Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2017 season was the club's 87th year of existence, the 64th year in professional football, and the 56th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.
Club
Personnel President: Guillermo Romero 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: Pablo Repetto Assistant manager: Óscar Quagliatta, Franklin Salas Physical trainer: Roberto Teixeira Goalkeeper trainer: Luis Preti
Kits Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): Chevrolet, Discover, DirecTV, Roland
Breast cancer awareness month kit
L.D.U. Quito wore this uniform in October.
Squad information
Player Notes 1 GK Leonel Nazareno 2015 2 0 2 DF Norberto Araujo 2007 319 2 3 DF John Narváez 2016 14 1 4 DF Horacio Salaberry 2017 0 0 5 MF Jefferson Intriago 2014 75 1 6 MF Édison Vega 2016 33 0 7 DF Aníbal Chalá 2017 0 0 8 MF Fernando Hidalgo 2011 223 9 9 FW Ronie Carrillo 2017 0 0 10 MF Francisco Cevallos 2014 148 31 Previously with the club from '11–'12 11 MF Jonathan González 2017 0 0 12 GK Erik Viveros 2017 0 0 13 MF William Ocles 2017 0 0 14 DF José Quintero 2015 77 6 16 FW Hernán Barcos (captain) 2017 64 38 Previously with the club from '10–'11 17 FW Juan Luis Anangonó 2016 40 14 Previously with the club in '14 18 MF Álex Bolaños 2017 0 0 Previously with the club in '09 19 DF Henry Quiñónez 2017 0 0 20 MF Sherman Cárdenas 2017 0 0 21 FW Djorkaeff Reasco 2016 1 0 22 DF Lucas Tagliapietra 2017 0 0 25 GK Daniel Viteri 2011 80 0 Previously with the club from '08–'09 26 MF Jhojan Julio 2016 8 0 27 MF Jonathan Betancourt 2017 0 0 29 DF Édison Carcelén 2017 0 0 31 MF Anderson Julio 2016 14 2 33 DF Luis Cangá 2014 54 3
Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.
Winter transfers
+Players InNameMoving from Jonathan Betancourt DF Aucas Édison Carcelén DF Aucas Henry Quiñónez DF Manta Horacio Salaberry DF Santa Fe Álex Bolaños MF Aucas Jonathan González MF Olimpia Rubén Olivera MF Latina Felipe Rodríguez MF Chiapas F.C. Hernán Barcos FW Vélez Sarsfield Ronie Carrillo FW América
+Players OutNameMoving to Gabriel Cevallos GK Barcelona SC Ramón Arias DF Peñarol Julio Ayoví DF L.D.U. Portoviejo José Madrid DF Delfín Néicer Reasco DF Aucas Luis Romero DF River Ecuador Brahian Alemán MF Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Exequiel Benavídez MF Sud América Luis Bolaños MF Fuerza Amarilla Enrique Vera MF Sportivo Luqueño Alejandro Villalva MF El Nacional Daniel Angulo FW Deportivo Pasto Irven Ávila FW Sporting Cristal Jairo Padilla FW Macará Carlos Tenorio FW Sport Boys Warnes
Summer transfers
+Players InNameMoving from Aníbal Chalá DF FC Dallas Lucas Tagliapietra DF Boavista Sherman Cárdenas MF Vitória
+Players OutNameMoving to Fernando Guerrero MF Chapecoense Rubén Olivera MF TBA Felipe Rodríguez MF Godoy Cruz Hancel Batalla FW Manta
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies
Serie A
The 2017 season was Liga's 56th season in the Serie A and their 16th consecutive. The format was identical to the previous season.
First stage
Results summary
Results by round
Second stage
Results summary
Results by round
2018 Copa Sudamericana playoff
LDU Quito won 5–4 on aggregate.
CONMEBOL Sudamericana
L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2017 CONMEBOL Sudamericana—their 10th participation in the continental tournament—as the 5th place of the 2016 Serie A. They entered the competition in the first stage.
