# 1990 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1990 season was the club's 60th year of existence, the 37th year in professional football and the 30th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

## Kits

Sponsor(s): Philips

## Squad

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ECU | Patricio Gallardo |
| — | GK | ECU | Liborio Hurtado |
| — | GK | ECU | Víctor Sánchez |
| — | DF | ECU | Rodney Mantilla |
| — | DF | ECU | César Mina |
| — | DF | ECU | Raúl Murillo |
| — | DF | ECU | Janz Ortega |
| — | DF | ECU | Danilo Ríos |
| — | DF | ECU | Danilo Samaniego |
| — | DF | URU | Enrique Saravia |
| — | DF | ECU | Eduardo Zambrano |
| — | MF | URU | Carlos Berrueta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ECU | Hernán Castillo |
| — | MF | ECU | Juan Guamán |
| — | MF | ECU | Pietro Marsetti (captain) |
| — | MF | ECU | Carlos Páez |
| — | MF | ECU | Luis Pozo |
| — | FW | ECU | Mauricio Argüello |
| — | FW | ECU | Nelson Guerrero |
| — | FW | ECU | Diego Herrera |
| — | FW | ECU | Pedro Salvador |
| — | FW | URU | Ernesto Vargas |
| — | FW | ARG | Hugo Vílchez |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 26 | Qualified to the Third Stage |
| 4 | Emelec | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 25 | Qualified to the Third Stage |
| 5 | LDU Quito | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 25 | |
| 6 | Delfín | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Cuenca | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 22 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | SDA | BSC | DSC | CDC | SDQ | EN | CSE | CDF | JUV | LDQ | MAC | TU |
| Aucas | | | | | | | | | | 1–3 | | |
| Barcelona | | | | | | | | | | 2–0 | | |
| Delfín | | | | | | | | | | 2–2 | | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| El Nacional | | | | | | | | | | 0–0 | | |
| Emelec | | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Filanbanco | | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Juventus | | | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | |
| L.D.U. Quito | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Macará | | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| Técnico Universitario | | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |

#### Second stage

Group 1 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | El Nacional | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 15 | Qualified to the Third Stage |
| 3 | Filanbanco | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Cuenca | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 9 | |
| 5 | LDU Quito | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 5 | |
| 6 | Macará | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 5 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | CDC | SDQ | EN | CDF | LDQ | MAC |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | | 1–0 | |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | 3–0 | |
| El Nacional | | | | | 2–1 | |
| Filanbanco | | | | | 2–0 | |
| L.D.U. Quito | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 2–2 |
| Macará | | | | | 1–0 | |

#### Third stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | NAC | LDQ | QUI | CUE |
| 1 | El Nacional | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9.5 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 7 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6.5 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cuenca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
* 1 2 Includes bonus points earned in the previous stage: El Nacional and Deportivo Cuenca 1.5 points each.

#### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | LDQ | BAR | EME | NAC |
| 1 | LDU Quito (C) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | 1991 Copa Libertadores | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | Second-Place Playoffs | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Emelec | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | Second-Place Playoffs | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | El Nacional | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | |