# 2023 Club Universitario de Deportes season

The 2023 season was Universitario de Deportes' 99th season since its founding in 1924. The club played the Liga 1 and the Copa Sudamericana.

## Squad

    As of 26 June 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | PER | José Carvallo |
| 2 | DF | PER | Marco Saravia |
| 3 | DF | PAR | Williams Riveros (on loan from Barcelona S.C.) |
| 4 | MF | PER | Alfonso Barco |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Matías Di Benedetto |
| 7 | FW | PER | Alexander Succar |
| 10 | MF | PER | Horacio Calcaterra |
| 11 | FW | URU | Luis Urruti |
| 12 | GK | PER | Aamet Calderón |
| 14 | DF | PER | José Bolívar |
| 15 | FW | ARG | Emanuel Herrera |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Martín Pérez Guedes |
| 17 | FW | PER | José Rivera |
| 18 | MF | CHI | Rodrigo Ureña |
| 19 | MF | PER | Edison Flores |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | PER | Alex Valera |
| 21 | GK | PER | Diego Romero |
| 23 | MF | PER | Jorge Murrugarra |
| 24 | FW | PER | Andy Polo |
| 25 | FW | PER | Roberto Siucho |
| 26 | DF | PER | Hugo Ancajima |
| 27 | DF | PER | Nelson Cabanillas |
| 29 | DF | PER | Aldo Corzo (captain) |
| 30 | DF | PER | Piero Guzmán |
| 31 | DF | PER | Jerry Navarro |
| 34 | GK | PER | Alejandro Alcalá |
| 35 | MF | PER | Josué Oré |
| 36 | MF | PER | Piero Quispe |
| 37 | MF | PER | Álvaro Rojas |
| 77 | MF | PER | Yuriel Celi (on loan from Hull City) |

## Technical staff

Universitario de Deportes began the season with Carlos Compagnucci as manager, but after poor results in the Liga 1 he was dismissed from his position and the experienced Jorge Fossati came to replace him.

### Current

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Jorge Fossati |
| Assistant manager | Leonardo Martins |
| Assistant manager | Enrique Gutiérrez |
| Physical trainer | Sebastián Avellino |
| Technical advisor | Héctor Chumpitaz |
| Goalkeeper manager | Ángel Venegas |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From |
| FW | José Rivera | Carlos A. Mannucci |
| MF | Martín Pérez Guedes | F. B. C. Melgar |
| DF | Hugo Ancajima | Asociación Deportiva Tarma |
| DF | José Bolívar | Sport Boys |
| DF | Matías Di Benedetto | Central Córdoba |
| DF | Marco Saravia | Deportivo Municipal |
| DF | Williams Riveros | Cerro Porteño |
| MF | Horacio Calcaterra | Sporting Cristal |
| MF | Yuriel Celi | Hull City |
| MF | Edison Flores | Atlas F. C. |
| MF | Rodrigo Ureña | Deportes Tolima |
| FW | Roberto Siucho | Kunshan F. C. |
| FW | Emanuel Herrera | Celaya F. C. |
| FW | Álex Valera | Al-Fateh |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | From |
| MF | Rafael Guarderas | Academia Cantolao |
| FW | Joao Villamarín | Carlos Mannucci |
| DF | Federico Alonso | Cusco FC |
| MF | Alfonso Barco | Defensor Sporting |

## Kits

Supplier: Marathon / Sponsor: apuesta total
| Home | Home alt. | Away | Away alt. | Third |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga 1 | 4 March 2023 | | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 060.71 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 9 March 2023 | 18 July 2023 | First stage | Knockout round play-offs | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 044.44 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 056.76 |
Last updated: 16 August 2023 Source: Competitions

### Liga 1
#### Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Universitario | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 34 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | ADT | AAS | ALI | CAG | BIN | CAN | CAM | CIE | CUS | GAR | MUN | MEL | SBA | SHU | CRI | UCO | UCV | UNI | UTC |
| ADT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alianza Atlético | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3–1 | — |
| Alianza Lima | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atlético Grau | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Binacional | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | — |
| Cantolao | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| Cienciano | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cusco | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deportivo Garcilaso | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | — |
| Deportivo Municipal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | — |
| Melgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sport Boys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–3 | — |
| Sport Huancayo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| Sporting Cristal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unión Comercio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| Universidad César Vallejo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Universitario | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | — | — |
| UTC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | — |

#### Clausura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Universitario | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2023.

##### Results

Win Draw Loss

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Universitario | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Knockout round play-offs |

#### Knockout round play-offs
## Statistics

As of 6 August 2023

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Liga 1 | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | FW | Alex Valera | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | Emanuel Herrera | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | Luis Urruti | 7 | | 7 |
| 4 | MF | Piero Quispe | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | Martín Pérez Guedes | 3 | | 3 |

### Assists

Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Liga 1 | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | FW | Andy Polo | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | Luis Urruti | 4 | | 4 |
| 3 | DF | Nelson Cabanillas | 3 | | 3 |
| 4 | DF | José Bolivar | 2 | 1 | 3 |

## Women’s football
### Liga femenina
#### Regular stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4 | +58 | 39 | Advance to Championship play-offs |
Source: FPF

##### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | ATR | AYA | CAN | CAM | DEF | MUN | KIL | MEL | SCR | VIC | UCV | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atlético Trujillo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ayacucho | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cantolao | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — | 0–2 |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Defensores del Ilucán | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–7 |
| Deportivo Municipal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — | — |
| Killas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Melgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–8 |
| Sporting Cristal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–1 |
| Sporting Victoria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–2 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–5 |
| Universidad San Martín | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Universitario | 1–0 | 10–0 | 7–0 | — | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | — | — | — | 10–0 | — |

#### Championship play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 14 | Advance to semi-finals |
Source: FPF

##### Results

Win Draw Loss

#### Final
## Under-20 team
### Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
#### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 27 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 5 | +29 | 25 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 3 | Melgar | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 22 | Advance to the Playoffs |

##### Results
## Under-18 team
### Copa Mitad del Mundo

This tournament organized by Independiente del Valle is intended to promote the development and competition of those young footballers who make up the youth ranks of South American clubs. Universitario de Deportes is one of the 16 participants.

#### Group stage

Win Draw Loss