1999 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
# 1999 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1999 season was the club's 69th year of existence, the 46th year in professional football, and the 39th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

## Kits

Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): La Lechera, Crunch, Ecuatoriana

## Squad

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | ECU | Jacinto Espinoza (captain) |
| — | GK | ECU | Víctor Sánchez |
| — | GK | ECU | Miguel Santillán |
| — | DF | ECU | Luis Capurro |
| — | DF | ECU | Mario Chillagana |
| — | DF | ECU | Geovanny Cumbicus |
| — | DF | ECU | Ulises de la Cruz |
| — | DF | ECU | Santiago Jácome |
| — | DF | ECU | Néicer Reasco |
| — | DF | ECU | Daniel Reinoso |
| — | DF | ECU | Byron Tenorio |
| — | MF | URU | Washington Aires |
| — | MF | ECU | Jorge Benalcázar |
| — | MF | ECU | Nixon Carcelén |
| — | MF | COL | Álex Escobar |
| — | MF | ECU | Hugo Garrido |
| — | MF | ECU | Luis González |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ECU | Juan Guamán |
| — | MF | ECU | Paúl Guevara |
| — | MF | ECU | Camilo Hurtado |
| — | MF | ARG | Óscar Insaurralde |
| — | MF | ECU | Israel Jácome |
| — | MF | ECU | Líder Mejía |
| — | MF | ECU | Leorvelis Mina |
| — | MF | ECU | Alfonso Obregón |
| — | MF | CHI | Eladio Rojas |
| — | FW | PAR | Sergio Alcaráz |
| — | FW | ECU | Gustavo Figueroa |
| — | FW | ECU | Eduardo Hurtado |
| — | FW | ECU | Patricio Hurtado |
| — | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Maggiolo |
| — | FW | ECU | Jonathan Navarro |
| — | FW | COL | Ricardo Pérez |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**First stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | El Nacional | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 44 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Emelec | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 38 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 38 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Barcelona | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 35 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Macará | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 32 | |

**First stage**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | SDA | AO | BSC | DSC | CDC | SDQ | EN | CSE | CDE | LDU | MAC | CDO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aucas | | | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | |
| Audaz Octubrino | | | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | |
| Barcelona | | | | | | | | | | 2–2 | | |
| Delfín | | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | | | | | 1–2 | | |
| El Nacional | | | | | | | | | | 4–0 | | |
| Emelec | | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| ESPOLI | | | | | | | | | | 0–1 | | |
| LDU Quito | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Macará | | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Olmedo | | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | |

**Second stage**

**Group 2**

Group 2 :

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ESPOLI | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 22 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 17 | |
| 3 | Emelec | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 16 | |
| 4 | Olmedo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 11 | |
| 5 | Aucas | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | |

**Second stage**

**Group 2**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | SDA | CDC | CSE | CDE | LDU | CDO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aucas | | | | | 0–0 | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | | | | | 1–0 | |
| Emelec | | | | | 3–2 | |
| ESPOLI | | | | | 1–4 | |
| LDU Quito | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Olmedo | | | | | 1–1 | |

**Liguilla Final**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | El Nacional | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 20 | Qualified to the Finals and the 2000 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 19 | Qualified to the Finals and the 2000 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Emelec | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 18 | Qualified to the 2000 Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | Deportivo Quito | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 14 | |
| 5 | ESPOLI | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 11 | |
| 6 | Barcelona | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 9 | |

* 1 2 3 4 5 Includes bonus points earned in previous stages: El Nacional (3); D. Quito, Emelec & ESPOLI (2); LDU Quito (1).

**Liguilla Final**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | BSC | SDQ | EN | CSE | CDE | LDU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barcelona | | | | | | 2–2 |
| Deportivo Quito | | | | | | 2–3 |
| El Nacional | | | | | | 2–0 |
| Emelec | | | | | | 0–1 |
| ESPOLI | | | | | | 0–0 |
| LDU Quito | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |

**Finals**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Champions (6th title) |
| 2 | El Nacional | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |

**Finals**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | EN | LDU |
| - | - | - |
| El Nacional | | 1–3 |
| LDU Quito | 1–0 | |

### Copa Libertadores

**Copa Libertadores squad**

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ECU | Jacinto Espinoza (captain) |
| 2 | DF | ECU | Byron Tenorio |
| 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 | Ricardo Pérez |
| 8 | MF | ECU | Nixon Carcelén |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Patricio Hurtado |
| 10 | MF | COL | Alex Escobar |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Maggiolo |
| 12 | GK | ECU | Víctor Sánchez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | ECU | Néicer Reasco |
| 14 | DF | ECU | Luis Capurro |
| 15 | MF | ECU | Luis González |
| 16 | MF | CHI | Eladio Rojas |
| 17 | DF | ECU | Mario Chillagana |
| 18 | DF | ECU | Daniel Reinoso |
| 19 | FW | ECU | Patricio Vargas |
| 20 | MF | ECU | Jorge Benalcázar |
| 21 | MF | ECU | Paúl Guevara |
| 24 | MF | ECU | Leorvelis Mina |
| 25 | MF | ECU | Líder Mejía |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

**First stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 |
| 2 | Emelec | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 9 |
| 3 | Jorge Wilstermann | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Blooming | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |

**Round of 16**

River Plate and LDU Quito were tied on points and goal difference. River Plate advanced on penalty kicks.

