1998 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito

1998 season
President	Darío Ávila
Manager	Carlos Cabral Paulo Massa
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	Champions (5th title)
Copa CONMEBOL	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Patricio Hurtado (16 goals) All: Patricio Hurtado (16 goals)
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1998 season was the club's 68th year of existence, the 45th year in professional football, and the 38th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): La Lechera, Crunch

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ECU Jacinto Espinoza (captain) — GK   ECU Víctor Sánchez — GK   ECU Miguel Santillán — DF   ECU Mario Chillagana — DF   ECU Ulises de la Cruz — DF   ECU Santiago Jácome — DF   BRA Rodrigo Prado — DF   ECU Néicer Reasco — DF   ECU Daniel Reinoso — DF   ECU Danilo Samaniego — DF   ECU Byron Tenorio — MF   ECU Jorge Benalcázar — MF   ECU Nixon Carcelén — MF   ECU Luis Escalante — MF   COL Álex Escobar — MF   ECU José Estrada

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ECU Luis González — MF   ECU Juan Guamán — MF   ECU Paúl Guevara — MF   ECU Alfonso Obregón — MF   CHI Eladio Rojas — MF   ECU Hjalmar Zambrano — FW   ECU Jhon Arteaga — FW   BRA Flavio Camargo — FW   ECU Segundo Escobar — FW   BRA Mané Ferreira — FW   ECU Gustavo Figueroa — FW   ECU Eduardo Hurtado — FW   ECU Patricio Hurtado — FW   URU Carlos María Morales — FW   ECU Pedro Salvador

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	22	11	6	5	40	27	+13	43	Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores
2	Emelec	22	10	8	4	40	28	+12	42
3	Aucas	22	9	8	5	32	22	+10	40
4	Olmedo	22	8	9	5	28	24	+4	38
5	ESPOLI	22	10	4	8	36	36	0	36	Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL
6	Barcelona	22	8	7	7	39	29	+10	34
7	Delfín	22	8	7	7	33	30	+3	33
8	El Nacional	22	8	5	9	35	27	+8	31
9	Deportivo Quito	22	6	9	7	34	36	−2	31	Qualified to the Grupo Descenso
10	Deportivo Cuenca	22	7	5	10	20	27	−7	27
11	Técnico Universitario	22	5	5	12	26	47	−21	24
12	Panamá	22	3	5	14	17	47	−30	17

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Aucas & Olmedo (5); D. Quito, Emelec, LDU Quito & T. Universitario (4); Barcelona & Panamá (3); Delfín, El Nacional & ESPOLI (2); D. Cuenca (1)

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	BSC	DSC	CDC	SDQ	EN	CSE	CDE	LDU	CDO	PSC	TU
Aucas									1–2
Barcelona									3–1
Delfín									2–0
Deportivo Cuenca									1–3
Deportivo Quito									1–1
El Nacional									3–2
Emelec									4–1
ESPOLI									3–4
LDU Quito	2–2	0–0	4–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	6–1	1–1		2–1	3–0	2–0
Olmedo									1–1
Panamá									0–1
Técnico Universitario									0–3

Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Grupo Libertadores

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	6	5	0	1	12	5	+7	15	Qualified to the Finals and 1999 Copa Libertadores
2	LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	11
3	Aucas	6	3	0	3	7	6	+1	9
4	Olmedo	6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: LDU Quito (1)

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	CSE	LDU	CDO
Aucas			0–2
Emelec			1–0
LDU Quito	1–0	1–3		2–0
Olmedo			1–1

Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

First phase

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	10	6	3	1	18	5	+13	24	Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores
2	Barcelona	10	6	2	2	17	7	+10	21
3	Olmedo	10	3	2	5	14	19	−5	13	Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL
4	Deportivo Cuenca	10	2	4	4	11	16	−5	11
5	Técnico Universitario	10	1	6	3	10	17	−7	11	Qualified to the Grupo Descenso
6	Delfín	10	2	3	5	16	22	−6	10

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: LDU Quito (3); Olmedo & T. Universitario (2); Barcelona, Delfín & D. Cuenca (1)

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	DSC	CDC	LDU	CDO	TU
Barcelona				1–0
Delfín				2–2
Deportivo Cuenca				0–2
LDU Quito	0–0	4–0	1–0		3–2	4–0
Olmedo				0–2
Técnico Universitario				0–0

Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Grupo Libertadores

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Qualified to the Finals and 1999 Copa Libertadores
2	Barcelona	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	10
3	Aucas	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
4	Deportivo Quito	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Barcelona (2); D. Quito (1)

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	BSC	SDQ	LDU
Aucas				2–1
Barcelona				2–2
Deportivo Quito				0–1
LDU Quito	3–1	1–1	1–0

Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	2	1	0	1	7	1	+6	3	Champions (5th title)
2	Emelec	2	1	0	1	1	7	−6	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results

Home \ Away	CSE	LDU
Emelec		1–0
LDU Quito	7–0

Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Emelec v LDU Quito

December 23	Emelec	1–0	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00	Kaviedes ?' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio George Capwell

LDU Quito v Emelec

December 27	LDU Quito	7–0	Emelec	Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00	de la Cruz ?', ?', ?' Caicedo ?' (o.g.) Hurtado ?', ?' Escobar ?' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Copa CONMEBOL

Main article: 1998 Copa CONMEBOL

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Qualified to the Quarter-finals
2	Melgar	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results

Home \ Away	LDU	MEL
LDU Quito		3–1
Melgar	1–3

Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Melgar v LDU Quito

July 15 First Stage	Melgar	1–3	LDU Quito	Arequipa, Peru
	Sanjinez 17'		Carcelén 4' Morales 21' Flavio Camargo 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi

LDU Quito v Melgar

July 21 First Stage	LDU Quito	3–1	Melgar	Quito, Ecuador
	Guevara 52' Morales 60' Flavio Camargo ?'		Uehara 35'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Quarter-finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Qualified to the Semi-finals
2	LDU Quito	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results

Home \ Away	LDU	SFC
LDU Quito		2–2
Santos	3–0

Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

LDU Quito v Santos

August 5 Quarterfinals	LDU Quito	2–2	Santos	Quito, Ecuador
	Morales ?', ?'		Jorginho ?' Lúcio ?'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Santos v LDU Quito

August 11 Quarterfinals	Santos	3–0	LDU Quito	Santos, Brazil
	Claudiomiro ?' Viola ?', ?'			Stadium: Estádio Urbano Caldeira

References

• RSSSF - 1998 Serie A (in English)
• RSSSF - 1998 Copa Conmebol (in English)

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• Técnico Universitario (0) - LDU Quito (3) 3rd goal
• LDU Quito (6) - Emelec (1)
• Delfín (2) - LDU Quito (2) 2nd goal
• D. Quito (0) - LDU Quito (1)
• LDU Quito (7) - Emelec (0)
• LDU Quito (7) - Emelec (0)