# 2013 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2013 season was the club's 83rd year of existence, the 60th year in professional football, and the 52nd in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

## Club

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## Squad information

Liga's squad for the season is allowed a maximum of four foreign players at any one time, and a maximum of eight throughout the season. At the start of the season, Liga was mandated to start one under-18 player in each match. The jersey numbers in the main table (directly below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. The under-18 players will wear a jersey number of at least #50. For each CONMEBOL competition, Liga must register 25 players, whose jerseys will be numbered 1–25. Because of this, some players may have different jersey numbers while playing in CONMEBOL matches.
| N | Pos | Nat. | Player | Age | Since | App | Goals | Notes |
| 1 | GK | ECU | Daniel Viteri | 31 | 2011 | 21 | 0 | Previously with the club from '08–'09 |
| 2 | DF | ECU | Norberto Araujo (captain) | 34 | 2007 | 173 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | ECU | Luis Luna | 24 | 2012 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | ECU | José Madrid | 24 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | ECU | Paúl Ambrosi | 32 | 2013 | 367 | 35 | Previously with the club from '00–'09 and '10–'12 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ignacio Canuto | 26 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | ECU | Carlos Feraud | 22 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | ECU | Édison Méndez (vice-captain) | 33 | 2012 | 102 | 13 | Previously with the club from '05–'06 and '09–'10 |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Carlos Garcés | 22 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | ECU | Luis Saritama | 29 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | ECU | Jaime Ayoví | 25 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | ECU | Francisco Rojas | 21 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | ECU | Néicer Reasco | 35 | 2008 | 474 | 34 | Previously with the club from '97–'00 and '01–'06 |
| 14 | FW | PAR | Julián Benítez | 26 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | ECU | Carlos Arboleda | 21 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Luis Bolaños | 28 | 2013 | 126 | 22 | Previously with the club from '02–'04, '07–'08 and '11–'12 |
| 17 | FW | ECU | Luis Santana | 21 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | ECU | Fernando Hidalgo | 27 | 2011 | 86 | 2 | |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Gustavo Bou | 23 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | PAR | Enrique Vera | 33 | 2013 | 139 | 9 | Previously with the club from '06–'08, '09–'10 and '11–'12 |
| 21 | MF | ECU | Hugo Vélez | 26 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK | ECU | Alexander Domínguez (3rd captain) | 25 | 2006 | 175 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | ECU | Koob Hurtado | 27 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | GK | ECU | Walter Chávez | 18 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | ECU | Eduardo Morante | 25 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | ECU | Romario Ibarra | 18 | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | DF | ECU | Gabriel Corozo | 17 | 2012 | 4 | 0 | U-18 player |
| 52 | FW | ECU | Diego Hurtado | 17 | 2011 | 4 | 0 | U-18 player |
| 54 | FW | ECU | Kevin Mercado | 17 | 2012 | 5 | 0 | U-18 player |
Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.

### Winter transfers

In a press conference on December 18, 2012, Liga de Quito announced the signings of Carlos Arboleda of Deportivo Quevedo, Hugo Vélez of El Nacional and Koob Hurtado of LDU Loja. On the same day, Sporting Kansas City signed with Claudio Bieler as Designated Player. On December 19, 2012, Liga de Quito announced the signings of Carlos Feraud and Marco Mosquera of LDU Loja. On December 20, 2012, Liga de Quito announced the signings of Carlos Garcés and Francisco Rojas of Manta FC, Marco Posligua of Pilahuin, Yeison Ordóñez of Independiente José Terán and Johao Montaño of Deportivo Quito. In the same press conference, Ignacio Canuto was announced as the new foreign player of the team. On January 3, 2013, Liga de Quito announced the signings of José Madrid of El Nacional and Luis Saritama of Deportivo Quito.

### Summer transfers

On April 16, 2013, veteran midfielder Patricio Urrutia announced his retirement from professional football. He played his last game on May 23. In a press conference on June 24, 2013, Liga de Quito announced the signing of Jaime Ayoví for one year on a loan from Club Tijuana.

## Competitions

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | First Stage | 6th | Jan 26 | Dec 8 |
| Copa Libertadores | First Stage | First Stage | Jan 23 | Jan 30 |

### Serie A

The 2013 season is Liga's 52nd season in the Serie A and their twelfth consecutive. The league season will run from late January to early December. The format is identical to the previous season.

