2006 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito
2006 season
President	Esteban Santos
Manager	Juan Carlos Oblitas (until July 23); Edgardo Bauza (from August 6)
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	3rd
Copa Libertadores	Quarterfinals
Copa Sudamericana	First Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Agustín Delgado (12 goals); All: Agustín Delgado (18 goals)
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2006 season was the club's 76th year of existence, the 53rd year in professional football, and the 45th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Movistar, Coca-Cola, Pilsener

Squad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ECU	Sandro Borja
—	GK	ECU	Alexander Domínguez
—	GK	ECU	Cristian Mora
—	GK	ECU	Luis Preti
—	DF	ECU	Christian Balseca
—	DF	ECU	Jayro Campos
—	DF	PAR	Carlos Espínola
—	DF	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza
—	DF	ECU	Juan Guerrón
—	DF	ECU	Santiago Jácome
—	DF	ECU	Diego Paredes
—	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco
—	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi
—	MF	ECU	Moisés Candelario
—	MF	ECU	Víctor Chalá
—	MF	ECU	Israel Chango
—	MF	VEN	Héctor González
—	MF	ECU	Walter Iza
—	MF	ECU	Pedro Larrea


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ECU	Édison Méndez
—	MF	ECU	Jonathan Monar
—	MF	COL	Elkin Murillo
—	MF	ECU	Alfonso Obregón (captain)
—	MF	PER	Roberto Palacios
—	MF	ECU	Paúl Plaza
—	MF	ECU	Ángel Pután
—	MF	ECU	Patricio Urrutia
—	MF	ECU	Danny Vaca
—	MF	PAR	Enrique Vera
—	MF	ECU	Jonathan Villalba
—	FW	ARG	Diego Ceballos
—	FW	ECU	Agustín Delgado
—	FW	ECU	Víctor Estupiñán
—	FW	ARG	Ariel Graziani
—	FW	ECU	Joffre Guerrón
—	FW	ECU	Franklin Salas
—	FW	ECU	Ángel Vargas

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LDU Quito	18	11	3	4	37	24	+13	36	2006 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & the Liguilla Final
2	El Nacional	18	9	4	5	35	26	+9	31	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3	Olmedo	18	9	2	7	19	21	−2	29	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
4	Emelec	18	8	4	6	30	21	+9	28
5	Deportivo Quito	18	7	4	7	22	23	−1	25
6	Barcelona	18	8	0	10	26	24	+2	24
7	Aucas	18	6	4	8	25	35	−10	22
8	Deportivo Cuenca	18	7	0	11	18	26	−8	21
9	Macará	18	6	3	9	17	28	−11	21
10	ESPOLI	18	4	6	8	31	32	−1	18	Relegation to Serie B

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	18	8	7	3	31	16	+15	31	2007 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & the Liguilla Final
2	Emelec	18	8	7	3	29	21	+8	31	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3	Barcelona	18	9	4	5	27	20	+7	31	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
4	Olmedo	18	8	7	3	24	18	+6	31
5	Deportivo Quito	18	6	4	8	21	25	−4	22
6	LDU Quito	18	6	3	9	21	32	−11	21
7	Deportivo Cuenca	18	4	8	6	16	14	+2	20
8	Macará	18	5	5	8	28	29	−1	20
9	Deportivo Azogues	18	5	4	9	16	28	−12	19
10	Aucas	18	5	3	10	23	35	−12	18	Relegation to Serie B

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	BSC	DAZ	CDC	SDQ	EN	CSE	LDU	MAC	CDO
Aucas								2–1
Barcelona								3–0
Deportivo Azogues								2–0
Deportivo Cuenca								1–1
Deportivo Quito								5–1
El Nacional								0–3
Emelec								3–0
LDU Quito	4–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–3		1–3	1–2
Macará								1–3
Olmedo								1–0

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	El Nacional (C)	10	3	5	2	16	11	+5	5	19	2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Emelec	10	4	3	3	20	17	+3	2	17	2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	LDU Quito	10	3	4	3	17	13	+4	3	16	2007 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	Olmedo	10	3	5	2	14	12	+2	1	15
5	Barcelona	10	3	4	3	10	15	−5	1	14
6	Deportivo Quito	10	3	1	6	14	23	−9	0	10

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Include Bonus Points earned in the previous rounds.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	SDQ	EN	CSE	LDU	CDO
Barcelona					1–0
Deportivo Quito					4–3
El Nacional					0–3
Emelec					2–1
LDU Quito	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–2		1–1
Olmedo					1–1

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores squad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ECU	Luis Preti
2	DF	ECU	Jayro Campos
3	DF	ECU	Santiago Jácome
4	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi
5	MF	ECU	Alfonso Obregón (captain)
6	MF	ECU	Juan Guerrón
7	MF	ECU	Édison Méndez
8	MF	ECU	Patricio Urrutia
9	FW	ECU	Agustín Delgado
10	MF	PER	Roberto Palacios
11	MF	COL	Elkin Murillo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	ECU	Cristian Mora
13	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco
14	MF	ECU	Walter Iza
15	MF	ECU	Moisés Candelario
17	DF	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza
18	FW	ARG	Diego Ceballos
19	FW	ECU	Joffre Guerrón
20	MF	PAR	Enrique Vera
22	GK	ECU	Sandro Borja
23	DF	PAR	Carlos Espínola
25	FW	ARG	Ariel Graziani


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	1	3	23	12	+11	19	4	0	1	16	4	+12	2	1	2	7	8	−1

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	VEL	LDU	ROC	UNI
1	Vélez Sársfield	6	5	1	0	18	6	+12	16		2–2	3–0	4–3
2	LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	16	9	+7	10	1–3		5–0	4–0
3	Rocha	6	1	2	3	4	16	−12	5	0–5	3–2		0–0
4	Universitario	6	0	2	4	5	12	−7	2	0–1	1–2	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

February 7 Second Stage	LDU Quito	1–3	Vélez Sarsfield	Quito, Ecuador
21:00 UTC−05:00	Urrutia 55'	Report	Somoza 36' Gracián 65' Zárate 84'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

February 16 Second Stage	Universitario	1–2	LDU Quito	Lima, Peru
21:30 UTC−05:00	Sangoy 22'	Report	Delgado 11', 49'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental "U" Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

March 7 Second Stage	Rocha	3–2	LDU Quito	Maldonado, Uruguay
18:45 UTC−03:00	Cardoso 6', 80' Segales 27'	Report	Delgado 15' Urrutia 81'	Stadium: Estadio Domingo Burgueño Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)

March 16 Second Stage	LDU Quito	5–0	Rocha	Quito, Ecuador
21:30 UTC−05:00	Murillo 14' Urrutia 25', 62' Méndez 64' Candelario 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)

April 6 Second Stage	LDU Quito	4–0	Universitario	Quito, Ecuador
17:00 UTC−05:00	Delgado 28' Vera 40' Méndez 51' Guerrón 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Albert Duarte (Colombia)

April 18 Second Stage	Vélez Sarsfield	2–2	LDU Quito	Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:30 UTC−03:00	Ereros 55' Centurión 59' (pen.)	Report	Urrutia 30' Palacios 57'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Round of 16

Standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Qualified to the Quarter-finals
2	Atlético Nacional	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

April 25 Round of 16	LDU Quito	4–0	Atlético Nacional	Quito, Ecuador
21:30 UTC−05:00	Murillo 10', 12' Vera 63' Candelario 74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

May 2 Round of 16	Atlético Nacional	0–1	LDU Quito	Medellín, Colombia
19:15 UTC−05:00		Report	Méndez 40'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Quarter-finals

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

May 10 Quarter-finals	LDU Quito	2–1	Internacional	Quito, Ecuador
18:30 UTC−05:00	Delgado 58' Graziani 84'	Report	Jorge Wagner 25'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

July 19 Quarter-finals	Internacional	2–0	LDU Quito	Porto Alegre, Brazil
20:15 UTC−03:00	Rafael Sóbis 52' Rentería 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana squad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ECU	Luis Preti
2	DF	ECU	Jayro Campos
3	DF	ECU	Santiago Jácome
4	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi
5	MF	ECU	Alfonso Obregón (captain)
6	MF	ECU	Juan Guerrón
8	MF	ECU	Patricio Urrutia
9	FW	ECU	Agustín Delgado
10	MF	PER	Roberto Palacios
11	FW	ECU	Franklin Salas
12	GK	ECU	Cristian Mora


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	ECU	Pedro Larrea
14	MF	ECU	Walter Iza
15	MF	ECU	Moisés Candelario
16	MF	COL	Elkin Murillo
17	DF	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza
18	FW	VEN	Héctor González
19	FW	ECU	Joffre Guerrón
20	MF	PAR	Enrique Vera
22	GK	ECU	Sandro Borja
23	DF	PAR	Carlos Espínola
25	FW	ARG	Ariel Graziani


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0	1	0	1	1	0

First stage

First Stage standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	El Nacional	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
2	LDU Quito	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 22 First Stage	LDU Quito	2–3	El Nacional	Quito, Ecuador
14:45 UTC−05:00	Delgado 53' Candelario 76'	Report	Calle 44' Ordóñez 45' Caicedo 81'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Samuel Haro (Ecuador)

August 30 First Stage	El Nacional	1–1	LDU Quito	Quito, Ecuador
14:00 UTC−05:00	Ordóñez 50'	Report	Candelario 22'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: José Carpio (Ecuador)

External links

2006 season on RSSSF

v t e Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
Founded October 23, 1918
Club	Footballers Managers Presidents South America Complejo de Pomasqui
Stadiums	Universitario César Aníbal Espinoza El Ejido Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Rivals	Aucas (Superclásico de Quito) Deportivo Quito (Clásico Capitalino) El Nacional (Clásico Quiteño) Universidad Católica (Clásico Universitario)
Key Personnel	President: Isaac Álvarez Manager: Pablo Sánchez
National Titles (13)	1969 1974 1975 1990 1998 1999 2003 2005 Apertura 2007 2010 2018 2023 2024
Copa Liberadores Titles (1)	2008
Copa Sudamericana Titles (2)	2009 2023
Recopa Sudamericana Titles (2)	2009 2010
Copa Ecuador Titles (1)	2019
Supercopa Ecuador Titles (3)	2020 2021 2025
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