1976 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

L.D.U. Quito

1976 season
President	Rodrigo Paz
Manager	Leonel Montoya
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie A	4th
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Polo Carrera (14 goals) All: Polo Carrera (17 goals)
Home colours Away colours

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1976 season was the club's 46th year of existence, the 23rd year in professional football and the 16th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ECU Adolfo Bolaños — GK  ARG Miguel Ángel Leyes — GK  URU Walter Maesso — DF  URU Luis De Carlos — DF  ECU Humboldt De La Torre — DF  ECU Ramiro Del Pozo — DF  ECU Fernando Villena — DF  ECU Patricio Maldonado — DF  ECU Ramiro Tobar (captain) — MF  ECU Ángel Aguirre — MF  ECU Polo Carrera — MF  URU Juan Carlos Gómez

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ECU Juan Rivadeneira — MF  ECU Roberto Sussman — MF  ECU Jorge Tapia — FW  ECU Ramiro Aguirre — FW  ECU Marco Moreno — FW  ARG Juan José Pérez — FW  ARG Alberto Pinasco — FW  ARG Rubén Scalise — FW  ECU Gustavo Tapia — FW  ECU Hernán Vaca — FW  URU Oscar Zubía

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	18	13	2	3	36	21	+15	28	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Emelec	18	9	5	4	29	24	+5	23
3	Deportivo Cuenca	18	8	5	5	34	21	+13	21
4	Audaz Octubrino	18	8	5	5	30	27	+3	21
5	L.D.U. Quito	18	6	6	6	26	22	+4	18
6	Barcelona	18	5	6	7	26	20	+6	16
7	Universidad Católica	18	6	4	8	26	22	+4	16
8	Aucas	18	6	4	8	18	28	−10	16
9	América de Quito	18	4	4	10	23	36	−13	12	Relegated to the Serie B
10	9 de Octubre	18	3	3	12	11	38	−27	9

Source: ^[citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away	9DO	CDA	SDA	AO	BSC	CDC	EN	CSE	LDQ	UC
9 de Octubre									1–1
América de Quito									3–3
Aucas									1–0
Audaz Octubrino									1–1
Barcelona									2–1
Deportivo Cuenca									2–0
El Nacional									1–0
Emelec									2–1
L.D.U. Quito	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–0		0–0
Universidad Católica									1–1

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 or relegation
1	El Nacional	18	10	3	5	35	19	+16	23	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	L.D.U. Quito	18	8	5	5	27	21	+6	21
3	Deportivo Cuenca	18	8	4	6	28	20	+8	20
4	Emelec	18	6	7	5	23	19	+4	19
5	Aucas	18	7	5	6	22	27	−5	19
6	Barcelona	18	6	6	6	24	21	+3	18
7	Carmen Mora	18	5	7	6	22	27	−5	17
8	Universidad Católica	18	5	6	7	20	22	−2	16
9	Deportivo Quito	18	5	6	7	18	26	−8	16	Relegated to the Serie B
10	Audaz Octubrino	18	3	5	10	17	34	−17	11

Source: ^[citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away	SDA	AO	BSC	CME	CDC	SDQ	EN	CSE	LDQ	UC
Aucas									2–1
Audaz Octubrino									0–2
Barcelona									0–1
Carmen Mora									4–3
Deportivo Cuenca									2–1
Deportivo Quito									0–1
El Nacional									3–1
Emelec									1–1
L.D.U. Quito	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1		3–1
Universidad Católica									0–2

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Nacional	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	14	Champions and Qualified to the 1977 Copa Libertadores
2	Deportivo Cuenca	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	9
3	Emelec	6	3	1	2	6	8	−2	9
4	L.D.U. Quito	6	1	0	5	6	7	−1	4

Source: ^[citation needed]

Note: Includes bonus points earned in previous stages: El Nacional (6); D. Cuenca, Emelec & LDU Quito (2).