#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Emelec | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 45 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 41 | |
| 3 | Independiente del Valle | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 39 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Quito | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 38 | |
| 5 | Barcelona | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 38 | |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | LDU Loja | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 29 |
| 8 | Manta | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 27 |
| 9 | LDU Quito | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Deportivo Cuenca | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 22 |
| 11 | Deportivo Quevedo | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 22 |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Copa Libertadores squad

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ECU | Daniel Viteri |
| 2 | DF | ECU | Norberto Araujo (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ECU | Luis Luna |
| 4 | DF | ECU | Gabriel Corozo |
| 5 | MF | ECU | Hugo Vélez |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ignacio Canuto |
| 7 | MF | ECU | Carlos Feraud |
| 8 | MF | ECU | Patricio Urrutia |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Carlos Garcés |
| 10 | MF | ECU | Luis Saritama |
| 11 | FW | ECU | Diego Hurtado |
| 12 | MF | ECU | Francisco Rojas |
| 13 | DF | ECU | Néicer Reasco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ECU | José Madrid |
| 15 | DF | ECU | Carlos Arboleda |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Marco Mosquera |
| 17 | FW | ECU | Luis Santana |
| 18 | MF | ECU | Fernando Hidalgo |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Pablo Vitti |
| 20 | MF | PAR | Enrique Vera |
| 21 | MF | ECU | Yeison Ordóñez |
| 22 | GK | ECU | Alexander Domínguez |
| 23 | DF | ECU | Koob Hurtado |
| 24 | GK | ECU | Walter Chávez |
| 25 | DF | ECU | Eduardo Morante |
LDU Quito qualified to the 2013 Copa Libertadores—their 16th participation in the continental tournament—as 3rd place of the 2012 Serie A aggregate table and were given the Ecuador 3 berth. They entered the competition in the First Stage and were placed in Match G2 with Grêmio.

#### First stage

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Grêmio won on penalties.

### Patricio Urrutia testimonial match

In honor of his retirement, a testimonial match was held for long-time captain Patricio Urrutia. The match was contested between players of the 2008 Copa Libertadores winning squad, and members of the Ecuador national team. Urrutia played with each team. Important players of the 2008 Copa Libertadores squad as Claudio Bieler, Luis Bolaños, Joffre Guerrón and Diego Calderón could not participate of the match.
2008 LDU Quito: :
| GK | 1 | José Francisco Cevallos |
| DF | 2 | Norberto Araujo |
| DF | 3 | Renán Calle |
| DF | 23 | Jayro Campos |
| MF | 4 | Paúl Ambrosi |
| MF | 8 | Patricio Urrutia (c) |
| MF | 11 | Édison Méndez$^1$ |
| MF | 15 | William Araujo |
| MF | 20 | Enrique Vera |
| MF | 21 | Damián Manso |
| FW | 16 | Walter Calderón$^2$ |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Jacinto Espinoza$^2$ |
| GK | 25 | Daniel Viteri |
| DF | 3 | Iván Hurtado$^3$ |
| DF | 13 | Néicer Reasco$^1$ |
| DF | 33 | Carlos Espínola$^2$ |
| MF | 5 | Pedro Larrea |
| MF | 7 | Edder Vaca |
| MF | 8 | Édison Méndez$^1$ |
| MF | 10 | Ezequiel González$^2$ |
| FW | 9 | Agustín Delgado |
| FW | 11 | Franklin Salas |
| FW | 16 | Walter Calderón$^2$ |
| Manager: |||
| Edgardo Bauza ||||
Ecuador: :
| GK | 22 | Alexander Domínguez |
| DF | 2 | Jorge Guagua |
| DF | 3 | Frickson Erazo |
| DF | 4 | Juan Carlos Paredes |
| DF | 10 | Walter Ayoví (c) |
| MF | 5 | Renato Ibarra |
| MF | 6 | Christian Noboa |
| MF | 14 | Segundo Castillo |
| MF | 16 | Antonio Valencia |
| FW | 9 | Jefferson Montero |
| FW | 11 | Christian Benítez |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Máximo Banguera |
| DF | 13 | Elvis Bone |
| DF | 18 | Óscar Bagüí |
| DF | 21 | Gabriel Achilier |
| MF | 8 | Patricio Urrutia |
| MF | 15 | Pedro Quiñónez |
| MF | 19 | Luis Saritama |
| MF | 20 | Alex Colón |
| FW | 7 | Joao Rojas |
| FW | 17 | Marlon de Jesús |
| Manager: |||
| Reinaldo Rueda ||||
Note $^1$: Current LDU Quito player, but not part of the 2008 squad. Note $^2$: Former LDU Quito player, but not part of the 2008 squad. Note $^3$: Never played with LDU Quito.

