2022 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

L.D.U. Quito

2022 season
President	Guillermo Romero
Manager	Luis Zubeldía
Stadium	Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
LigaPro	4th
Conmebol Sudamericana	Group stage
Copa Ecuador	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Tomás Molina (13 goals) All: Alexander Alvarado Tomás Molina (14 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2022 season was the club's 92nd year of existence, the 69th year in professional football, and the 61st in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Club

Personnel

President: Guillermo Romero

President of the Executive Commission: Esteban Paz

Sporting manager: Santiago Jácome

Coaching staff

Manager: Luis Zubeldía

Assistant manager: Maximiliano Cuberas, Carlos Gruezo

Physical trainer: Lucas Vivas

Goalkeeper trainer: Luis Preti

Kits

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Banco Pichincha, Mazda, Universidad Indoamérica, Discover, Pilsener, Ecuabet, Salud SA

Home

Home 2

Home 3

Away

Third

Third alternate 1

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	Additional information
Home	White	White	White	Worn on February 19 (vs Gualaceo), March 5 (vs Universidad Católica), March 9 (vs Mushuc Runa), March 16 (vs Mushuc Runa), March 19 (vs Aucas), April 1 (vs Emelec), April 5 (vs Atlético Goianiense), April 12 (vs Deportes Antofagasta), April 17 (vs Barcelona SC), April 28 (vs Defensa y Justicia), May 1 (vs Independiente del Valle), May 8 (vs 9 de Octubre), May 18 (vs Defensa y Justicia), May 24 (vs Atlético Goianiense), May 29 (vs Macará), August 28 (vs Barcelona SC), September 4 (vs Orense), September 9 (vs Mushuc Runa), September 17 (vs Independiente del Valle)
Home 2	White	White	White	Worn on July 9 (vs Gualaceo), July 16 (vs Deportivo Cuenca), July 19 (vs Imbabura), July 24 (vs Universidad Católica), July 30 (vs Técnico Universitario), August 14 (vs Emelec), August 20 (vs Cumbayá)
Home 3	White	White	White	Worn on October 7 (vs Delfín), October 15 (vs Guayaquil City), October 22 (vs Macará)
Away	Aqua	Aqua	Aqua	Worn on February 25 (vs Deportivo Cuenca), March 12 (vs Técnico Universitario), April 9 (vs Cumbayá), April 20 (vs Orense), May 4 (vs Deportes Antofagasta), May 21 (vs Guayaquil City), June 5 (vs Manta), August 7 (vs Aucas)
Third	Navy Blue	Navy Blue	Navy Blue
Third alternate 1	Navy Blue	Navy Blue	White	Worn on April 24 (vs Mushuc Runa), May 14 (vs Delfín), October 1 (vs 9 de Octubre)

Squad information

Num	Pos	Nat.	Player	Age	Since	App	Goals	Notes
1	GK	URU	Gonzalo Falcón	25	2022	0	0
2	DF	ARG	Zaid Romero	22	2022	0	0
4	DF	ECU	Luis Caicedo	29	2019	39	0
5	MF	ECU	Joseph Espinoza	21	2019	8	0
6	DF	ECU	Luis Ayala	28	2019	48	0
7	FW	ARG	Tomás Molina	26	2022	0	0
8	MF	ARG	Ángel González	28	2022	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Lucas Gamba	35	2022	0	0
10	MF	ECU	Alexander Alvarado	22	2022	0	0
11	MF	ECU	Michael Hoyos	30	2022	0	0
13	DF	ECU	Daykol Romero	20	2021	6	0
14	DF	ECU	José Quintero	31	2015	204	17
15	DF	ECU	Franklin Guerra	29	2018	117	4
17	MF	ECU	Gustavo Nnachi	19	2022	0	0
18	MF	ARG	Lucas Piovi	30	2020	41	0
20	DF	ECU	Christian Cruz	29	2018	105	4
21	MF	ECU	Sebastián González	18	2021	9	1
22	GK	ECU	Alexander Domínguez	35	2022	292	0	Previously with the club from '06–'16
23	GK	ECU	Adrián Gabbarini	36	2018	129	0
24	DF	ECU	Moisés Corozo	29	2020	39	5
25	DF	ECU	Andrés López	28	2022	0	0
26	GK	ECU	Brian Heras	26	2022	0	0
27	DF	ECU	Carlos Bazurto	16	2022	0	0
28	MF	ECU	Juan David Macías	16	2022	0	0
30	MF	ECU	Danny Luna	31	2022	0	0
31	MF	ECU	Ariel Borja	16	2022	0	0
34	MF	ECU	Ariel Mina	18	2021	3	0
35	MF	ECU	Óscar Zambrano	17	2022	0	0
38	FW	ECU	Juan Luis Anangonó	33	2022	115	40	Previously with the club in '14 and from '16–'19

Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.

Winter transfers

Players In Name Nat Pos Age Moving from Gonzalo Falcón [1]   URU GK 26 Boston River (Loan) Brian Heras [2]   ECU GK 26 Deportivo Cuenca Andrés López [3]   ECU DF 28 Universidad Católica Zaid Romero [4]   ARG DF 22 Godoy Cruz (Loan) Jean Carlos Quiñónez [5]   ECU DF 20 Norte América (Loan) Andy Velasco [6]   ECU DF 25 Cumbayá (Loan) Alexander Alvarado [7]   ECU MF 22 Orlando City (Loan) Michael Hoyos [8]   ECU MF 30 Barcelona SC (Loan) Gustavo Nnachi   ECU MF 19 Aucas Joao Ortíz [9]   ECU MF 25 Delfín Jordan Gaspar   ECU FW 26 Torrent CF Bryan de Jesús [10]   ECU FW 26 Olmedo Tomás Molina [11]   ARG FW 22 Ferro Carril Oeste (Loan)

Players Out Name Nat Pos Age Moving to José Cardenas [12]   ECU GK 26 Universidad Católica Pedro Perlaza [13]   ECU DF 30 Independiente del Valle Andersson Ordóñez [14]   ECU DF 27 Universidad Católica Carlos Rodríguez [15]   URU DF 31 Barcelona SC (Loan) Jordy Alcívar [16]   ECU MF 22 Charlotte FC Billy Arce [17]   ECU MF 23 Brighton (Loan return) Marcos Caicedo [18]   ECU MF 30 Emelec Jhojan Julio [19]   ECU MF 23 Santos (Loan) Lucas Villarruel   ARG MF 31 TBA Luis Amarilla   PAR FW 26 Vélez Sarsfield (Loan return) Juan Cruz Kaprof [20]   ARG FW 26 Central Córdoba Djorkaeff Reasco [21]   ECU FW 22 Newell's Old Boys

Summer transfers

Players In Name Nat Pos Age Moving from Alexander Domínguez [22]   ECU GK 35 Deportes Tolima Ángel González   ARG MF 28 Estudiantes (loan) Danny Luna [23]   ECU MF 31 9 de Octubre Juan Luis Anangonó [24]   ECU FW 33 Comunicaciones Lucas Gamba [25]   ARG FW 35 Rosario Central

Players Out Name Nat Pos Age Moving to Jean Carlos Quiñónez   ECU DF 20 Guayaquil City Andy Velasco   ECU DF 25 Independiente del Valle Jefferson Arce [26]   ECU MF 22 Macará (Loan) Joao Ortíz   ECU MF 26 Independiente del Valle Santiago Scotto   URU MF 25 Defensor Sporting (Loan) Nilson Angulo [27]   ECU FW 19 Anderlecht Bryan de Jesús   ECU FW 27 TBA Jordan Gaspar   ECU FW 26 TBA Kevin Mercado   ECU FW 27 Delfín Adolfo Muñoz [28]   ECU FW 24 Guayaquil City

