2019 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2019 season was the club's 89th year of existence, the 66th year in professional football, and the 58th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

L.D.U. Quito

2019 season
President	Guillermo Romero[1]
Manager	Pablo Repetto
Stadium	Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado[2]
Serie A	Runner-up
Conmebol Libertadores	Quarter-finals
Copa Ecuador	Champions (1st title)
Top goalscorer	League: Rodrigo Aguirre (12 goals) All: Rodrigo Aguirre (18 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club

Personnel

President: Guillermo Romero

Honorary President: Rodrigo Paz

President of the Executive Commission: Esteban Paz

Director of football: Edgardo Bauza

Sporting manager: Santiago Jácome

Coaching staff

Manager: Pablo Repetto

Assistant manager: Óscar Quagliatta, Franklin Salas

Physical trainer: Roberto Teixeira

Goalkeeper trainer: Luis Preti

Kits

Supplier: Puma[3]
Sponsor(s): Banco Pichincha, Discover, Marathonbet, Pilsener, Roche (October/November)

Home

Home alternate 1

Home 2

Away

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	Additional information
Home	White	White	White
Home alternate 1	White	Blue	White	Worn on March 13 (vs Flamengo)
Home 2	White	Pink	White	Special edition Cancer awareness month kit; worn on October 20 (vs Delfín), October 23 (vs Emelec), October 26 (vs Deportivo Cuenca), October 30 (vs Emelec), November 2 (vs Fuerza Amarilla), November 10 (vs Delfín) and November 16 (vs Delfín)
Away	Red	Red	Red
Third	Blue	Blue	Blue

Squad information

Num	Pos	Nat.	Player	Age	Since	App	Goals	Notes
1	GK	ECU	Leonel Nazareno	24	2015	25	0
2	DF	ECU	Édison Realpe	22	2017	15	0
3	DF	URU	Carlos Rodríguez	28	2019	0	0
6	DF	ECU	Luis Ayala	25	2019	0	0
7	MF	ECU	Édison Vega	28	2016	103	1
8	MF	ECU	Jordy Alcívar	19	2018	2	0
9	MF	ECU	Jacob Murillo	25	2019	0	0
10	MF	ECU	Andrés Chicaiza	26	2019	0	0
11	MF	ECU	Anderson Julio	22	2016	80	16
12	GK	ECU	Erik Viveros	22	2017	1	0
14	DF	ECU	José Quintero	28	2015	132	11
15	DF	ECU	Franklin Guerra	26	2018	44	1
16	MF	ECU	Julio Angulo	28	2018	13	0
17	MF	ECU	Jefferson Arce	18	2019	0	0
18	MF	ECU	Jefferson Orejuela	25	2018	38	0
19	FW	COL	Cristian Martínez	30	2018	15	1
20	DF	ECU	Christian Cruz	26	2018	38	0
21	DF	ECU	Andersson Ordóñez	24	2018	18	0
22	GK	ARG	Adrián Gabbarini	33	2018	42	0
24	DF	ECU	Kevin Minda	20	2018	5	0
25	MF	ECU	Antonio Valencia	33	2019	0	0
26	MF	ECU	Jhojan Julio	20	2016	74	9
27	FW	URU	Rodrigo Aguirre	24	2019	0	0
28	MF	ECU	José Luis Cazares	27	2019	0	0
29	MF	ECU	Adolfo Muñoz	21	2019	0	0
30	DF	ECU	Renny Folleco	20	2018	0	0
31	FW	ECU	Djorkaeff Reasco	19	2016	13	2
32	DF	ECU	Joel Ventura	18	2019	0	0
33	MF	ECU	Joseph Espinoza	18	2019	0	0
35	MF	ECU	Thiago Serpa	19	2019	0	0
36	DF	ECU	Jhon Flores	21	2019	0	0
37	MF	ECU	Joan Villarruel	19	2019	0	0
38	MF	ECU	Khader Arce	18	2019	0	0
40	FW	ECU	José Ayoví	27	2019	0	0
44	DF	ECU	Luis Caicedo	27	2019	0	0
-	MF	ECU	William Ocles	20	2017	3	1
-	MF	ECU	Bryan Viñán	18	2019	0	0

Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.[4]

