# 2002 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2002 season was the club's 72nd year of existence, the 49th year in professional football, and the 41st in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

## Kits

Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): Santal, Helados Pigüino, Parmalat, Hyundai

## Squad

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ECU | Jacinto Espinoza (captain) |
| — | GK | ECU | Omar Estrada |
| — | GK | ECU | Miguel Santillán |
| — | DF | ECU | Christian Castro |
| — | DF | ECU | Geovanny Cumbicus |
| — | DF | ARG | Gabriel del Valle Medina |
| — | DF | ECU | Santiago Jácome |
| — | DF | ARG | Hernán Pages |
| — | DF | ECU | Néicer Reasco |
| — | DF | ARG | Fabio Schiavi |
| — | DF | ECU | José Tenorio |
| — | DF | ECU | Jorge Vargas |
| — | MF | ECU | Paúl Ambrosi |
| — | MF | ECU | Luis Bolaños |
| — | MF | COL | Álex Escobar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ECU | Héctor Ferri |
| — | MF | ARG | Lorenzo Frutos |
| — | MF | ECU | Dario González |
| — | MF | ECU | Luis González |
| — | MF | ECU | Camilo Hurtado |
| — | MF | ECU | Leorvelis Mina |
| — | MF | ECU | Alfonso Obregón |
| — | MF | ARG | Sebastián Ojeda |
| — | FW | ECU | Diego Ayala |
| — | FW | ECU | Patricio Hurtado |
| — | FW | ECU | Tyrone Macías |
| — | FW | ARG | Óscar Pacheco |
| — | FW | ECU | Franklin Salas |
| — | FW | ECU | Carlos Tenorio |
| — | FW | ARG | Carlos Yaqué |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 34 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Aucas | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 32 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Emelec | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 26 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Deportivo Quito | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 25 | |
| 5 | El Nacional | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 23 | |
| 6 | LDU Quito | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Cuenca | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 23 | |
| 8 | Macará | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 21 | |
| 9 | ESPOLI | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 21 | |
| 10 | Olmedo | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | SDA | BSC | CDC | SDQ | EN | CSE | CDE | LDU | MAC | CDO |
| Aucas | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Barcelona | | | | | | | | 2–2 | | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | | | | | 2–2 | | |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| El Nacional | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Emelec | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | |
| ESPOLI | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | |
| LDU Quito | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Macará | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Olmedo | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | |

#### Second stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo Quito | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 37 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 2 | El Nacional | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 34 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 31 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Deportivo Cuenca | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 31 | |
| 5 | Emelec | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 22 | |
| 6 | Barcelona | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 20 | |
| 7 | ESPOLI | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 18 | |
| 8 | Olmedo | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 18 | |
| 9 | Aucas | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 17 | |
| 10 | Macará | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 12 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | SDA | BSC | CDC | SDQ | EN | CSE | CDE | LDU | MAC | CDO |
| Aucas | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | |
| Barcelona | | | | | | | | 1–2 | | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| El Nacional | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Emelec | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | |
| ESPOLI | | | | | | | | 1–6 | | |
| LDU Quito | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Macará | | | | | | | | 0–0 | | |
| Olmedo | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | |

#### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Emelec | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 1 | 20 | Champion and Qualified to the 2003 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Barcelona | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 3 | 19 | Qualified to the 2003 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | El Nacional | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 18 | Qualified to the 2003 Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | LDU Quito | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 1 | 15 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Quito | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 3 | 14 | |
| 6 | Aucas | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 0 | 8 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | SDA | BSC | SDQ | EN | CSE | LDU |
| Aucas | | | | | | 0–3 |
| Barcelona | | | | | | 2–0 |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | 0–1 |
| El Nacional | | | | | | 2–1 |
| Emelec | | | | | | 3–0 |
| LDU Quito | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |