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)
← 2007
2009 →

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

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Coaching staff

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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

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Holcim

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Squad

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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

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Copa Libertadores squad

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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

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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

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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

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Overall

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

Serie A

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

First stage

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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

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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Quito (C) 10 6 2 2 12 5 +7 23[a] 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 LDU Quito 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 18[a]
3 Deportivo Cuenca 10 4 2 4 10 11 −1 15[a] 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[a]
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Points include Bonus Points earned in the previous rounds: Deportivo Quito (3); LDU Quito (2); Barcelona, Deportivo Cuenca, & Macará (1).

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
42 20 10 12 63 46  +17 70 13 5 3 39 20  +19 7 5 9 24 26  −2

Source: [citation needed]

Copa Libertadores

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Fluminense 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13
2   LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
3   Arsenal 6 3 0 3 6 14 −8 9
4   Libertad 6 1 0 5 5 10 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
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 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 29 Round of 16 LDU Quito   2–0   Estudiantes Quito
20:30 UTC−05:00 Guerrón   64'
Manso   78'
(Report)[permanent dead link] Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 17,540
Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)
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)

Copa Sudamericana

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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)

FIFA Club World Cup

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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)

Statistics

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Top scorer

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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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