2011 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2011 season was the club's 81st year of existence, the 58th year in professional football, and the 50th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Liga came in as the defending Serie A champion and having qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores and the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, but failed to win a title for the first time since 2006.

LDU Quito

2011 season
President	Carlos Arroyo
Manager	Edgardo Bauza
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	First Stage: 2nd Second Stage: 5th Aggregate: 3rd Overall: 4th
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Copa Sudamericana	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Hernán Barcos (16 goals) All: Hernán Barcos (22 goals)
Highest home attendance	26,615; (February 6 v. Barcelona)
Lowest home attendance	1,016; (June 19 v. Olmedo)
Average home league attendance	8,643
Home colours Away colours

Club

Personnel

President: Carlos Arroyo

Honorary President: Rodrigo Paz

President of the Executive Commission: Esteban Paz

President of the Football Commission: Edwin Ripalda

Vice-President of the Football Commission: Patricio Torres

Sporting manager: Santiago Jácome

Coaching staff

Manager: Edgardo Bauza

Assistant manager: José Daniel di Leo

Physical trainer: Alejandro Mur

Goalkeeper trainer: Gustavo Flores

Statistician: Maximiliano Bauza

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Diners Club International, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola

Squad information

Liga's squad for the season is allowed a maximum of four (4) foreign players at any one time, and a maximum of eight (8) throughout the season. During the off season, Norberto Araujo changed his nationality from Argentine to Ecuadorian. At the start of the season, Liga was mandated to start one under-18 player in each match. Since the Ecuadorian national U-20 team qualified to the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, that was changed to have an under-20 player start in each game. The jersey numbers in the main table (directly below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. The under-18/under-20 players will wear a jersey number of at least #50. For each CONMEBOL competition, Liga must register 25 players, whose jerseys will be numbered 1–25. Because of this, some players may have different jersey numbers while playing in CONMEBOL matches.

N	Pos	Nat.	Player	Age	Since	App	Goals	Notes
2	DF	ECU	Norberto Araujo	32	2007	120	0
3	DF	ECU	Geovanny Caicedo	29	2011	0	0
4	MF	ECU	Ulises de la Cruz	36	2009	185	26	Previously with the club from '97–'99 and '00
5	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi	30	2010	339	35	Previously with the club from '00–'09
6	DF	ECU	Jorge Guagua	29	2010	36	3
7	MF	ECU	Miler Bolaños	20	2009	59	15
8	MF	ECU	Patricio Urrutia (vice-captain)	32	2010	255	43	Previously with the club from '03–'09
9	FW	ECU	Walter Calderón	33	2009	41	9
10	MF	ECU	Luis Bolaños	25	2011	85	13	Previously with the club from '02–'08
11	FW	ARG	Ezequiel González	30	2011	0	0
12	DF	ECU	Galo Corozo	20	2009	4	0
13	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco (captain)	33	2008	396	30	Previously with the club from '97–'00 and '01–'06
14	DF	ECU	Diego Calderón	24	2007	130	3	Previously with the club in '05
15	MF	ECU	William Araujo	31	2008	95	7
16	FW	ARG	Hernán Barcos	26	2010	32	22
17	MF	ECU	Enrique Gámez	29	2010	23	0
18	MF	ECU	Fernando Hidalgo	25	2011	0	0
19	FW	ECU	Claudio Bieler	27	2011	63	35	Previously with the club from '08–'09
20	MF	PAR	Enrique Vera	31	2011	108	9	Previously with the club from '06–'08 and '09–'10
21	MF	ARG	Lucas Acosta	23	2011	0	0
22	GK	ECU	Alexander Domínguez	23	2006	96	0
23	DF	ECU	Argenis Moreira	23	2011	0	0
24	DF	ECU	José Valencia	28	2010	7	0
25	GK	ECU	Daniel Viteri	29	2011	10	0	Previously with the club from '08–'09
50	MF	ECU	Richard Calderón	18	2011	0	0	U-18 player
51	MF	ECU	Ángel Ledesma	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
52	FW	ECU	José Pabón	20	2010	1	0	U-20 player
53	MF	ECU	Sandro Rojas	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
54	MF	ECU	Marlon Ganchozo	19	2010	25	0	U-20 player
55	MF	ECU	José Cevallos Enríquez	15	2011	0	0	U-18 player
56	FW	ECU	José Gutiérrez	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
57	MF	ECU	Raúl Macías	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
58	MF	ECU	David Carrera	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
59	DF	ECU	John Subía	16	2011	0	0	U-18 player
61	MF	ECU	David Patiño	19	2011	0	0	U-20 player
63	MF	ECU	Wellington Cedeño	15	2011	0	0	U-18 player
67	DF	ECU	Víctor Carcelén	19	2011	0	0	U-20 player
68	FW	ECU	Luis Carcelén	16	2011	0	0	U-18 player
69	FW	ECU	Diego Hurtado	15	2011	0	0	U-18 player

Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.

Winter transfers

During the off-season, Liga saw a number of high-profile players leave the squad. Veterans Carlos Espínola,[1] Renan Calle,[2] and Christian Lara[3] left the team to look for more playing time, while Juan Manuel Salgueiro returned to Estudiantes after Liga could not secure a permanent move. Víctor Estupiñán and Joao Plata and went to the United States to take part in the MLS SuperDraft.[4] They were drafted by Chivas USA and Toronto FC. Franklin Salas attempted to move abroad, but failed to find a suitor. After a prolonged process, he was loaned to Imbabura.[5] Other loaned out players were Pedro Romo[6] and Manuel Mendoza to Aucas and Universidad Católica, respectively. Ángel Cheme, better known as Gonzalo Chila, was suspended for two-year due to aggravated identity theft.[7]

To reinforce the squad, Liga signed former stars Luis Bolaños[8] and Enrique Vera,[9][10] with Daniel Viteri returning after a season on loan.[11] Argenis Moreira,[12][13] Fernando Hidalgo,[11] and Geovanny Caicedo[13] were also signed. Liga's highest profile transfer was Ezequiel González from Fluminense.[14][15] This also filled their squad's foreign player quota. Ángel Ledesma was loaned form Macará should the squad need U-18 down the line.[16]

Players In Name Nat Pos Age Moving from Luis Bolaños  ECU MF 25 Barcelona Geovanny Caicedo  ECU DF 29 Deportivo Quito Ezequiel González  ARG FW 30 Fluminense ( BRA) Fernando Hidalgo  ECU MF 25 Barcelona Ángel Ledesma  ECU MF 17 Macará (loan) Argenis Moreira  ECU DF 23 Macará Enrique Vera  PAR MF 31 Atlas ( MEX) Daniel Viteri  ECU GK 29 Barcelona Luis Batioja  ECU FW 16 Youth system Richard Calderón  ECU MF 18 Youth system José Gutiérrez  ECU GK 17 Youth system Sandro Rojas  ECU MF 17 Youth system

Players Out Name Nat Pos Age Moving to Renán Calle  ECU DF 34 L.D.U. Loja Ángel Cheme  ECU MF 29 Two-year suspension Carlos Espínola  ECU DF 35 Sporting Cristal ( PER) Gabriel Espinosa  ECU MF 25 Universidad Católica (loan) Víctor Estupiñán  ECU FW 22 Chivas USA ( USA) Christian Lara  ECU FW 30 El Nacional Manuel Mendoza  ECU GK 21 Universidad Católica (loan) Joao Plata  ECU FW 18 Toronto FC ( USA) Diego Quintanilla  ECU MF 19 Aucas (loan) Pedro Romo  ECU MF 21 Aucas (loan) Franklin Salas  ECU FW 29 Imbabura (loan) Juan Manuel Salgueiro  URU FW 27 Estudiantes ( ARG); (loan return)

Summer transfers

On May 16, 2011, veteran goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos announced his retirement from professional football.[17] He played his last game on May 22.[18] In late July, the club announced that Carlos Luna was loaned to a club to be determined at a later date. Youth-player Nelson Martínez was loaned to Aucas in mid June.[19] That was followed by the late-July loan of forward Luis Batioja to Universidad Católica.[20]