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
LigaPro	First stage	4th	February 19	October 22
CONMEBOL Sudamericana	First stage	Group stage	March 9	May 24
Copa Ecuador	Round of 32	Round of 16	June 5	July 19

Pre-season friendlies

L.D.U. Quito v Independiente del Valle

January 23Copa de Campeones	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 1	Independiente del Valle	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	Muñoz 29' Macías 62'		Cabezas 85'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Juan Carlos Andrade

9 de Octubre v L.D.U. Quito

January 26Copa de Campeones	9 de Octubre	1 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
18:30 UTC−05:00	Da Luz 32'		Angulo 61' Molina 90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer

L.D.U. Quito v Universidad Católica

January 29	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 0	Universidad Católica	Quito
10:00 UTC−05:00	Espinoza 51' Hoyos 74'			Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Aucas v L.D.U. Quito

February 5Noche Oriental	Aucas	0 - 1	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00			Muñoz 75'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda

L.D.U. Quito v Cumbayá

February 9	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 2	Cumbayá	Quito
10:00 UTC−05:00	Hoyos (pen.) Arce		Carabalí Cepeda	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

L.D.U. Quito v Aucas

February 12Noche Blanca	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 2	Aucas	Quito
20:30 UTC−05:00	González 25' Arce 90+3'		Fara 13' Silva 77'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

LigaPro

Main article: 2022 Ecuadorian Serie A

The 2022 season was Liga's 61st season in the Serie A and their 21st consecutive.

First stage

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	9	2	4	26	22	+4	29	7	1	0	20	11	+9	2	1	4	6	11	−5

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W
Position	7	12	5	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on May 29. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

L.D.U. Quito v Gualaceo

February 19Round 1	L.D.U. Quito	1 - 0	Gualaceo	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	Arce 64',  65'	Report	Alles  47'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Mario Romero

Deportivo Cuenca v L.D.U. Quito

February 25Round 2	Deportivo Cuenca	2 - 0	L.D.U. Quito	Cuenca
19:00 UTC−05:00	Mera  40' Biojó 57',  68' Mancinelli 63'	Report	Z. Romero  55' Cruz  56' Macías  80'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Referee: Álex Cajas

L.D.U. Quito v Universidad Católica

March 5Round 3	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 1	Universidad Católica	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	Guerra  37' Molina 82' Alvarado 83',  90+1' Arce  87'	Report	Anangonó  44' Cevallos 45+2' Mosquera  87' Rentería  90'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Franklin Congo

Técnico Universitario v L.D.U. Quito

March 12Round 4	Técnico Universitario	1 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Ambato
17:30 UTC−05:00	Patta  35' Estupiñán  53' Sainz  70' Tapiero 76' (pen.),  84' Lastra  80'	Report	Piovi  43' Molina 45+1', 52' Angulo  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Luis Quiroz

L.D.U. Quito v Aucas

March 19Round 5	L.D.U. Quito	4 - 4	Aucas	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	Alvarado 45+1' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Piovi  45+3' Julio  68' Angulo  78' Arce 89', 90+2'	Report	Figueroa 10',  24' Adé  11' Tevez 18' Frascarelli  45' Mina 65',  82' Briones 67' Silva  69' Vega  80'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Marlon Vera

Emelec v L.D.U. Quito

April 1Round 6	Emelec	2 - 0	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
21:00 UTC−05:00	Arroyo  1', 79' Zapata 11' Vera  75' Carabalí  89'	Report	Piovi  36'	Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Referee: Jaime Sánchez

Cumbayá v L.D.U. Quito

April 9Round 7	Cumbayá	0 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
19:30 UTC−05:00	Cepeda  29' Hidalgo  34' Arce  40' Paredes  84' Hernández  90+3'	Report	Molina 54' Piovi  64' Hoyos 90+4' (pen.),  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Diego Lara

