1997 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1997 season was the club's 67th year of existence, the 44th year in professional football, and the 37th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

LDU Quito
1997 season
PresidentDarío Ávila
ManagerFernando Rodríguez Riolfo
StadiumEstadio Casa Blanca
Serie A4th
Top goalscorerPaúl Guevara (14 goals)

Kits

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Volvo, Autosueco

Squad
No. Position Player
GK Jacinto Espinoza
GK Víctor Sánchez
GK Miguel Santillán
DF Jorge Ballesteros
DF Miguel D'Agostino
DF Ulises de la Cruz
DF Santiago Jácome
DF Ever Palacios
DF Néicer Reasco
DF Danilo Samaniego
MF Nixon Carcelén (captain)
MF Marcos Da Bahia
MF Luis Escalante
MF Álex Escobar
MF Luis González
No. Position Player
MF Juan Guamán
MF Paúl Guevara
MF Johnny León
MF Robert Macías
MF Miguel Mina
MF Luis Pozo
MF Hjalmar Zambrano
FW Jhon Arteaga
FW Ariel Bravo
FW Segundo Escobar
FW Energio Díaz
FW Mané Ferreira
FW Patricio Hurtado
FW Pedro Salvador
FW Henry Zambrano

Competitions

Serie A

First Stage
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 10 6 3 1 23 10 +13 21 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
3 Olmedo 10 6 2 2 11 8 +3 20
2 Emelec 10 5 3 2 20 11 +9 18
4 ESPOLI 10 2 4 4 9 15 −6 10
5 Deportivo Quito 10 1 3 6 10 17 −7 6
6 Deportivo Quevedo 10 0 5 5 6 18 −12 5
Source:
Results
Home \ Away CDQ SDQ CSE CDE LDU CDO
Deportivo Quevedo 2–4
Deportivo Quito 1–2
Emelec 2–0
ESPOLI 1–1
LDU Quito 5–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–0
Olmedo 1–1
Source: RSSSF
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 22 14 5 3 45 20 +25 47 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Deportivo Quito 22 11 9 2 38 15 +23 42
3 LDU Quito 22 12 6 4 39 19 +20 42
4 Emelec 22 13 3 6 42 30 +12 42
5 Deportivo Cuenca 22 9 5 8 30 32 −2 32
6 El Nacional 22 9 4 9 35 26 +9 31
7 Técnico Universitario 22 8 6 8 26 27 −1 30
8 Aucas 22 9 3 10 29 32 −3 30
9 ESPOLI 22 8 4 10 35 39 −4 28
10 Calvi 22 7 3 12 35 40 −5 24
11 Olmedo 22 4 5 13 26 47 −21 17
12 Deportivo Quevedo 22 0 3 19 9 62 −53 3
Source:
Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC CFC CDC CDQ SDQ EN CSE CDE LDU CDO TU
Aucas 3–0
Barcelona 2–1
Calvi 1–3
Deportivo Cuenca 0–0
Deportivo Quevedo 0–2
Deportivo Quito 1–1
El Nacional 1–1
Emelec 1–0
ESPOLI 2–2
LDU Quito 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 4–1 2–1
Olmedo 0–2
Técnico Universitario 1–2
Source: RSSSF
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 32 20 7 5 62 28 +34 67 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 LDU Quito 32 18 9 5 62 29 +33 63
3 Emelec 32 18 6 8 62 41 +21 60
4 El Nacional 32 14 7 11 56 37 +19 49
5 Deportivo Quito 32 12 12 8 48 32 +16 48
6 Aucas 32 15 3 14 45 43 +2 48
7 Deportivo Cuenca 32 13 9 10 43 45 −2 48
8 Técnico Universitario 32 10 10 12 38 43 −5 40
9 ESPOLI 32 10 8 14 44 54 −10 38 Qualified to the Liguilla Descenso
10 Olmedo 32 10 7 15 37 55 −18 37
11 Calvi 32 7 4 21 44 69 −25 25
12 Deportivo Quevedo 32 0 8 24 15 80 −65 8
Source:

Liguilla Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 10 4 4 2 21 15 +6 19 Champions and Qualified to the 1998 Copa Libertadores
2 Deportivo Quito 10 5 3 2 16 10 +6 19 Qualified to the 1998 Copa Libertadores
3 Emelec 10 4 3 3 18 18 0 15
4 LDU Quito 10 3 4 3 15 17 −2 14 Qualified to the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL
5 El Nacional 10 3 2 5 17 17 0 11
6 Aucas 10 1 4 5 9 19 −10 7
Source:

Note: Includes bonus points earned in previous stages: Barcelona (3); D. Quito & LDU Quito (1).

Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC SDQ EN CSE LDU
Aucas 1–2
Barcelona 2–2
Deportivo Quito 3–1
El Nacional 1–1
Emelec 5–3
LDU Quito 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1
Source: RSSSF
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Inauguration of Casa Blanca

Built between 1995 and 1997, the stadium hosted its first match on March 6 in a friendly game between LDU Quito and Atlético Mineiro of Belo Horizonte.

March 6 LDU Quito3–1Atlético MineiroQuito
18:00 UTC−05:00 Mané Ferreira  31'
Paúl Guevara  72'
Patricio Hurtado  89'		 Report Nino  52' Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca

References
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