ECU Ramiro Tobar (captain)
— MF  ECU Ángel Aguirre
— MF  ECU Polo Carrera
— MF  URU Juan Carlos Gómez
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ECU Juan Rivadeneira
— MF  ECU Roberto Sussman
— MF  ECU Jorge Tapia
— FW  ECU Ramiro Aguirre
— FW  ECU Marco Moreno
— FW  ARG Juan José Pérez
— FW  ARG Alberto Pinasco
— FW  ARG Rubén Scalise
— FW  ECU Gustavo Tapia
— FW  ECU Hernán Vaca
— FW  URU Oscar Zubía

Competitions

First Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 18 13 2 3 36 21 +15 28 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Emelec 18 9 5 4 29 24 +5 23
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 5 5 34 21 +13 21
4 Audaz Octubrino 18 8 5 5 30 27 +3 21
5 L.D.U. Quito 18 6 6 6 26 22 +4 18
6 Barcelona 18 5 6 7 26 20 +6 16
7 Universidad Católica 18 6 4 8 26 22 +4 16
8 Aucas 18 6 4 8 18 28 −10 16
9 América de Quito 18 4 4 10 23 36 −13 12 Relegated to the Serie B
10 9 de Octubre 18 3 3 12 11 38 −27 9
Source:
Results
Home \ Away 9DO CDA SDA AO BSC CDC EN CSE LDQ UC
9 de Octubre 1–1
América de Quito 3–3
Aucas 1–0
Audaz Octubrino 1–1
Barcelona 2–1
Deportivo Cuenca 2–0
El Nacional 1–0
Emelec 2–1
L.D.U. Quito 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–0
Universidad Católica 1–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 18 10 3 5 35 19 +16 23 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 L.D.U. Quito 18 8 5 5 27 21 +6 21
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 4 6 28 20 +8 20
4 Emelec 18 6 7 5 23 19 +4 19
5 Aucas 18 7 5 6 22 27 −5 19
6 Barcelona 18 6 6 6 24 21 +3 18
7 Carmen Mora 18 5 7 6 22 27 −5 17
8 Universidad Católica 18 5 6 7 20 22 −2 16
9 Deportivo Quito 18 5 6 7 18 26 −8 16 Relegated to the Serie B
10 Audaz Octubrino 18 3 5 10 17 34 −17 11
Source:
Results
Home \ Away SDA AO BSC CME CDC SDQ EN CSE LDQ UC
Aucas 2–1
Audaz Octubrino 0–2
Barcelona 0–1
Carmen Mora 4–3
Deportivo Cuenca 2–1
Deportivo Quito 0–1
El Nacional 3–1
Emelec 1–1
L.D.U. Quito 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1
Universidad Católica 0–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 El Nacional 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 14 Champions and Qualified to the 1977 Copa Libertadores
2 Deportivo Cuenca 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 9
3 Emelec 6 3 1 2 6 8 −2 9
4 L.D.U. Quito 6 1 0 5 6 7 −1 4
Source:

Note: Includes bonus points earned in previous stages: El Nacional (6); D. Cuenca, Emelec & LDU Quito (2).

Results
Home \ Away CDC EN CSE LDQ
Deportivo Cuenca 2–1
El Nacional 1–0
Emelec 1–0
L.D.U. Quito 0–1 1–2 4–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores
Main article: 1976 Copa Libertadores

First stage
Group 2 standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LDQ CDC BOL GUA
LDU Quito 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 8 Qualified to the 1st Place Playoff — 1–1 2–1 4–0
Deportivo Cuenca 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 0–0 — 3–1 1–0
Bolívar 6 3 0 3 16 11 +5 6 3–2 4–2 — 7–1
Guabirá 6 1 0 5 2 15 −13 2 0–1 0–2 1–0 —
Source:
March 14 First Stage L.D.U. Quito 1–1 Deportivo Cuenca Quito, Ecuador
Zubía  26' Report Mesiano  29' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Mario Canessa (Chile)
March 21 First Stage L.D.U. Quito 4–0 Guabirá Quito, Ecuador
Pérez  32', 70' (pen.), 72', 88' Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: José Castro Lozada (Venezuela)
March 24 First Stage L.D.U. Quito 2–1 Bolívar Quito, Ecuador
Pérez  17'
Carrera  65'		 Report Aragonés  35' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: José Martínez Bazan (Uruguay)
April 4 First Stage Deportivo Cuenca 0–0 L.D.U. Quito Cuenca, Ecuador
Report Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)
April 11 First Stage Guabirá 0–1 L.D.U. Quito Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Report Scalise  4' Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Referee: Gregorio da Rosa (Uruguay)
April 14 First Stage Bolívar 3–2 L.D.U. Quito La Paz, Bolivia
Lird  3'
Aragonés  52'
Solórzano  84'		 Report G. Tapia  42'
Carrera  54'		 Stadium: Estadio Libertador Simón Bolívar
Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo] (Peru)

1st Place Playoff
Playoff standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 2 Qualified to the Semi-Finals
2 Deportivo Cuenca 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
Source:
April 22 First Stage LDU Quito 2–1 (a.e.t.) Deportivo Cuenca Guayaquil, Ecuador
Carrera  66'
Rivadeneira  115'		 Report Villagra  63' Stadium: Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Óscar Veiro (Argentina)

Semi-Finals
Group 1 standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CRU LDQ ALI
Cruzeiro 4 4 0 0 18 3 +15 8 Qualified to the Final — 4–1 7–1
LDU Quito 4 1 0 3 4 10 −6 2 1–3 — 2–1
Alianza Lima 4 1 0 3 4 13 −9 2 0–4 2–0 —
Source:
May 5 Semi-Finals L.D.U. Quito 2–1 Alianza Lima Quito, Ecuador
Scalise  66'
De Carlos  84'		 Report Velásquez  40' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)
May 9 Semi-Finals L.D.U. Quito 1–3 Cruzeiro Quito, Ecuador
Carrera  66' (pen.) Report Palhinha  30', 56'
Joãozinho  58'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)
May 26 Semi-Finals Alianza Lima 2–0 L.D.U. Quito Lima, Peru
Ravello  62', 69' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)
May 30 Semi-Finals Cruzeiro 4–1 L.D.U. Quito Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Nelinho  4' (pen.)
Jairzinho  47'
Palhinha  72'
Ronaldo  74'		 Report G. Tapia  11' Stadium: Mineirão
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

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