L.D.U. Quito v Barcelona SC

April 17Round 8	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 0	Barcelona SC	Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00	Alvarado 17',  65' Caicedo  32' Hoyos  74' Piovi  83' Guerra 86' Falcón  88'	Report	Molina  24' Piñatares  43' Carcelén  66'  70' Velasco  70' Cortez  88'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Augusto Aragón

Orense v L.D.U. Quito

April 20Round 9	Orense	3 - 0	L.D.U. Quito	Machala
15:00 UTC−05:00	Rojas 17' Quiñónez 29',  61' Acosta 74' Andrade  84'	Report	Mina 87' Quintero  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio 9 de Mayo Referee: Franklin Congo

L.D.U. Quito v Mushuc Runa

April 24Round 10	L.D.U. Quito	3 - 2	Mushuc Runa	Quito
14:30 UTC−05:00	Hoyos 45+2', 51' Angulo 87'	Report	Caicedo 69' (o.g.) Villalba 77'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Diego Lara

Independiente del Valle v L.D.U. Quito

May 1Round 11	Independiente del Valle	1 - 0	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	Falcón 5' (o.g.) Ortíz  18' Segovia  34' López  45+3' Chávez  84'	Report	Piovi  12' Quintero  59' Caicedo  61'	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Luis Quiroz

L.D.U. Quito v 9 de Octubre

May 8Round 12	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 0	9 de Octubre	Quito
16:30 UTC−05:00	Romero  45+10' Hoyos 46' Caicedo  49' Molina 60',  83'	Report	Pinos  24' Cangá  45+7'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Carlos Orbe

L.D.U. Quito v Delfín

May 14Round 13	L.D.U. Quito	3 - 2	Delfín	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	Quiñónez  22' Piovi  31' Hoyos 34' Angulo 52' de Jesús 90+5'	Report	Cifuente 45+3' Rojas 54' Plata  90'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Franklin Congo

Guayaquil City v L.D.U. Quito

May 21Round 14	Guayaquil City	2 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00	Quiñónez  15' Klebinho 56' Cabezas 67'	Report	Molina  14', 51' Espinoza  73' Hoyos 76' Quintero  90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt Referee: Augusto Aragón

L.D.U. Quito v Macará

May 29Round 15	L.D.U. Quito	3 - 2	Macará	Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00	Hernández 26' (o.g.) Molina 45+2' Hoyos 76' Cazula 63' (o.g.) Alvarado  77'	Report	Arce 23' Ortigoza  45+4' Mancilla 78' Valencia  80' Zambrano  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Carlos Orbe

Second stage

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	7	5	3	23	17	+6	26	4	2	1	11	5	+6	3	3	2	12	12	0

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W
Position	8	4	13	6	8	4	3	5	6	4	6	6	6	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on October 22. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Gualaceo v L.D.U. Quito

July 9Round 1	Gualaceo	0 - 1	L.D.U. Quito	Azogues
20:00 UTC−05:00	Ávila  29' Preciado  43'	Report	Anangonó 45+1' Guerra  48' Piovi  56' López  88'	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Andrade Referee: Franklin Congo

L.D.U. Quito v Deportivo Cuenca

July 16Round 2	L.D.U. Quito	1 - 1	Deportivo Cuenca	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	Alvarado 36' Espinoza  86'	Report	García Basso  23', 84' Duarte  60' Biojó  66'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

Universidad Católica v L.D.U. Quito

July 24Round 3	Universidad Católica	4 - 0	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
16:30 UTC−05:00	Ordóñez 5' Díaz  13', 69' Vivar  25' Anangonó 31' (o.g.) Rodríguez 33'	Report	Espinoza  20'  39' Quintero  30' Molina  79'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Luis Quiroz

L.D.U. Quito v Técnico Universitario

July 30Round 4	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 0	Técnico Universitario	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	Guerra  22' Quintero  24' Piovi  65' Molina 86',  87' Alvarado  87' S. González 90+7'	Report	Blanco  22' Mina  27'  73' Estupiñán  28' Jiménez  52'  53' Chávez  72' Carcelén  72'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Augusto Aragón

