2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2008 season is the club's 55th year in professional football, and the 47th in the top level of national football, Ecuador's Serie A.

LDU Quito
2008 season
PresidentCarlos Arroyo
ManagerEdgardo Bauza
Serie A2nd
Copa LibertadoresChampion
Copa SudamericanaRound of 16
FIFA Club World CupRunner-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Claudio Bieler (13 goals)
All: Claudio Bieler (17 goals)

In the domestic tournament, the club unsuccessfully defended their 2007 title, finishing as the runner-up to Deportivo Quito. The club reached a level of success in international tournaments that no other Ecuadorian club has ever achieved. LDU Quito became the first Ecuadorian club to win an international title by winning their first Copa Libertadores. The win allowed the club to participate in FIFA's annual Club World Cup, which they finished in 2nd place.

2008 marked the last season Argentine manager Edgardo Bauza will remain at the position. He would be replaced by Uruguayan Jorge Fossati, who previously led the team from 2003-2004.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Edgardo Bauza
Assistant coach Jose Daniel Di Leo
Physical trainer Bruno Militano
Club doctor Juan Barriga
Marco Lascano
Physical therapist Fernando Iza
Edgar Alvarez

Last updated: December 17, 2008
Source: Plantel 2008

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Holcim

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Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos
2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo
3 DF  ECU Renán Calle
4 MF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi
5 MF  ECU Alfonso Obregón
7 MF  ECU Luis Bolaños
8 FW  ECU Patricio Urrutia (captain)
9 FW  ECU Agustín Delgado
10 MF  ECU Edder Vaca
11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas
12 GK  ECU Carlos Espinoza
13 MF  ECU Néicer Reasco
14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón
15 DF  ECU William Araujo
16 FW  ARG Claudio Bieler
17 FW  ECU Christian Suárez
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ECU Byron Camacho
19 FW  CHI Reinaldo Navia
20 MF  ECU Pedro Larrea
21 MF  ARG Damián Manso
22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez
23 DF  ECU Jayro Campos
24 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa
25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri
27 FW  ECU Víctor Estupiñán
50 MF  ECU Danny Vaca
51 FW  ECU Jefferson Lara
52 MF  ECU Israel Chango
53 MF  ECU Tito Valencia
54 MF  ECU Carlos Alfredo Delgado
55 FW  ECU Lenin Ibujes
57 MF  ECU Efren de la Cruz

Transfers

Copa Libertadores squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos
2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo
3 DF  ECU Renán Calle
4 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi
5 MF  ECU Alfonso Obregón
6 DF  ECU Jefferson Lara
7 FW  ECU Luis Bolaños
8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia (captain)
9 FW  ECU Agustín Delgado
10 FW  ECU Víctor Estupiñán
11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas
12 GK  ECU Luis Preti
13 MF  ECU Pedro Larrea
14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  ECU William Araujo
16 FW  ARG Claudio Bieler
17 MF  ECU Christian Suárez
18 MF  ECU Byron Camacho
19 FW  ECU Joffre Guerrón
20 MF  PAR Enrique Vera
21 MF  ARG Damián Manso
22 MF  ECU Edder Vaca
23 DF  ECU Jayro Campos
24 MF  ECU Israel Chango
25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri
— MF  ECU Andrés Arrunátegui
— FW  ECU Iván Kaviedes

Copa Sudamericana squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos
2 DF  ECU Norberto Araujo
3 DF  ECU Renán Calle
4 MF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi
5 MF  ECU Alfonso Obregón
6 DF  ECU Jefferson Lara
7 MF  ECU Luis Bolaños
8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia (captain)
9 FW  ECU Agustín Delgado
10 MF  ECU Edder Vaca
11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas
12 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa
13 MF  ECU Néicer Reasco
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón
15 DF  ECU William Araujo
16 FW  ARG Claudio Bieler
17 FW  ECU Christian Suárez
18 MF  ECU Byron Camacho
19 FW  CHI Reinaldo Navia
20 MF  ECU Pedro Larrea
21 MF  ARG Damián Manso
22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez
23 DF  ECU Jayro Campos
24 MF  ECU Israel Chango
25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri

Club World Cup squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos
2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo
3 DF  ECU Renán Calle
4 MF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi
5 MF  ECU Alfonso Obregón
7 MF  ECU Luis Bolaños
8 FW  ECU Patricio Urrutia (captain)
9 FW  ECU Agustín Delgado
10 MF  ECU Edder Vaca
11 MF  ECU Danny Vaca
13 MF  ECU Néicer Reasco
14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  ECU William Araujo
16 FW  ARG Claudio Bieler
17 FW  ECU Christian Suárez
19 FW  CHI Reinaldo Navia
20 MF  ECU Pedro Larrea
21 MF  ARG Damián Manso
22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez
23 DF  ECU Jayro Campos
24 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa
25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri
28 MF  ECU Israel Chango

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Serie A First Stage 4th Feb 1Dec 6
Copa Libertadores Second Stage Winner Feb 20Jul 2
Copa Sudamericana First Stage Round of 16 Aug 14Oct 1
Club World Cup Semifinal Runner-up Dec 17Dec 21

Serie A
Main article: 2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

2008 was the club's 47th season in the top-flight national tournament.

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Quito 22 13 6 3 38 17 +21 45 2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & Liguilla Final
2 LDU Quito 22 11 5 6 36 22 +14 38 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3 Deportivo Cuenca 22 10 7 5 26 16 +10 37
4 El Nacional 22 10 7 5 21 9 +12 37
5 Barcelona 22 9 8 5 34 27 +7 35
Updated to match(es) played on July 13, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

LDU Quito qualified for the Liguilla Final with 2 bonus points.

Second stage

For the second stage, LDU Quito was drawn into Group B.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Macará 10 5 3 2 17 13 +4 18 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 LDU Quito 10 4 4 2 12 10 +2 16
3 Técnico Universitario 10 3 6 1 10 9 +1 15
4 Universidad Católica 10 3 3 4 14 16 −2 12
5 Deportivo Cuenca 10 2 4 4 12 13 −1 10
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Deportivo Quito 32 18 8 6 53 27 +26 62
2 Barcelona 32 16 9 7 47 31 +16 57
3 LDU Quito 32 15 9 8 48 32 +16 54
4 El Nacional 32 14 8 10 37 32 +5 50
5 Macará 32 13 9 10 35 32 +3 48
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Liguilla Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Quito (C) 10 6 2 2 12 5 +7 23[lower-alpha 1] 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 LDU Quito 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 18[lower-alpha 1]
3 Deportivo Cuenca 10 4 2 4 10 11 −1 15[lower-alpha 1] 2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 El Nacional 10 3 5 2 10 9 +1 14
5 Barcelona 10 2 6 2 10 11 −1 13[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on December 7, 2008. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Points include Bonus Points earned in the previous rounds: Deportivo Quito (3); LDU Quito (2); Barcelona, Deportivo Cuenca, & Macará (1).

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
42 20 10 12 63 46  +17 70 13 5 3 39 20  +19 7 5 9 24 26  −2

Source:

Copa Libertadores
Main articles: 2008 Copa Libertadores, 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, and 2008 Copa Libertadores Finals

LDU Quito qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the 2007 Serie A champion. It would be their 13th participation in CONMEBOL's top continental tournament. LDU Quito was drawn into Group 8 with Argentine 2006–07 season 5th place finishers Arsenal de Sarandí, 2007 Copa do Brasil winner Fluminense FC, and Paraguayan Clausura 2007 winner Club Libertad. They were the first team in the tournament to qualify to the knock-out round.

