2003 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito

2003 season
President	Darío Ávila
Manager	Jorge Fossati
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	Champions (7th title)
Copa Sudamericana	Second Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Virgilio Ferreira (11 goals) All: Virgilio Ferreira (12 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2003 season was the club's 73rd year of existence, the 50th year in professional football, and the 42nd in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile, Coca-Cola, Almacenes Japón

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ECU Jacinto Espinoza — GK   ECU Omar Estrada — GK   ECU Erwin Ramírez — DF   ECU Darío Chalá — DF   ECU Geovanny Cumbicus — DF   PAR Carlos Espínola — DF   ECU Giovanny Espinoza — DF   ECU Santiago Jácome — DF   ECU Carlos Ordóñez — DF   ECU Néicer Reasco — DF   ECU José Tenorio — MF   ECU Paúl Ambrosi — MF   ECU Luis Bolaños — MF   ECU Nixon Carcelén — MF   ECU José Chávez — MF   COL Álex Escobar

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ECU Luis González — MF   ECU Camilo Hurtado — MF   ECU Alfonso Obregón (captain) — MF   ECU Marwin Pita — MF   ECU Patricio Urrutia — FW   ECU Diego Ayala — FW   ARG Cristian Carnero — FW   PAR Virgilio Ferreira — FW   ECU Tyrone Macías — FW   ECU Víctor Macías — FW   ARG Martín Ojeda — FW   URU Ignacio Risso — FW   ECU Franklin Salas — FW   ECU Carlos Tenorio — FW   ECU Luis Zambrano

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	18	12	2	4	41	19	+22	38	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	LDU Quito	18	10	6	2	37	24	+13	36
3	El Nacional	18	9	4	5	31	22	+9	31
4	Deportivo Quito	18	8	4	6	29	23	+6	28
5	Emelec	18	6	8	4	26	31	−5	26
6	Deportivo Cuenca	18	5	7	6	27	26	+1	22
7	Aucas	18	6	4	8	24	26	−2	22
8	Técnico Universitario	18	4	5	9	24	36	−12	17
9	ESPOLI	18	4	3	11	25	37	−12	15
10	Manta	18	3	3	12	17	37	−20	12

Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	BSC	CDC	SDQ	EN	CSE	CDE	LDU	MFC	TU
Aucas								1–2
Barcelona								0–0
Deportivo Cuenca								2–3
Deportivo Quito								0–2
El Nacional								1–1
Emelec								3–2
ESPOLI								0–1
LDU Quito	6–2	1–0	4–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	2–2		3–2	2–2
Manta								0–2
Técnico Universitario								3–3

Source: RSSSF
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	LDU Quito	18	10	4	4	31	15	+16	34	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Barcelona	18	9	7	2	28	12	+16	34
3	El Nacional	18	9	5	4	38	18	+20	32
4	Deportivo Quito	18	10	2	6	27	23	+4	32
5	Deportivo Cuenca	18	8	3	7	22	17	+5	27
6	Emelec	18	8	3	7	29	26	+3	27
7	ESPOLI	18	5	6	7	24	35	−11	21
8	Aucas	18	5	3	10	21	29	−8	18
9	Manta	18	3	5	10	16	38	−22	14
10	Técnico Universitario	18	2	4	12	13	36	−23	10

Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	BSC	CDC	SDQ	EN	CSE	CDE	LDU	MFC	TU
Aucas								0–3
Barcelona								3–1
Deportivo Cuenca								0–1
Deportivo Quito								2–1
El Nacional								3–2
Emelec								0–1
ESPOLI								3–4
LDU Quito	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	4–0		2–0	3–0
Manta								1–1
Técnico Universitario								0–0

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

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito (C)	10	7	0	3	19	13	+6	5	26	2004 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
2	Barcelona	10	6	0	4	19	9	+10	5	23
3	El Nacional	10	6	0	4	21	13	+8	2	20
4	Emelec	10	3	2	5	12	21	−9	0	11
5	Deportivo Quito	10	3	1	6	11	19	−8	0	10
6	Deportivo Cuenca	10	3	1	6	17	26	−9	0	10

Updated to match(es) played on December 21, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned in the previous stages.
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	CDC	SDQ	EN	CSE	LDU
Barcelona						4–0
Deportivo Cuenca						1–3
Deportivo Quito						1–0
El Nacional						0–1
Emelec						4–1
LDU Quito	1–0	5–0	4–2	2–1	2–0

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

Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2003 Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ECU Jacinto Espinoza 2 DF   PAR Carlos Espínola 3 DF   ECU Santiago Jácome 4 MF   ECU Paúl Ambrosi 5 MF   ECU Alfonso Obregón (captain) 6 MF   ECU Nixon Carcelén 7 FW   PAR Virgilio Ferreira 8 MF   ECU Patricio Urrutia 9 FW   ECU Luis Zambrano 10 MF   COL Álex Escobar 11 FW   ECU Franklin Salas 12 GK   ECU Erwin Ramírez

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   ECU Néicer Reasco 14 FW   ARG Martín Ojeda 15 MF   ECU Luis González 16 MF   URU Ignacio Risso 17 DF   ECU Giovanny Espinoza 18 FW   ECU Carlos Tenorio 19 FW   ECU Diego Ayala 20 DF   ECU Geovanny Cumbicus 21 MF   ECU Tyrone Macías 22 GK   ECU Omar Estrada 25 MF   ECU Camilo Hurtado

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

First stage

First Stage standings

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

LDU Quito v Barcelona

July 29 First Stage	LDU Quito	2–0	Barcelona	Quito, Ecuador
19:00 UTC−05:00	Tenorio 11' Ambrosi 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Segundo Díaz (Ecuador)

Barcelona v LDU Quito

August 12 First Stage	Barcelona	2–1	LDU Quito	Guayaquil, Ecuador
17:00 UTC−05:00	Teixeira 35' Capria 59'	Report	Ferreira 40'	Stadium: Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera Referee: José Carpio (Ecuador)

Second stage

Second Stage standings

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

LDU Quito v Atlético Nacional

September 18 Second Stage	LDU Quito	1–1	Atlético Nacional	Quito, Ecuador
17:30 UTC−05:00	Espinoza 47'	Report	Agudelo 52'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Juan Paniagua (Bolivia)

Atlético Nacional v LDU Quito

October 2 Second Stage	Atlético Nacional	1–0	LDU Quito	Medellín, Colombia
20:40 UTC−05:00	Giraldo 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

References

• 2003 season on RSSSF

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• LDU Quito (2) - ESPOLI (2) 2nd goal
• LDU Quito (2) - El Nacional (0) 1st goal
• LDU Quito (4) - Deportivo Cuenca (1)
• LDU Quito (6) - Aucas (2)
• Deportivo Cuenca (1) - LDU Quito (3) 3rd goal
• LDU Quito (2) - El Nacional (1) 1st goal