Aucas v L.D.U. Quito

August 7Round 5	Aucas	1 - 1	L.D.U. Quito	Quito
14:00 UTC−05:00	Adé  7' Ordóñez 32',  49' Cuero  37' Figueroa  52', López  73'	Report	Domínguez  7' Luna 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Referee: Franklin Congo

L.D.U. Quito v Emelec

August 14Round 6	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 0	Emelec	Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00	Piovi  15' Alvarado 25', 88',  89' Corozo  69' A. González  76'	Report	Arroyo  17'  60' Zapata  82'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Luis Quiroz

L.D.U. Quito v Cumbayá

August 20Round 7	L.D.U. Quito	1 - 0	Cumbayá	Quito
17:30 UTC−05:00	Molina 27' Corozo  82'	Report	Almagro  25' Arce  28' Ramírez  49'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Gabriel González

Barcelona SC v L.D.U. Quito

August 28Round 8	Barcelona SC	1 - 1	L.D.U. Quito	Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00	Rodríguez 4' Perlaza  39' Quiñónez  57' Carcelén  63'	Report	Alvarado  32' A. González  51' Hoyos 85' Quintero  90'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Augusto Aragón

L.D.U. Quito v Orense

September 4Round 9	L.D.U. Quito	1 - 2	Orense	Quito
16:30 UTC−05:00	Alvarado  16', 76' Molina  25' Hoyos  39' Corozo  84' Guerra  89'  90'	Report	Andrade 4',  90+2' Calderón 7' Achilier  10' Silva  22' Quiñónez  66' Portocarrero  69' Kouffati  90+4' Corozo  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Marlon Vera

Mushuc Runa v L.D.U. Quito

September 9Round 10	Mushuc Runa	2 - 1	L.D.U. Quito	Ambato
19:00 UTC−05:00	Delgado  34', 45+6' Mina  75'	Report	Alvarado 22' Anangonó  61' Romero  69' Molina 71'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Franklin Congo

L.D.U. Quito v Independiente del Valle

September 17Round 11	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 2	Independiente del Valle	Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00	Hoyos 40',  65' Anangonó 81'	Report	Angulo 14' Chávez 16' Carabajal  47' Segovia  51' Faravelli  89' Pellerano  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Roberto Sánchez

9 de Octubre v L.D.U. Quito

October 1Round 12	9 de Octubre	2 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Milagro
17:45 UTC−05:00	Caicedo  63' Cortez 88' (pen.) Vergés 89'	Report	Corozo  11' González 34' Romero  41'  50' Molina 43' Guerra  47' Domínguez  54' Piovi  77' Cruz  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Los Chirijos Referee: Marlon Vera

Delfín v L.D.U. Quito

October 7Round 13	Delfín	3 - 0	L.D.U. Quito	Manta
19:00 UTC−05:00	Caicedo 35' Alman  42' Vélez 78' Chicaiza 90+2' (pen.),  90+3'	Report	Zambrano  25' Molina  45+1' Cruz  73' Corozo  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Luis Quiroz

L.D.U. Quito v Guayaquil City

October 15Round 14	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 0	Guayaquil City	Quito
18:00 UTC−05:00	Quintero  67' Humanante 71' (o.g.) Molina 72' Ayala  74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

Macará v L.D.U. Quito

October 22Round 15	Macará	0 - 5	L.D.U. Quito	Ambato
13:00 UTC−05:00	Caicedo  18' Peña  74' Hernández  86'	Report	A. González 2' Alvarado 45' Zambrano 54' Molina 59' (pen.) Romero  62' Piovi  76' Anangonó 83' Quintero  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Anthony Díaz

CONMEBOL Sudamericana

Main article: 2022 Copa Sudamericana

L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2022 CONMEBOL Sudamericana—their 13rd participation in the continental tournament—as 6th place in the 2021 LigaPro. They entered the competition in the First Stage.

