LDU Quito

2009 season
President	Carlos Arroyo
Manager	Jorge Fossati
Serie A	4th
Copa Libertadores	Second Stage
Recopa Sudamericana	Champions (1st title)
Copa Sudamericana	Champions (1st title)
Top goalscorer	League: Claudio Bieler (22 goals) All: Claudio Bieler (32 goals)
Highest home attendance	24,919; (September 27 v. Barcelona)
Lowest home attendance	1,033; (February 13 v. Manta)
Average home league attendance	7,920
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2009 season was the club's 56th year in professional football, and the 48th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador. The club participated in their 14th Copa Libertadores, where they unsuccessfully defended their 2008 title. The club also participate in, and won, their first Recopa Sudamericana. They also won their first Copa Sudamericana title.

This season marked the second coaching tenure of Uruguayan Jorge Fossati. He previously led the team between 2003 and 2004, and led the team to their 7th national championship in 2003.

President: Carlos Arroyo

Honorary President: Rodrigo Paz

Manager: Jorge Fossati

President of the Football Commission: Edwin Ripalda

Assistant: Eduardo de Capellán

Physical Trainer: Alejandro Valenzuela

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Holcim, Powerade, Chevrolet

Recopa Sudamericana principal kit

Recopa Sudamericana alternate

Peace Cup principal kit

Peace Cup alternate

N	Pos	Nat.	Player	Age	Since	App	Goals	Notes
1	GK		José Francisco Cevallos	37	2008	19	0
2	DF		Norberto Araujo	30	2007	62	0
3	DF		Renán Calle	32	2007	42	4
4	DF		Ulises de la Cruz	34	2009	128	20	Previously with the club from '97-'99 and '00
5	MF		Alfonso Obregón	36	2002	306	10	Previously with the club from '98-'00
6	MF		Pedro Larrea	22	2003	64	0
8	MF		Édison Méndez	29	2009	60	6	Previously with the club from '05-'07
9	FW		Walter Calderón	31	2009	0	0
10	MF		Christian Lara	28	2009	44	16	Previously with the club in '07
11	FW		Franklin Salas	27	2008	208	45	Previously with the club from '00-'07
13	DF		Néicer Reasco (captain)	31	2008	324	22	Previously with the club from '97-'00 and '01-'06
14	DF		Diego Calderón	22	2007	62	2	Previously with the club in '05
15	MF		William Araujo	29	2008	33	4
16	FW		Claudio Bieler	24	2008	31	13
17	FW		Danny Vera	28	2009	0	0
18	MF		Ángel Cheme	24	2009	0	0
19	FW		Claudio Graf	32	2009	0	0
20	MF		Enrique Vera	29	2009	90	8	Previously with the club from '06-'08
21	MF		Edder Vaca	23	2008	22	7
22	GK		Alexander Domínguez	21	2006	34	0
23	DF		Jayro Campos	24	2005	114	6
24	DF		Gabriel Espinosa	20	2006	15	1
25	GK		Daniel Viteri	27	2008	9	0
27	FW		Víctor Estupiñán	20	2006	9	0
33	DF		Carlos Espínola	33	2009	154	13	Previously with the club from '03-'06
50	MF		Danny Vaca	18	2007	22	1
51	MF		Miler Bolaños	18	2009	0	0
52	MF		Israel Chango	19	2006	57	1
53	MF		Eduardo Bone	18	2007	2	0
54	MF		Cristhian Hurtado	18	2008	1	0
55	MF		Pedro Romo	18	2008	1	0
56	DF		Galo Corozo	18	2009	0	0
58	MF		Efren de la Cruz	18	2008	1	0
-	MF		Jefferson Lara	18	2008	16	0

Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos 2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Renán Calle 4 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 5 MF  ECU Alfonso Obregón 6 FW  URU Richard Morales 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia (captain) 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Edder Vaca 11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas 12 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 DF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Claudio Bieler 17 FW  ECU Danny Vera 18 MF  ECU Ángel Cheme 19 FW  CHI Reinaldo Navia 20 MF  ECU Pedro Larrea 21 MF  ARG Damián Manso 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Jayro Campos 24 MF  ECU Carlos Espínola 25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos 2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Renán Calle 4 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 5 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 6 MF  ECU Pedro Larrea 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia (captain) 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Christian Lara 11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas 12 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 DF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Claudio Bieler 17 FW  ECU Danny Vera 18 MF  ECU Byron Camacho 19 FW  ARG Claudio Graf 20 MF  PAR Enrique Vera 21 MF  ECU Pedro Romo 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Jayro Campos 24 DF  ECU Carlos Espínola 25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos 2 DF  ARG Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Renán Calle 4 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 5 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 6 MF  ECU Pedro Larrea 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Christian Lara 11 FW  ECU Franklin Salas 12 MF  ECU Édison Méndez 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 DF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Claudio Bieler 17 FW  ECU Víctor Estupiñán 18 MF  ECU Gabriel Espinosa 19 FW  ARG Claudio Graf 20 MF  ECU Alex Bolaños[1] 21 MF  ECU Pedro Romo 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Jayro Campos 24 DF  ECU Carlos Espínola 25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri 20 MF  PAR Enrique Vera

:1.^ Alex Bolaños replaced Enrique Vera on November 11 due to injury.

