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
	← 1975 1977 →

PresidentRodrigo Paz

ManagerLeonel Montoya

StadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa

Serie A4th

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.

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	Relegated to the Serie B

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

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	Relegated to the Serie B

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

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

1976 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Results

Second stage

Results

Liguilla Final

Results

Copa Libertadores

First stage

1st Place Playoff

Semi-finals

References

External links

Related Articles

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	Qualified to the 1st Place Playoff	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	—

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

v t e LigaPro Serie A
2025 teams	Aucas Barcelona Delfín Deportivo Cuenca El Nacional Emelec Independiente del Valle LDU Quito Libertad Macará Manta Mushuc Runa Orense Técnico Universitario Universidad Católica Vinotinto Ecuador
Former teams	9 de Octubre América de Ambato América de Manta América de Quito Atlético Riobamba Audaz Octubrino Bonita Banana Brasil Calvi Clan Juvenil Cumbayá Deportivo Azogues Deportivo Cotopaxi Deportivo Quevedo Deportivo Quito Esmeraldas Petrolero España Español ESPOLI Estibadores Navales Everest Filanbanco Fuerza Amarilla Green Cross Gualaceo Guayaquil City Guayaquil Sport Imbabura INECEL Juvenil Juventud Italiana Juventus LDU Cuenca LDU Loja LDU Portoviejo Manta Sport Norte América Olmedo Panamá Patria Politécnico River Plate de Manta River Plate de Riobamba Santos UD Valdez Valdez SC
Seasons	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