Winter transfers

Players In Name Nat Pos Age Moving from Nicolás Freire[5]  ARG DF 24 Palmeiras (loan) Carlos Rodríguez[6]  URU DF 28 Peñarol (loan) José Luis Cazares[7]  ECU MF 27 Macará Andrés Chicaiza[8]  ECU MF 26 Delfín Adolfo Muñoz[9]  ECU MF 21 El Nacional Jacob Murillo[10]  ECU MF 25 Estudiantes José Ayoví[11]  ECU FW 27 Club Tijuana (loan) Rodrigo Aguirre  URU FW 24 Udinese (loan)

Players Out Name Nat Pos Age Moving to Jonathan Borja  ECU MF 24 El Nacional (loan return) Roberto Garcés[12]  ECU MF 25 Independiente del Valle Fernando Guerrero[13]  ECU MF 29 Emelec Gastón Rodríguez  URU FW 26 Peñarol (loan return)

Summer transfers

Players In Name Nat Pos Age Moving from Luis Caicedo[14]  ECU DF 27 Veracruz Luis Ayala[15]  ECU DF 25 Independiente del Valle Antonio Valencia[16]  ECU MF 33 Manchester United

Players Out Name Nat Pos Age Moving to Aníbal Chalá[17]  ECU DF 22 Toluca Nicolás Freire[18]  ARG DF 25 Pumas Horacio Salaberry[19]  ECU DF 31 River Plate Jefferson Intriago[20]  ECU MF 23 FC Juárez Juan Luis Anangonó  ECU FW 30 TBA

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	First Stage	Runner-up	February 9	December 15
CONMEBOL Libertadores	Group Stage	Quarter-finals	March 7	August 28
Copa Ecuador	Third Stage	Champions	May 1	November 16

Pre-season friendlies

February 2 Noche Blanca	L.D.U. Quito	2–2	Independiente Santa Fe	Quito
20:30 UTC−05:00	A. Julio  23' (pen.) Chicaiza  83'	Report	Rodríguez  4', 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 31,528 Referee: Roddy Zambrano

Other friendlies

Copa Alberto Spencer

Semi-finals

June 16 Semi-finals	Aucas	1-0	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Figueroa  66'			Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda

June 20 Semi-finals	L.D.U. Quito	4–2	Aucas	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	Murillo  18' J. Julio  62' Martínez  83' Alcívar  88'		Quiñónez  36' Barreiro  73'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Finals

June 23 Finals	Barcelona SC	1–0	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
17:00 UTC−05:00	Quiñónez  24'			Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha

June 30 Finals	L.D.U. Quito	1-1	Barcelona SC	Quito
17:00 UTC−05:00	Cazares  10'		Velasco  44'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Serie A

The 2019 season is Liga's 58th season in the Serie A and their 18th consecutive. It is the first tournament organized by LigaPro.

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Macará	30	17	11	2	47	16	+31	62	Advance to Playoffs
2	Barcelona	30	17	4	9	55	38	+17	55
3	Universidad Católica	30	16	5	9	48	29	+19	53
4	Delfín	30	15	8	7	46	33	+13	53
5	Independiente del Valle	30	15	7	8	41	29	+12	52
6	LDU Quito	30	13	10	7	46	30	+16	49
7	Aucas	30	14	7	9	48	44	+4	49
8	Emelec	30	14	4	12	43	30	+13	46
9	El Nacional[lower-alpha 1]	30	13	6	11	41	34	+7	44
10	Deportivo Cuenca[lower-alpha 2]	30	12	7	11	44	46	−2	42
11	Olmedo	30	9	7	14	34	44	−10	34
12	Guayaquil City	30	8	7	15	35	48	−13	31
13	Mushuc Runa	30	8	6	16	36	58	−22	30
14	Técnico Universitario	30	8	5	17	40	60	−20	29
15	América de Quito (R)	30	6	7	17	26	41	−15	25	Relegation to Serie B
16	Fuerza Amarilla[lower-alpha 3] (R)	30	2	5	23	24	74	−50	6

Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. El Nacional were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of August.[21]
2. Deportivo Cuenca were deducted one point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.[22]
3. Fuerza Amarilla were deducted four points for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS,[23] and one additional point for failing to submit their payrolls and social security contributions to the IESS for the month of May.[22]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	10	7	46	30	+16	49	8	5	2	29	16	+13	5	5	5	17	14	+3

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W
Position	5	3	3	1	6	8	9	10	9	8	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on November 2, 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

