1970 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

L.D.U. Quito
1970 season
PresidentTelmo Ponce
ManagerJosé Gómez Nogueira (Copa Libertadores)
Yamandú Solimando (Serie A)
StadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie A4th
Copa LibertadoresSecond Stage
← 1969
1971 →

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

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos Team
 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
3 América de Quito 24 9 10 5 30 27 +3 28
4 Emelec 24 9 9 6 28 24 +4 27
5 Deportivo Quito 24 10 6 8 26 25 +1 26
Source: RSSSF - 1970 Serie A
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
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos Team
 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
Source: RSSSF - 1970 Serie A
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
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 1970 Copa Libertadores

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Peru UNI Ecuador LDU Peru DEF Ecuador CDA
1 Peru Universitario 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9 Qualified to the Second Phase 2–0 2–1 3–0
2 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 2–0 1–2 4–1
3 Peru Defensor Arica 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 5 1–1 0–0 0–1
4 Ecuador América de Quito 6 1 1 4 4 14 −10 3 0–3 1–3 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
February 15 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 2–0 Peru Universitario Quito, Ecuador
Bertocchi 24', 28' Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: José Varrone (Venezuela)
February 21 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 1–2 Peru Defensor Arica Quito, Ecuador
Bertocchi 39' (pen.) Report Quintana 3'
Urrunaga 9'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Iván de Jesús Barrios (Venezuela)
March 1 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 4–1 Ecuador América de Quito Quito, Ecuador
Bertocchi 17', 32'
Ríos 32', 34'		 Report Aguirre 50' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Eduardo Rendón (Ecuador)
March 14 First Stage Defensor Arica Peru 0–0 Ecuador LDU Quito Lima, Peru
Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Lima
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)
March 16 First Stage Universitario Peru 2–0 Ecuador LDU Quito Lima, Peru
Jurado 22'
Casaretto 48' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Lima
Referee: Isidro Ramírez (Paraguay)
March 22 First Stage América de Quito Ecuador 1–3 Ecuador LDU Quito Quito, Ecuador
Bertocchi 55', 59'
Ríos 38'		 Report Novasco 11' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Jaime Coronel (Ecuador)

Second phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Uruguay PEÑ Paraguay GUA Ecuador LDU
1 Uruguay Peñarol 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Qualified to the Third Phase 1–0 2–1
2 Paraguay Guaraní 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 2–0 1–1
3 Ecuador LDU Quito 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 3 1–3 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
LDU Quito Ecuador1 – 3Uruguay Peñarol
Guaraní Paraguay2 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
LDU Quito Ecuador1 – 0Paraguay Guaraní
Peñarol Uruguay1 – 0Paraguay Guaraní
Guaraní Paraguay1 – 1Ecuador LDU Quito
Peñarol Uruguay2 – 1Ecuador LDU Quito
April 12 Second Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 1–3 Uruguay Peñarol Quito, Ecuador
Tobar 17' Report Acuña 14'
Spencer 34'
Onega 58'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Peru)
April 22 Second Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 1–0 Paraguay Guaraní Quito, Ecuador
Bertocchi 50' Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Sergio Chechelev (Venezuela)
April 29 Second Stage Guaraní Paraguay 1–1 Ecuador LDU Quito Asunción, Paraguay
Martínez 81' Report Bertocchi 5' Stadium: Estadio de Puerto Sajonia
Referee: Édison Pérez Núñez (Peru)
May 2 Second Stage Peñarol Uruguay 2–1 Ecuador LDU Quito Montevideo, Uruguay
Onega 59'
Gonçalves 71'		 Report Salazar 55' Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Referee: Jaime Amor (Chile)