2011 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

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LDU Quito

2011 season
President	Carlos Arroyo
Manager	Edgardo Bauza
Stadium	Estadio Casa Blanca
Serie A	First Stage: 2nd Second Stage: 5th Aggregate: 3rd Overall: 4th
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Copa Sudamericana	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Hernán Barcos (16 goals) All: Hernán Barcos (22 goals)
Highest home attendance	26,615; (February 6 v. Barcelona)
Lowest home attendance	1,016; (June 19 v. Olmedo)
Average home league attendance	8,643
Home colours Away colours
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2011 season was the club's 81st year of existence, the 58th year in professional football, and the 50th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Liga came in as the defending Serie A champion and having qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores and the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, but failed to win a title for the first time since 2006.

President: Carlos Arroyo

Honorary President: Rodrigo Paz

President of the Executive Commission: Esteban Paz

President of the Football Commission: Edwin Ripalda

Vice-President of the Football Commission: Patricio Torres

Sporting manager: Santiago Jácome

Manager: Edgardo Bauza

Assistant manager: José Daniel di Leo

Physical trainer: Alejandro Mur

Goalkeeper trainer: Gustavo Flores

Statistician: Maximiliano Bauza

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Diners Club International, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola

Liga's squad for the season is allowed a maximum of four foreign players at any one time, and a maximum of eight throughout the season. During the off season, Norberto Araujo changed his nationality from Argentine to Ecuadorian. At the start of the season, Liga was mandated to start one under-18 player in each match. Since the Ecuadorian national U-20 team qualified to the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, that was changed to have an under-20 player start in each game. The jersey numbers in the main table (directly below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. The under-18/under-20 players will wear a jersey number of at least #50. For each CONMEBOL competition, Liga must register 25 players, whose jerseys will be numbered 1–25. Because of this, some players may have different jersey numbers while playing in CONMEBOL matches.

N	Pos	Nat.	Player	Age	Since	App	Goals	Notes
2	DF	ECU	Norberto Araujo	32	2007	120	0
3	DF	ECU	Geovanny Caicedo	29	2011	0	0
4	MF	ECU	Ulises de la Cruz	36	2009	185	26	Previously with the club from '97–'99 and '00
5	MF	ECU	Paúl Ambrosi	30	2010	339	35	Previously with the club from '00–'09
6	DF	ECU	Jorge Guagua	29	2010	36	3
7	MF	ECU	Miler Bolaños	20	2009	59	15
8	MF	ECU	Patricio Urrutia (vice-captain)	32	2010	255	43	Previously with the club from '03–'09
9	FW	ECU	Walter Calderón	33	2009	41	9
10	MF	ECU	Luis Bolaños	25	2011	85	13	Previously with the club from '02–'08
11	FW	ARG	Ezequiel González	30	2011	0	0
12	DF	ECU	Galo Corozo	20	2009	4	0
13	DF	ECU	Néicer Reasco (captain)	33	2008	396	30	Previously with the club from '97–'00 and '01–'06
14	DF	ECU	Diego Calderón	24	2007	130	3	Previously with the club in '05
15	MF	ECU	William Araujo	31	2008	95	7
16	FW	ARG	Hernán Barcos	26	2010	32	22
17	MF	ECU	Enrique Gámez	29	2010	23	0
18	MF	ECU	Fernando Hidalgo	25	2011	0	0
19	FW	ECU	Claudio Bieler	27	2011	63	35	Previously with the club from '08–'09
20	MF	PAR	Enrique Vera	31	2011	108	9	Previously with the club from '06–'08 and '09–'10
21	MF	ARG	Lucas Acosta	23	2011	0	0
22	GK	ECU	Alexander Domínguez	23	2006	96	0
23	DF	ECU	Argenis Moreira	23	2011	0	0
24	DF	ECU	José Valencia	28	2010	7	0
25	GK	ECU	Daniel Viteri	29	2011	10	0	Previously with the club from '08–'09
50	MF	ECU	Richard Calderón	18	2011	0	0	U-18 player
51	MF	ECU	Ángel Ledesma	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
52	FW	ECU	José Pabón	20	2010	1	0	U-20 player
53	MF	ECU	Sandro Rojas	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
54	MF	ECU	Marlon Ganchozo	19	2010	25	0	U-20 player
55	MF	ECU	José Cevallos Enríquez	15	2011	0	0	U-18 player
56	FW	ECU	José Gutiérrez	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
57	MF	ECU	Raúl Macías	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
58	MF	ECU	David Carrera	17	2011	0	0	U-18 player
59	DF	ECU	John Subía	16	2011	0	0	U-18 player
61	MF	ECU	David Patiño	19	2011	0	0	U-20 player
63	MF	ECU	Wellington Cedeño	15	2011	0	0	U-18 player
67	DF	ECU	Víctor Carcelén	19	2011	0	0	U-20 player
68	FW	ECU	Luis Carcelén	16	2011	0	0	U-18 player
69	FW	ECU	Diego Hurtado	15	2011	0	0	U-18 player

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

During the off-season, Liga saw a number of high-profile players leave the squad. Veterans Carlos Espínola,^[1] Renan Calle,^[2] and Christian Lara^[3] left the team to look for more playing time, while Juan Manuel Salgueiro returned to Estudiantes after Liga could not secure a permanent move. Víctor Estupiñán and Joao Plata and went to the United States to take part in the MLS SuperDraft.^[4] They were drafted by Chivas USA and Toronto FC. Franklin Salas attempted to move abroad, but failed to find a suitor. After a prolonged process, he was loaned to Imbabura.^[5] Other loaned out players were Pedro Romo^[6] and Manuel Mendoza to Aucas and Universidad Católica, respectively. Ángel Cheme, better known as Gonzalo Chila, was suspended for two-year due to aggravated identity theft.^[7]

To reinforce the squad, Liga signed former stars Luis Bolaños^[8] and Enrique Vera,^[9][10] with Daniel Viteri returning after a season on loan.^[11] Argenis Moreira,^[12][13] Fernando Hidalgo,^[11] and Geovanny Caicedo^[13] were also signed. Liga's highest profile transfer was Ezequiel González from Fluminense.^[14][15] This also filled their squad's foreign player quota. Ángel Ledesma was loaned form Macará should the squad need U-18 down the line.^[16]

On May 16, 2011, veteran goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos announced his retirement from professional football.^[17] He played his last game on May 22.^[18] In late July, the club announced that Carlos Luna was loaned to a club to be determined at a later date. Youth-player Nelson Martínez was loaned to Aucas in mid June.^[19] That was followed by the late-July loan of forward Luis Batioja to Universidad Católica.^[20]

In late July, Liga reinforced their squad with two players transferring from Argentina. Forward Claudio Bieler returned to the club after a year-and-a-half on a loan from Racing. In the time in between, he became a naturalized Ecuadorian, freeing up a foreign-player spot in the team.^[21] The remaining foreign-player spot was filled by midfielder Lucas Acosta, who was transferring in from San Martín de San Juan.^[22]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU José Francisco Cevallos 2 DF  ECU Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Geovanny Caicedo 4 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 5 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 6 DF  ECU Jorge Guagua 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Luis Bolaños 11 FW  ARG Ezequiel González 12 MF  ECU Marlon Ganchozo 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 MF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Hernán Barcos 17 MF  ECU Galo Corozo* 18 MF  ECU Fernando Hidalgo 19 MF  ECU José Cevallos Enríquez 20 MF  PAR Enrique Vera 21 FW  ARG Carlos Luna 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Argenis Moreira 24 DF  ECU José Valencia 25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri

*Corozo replaced Enrique Gámez after the Second Stage.^[23]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ECU John Jaramillo* 2 DF  ECU Norberto Araujo 3 DF  ECU Geovanny Caicedo 4 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 5 DF  ECU Paúl Ambrosi 6 DF  ECU Jorge Guagua 7 MF  ECU Miler Bolaños 8 MF  ECU Patricio Urrutia 9 FW  ECU Walter Calderón 10 MF  ECU Luis Bolaños 11 FW  ARG Ezequiel González 12 MF  ECU Galo Corozo 13 DF  ECU Néicer Reasco (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ECU Diego Calderón 15 MF  ECU William Araujo 16 FW  ARG Hernán Barcos 17 MF  ECU Enrique Gámez 18 MF  ECU Fernando Hidalgo 19 FW  ECU Claudio Bieler 20 MF  PAR Enrique Vera 21 FW  ARG Lucas Acosta 22 GK  ECU Alexander Domínguez 23 DF  ECU Argenis Moreira 24 DF  ECU José Valencia 25 GK  ECU Daniel Viteri

*Jaramillo replaced Walter Chávez after the First Stage.^[24]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Serie A	First Stage	4th	Jan 30	Dec 19
Copa Libertadores	Second Stage	Round of 16	Feb 17	May 5
Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Runner-up	Aug 4	Dec 14

Liga played three friendly matches in addition to La Noche Blanca, the club's official presentation for the season. Their opponent for La Noche Blanca was Once Caldas, the defending Colombian champion.^[25]

The 2011 season is Liga's 50th season in the Serie A and their tenth consecutive. The league season will run from late January to early December, with a short break for the 2011 Copa América. The format is identical to the previous season. They came in as the defending league champion.