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	First Stage	4th	Feb 1	Dec 6
Copa Libertadores	Second Stage	Second Stage	Feb 17	Apr 29
Recopa Sudamericana	Final	Winner	Jun 25	Jul 9
Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Winner	Aug 11	Dec 2

LDU Quito played two preseason friendlies prior to the start of the Serie A season

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La Noche Blanca is the club's official presentation for the season. They hosted Colombian club Santa Fe.

2009 is the club's 48th season in the top-level of professional football in Ecuador. The first game of the season began on January 31, with LDU Quito's first game on February 1.

The first stage was a double round-robin tournament. LDU Quito finished 2nd and qualified to the Third Stage with 2 bonus points.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	12	6	4	44	20	+24	42	9	2	0	27	5	+22	3	4	4	17	15	+2

Liga was placed into Group 1 with Barcelona, Deportivo Cuenca, El Nacional, LDU Portoviejo, and Macará. They will also play Deportivo Quito in a "clásico". They finished first in their group and earned an extra bonus point toward the Third Stage.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	6	4	2	18	10	+8	22	3	3	0	10	3	+7	3	1	2	8	7	+1

LDU Quito has qualified to the third stage twice, and has earned 3 bonus points for this stage. They are placed into Group 1 with Deportivo Quito, Macará, and Manta. This stage is scheduled to begin on October 18 and end on November 22.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	1	3	2	4	2	+2	91	1	1	1	4	1	+3	0	2	1	0	1	−1

Liga qualified to the third-place playoff of the fourth stage. They competed against Emelec for third-place and a berth in the 2010 Copa Libertadores first stage.

As the defending champion, LDU Quito automatically earned a berth in this year's tournament. This was the 14th time the club participated in the continent's premier club tournament. They were drawn into the Group 1 along with 2008 Copa do Brasil winner Sport Recife, the Chilean 2008 Clausura champion Colo-Colo, and the winner of the 5th preliminary match Palmeiras. The Group stage began on February 11, with LDU Quito's first game on February 17.

LDU Quito started their title defense on a high note with a 3–2 home win against Palmeiras. This win was followed by two successive shut-out away losses in Recife and Santiago. A close home draw followed against Colo-Colo. Their last two matches were losses away and at home. They were eliminated from the competition on April 22 when Colo-Colo lost to Sport Recife.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sport Recife	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13
2	Palmeiras	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	7
4	LDU Quito	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

As the 2008 Copa Libertadores champion, LDU Quito qualified for this year's Recopa Sudamericana. They played against the 2008 Copa Sudamericana winner Sport Club Internacional in a two-legged match-up. This is LDU Quito's first Recopa Sudamericana. Internacional previously won the competition in 2007. The first leg was played at Internacional's stadium, Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre. Argentine Claudio Bieler provided the lone goal of the game for Liga. The second leg, played back in Quito at La Casa Blanca, was won decisively by the home team 3 goals to none. Carlos Espínola, Claudio Bieler, and recently signed Enrique Vera provided the scores for Liga. The Recopa title is LDU Quito's second international title.

