2010 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito

2010 season
President	Carlos Arroyo
Manager	Edgardo Bauza
Serie A	First Stage: 2nd Second stage: 1st Aggregate: 2nd Overall: Champions (10th title)
Copa Sudamericana	Semifinals
Recopa Sudamericana	Champions (2nd title)
Copa Suruga Bank	Runner-Up
Top goalscorer	League: Hernán Barcos (22 goals) All: Hernán Barcos (28 goals)
Highest home attendance	27,506; (December 5 v. Emelec)
Lowest home attendance	0; (November 23 v. Deportivo Quito)
Average home league attendance	9,895
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009 2011 →

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2010 season was the club's 80th year of existence,^[1] the 57th year in professional football, and the 49th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Former manager Edgardo Bauza returns to the position after Jorge Fossati left to sign with Internacional. While Liga unsuccessfully defended its 2009 title in the Copa Sudamericana and lost the Suruga Bank Championship, they became the third team to win back-to-back Recopa Sudamericanas and won their tenth Serie A title.

Club

Personnel

President: Carlos Arroyo

President of the Football Commission: Edwin Ripalda

Principal directors: Rodrigo Paz & Esteban Paz

Sporting manager: Santiago Jácome

Coaching staff^[2]

Manager: Edgardo Bauza

Assistant manager: José Daniel di Leo

Physical trainer: Alejandro Mur

Goalkeeper trainer: Gustavo Flores

Statistician: Maximiliano Bauza

Kits
Supplier: Umbro^[3]
Sponsor(s): Holcim, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, Diners Club International

Recopa Sudamericana and Copa Sudamericana kit

Squad information

Current squad

Liga's squad for the season is allowed a maximum of four foreign players at any one time, and a maximum of eight throughout the season. The team must also register under-19 players to be used in every match of the league season. The jersey numbers in the main table (directly below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. 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
1	GK	ECU	José Francisco Cevallos	38	2008	36	0
2	DF	ARG	Norberto Araujo	31	2007	89	0
3	DF	ECU	Renán Calle	33	2007	60	4
4	MF	ECU	Ulises de la Cruz	35	2009	144	20	Previously with the club from '97–'99, and '00.
5	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi	29	2010	328	35	Previously with the club from '00–'09
6	DF	ECU	Jorge Guagua	28	2010	0	0
7	MF	ECU	Miler Bolaños	19	2009	35	6
8	MF	ECU	Patricio Urrutia	31	2010	232	42	Previously with the club from '03–'09
9	FW	ECU	Walter Calderón	32	2009	28	8
10	MF	ECU	Christian Lara	29	2009	56	16	Previously with the club in '07
11	FW	ECU	Franklin Salas	28	2008	229	46	Previously with the club from '00–'07
12	DF	ECU	Gabriel Espinosa	21	2007	20	1
13	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco (captain)	32	2008	357	26	Previously with the club from '97–'00 and 01–'06
14	DF	ECU	Diego Calderón	23	2007	94	2	Previously with the club in '05
15	MF	ECU	William Araujo	30	2008	64	6
16	FW	ARG	Hernán Barcos	25	2010	0	0
17	MF	ECU	Enrique Gámez	28	2010	0	0
18	FW	ECU	Víctor Estupiñán	21	2006	17	0
19	FW	URU	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	26	2010	0	0	On loan from Estudiantes de La Plata
20	FW	ARG	Carlos Luna	27	2010	0	0
21	MF	ECU	Ángel Cheme	25	2009	12	0
22	GK	ECU	Alexander Domínguez	22	2006	58	0
23	DF	ECU	Carlos Espínola	34	2009	176	16	Previously with the club from '03–'06
24	DF	ECU	José Valencia	27	2010	0	0
25	GK	ECU	Manuel Mendoza	20	2010	0	0
26	MF	ECU	Galo Corozo	19	2009	1	0
28	MF	ECU	Pedro Romo	20	2008	11	0
50	MF	ECU	Nelson Martínez	18	2010	0	0	U-19 player
51	MF	ECU	Diego Quintanilla	18	2010	0	0	U-19 player
52	FW	ECU	José Pabón	19	2010	0	0	U-19 player
53	FW	ECU	Joao Plata	17	2010	0	0	U-19 player
54	MF	ECU	Marlon Ganchozo	18	2010	0	0	U-19 player

