# 1970 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1970 season was the club's 40th year of existence, the 17th year in professional football, and the 11th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

## Squad

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ECU | Adolfo Bolaños |
| — | GK | ECU | César Mantilla |
| — | GK | URU | Rubén Montoya |
| — | GK | URU | Yamandú Solimando |
| — | DF | ECU | Hugo Cabrera |
| — | DF | ECU | Washington Guevara |
| — | DF | ECU | Patricio Maldonado |
| — | DF | ECU | César Muñoz |
| — | DF | ECU | Iván Noboa |
| — | DF | ECU | Enrique Portilla |
| — | DF | ECU | Ramiro Tobar |
| — | DF | ECU | Eduardo Zambrano (captain) |
| — | MF | ARG | Santiago Alé |
| — | MF | URU | Óscar Barreto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ECU | Hernán Marten |
| — | MF | ECU | Milton Pazmiño |
| — | MF | ECU | Roberto Sussman |
| — | MF | ECU | Jorge Tapia |
| — | MF | ECU | Mario Zambrano |
| — | FW | PAR | Arístides del Puerto |
| — | FW | URU | Francisco Bertocchi |
| — | FW | ECU | Armando Larrea |
| — | FW | ECU | Marco Moreno |
| — | FW | ECU | Patricio Pintado |
| — | FW | URU | Carlos Ríos |
| — | FW | ECU | Miguel Salazar |
| — | FW | PAR | Roberto Schettina |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 34 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 28 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 3 | América de Quito | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 28 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Emelec | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 27 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Deportivo Quito | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 26 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | CDA | SDA | BSC | SDQ | EN | CSE | CDE | LDP | LDQ | MAC | CSP | UC | 9DO |
| América de Quito | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | | | |
| Aucas | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | | | |
| Barcelona | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | | | |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | | | | 2–0 | | | | |
| El Nacional | | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | | | |
| Emelec | | | | | | | | | 2–0 | | | | |
| Everest | | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | | | |
| L.D.U. Portoviejo | | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | | | |
| L.D.U. Quito | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Macará | | | | | | | | | 0–2 | | | | |
| Patria | | | | | | | | | 0–3 | | | | |
| Universidad Católica | | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | | | |
| 9 de Octubre | | | | | | | | | 0–0 | | | | |

#### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Emelec | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 39 | Qualified to the 1971 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | América de Quito | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 39 | |
| 4 | LDU Quito | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 36 | |
| 5 | El Nacional | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 35 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Quito | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 34 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | CDA | BSC | SDQ | EN | CSE | LDQ |
| América de Quito | | | | | | 1–0 |
| Barcelona | | | | | | 3–2 |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | 3–2 |
| El Nacional | | | | | | 0–3 |
| Emelec | | | | | | 6–1 |
| LDU Quito | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |

### Copa Libertadores
#### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | LDU | DEF | CDA |
| 1 | Universitario | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Qualified to the Second Phase | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Qualified to the Second Phase | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Defensor Arica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| 4 | América de Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

#### Second phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PEÑ | GUA | LDU |
| 1 | Peñarol | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Qualified to the Third Phase | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Guaraní | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | |