2023 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

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L.D.U. Quito
2023 season
PresidentIsaac Álvarez
ManagerLuis Zubeldía
StadiumEstadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
LigaProChampions (12th title)
Conmebol SudamericanaChampions (2nd title)
Top goalscorerLeague: Alexander Alvarado (10 goals)
All: Alexander Alvarado (12 goals)
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2023 season was the club's 93rd year of existence, the 70th year in professional football, and the 62nd in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Club[edit]

Personnel[edit]

President: Isaac Álvarez
President of the Executive Commission: Esteban Paz
Sporting manager: Santiago Jácome

Coaching staff[edit]

Manager: Luis Zubeldía
Assistant manager: Maximiliano Cuberas, Carlos Gruezo
Physical trainer: Lucas Vivas
Goalkeeper trainer: Luis Preti

Kits[edit]

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Banco Pichincha, Chery, Discover, Ecuabet, Salud SA, Chubb

Squad information[edit]

Num Pos Nat. Player Age Since App Goals Notes
2 DF  ECU Yeltzin Erique 19 2023 0 0
3 DF  ECU Richard Mina 23 2023 0 0
4 DF  HAI Ricardo Adé 32 2023 0 0
5 MF  ECU Óscar Zambrano 18 2022 13 1
6 DF  ARG Facundo Rodríguez 22 2023 0 0
7 FW  VEN Jan Carlos Hurtado 23 2023 0 0
9 FW  PER Paolo Guerrero 39 2023 0 0
10 MF  ECU Alexander Alvarado 23 2022 27 10
11 FW  ECU Walter Chalá 30 2023 0 0
12 GK  ECU Ethan Minda 18 2022 0 0
13 DF  ECU Daykol Romero 21 2021 16 0
14 DF  ECU José Quintero 32 2015 227 17
16 DF  ARG Mauricio Martínez 29 2023 0 0
18 MF  ARG Lucas Piovi 31 2020 66 0
19 FW  ECU José Enrique Angulo 27 2023 0 0
20 FW  ARG Lisandro Alzugaray 32 2023 0 0
21 MF  ECU Sebastián González 19 2021 28 3
22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 35 2022 305 0 Previously with the club from '06–'16
23 GK  ECU Adrián Gabbarini 37 2018 129 0
25 MF  ECU Jefferson Valverde 24 2023 0 0
26 MF  ECU Jhojan Julio 24 2023 149 19 Previously with the club from '16–'22
29 DF  ECU Bryan Ramírez 22 2023 0 0
30 MF  ECU Danny Luna 31 2022 13 1
32 FW  ECU Renato Ibarra 31 2023 0 0
33 DF  ECU Leonel Quiñónez 29 2023 0 0
34 MF  ECU Ariel Mina 19 2021 3 0
35 FW  ECU Jairón Charcopa 18 2021 1 0

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

Winter transfers[edit]

Summer transfers[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
LigaPro First Stage Champions February 24 December 17
CONMEBOL Sudamericana First Stage Champions March 7 October 28

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

January 22 Noche Embajadora Millonarios 0–0 L.D.U. Quito Bogotá
17:30 UTC−05:00 Stadium: Estadio El Campín
January 29 Noche Blanca L.D.U. Quito 1–2 El Nacional Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00 Julio 52' Asprilla 57'
Carrillo 63'
Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
February 1 Copa de Campeones Aucas 1–4 L.D.U. Quito Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00 Vega 2' Angulo 24'
Alvarado 45+1'
Julio 72'
González 87'
Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda
February 4 Copa de Campeones L.D.U. Quito 0–0 Aucas Quito
15:30 UTC−05:00 Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

LigaPro[edit]

The 2023 season was Liga's 62nd season in the Serie A and their 22nd consecutive. They won their 12th title.

First stage[edit]

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
15 7 5 3 29 17  +12 26 3 3 1 14 7  +7 4 2 2 15 10  +5

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHHA
ResultLDWWWLLWDDWWWDD
Position14147225656643243
Updated to match(es) played on March 4. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
February 24 Round 1 Deportivo Cuenca 2–0 L.D.U. Quito Cuenca
19:00 UTC−05:00 López 39' (pen.)
Mera 77', Yellow card 79'
Report Domínguez Yellow card 36'
R. Mina Yellow card 37'
Rodríguez Yellow card 43'
Quintero Red card 84'
Alvarado Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
Attendance: 6,793
Referee: Augusto Aragón
March 4 Round 2 L.D.U. Quito 1–1 Aucas Quito
16:30 UTC−05:00 Alvarado 45+1' (pen.)
Ramírez Yellow card 45+10'
Report Romero Yellow card 11'
Cifuente Yellow card 22'
Rezabala Red card 26'
Cangá 32' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Attendance: 15,657
Referee: Juan Carlos Andrade
March 19 Round 3 El Nacional 0–2 L.D.U. Quito Quito
16:30 UTC−05:00 Chalá Yellow card 10'
Balda Yellow card 40'
Valverde Yellow card 51'
Rodríguez Yellow card 16'
Alvarado Yellow card 50'
Adé Yellow card 58'
Ibarra 68'
A. González 90'
Domínguez Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Attendance: 17,509
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero
March 31 Round 4 L.D.U. Quito 6–1 Gualaceo Quito
16:30 UTC−05:00 Angulo 8', 23'
Adé Yellow card 19'
Alvarado 31'
Ibarra 40'
Quintero 61'
Anangonó 72'
Hernández Yellow card 64'
Morocho 77'
Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Attendance: 1,949
Referee: Luis Quiroz
April 9 Round 5 Guayaquil City 1–2 L.D.U. Quito Guayaquil
15:30 UTC−05:00 Parrales Yellow card 21', 33'
Willian Vargas Yellow card 45+1'
Mauricio Alonso Yellow card 59'
Renato César Yellow card 90+7'
Alvarado 90+9' (pen.)
A. González 90+11'
Stadium: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt
Attendance: 1,117
Referee: Jaime Sánchez