In late July, Liga reinforced their squad with two players transferring from Argentina. Forward Claudio Bieler returned to the club after a year-and-a-half on a loan from Racing. In the time in between, he became a naturalized Ecuadorian, freeing up a foreign-player spot in the team.[21] The remaining foreign-player spot was filled by midfielder Lucas Acosta, who was transferring in from San Martín de San Juan.[22]

Players In Name Nat Pos Age Moving from Lucas Acosta  ARG MF 23 San Martín (SJ) ( ARG) (loan) Claudio Bieler  ECU FW 27 Racing ( ARG) (loan)

Players Out Name Nat Pos Age Moving to José Francisco Cevallos  ECU GK 40 Retired Carlos Luna  ARG FW 29 Tigre ( ARG) (loan) Nelson Martínez  ECU MF 19 Aucas (loan) Luis Batioja  ECU FW 26 Universidad Católica (loan) John Jaramillo  ECU GK 29 Macará (loan)

Copa Libertadores squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos 2 DF  ECU Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Geovanny Caicedo 4 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 5 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 6 DF  ECU Jorge Guagua 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Luis Bolaños 11 FW  ARG Ezequiel González 12 MF  ECU Marlon Ganchozo 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 MF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Hernán Barcos 17 MF  ECU Galo Corozo* 18 MF  ECU Fernando Hidalgo 19 MF  ECU José Cevallos Enríquez 20 MF  PAR Enrique Vera 21 FW  ARG Carlos Luna 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Argenis Moreira 24 DF  ECU José Valencia 25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri

*Corozo replaced Enrique Gámez after the Second Stage.[23]

Copa Sudamericana squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU John Jaramillo* 2 DF  ECU Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Geovanny Caicedo 4 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 5 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 6 DF  ECU Jorge Guagua 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Luis Bolaños 11 FW  ARG Ezequiel González 12 MF  ECU Galo Corozo 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 MF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Hernán Barcos 17 MF  ECU Enrique Gámez 18 MF  ECU Fernando Hidalgo 19 FW  ECU Claudio Bieler 20 MF  PAR Enrique Vera 21 FW  ARG Lucas Acosta 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Argenis Moreira 24 DF  ECU José Valencia 25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri

*Jaramillo replaced Walter Chávez after the First Stage.[24]

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	First Stage	4th	Jan 30	Dec 19
Copa Libertadores	Second Stage	Round of 16	Feb 17	May 5
Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Runner-up	Aug 4	Dec 14

Pre-season friendlies

Liga played three friendly matches in addition to La Noche Blanca, the club's official presentation for the season. Their opponent for La Noche Blanca was Once Caldas, the defending Colombian champion.[25]

January 15	LDU Quito	2–0	L.D.U. Loja	Pomasqui
10:00 UTC−05:00	Guagua L. Bolaños			Stadium: Complejo de Pomasqui

January 19	LDU Quito	2–0	Universidad Católica	Pomasqui
10:00 UTC−05:00	González Luna			Stadium: Complejo de Pomasqui

January 22	LDU Quito	1–2	Independiente del Valle	Quito
10:00 UTC−05:00	Ambrosi		Estigarribia Ayoví	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

January 26 La Noche Blanca	LDU Quito	1–1	Once Caldas	Quito
19:15 UTC−05:00	W. Calderón  90+1'		Micolta  55'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Roddy Zambrano

Serie A

The 2011 season is Liga's 50th season in the Serie A and their tenth consecutive. The league season will run from late January to early December, with a short break for the 2011 Copa América. The format is identical to the previous season. They came in as the defending league champion.

