2000 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito

2000 season
President	Darío Ávila
Manager	Manuel Pellegrini Édgar Ospina Fernando Díaz
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	9th
Copa Libertadores	First Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Giovanni Córdova (10 goals) All: Giovanni Córdova (12 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2000 season was the club's 70th year of existence, the 47th year in professional football, and the 40th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Parmalat, Ecuatoriana

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ECU Jacinto Espinoza (captain) — GK   ECU Bonard García — GK   ECU Víctor Sánchez — DF   ECU Luis Capurro — DF   ECU Darío Chalá — DF   ECU Mario Chillagana — DF   ECU Geovanny Cumbicus — DF   ECU Ulises de la Cruz — DF   ECU Santiago Jácome — DF   URU José Puente — DF   ECU Néicer Reasco — DF   ECU Jorge Vargas — MF   ECU Paúl Ambrosi — MF   ECU Jorge Benalcázar — MF   ECU Nixon Carcelén

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   COL James Cardona — MF   ECU José Chávez — MF   COL Álex Escobar — MF   ECU Luis González — MF   ECU Juan Guamán — MF   ECU Camilo Hurtado — MF   ECU Líder Mejía — MF   ECU Alfonso Obregón — FW   COL Giovanni Córdova — FW   COL Jorge Díaz — FW   ECU Eduardo Hurtado — FW   ECU Patricio Hurtado — FW   ECU Max Mecías — FW   ECU Jonathan Navarro — FW   ECU Franklin Salas

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olmedo	18	8	6	4	18	14	+4	30	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Aucas	18	8	5	5	20	17	+3	29
3	El Nacional	18	7	6	5	34	26	+8	27
4	LDU Quito	18	7	6	5	30	23	+7	27
5	Macará	18	6	7	5	25	25	0	25
6	Emelec	18	7	3	8	23	22	+1	24
7	ESPOLI	18	6	6	6	19	20	−1	24
8	Deportivo Quito	18	4	8	6	24	24	0	20
9	Barcelona	18	4	7	7	19	27	−8	19
10	Técnico Universitario	18	3	6	9	21	35	−14	15

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	BSC	SDQ	EN	CSE	CDE	LDU	MAC	CDO	TU
Aucas							0–1
Barcelona							0–0
Deportivo Quito							2–1
El Nacional							2–1
Emelec							2–0
ESPOLI							0–0
LDU Quito	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	4–1	3–3		2–2	1–1	3–1
Macará							2–0
Olmedo							1–0
Técnico Universitario							4–4

Source: LDU 2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	18	10	2	6	36	25	+11	32	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	El Nacional	18	10	3	5	34	24	+10	30 [a]
3	Barcelona	18	8	5	5	25	17	+8	29
4	ESPOLI	18	8	4	6	24	16	+8	28
5	Deportivo Quito	18	8	4	6	28	25	+3	28
6	Macará	18	8	2	8	25	25	0	26
7	Aucas	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	23
8	Olmedo	18	6	4	8	15	21	−6	22
9	LDU Quito	18	5	5	8	20	24	−4	20
10	Técnico Universitario	18	3	2	13	21	47	−26	11

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. El Nacional had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in Round 16.

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	BSC	SDQ	EN	CSE	CDE	LDU	MAC	CDO	TU
Aucas							1–1
Barcelona							1–0
Deportivo Quito							2–1
El Nacional							2–2
Emelec							2–0
ESPOLI							0–0
LDU Quito	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–4	3–0	1–1		2–0	3–3	2–1
Macará							0–1
Olmedo							2–0
Técnico Universitario							1–0

Source: LDU 2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	36	17	9	10	68	50	+18	57 [a]
2	Emelec	36	17	5	14	59	47	+12	56
3	ESPOLI	36	14	10	12	43	36	+7	52	Qualified to the Liguilla Final [b]
4	Aucas	36	14	10	12	42	43	−1	52
5	Olmedo	36	14	10	12	33	35	−2	52
6	Macará	36	14	9	13	50	50	0	51
7	Deportivo Quito	36	12	12	12	52	49	+3	48
8	Barcelona	36	12	12	12	44	45	−1	48
9	LDU Quito	36	12	11	13	50	47	+3	47	Relegation to Serie B
10	Técnico Universitario	36	6	8	22	42	82	−40	26

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. El Nacional had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in Round 16 of the Second Stage.
2. Since El Nacional qualified to the Liguilla Final twice, ESPOLI qualified to the last spot in the Liguilla Final as the best non-top-three finisher in the aggregate table.

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2000 Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ECU Jacinto Espinoza (captain) 2 DF   URU José Puente 3 DF   ECU Santiago Jácome 4 DF   ECU Ulises de la Cruz 5 MF   ECU Alfonso Obregón 6 MF   ECU Juan Guamán 7 FW   COL Giovanni Córdova 8 MF   ECU Nixon Carcelén 9 FW   ECU Patricio Hurtado 10 MF   COL Alex Escobar 12 GK   ECU Víctor Sánchez 13 DF   ECU Néicer Reasco

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF   ECU Luis Capurro 15 MF   ECU Luis González 16 MF   COL James Cardona 17 DF   ECU Mario Chillagana 18 MF   ECU Líder Mejía 19 FW   ECU Franklin Salas 20 MF   ECU Jorge Benalcázar 21 MF   ECU Paúl Ambrosi 23 MF   ECU Camilo Hurtado 24 DF   ECU Geovanny Cumbicus 25 FW   ECU Jonathan Navarro

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	0	2	4	3	13	−10	2	0	1	2	2	5	−3	0	1	2	1	8	−7

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8	13	Round of 16
2	América	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10
3	Olimpia	6	2	2	2	13	17	−4	8
4	LDU Quito	6	0	2	4	3	13	−10	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

LDU Quito v Olimpia

February 22 First Stage	LDU Quito	0–1	Olimpia	Quito, Ecuador
		Report	Quintana 84'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Corinthians v LDU Quito

March 3 First Stage	Corinthians	6–0	LDU Quito	São Paulo, Brazil
	Marcelinho 12' (pen.) Luizão 20', 50', 70' Capurro 52' (o.g.) Dinei 72'	Report		Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)

América v LDU Quito

March 14 First Stage	América	1–0	LDU Quito	Mexico City, Mexico
	Calderón 18'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

Olimpia v LDU Quito

April 5 First Stage	Olimpia	1–1	LDU Quito	Asunción, Paraguay
	Paredes 79'	Report	Capurro 66'	Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Referee: Mario Sánchez Yantén (Chile)

LDU Quito v Corinthians

April 11 First Stage	LDU Quito	0–2	Corinthians	Quito, Ecuador
16:00 UTC−05:00		Report	Luizão 18' Dinei 89'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)

LDU Quito v América

April 19 First Stage	LDU Quito	2–2	América	Quito, Ecuador
	Córdova 64', 78'	Report	Pardo 50' Calderón 60'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

References

• RSSSF - 2000 Serie A (in English)
• RSSSF - 2000 Copa Libertadores (in English)

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• LDU Quito (2) - Macará (2) 2nd goal
• LDU Quito (4) - Emelec (1) 3rd goal
• LDU Quito (2) - El Nacional (4) 2nd goal
• LDU Quito (1) - ESPOLI (1)
• LDU Quito (3) - Olmedo (3) 1st goal