2000 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito
2000 season
President	Darío Ávila
Manager	Manuel Pellegrini; Édgar Ospina; Fernando Díaz
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	9th
Copa Libertadores	First Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Giovanni Córdova (10 goals); All: Giovanni Córdova (12 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1999 2001 →

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	ECU	Jacinto Espinoza (captain)
—	GK	ECU	Bonard García
—	GK	ECU	Víctor Sánchez
—	DF	ECU	Luis Capurro
—	DF	ECU	Darío Chalá
—	DF	ECU	Mario Chillagana
—	DF	ECU	Geovanny Cumbicus
—	DF	ECU	Ulises de la Cruz
—	DF	ECU	Santiago Jácome
—	DF	URU	José Puente
—	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco
—	DF	ECU	Jorge Vargas
—	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi
—	MF	ECU	Jorge Benalcázar
—	MF	ECU	Nixon Carcelén


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	COL	James Cardona
—	MF	ECU	José Chávez
—	MF	COL	Álex Escobar
—	MF	ECU	Luis González
—	MF	ECU	Juan Guamán
—	MF	ECU	Camilo Hurtado
—	MF	ECU	Líder Mejía
—	MF	ECU	Alfonso Obregón
—	FW	COL	Giovanni Córdova
—	FW	COL	Jorge Díaz
—	FW	ECU	Eduardo Hurtado
—	FW	ECU	Patricio Hurtado
—	FW	ECU	Max Mecías
—	FW	ECU	Jonathan Navarro
—	FW	ECU	Franklin Salas

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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:

^ 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 v t e	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	Relegation to Serie B

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ El Nacional had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in Round 16 of the Second Stage.
^ 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

Copa Libertadores squad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ECU	Jacinto Espinoza (captain)
2	DF	URU	José Puente
3	DF	ECU	Santiago Jácome
4	DF	ECU	Ulises de la Cruz
5	MF	ECU	Alfonso Obregón
6	MF	ECU	Juan Guamán
7	FW	COL	Giovanni Córdova
8	MF	ECU	Nixon Carcelén
9	FW	ECU	Patricio Hurtado
10	MF	COL	Alex Escobar
12	GK	ECU	Víctor Sánchez
13	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ECU	Luis Capurro
15	MF	ECU	Luis González
16	MF	COL	James Cardona
17	DF	ECU	Mario Chillagana
18	MF	ECU	Líder Mejía
19	FW	ECU	Franklin Salas
20	MF	ECU	Jorge Benalcázar
21	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi
23	MF	ECU	Camilo Hurtado
24	DF	ECU	Geovanny Cumbicus
25	FW	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	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8	13
2	América	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10
3	Olimpia	6	2	2	2	13	17	−4	8
4	LDU Quito	6	0	2	4	3	13	−10	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

February 22 First Stage	LDU Quito	0–1	Olimpia	Quito, Ecuador
		Report	Quintana 84'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

March 3 First Stage	Corinthians	6–0	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	1–0	LDU Quito	Mexico City, Mexico
	Calderón 18'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

April 5 First Stage	Olimpia	1–1	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	0–2	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	2–2	América	Quito, Ecuador
	Córdova 64', 78'	Report	Pardo 50' Calderón 60'	Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

References

RSSSF - 2000 Serie A (in English)
RSSSF - 2000 Copa Libertadores (in English)

External links

[table_hth_NAC0.82774509528081-1] El Nacional had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in Round 16.

[table_hth_NAC0.86026286373858-2] El Nacional had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in Round 16 of the Second Stage.

[table_note_res_LF0.86026286373858-3] 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.

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v t e Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
Founded October 23, 1918
Club	Footballers Managers Presidents South America Complejo de Pomasqui
Stadiums	Universitario César Aníbal Espinoza El Ejido Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Rivals	Aucas (Superclásico de Quito) Deportivo Quito (Clásico Capitalino) El Nacional (Clásico Quiteño) Universidad Católica (Clásico Universitario)
Key Personnel	President: Isaac Álvarez Manager: Pablo Sánchez
National Titles (13)	1969 1974 1975 1990 1998 1999 2003 2005 Apertura 2007 2010 2018 2023 2024
Copa Liberadores Titles (1)	2008
Copa Sudamericana Titles (2)	2009 2023
Recopa Sudamericana Titles (2)	2009 2010
Copa Ecuador Titles (1)	2019
Supercopa Ecuador Titles (3)	2020 2021 2025
Seasons	1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025