## Player statistics

| Num | Pos | Player | App | | | | App | | | | App | | | |
| Num | Pos | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Daniel Viteri | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| 2 | DF | Norberto Araujo | 33 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | — | 5 | — |
| 3 | DF | Luis Luna | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — |
| 4 | DF | José Madrid | 28 | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | 7 | — |
| 5 | DF | Paúl Ambrosi | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — |
| 6 | DF | Ignacio Canuto | 43 | 3 | 9 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 45 | 3 | 9 | — |
| 7 | MF | Carlos Feraud | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Édison Méndez | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Carlos Garcés | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Luis Saritama | 37 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 39 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Jaime Ayoví | 15 | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 8 | 5 | — |
| 12 | MF | Francisco Rojas | 20 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 13 | DF | Néicer Reasco | 23 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 14 | FW | Julián Benítez | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | — | — |
| 15 | DF | Carlos Arboleda | 24 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Luis Bolaños | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | — | — |
| 17 | MF | Luis Santana | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | — | — |
| 18 | MF | Fernando Hidalgo | 38 | 1 | 14 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 40 | 1 | 14 | — |
| 19 | FW | Gustavo Bou | 20 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 20 | MF | Enrique Vera | 24 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 26 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | Hugo Vélez | 12 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | — | 3 | — |
| 22 | GK | Alexander Domínguez | 39 | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 41 | — | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Koob Hurtado | 11 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 12 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | GK | Walter Chávez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | DF | Eduardo Morante | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | Romario Ibarra | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 1 | — |
| 51 | DF | Gabriel Corozo | 40 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | 10 | — |
| 52 | FW | Diego Hurtado | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 54 | FW | Kevin Mercado | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 1 | — |
| — | MF | Yeison Ordóñez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | MF | Marco Posligua | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | MF | Patricio Urrutia | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 16 | MF | Marco Mosquera | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Pablo Vitti | 20 | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 21 | FW | Federico Puppo | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | — | — |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | — | 48 | 109 | 15 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 49 | 112 | 16 |
Last updated: December 8, 2013 Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season. Source:

## Team statistics

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 46 | 23 | 23 |
| Games won | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| Games drawn | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Games lost | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Biggest win | 3–0 vs Macará 3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca | 2–0 vs Manta 3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo 3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo | 3–0 vs Macará 3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca |
| Biggest loss | 0–3 vs Barcelona 0–3 vs Universidad Católica | 0–3 vs Universidad Católica | 0–3 vs Barcelona |
| Biggest win (League) | 3–0 vs Macará 3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca | 2–0 vs Manta 3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo 3–1 vs Deportivo Quevedo | 3–0 vs Macará 3–0 vs Deportivo Cuenca |
| Biggest win (South America) | 1–0 vs Grêmio | 1–0 vs Grêmio | |
| Biggest loss (League) | 0–3 vs Barcelona 0–3 vs Universidad Católica | 0–3 vs Universidad Católica | 0–3 vs Barcelona |
| Biggest loss (South America) | 0–1 vs Grêmio | | 0–1 vs Grêmio |
| Clean sheets | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Goals scored | 49 | 30 | 19 |
| Goals conceded | 42 | 26 | 16 |
| Goal difference | +7 | +4 | +3 |
| Average GF per game | 1.07 | 1.3 | 0.83 |
| Average GA per game | 0.91 | 1.13 | 0.7 |
| Yellow cards | 112 | 57 | 55 |
| Red cards | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| Most appearances | Ignacio Canuto (45) | Ignacio Canuto (22) | Ignacio Canuto (23) Alexander Domínguez (23) |
| Most minutes played | Ignacio Canuto (3970) | Ignacio Canuto (1948) | Alexander Domínguez (2057) |
| Top scorer | Jaime Ayoví (8) | Jaime Ayoví (7) | Gustavo Bou (2) Ignacio Canuto (2) Carlos Garcés (2) Édison Méndez (2) Pablo Vitti (2) |
| Worst discipline | Enrique Vera (3) Édison Méndez (3) | Édison Méndez (2) | Enrique Vera (3) |
| Penalties for | 6/8 (75%) | 5/5 (100%) | 1/3 (33.33%) |
| Penalties against | 5/6 (83.33%) | 2/2 (100%) | 3/4 (75%) |
| Points | 69/138 (50%) | 39/69 (56.52%) | 30/69 (43.48%) |
| Winning rate | 39.13% | 47.83% | 30.43% |
Last updated: December 8, 2013 Source:Competitive matches