LDU Quito
2007 season
PresidentCarlos Arroyo
ManagerEdgardo Bauza
StadiumEstadio Casa Blanca
Serie AChampions (9th title)
Copa LibertadoresSecond Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Luis Escalada
Christian Lara (16 goals)
All: Luis Escalada
Christian Lara (16 goals)
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2007 season was the club's 77th year of existence, the 54th year in professional football, and the 46th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Club

Coaching staff

Manager: Edgardo Bauza
Assistant manager: José Daniel Di Leo
Physical trainer: Bruno Militano
Goalkeeper trainer: Óscar Manis

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

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Ecuador ECU Alexander Domínguez
— GK Ecuador ECU Cristian Mora
— GK Ecuador ECU Luis Preti
— DF Argentina ARG Norberto Araujo
— DF Ecuador ECU Arlín Ayoví
— DF Ecuador ECU Christian Balseca
— DF Ecuador ECU Diego Calderón
— DF Ecuador ECU Renán Calle
— DF Ecuador ECU Jayro Campos
— DF Ecuador ECU Gabriel Espinosa
— DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
— DF Ecuador ECU Luis Ortíz
— DF Ecuador ECU Diego Paredes
— MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Ambrosi
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis Bolaños
— MF Ecuador ECU Víctor Chalá
— MF Ecuador ECU Israel Chango
— MF Ecuador ECU Christian Lara
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ecuador ECU Pedro Larrea
— MF Argentina ARG Damián Manso
— MF Ecuador ECU Willian Nazareno
— MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón (captain)
— MF Ecuador ECU Ángel Pután
— MF Ecuador ECU Edwin Tenorio
— MF Ecuador ECU Patricio Urrutia
— MF Paraguay PAR Enrique Vera
— FW Ecuador ECU Orlindo Ayoví
— FW Ecuador ECU Byron Cano
— FW Ecuador ECU Agustín Delgado
— FW Argentina ARG Luis Miguel Escalada
— FW Ecuador ECU Víctor Estupiñán
— FW Ecuador ECU Joffre Guerrón
— FW Ecuador ECU Franklin Salas
— FW Ecuador ECU Ángel Vargas
— FW Argentina ARG José Vizcarra

Competitions

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Serie A First Stage Champion Feb 10 Dec 16
Copa Libertadores First Stage Second Stage Feb 1 Apr 25

Serie A

Main article: 2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A

First stage

2007 was the club's 46th season in the top-flight national tournament. The first stage was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olmedo 18 11 4 3 27 15 +12 37 2007 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & Liguilla Final
2 Deportivo Cuenca 18 10 2 6 26 19 +7 32 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3 LDU Quito 18 8 4 6 36 26 +10 28
4 Deportivo Azogues 18 8 4 6 26 26 0 28
5 El Nacional 18 8 3 7 37 27 +10 27
Updated to match(es) played on June 13, 2007. Source: 2007 First Stage Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 8 4 6 36 26  +10 28 6 2 1 20 10  +10 2 2 5 16 16  0
February 10 Round 1 Deportivo Cuenca 0–0 LDU Quito Cuenca
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
February 14 Round 2 LDU Quito 2–1 Barcelona Quito
Lara 29'
A. Ayoví 54'		 Vera 47' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
February 18 Round 3 LDU Quito 1–1 Deportivo Quito Quito
Guerrón 19' Hidalgo 46' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
February 25 Round 4 Emelec 4–3 LDU Quito Guayaquil
Rodríguez 23'
Quiñónez 45+2'
Ladines 70'
Ayoví 85'		 Salas 67'
Ambrosi 87'
Escalada 88'		 Stadium: Estadio George Capwell
March 3 Round 5 LDU Quito 2–1 Macará Quito
Escalada 36'
Guerrón 86'		 Garcés 73' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
March 10 Round 6 Deportivo Azogues 2–1 LDU Quito Azogues
Valencia 6'
Polo 11'		 Lara 27' Stadium: Estadio Jorge Andrade
March 18 Round 7 LDU Quito 4–1 Imbabura Quito
Bolaños 41'
Guerrón 63'
Lara 68'
Salas 83'		 Gómez 2' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
April 8 Round 9 LDU Quito 3–3 El Nacional Quito
O. Ayoví 45'
Lara 63'
Bolaños 81'		 Benítez 20'
Quiroz 89'
Ordóñez 90+2'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
April 13 Round 10 El Nacional 3–1 LDU Quito Quito
Kaviedes 26', 55' (pen.)
Ordóñez 78'		 Salas 1' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
April 18 Round 8 Olmedo 1–0 LDU Quito Riobamba
Caicedo 45' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
April 22 Round 11 LDU Quito 1–3 Olmedo Quito
Salas 71' Torales 13'
Cheme 45'
Galván 86'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
April 29 Round 12 Imbabura 1–6 LDU Quito Ibarra
Neculmán 76' (pen.) Vera 9'
Salas 12', 64'
Bolaños 19'
Escalada 42', 70'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra
May 6 Round 13 LDU Quito 2–0 Deportivo Azogues Quito
Calle 3'
Urrutia 82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
May 12 Round 14 Macará 1–2 LDU Quito Ambato
Garcés 59' Salas 50'
Escalada 71'		 Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
May 20 Round 15 LDU Quito 1–0 Emelec Quito
O. Ayoví 71' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
May 27 Round 16 Deportivo Quito 2–2 LDU Quito Quito
Campos 23' (o.g.)
Palacios 71'		 Calle 62'
Salas 87'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
June 10 Round 17 Barcelona 2–1 LDU Quito Guayaquil
Vera 20'
M. Ayoví 89'		 Bolaños 79' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
June 13 Round 18 LDU Quito 4–0 Deportivo Cuenca Quito
Guerrón 33', 73'
Lara 49'
Escalada 63' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Second stage

