L.D.U. Quito

2015 season
President	Carlos Arroyo
Manager	Luis Zubeldía
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	First Stage: 1st Second Stage: 2nd Aggregate: 1st Overall: 2nd (Runner-up)
Copa Sudamericana	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Narciso Mina (14 goals) All: Narciso Mina (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	26,151; (April 29 v. Barcelona)
Lowest home attendance	2,787; (March 29 v. LDU Loja)
Average home league attendance	11,475
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2015 season was the club's 85th year of existence, the 62nd year in professional football, and the 54th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Club

Personnel

President: Carlos Arroyo

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: Luis Zubeldía

Assistant manager: Maximiliano Cuberas, Carlos Grueso

Physical trainer: Lucas Vivas

Goalkeeper trainer: Gustavo Flores

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Chevrolet, Tropical, Discover, DirecTV, Roland

Squad information

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. At the start of the season, Liga was mandated to start one under-18 player in each match. The jersey numbers in the main table (below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. The under-18 players will wear a jersey number of at least #50.

N	Pos	Nat.	Player	Age	Since	App	Goals	Notes
1	GK	ECU	Leonel Nazareno	20	2015	0	0
2	DF	ECU	Norberto Araujo ( captain)	36	2007	248	2
4	DF	ECU	Andrés Mendoza	25	2015	0	0
5	MF	ECU	Jefferson Intriago	18	2014	33	0
7	MF	ARG	Juan Cavallaro	20	2015	0	0
8	MF	ECU	Fernando Hidalgo	29	2011	165	7
9	FW	ECU	Luis Congo	25	2014	33	7
10	MF	ECU	Hólger Matamoros	29	2014	34	7
11	MF	ECU	Jonny Uchuari	20	2015	0	0
12	DF	ECU	José Madrid	26	2013	64	2
13	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco	37	2008	524	35	Previously with the club from '97–'00 and '01–'06
14	DF	ECU	José Quinteros	24	2015	0	0
15	MF	ECU	Josué Martínez	18	2015	0	0
16	MF	ECU	José Cevallos Enríquez	19	2014	64	9	Previously with the club from '11–'12
17	FW	ECU	Narciso Mina	32	2015	0	0
18	FW	ECU	Miller Castillo	27	2015	0	0
19	MF	ARG	Diego Alberto Morales	28	2014	32	6
20	MF	PAR	Enrique Vera	35	2013	200	13	Previously with the club from '06–'08, '09–'10 and '11–'12
21	MF	ECU	Michael Quiñónez	30	2015	0	0
22	GK	ECU	Alexander Domínguez	27	2006	240	0
24	DF	ECU	César Batalla	18	2015	0	0
25	GK	ECU	Daniel Viteri	33	2011	44	0	Previously with the club from '08–'09
27	DF	ECU	Luis Romero	30	2015	0	0
30	DF	ECU	Luis Cangá	19	2014	31	2
44	FW	URU	Jonathan Álvez	27	2015	0	0
50	MF	ECU	Harold Carcelén	17	2015	0	0	U-18 player
51	FW	ECU	Hancel Batalla	17	2014	27	1	U-18 player
54	MF	ECU	Pervis Estupiñán	16	2015	0	0	U-18 player

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

Winter transfers

Summer transfers

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	First Stage	Runner-up	Feb 1	Dec 20
Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Round of 16	Aug 13	Sep 30

Pre-season friendlies

Serie A

The 2015 season was Liga's 54th season in the Serie A and their 14th consecutive. The league season ran from January to December. The format was identical to the previous season.

First stage

The first stage of the season ran from February 1 to July 12. Liga finished 1st and qualified for the finals and the 2016 Copa Libertadores during this stage.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	22	13	8	1	28	10	+18	47	Finals and 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Emelec	22	13	6	3	41	18	+23	45
3	Independiente del Valle	22	12	6	4	35	24	+11	42
4	Barcelona	22	10	3	9	33	24	+9	33
5	Deportivo Quito	22	7	8	7	33	37	−4	29

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	13	8	1	28	10	+18	47	10	1	0	20	4	+16	3	7	1	8	6	+2

Second stage

The second stage of the season ran from July 18 to December 13. Liga finished 2nd during this stage.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	22	12	7	3	42	20	+22	43	Finals and 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	LDU Quito	22	13	3	6	42	26	+16	42
3	Universidad Católica	22	12	4	6	35	27	+8	40
4	Independiente del Valle	22	11	4	7	45	30	+15	37
5	Aucas	22	8	8	6	27	25	+2	32

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	13	3	6	42	26	+16	42	6	3	2	18	13	+5	7	0	4	24	13	+11

Finals

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Emelec	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
2	LDU Quito	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

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	1	1	1	3	−2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	−2

Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ECU Leonel Nazareno 2 DF   ECU Norberto Araujo ( captain) 4 DF   ECU Andrés Mendoza 5 MF   ECU Jefferson Intriago 6 DF   ECU Pervis Estupiñán 7 MF   ARG Juan Cavallaro 8 MF   ECU Fernando Hidalgo 9 FW   ECU Luis Congo 10 MF   ECU Hólger Matamoros 11 MF   ECU Jonny Uchuari 12 DF   ECU José Madrid 13 DF   ECU Néicer Reasco 14 DF   ECU José Quinteros 15 DF   ECU Jorge Carcelén

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   ECU José Cevallos 17 FW   ECU Narciso Mina 18 FW   ECU Miller Castillo 19 MF   ARG Diego Morales 20 MF   PAR Enrique Vera 21 MF   ECU Michael Quiñónez 22 GK   ECU Alexander Domínguez 24 DF   ECU César Batalla 25 GK   ECU Daniel Viteri 27 DF   ECU Luis Romero 28 FW   URU Jonathan Álvez 29 MF   ECU Harold Carcelén 30 DF   ECU Luis Cangá

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	13	3	0	0	4	0	+4	1	1	1	2	3	−1

First stage

LDU Quito won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage ( Match O1).