LDU Quito advanced to their first Copa Libertadores finals; they were the second Ecuadorian club to do so (the first being Barcelona). Los Albos won their first Copa Libertadores by penalty shootout after a 5-5 aggregate score at the end of the second leg. Goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos blocked three penalty kicks to secure the title for his team.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fluminense 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13
LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
Arsenal 6 3 0 3 6 14 −8 9
Libertad 6 1 0 5 5 10 −5 3
Source:
February 20 Second Stage LDU Quito 0–0 Fluminense Quito
19:50 UTC−05:00 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 42,144
Referee: Albert Duarte (Colombia)
March 4 Second Stage LDU Quito 2–0 Libertad Quito
17:20 UTC−05:00 Urrutia  71'
Guerrón  82'		 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 27,523
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
March 12 Second Stage Arsenal 0–1 LDU Quito Avellaneda
19:10 UTC−03:00 (Report) Urrutia  79' Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona
Attendance: 1,586
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
March 26 Second Stage LDU Quito 6–1 Arsenal Quito
17:00 UTC−05:00 Díaz  14' (o.g.)
Manso  19'
Bolaños  28', 42'
Bieler  65'
Obregón  90'		 (Report) Leguizamón  4' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 41,767
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
April 8 Second Stage Libertad 3–1 LDU Quito Asunción
21:30 UTC−03:00 López  10'
Olivera  14'
Cuevas  65'		 (Report) Obregón  63' Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
April 17 Second Stage Fluminense 1–0 LDU Quito Rio de Janeiro
19:10 UTC−03:00 Cícero  31' (Report) Stadium: Maracanã Stadium
Attendance: 20,669
Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)
April 29 Round of 16 LDU Quito 2–0 Estudiantes Quito
20:30 UTC−05:00 Guerrón  64'
Manso  78'		 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 17,540
Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)
May 6 Round of 16 Estudiantes 2–1 LDU Quito La Plata
21:00 UTC−03:00 Alayes  42'
Maggiolo  66'		 (Report) Bolaños  26' Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
May 15 Quarterfinals San Lorenzo 1–1 LDU Quito Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−03:00 González  38' (Report) Bieler  35' Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
May 22 Quarterfinals LDU Quito 1–1
(5–3 p)		 San Lorenzo Quito
17:20 UTC−05:00 Manso  26' (Report) Bergessio  47' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Penalties
Urrutia
Campos
Vaca
Guerrón
Bieler 		González
D'Alessandro
Torres
Alvarado
May 27 Semifinals América 1–1 LDU Quito Mexico City
20:10 UTC−06:00 Esqueda  72' (Report) Bolaños  62' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 105,000
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)
June 3 Semifinals LDU Quito 0–0 América Quito
20:10 UTC−05:00 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 58,336
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
June 25 Finals LDU Quito 4–2 Fluminense Quito
19:50 UTC−05:00 Bieler  2'
Guerrón  29'
Campos  34'
Urrutia  45'		 (Report) Conca  12'
Thiago Neves  52'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 62,262
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
July 2 Finals Fluminense 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 LDU Quito Rio de Janeiro
21:50 UTC−03:00 Thiago Neves  12', 28', 56' (Report) Bolaños  6' Stadium: Maracanã Stadium
Attendance: 86,027
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
Penalties
Conca
Thiago Neves
Cícero
Washington 		Urrutia
Campos
Salas
Guerrón

Copa Sudamericana
Main article: 2008 Copa Sudamericana

LDU Quito participated in their 5th Copa Sudamericana. They qualified by finishing first in the second stage of the 2007 Serie A.

August 14 First Round LDU Quito 4–2 Bolívar Quito, Ecuador
16:00 UTC−05:00 Manso  10'
Ambrosi  36'
Bolaños  63'
Navia  75'		 Report Valentierra  14'
Ramos  89'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 6,625
Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)
September 18 First Round Bolívar 2–1 LDU Quito La Paz, Bolivia
20:15 UTC−04:00 Ramos  1'
Martínez  5'		 Report Navia  64' Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles
Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)
September 23 Round of 16 Boca Juniors 4–0 LDU Quito Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:30 UTC−03:00 Forlín  27'
Espinosa  32' (o.g.)
Mouche  50'
Gaitán  83'		 Report Stadium: La Bombonera
Attendance: 11,726
Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)
October 1 Round of 16 LDU Quito 1–1 Boca Juniors Quito, Ecuador
17:30UTC−05:00 Delgado  71' Report Dátolo  29' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

FIFA Club World Cup
Main article: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup

LDU Quito was the first Ecuadorian club to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup and the first non-Argentine/Brazilian club from CONMEBOL to participate. As the winner of the Copa Libertadores, they received a bye into the semifinals.

December 17 Semifinals Pachuca 0–2 LDU Quito Tokyo, Japan
19:30 UTC+09:00 Report Bieler  4'
Bolaños  26'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 33,366
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
December 21 Final LDU Quito 0–1 Manchester United Yokohama, Japan
19:30 UTC+09:00 Report Rooney  73' Stadium: International Stadium
Attendance: 68,682
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Statistics

Top scorer

Season: Claudio Bieler (17 goals)

  • Serie A: Claudio Bieler (13 goals)
  • International: Luis Bolaños (7 goals)
    • Copa Libertadores: Luis Bolaños (5 goals)
    • Copa Sudamericana: Reinaldo Navia (2 goals)
    • FIFA Club World Cup: Claudio Bieler & Luis Bolaños (1 goal each)
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