CONMEBOL Sudamericana squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   URU Gonzalo Falcón 2 DF   ARG Zaid Romero 3 DF   ECU Jean Carlos Quiñónez 4 DF   ECU Luis Caicedo 5 MF   ECU Joseph Espinoza 6 DF   ECU Luis Ayala 7 FW   ARG Tomás Molina 8 MF   ECU Alexander Alvarado 9 FW   ECU Jordan Gaspar 11 MF   ECU Michael Hoyos 13 DF   ECU Daykol Romero 14 DF   ECU José Quintero 15 DF   ECU Franklin Guerra 16 FW   ECU Bryan de Jesús 17 MF   ECU Gustavo Nnachi 18 MF   ARG Lucas Piovi (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF   URU Santiago Scotto 20 DF   ECU Christian Cruz 21 MF   ECU Sebastián González 22 GK   ECU Adrián Gabbarini 23 MF   ECU Joao Ortíz 24 DF   ECU Moisés Corozo 25 MF   ECU Andrés López 26 GK   ECU Brian Heras 27 DF   ECU Carlos Bazurto 28 MF   ECU Juan David Macías 29 MF   ECU Adolfo Muñoz 30 FW   ECU Kevin Mercado 31 MF   ECU Jefferson Arce 32 MF   ECU Nilson Angulo 35 MF   ECU Óscar Zambrano

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	4	3	1	14	10	+4	15	1	3	0	8	4	+4	3	0	1	6	6	0

First stage

Mushuc Runa v L.D.U. Quito

March 9 First Stage	Mushuc Runa	0 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Ambato, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Carabalí  36' Santacruz  80' Giordana  87'	Report	Cruz  40' Z. Romero  44', 62' González  54' Guerra  64' Alvarado 87'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Carlos Betancur (Colombia)

L.D.U. Quito v Mushuc Runa

March 16 First Stage	L.D.U. Quito	1 - 1	Mushuc Runa	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Alvarado 27' Piovi  31' López  82'	Report	Quilumba  43' Carabalí  52' Alonso 64' Llama  87'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ACG	LDQ	ANT	DYJ
1	Atlético Goianiense	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Round of 16		—	4–0	1–0	3–2
2	LDU Quito	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11			1–1	—	4–0	2–2
3	Deportes Antofagasta	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6			2–1	1–2	—	1–3
4	Defensa y Justicia	6	1	1	4	8	11	−3	4			0–1	1–2	0–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Atlético Goianiense v L.D.U. Quito

April 5 Group Stage	Atlético Goianiense	4 - 0	L.D.U. Quito	Goiânia, Brazil
21:30 UTC−03:00	Edson  35' Jorginho 62' Shaylon 77' Hayner 87' Rickson 90+4'	Report	Ayala  72' Caicedo  77'	Stadium: Estádio Antônio Accioly Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

L.D.U. Quito v Deportes Antofagasta

April 12 Group Stage	L.D.U. Quito	4 - 0	Deportes Antofagasta	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Angulo 47' Cornejo 50' (o.g.) Hoyos  75' Molina 77' Arce 90+2'	Report	Sánchez  51' Bravo  72' Nieto  73'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)

Defensa y Justicia v L.D.U. Quito

April 28 Group Stage	Defensa y Justicia	1 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Florencio Varela, Argentina
19:15 UTC−03:00	Albertengo 82',  90+1' Tripichio  85' Fontana  90+1'	Report	Alvarado 55', 87' Arce  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Deportes Antofagasta v L.D.U. Quito

May 4 Group Stage	Deportes Antofagasta	1 - 2	L.D.U. Quito	Antofagasta, Chile
18:15 UTC−04:00	López 18' Flores  76' Vega  80' Bravo  90' Ahumada  73'	Report	Romero  12' Alvarado  37' Angulo 52' Corozo  59' López 67' Caicedo  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Regional de Antofagasta Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