First stage

The First Stage of the season ran from January 30 to June 19.[26] Liga finished 2nd and failed to qualify to the season-ending Finals and the 2012 Copa Libertadores during this stage.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	22	12	8	2	31	15	+16	44	Finals, 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
2	LDU Quito	22	11	7	4	29	13	+16	40
3	Deportivo Quito	22	11	6	5	39	25	+14	39	2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	El Nacional	22	9	5	8	31	23	+8	32
5	LDU Loja	22	9	5	8	27	27	0	32

Source: [27]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Since LDU Quito was already qualified to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage as the winner of the 2010 Serie A Second Stage, Deportivo Quito also qualified to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	11	7	4	29	13	+16	40	7	2	2	19	6	+13	4	5	2	10	7	+3

January 30 Round 1	Olmedo	1–0	LDU Quito	Riobamba
12:00 UTC−05:00	Gómez  20'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 5,896 Referee: Diego Lara

February 6 Round 2	LDU Quito	3–0	Barcelona	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	Caicedo  4' Cevallos, Jr.  44' Barcos  69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 26,615 Referee: Daniel Salazar

February 13 Round 3	Imbabura	1–1	LDU Quito	Ibarra
12:00 UTC−05:00	Salazar  47'	Report	Reasco  84'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Carlos Vera

February 23 Round 4	LDU Quito	2–1	Independiente del Valle	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	Ganchozo  3' Moreira  69'	Report	Ayoví  32'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 3,371 Referee: José Caprio

February 20 Round 5	LDU Quito	5–0	Manta	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	Moreira  40' L. Bolaños  69' de la Cruz  83' W. Calderón  85', 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 3,433 Referee: Sandro Vera

February 27 Round 6	El Nacional	1–2	LDU Quito	Quito
13:10 UTC−05:00	Zura  90+3'	Report	González  23' M. Bolaños  43'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 20,350 Referee: Samuel Haro

March 13 Round 9	LDU Quito	2–0	ESPOLI	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	W. Calderón  13' Barcos  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 2,728 Referee: Roddy Zambrano

March 20 Round 10	L.D.U. Loja	1–2	LDU Quito	Loja
18:30 UTC−05:00	Vaca  78'	Report	L. Bolaños  10', 29'	Stadium: Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne Attendance: 15,281 Referee: Daniel Salazar

March 23 Round 8	Deportivo Cuenca	0–2	LDU Quito	Cuenca
20:40 UTC−05:00		Report	W. Calderón  2' L. Bolaños  37'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Miguel Hidalgo
Note: The match was originally scheduled for March 9, but was postponed because it was scheduled on the same date of Liga's Copa Libertadores match at Peñarol.

April 9 Round 12	Deportivo Quito	0–0	LDU Quito	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 15,059 Referee: Carlos Vera

April 17 Round 13	LDU Quito	1–1	L.D.U. Loja	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	L. Bolaños  27'	Report	Tenorio  20'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 5,524 Referee: José Espinel

April 20 Round 15	LDU Quito	1–0	Deportivo Cuenca	Quito
20:00 UTC−05:00	de la Cruz  85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 2,248 Referee: Daniel Salazar
Note: This match was moved up from April 27 due to a date with Liga's Round of 16 match in the Copa Libertadores.

April 23 Round 14	ESPOLI	0–0	LDU Quito	Santo Domingo
15:00 UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega Attendance: 7,140 Referee: Diego Lara

May 1 Round 16	Emelec	1–0	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
15:30 UTC−05:00	Gaibor  72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Attendance: 16,159 Referee: Samuel Haro

May 8 Round 17	LDU Quito	2–1	El Nacional	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Ganchozo  17' M. Bolaños  42'	Report	Anangonó  11'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Carlos Vera

May 11 Round 7	LDU Quito	0–1	Emelec	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00		Report	Caicedo  84'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 9,361 Referee: Samuel Haro
Note: The match was postponed, by request, because of Liga's participation in the Copa Libertadores.

