2010 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2010 season was the club's 80th year of existence, 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 Manager: Edgardo Bauza Assistant manager: José Daniel di Leo Physical trainer: Alejandro Mur Goalkeeper trainer: Gustavo Flores Statistician: Maximiliano Bauza Kits

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. PosPlayerNotes 1 GK José Francisco Cevallos 2008 36 0 2 DF Norberto Araujo 2007 89 0 3 DF Renán Calle 2007 60 4 4 MF Ulises de la Cruz 2009 144 20 Previously with the club from '97–'99, and '00. 5 MF Paúl Ambrosi 2010 328 35 Previously with the club from '00–'09 6 DF Jorge Guagua 2010 0 0 7 MF Miler Bolaños 2009 35 6 8 MF Patricio Urrutia 2010 232 42 Previously with the club from '03–'09 9 FW Walter Calderón 2009 28 8 10 MF Christian Lara 2009 56 16 Previously with the club in '07 11 FW Franklin Salas 2008 229 46 Previously with the club from '00–'07 12 DF Gabriel Espinosa 2007 20 1 13 DF Néicer Reasco (captain) 2008 357 26 Previously with the club from '97–'00 and 01–'06 14 DF Diego Calderón 2007 94 2 Previously with the club in '05 15 MF William Araujo 2008 64 6 16 FW Hernán Barcos 2010 0 0 17 MF Enrique Gámez 2010 0 0 18 FW Víctor Estupiñán 2006 17 0 19 FW Juan Manuel Salgueiro 2010 0 0 On loan from Estudiantes de La Plata 20 FW Carlos Luna 2010 0 0 21 MF Ángel Cheme 2009 12 0 22 GK Alexander Domínguez 2006 58 0 23 DF Carlos Espínola 2009 176 16 Previously with the club from '03–'06 24 DF José Valencia 2010 0 0 25 GK Manuel Mendoza 2010 0 0 26 MF Galo Corozo 2009 1 0 28 MF Pedro Romo 2008 11 0 50 MF Nelson Martínez 2010 0 0 U-19 player 51 MF Diego Quintanilla 2010 0 0 U-19 player 52 FW José Pabón 2010 0 0 U-19 player 53 FW Joao Plata 2010 0 0 U-19 player 54 MF Marlon Ganchozo 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

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Copa Sudamericana squad

Article title :1.José Valencia replaced Joao Plata on November 18.

Winter transfers

+ Players In Name Moving from (Club nationality) Jorge Guagua DF El Nacional () Manuel Mendoza GK LDU Portoviejo () Alex Bolaños MF Free agent Miguel Bravo MF Free agent Hernán Barcos FW Free agent Enrique Gámez MF Macará () José Valencia DF Free agent Juan Manuel Salgueiro FW Estudiantes () Patricio Urrutia MF Free agent

Alex Bolaños signed with the team after the 2009 summer transfer window and was ineligible to play in the national league at the moment of signing.

+ Players Out Name Moving to (Club nationality) Jayro Campos DF Atlético Mineiro () Claudio Graf FW Released Daniel Viteri GK Released Danny Vera MF Released Pedro Larrea DF Macará (loan) () Claudio Bieler FW Racing () Edder Vaca FW Independiente del Valle () Alex Bolaños MF Universidad Católica (loan) () Miguel Bravo MF Olmedo (loan) () Israel Chango MF LDU Loja (loan) () Alfonso Obregón MF Retired

Summer transfers

+ Players In Name Moving from (Club nationality) Carlos Luna FW Tigre () Paúl Ambrosi DF Rosario Central ()

+ Players Out Name Moving to (Club nationality) Édison Méndez MF Atlético Mineiro () Enrique Vera MF Atlas by América ()

Enrique Vera's sporting rights belonged to Mexican club América, who transferred Vera to Atlas.

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.

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.

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. 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.

LDU QUITO: GK - José Francisco CevallosDF - Nelson MartínezDF - Norberto AraujoDF - Jorge GuaguaDF - José ValenciaMF - William AraujoMF - Patricio Urrutia (c)MF - Miler BolañosMF - Ángel ChemeFW - Juan Manuel SalgueiroFW - Hernán BarcosSubstitutes:DF - Diego QuintanillaDF - Wálter ReyesMF - Cristian HurtadoMF - Alfonso ObregónMF - Michel Cobeña (Obregón's god-son)MF - Pedro RomoFW - Tito ValenciaFW - Víctor EstupiñánManager: Edgardo Bauza

ALFONSO OBREGÓN & FRIENDS: GK - Fabricio Correa (The President's brother)DF - Luis GómezDF - Alberto MontañoDF - Santiago JácomeDF - Néicer ReascoMF - Alfonso ObregónMF - Segundo CastilloMF - Édison MéndezMF - Álex AguinagaFW - Luis ZambranoFW - Eduardo HurtadoSubstitutes:GK - Jacinto EspinozaDF - Fabián MendozaDF - Diego CalderónMF - Carlos TenorioMF - Christian LaraMF - Líder MejíaFW - Ariel GrazianiFW - John ArteagaFW - Roberspierre PinargoteManager: Leonel Montoya

Serie A

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

First stage

Second stage

Third stage

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.

Copa Sudamericana

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

Player statistics PlayerSerie ARecopaSudamericanaCopaSuruga BankCopaSudamericanaTotal 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

2010 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

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