1978 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

L.D.U. Quito

1978 season
President	Rodrigo Paz
Manager	Vladislao Cap Oscar Zubía César Muñoz
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie A Serie B	9th Runner-up
Copa Libertadores	First Stage
Home colours Away colours

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1978 season was the club's 48th year of existence, the 25th year in professional football, the 18th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador and the second in the Serie B.

Squad

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ECU	Adolfo Bolaños
—	GK	ECU	Patricio Gallardo
—	GK	ARG	Mario Quiroga
—	DF	URU	Luis De Carlos
—	DF	ECU	Alfredo Encalada
—	DF	ECU	Ángel Granja
—	DF	ECU	Mauricio King
—	DF	ECU	Marco Moreno
—	DF	ECU	Andrés Nazareno
—	DF	ECU	Fernando Villena
—	DF	ECU	Patricio Maldonado
—	MF	ECU	Fabián Cáceres
—	MF	ECU	Polo Carrera (captain)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ECU	Patricio Moscoso
—	MF	ARG	Francisco Rivadero
—	MF	ECU	Fabián Sandoval
—	MF	ECU	Roberto Sussman
—	MF	ECU	Jorge Tapia
—	MF	ECU	José Vélez
—	MF	ECU	Juan Yánez
—	FW	ECU	Gonzalo Castañeda
—	FW	ECU	José Cruz
—	FW	ARG	Óscar Palavecino
—	FW	ECU	Segundo Rodríguez
—	FW	ECU	Hernán Vaca

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Nacional	18	6	9	3	19	14	+5	21	Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2	Técico Universitario	18	7	6	5	22	21	+1	20
3	Emelec	18	6	7	5	31	23	+8	19
4	L.D.U. Portoviejo	18	6	7	5	27	24	+3	19
5	Deportivo Quito	18	5	9	4	17	19	−2	19
6	Deportivo Cuenca	18	6	6	6	15	17	−2	18
7	Barcelona	18	6	5	7	20	20	0	17
8	Universidad Católica	18	5	7	6	21	22	−1	17
9	L.D.U. Quito	18	5	7	6	13	17	−4	17	Relegated to the Serie B
10	Manta Sport	18	5	3	10	21	29	−8	13

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	CDC	SDQ	EN	CSE	LDP	LDQ	MSC	TU	UC
Barcelona							2–1
Deportivo Cuenca							2–0
Deportivo Quito							0–0
El Nacional							0–0
Emelec							0–0
L.D.U. Portoviejo							2–1
L.D.U. Quito	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	0–1	2–2
Manta Sport							1–2
Técnico Universitario							2–1
Universidad Católica							3–0

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

Serie B

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	América de Quito	22	13	5	4	64	30	+34	31	Champions and Promoted to the Serie A
2	L.D.U. Quito	22	10	9	3	42	17	+25	29	Promoted to the Serie A
3	L.D.U. Cuenca	22	10	9	3	35	17	+18	29
4	Audaz Octubrino	22	12	5	5	37	31	+6	29
5	9 de Octubre	22	8	7	7	27	34	−7	23
6	Aucas	22	7	8	7	29	22	+7	22
7	Olmedo	22	8	5	9	36	35	+1	21
8	Manta Sport	22	5	9	8	25	30	−5	19
9	Everest	22	5	7	10	24	33	−9	17
10	Deportivo Quevedo	22	5	7	10	17	31	−14	17
11	Luq San	22	5	4	13	17	41	−24	14
12	Milagro	22	1	7	14	17	52	−35	9

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	CDA	SDA	AO	CDQ	CDE	LDC	LDQ	LS	MSC	MIL	CDO	9DO
América de Quito							2–2
Aucas							0–0
Audaz Octubrino							1–0
Deportivo Quevedo							1–1
Everest							0–0
L.D.U. Cuenca							1–1
L.D.U. Quito	2–1	2–1	5–1	5–0	2–0	0–0		3–0	4–2	3–0	3–1	5–0
Luq San							2–1
Manta Sport							1–1
Milagro							1–1
Olmedo							1–0
9 de Octubre							1–1

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

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 1978 Copa Libertadores

First stage

Group 1 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	IND	LDQ	EN
1	River Plate	6	2	4	0	7	1	+6	8	Qualified to the semi-finals		—	0–0	4–0	2–0
2	Independiente	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4	8			0–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	LDU Quito	6	2	1	3	4	10	−6	5			0–0	1–0	—	3–2
4	El Nacional	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	3			1–1	1–2	2–0	—

Source:

L.D.U. Quito v Indepediente

June 27 First Stage	L.D.U. Quito	1–0	Indepediente	Quito, Ecuador
	Palavecino 19'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Héctor Carvajal (Colombia)

L.D.U. Quito v River Plate

June 30 First Stage	L.D.U. Quito	0–0	River Plate	Quito, Ecuador
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

El Nacional v L.D.U. Quito

July 5 First Stage	El Nacional	2–0	L.D.U. Quito	Quito, Ecuador
	Correa 18', 76'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

River Plate v L.D.U. Quito

Indepediente v L.D.U. Quito

July 18 First Stage	Indepediente	2–0	L.D.U. Quito	Avellaneda, Argentina
	Arrieta 23' Bochini 56'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

L.D.U. Quito v El Nacional

July 26 First Stage	L.D.U. Quito	3–2	El Nacional	Quito, Ecuador
	Carrera 22' (pen.), 29' (pen.) Cruz 80'	Report	Granda 31' Escalante 89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)

External links

• RSSSF - 1978 Serie A (in English)
• RSSSF - 1978 Copa Libertadores (in English)