May 15 Round 18	Manta	1–1	LDU Quito	Manta
12:00 UTC−05:00	Mera  2'	Report	de la Cruz  45'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Attendance: 950 Referee: Daniel Salazar

May 18 Round 19	Independiente del Valle	1–2	LDU Quito	Sangolquí
15:30 UTC−05:00	Samaniego  90+1'	Report	L. Bolaños  1' W. Calderón  32'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Rumiñahui Attendance: 2,479 Referee: Omar Ponce

May 22 Round 20	LDU Quito	2–0	Imbabura	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	Mercado  70' (o.g.) M. Bolaños  74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 13,985 Referee: Miguel Hidalgo

June 12 Round 21	Barcelona	0–0	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
17:00 UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Attendance: 8,100 Referee: José Caprio

June 15 Round 11	LDU Quito	0–1	Deportivo Quito	Ibarra
19:00 UTC−05:00		Report	Bevacqua  5'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 12,653 Referee: Miguel Hidalgo
Note: This game was postponed at the request of both teams.[28] The match was played in Ibarra since Liga's home stadium was suspended for one match due to objects being thrown on the pitch during the game versus Emelec.[29]

June 19 Round 22	LDU Quito	1–1	Olmedo	Quito
12:00	Barcos  71'	Report	Romero  29'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Diego Lara

Second stage

The Second Stage of the season began July 22 and is scheduled to end on December 4.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	El Nacional	22	11	4	7	40	33	+7	37
4	Emelec	22	10	4	8	34	23	+11	34
5	LDU Quito	22	10	4	8	32	23	+9	34
6	Deportivo Cuenca	22	8	8	6	29	23	+6	32
7	Independiente José Terán	22	9	4	9	32	30	+2	31

Source: [30]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	10	4	8	32	23	+9	34	7	2	2	20	6	+14	3	2	6	12	17	−5

July 23 Round 1	Olmedo	2–0	LDU Quito	Riobamba
16:00 UTC−05:00	Ramúa  45' Gómez  77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Roberto Alman

July 27 Round 2	LDU Quito	1–0	Emelec	Quito
19:45 UTC−05:00	L. Bolaños  64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 7,467 Referee: Omar Ponce

July 31 Round 3	Imbabura	0–1	LDU Quito	Ibarra
14:00 UTC−05:00		Report	Acosta  76'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 3,412 Referee: José Luis Espinel

August 8 Round 4	LDU Quito	1–2	Independiente del Valle	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	Barcos  90+2'	Report	Mina  40', 86'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 8,640 Referee: Carlos Vera

August 13 Round 5	LDU Quito	6–0	Manta	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	González  17' Barcos  26', 40', 45', 48', 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 1,914 Referee: Samuel Haro

August 21 Round 6	El Nacional	2–3	LDU Quito	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Madrid  15' J. L. Anangonó  68'	Report	Barcos  18', 57' (pen.) Acosta  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 20,904 Referee: Diego Lara

August 24 Round 7	LDU Quito	0–0	Barcelona	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 21,861 Referee: Carlos Vera

August 28 Round 8	Deportivo Cuenca	2–1	LDU Quito	Cuenca
11:15 UTC−05:00	Castro  33' Govea  84'	Report	Reasco  50'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Attendance: 7,548 Referee: José Luis Espinel

September 10 Round 9	LDU Quito	1–0	ESPOLI	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	González  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 17,983 Referee: Roberto Alman

September 17 Round 10	L.D.U. Loja	3–2	LDU Quito	Loja
19:00 UTC−05:00	Fábio Renato  7' Vaca  28', 57'	Report	Bieler  62' de la Cruz  74'	Stadium: Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne Attendance: 8,091 Referee: José Espinel

October 2 Round 12	Deportivo Quito	1–1	LDU Quito	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Checa  11'	Report	González  51'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 21,114 Referee: Alfredo Intriago

October 16 Round 13	LDU Quito	3–0	L.D.U. Loja	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	Bieler  47' Acosta  59' L. Bolaños  84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 3,144 Referee: Samuel Haro

October 19 Round 11	LDU Quito	1–0	Deportivo Quito	Quito
19:30	Barcos  66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 13,583 Referee: José Carpio
Note: The match was postponed by Liga's request.