February 9 Round 1	L.D.U. Quito	3–2	Olmedo	Quito
17:15 UTC−05:00	Quintero  7' Anangonó  15' Intriago  41' (pen.),  42' Minda  52' Freire  90+3'	Report	Bolaños  34' (pen.) Sierra  40' Nazareno  57' Ortiz  83'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 13,304 Referee: Roberto Sánchez

February 16 Round 2	Universidad Católica	0–0	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
17:15 UTC−05:00	Martínez  30' Godoy  42' Betancourt  48' Mosquera  88' De Los Santos  90+1'	Report	Anangonó  21' Quintero  30' Cruz  84'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 6,455 Referee: Franklin Congo

February 23 Round 3	América de Quito	0–1	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
17:15 UTC−05:00	Carabalí  81'	Report	Anangonó  34' (pen.),  43' Cruz  46'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 4,583 Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

March 2 Round 4	L.D.U. Quito	4–0	Guayaquil City	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	Intriago  15' Freire  32', 37' Martínez  69'	Report	Caicedo  59' Cangá  66'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 8,493 Referee: Augusto Aragón

March 9 Round 5	Macará	3–0	L.D.U. Quito	Ambato
17:15 UTC−05:00	Rizotto  37' Corozo  45+2', 79' Estrada  49' Arce  60'	Report	Vega  19' Minda  30' Aguirre  30' Freire  49' Chicaiza  54' Cazares  75'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Carlos Orbe

March 17 Round 6	L.D.U. Quito	0–1	Aucas	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Quintero  5'  78'	Report	De Jesús  13' Quiñónez  22' Gracia  30' J. Quiñónez  53' Vega  90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 17,219 Referee: Roddy Zambrano

March 30 Round 7	Barcelona SC	1–1	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
17:30 UTC−05:00	Martínez  25' Pineida  42' Pérez  55' Herrera  72' Oyola  77'	Report	Aguirre  21',  85' Realpe  54' Cazares  56' Murillo  88'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

April 5 Round 8	L.D.U. Quito	0–0	Técnico Universitario	Quito
19:15 UTC−05:00	Chalá  15'	Report	Caicedo  45+1' Zambrano  83' Marret  90+3' Moyano  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Óscar Proaño

April 14 Round 9	El Nacional	2–2	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Caicedo  18' (pen.) Mina  19' Arce  30'  65' Borja  57' Santana  79' Segura  90+1'	Report	Aguirre  33'  89' Ayoví  39' Muñoz  83' A. Julio  90+3' Quintero  90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Carlos Orbe

April 20 Round 10	L.D.U. Quito	2–1	Emelec	Quito
17:00 UTC−05:00	Intriago  36' J. Julio  50' A. Julio  56' Guerra  63' Quintero  70'	Report	Angulo  4' Jaime  78'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 12,162 Referee: Franklin Congo

April 28 Round 11	Mushuc Runa	0–4	L.D.U. Quito	Ambato
14:00 UTC−05:00	Mina  24' Quilumba  90+4' Medina  90+4'	Report	A. Julio  1', 52' Intriago  35' Ayoví  61' Martínez  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Daniel Salazar

May 4 Round 12	L.D.U. Quito	1–1	Independiente del Valle	Quito
17:15 UTC−05:00	Orejuela  16' Intriago  25' Quintero  35'  88' A. Julio  66' Martínez  90+1'	Report	Corozo  46' Cabeza  55' Franco  69' León  77' Dájome  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 14,289 Referee: Marlon Vera

May 12 Round 13	Delfín	2–1	L.D.U. Quito	Manta
15:15 UTC−05:00	Ordóñez  7',  30'  54' Burbano  49' López  59'	Report	Aguirre  3',  90+2' A. Julio  32' Chalá  39' Realpe  81'  89'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Franklin Congo

May 18 Round 14	L.D.U. Quito	2–2	Deportivo Cuenca	Quito
18:30 UTC−05:00	Aguirre  28',  90+3' Rodríguez  45+2' Cazares  54'	Report	Becerra  1' Uchuari  44' Martínez  72' Bedoya  82' Luna  90+4' Ojeda  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Roberto Alarcón

May 25 Round 15	Fuerza Amarilla	1–1	L.D.U. Quito	Machala
15:00 UTC−05:00	Cristaldo  65'  90' Avilés  83'	Report	Rodríguez  29' Quintero  46' Aguirre  77'	Stadium: Estadio 9 de Mayo Referee: Luis Quiroz

