2003 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito
2003 season
PresidentDarío Ávila
ManagerJorge Fossati
StadiumEstadio Casa Blanca
Serie AChampions (7th title)
Copa SudamericanaSecond Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Virgilio Ferreira (11 goals)
All: Virgilio Ferreira (12 goals)
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2003 season was the club's 73rd year of existence, the 50th year in professional football, and the 42nd in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile, Coca-Cola, Almacenes Japón

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Ecuador ECU Jacinto Espinoza
— GK Ecuador ECU Omar Estrada
— GK Ecuador ECU Erwin Ramírez
— DF Ecuador ECU Darío Chalá
— DF Ecuador ECU Geovanny Cumbicus
— DF Paraguay PAR Carlos Espínola
— DF Ecuador ECU Giovanny Espinoza
— DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
— DF Ecuador ECU Carlos Ordóñez
— DF Ecuador ECU Néicer Reasco
— DF Ecuador ECU José Tenorio
— MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Ambrosi
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis Bolaños
— MF Ecuador ECU Nixon Carcelén
— MF Ecuador ECU José Chávez
— MF Colombia COL Álex Escobar
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis González
— MF Ecuador ECU Camilo Hurtado
— MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón (captain)
— MF Ecuador ECU Marwin Pita
— MF Ecuador ECU Patricio Urrutia
— FW Ecuador ECU Diego Ayala
— FW Argentina ARG Cristian Carnero
— FW Paraguay PAR Virgilio Ferreira
— FW Ecuador ECU Tyrone Macías
— FW Ecuador ECU Víctor Macías
— FW Argentina ARG Martín Ojeda
— FW Uruguay URU Ignacio Risso
— FW Ecuador ECU Franklin Salas
— FW Ecuador ECU Carlos Tenorio
— FW Ecuador ECU Luis Zambrano

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 18 12 2 4 41 19 +22 38 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 LDU Quito 18 10 6 2 37 24 +13 36
3 El Nacional 18 9 4 5 31 22 +9 31
4 Deportivo Quito 18 8 4 6 29 23 +6 28
5 Emelec 18 6 8 4 26 31 −5 26
6 Deportivo Cuenca 18 5 7 6 27 26 +1 22
7 Aucas 18 6 4 8 24 26 −2 22
8 Técnico Universitario 18 4 5 9 24 36 −12 17
9 ESPOLI 18 4 3 11 25 37 −12 15
10 Manta 18 3 3 12 17 37 −20 12
Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC CDC SDQ EN CSE CDE LDU MFC TU
Aucas 1–2
Barcelona 0–0
Deportivo Cuenca 2–3
Deportivo Quito 0–2
El Nacional 1–1
Emelec 3–2
ESPOLI 0–1
LDU Quito 6–2 1–0 4–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2
Manta 0–2
Técnico Universitario 3–3
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
1 LDU Quito 18 10 4 4 31 15 +16 34 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Barcelona 18 9 7 2 28 12 +16 34
3 El Nacional 18 9 5 4 38 18 +20 32
4 Deportivo Quito 18 10 2 6 27 23 +4 32
5 Deportivo Cuenca 18 8 3 7 22 17 +5 27
6 Emelec 18 8 3 7 29 26 +3 27
7 ESPOLI 18 5 6 7 24 35 −11 21
8 Aucas 18 5 3 10 21 29 −8 18
9 Manta 18 3 5 10 16 38 −22 14
10 Técnico Universitario 18 2 4 12 13 36 −23 10
Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC CDC SDQ EN CSE CDE LDU MFC TU
Aucas 0–3
Barcelona 3–1
Deportivo Cuenca 0–1
Deportivo Quito 2–1
El Nacional 3–2
Emelec 0–1
ESPOLI 3–4
LDU Quito 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 2–0 3–0
Manta 1–1
Técnico Universitario 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 BP Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito (C) 10 7 0 3 19 13 +6 5 26 2004 Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Barcelona 10 6 0 4 19 9 +10 5 23
3 El Nacional 10 6 0 4 21 13 +8 2 20
4 Emelec 10 3 2 5 12 21 −9 0 11
5 Deportivo Quito 10 3 1 6 11 19 −8 0 10
6 Deportivo Cuenca 10 3 1 6 17 26 −9 0 10
Updated to match(es) played on December 21, 2003. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Includes Bonus Points earned in the previous stages.
(C) Champions
Results
Home \ Away BSC CDC SDQ EN CSE LDU
Barcelona 4–0
Deportivo Cuenca 1–3
Deportivo Quito 1–0
El Nacional 0–1
Emelec 4–1
LDU Quito 1–0 5–0 4–2 2–1 2–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2003 Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ecuador ECU Jacinto Espinoza
2 DF Paraguay PAR Carlos Espínola
3 DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
4 MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Ambrosi
5 MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón (captain)
6 MF Ecuador ECU Nixon Carcelén
7 FW Paraguay PAR Virgilio Ferreira
8 MF Ecuador ECU Patricio Urrutia
9 FW Ecuador ECU Luis Zambrano
10 MF Colombia COL Álex Escobar
11 FW Ecuador ECU Franklin Salas
12 GK Ecuador ECU Erwin Ramírez
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Ecuador ECU Néicer Reasco
14 FW Argentina ARG Martín Ojeda
15 MF Ecuador ECU Luis González
16 MF Uruguay URU Ignacio Risso
17 DF Ecuador ECU Giovanny Espinoza
18 FW Ecuador ECU Carlos Tenorio
19 FW Ecuador ECU Diego Ayala
20 DF Ecuador ECU Geovanny Cumbicus
21 MF Ecuador ECU Tyrone Macías
22 GK Ecuador ECU Omar Estrada
25 MF Ecuador ECU Camilo Hurtado
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 1 1 2 4 4  0 4 1 1 0 3 1  +2 0 0 2 1 3  −2

First stage

First Stage standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 LDU Quito Ecuador 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
2 Barcelona Ecuador 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
July 29 First Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 2–0 Ecuador Barcelona Quito, Ecuador
19:00 UTC−05:00 Tenorio 11'
Ambrosi 43'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Segundo Díaz (Ecuador)
August 12 First Stage Barcelona Ecuador 2–1 Ecuador LDU Quito Guayaquil, Ecuador
17:00 UTC−05:00 Teixeira 35'
Capria 59'		 Report Ferreira 40' Stadium: Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera
Referee: José Carpio (Ecuador)

Second stage

Second Stage standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Atlético Nacional Colombia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
2 LDU Quito Ecuador 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
September 18 Second Stage LDU Quito Ecuador 1–1 Colombia Atlético Nacional Quito, Ecuador
17:30 UTC−05:00 Espinoza 47' Report Agudelo 52' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca
Referee: Juan Paniagua (Bolivia)
October 2 Second Stage Atlético Nacional Colombia 1–0 Ecuador LDU Quito Medellín, Colombia
20:40 UTC−05:00 Giraldo 86' Report Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

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