1976 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1976 season was the club's 46th year of existence, the 23rd year in professional football and the 16th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

L.D.U. Quito
1976 season
PresidentRodrigo Paz
ManagerLeonel Montoya
StadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie A4th
Copa LibertadoresSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Polo Carrera (14 goals)
All: Polo Carrera (17 goals)
← 1975
1977 →

Squad edit

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ECU Adolfo Bolaños
GK   ARG Miguel Ángel Leyes
GK   URU Walter Maesso
DF   URU Luis De Carlos
DF   ECU Humboldt De La Torre
DF   ECU Ramiro Del Pozo
DF   ECU Fernando Villena
DF   ECU Patricio Maldonado
DF   ECU Ramiro Tobar (captain)
MF   ECU Ángel Aguirre
MF   ECU Polo Carrera
MF   URU Juan Carlos Gómez
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ECU Juan Rivadeneira
MF   ECU Roberto Sussman
MF   ECU Jorge Tapia
FW   ECU Ramiro Aguirre
FW   ECU Marco Moreno
FW   ARG Juan José Pérez
FW   ARG Alberto Pinasco
FW   ARG Rubén Scalise
FW   ECU Gustavo Tapia
FW   ECU Hernán Vaca
FW   URU Oscar Zubía

Competitions edit

Serie A edit

First stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 18 13 2 3 36 21 +15 28 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Emelec 18 9 5 4 29 24 +5 23
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 5 5 34 21 +13 21
4 Audaz Octubrino 18 8 5 5 30 27 +3 21
5 L.D.U. Quito 18 6 6 6 26 22 +4 18
6 Barcelona 18 5 6 7 26 20 +6 16
7 Universidad Católica 18 6 4 8 26 22 +4 16
8 Aucas 18 6 4 8 18 28 −10 16
9 América de Quito 18 4 4 10 23 36 −13 12 Relegated to the Serie B
10 9 de Octubre 18 3 3 12 11 38 −27 9
Source: [citation needed]
Results edit
Home \ Away 9DO CDA SDA AO BSC CDC EN CSE LDQ UC
9 de Octubre 1–1
América de Quito 3–3
Aucas 1–0
Audaz Octubrino 1–1
Barcelona 2–1
Deportivo Cuenca 2–0
El Nacional 1–0
Emelec 2–1
L.D.U. Quito 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–0
Universidad Católica 1–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 18 10 3 5 35 19 +16 23 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 L.D.U. Quito 18 8 5 5 27 21 +6 21
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 4 6 28 20 +8 20
4 Emelec 18 6 7 5 23 19 +4 19
5 Aucas 18 7 5 6 22 27 −5 19
6 Barcelona 18 6 6 6 24 21 +3 18
7 Carmen Mora 18 5 7 6 22 27 −5 17
8 Universidad Católica 18 5 6 7 20 22 −2 16
9 Deportivo Quito 18 5 6 7 18 26 −8 16 Relegated to the Serie B
10 Audaz Octubrino 18 3 5 10 17 34 −17 11
Source: [citation needed]
Results edit
Home \ Away SDA AO BSC CME CDC SDQ EN CSE LDQ UC
Aucas 2–1
Audaz Octubrino 0–2
Barcelona 0–1
Carmen Mora 4–3
Deportivo Cuenca 2–1
Deportivo Quito 0–1
El Nacional 3–1
Emelec 1–1
L.D.U. Quito 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1
Universidad Católica 0–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 El Nacional 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 14 Champions and Qualified to the 1977 Copa Libertadores
2 Deportivo Cuenca 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 9
3 Emelec 6 3 1 2 6 8 −2 9
4 L.D.U. Quito 6 1 0 5 6 7 −1 4
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Includes bonus points earned in previous stages: El Nacional (6); D. Cuenca, Emelec & LDU Quito (2).

Results edit
Home \ Away CDC EN CSE LDQ
Deportivo Cuenca 2–1
El Nacional 1–0
Emelec 1–0
L.D.U. Quito 0–1 1–2 4–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores edit

First stage edit

Group 2 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   LDQ   CDC   BOL   GUA
1   LDU Quito 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 8 Qualified to the 1st Place Playoff 1–1 2–1 4–0
2   Deportivo Cuenca 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 0–0 3–1 1–0
3   Bolívar 6 3 0 3 16 11 +5 6 3–2 4–2 7–1
4   Guabirá 6 1 0 5 2 15 −13 2 0–1 0–2 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
March 14 First Stage L.D.U. Quito   1–1   Deportivo Cuenca Quito, Ecuador
Zubía   26' Report Mesiano   29' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Mario Canessa (Chile)
March 21 First Stage L.D.U. Quito   4–0   Guabirá Quito, Ecuador
Pérez   32', 70' (pen.), 72', 88' Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: José Castro Lozada (Venezuela)
March 24 First Stage L.D.U. Quito   2–1   Bolívar Quito, Ecuador
Pérez   17'
Carrera   65'
Report Aragonés   35' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: José Martínez Bazan (Uruguay)

1st Place Playoff edit

Playoff standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   LDU Quito 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 2 Qualified to the Semi-Finals
2   Deportivo Cuenca 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
Source: [citation needed]

Semi-finals edit

Group 1 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   CRU   LDQ   ALI
1   Cruzeiro 4 4 0 0 18 3 +15 8 Qualified to the Final 4–1 7–1
2   LDU Quito 4 1 0 3 4 10 −6 2 1–3 2–1
3   Alianza Lima 4 1 0 3 4 13 −9 2 0–4 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
May 9 Semi-finals L.D.U. Quito   1–3   Cruzeiro Quito, Ecuador
Carrera   66' (pen.) Report Palhinha   30', 56'
Joãozinho   58'
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)
May 30 Semi-finals Cruzeiro   4–1   L.D.U. Quito Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Nelinho   4' (pen.)
Jairzinho   47'
Palhinha   72'
Ronaldo   74'
Report G. Tapia   11' Stadium: Mineirão
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

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