July 6 Round 16	Olmedo	0-2	L.D.U. Quito	Riobamba
17:00 UTC−05:00	Durán  14' Nazareno  28' Ortíz  88' Villacrés  90+2'	Report	Martínez  30' (pen.) Cazares  32' Realpe  36' J. Julio  54'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Referee: Roberto Alarcón

July 13 Round 17	L.D.U. Quito	1-5	Universidad Católica	Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00	Orejuela  40' Cruz  60' A. Julio  80' (pen.) Martínez  82'	Report	de los Santos  9' López  10' Chalá  34', 69' Amarilla  50',  77'  83' Martínez  71' Vides  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Augusto Aragón

July 18 Round 18	L.D.U. Quito	1-0	América de Quito	Quito
19:15 UTC−05:00	Muñoz  41' Aguirre  43',  56' Caicedo  75' Valencia  80'	Report	Cifuentes  45' Carabalí  56' Lucas  79' Dávila  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 8,774 Referee: Luis Quiroz

July 26 Round 19	Guayaquil City	1-0	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
19:15 UTC−05:00	Mancilla  36' Chávez  66' Hoyos  75' Mondaini  83'	Report	Realpe  14' Ordóñez  45' Ayala  54' Chicaiza  65'	Stadium: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt Referee: Mario Romero

August 4 Round 20	L.D.U. Quito	1-1	Macará	Quito
14:00 UTC−05:00	Ayoví  45' Caicedo  52' Murillo  54' Cruz  55' Aguirre  60' (pen.) Muñoz  72' Orejuela  86'	Report	Arboleda  39' Estrada  56' (pen.),  68' Manchot  67'  78'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Roddy Zambrano

August 11 Round 21	Aucas	2-1	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Mosquera  33' Tévez  56' Cruz  71' (o.g.)	Report	Ayoví  43' Valencia  44' Rodríguez  53' Aguirre  76' A. Julio  87'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Referee: Daniel Salazar

August 16 Round 22	L.D.U. Quito	2-0	Barcelona SC	Quito
19:15 UTC−05:00	Ordóñez  19' Aguirre  29',  90+3' Valencia  41'  53' A. Julio  68' Nazareno  81'	Report	Pérez  4' Erazo  16' Álvez  53' Arce  77'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 17,900 Referee: Augusto Aragón

August 24 Round 23	Técnico Universitario	0-2	L.D.U. Quito	Ambato
17:15 UTC−05:00	Zambrano  20' Méndez  45'	Report	Martínez  12',  71' Quintero  19' Angulo  61',  62'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Vinicio Espinel

September 1 Round 24	L.D.U. Quito	2-0	El Nacional	Quito
18:30 UTC−05:00	J. Julio  40' A. Julio  83' Martínez  86',  89'	Report	Peña  66'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 10,666 Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

September 15 Round 25	Emelec	1-1	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
16:15 UTC−05:00	Angulo  15',  78' Rojas  33' Arroyo  43' Carabalí  57'	Report	Orejuela  17' Aguirre  39' Caicedo  61' Ayala  63' Gabbarini  72' Chicaiza  89'	Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Referee: Marlon Vera

September 22 Round 26	L.D.U. Quito	4-0	Mushuc Runa	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Guerra  24'  89' Aguirre  37', 77' (pen.), 80', 83'	Report	Orzán  27' Carrasco  50'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Jefferson Macías

September 30 Round 27	Independiente del Valle	0-1	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	León  29'	Report	Aguirre  17' Ayala  27' Ordóñez  27' Valencia  29'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Diego Lara

October 20 Round 28	L.D.U. Quito	1-1	Delfín	Quito
14:15 UTC−05:00	Nazareno  83' (o.g.) Valencia  90+5'	Report	Riveros  63' Ortíz  87' Cangá  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Alex Cajas

October 26 Round 29	Deportivo Cuenca	1-0	L.D.U. Quito	Cuenca
18:00 UTC−05:00	Becerra  58' (pen.) González  61'  82' Cucco  76' Ojeda  90+1'	Report	Guerra  28' Chicaiza  36' Quintero  90'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Referee: Carlos Orbe

November 2 Round 30	L.D.U. Quito	5-2	Fuerza Amarilla	Quito
13:00 UTC−05:00	Murillo  7', 27' J. Julio  17' Minda  75' K. Arce  90+2'	Report	Ramírez  22' Mina  67'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Henri Arízaga

Quarter-finals

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3	0	0	1	2	3	−1	1	0	0	2	0	+2

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result	L	W
Position	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

November 23 Quarter-finals	L.D.U. Quito	2-3	Universidad Católica	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	Guerra  24' Valencia  37',  90' Ayoví  58' Aguirre  71'  90+7' Rodríguez  90+3'	Report	Amarilla  13', 61', 62' Vides  24' Carcelén  57' Chalá  67' Martínez  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Marlon Vera

November 27 Quarter-finals	Universidad Católica	0-2	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	W.Chalá  13' J. Chalá  26' Mosquera  46' López  64' Armas  81' Godoy  90+5' Vides  90+6'	Report	J. Julio  16',  58' Ayala  29' Valencia  45+4' Quintero  46' Guerra  48',  76' Martínez  86'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Roberto Sánchez

Semi-finals

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	+2

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	A	H
Result	W	D
Position	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on December 7, 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

November 30 Semi-finals	Aucas	1-3	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	Montaño  22' Romero  40' Figueroa  64' Anangonó  86' Mosquera  90+5'	Report	J. Julio  20' A. Julio  23' Quintero  29' Martínez  39' Orejuela  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

December 7 Semi-finals	L.D.U. Quito	0-0	Aucas	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	J. Julio  35' Valencia  54' A. Julio  31' Murillo  90+3'	Report	Anangonó  33' Figueroa  49' Cuero  63' Espinoza  90+2' Mosquera  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 20,858 Referee: José Luis Espinel

Finals

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result	W	D
Position	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on December 15, 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

December 11 Finals	L.D.U. Quito	0-0	Delfín	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	Chicaiza  82'  90+1'	Report	Caicedo  18' Piñatares  43' Nazareno  68'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 25,817 Referee: Marlon Vera

December 15 Finals	Delfín	0-0 (2–1 p)	L.D.U. Quito	Manta
15:00 UTC−05:00	López  51' Caicedo  80'	Report	Quintero  61' Vega  82' Martínez  89'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Roberto Sánchez
	Penalties
	López Piñatares Cangá Noboa Garcés		Alcívar Valencia Caicedo Ayoví Martínez

CONMEBOL Libertadores

L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2019 CONMEBOL Libertadores—their 17th participation in the continental tournament—as Champions of the 2018 Serie A. They entered the competition in the group stage.

CONMEBOL Libertadores squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU Leonel Nazareno 2 DF  ECU Renny Folleco 3 DF  URU Carlos Rodríguez 4 MF  ECU Jefferson Arce 5 MF  ECU Antonio Valencia 6 DF  ECU Luis Ayala 7 MF  ECU Édison Vega 8 FW  ECU William Ocles 9 MF  ECU Jacob Murillo 10 MF  ECU Andrés Chicaiza 11 MF  ECU Anderson Julio 12 GK  ECU Erik Viveros 13 MF  ECU Jordy Alcívar 14 DF  ECU José Quintero 15 DF  ECU Franklin Guerra

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ECU Julio Angulo 18 MF  ECU Jefferson Orejuela 19 FW  COL Cristian Martínez 20 DF  ECU Christian Cruz 21 DF  ECU Andersson Ordóñez 22 GK  ARG Adrián Gabbarini (captain) 23 DF  ECU Luis Caicedo 24 DF  ECU Kevin Minda 25 DF  ECU Édison Realpe 26 MF  ECU Jhojan Julio 27 FW  URU Rodrigo Aguirre 28 MF  ECU José Luis Cazares 29 MF  ECU Adolfo Muñoz 30 FW  ECU José Ayoví

1.^ Antonio Valencia replaced Jefferson Intriago for the Round of 16.
2.^ Luis Ayala replaced Djorkaeff Reasco for the Round of 16.
3.^ Luis Caicedo replaced Nicolás Freire for the Round of 16.
4. Juan Luis Anangonó left the club.
Source:[24]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	3	3	16	13	+3	15	4	0	1	11	5	+6	0	3	2	5	8	−3

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10	Round of 16
2	LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
3	Peñarol	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	Copa Sudamericana
4	San José	6	1	1	4	7	19	−12	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