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

Recopa Sudamericana squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos 2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Renán Calle 4 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 5 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia 6 DF  ECU Jorge Guagua 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Christian Lara 11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas 12 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 MF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Hernán Barcos 17 MF  ECU Enrique Gámez 18 FW  ECU Víctor Estupiñán 19 FW  URU Juan Manuel Salgueiro 20 FW  ARG Carlos Luna 21 MF  ECU Ángel Cheme 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Carlos Espínola 24 DF  ECU José Valencia 25 GK  ECU Manuel Mendoza

^[4]

Copa Sudamericana squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos 2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Renán Calle 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 Christian Lara 11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas 12 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 MF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Hernán Barcos 17 MF  ECU Enrique Gámez 18 FW  ECU Víctor Estupiñán 19 FW  URU Juan Manuel Salgueiro 20 FW  ARG Carlos Luna 21 MF  ECU Ángel Cheme 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Carlos Espínola 24 DF  ECU José Valencia[1] 25 GK  ECU Manuel Mendoza

^[5]
:1.^ José Valencia replaced Joao Plata on November 18.^[6]

Winter transfers

Summer transfers

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	First Stage	Champions	Feb 7	Dec 12
Recopa Sudamericana	Final	Champions	Aug 25	Sep 8
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16	Semifinals	Oct 12	Nov 25
Suruga Bank Championship	Final	Runner-up	Aug 4

Source: Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

The pre-season friendlies against Universidad César Vallejo was played in two matches at Liga's training grounds. The first match was between the reserves of each team, the second by the starters. The matches were played in two 30-minutes halves. Only club officials and credited media sources were allowed to watch.^[22]

---

---

La Tarde Blanca

In La Tarde Blanca, the club's official presentation for the season, Liga hammered visiting Sporting Cristal of Peru 5–0. The effortless win came with goals from veterans Ulises de la Cruz, Christian Lara (2), Édison Méndez, and recently signed Hernán Barcos.^[23]

Other friendlies

LDU Quito has accepted an invitation to play against Serie B team LDU Loja for their official debut of the season.

Alfonso Obregón's farewell match

A testimonial match was organized for the retirement of longtime midfielder and former team captain Alfonso Obregón. The match was played at La Casa Blanca on May 16.^[24][25] The game pitted current LDU Quito players against a team called Alfonso Obregón & Friends, composed of famous Liga and Ecuadorian footballers of the past. The legends team would be managed by former Liga manager, and two-time Serie A winning manager with Liga, Leonel Montoya. Alfonso Obregón would play a half for each team in the match.^[26]

Serie A

2010 will be LDU Quito's 49th season in the Serie A.

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	22	14	4	4	36	21	+15	46	Finals, the 2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	LDU Quito	22	12	8	2	36	10	+26	44	2010 Copa Sudamericana Round of 16[a]
3	Barcelona	22	12	7	3	26	12	+14	43	2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4	Deportivo Quito	22	10	4	8	27	23	+4	34
5	Deportivo Cuenca	22	6	9	7	21	25	−4	27

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	12	8	2	36	10	+26	44	9	2	0	27	3	+24	3	6	2	9	7	+2

Second stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	22	14	5	3	42	17	+25	47	Finals, the 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Emelec	22	13	7	2	29	12	+17	46
3	Deportivo Cuenca	22	12	5	5	32	25	+7	41
4	Deportivo Quito	22	11	4	7	35	22	+13	37
5	Barcelona	22	8	6	8	25	24	+1	30

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	14	5	3	42	17	+25	47	9	1	1	22	6	+16	5	4	2	20	11	+9

Third stage

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

Recopa Sudamericana

As the 2009 Copa Sudamericana champion, LDU Quito played a two-legged tie against the 2009 Copa Libertadores champion Estudiantes de La Plata. LDU Quito successfully defended their title after winning the first leg 2–1 and drawing the second leg 0–0. They became the third team to win back-to-back Recopa Sudamericanas.