Second stage[edit]

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
15 11 3 1 21 4  +17 36 7 1 0 12 1  +11 4 2 1 9 3  +6

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAH
ResultWDDWWLWWDWWWWWW
Position224112111121111
Updated to match(es) played on December 2. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
October 8 Round 9 Delfín 0–0 L.D.U. Quito Manta
18:00 UTC−05:00 Stadium: Estadio Jocay
October 22 Round 10 L.D.U. Quito 1–0 Emelec Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00 Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Note: This match was rescheduled to October 23rd at noon due to heavy rain and an electric storm.
November 1 Round 8 L.D.U. Quito 1–0 Universidad Católica Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00 Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Note: This match was moved forward due to Liga's Semifinal match of the Copa Sudamericana.
November 8 Round 11 Técnico Universitario 0–2 L.D.U. Quito Ambato
19:00 UTC−05:00 Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
Note: This match was moved forward due to Liga's Final match of the Copa Sudamericana.

Finals[edit]

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 1 1  0 2 0 1 0 1 1  0 0 1 0 0 0  0

Results by round

Round12
GroundAH
ResultDD
Updated to match(es) played on December 17. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

CONMEBOL Sudamericana[edit]

L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2023 CONMEBOL Sudamericana—their 14th participation in the continental tournament—as 4th place in the 2022 LigaPro. They will enter the competition in the First Stage.

CONMEBOL Sudamericana squad[edit]

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Ecuador ECU Yeltzin Erique
3 DF Ecuador ECU Richard Mina
4 DF Haiti HAI Ricardo Adé
5 MF Ecuador ECU Óscar Zambrano
6 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Rodríguez
9 FW Argentina ARG Lisandro Alzugaray
10 MF Ecuador ECU Alexander Alvarado
11 FW Ecuador ECU Walter Chalá
12 GK Ecuador ECU Ethan Minda
13 DF Ecuador ECU Daykol Romero
14 DF Ecuador ECU José Quintero
16 MF Argentina ARG Mauricio Martínez
18 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Piovi (captain)
19 FW Ecuador ECU José Enrique Angulo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Ecuador ECU Sebastián González
22 GK Ecuador ECU Alexander Domínguez
23 GK Ecuador ECU Adrián Gabbarini
24 FW Peru PER Paolo Guerrero
25 FW Ecuador ECU Jefferson Valverde
26 MF Ecuador ECU Jhojan Julio
27 FW Venezuela VEN Jan Carlos Hurtado
29 DF Ecuador ECU Bryan Ramírez
30 MF Ecuador ECU Danny Luna
32 FW Ecuador ECU Renato Ibarra
33 DF Ecuador ECU Leonel Quiñónez
34 DF Ecuador ECU Ariel Mina
49 FW Ecuador ECU Jairón Charcopa

Source:[23]

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

First stage[edit]

March 7 First Stage L.D.U. Quito Ecuador 4–0 Ecuador Delfín Quito, Ecuador
21:00 UTC−05:00 Alzugaray 7'
Angulo 20'
Adé Yellow card 73'
Alvarado 78'
Caicedo 90+2' (o.g.)
Report Cuero Yellow card 43'
García Yellow card 45+2'
Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Attendance: 6,688
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LDQ BOT MAG UCV
1 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 3 3 0 10 2 +8 12 Round of 16 0–0 4–0 3–0
2 Brazil Botafogo 6 2 4 0 10 5 +5 10 Knockout round play-offs 0–0 1–1 4–0
3 Chile Magallanes 6 0 4 2 8 13 −5 4 1–1 2–2 2–2
4 Peru Universidad César Vallejo 6 1 1 4 8 16 −8 4 1–2 2–3 3–2
Source: CONMEBOL

Player statistics[edit]