March 7 Group Stage	L.D.U. Quito	2–0	Peñarol	Quito, Ecuador
19:00 UTC−05:00	Freire  25' Aguirre  82',  90+1'	Report	Gargano  44' Rodríguez  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 24,893 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

March 13 Group Stage	Flamengo	3–1	L.D.U. Quito	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:30 UTC−03:00	Éverton Ribeiro  9' Cuéllar  53' Gabriel  69' Uribe  81'	Report	Aguirre  16' Intriago  51' Martínez  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 62,440 Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

April 2 Group Stage	San José	3–3	L.D.U. Quito	Oruro, Bolivia
18:15 UTC−04:00	Saucedo  30' Cruz  71' (o.g.) Ramallo  77'	Report	Anangonó  25' Mena  40' (o.g.), 69' (o.g.) Murillo  50' Gabbarini  85' Ayoví  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Jesús Bermúdez Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

April 9 Group Stage	Peñarol	1–0	L.D.U. Quito	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:30 UTC−03:00	Fernández  28' Lema  50' Rodríguez  70' Novick  75'	Report	Freire  8' Chicaiza  77'	Stadium: Estadio Campeón del Siglo Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

April 24 Group Stage	L.D.U. Quito	2–1	Flamengo	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Intriago  26' Anangonó  45+3' Chicaiza  73',  74'	Report	Bruno Henrique  19' Rodrigo Caio  34'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 16,325 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

May 8 Group Stage	L.D.U. Quito	4–0	San José	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Guerra  41' Martínez  65' A. Julio  68', 74', 88'	Report	Torrico  32' Gomes  64' Mena  70' Ovando  89'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 21,602 Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Round of 16

July 23 Round of 16	L.D.U. Quito	3–1	Olimpia	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Valencia  6' Ayoví  12' J. Julio  73' Caicedo  80' Aguirre  85'	Report	Alcaraz  18' Camacho  28' Rojas  62',  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 30,449 Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

July 30 Round of 16	Olimpia	1–1	L.D.U. Quito	Asunción, Paraguay
20:30 UTC−04:00	Mendieta  3',  35' Silva  90+6'	Report	Aguirre  15' J. Julio  20',  49' Gabbarini  89' Realpe  90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Quarter-finals

August 21 Quarter-finals	L.D.U. Quito	0–3	Boca Juniors	Quito, Ecuador
17:15 UTC−05:00	Aguirre  19' Orejuela  45+3' Minda  48' Caicedo  73' Alcívar  84'	Report	Ábila  12' Reynoso  47' Mac Allister  68' Caicedo  81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

August 28 Quarter-finals	Boca Juniors	0–0	L.D.U. Quito	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 UTC−03:00	Capaldo  41' Weigandt  50'	Report	Rodríguez  13' Aguirre  15' Guerra  18' Valencia  52' Alcívar  63'	Stadium: La Bombonera Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Copa Ecuador

It's the first edition of the tournament. L.D.U. Quito entered the competition in the third stage.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	4	2	15	6	+9	16	4	1	0	14	1	+13	0	3	2	1	5	−4

Third Stage

May 1 Third Stage	L.D.U. Quito	5–0	C.D. Gloria	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	Chicaiza  32' Murillo  45+1' Minda  54' Aguirre  60', 68' Martínez  79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 4,856 Referee: Jordan Montece

May 15 Third Stage	C.D. Gloria	0–0	L.D.U. Quito	Cuenca
20:00 UTC−05:00	Mideros  29'  64' Padilla  46' Angulo  57'	Report	Espinoza  22' Angulo  40' Realpe  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Jimmy Miño

Round of 16

July 16 Round of 16	Alianza	0–0	L.D.U. Quito	Guano
15:30 UTC−05:00		Report	Realpe  53' Murillo  66'	Stadium: Estadio Timoteo Machado Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ángel Castillo

August 8 Round of 16	L.D.U. Quito	5–1	Alianza	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	Guerra  3' Murillo  24',  57' (pen.) Muñoz  66' Martínez  69' Viñán  78'	Report	Angulo  74'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 1,515 Referee: Jaime Sánchez

Quarter-finals

September 8 Quarter-finals	Aucas	0–0	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
12:00 UTC−05:00	Bedoya  14'	Report	Aguirre  21' Angulo  90' Valencia  90'  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Attendance: 4,630 Referee: Diego Lara

