# 1998 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1998 season was the club's 68th year of existence. It was also their 45th year in professional football, and their 38th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

## Kits

Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): La Lechera, Crunch

## Squad

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ECU | Jacinto Espinoza (captain) |
| — | GK | ECU | Víctor Sánchez |
| — | GK | ECU | Miguel Santillán |
| — | DF | ECU | Mario Chillagana |
| — | DF | ECU | Ulises de la Cruz |
| — | DF | ECU | Santiago Jácome |
| — | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Prado |
| — | DF | ECU | Néicer Reasco |
| — | DF | ECU | Daniel Reinoso |
| — | DF | ECU | Danilo Samaniego |
| — | DF | ECU | Byron Tenorio |
| — | MF | ECU | Jorge Benalcázar |
| — | MF | ECU | Nixon Carcelén |
| — | MF | ECU | Luis Escalante |
| — | MF | COL | Álex Escobar |
| — | MF | ECU | José Estrada |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ECU | Luis González |
| — | MF | ECU | Juan Guamán |
| — | MF | ECU | Paúl Guevara |
| — | MF | ECU | Alfonso Obregón |
| — | MF | CHI | Eladio Rojas |
| — | MF | ECU | Hjalmar Zambrano |
| — | FW | ECU | Jhon Arteaga |
| — | FW | BRA | Flavio Camargo |
| — | FW | ECU | Segundo Escobar |
| — | FW | BRA | Mané Ferreira |
| — | FW | ECU | Gustavo Figueroa |
| — | FW | ECU | Eduardo Hurtado |
| — | FW | ECU | Patricio Hurtado |
| — | FW | URU | Carlos María Morales |
| — | FW | ECU | Pedro Salvador |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 43 | Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores |
| 2 | Emelec | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 42 | Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores |
| 3 | Aucas | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 40 | Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores |
| 4 | Olmedo | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 38 | Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores |
| 5 | ESPOLI | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36 | Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL |
| 6 | Barcelona | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 34 | Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL |
| 7 | Delfín | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 33 | Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL |
| 8 | El Nacional | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 31 | Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL |
| 9 | Deportivo Quito | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 31 | Qualified to the Grupo Descenso |
| 10 | Deportivo Cuenca | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 27 | Qualified to the Grupo Descenso |
| 11 | Técnico Universitario | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 24 | Qualified to the Grupo Descenso |
| 12 | Panamá | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 47 | −30 | 17 | Qualified to the Grupo Descenso |
Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Aucas & Olmedo (5); D. Quito, Emelec, LDU Quito & T. Universitario (4); Barcelona & Panamá (3); Delfín, El Nacional & ESPOLI (2); D. Cuenca (1)

###### Results

| Home \ Away | SDA | BSC | DSC | CDC | SDQ | EN | CSE | CDE | LDU | CDO | PSC | TU |
| Aucas | | | | | | | | | 1–2 | | | |
| Barcelona | | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | | |
| Delfín | | | | | | | | | 2–0 | | | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | | | | | | 1–3 | | | |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | | |
| El Nacional | | | | | | | | | 3–2 | | | |
| Emelec | | | | | | | | | 4–1 | | | |
| ESPOLI | | | | | | | | | 3–4 | | | |
| LDU Quito | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Olmedo | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | | |
| Panamá | | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | | |
| Técnico Universitario | | | | | | | | | 0–3 | | | |

##### Second phase
###### Grupo Libertadores

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Emelec | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Qualified to the Finals and 1999 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | |
| 3 | Aucas | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Olmedo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | |
Note: Penalty shootout extra points: LDU Quito (1)

###### Results

| Home \ Away | SDA | CSE | LDU | CDO |
| Aucas | | | 0–2 | |
| Emelec | | | 1–0 | |
| LDU Quito | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 |
| Olmedo | | | 1–1 | |

#### Second stage
##### First phase
###### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 24 | Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores |
| 2 | Barcelona | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 21 | Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores |
| 3 | Olmedo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 13 | Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL |
| 4 | Deportivo Cuenca | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 11 | Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL |
| 5 | Técnico Universitario | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 11 | Qualified to the Grupo Descenso |
| 6 | Delfín | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 10 | Qualified to the Grupo Descenso |
Note: Penalty shootout extra points: LDU Quito (3); Olmedo & T. Universitario (2); Barcelona, Delfín & D. Cuenca (1)

###### Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | CDC | LDU | CDO | TU |
| Barcelona | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Delfín | | | | 2–2 | | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | 0–2 | | |
| LDU Quito | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Olmedo | | | | 0–2 | | |
| Técnico Universitario | | | | 0–0 | | |

##### Second phase
###### Grupo Libertadores

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Qualified to the Finals and 1999 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 | Aucas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 5 | |
Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Barcelona (2); D. Quito (1)

###### Results

| Home \ Away | SDA | BSC | SDQ | LDU |
| Aucas | | | | 2–1 |
| Barcelona | | | | 2–2 |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | 0–1 |
| LDU Quito | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 3 | Champions (5th title) |
| 2 | Emelec | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | CSE | LDU |
| Emelec | | 1–0 |
| LDU Quito | 7–0 | |

### Copa CONMEBOL
#### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Qualified to the Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Melgar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | LDU | MEL |
| LDU Quito | | 3–1 |
| Melgar | 1–3 | |

#### Quarter-finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Qualified to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | LDU | SFC |
| LDU Quito | | 2–2 |
| Santos | 3–0 | |