Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2013 season was the club's 83rd year of existence, the 60th year in professional football, and the 52nd 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: Edgardo Bauza Assistant manager: José Daniel Di Leo Physical trainer: Bruno Militano Goalkeeper trainer: Gustavo Flores Statistician: Maximiliano Bauza

Kits

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 (directly below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. The under-18 players will wear a jersey number of at least #50. 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 2011 21 0 Previously with the club from '08–'09 2 DF (captain) 2007 173 0 3 DF 2012 5 0 4 DF 2013 0 0 5 DF 2013 367 35 Previously with the club from '00–'09 and '10–'12 6 DF 2013 0 0 7 MF 2013 0 0 8 MF (vice-captain) 2012 102 13 Previously with the club from '05–'06 and '09–'10 9 FW 2013 0 0 10 MF 2013 0 0 11 FW 2013 0 0 12 MF 2013 0 0 13 DF 2008 474 34 Previously with the club from '97–'00 and '01–'06 14 FW 2013 0 0 15 DF 2013 0 0 16 MF 2013 126 22 Previously with the club from '02–'04, '07–'08 and '11–'12 17 FW 2013 0 0 18 MF 2011 86 2 19 FW 2013 0 0 20 MF 2013 139 9 Previously with the club from '06–'08, '09–'10 and '11–'12 21 MF 2013 0 0 22 GK (3rd captain) 2006 175 0 23 DF 2013 0 0 24 GK 2011 0 0 25 DF 2013 0 0 30 MF 2013 0 0 51 DF 2012 4 0 U-18 player 52 FW 2011 4 0 U-18 player 54 FW 2012 5 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 In a press conference on December 18, 2012, Liga de Quito announced the signings of Carlos Arboleda of Deportivo Quevedo, Hugo Vélez of El Nacional and Koob Hurtado of LDU Loja. On the same day, Sporting Kansas City signed with Claudio Bieler as Designated Player. On December 19, 2012, Liga de Quito announced the signings of Carlos Feraud and Marco Mosquera of LDU Loja. On December 20, 2012, Liga de Quito announced the signings of Carlos Garcés and Francisco Rojas of Manta FC, Marco Posligua of Pilahuin, Yeison Ordóñez of Independiente José Terán and Johao Montaño of Deportivo Quito. In the same press conference, Ignacio Canuto was announced as the new foreign player of the team. On January 3, 2013, Liga de Quito announced the signings of José Madrid of El Nacional and Luis Saritama of Deportivo Quito.

+Players InNameMoving from Carlos Arboleda DF Deportivo Quevedo Ignacio Canuto DF Figueirense Koob Hurtado DF LDU Loja José Madrid DF El Nacional Eduardo Morante DF Universidad de Chile (loan) Carlos Feraud MF LDU Loja Romario Ibarra MF Universidad Católica Johao Montaño MF Deportivo Quito Marco Mosquera MF LDU Loja Yeison Ordóñez MF Independiente José Terán Marco Posligua MF Pilahuin Tío Francisco Rojas MF Manta Luis Saritama MF Deportivo Quito Hugo Vélez MF El Nacional Enrique Vera MF Injury Carlos Garcés FW Manta Federico Puppo FW Defensor Sporting (loan) Luis Santana FW Técnico Universitario

+Players OutNameMoving to Elvis Bone DF El Nacional Diego Calderón DF Colorado Rapids Galo Corozo DF Deportivo Cuenca Ulises de la Cruz DF Retired Ezequiel Luna DF Santiago Wanderers Paúl Ambrosi MF Cerro Porteño (loan) José Francisco Cevallos MF Juventus (loan) Ángel Cheme MF Deportivo Quito Eduardo Echeverría MF Manta Joao Plata MF Toronto FC (loan return) Sandro Rojas MF Clan Juvenil Claudio Bieler FW Sporting Kansas City José Gutiérrez FW LDU Portoviejo Ariel Nahuelpan FW Barcelona (loan) Marco Nazareno FW LDU Loja

Summer transfers On April 16, 2013, veteran midfielder Patricio Urrutia announced his retirement from professional football. He played his last game on May 23. In a press conference on June 24, 2013, Liga de Quito announced the signing of Jaime Ayoví for one year on a loan from Club Tijuana.

+Players InNameMoving from Paúl Ambrosi DF Cerro Porteño (loan return) Luis Bolaños MF San Martín (loan return) Jaime Ayoví FW Club Tijuana (loan) Julián Benítez FW Nacional (loan) Gustavo Bou FW Olimpo (loan)

+Players OutNameMoving to Johao Montaño MF Macará (loan) Marco Mosquera MF Olmedo Patricio Urrutia MF Retired Pablo Vitti MF Tigre Federico Puppo FW Defensor Sporting (loan return)

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Other friendlies

Serie A

The 2013 season is Liga's 52nd season in the Serie A and their twelfth consecutive. The league season will run from late January to early December. The format is identical to the previous season.

First stage

Second stage

Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores squad

LDU Quito qualified to the 2013 Copa Libertadores—their 16th participation in the continental tournament—as 3rd place of the 2012 Serie A aggregate table and were given the Ecuador 3 berth. They entered the competition in the First Stage and were placed in Match G2 with Grêmio.

First stage

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Grêmio won on penalties.

Patricio Urrutia testimonial match In honor of his retirement, a testimonial match was held for long-time captain Patricio Urrutia. The match was contested between players of the 2008 Copa Libertadores winning squad, and members of the Ecuador national team. Urrutia played with each team. Important players of the 2008 Copa Libertadores squad as Claudio Bieler, Luis Bolaños, Joffre Guerrón and Diego Calderón could not participate of the match.

2008 LDU Quito: GK 1 José Francisco CevallosDF 2 Norberto AraujoDF 3 Renán CalleDF 23 Jayro CamposMF 4 Paúl AmbrosiMF 8 Patricio Urrutia (c)MF 11 Édison Méndez1MF 15 William AraujoMF 20 Enrique VeraMF 21 Damián MansoFW 16 Walter Calderón2Substitutes:GK 22 Jacinto Espinoza2GK 25 Daniel ViteriDF 3 Iván Hurtado3DF 13 Néicer Reasco1DF 33 Carlos Espínola2MF 5 Pedro LarreaMF 7 Edder VacaMF 8 Édison Méndez1MF 10 Ezequiel González2FW 9 Agustín DelgadoFW 11 Franklin SalasFW 16 Walter Calderón2Manager: Edgardo Bauza

Ecuador: GK 22 Alexander DomínguezDF 2 Jorge GuaguaDF 3 Frickson ErazoDF 4 Juan Carlos ParedesDF 10 Walter Ayoví (c)MF 5 Renato IbarraMF 6 Christian NoboaMF 14 Segundo CastilloMF 16 Antonio ValenciaFW 9 Jefferson MonteroFW 11 Christian BenítezSubstitutes:GK 1 Máximo BangueraDF 13 Elvis BoneDF 18 Óscar BagüíDF 21 Gabriel AchilierMF 8 Patricio UrrutiaMF 15 Pedro QuiñónezMF 19 Luis SaritamaMF 20 Alex ColónFW 7 Joao RojasFW 17 Marlon de JesúsManager: Reinaldo Rueda

Note 1: Current LDU Quito player, but not part of the 2008 squad. Note 2: Former LDU Quito player, but not part of the 2008 squad. Note 3: Never played with LDU Quito.

Player statistics PlayerSerie ACopaLibertadoresTotal1GK5—1—————5—1—2DF33—5—1———34—5—3DF5—2—————5—2—4DF2817—1———2917—5DF5—2—————5—2—6DF4339—2———4539—7MF2515121——272518FW28533————285339FW243212———2632110MF371812———3918111FW1585—————1585—12MF2022—1———2122—13DF2311—2———2511—14FW201——————201——15DF24—411———25—4116MF132——————132——17MF102——————102——18MF38114—2———40114—19FW2041—————2041—20MF241832—2—26110321MF12—3—1———13—3—22GK39—712———41—7123DF11—211——112—2224GK————————————25DF121422—1—1415230MF7—1—————7—1—51DF40—10—————40—10—52FW3———————3———54FW721—————721——MF—————————————MF————————————8MF2———1———3———16MF10—11————10—1119MF2071—2———2271—21FW132——————132——Totals—4810915—131—4911216 Last updated: December 8, 2013Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.Source:

Team statistics TotalHomeAway Games played 46 23 23 Games won 18 11 7 Games drawn 15 6 9 Games lost 13 6 7 Biggest win 3–0 vs Macará3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca 2–0 vs Manta3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo 3–0 vs Macará3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca Biggest loss 0–3 vs Barcelona0–3 vs Universidad Católica 0–3 vs Universidad Católica 0–3 vs Barcelona Biggest win (League) 3–0 vs Macará3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca 2–0 vs Manta3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo 3–0 vs Macará3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca Biggest win (South America) 1–0 vs Grêmio 1–0 vs Grêmio Biggest loss (League) 0–3 vs Barcelona0–3 vs Universidad Católica 0–3 vs Universidad Católica 0–3 vs Barcelona Biggest loss (South America) 0–1 vs Grêmio 0–1 vs Grêmio Clean sheets 15 5 10 Goals scored 49 30 19 Goals conceded 42 26 16 Goal difference +7 +4 +3 Average per game Average per game Yellow cards 112 57 55 Red cards 16 5 11 Most appearances Ignacio Canuto (45) Ignacio Canuto (22) Ignacio Canuto (23) Alexander Domínguez (23) Most minutes played Ignacio Canuto (3970) Ignacio Canuto (1948) Alexander Domínguez (2057) Top scorer Jaime Ayoví (8) Jaime Ayoví (7) Gustavo Bou (2) Ignacio Canuto (2) Carlos Garcés (2) Édison Méndez (2) Pablo Vitti (2)Worst discipline Enrique Vera (3) Édison Méndez (3) Édison Méndez (2) Enrique Vera (3) Penalties for 6/8 (%) 5/5 (%) 1/3 (%)Penalties against 5/6 (%) 2/2 (%) 3/4 (%) Points 69/138 (%) 39/69 (%) 30/69 (%) Winning rate % % % Last updated: December 8, 2013 Source:Competitive matches

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