L.D.U. Quito v Defensa y Justicia

May 18 Group Stage	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 2	Defensa y Justicia	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Quintero 5' Alvarado  47' Angulo 71' Ayala  74'	Report	Cardona  12' Albertengo 29', 44',  66' Alanís  45+1' Duarte  77' Pieres  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

L.D.U. Quito v Atlético Goianiense

May 24 Group Stage	L.D.U. Quito	1 - 1	Atlético Goianiense	Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−05:00	Piovi  25' Hoyos 29' Angulo  41' Alvarado  75' Nnachi  77' Arce  85'	Report	Ramon  6' Jorginho  43' Airton  57' Edson  62' Gabriel Baralhas 65' Hayner  70'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Copa Ecuador

Main article: 2022 Copa Ecuador

L.D.U. Quito entered the competition in the Round of 32.

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

Round of 32

Manta v L.D.U. Quito

June 5 Round of 32	Manta	0 - 1	L.D.U. Quito	Manta
15:30 UTC−05:00	Peñarrieta  29' Romero  47' Batalla  74' Portocarrero  84'  90+3'	Report	López  56' Angulo 71' Nnachi  79'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Carlos Aroca

Round of 16

Imbabura v L.D.U. Quito

July 19 Round of 16	Imbabura	2 - 1	L.D.U. Quito	Ibarra
19:00 UTC−05:00	Pantoja 2',  82' Vásconez  26' Rodríguez 69' Valero  90'	Report	Hoyos 16' Zambrano  46' Piovi  90'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra Referee: Marlon Vera

Player statistics

Num	Pos	Player	App				App				App				App
			LigaPro				CONMEBOL Sudamericana				Copa Ecuador				Total
1	GK	Gonzalo Falcón	15	—	1	—	8	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	24	—	1	—
2	DF	Zaid Romero	27	—	4	1	7	1	2	—	2	—	—	—	36	1	6	1
4	DF	Luis Caicedo	15	—	3	—	6	—	2	—	1	—	—	—	22	—	5	—
5	MF	Joseph Espinoza	14	—	2	1	2	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	18	—	2	1
6	DF	Luis Ayala	19	—	1	—	6	—	2	—	2	—	—	—	27	—	3	—
7	FW	Tomás Molina	27	13	6	—	8	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	36	14	6	—
8	MF	Ángel González	9	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	1	2	—
9	FW	Lucas Gamba	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—
10	MF	Alexander Alvarado	27	10	7	—	8	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	35	14	10	—
11	MF	Michael Hoyos	26	8	4	—	7	1	1	—	2	1	—	—	35	10	5	—
13	DF	Daykol Romero	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	—
14	DF	José Quintero	23	—	6	2	7	1	—	—	2	—	—	—	32	1	6	2
15	DF	Franklin Guerra	24	1	4	1	5	—	1	—	2	—	—	—	31	1	5	1
17	MF	Gustavo Nnachi	9	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—	11	—	2	—
18	MF	Lucas Piovi	25	—	11	1	8	—	2	—	2	—	1	—	35	—	14	1
20	DF	Christian Cruz	14	—	3	—	3	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	18	—	4	—
21	MF	Sebastián González	19	2	—	—	2	—	1	—	2	—	—	—	23	2	1	—
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	13	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	—	2	—
23	GK	Adrián Gabbarini	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	DF	Moisés Corozo	13	—	4	1	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	5	1
25	DF	Andrés López	17	—	1	—	5	1	1	—	2	—	1	—	24	1	3	—
26	GK	Brian Heras	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
27	DF	Carlos Bazurto	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	MF	Juan David Macías	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	1	—
30	MF	Danny Luna	13	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	14	1	—	—
31	MF	Ariel Borja	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
34	FW	Ariel Mina	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—
35	FW	Óscar Zambrano	13	1	1	—	2	—	—	—	2	—	1	—	17	1	2	—
38	FW	Juan Luis Anangonó	14	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	15	3	1	—
3	DF	Jean Carlos Quiñónez	3	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	1	—
9	FW	Jordan Gaspar	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—
10	MF	Jhojan Julio	5	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	1	—
16	FW	Bryan de Jesús	3	1	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	1	—	—
19	MF	Santiago Scotto	4	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—
23	MF	Joao Ortíz	13	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	—	—	—
29	MF	Adolfo Muñoz	11	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	—
30	FW	Kevin Mercado	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	MF	Jefferson Arce	12	3	2	—	7	1	2	—	1	—	—	—	20	4	4	—
32	MF	Nilson Angulo	13	2	1	1	8	3	1	—	1	1	—	—	22	6	2	1
Totals			—	46	70	8	—	13	21	0	—	2	4	0	—	61	95	8

