1998 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito
1998 season
PresidentDarío Ávila
ManagerCarlos Cabral
Paulo Massa
StadiumEstadio Casa Blanca
Serie AChampions (5th title)
Copa CONMEBOLQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Patricio Hurtado (16 goals)
All: Patricio Hurtado (16 goals)
← 1997
1999 →

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1998 season was the club's 68th year of existence. It was also their 45th year in professional football, and their 38th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): La Lechera, Crunch

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Ecuador ECU Jacinto Espinoza (captain)
— GK Ecuador ECU Víctor Sánchez
— GK Ecuador ECU Miguel Santillán
— DF Ecuador ECU Mario Chillagana
— DF Ecuador ECU Ulises de la Cruz
— DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
— DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Prado
— DF Ecuador ECU Néicer Reasco
— DF Ecuador ECU Daniel Reinoso
— DF Ecuador ECU Danilo Samaniego
— DF Ecuador ECU Byron Tenorio
— MF Ecuador ECU Jorge Benalcázar
— MF Ecuador ECU Nixon Carcelén
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis Escalante
— MF Colombia COL Álex Escobar
— MF Ecuador ECU José Estrada
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis González
— MF Ecuador ECU Juan Guamán
— MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Guevara
— MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón
— MF Chile CHI Eladio Rojas
— MF Ecuador ECU Hjalmar Zambrano
— FW Ecuador ECU Jhon Arteaga
— FW Brazil BRA Flavio Camargo
— FW Ecuador ECU Segundo Escobar
— FW Brazil BRA Mané Ferreira
— FW Ecuador ECU Gustavo Figueroa
— FW Ecuador ECU Eduardo Hurtado
— FW Ecuador ECU Patricio Hurtado
— FW Uruguay URU Carlos María Morales
— FW Ecuador ECU Pedro Salvador

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

First phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 22 11 6 5 40 27 +13 43 Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores
2 Emelec 22 10 8 4 40 28 +12 42
3 Aucas 22 9 8 5 32 22 +10 40
4 Olmedo 22 8 9 5 28 24 +4 38
5 ESPOLI 22 10 4 8 36 36 0 36 Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL
6 Barcelona 22 8 7 7 39 29 +10 34
7 Delfín 22 8 7 7 33 30 +3 33
8 El Nacional 22 8 5 9 35 27 +8 31
9 Deportivo Quito 22 6 9 7 34 36 −2 31 Qualified to the Grupo Descenso
10 Deportivo Cuenca 22 7 5 10 20 27 −7 27
11 Técnico Universitario 22 5 5 12 26 47 −21 24
12 Panamá 22 3 5 14 17 47 −30 17
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Aucas & Olmedo (5); D. Quito, Emelec, LDU Quito & T. Universitario (4); Barcelona & Panamá (3); Delfín, El Nacional & ESPOLI (2); D. Cuenca (1)

Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC DSC CDC SDQ EN CSE CDE LDU CDO PSC TU
Aucas 1–2
Barcelona 3–1
Delfín 2–0
Deportivo Cuenca 1–3
Deportivo Quito 1–1
El Nacional 3–2
Emelec 4–1
ESPOLI 3–4
LDU Quito 2–2 0–0 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 6–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Olmedo 1–1
Panamá 0–1
Técnico Universitario 0–3
Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second phase
Grupo Libertadores
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Emelec 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Qualified to the Finals and 1999 Copa Libertadores
2 LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 11
3 Aucas 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 9
4 Olmedo 6 0 1 5 2 12 −10 1
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: LDU Quito (1)

Results
Home \ Away SDA CSE LDU CDO
Aucas 0–2
Emelec 1–0
LDU Quito 1–0 1–3 2–0
Olmedo 1–1
Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

First phase
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 10 6 3 1 18 5 +13 24 Qualified to the Grupo Libertadores
2 Barcelona 10 6 2 2 17 7 +10 21
3 Olmedo 10 3 2 5 14 19 −5 13 Qualified to the Grupo CONMEBOL
4 Deportivo Cuenca 10 2 4 4 11 16 −5 11
5 Técnico Universitario 10 1 6 3 10 17 −7 11 Qualified to the Grupo Descenso
6 Delfín 10 2 3 5 16 22 −6 10
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: LDU Quito (3); Olmedo & T. Universitario (2); Barcelona, Delfín & D. Cuenca (1)

Results
Home \ Away BSC DSC CDC LDU CDO TU
Barcelona 1–0
Delfín 2–2
Deportivo Cuenca 0–2
LDU Quito 0–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 4–0
Olmedo 0–2
Técnico Universitario 0–0
Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second phase
Grupo Libertadores
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Qualified to the Finals and 1999 Copa Libertadores
2 Barcelona 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 10
3 Aucas 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
4 Deportivo Quito 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 5
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Barcelona (2); D. Quito (1)

Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC SDQ LDU
Aucas 2–1
Barcelona 2–2
Deportivo Quito 0–1
LDU Quito 3–1 1–1 1–0
Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 3 Champions (5th title)
2 Emelec 2 1 0 1 1 7 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away CSE LDU
Emelec 1–0
LDU Quito 7–0
Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
December 23 Emelec 1–0 LDU Quito Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00 Kaviedes ?' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio George Capwell
December 27 LDU Quito 7–0 Emelec Quito
11:30 UTC−05:00 de la Cruz ?', ?', ?'
Caicedo ?' (o.g.)
Hurtado ?', ?'
Escobar ?' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Copa CONMEBOL

Main article: 1998 Copa CONMEBOL

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito Ecuador 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Qualified to the Quarter-finals
2 Melgar Peru 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away LDU MEL
LDU Quito 3–1
Melgar 1–3
Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
July 15 First Stage Melgar 1–3 LDU Quito Arequipa, Peru
Sanjinez 17' Carcelén 4'
Morales 21'
Flavio Camargo 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi
July 21 First Stage LDU Quito 3–1 Melgar Quito, Ecuador
Guevara 52'
Morales 60'
Flavio Camargo ?'		 Uehara 35' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

Quarter-finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Brazil 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Qualified to the Semi-finals
2 LDU Quito Ecuador 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away LDU SFC
LDU Quito 2–2
Santos 3–0
Source: LDU 1998
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
August 5 Quarterfinals LDU Quito 2–2 Santos Quito, Ecuador
Morales ?', ?' Jorginho ?'
Lúcio ?'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
August 11 Quarterfinals Santos 3–0 LDU Quito Santos, Brazil
Claudiomiro ?'
Viola ?', ?'		 Stadium: Estádio Urbano Caldeira

References