2000 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito
2000 season
PresidentDarío Ávila
ManagerManuel Pellegrini
Édgar Ospina
Fernando Díaz
StadiumEstadio Casa Blanca
Serie A9th
Copa LibertadoresFirst Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Giovanni Córdova (10 goals)
All: Giovanni Córdova (12 goals)
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2000 season was the club's 70th year of existence, the 47th year in professional football, and the 40th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Parmalat, Ecuatoriana

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Ecuador ECU Jacinto Espinoza (captain)
— GK Ecuador ECU Bonard García
— GK Ecuador ECU Víctor Sánchez
— DF Ecuador ECU Luis Capurro
— DF Ecuador ECU Darío Chalá
— DF Ecuador ECU Mario Chillagana
— DF Ecuador ECU Geovanny Cumbicus
— DF Ecuador ECU Ulises de la Cruz
— DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
— DF Uruguay URU José Puente
— DF Ecuador ECU Néicer Reasco
— DF Ecuador ECU Jorge Vargas
— MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Ambrosi
— MF Ecuador ECU Jorge Benalcázar
— MF Ecuador ECU Nixon Carcelén
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Colombia COL James Cardona
— MF Ecuador ECU José Chávez
— MF Colombia COL Álex Escobar
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis González
— MF Ecuador ECU Juan Guamán
— MF Ecuador ECU Camilo Hurtado
— MF Ecuador ECU Líder Mejía
— MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón
— FW Colombia COL Giovanni Córdova
— FW Colombia COL Jorge Díaz
— FW Ecuador ECU Eduardo Hurtado
— FW Ecuador ECU Patricio Hurtado
— FW Ecuador ECU Max Mecías
— FW Ecuador ECU Jonathan Navarro
— FW Ecuador ECU Franklin Salas

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olmedo 18 8 6 4 18 14 +4 30 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Aucas 18 8 5 5 20 17 +3 29
3 El Nacional 18 7 6 5 34 26 +8 27
4 LDU Quito 18 7 6 5 30 23 +7 27
5 Macará 18 6 7 5 25 25 0 25
6 Emelec 18 7 3 8 23 22 +1 24
7 ESPOLI 18 6 6 6 19 20 −1 24
8 Deportivo Quito 18 4 8 6 24 24 0 20
9 Barcelona 18 4 7 7 19 27 −8 19
10 Técnico Universitario 18 3 6 9 21 35 −14 15
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC SDQ EN CSE CDE LDU MAC CDO TU
Aucas 0–1
Barcelona 0–0
Deportivo Quito 2–1
El Nacional 2–1
Emelec 2–0
ESPOLI 0–0
LDU Quito 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 3–1
Macará 2–0
Olmedo 1–0
Técnico Universitario 4–4
Source: LDU 2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Emelec 18 10 2 6 36 25 +11 32 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 El Nacional 18 10 3 5 34 24 +10 30[a]
3 Barcelona 18 8 5 5 25 17 +8 29
4 ESPOLI 18 8 4 6 24 16 +8 28
5 Deportivo Quito 18 8 4 6 28 25 +3 28
6 Macará 18 8 2 8 25 25 0 26
7 Aucas 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23
8 Olmedo 18 6 4 8 15 21 −6 22
9 LDU Quito 18 5 5 8 20 24 −4 20
10 Técnico Universitario 18 3 2 13 21 47 −26 11
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ El Nacional had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in Round 16.
Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC SDQ EN CSE CDE LDU MAC CDO TU
Aucas 1–1
Barcelona 1–0
Deportivo Quito 2–1
El Nacional 2–2
Emelec 2–0
ESPOLI 0–0
LDU Quito 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–4 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–1
Macará 0–1
Olmedo 2–0
Técnico Universitario 1–0
Source: LDU 2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 El Nacional 36 17 9 10 68 50 +18 57[a]
2 Emelec 36 17 5 14 59 47 +12 56
3 ESPOLI 36 14 10 12 43 36 +7 52 Qualified to the Liguilla Final[b]
4 Aucas 36 14 10 12 42 43 −1 52
5 Olmedo 36 14 10 12 33 35 −2 52
6 Macará 36 14 9 13 50 50 0 51
7 Deportivo Quito 36 12 12 12 52 49 +3 48
8 Barcelona 36 12 12 12 44 45 −1 48
9 LDU Quito 36 12 11 13 50 47 +3 47 Relegation to Serie B
10 Técnico Universitario 36 6 8 22 42 82 −40 26
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ El Nacional had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in Round 16 of the Second Stage.
  2. ^ Since El Nacional qualified to the Liguilla Final twice, ESPOLI qualified to the last spot in the Liguilla Final as the best non-top-three finisher in the aggregate table.

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2000 Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ecuador ECU Jacinto Espinoza (captain)
2 DF Uruguay URU José Puente
3 DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
4 DF Ecuador ECU Ulises de la Cruz
5 MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón
6 MF Ecuador ECU Juan Guamán
7 FW Colombia COL Giovanni Córdova
8 MF Ecuador ECU Nixon Carcelén
9 FW Ecuador ECU Patricio Hurtado
10 MF Colombia COL Alex Escobar
12 GK Ecuador ECU Víctor Sánchez
13 DF Ecuador ECU Néicer Reasco
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Ecuador ECU Luis Capurro
15 MF Ecuador ECU Luis González
16 MF Colombia COL James Cardona
17 DF Ecuador ECU Mario Chillagana
18 MF Ecuador ECU Líder Mejía
19 FW Ecuador ECU Franklin Salas
20 MF Ecuador ECU Jorge Benalcázar
21 MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Ambrosi
23 MF Ecuador ECU Camilo Hurtado
24 DF Ecuador ECU Geovanny Cumbicus
25 FW Ecuador ECU Jonathan Navarro
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 0 2 4 3 13  −10 2 0 1 2 2 5  −3 0 1 2 1 8  −7

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brazil Corinthians 6 4 1 1 17 9 +8 13
2 Mexico América 6 3 1 2 15 9 +6 10
3 Paraguay Olimpia 6 2 2 2 13 17 −4 8
4 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]
February 22 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 0–1 Paraguay Olimpia Quito, Ecuador
Report Quintana 84' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
March 3 First Stage Corinthians Brazil 6–0 Ecuador LDU Quito São Paulo, Brazil
Marcelinho 12' (pen.)
Luizão 20', 50', 70'
Capurro 52' (o.g.)
Dinei 72'		 Report Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium
Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)
March 14 First Stage América Mexico 1–0 Ecuador LDU Quito Mexico City, Mexico
Calderón 18' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)
April 5 First Stage Olimpia Paraguay 1–1 Ecuador LDU Quito Asunción, Paraguay
Paredes 79' Report Capurro 66' Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yantén (Chile)
April 11 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 0–2 Brazil Corinthians Quito, Ecuador
16:00 UTC−05:00 Report Luizão 18'
Dinei 89'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)
April 19 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 2–2 Mexico América Quito, Ecuador
Córdova 64', 78' Report Pardo 50'
Calderón 60'		 Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

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