October 23 Round 14	ESPOLI	1–0	LDU Quito	Santo Domingo
15:00 UTC−05:00	Guarino  60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Municipal Etho Vega Attendance: 6,869 Referee: Carlos Vera

October 26 Round 16	Barcelona	2–3	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−05:00	Borghello  11' Caicedo  88'	Report	Barcos  52', 60' Ambrosi  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Attendance: 45,244 Referee: Alfredo Intriago

October 30 Round 15	LDU Quito	4–1	Deportivo Cuenca	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	Barcos  23' Reasco  36' González  45' de la Cruz  80'	Report	Robles  4'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 3,413 Referee: Roddy Zambrano

November 7 Round 17	LDU Quito	2–1	El Nacional	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	Barcos  37' de la Cruz  85'	Report	Minda  26'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Omar Ponce

November 20 Round 18	Manta	0–0	LDU Quito	Manta
13:00 UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Jocay Attendance: 850 Referee: Alfredo Intriago

November 22 Round 19	Independiente del Valle	2–0	LDU Quito	Sangolquí
12:00 UTC−05:00	Solís  9', 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Rumiñahui Attendance: 1,213 Referee: Miguel Hidalgo

November 27 Round 20	LDU Quito	1–2	Imbabura	Quito
11:00 UTC−05:00	R. Calderón  38'	Report	Mera  31' Hansen  59'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 19,259 Referee: Samuel Haro

December 1 Round 21	Emelec	2–1	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
18:00 UTC−05:00	Vigneri  5' Corozo  60' (o.g.)	Report	W. Calderón  26'	Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Attendance: 4,810 Referee: Carlos Vera

December 4 Round 22	LDU Quito	0–0	Olmedo	Quito
12:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 1,187 Referee: Daniel Salazar

Third stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	El Nacional	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
2	LDU Quito	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source:

December 11	El Nacional	2–1	LDU Quito	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
12:00 (UTC-5)	Vélez  8' Chila  39'	Report	W. Calderón  23'	Attendance: 7,550 Referee: Carlos Vera

December 19	LDU Quito	1–1	El Nacional	Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito
19:30 (UTC-5)	L. Bolaños  83'	Report	Anangonó  71'	Attendance: 10,078 Referee: Omar Ponce

Copa Libertadores

LDU Quito qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores—their 15th participation in the continental tournament—as the winner of the 2010 Serie A Second Stage and were given the Ecuador 1 berth as the league champion. They entered the competition in the Second Stage and were placed in Group 8 with Godoy Cruz, Independiente, Peñarol. They won their group and advance to the Round of 16 where they were eliminated by Vélez Sársfield.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	3	1	4	12	9	+3	10	3	0	1	10	2	+8	0	1	3	2	7	−5

Second stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		LDU	PEN	IND	GCR
LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	12	4	+8	10			5–0	3–0	2–0
Peñarol	6	3	0	3	6	11	−5	9		1–0		0–1	2–1
Independiente	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8		1–1	3–0		1–3
Godoy Cruz	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7		2–1	1–3	1–1

Source:

February 17 Second Stage	Godoy Cruz	2–1	LDU Quito	Mendoza, Argentina
22:15 UTC−03:00	C. Sánchez  16' N. Sánchez  59'	Report	Reasco  53'	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 19,524 Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

March 3 Second Stage	LDU Quito	3–0	Independiente	Quito, Ecuador
20:30 UTC−05:00	Ambrosi  10' M. Bolaños  52' Urrutia  78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 13,768 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

March 9 Second Stage	Peñarol	1–0	LDU Quito	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:30 UTC−02:00	Aguiar  57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 42,455 Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru)

March 17 Second Stage	LDU Quito	5–0	Peñarol	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Luna  22' W. Calderón  45+1', 78' Valdez  58' (o.g.) Barcos  63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 15,329 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Note: During the match, Carlos Luna scored the 12,000th goal in the history of the Copa Libertadores.[31][32]

April 5 Second Stage	Independiente	1–1	LDU Quito	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00	Núñez  23' (pen.)	Report	J. Velázquez  57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Attendance: 13,270 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

April 12 Second Stage	LDU Quito	2–0	Godoy Cruz	Quito, Ecuador
18:15 UTC−05:00	L. Bolaños  47' Barcos  58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 15,516 Referee: Paulo Oliveira (Brazil)

Round of 16

April 26 Round of 16	Vélez Sarsfield	3–0	LDU Quito	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:50 UTC−03:00	Fernández  7', 10' Domínguez  54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

May 5 Round of 16	LDU Quito	0–2	Vélez Sarsfield	Quito, Ecuador
20:45 UTC−05:00		Report	Álvarez  45+10' Bella  80'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 19,158 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Vélez Sársfield won on points 6–0.

