Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2018 season was the club's 88th year of existence, the 65th year in professional football, and the 57th 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: 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: Puma Sponsor(s): Chevrolet, Discover, Pilsener
Type Shirt Shorts Socks Additional information Home White White White Home alternate 1 White Blue White Worn on September 19 (vs Deportivo Cali) Home 2 White with black sleeves Black Black Special edition Copa Libertadores 10th anniversary kit; worn on July 15 (vs Deportivo Cuenca) and July 29 (vs Emelec) Home 2 alternate 1 White with black sleeves Grey Grey Worn on July 21 (vs Delfín) Home 2 alternate 2 White with black sleeves Black White Worn on August 4 (vs El Nacional) Home 3 White with red diagonal band Blue Blue Special edition Club Universitario 100th anniversary kit; worn on October 20 (vs Deportivo Cuenca), November 5 (vs Guayaquil City), November 24 (vs El Nacional), November 28 (vs Aucas) and December 16 (vs Emelec) Home 3 alternate 1 White with red diagonal band White White Worn on December 2 and December 12 (vs Emelec) Home 3 alternate 2 White with red diagonal band Blue White Worn on December 8 (vs Delfín) Away Grey Grey Grey Away alternate 1 Grey Grey White Worn on September 15 (vs Macará) Third Blue Blue Blue
Squad information
Player Notes 1 GK Leonel Nazareno 2015 22 0 2 DF Hernán Pellerano 2018 0 0 4 DF Horacio Salaberry 2017 33 3 5 MF Jefferson Intriago 2014 108 1 6 DF Aníbal Chalá 2017 19 0 7 MF Édison Vega 2016 71 1 8 FW Djorkaeff Reasco 2016 8 2 9 FW Gastón Rodríguez 2018 0 0 10 MF Jonathan Borja 2018 0 0 11 MF Anderson Julio 2016 35 4 12 GK Erik Viveros 2017 0 0 13 MF Jordy Alcívar 2018 0 0 14 DF José Quintero 2015 93 8 15 DF Franklin Guerra 2018 0 0 16 MF Julio Angulo 2018 0 0 17 FW Juan Luis Anangonó 2016 69 22 Previously with the club in '14 18 MF Jefferson Orejuela 2018 0 0 19 FW Cristian Martínez 2018 0 0 20 DF Christian Cruz 2018 0 0 21 DF Andersson Ordóñez 2018 0 0 22 GK Adrián Gabbarini 2018 0 0 23 MF Fernando Guerrero 2018 35 1 Previously with the club from '16–'17 24 DF Kevin Minda 2018 0 0 25 DF Édison Realpe 2018 0 0 26 MF Jhojan Julio 2016 30 3 27 MF Édgar Villena 2018 0 0 28 MF William Ocles 2017 1 1 29 DF Gregori Anangonó 2018 0 0 30 DF Renny Folleco 2018 0 0
Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.
Winter transfers
+Players InNameMoving from Adrián Gabbarini GK Olimpo (loan) Gregori Anangonó DF Promoted from reserve team Christian Cruz DF Guayaquil City (loan) Renny Folleco DF Promoted from reserve team Franklin Guerra DF El Nacional Kevin Minda DF Promoted from reserve team Andersson Ordóñez DF Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) Hernán Pellerano DF Olimpia (loan) Édison Realpe DF Guayaquil City (loan) Jordy Alcívar MF Promoted from reserve team Jonathan Borja MF El Nacional (loan) Fernando Guerrero MF Chapecoense (loan) Jefferson Orejuela MF Fluminense (loan) Édgar Villena MF Promoted from reserve team Gastón Rodríguez FW Peñarol (loan)
+Players OutNameMoving to Daniel Viteri GK Orense SC Norberto Araujo DF Retired Luis Cangá DF Delfín Édison Carcelén DF The Strongest John Narváez DF Melgar Henry Quiñónez DF Aucas Jonathan Betancourt MF Barcelona SC Álex Bolaños MF Delfín Sherman Cárdenas MF Atlético Bucaramanga Francisco Cevallos MF Lokeren Jonathan González MF León (loan return) Fernando Hidalgo MF Aucas Ronie Carrillo FW Universidad Católica
Summer transfers
+Players InNameMoving from Julio Angulo MF Club Tijuana Cristian Martínez FW América de Cali
+Players OutNameMoving to Lucas Tagliapietra DF Al-Batin Hernán Barcos FW Cruzeiro
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies
Other friendlies
Serie A
The 2018 season was Liga's 57th season in the Serie A and their 17th consecutive. The format was identical to the previous season.