CONMEBOL Sudamericana squad
1.Aníbal Chalá replaced Rubén Olivera for the second stage. 2.Jonathan González replaced Jairo Padilla for the second stage. 3.Lucas Tagliapietra replaced Gabriel Cevallos for the second stage. 4. Alejandro Villalva left the club. 5. Felipe Rodríguez left the club. 6. Fernando Guerrero left the club. Source:
First stage
LDU Quito won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage. Second stage
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F). Round of 16
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Fluminense won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Player statistics PlayerSerie ACopaSudamericanaTotal 1 GFLeonel Nazareno20—1—4———24—1— 2 DFNorberto Araujo17—111——118—12 3 DFJohn Narváez3111016—2—371121 4 DFHoracio Salaberry333111513—384141 5 MFJefferson Intriago33—13—6—1—39—14— 6 MFÉdison Vega38110—6———44110— 7 DFAníbal Chalá19—5—3—1—22—6— 8 MFFernando Hidalgo20—2—3———23—2— 9 FWRonie Carrillo81——————81—— 10 MFFrancisco Cevallos3567—41——3977— 11 MFJonathan González35—9—3—1—38—10— 12 GKErik Viveros———————————— 13 MFWilliam Ocles11——————11—— 14 DFJosé Quintero1624—2———1824— 16 FWHernán Barcos3621101632—4224121 17 FWJuan Luis Anangonó2981—4———3381— 18 MFÁlex Bolaños2511216—1—311131 19 DFHenry Quiñónez914—2—1—1115— 20 MFSherman Cárdenas1921—2———2121— 21 FWDjorkaeff Reasco72——————72—— 22 DFLucas Tagliapietra1921—2———2121— 25 GKDaniel Viteri24—1—2———26—1— 26 MFJhojan Julio2234—————2234— 27 MFJonathan Betancourt3566—4—2—3968— 29 DFÉdison Carcelén8—2—2———10—2— 31 MFAnderson Julio212213———24221 33 DFLuis Cangá1411—31——1721— 7 MFRubén Olivera12—5—2——114—51 20 MFFelipe Rodríguez11———1———12——— 23 MFFernando Guerrero15—4—111—1615— 32 FWHancel Batalla2———————2———Totals—641276—7152—711428
Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.
Team statistics TotalHomeAway Total Games played 50 25 25 Total Games won 16 12 4 Total Games drawn 16 9 7 Total Games lost 18 4 14 Games played (Serie A) 44 22 22 Games won (Serie A) 13 10 3 Games drawn (Serie A) 15 8 7 Games lost (Serie A) 16 4 12 Games played (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 6 3 3 Games won (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 3 2 1 Games drawn (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 1 1 0 Games lost (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 2 0 2 Biggest win (Serie A) 5–0 vs Clan Juvenil 5–0 vs Clan Juvenil 3–1 vs Independiente del Valle3–1 vs Deportivo Cuenca Biggest loss (Serie A) 0–3 vs Universidad Católica1–4 vs Delfín0–3 vs El Nacional 0–3 vs El Nacional 0–3 vs Universidad Católica1–4 vs Delfín Biggest win (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 2–1 vs Defensor Sporting1–0 vs Bolívar2–1 vs Fluminense 1–0 vs Bolívar2–1 vs Fluminense 2–1 vs Defensor Sporting Biggest loss (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 0–1 vs Bolívar0–1 vs Fluminense 0–1 vs Bolívar0–1 vs Fluminense Clean sheets 9 7 2 Goals scored 73 51 22 Goals conceded 70 31 39 Goal difference +3 +20 -17 Average per game Average per game Yellow cards 142 57 85 Red cards 8 5 3 Most appearances Édison Vega (44) Édison Vega (23) Édison Vega (21) Most minutes played Édison Vega (3585) Édison Vega (1907) Hernán Barcos (1679) Top scorer Hernán Barcos (24) Hernán Barcos (16) Hernán Barcos (8)Worst discipline Norberto Araujo (2) Norberto Araujo (2) Hernán Barcos (1) (9) Penalties for 3/7 (%) 2/4 (%) 1/3 (%)Penalties against 8/9 (%) 2/3 (%) 6/6 (%) League Points 54/132 (%) 38/66 (%) 16/66 (%) Winning rate % % %
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