The second stage was played between July 15, 2007, and October 7, 2007.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 18 10 3 5 28 11 +17 33 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage & Liguilla Final
2 El Nacional 18 9 5 4 24 18 +6 32 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3 Deportivo Quito 18 9 2 7 22 15 +7 29
4 Emelec 18 8 2 8 23 21 +2 26
5 Deportivo Azogues 18 7 3 8 20 25 −5 24
Updated to match(es) played on October 7, 2007. Source: 2007 Second Stage Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 10 3 5 28 11  +17 33 7 1 1 18 3  +15 3 2 4 10 8  +2
July 15 Round 1 Olmedo 1–0 LDU Quito Riobamba
Cheme 5' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
July 18 Round 2 LDU Quito 2–1 Deportivo Cuenca Quito
Bolaños 47'
Escalada 90'		 Ferreyra 35' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
July 22 Round 3 Deportivo Quito 1–0 LDU Quito Quito
Vaca 69' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
July 25 Round 4 LDU Quito 2–1 El Nacional Quito
Vaca 21'
Lara 56'		 Ordóñez 12' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
July 29 Round 5 LDU Quito 2–0 Barcelona Quito
Escalada 2'
Lara 60'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
August 4 Round 6 Macará 1–3 LDU Quito Ambato
Escobar 89' (pen.) Escalada 49'
Lara 77', 90+1'		 Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
August 11 Round 7 LDU Quito 0–1 Deportivo Azogues Quito
Bran 40' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
August 15 Round 8 Imbabura 2–1 LDU Quito Ibarra
Andrade 56'
Neculmán 67'		 Lara 48' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra
August 19 Round 9 LDU Quito 3–0 Emelec Quito
Delgado 21'
Lara 51'
Escalada 53'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
August 26 Round 10 Emelec 2–0 LDU Quito Guayaquil
Ladines 15'
Juárez 54'		 Stadium: Estadio George Capwell
August 29 Round 11 LDU Quito 5–0 Imbabura Quito
Escalada 1', 18', 80'
Lara 20'
Delgado 83'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
September 2 Round 12 Deportivo Azogues 1–1 LDU Quito Azogues
Moreira 28' Bolaños 10' Stadium: Estadio Jorge Andrade
September 16 Round 13 LDU Quito 2–0 Macará Quito
Lara 50'
Delgado 87'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
September 23 Round 14 Barcelona 0–3 LDU Quito Guayaquil
Escalada 45+1'
Lara 61', 81'		 Stadium: Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera
September 26 Round 15 El Nacional 0–2 LDU Quito Quito
Guerrón 24'
Chango 36'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
September 29 Round 16 LDU Quito 2–0 Deportivo Quito Quito
Lara 44'
Escalada 46'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
October 3 Round 17 Deportivo Cuenca 0–0 LDU Quito Cuenca
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
October 7 Round 18 LDU Quito 0–0 Olmedo Quito
Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Liguilla Final

The Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 10 7 2 1 13 4 +9 4 27 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Deportivo Cuenca 10 4 6 0 12 5 +7 2 20
3 Olmedo 10 4 4 2 9 5 +4 3 19 2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Deportivo Azogues 10 4 2 4 8 8 0 0 14
5 El Nacional 10 1 3 6 10 18 −8 2 8
Updated to match(es) played on December 16, 2007. Source: 2007 Liguilla Final Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned from the previous rounds.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 7 2 1 13 4  +9 27 4 1 0 7 1  +6 3 1 1 6 3  +3
October 21 Round 1 LDU Quito 1–0 Olmedo Quito
Delgado 52' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
October 28 Round 2 Deportivo Quito 1–3 LDU Quito Quito
Triviño 27' Campos 47'
Urrutia 61'
Delgado 67'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
October 31 Round 3 El Nacional 0–2 LDU Quito Quito
Vera 83'
Guerrón 90'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
November 4 Round 4 LDU Quito 1–1 Deportivo Cuenca Quito
Delgado 66' Castillo 7' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
November 10 Round 5 Deportivo Azogues 0–1 LDU Quito Azogues
Bolaños 66' Stadium: Estadio Jorge Andrade
November 25 Round 6 LDU Quito 2–0 Deportivo Azogues Quito
Calle 53'
Urrutia 88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
November 30 Round 7 Deportivo Cuenca 0–0 LDU Quito Cuenca
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
December 5 Round 8 LDU Quito 2–0 El Nacional Quito
Bolaños 45+1'
Urrutia 51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
December 9 Round 9 LDU Quito 1–0 Deportivo Quito Quito
Escalada 49' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
December 16 Round 10 Olmedo 2–0 LDU Quito Riobamba
Jácome 38' (o.g.)
Galván 87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ecuador ECU Luis Preti
2 DF Argentina ARG Norberto Araujo
3 DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
4 MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Ambrosi
5 MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón (captain)
6 MF Ecuador ECU Arlín Ayoví
7 FW Argentina ARG José Vizcarra
8 MF Ecuador ECU Patricio Urrutia
9 FW Argentina ARG Luis Miguel Escalada
10 MF Ecuador ECU Christian Lara
11 FW Ecuador ECU Franklin Salas
12 GK Ecuador ECU Cristian Mora
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Ecuador ECU Pedro Larrea
14 MF Ecuador ECU Víctor Chalá
15 MF Ecuador ECU Luis Ortíz
16 DF Ecuador ECU Diego Calderón
17 FW Ecuador ECU Jhonatan Monar
18 FW Ecuador ECU Orlindo Ayoví
19 FW Ecuador ECU Joffre Guerrón
20 MF Paraguay PAR Enrique Vera
21 MF Ecuador ECU Luis Bolaños
22 GK Ecuador ECU Alexander Domínguez
23 DF Ecuador ECU Jayro Campos
24 FW Ecuador ECU Ángel Pután
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
8 3 3 2 11 9  +2 12 3 1 0 10 3  +7 0 2 2 1 6  −5

First stage

Main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores First Stage
February 1 First Stage Tacuary Paraguay 1–1 Ecuador LDU Quito Asunción, Paraguay
20:30 UTC−03:00 Villalba 38' Report Urrutia 64' Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 1,316
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
February 6 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 3–0 Paraguay Tacuary Quito, Ecuador
20:45 UTC−05:00 Guerrón 24'
Samudio 54' (o.g.)
Ambrosi 70'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Attendance: 11,686
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

LDU Quito advanced on points 4–1.

Second stage

Main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chile Colo-Colo (A) 6 3 0 3 12 7 +5 9
2 Venezuela Caracas (A) 6 3 0 3 7 10 −3 9
3 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
4 Argentina River Plate 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advanced to the round of 16
February 22 Second Stage Caracas FC Venezuela 1–0 Ecuador LDU Quito Caracas, Venezuela
17:45 UTC−04:30 Guerra 75' Report Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte
Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)
March 7 Second Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 3–1 Chile Colo-Colo Quito, Ecuador
17:00 UTC−05:00 Obregón 46'
Salas 74' (pen.)
Guerrón 85'		 Report Suazo 32' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Albert Duarte (Colombia)
March 15 Second Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 1–1 Argentina River Plate Quito, Ecuador
17:15 UTC−05:00 Vera 15' Report Farías 54' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
March 29 Second Stage River Plate Argentina 0–0 Ecuador LDU Quito Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:00 UTC−03:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 15,707
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
April 3 Second Stage Colo-Colo Chile 4–0 Ecuador LDU Quito Santiago, Chile
20:15 UTC−03:00 Fierro 50' (pen.), 72'
Suazo 65'
Millar 78'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)
April 25 Second Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 3–1 Venezuela Caracas FC Quito, Ecuador
17:30 UTC−05:00 Ayoví 23'
Campos 40'
Guerrón 55'		 Report González 63' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Georges Buckley (Peru)

References

External links

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