Copa Sudamericana

The 2011 Copa Sudamericana is being played in the second half of the season. Liga entered in the First Stage.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	7	1	4	13	8	+5	22	5	0	1	10	2	+8	2	1	3	3	6	−3

First stage

August 4 First Stage	Yaracuyanos	1–1	LDU Quito	San Felipe, Venezuela
19:45 UTC−04:30	Chalar  78'	Report	Barcos  64' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Florentino Oropeza Referee: Georges Buckley (Peru)

August 17 First Stage	LDU Quito	1–0	Yaracuyanos	Quito, Ecuador
17:00 UTC−05:00	Vera  19'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

LDU Quito won on points 4–1.

Second stage

September 13 Second Stage	LDU Quito	4–1	Trujillanos	Quito, Ecuador
17:00 UTC−05:00	Barcos  25', 43', 90+1' (pen.) González  87'	Report	Falcón  1'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

September 22 Second Stage	Trujillanos	0–1	LDU Quito	Valera, Venezuela
19:00 UTC−04:30		Report	L. Bolaños  30'	Stadium: Estadio José Alberto Pérez Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

LDU Quito won on points 6–0.

Round of 16

September 28 Round of 16	LDU Quito	2–0	Independiente	Quito, Ecuador
17:15 UTC−05:00	Ambrosi  42' L. Bolaños  52'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Líber Prudente (Uruguay)

October 12 Round of 16	Independiente	1–0	LDU Quito	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00	Núñez  45'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

Tied on points 3–3, LDU Quito won on goal difference.

Quarterfinals

November 3 Quarterfinals	LDU Quito	1–0	Libertad	Quito, Ecuador
19:45 UTC−05:00	L. Bolaños  90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

November 17 Quarterfinals	Libertad	1–0 (4–5 p)	LDU Quito	Asunción, Paraguay
19:15 UTC−03:00	Velázquez  89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)
	Penalties
	Aquino Velázquez Pouso Canuto Medina Maciel		Bieler Urrutia D. Calderón Guagua Barcos Reasco

Tied on points 3–3, LDU Quito won on penalties.

Semifinals

November 24 Semifinals	LDU Quito	2–0	Vélez Sarsfield	Quito, Ecuador
19:15 UTC−05:00	Barcos  48', 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

November 29 Semifinals	Vélez Sarsfield	0–1	LDU Quito	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:15 UTC−03:00		Report	Barcos  48'	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

LDU Quito won on points 6–0.

Finals

December 8 Finals	LDU Quito	0–1	Universidad de Chile	Quito, Ecuador
19:15 UTC−05:00		Report	Vargas  43'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

December 14 Finals	Universidad de Chile	3–0	LDU Quito	Santiago, Chile
21:15 UTC−03:00	Vargas  2' Lorenzetti  79' Vargas  86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

Universidad de Chile won on points.

Other friendlies

June 4	LDU Quito	1–1	ESPOLI	Quito, Ecuador
10:00 UTC−05:00	M. Bolaños	Report	Penilla	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Player statistics