Copa Suruga Bank

As the 2009 Copa Sudamericana champion, LDU Quito played a single match against the 2009 J.League Cup champion FC Tokyo.^[29]

Copa Sudamericana

LDU Quito qualified to their 7th Copa Sudamericana as the defending champion. They entered the competition in the Round of 16.^[30]

Player statistics

Num	Pos	Player	Serie A				Recopa Sudamericana				Copa Suruga Bank				Copa Sudamericana				Total
			App				App				App				App				App
1	GK	José Francisco Cevallos	8		1	1	1		1						6		1		15		3	1
2	DF	Norberto Araujo	31		7		2				1				4				38		7
3	DF	Renán Calle	7			2					1								8			2
4	MF	Ulises de la Cruz	41	6	6	1	1				1				6				49	6	6	1
5	MF	Paúl Ambrosi	11		1		2		1										13		2
6	DF	Jorge Guagua	36	3	9	1	2		1		1		1		6	1	3		45	4	14	1
7	MF	Miler Bolaños	24	9	5	2	1				1				5	1	1		31	10	6	2
8	MF	Patricio Urrutia	23	1	5	2	2				1	1			5		2		31	2	7	2
9	FW	Walter Calderón	13	1	1										3	1			16	2	1
10	MF	Christian Lara	34	3	5	1	2		1		1				2				39	3	6	1
11	FW	Franklin Salas	5	2															5	2
12	DF	Gabriel Espinosa	5				1												6
13	DF	Néicer Reasco	39	4	4	1	2				1				6	1	2		48	5	6	1
14	DF	Diego Calderón	36	1	8	1	2		1		1				6				45	1	9	1
15	MF	William Araujo	31	1	3		2		1		1				5		1		39	1	5
16	FW	Hernán Barcos	32	22	6		2	2			1	1			6	3	1		41	28	7
17	MF	Enrique Gámez	23		4						1				3				27		4
18	FW	Víctor Estupiñán	6	1	2	1													6	1	2	1
19	FW	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	39	8	4	1	2		1		1				6	3	1		48	11	6	1
20	FW	Carlos Luna	21	6	4		2				1		1		5	2	2		29	8	7
21	MF	Ángel Cheme	33	2	2		1				1				6	1	2		41	3	4
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	38		4		1				1								40		4
23	DF	Carlos Espínola	21		1	1									4				25		1	1
24	DF	José Valencia	7		1														7		1
26	MF	Galo Corozo	3																3
28	MF	Pedro Romo	2																2
50	MF	Nelson Martínez	14	1	3														14	1	3
51	MF	Diego Quintanilla	2																2
52	FW	José Pabón	1																1
53	FW	Joao Plata	7	1	2														7	1	2
54	MF	Marlon Ganchozo	25		3														25		3
8	MF	Édison Méndez	15	6	7														15	6	7
20	MF	Enrique Vera	9	1	2	2													9	1	2	2
Totals			–	79	100	17	–	2	7	0	–	2	2	0	–	13	16	0	–	96	125	17

See also

• 2010 in Ecuadorian football

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• LDU Quito (3) - Manta (0)
• LDU Quito (4) - Manta (2)
• LDU Quito (2) - Independiente del Valle (0) 1st goal
• Deportivo Quito (1) - LDU Quito (1)
• LDU Quito (1) - Universidad Católica (0)
• Universidad Católica (2) - LDU Quito (1)
• LDU Quito (3) - El Nacional (1) 1st goal
• LDU Quito (2) - Emelec (0)