First stage
Results summary
Results by round
Second stage
Results summary
Results by round
Finals
Results summary
Results by round
CONMEBOL Sudamericana
L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2018 CONMEBOL Sudamericana—their 11th participation in the continental tournament—as the 8th place of the 2017 Serie A. They entered the competition in the first stage.
CONMEBOL Sudamericana squad
Source:
First stage
Tied 4–4 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.
Second stage
LDU Quito won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).
Round of 16
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportivo Cali won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Player statistics PlayerSerie ACopaSudamericanaTotal 1 GKLeonel Nazareno3——1————3——1 2 DFHernán Pellerano221313———25131 4 DFHoracio Salaberry11—2—2———13—2— 5 MFJefferson Intriago393814—1—43391 6 DFAníbal Chalá13———3———16——— 7 MFÉdison Vega32—514—1—36—61 8 FWDjorkaeff Reasco5———————5——— 9 FWGastón Rodríguez38610161——447101 10 MFJonathan Borja251——5———301—— 11 MFAnderson Julio451271611—511381 12 GKErik Viveros1———————1——— 13 MFJordy Alcívar2———————2——— 14 DFJosé Quintero39319—5—1—44320— 15 DFFranklin Guerra4414—6—1—5015— 16 MFJulio Angulo13—1—2———15—1— 17 FWJuan Luis Anangonó35163—53——40193— 18 MFJefferson Orejuela38—5—6—1—44—6— 19 FWCristian Martínez151——————151—— 20 DFChristian Cruz38—8—3———41—8— 21 DFAndersson Ordóñez18—712———20—71 22 GKAdrián Gabbarini42—5—6—1—48—6— 23 MFFernando Guerrero394815—3—444111 24 DFKevin Minda5———————5——— 25 DFÉdison Realpe15—511—1—16—61 26 MFJhojan Julio4468—611—5079— 27 MFÉdgar Villena———————————— 28 MFWilliam Ocles2———————2——— 29 DFGregori Anangonó———————————— 30 DFRenny Folleco———————————— 16 FWHernán Barcos2095—22——22115—Totals—631139—8120—711259
Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.
Team statistics TotalHomeAway Total Games played 52 26 26 Total Games won 27 18 9 Total Games drawn 15 7 8 Total Games lost 10 1 9 Games played (Serie A) 46 23 23 Games won (Serie A) 24 15 9 Games drawn (Serie A) 15 7 8 Games lost (Serie A) 7 1 6 Games played (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 6 3 3 Games won (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 3 3 Games drawn (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) Games lost (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 3 3 Biggest win (Serie A) 4–0 vs Técnico Universitario4–0 vs El Nacional 4–0 vs Técnico Universitario4–0 vs El Nacional 4–1 vs Guayaquil City Biggest loss (Serie A) 0–2 vs Deportivo Cuenca0–2 vs Delfín 0–2 vs Deportivo Cuenca 0–2 vs Delfín Biggest win (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 3–1 vs Vasco da Gama 3–1 vs Vasco da Gama Biggest loss (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 2–3 vs Guabirá0–1 vs Vasco da Gama0–1 vs Deportivo Cali 2–3 vs Guabirá0–1 vs Vasco da Gama0–1 vs Deportivo Cali Clean sheets 20 12 8 Goals scored 74 42 32 Goals conceded 45 15 30 Goal difference +29 +27 +2 Average per game Average per game Yellow cards 125 52 73 Red cards 9 2 7 Most appearances Anderson Julio (51) Franklin Guerra (25) Anderson Julio (25) Anderson Julio (26) Jhojan Julio (26) Most minutes played Adrián Gabbarini (4320) Franklin Guerra (2186) Adrián Gabbarini (2250) Top scorer Juan Luis Anangonó (19) Juan Luis Anangonó (11) Anderson Julio (10)Worst discipline Fernando Guerrero (1) (11) Fernando Guerrero (1) (4) Jefferson Intriago (1) (6) Gastón Rodríguez (1) (6) Penalties for 5/6 (%) 3/4 (%) 2/2 (%)Penalties against 6/11 (%) 3/6 (%) 3/5 (%) League Points 87/138 (%) 52/69 (%) 35/69 (%) Winning rate % % %
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