Num	Pos	Player	App				App				App				App
			Serie A				Copa Libertadores				Copa Sudamericana				Total
2	DF	Norberto Araujo	19	—	3	—	2	—	—	—	9	—	2	—	30	—	5	—
3	DF	Geovanny Caicedo	30	1	9	—	5	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	38	1	9	—
4	MF	Ulises de la Cruz	32	6	6	—	8	—	2	—	7	—	2	—	47	6	10	—
5	MF	Paúl Ambrosi	22	1	3	—	6	1	—	—	10	1	1	—	38	3	4	—
6	DF	Jorge Guagua	27	—	6	4	8	—	6	1	11	—	2	1	46	—	14	6
7	MF	Miler Bolaños	21	3	2	1	3	1	—	—	6	—	1	—	30	4	3	1
8	MF	Patricio Urrutia	22	—	4	1	7	1	—	—	9	—	3	—	38	1	7	1
9	FW	Walter Calderón	23	7	4	1	4	2	—	—	3	—	—	—	30	9	4	1
10	MF	Luis Bolaños	30	9	2	—	4	1	2	1	9	3	1	—	43	13	5	1
11	FW	Ezequiel González	28	5	7	—	5	—	1	—	11	1	5	—	44	6	13	—
12	DF	Galo Corozo	9	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	10	—	1	—
13	DF	Néicer Reasco	38	3	7	1	7	1	2	1	12	—	—	—	57	4	9	2
14	DF	Diego Calderón	37	—	9	1	8	—	1	—	12	—	4	—	57	—	14	1
15	MF	William Araujo	12	—	1	—	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	17	—	2	—
16	FW	Hernán Barcos	32	16	7	1	7	2	1	—	12	7	2	—	51	25	10	1
17	MF	Enrique Gámez	7	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	13	—	2	—
18	MF	Fernando Hidalgo	41	—	6	—	6	—	—	2	11	—	2	—	58	—	8	2
19	FW	Claudio Bieler	11	2	5	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	22	2	5	—
20	MF	Enrique Vera	26	—	15	—	8	—	5	—	3	1	1	—	37	1	21	—
21	MF	Lucas Acosta	14	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	20	3	1	—
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	34	—	5	—	8	—	2	—	11	—	2	—	53	—	9	—
23	DF	Argenis Moreira	10	2	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	2	5	1
24	DF	José Valencia	17	—	2	—	4	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	23	—	2	—
25	GK	Daniel Viteri	10	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	11	—	1	1
50	MF	Richard Calderón	7	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	1	1	1
51	MF	Ángel Ledesma	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
52	FW	José Pabón	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	1	—
53	MF	Sandro Rojas	4	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	1	—
54	MF	Marlon Ganchozo	31	2	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	2	5	—
55	MF	José Cevallos Enríquez	10	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	1	1	—
56	FW	José Gutiérrez	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—
57	MF	Raúl Macías	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
58	MF	David Carrera	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—
59	DF	John Subía	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
61	MF	David Patiño	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
63	FW	Wellington Cedeño	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
67	DF	Víctor Carcelén	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—
68	MF	Luis Carcelén	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
69	FW	Diego Hurtado	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
1	GK	José Francisco Cevallos	4	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	2	—
21	FW	Carlos Luna	7	—	—	—	4	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	11	1	1	—
53	FW	Luis Batioja	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—
Totals			—	62	124	13	—	10	24	5	—	13	28	1	—	85	176	19

Updated as of games played on December 19, 2011.
Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.
Source:[33]

See also

• 2011 in Ecuadorian football

References

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2. "Renán Calle es el nuevo refuerzo de Liga de Loja" [Renán Calle is the new re-enforcement for Liga de Loja] (in Spanish). El Comercio. December 17, 2010. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
3. "Bienvenidos al Cuartel" [Welcome to the Cuartel] (in Spanish). futbolecuador.com. January 6, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
4. "Rumbo a la MLS a cumplir sus sueños" [En route to the MLS to fulfill their dreams] (in Spanish). LDU Quito. January 6, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
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15. "Ezequiel González ya es jugador de LDU" [Ezequiel González is now an LDU player] (in Spanish). El Comercio. December 29, 2010. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
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External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• LDU Quito (3) - Barcelona SC (0)
• LDU Quito (5) - Manta (0) 3rd goal
• LDU Quito (1) - Deportivo Cuenca (0)
• Manta (1) - LDU Quito (1)
• LDU Quito (2) - Imbabura (0)
• LDU Loja (3) - LDU Quito (2) 2nd goal
• LDU Quito (1) - Deportivo Quito (0)
• LDU Quito (4) - Deportivo Cuenca (1) 4th goal