Num
Pos
Player
App

Yellow card
Red card
App

Yellow card
Red card
App

Yellow card
Red card
LigaPro CONMEBOL
Sudamericana
Total
2 DF Yeltzin Erique 1 1
3 DF Richard Mina 13 7 7 20 7
4 DF Ricardo Adé 28 9 12 5 40 14
5 FW Óscar Zambrano 24 2 7 31 2
6 DF Facundo Rodríguez 26 1 8 11 1 1 37 2 9
7 FW Jan Carlos Hurtado 10 3 4 10 3 4
9 FW Paolo Guerrero 13 5 3 7 3 3 20 8 6
10 MF Alexander Alvarado 31 10 7 13 2 2 1 44 12 9 1
11 FW Walter Chalá 12 1 13
12 GK Ethan Minda 1 1
13 DF Daykol Romero 15 3 2 17 3
14 DF José Quintero 23 5 2 13 2 36 5 2 2
16 DF Mauricio Martínez 21 2 5 12 1 33 3 5
18 MF Lucas Piovi 27 5 13 1 3 40 1 8
19 FW José Enrique Angulo 22 5 1 10 3 32 8 1
20 FW Lisandro Alzugaray 30 5 2 11 4 1 41 9 3
21 MF Sebastián González 22 1 3 11 1 3 33 2 6
22 GK Alexander Domínguez 27 2 14 2 41 4
23 GK Adrián Gabbarini 4 1 4 1
25 MF Jefferson Valverde 3 3 6
26 MF Jhojan Julio 27 4 5 12 3 4 39 7 9
29 DF Bryan Ramírez 25 2 9 1 34 3
30 MF Danny Luna 13 1 3 16 1
32 FW Renato Ibarra 26 3 2 13 1 1 39 4 3
33 DF Leonel Quiñónez 23 1 4 13 4 36 1 8
34 DF Ariel Mina 2 2
35 FW Jairón Charcopa 3 2 5
8 MF Ángel González 10 2 2 6 1 16 2 3
15 MF Marcos Olmedo 2 1 3
24 GK Brian Heras
25 FW Juan Luis Anangonó 11 3 4 1 15 4
27 MF Denil Castillo
28 DF Jimmy Mina
31 MF Jefferson Arce 5 2 5 2
Totals 51 79 2 21 33 1 72 112 3
As of December 17, 2023[24]

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

Team statistics[edit]

Total Home Away Neutral
Total Games played 46 23 22 1
Total Games won 25 15 10
Total Games drawn 15 6 8 1
Total Games lost 6 2 4
Games played (LigaPro) 32 16 16
Games won (LigaPro) 18 10 8
Games drawn (LigaPro) 10 5 5
Games lost (LigaPro) 4 1 3
Games played (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 14 7 6 1
Games won (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 7 5 2
Games drawn (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 5 1 3 1
Games lost (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 2 1 1
Biggest win (LigaPro) 6–1 vs Gualaceo 6–1 vs Gualaceo 4–0 vs Universidad Católica
Biggest loss (LigaPro) 0–2 vs Deportivo Cuenca 0–1 vs Barcelona SC 0–2 vs Deportivo Cuenca
Biggest win (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 4–0 vs Delfín
4–0 vs Magallanes
4–0 vs Delfín
4–0 vs Magallanes
2–1 vs Universidad César Vallejo
1–0 vs Ñublense
Biggest loss (CONMEBOL Sudamericana) 2–3 vs Ñublense
0–1 vs São Paulo
2–3 vs Ñublense 0–1 vs São Paulo
Clean sheets 23 13 10
Goals scored 74 45 28 1
Goals conceded 30 13 16 1
Goal difference +44 +32 +12 0
Average GF per game 1.61 1.96 1.27 1
Average GA per game 0.65 0.57 0.73 1
Yellow cards 112 41 69 2
Red cards 3 3
Most appearances Alexander Alvarado (44) Alexander Alvarado (22) Alexander Alvarado (21)
Alexander Domínguez (21)
Facundo Rodríguez (21)
Ricardo Adé (1)
Alexander Alvarado (1)
Lisandro Alzugaray (1)
Alexander Domínguez (1)
Sebastián González (1)
Paolo Guerrero (1)
Renato Ibarra (1)
Jhojan Julio (1)
Mauricio Martínez (1)
Lucas Piovi (1)
José Quintero (1)
Leonel Quiñónez (1)
Bryan Ramírez (1)
Facundo Rodríguez (1)
Most minutes played Alexander Domínguez (3610) Ricardo Adé (1720) Alexander Alvarado (1890) Ricardo Adé (90)
Alexander Domínguez (90)
Paolo Guerrero (90)
Jhojan Julio (90)
Mauricio Martínez (90)
Lucas Piovi (90)
José Quintero (90)
Leonel Quiñónez (90)
Facundo Rodríguez (90)
Top scorer Alexander Alvarado (12) Alexander Alvarado (9) Lisandro Alzugaray (5)
Paolo Guerrero (5)
Lisandro Alzugaray (1)
Worst discipline José Quintero (2) Red card Ricardo Adé (5) Yellow card
Sebastián González (5) Yellow card
José Quintero (2) Red card Paolo Guerrero (1) Yellow card
Lucas Piovi (1) Yellow card
Penalties for 9/10 (90%) 6/7 (85.71%) 3/3 (100%)
Penalties against 6/9 (66.67%) 4/4 (100%) 2/5 (40%)
League Points 64/96 (66.67%) 35/48 (2.08%) 29/48 (0%)
Winning rate 54.35% 65.22% 45.45% 0%
As of March 7, 2023
Source: See Competitive matches (above)

References[edit]

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