As of October 22, 2022 ^[29]

Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season.

Team statistics

	Total	Home	Away
Total Games played	40	19	21
Total Games won	21	12	9
Total Games drawn	10	6	4
Total Games lost	9	1	8
Games played (LigaPro)	30	15	15
Games won (LigaPro)	16	11	5
Games drawn (LigaPro)	7	3	4
Games lost (LigaPro)	7	1	6
Games played (CONMEBOL Sudamericana)	8	4	4
Games won (CONMEBOL Sudamericana)	4	1	3
Games drawn (CONMEBOL Sudamericana)	3	3
Games lost (CONMEBOL Sudamericana)	1		1
Games played (Copa Ecuador)	2		2
Games won (Copa Ecuador)	1		1
Games drawn (Copa Ecuador)
Games lost (Copa Ecuador)	1		1
Biggest win (LigaPro)	5 - 0 vs Macará	2 - 0 vs Barcelona SC 2 - 0 vs 9 de Octubre 2 - 0 vs Técnico Universitario 2 - 0 vs Emelec 2 - 0 vs Guayaquil City	5 - 0 vs Macará
Biggest loss (LigaPro)	0 - 4 vs Universidad Católica	1 - 2 vs Orense	0 - 4 vs Universidad Católica
Biggest win (CONMEBOL Sudamericana)	4 - 0 vs Deportes Antofagasta	4 - 0 vs Deportes Antofagasta	2 - 0 vs Mushuc Runa
Biggest loss (CONMEBOL Sudamericana)	0 - 4 vs Atlético Goianiense		0 - 4 vs Atlético Goianiense
Biggest win (Copa Ecuador)	1 - 0 vs Manta		1 - 0 vs Manta
Biggest loss (Copa Ecuador)	1 - 2 vs Imbabura		1 - 2 vs Imbabura
Clean sheets	13	8	5
Goals scored	65	39	26
Goals conceded	51	20	31
Goal difference	+14	+19	-5
Average GF per game	1.63	2.05	1.24
Average GA per game	1.28	1.05	1.48
Yellow cards	95	45	50
Red cards	8	2	6
Most appearances	Tomás Molina (36) Zaid Romero (36)	Alexander Alvarado (18) Tomás Molina (18) Lucas Piovi (18) Zaid Romero (18)	Franklin Guerra (19) Michael Hoyos (19)
Most minutes played	Lucas Piovi (3079)	Lucas Piovi (1620)	Zaid Romero (1487)
Top scorer	Alexander Alvarado (14) Tomás Molina (14)	Alexander Alvarado (9)	Tomás Molina (7)
Worst discipline	José Quintero (2)	Franklin Guerra (1) (2)	José Quintero (2)
Penalties for	4/4 (100%)	2/2 (100%)	2/2 (100%)
Penalties against	3/4 (75%)		3/4 (75%)
League Points	55/90 (61.11%)	36/45 (80%)	19/45 (42.22%)
Winning rate	52.5%	63.16%	42.86%

As of October 22, 2022
Source: See Competitive matches (above)

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External links

• Official website (in Spanish)