The First Stage of the season ran from January 30 to June 19.^[26] Liga finished 2nd and failed to qualify to the season-ending Finals and the 2012 Copa Libertadores during this stage.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	22	12	8	2	31	15	+16	44	Finals, 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
2	LDU Quito	22	11	7	4	29	13	+16	40
3	Deportivo Quito	22	11	6	5	39	25	+14	39	2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
4	El Nacional	22	9	5	8	31	23	+8	32
5	LDU Loja	22	9	5	8	27	27	0	32

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	11	7	4	29	13	+16	40	7	2	2	19	6	+13	4	5	2	10	7	+3

The Second Stage of the season began July 22 and is scheduled to end on December 4.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	El Nacional	22	11	4	7	40	33	+7	37
4	Emelec	22	10	4	8	34	23	+11	34
5	LDU Quito	22	10	4	8	32	23	+9	34
6	Deportivo Cuenca	22	8	8	6	29	23	+6	32
7	Independiente José Terán	22	9	4	9	32	30	+2	31

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	10	4	8	32	23	+9	34	7	2	2	20	6	+14	3	2	6	12	17	−5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	El Nacional	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
2	LDU Quito	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

LDU Quito qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores—their 15th participation in the continental tournament—as the winner of the 2010 Serie A Second Stage and were given the Ecuador 1 berth as the league champion. They entered the competition in the Second Stage and were placed in Group 8 with Godoy Cruz, Independiente, Peñarol. They won their group and advance to the Round of 16 where they were eliminated by Vélez Sársfield.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	3	1	4	12	9	+3	10	3	0	1	10	2	+8	0	1	3	2	7	−5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		LDU	PEN	IND	GCR
1	LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	12	4	+8	10			5–0	3–0	2–0
2	Peñarol	6	3	0	3	6	11	−5	9		1–0		0–1	2–1
3	Independiente	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8		1–1	3–0		1–3
4	Godoy Cruz	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7		2–1	1–3	1–1

Vélez Sársfield won on points 6–0.

The 2011 Copa Sudamericana is being played in the second half of the season. Liga entered in the First 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	7	1	4	13	8	+5	22	5	0	1	10	2	+8	2	1	3	3	6	−3

LDU Quito won on points 4–1.

LDU Quito won on points 6–0.

Tied on points 3–3, LDU Quito won on goal difference.

Tied on points 3–3, LDU Quito won on penalties.

LDU Quito won on points 6–0.

Universidad de Chile won on points.

Num	Pos	Player	App				App				App				App
			Serie A				Copa Libertadores				Copa Sudamericana				Total
2	DF	Norberto Araujo	19	—	3	—	2	—	—	—	9	—	2	—	30	—	5	—
3	DF	Geovanny Caicedo	30	1	9	—	5	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	38	1	9	—
4	MF	Ulises de la Cruz	32	6	6	—	8	—	2	—	7	—	2	—	47	6	10	—
5	MF	Paúl Ambrosi	22	1	3	—	6	1	—	—	10	1	1	—	38	3	4	—
6	DF	Jorge Guagua	27	—	6	4	8	—	6	1	11	—	2	1	46	—	14	6
7	MF	Miler Bolaños	21	3	2	1	3	1	—	—	6	—	1	—	30	4	3	1
8	MF	Patricio Urrutia	22	—	4	1	7	1	—	—	9	—	3	—	38	1	7	1
9	FW	Walter Calderón	23	7	4	1	4	2	—	—	3	—	—	—	30	9	4	1
10	MF	Luis Bolaños	30	9	2	—	4	1	2	1	9	3	1	—	43	13	5	1
11	FW	Ezequiel González	28	5	7	—	5	—	1	—	11	1	5	—	44	6	13	—
12	DF	Galo Corozo	9	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	10	—	1	—
13	DF	Néicer Reasco	38	3	7	1	7	1	2	1	12	—	—	—	57	4	9	2
14	DF	Diego Calderón	37	—	9	1	8	—	1	—	12	—	4	—	57	—	14	1
15	MF	William Araujo	12	—	1	—	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	17	—	2	—
16	FW	Hernán Barcos	32	16	7	1	7	2	1	—	12	7	2	—	51	25	10	1
17	MF	Enrique Gámez	7	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	13	—	2	—
18	MF	Fernando Hidalgo	41	—	6	—	6	—	—	2	11	—	2	—	58	—	8	2
19	FW	Claudio Bieler	11	2	5	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	22	2	5	—
20	MF	Enrique Vera	26	—	15	—	8	—	5	—	3	1	1	—	37	1	21	—
21	MF	Lucas Acosta	14	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	20	3	1	—
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	34	—	5	—	8	—	2	—	11	—	2	—	53	—	9	—
23	DF	Argenis Moreira	10	2	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	2	5	1
24	DF	José Valencia	17	—	2	—	4	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	23	—	2	—
25	GK	Daniel Viteri	10	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	11	—	1	1
50	MF	Richard Calderón	7	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	1	1	1
51	MF	Ángel Ledesma	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
52	FW	José Pabón	5	—	1	—