LDU Quito qualified for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana on July 5. By finishing 2nd in the First Stage of the Serie A, Liga earned the Ecuador 2 berth and started in the First Stage of the competition. Liga's opponent in the First Stage is Paraguayan club Libertad. The first leg was played at home at La Casa Blanca. Néicer Reasco scored the only goal of the match in stoppage time of the first half. The second leg, played in Asunción on August 25, ended in a draw. Javier González put the home team ahead in the first half. Édison Méndez scored a second half goal to keep LDU Quito the overall advantage. Liga's Round of 16 tie against Lanús opened at home. Argentine striker Claudio Bieler scored a hat-trick in the first half before Édison Méndez scored the final goal at the end of regulation time to give Liga a four-goal advantage going into the second leg. In second leg, Lanús came out strong, but were unable to get one past goalkeeper Alexander Domínguez. Claudio Bieler finally broke the tie in the 71st minute with a long-range free-kick from outside the box. Santiago Salcedo tied it for the home team before the end of regulation. LDU Quito advanced to the quarterfinals 4–1 on points. In the quarterfinals, Liga played Vélez Sársfield, also from Argentina. In both games, Liga came from behind to get favorable results. In the first leg in Buenos Aires, Hernán Rodrigo López scored first for the locals to give them the lead. A brilliant play by Néicer Reasco led to a pass to Claudio Bieler who scored the equalizer, from the floor after being tripped, to give Liga an away goal and the tie. The second leg in Quito started the same after Hernán Rodrigo López scored first for Vélez to give them the overall advantage. But Enrique Vera and Carlos Espínola scored in the second half to give Liga the win and a place in the semifinals. In the semifinals, Liga played River Plate from Montevideo, Uruguay. The first leg of the semifinal was played at the famed Estadio Centenario. River took the first leg 2–1 when Jorge Córdoba scored the winner in the second half of the match. Liga avenged their first loss in the tournament with a lopsided 7–0 win at home. Claudio Bieler scored another hat-trick in the tournament, in addition to goals from Carlos Espínola, Ulises de la Cruz, Miler Bolaños, and Édison Méndez. The win at home is officially the most lopsided win in the history of the tournament. Liga will play Brazilian club Fluminense in the Finals. This is a repeat of the 2008 Copa Libertadores Final. The first leg was played at home. Marquinho scored within the first minute of the game for Fluminense to put them ahead early. However, Liga persisted and answered back with a hat-trick by Méndez in the 21', 44, and 60'. Franklin Salas and Ulises de la Cruz added two more in the 78' and 87' to give Liga a huge 5–1 win and a four-goal advantage going into the second leg. The second leg at Maracanã ended the same way it did in 2008: a Fluminense win. This time, Fluminense won 3–0 and was unable to overcome the four-goal difference. Liga won the Copa Sudamericana and become the Ecuadorian club to win CONMEBOL's three major tournaments.

LDU Quito were invited to participate in the 2009 Peace Cup, a friendly international club tournament organized by Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation, in Spain. For the group stage, they were drawn into Group B with Saudi Al-Ittihad and Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Real Madrid	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4	Advance to the semi-finals
LDU Quito	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
Al-Ittihad	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

Num	Pos	Player	Serie A				Copa Libertadores				Recopa Sudamericana				Copa Sudamericana				Total
			App				App				App				App				App
1	GK	José Francisco Cevallos	17	-	4	1	4	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	5	2
2	DF	Norberto Araujo	27	-	4	1	4	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	10	-	1	-	43	-	7	1
3	DF	Renán Calle	18	-	6	4	6	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	27	-	9	4
4	DF	Ulises de la Cruz	16	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	10	2	-	1	28	2	2	1
5	MF	Alfonso Obregón	7	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-
6	DF	Pedro Larrea	21	1	3	1	4	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	30	1	6	1
8	MF	Édison Méndez	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	3	-	18	7	4	-
9	FW	Walter Calderón	28	8	7	1	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	36	10	10	1
10	MF	Christian Lara	14	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	21	-	1	-
11	MF	Franklin Salas	21	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	24	2	1	1
13	MF	Néicer Reasco	33	4	4	-	6	-	3	-	2	-	1	-	10	1	2	-	51	5	10	-
14	DF	Diego Calderón	32	-	10	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	-	48	-	13	1
15	DF	William Araujo	31	2	5	-	5	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	10	-	2	-	47	2	10	-
16	FW	Claudio Bieler	32	22	11	3	4	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	10	8	2	-	48	32	15	3
17	FW	Danny Vera	24	5	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	6	1	-
18	MF	Ángel Cheme	12	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	15	-	2	-
19	FW	Claudio Graf	17	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	27	6	5	-
20	MF	Enrique Vera	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	5	1	4	-	16	2	11	-
20	MF	Alex Bolaños	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	24	-	5	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	10	-	4	-	38	-	9	-
23	DF	Jayro Campos	29	2	9	1	6	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	8	-	4	2	45	3	14	3
24	MF	Gabriel Espinosa	5	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	-
25	GK	Daniel Viteri	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
27	MF	Víctor Estupiñán	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	11	-	2	-
33	DF	Carlos Espínola	22	3	4	-	3	1	2	-	2	1	1	-	10	2	3	-	37	7	10	-
50	MF	Danny Vaca	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
51	MF	Miler Bolaños	35	6	12	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	42	7	12	1
52	MF	Israel Chango	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-
53	MF	Eduardo Bone	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
54	MF	Cristhian Hurtado	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
54	MF	Jefferson Lara	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
55	MF	Pedro Romo	10	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	2	-
56	MF	Galo Corozo	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
58	MF	Efren de la Cruz	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
4	DF	Paúl Ambrosi	23	2	5	-	4	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	31	2	7	-
8	MF	Patricio Urrutia	18	1	4	-	4	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	1	5	-
10	FW	Edder Vaca	4	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	1
21	MF	Damián Manso	14	1	3	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	2	3	-
19	FW	Reinaldo Navia	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
34	FW	Richard Morales	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Totals			-	65	121	13	-	6	20	4	-	4	7	-	-	23	31	3	-	98	179	20

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