Second stage

LDU Quito won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 ( Match A).

Round of 16

River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Player statistics

Num	Pos	Player	App				App				App
			Serie A				Copa Sudamericana				Total
1	GF	Leonel Nazareno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	DF	Norberto Araujo	45	—	4	—	5	—	3	—	50	—	7	—
4	DF	Andrés Mendoza	1	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
5	MF	Jefferson Intriago	25	1	3	—	4	—	1	—	29	1	4	—
7	MF	Juan Cavallaro	18	1	1	—	6	1	—	—	24	2	1	—
8	MF	Fernando Hidalgo	44	2	5	—	6	—	1	—	50	2	6	—
9	FW	Luis Congo	23	2	1	1	3	—	—	—	26	2	1	1
10	MF	Hólger Matamoros	35	2	8	—	4	1	1	—	39	3	9	—
11	MF	Jonny Uchuari	7	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	1	—
12	DF	José Madrid	36	1	9	1	6	—	2	—	42	1	11	1
13	DF	Néicer Reasco	22	—	5	—	3	1	—	—	25	1	5	—
14	DF	José Quinteros	44	4	6	—	5	—	3	1	49	4	9	1
15	MF	Josué Martínez	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
16	MF	José Cevallos Enríquez	44	12	9	—	6	—	—	—	50	12	9	—
17	FW	Narciso Mina	33	14	7	—	3	1	1	—	36	15	8	—
18	FW	Miller Castillo	28	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	28	4	2	—
19	MF	Diego Alberto Morales	39	11	3	—	6	2	—	—	45	13	3	—
20	MF	Enrique Vera	13	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	13	—	5	—
21	MF	Michael Quiñónez	29	3	2	1	3	—	—	—	32	3	2	1
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	39	—	10	—	6	—	1	—	45	—	11	—
24	DF	César Batalla	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	GK	Daniel Viteri	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—
27	DF	Luis Romero	43	2	11	—	4	—	—	1	47	2	11	1
30	DF	Luis Cangá	6	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	10	—	—	—
44	FW	Jonathan Álvez	18	10	6	—	5	—	2	1	23	10	8	1
50	MF	Harold Carcelén	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	FW	Hancel Batalla	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—
52	MF	Andy Casquete	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
54	MF	Pervis Estupiñán	32	—	3	2	2	—	1	—	34	—	4	2
4	DF	Rodrigo Erramuspe	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
6	MF	Danny Cabezas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Totals			—	69	101	5	—	6	16	3	—	75	117	8

Last updated: December 20, 2015
Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.
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Team statistics

	Total	Home	Away
Total Games played	52	26	26
Total Games won	30	19	11
Total Games drawn	13	5	8
Total Games lost	9	2	7
Games played ( Serie A)	46	23	23
Games won ( Serie A)	26	16	10
Games drawn ( Serie A)	12	5	7
Games lost ( Serie A)	8	2	6
Games played ( Copa Sudamericana)	6	3	3
Games won ( Copa Sudamericana)	4	3	1
Games drawn ( Copa Sudamericana)	1	-	1
Games lost ( Copa Sudamericana)	1	-	1
Biggest win ( Serie A)	5–1 vs El Nacional	3–0 vs Universidad Católica	5–1 vs El Nacional
Biggest loss ( Serie A)	0–2 vs Aucas 1–3 vs Emelec	0–2 vs Aucas	1–3 vs Emelec
Biggest win ( Copa Sudamericana)	2–0 vs Zamora	2–0 vs Zamora	1–0 vs Nacional
Biggest loss ( Copa Sudamericana)	0–2 vs River Plate	-	0–2 vs River Plate
Clean sheets	22	14	8
Goals scored	77	42	35
Goals conceded	42	17	25
Goal difference	+35	+25	+10
Average GF per game	1.48	1.62	1.35
Average GA per game	0.81	0.65	0.96
Yellow cards	117	61	56
Red cards	8	2	6
Most appearances	Norberto Araujo (50) José Cevallos (50) Fernando Hidalgo (50)	Norberto Araujo (26) José Cevallos (26)	Fernando Hidalgo (25)
Most minutes played	Norberto Araujo (4500)	Norberto Araujo (2430)	Norberto Araujo (2070)
Top scorer	Narciso Mina (15)	Narciso Mina (10)	Diego Morales (8)
Worst discipline	Pervis Estupiñán (2)	José Quinteros (1) (5)	Pervis Estupiñán (2)
Penalties for	16/23 (69.57%)	10/13 (76.92%)	6/10 (60%)
Penalties against	6/8 (75%)	1/2 (50%)	5/6 (83.33%)
League Points	90/138 (65.22%)	53/69 (76.81%)	37/69 (53.62%)
Winning rate	57.69%	73.08%	42.31%

Last updated: December 20, 2015 Source: Competitive matches

References

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• Aucas (3) - LDU Quito (2)