1977 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

L.D.U. Quito
1977 season
PresidentRodrigo Paz
ManagerMiguel Ortega
StadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie ARunner-up
Top goalscorerRubén Scalise (16 goals)
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1977 season was the club's 47th year of existence, the 24th year in professional football and the 17th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Ecuador ECU Adolfo Bolaños
— GK Ecuador ECU Patricio Gallardo
— GK Argentina ARG Mario Quiroga
— DF Uruguay URU Luis De Carlos
— DF Ecuador ECU Alfredo Encalada
— DF Ecuador ECU Ángel Granja
— DF Ecuador ECU Mauricio King
— DF Ecuador ECU Marco Moreno
— DF Ecuador ECU Andrés Nazareno
— DF Ecuador ECU Fernando Villena
— DF Ecuador ECU Patricio Maldonado
— MF Ecuador ECU Fabián Cáceres
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ecuador ECU Polo Carrera (captain)
— MF Ecuador ECU Patricio Moscoso
— MF Ecuador ECU Juan Rivadeneira
— MF Argentina ARG Francisco Rivadero
— MF Ecuador ECU Roberto Sussman
— MF Ecuador ECU Jorge Tapia
— MF Ecuador ECU José Vélez
— MF Ecuador ECU Juan Yánez
— FW Ecuador ECU José Cruz
— FW Ecuador ECU Segundo Rodríguez
— FW Argentina ARG Rubén Scalise
— FW Ecuador ECU Hernán Vaca

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 L.D.U. Quito 18 8 9 1 27 13 +14 25 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Universidad Católica 18 8 6 4 32 21 +11 22
3 Emelec 18 9 4 5 25 19 +6 22
4 Barcelona 18 6 9 3 24 16 +8 21
5 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 4 6 25 25 0 20
6 L.D.U. Portoviejo 18 8 3 7 30 25 +5 19
7 El Nacional 18 6 4 8 20 19 +1 16
8 Carmen Mora 18 6 3 9 19 27 −8 15
9 Aucas 18 5 5 8 16 27 −11 15 Relegated to the Serie B
10 América de Quito 18 1 3 14 7 33 −26 5
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away CDA SDA BSC CME CDC EN CSE LDP LDQ UC
América de Quito 1–2
Aucas 1–1
Barcelona 0–0
Carmen Mora 1–1
Deportivo Cuenca 2–2
El Nacional 2–1
Emelec 0–0
L.D.U. Portoviejo 2–2
L.D.U. Quito 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0
Universidad Católica 0–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona 18 11 2 5 29 20 +9 24 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 El Nacional 18 9 4 5 33 18 +15 22
3 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 4 6 28 20 +8 20
4 L.D.U. Portoviejo 18 8 4 6 30 27 +3 20
5 Emelec 18 8 3 7 28 23 +5 19
6 Universidad Católica 18 7 5 6 27 24 +3 19
7 Manta Sport 18 7 4 7 30 31 −1 18
8 L.D.U. Quito 18 5 7 6 16 20 −4 17
9 Carmen Mora 18 4 6 8 14 29 −15 14 Relegated to the Serie B
10 L.D.U. Cuenca 18 1 5 12 17 40 −23 7
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away BSC CME CDC EN CSE LDC LDP LDQ MSC UC
Barcelona 1–0
Carmen Mora 1–1
Deportivo Cuenca 0–0
El Nacional 1–0
Emelec 3–0
L.D.U. Cuenca 1–1
L.D.U. Portoviejo 4–0
L.D.U. Quito 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Manta Sport 0–1
Universidad Católica 4–2
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
1 El Nacional 10 6 4 0 17 4 +13 18[a] Champions and Qualified to the 1978 Copa Libertadores
2 L.D.U. Quito 10 4 2 4 11 14 −3 13[a] Qualified to the 1978 Copa Libertadores
3 Universidad Católica 10 4 2 4 14 19 −5 12[a]
4 Barcelona 10 3 2 5 16 15 +1 11[a]
5 Emelec 10 2 4 4 12 15 −3 9[a]
6 Deportivo Cuenca 10 2 4 4 14 17 −3 9[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f Includes bonus points earned in previous stages: Barcelona & LDU Quito (3); El Nacional & U. Católica (2); D. Cuenca & Emelec (1).
Results
Home \ Away BSC CDC EN CSE LDQ UC
Barcelona 5–0
Deportivo Cuenca 0–0
El Nacional 2–1
Emelec 1–0
L.D.U. Quito 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–2
Universidad Católica 2–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References