September 18 Quarter-finals	L.D.U. Quito	0–0 (4–2 p)	Aucas	Quito
19:15 UTC−05:00	Aguirre  33'	Report	Anangonó  16' Alvarado  28' Gracia  32' Bedoya  33' Figueroa  61' Burzio  75' Romero  85'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 3,001 Referee: Roddy Zambrano
	Penalties
	Rodríguez Chicaiza Alcívar Quintero		Figueroa Montaño Bedoya Romero

Semi-finals

October 23 Semi-finals	L.D.U. Quito	2–0	Emelec	Quito
19:15 UTC−05:00	Aguirre  33',  51' Ayoví  49' Martínez  78'	Report	Angulo  33' Caicedo  41' Arroyo  75' Leguizamón  80'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 5,514 Referee: Luis Quiroz

October 30 Semi-finals	Emelec	2–0 (4–5 p)	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−05:00	Orejuela  20' Vega  22' Leguizamón  65',  90+3' Angulo  90'	Report	Ayala  14' Guerra  67' Orejuela  72' Quintero  77'	Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Referee: José Luis Espinel
	Penalties
	Angulo Rojas Leguizamón Vega Pernía		Rodríguez Valencia Murillo Martínez Aguirre

Finals

November 10 Semi-finals	L.D.U. Quito	2–0	Delfín	Quito
16:00 UTC−05:00	Chicaiza  39',  76' Vega  41' Aguirre  44',  54' (pen.)	Report	Perlaza  54' Piñatares  58' Cangá  86'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 14,530 Referee: Luis Quiroz

November 16 Semi-finals	Delfín	3–1	L.D.U. Quito	Manta
15:00 UTC−05:00	López  3' Cangá  24' Garcés  75', 90+1' (pen.) Piñatares  90+6'	Report	Chicaiza  22',  44' Aguirre  77' Rodríguez  90' Angulo  90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Roddy Zambrano

Player statistics

Num	Pos	Player	App				App				App				App
			Serie A				CONMEBOL Libertadores				Copa Ecuador				Total
1	GK	Leonel Nazareno	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	5	—	1	—
2	DF	Édison Realpe	8	—	3	1	—	—	—	1	3	—	2	—	11	—	5	2
3	DF	Carlos Rodríguez	23	3	—	1	10	—	1	—	4	—	1	—	37	3	2	1
6	DF	Luis Ayala	13	—	4	—	2	—	—	—	8	—	1	—	23	—	5	—
7	MF	Édison Vega	23	—	2	—	8	—	—	—	6	—	1	—	37	—	3	—
8	MF	Jordy Alcívar	7	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	4	—	—	—	13	—	2	—
9	MF	Jacob Murillo	14	2	2	1	5	—	1	—	4	1	3	—	23	3	6	1
10	MF	Andrés Chicaiza	26	—	4	1	6	1	2	—	8	3	2	—	40	4	8	1
11	MF	Anderson Julio	29	7	5	—	9	3	—	—	5	—	—	—	43	10	5	—
12	GK	Erik Viveros	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
14	DF	José Quintero	24	—	10	2	7	—	—	—	8	—	1	—	39	—	11	2
15	DF	Franklin Guerra	27	2	3	1	4	—	2	—	7	1	1	—	38	3	6	1
16	MF	Julio Angulo	12	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	8	—	3	—	21	1	4	—
17	MF	Jefferson Arce	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
18	MF	Jefferson Orejuela	29	—	5	—	9	—	—	1	5	—	1	—	43	—	6	1
19	FW	Cristian Martínez	26	6	6	—	4	2	—	—	7	3	—	—	37	11	6	—
20	DF	Christian Cruz	15	—	4	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	—	4	—
21	DF	Andersson Ordóñez	5	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	8	—	3	—
22	GK	Adrián Gabbarini	34	—	1	—	10	—	2	—	6	—	—	—	50	—	3	—
24	DF	Kevin Minda	4	1	2	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	6	2	2	1
25	MF	Antonio Valencia	16	1	7	1	4	—	2	—	5	—	—	1	25	1	9	2
26	MF	Jhojan Julio	25	5	3	—	6	2	—	1	1	—	—	—	32	7	2	1
27	FW	Rodrigo Aguirre	22	12	8	2	9	2	5	—	7	4	5	—	38	18	18	2
28	MF	José Luis Cazares	10	—	4	—	2	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	14	—	4	—
29	MF	Adolfo Muñoz	22	1	2	—	3	—	—	—	5	1	—	—	30	2	2	—
30	DF	Renny Folleco	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
31	FW	Djorkaeff Reasco	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
32	DF	Joel Ventura	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	—	—	—
33	MF	Joseph Espinoza	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	1	—	4	—	1	—
35	MF	Thiago Serpa	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
36	DF	Jhon Flores	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
37	MF	Joan Villarruel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
38	MF	Khader Arce	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	3	1	—	—
40	FW	José Ayoví	33	3	2	—	10	1	1	—	6	—	1	—	49	4	4	—
44	DF	Luis Caicedo	10	—	3	—	3	—	2	—	3	—	—	—	16	—	5	—
-	MF	William Ocles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
-	MF	Bryan Viñán	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	2	1	—	—
5	MF	Jefferson Intriago	12	2	4	—	6	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	18	2	6	—
6	DF	Aníbal Chalá	6	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	7	—	2	—
17	FW	Juan Luis Anangonó	11	2	2	—	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	4	2	—
23	DF	Nicolás Freire	7	3	1	—	6	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	14	4	2	—
Totals			—	52	94	10	—	14	23	4	—	15	23	1	—	81	140	15

As of December 15, 2019[25]

Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.

Team statistics

	Total	Home	Away
Total Games played	56	28	28
Total Games won	23	16	7
Total Games drawn	20	8	12
Total Games lost	13	4	9
Games played (Serie A)	36	18	18
Games won (Serie A)	15	8	7
Games drawn (Serie A)	13	7	6
Games lost (Serie A)	8	3	5
Games played (CONMEBOL Libertadores)	10	5	5
Games won (CONMEBOL Libertadores)	4	4
Games drawn (CONMEBOL Libertadores)	3		3
Games lost (CONMEBOL Libertadores)	3	1	2
Games played (Copa Ecuador)	10	5	5
Games won (Copa Ecuador)	4	4
Games drawn (Copa Ecuador)	4	1	3
Games lost (Copa Ecuador)	2		2
Biggest win (Serie A)	4–0 vs Guayaquil City 4–0 vs Mushuc Runa 4–0 vs Mushuc Runa	4–0 vs Guayaquil City 4–0 vs Mushuc Runa	4–0 vs Mushuc Runa
Biggest loss (Serie A)	1–5 vs Universidad Católica	1–5 vs Universidad Católica	0–3 vs Macará
Biggest win (CONMEBOL Libertadores)	4–0 vs San José	4–0 vs San José
Biggest loss (CONMEBOL Libertadores)	0–3 vs Boca Juniors	0–3 vs Boca Juniors	1–3 vs Flamengo
Biggest win (Copa Ecuador)	5–0 vs C.D. Gloria	5–0 vs C.D. Gloria
Biggest loss (Copa Ecuador)	0–2 vs Emelec 1–3 vs Delfín		0–2 vs Emelec 1–3 vs Delfín
Clean sheets	26	14	12
Goals scored	84	56	28
Goals conceded	53	25	28
Goal difference	+31	+31	+0
Average GF per game	1.5	2	1
Average GA per game	0.95	0.89	1
Yellow cards	140	54	86
Red cards	15	9	6
Most appearances	Adrián Gabbarini (50)	José Ayoví (25) Adrián Gabbarini (25)	Adrián Gabbarini (25)
Most minutes played	Adrián Gabbarini (4402)	Adrián Gabbarini (2197)	Adrián Gabbarini (2205)
Top scorer	Rodrigo Aguirre (18)	Rodrigo Aguirre (14)	Rodrigo Aguirre (4) Cristian Martínez (5)
Worst discipline	Rodrigo Aguirre (2) (18)	José Quintero (2)	Édison Realpe (2)
Penalties for	10/11 (90.91%)	6/6 (100%)	4/5 (80%)
Penalties against	6/9 (66.67%)	3/3 (100%)	3/6 (50%)
League Points	58/108 (53.7%)	31/54 (57.41%)	27/54 (50%)
Winning rate	41.07%	57.14%	25%

As of December 15, 2019
Source: See Competitive matches (above)

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External links

• Official website (in Spanish)