Results

Home \ Away	CDC	EN	CSE	LDQ
Deportivo Cuenca				2–1
El Nacional				1–0
Emelec				1–0
L.D.U. Quito	0–1	1–2	4–0

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 1976 Copa Libertadores

First stage

Group 2 standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LDQ	CDC	BOL	GUA
1	LDU Quito	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	8	Qualified to the 1st Place Playoff		—	1–1	2–1	4–0
2	Deportivo Cuenca	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	8			0–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Bolívar	6	3	0	3	16	11	+5	6			3–2	4–2	—	7–1
4	Guabirá	6	1	0	5	2	15	−13	2			0–1	0–2	1–0	—

Source: ^[citation needed]

L.D.U. Quito v Deportivo Cuenca

March 14 First Stage	L.D.U. Quito	1–1	Deportivo Cuenca	Quito, Ecuador
	Zubía 26'	Report	Mesiano 29'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Mario Canessa (Chile)

L.D.U. Quito v Guabirá

March 21 First Stage	L.D.U. Quito	4–0	Guabirá	Quito, Ecuador
	Pérez 32', 70' (pen.), 72', 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: José Castro Lozada (Venezuela)

L.D.U. Quito v Bolívar

March 24 First Stage	L.D.U. Quito	2–1	Bolívar	Quito, Ecuador
	Pérez 17' Carrera 65'	Report	Aragonés 35'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: José Martínez Bazan (Uruguay)

Deportivo Cuenca v L.D.U. Quito

April 4 First Stage	Deportivo Cuenca	0–0	L.D.U. Quito	Cuenca, Ecuador
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

Guabirá v L.D.U. Quito

April 11 First Stage	Guabirá	0–1	L.D.U. Quito	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Report	Scalise 4'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Referee: Gregorio da Rosa (Uruguay)

Bolívar v L.D.U. Quito

April 14 First Stage	Bolívar	3–2	L.D.U. Quito	La Paz, Bolivia
	Lird 3' Aragonés 52' Solórzano 84'	Report	G. Tapia 42' Carrera 54'	Stadium: Estadio Libertador Simón Bolívar Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo] (Peru)

1st Place Playoff

Playoff standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2	Qualified to the Semi-Finals
2	Deportivo Cuenca	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

LDU Quito v Deportivo Cuenca

April 22 First Stage	LDU Quito	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Deportivo Cuenca	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Carrera 66' Rivadeneira 115'	Report	Villagra 63'	Stadium: Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Óscar Veiro (Argentina)

Semi-finals

Group 1 standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRU	LDQ	ALI
1	Cruzeiro	4	4	0	0	18	3	+15	8	Qualified to the Final		—	4–1	7–1
2	LDU Quito	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	2			1–3	—	2–1
3	Alianza Lima	4	1	0	3	4	13	−9	2			0–4	2–0	—

Source: ^[citation needed]

L.D.U. Quito v Alianza Lima

May 5 Semi-finals	L.D.U. Quito	2–1	Alianza Lima	Quito, Ecuador
	Scalise 66' De Carlos 84'	Report	Velásquez 40'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)

L.D.U. Quito v Cruzeiro

May 9 Semi-finals	L.D.U. Quito	1–3	Cruzeiro	Quito, Ecuador
	Carrera 66' (pen.)	Report	Palhinha 30', 56' Joãozinho 58'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

Alianza Lima v L.D.U. Quito

May 26 Semi-finals	Alianza Lima	2–0	L.D.U. Quito	Lima, Peru
	Ravello 62', 69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)

Cruzeiro v L.D.U. Quito

May 30 Semi-finals	Cruzeiro	4–1	L.D.U. Quito	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Nelinho 4' (pen.) Jairzinho 47' Palhinha 72' Ronaldo 74'	Report	G. Tapia 11'	Stadium: Mineirão Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

References

• RSSSF - 1976 Serie A (in English)
• RSSSF - 1976 Copa Libertadores (in English)

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• Copa Libertadores: LDU Quito (4) - Guabirá (0) 1st goal
• Copa Libertadores: LDU Quito (4) - Guabirá (0) 2nd goal
• Copa Libertadores: LDU Quito (4) - Guabirá (0) 3rd goal
• Copa Libertadores: LDU Quito (4) - Guabirá (0) 4th goal