Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2017 season was the club's 87th year of existence, the 64th year in professional football, and the 56th in the top level of professional football in

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Club

Personnel

:President: Guillermo Romero :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 Rolando Santiago Jácome Ponce, known simply as Santiago Jácome (born April 4, 1973), is a retired Ecuadorian footballer who currently is the sporting director of LDU Quito. Club career Jácome spent the majority of his professional career with ...

Coaching staff

:Manager:

Pablo Repetto Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino (born 14 March 1974) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Colombian club Atlético Nacional. Playing career Born in Montevideo, Repetto began his ...

:Assistant manager: Óscar Quagliatta,

Franklin Salas Franklin Agustín Salas Narváez (born 30 August 1981) is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played as a forward. His nickname is ''El Mago'', meaning ''wizard'' or ''magician''. Club career Salas began his career in the youth ra ...

:Physical trainer: Roberto Teixeira :Goalkeeper trainer:

Luis Preti Luis Humberto Preti Maldonado (born January 2, 1983) is a retired Ecuadorian football goalkeeper. Club career He has spent the majority of his career at LDU Quito as a product of its youth system. Although he began making senior squad appeara ...

Kits

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Breast cancer awareness month kit

L.D.U. Quito wore this uniform in October.

Squad information

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

Winter transfers

Summer transfers

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Serie A

The 2017 season was Liga's 56th season in the Serie A and their 16th consecutive. The format was identical to the previous season.

First stage

Results summary Results by round

Second stage

Results summary Results by round

2018 Copa Sudamericana playoff

''LDU Quito won 5–4 on aggregate.''

CONMEBOL Sudamericana

L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2017 CONMEBOL Sudamericana—their 10th participation in the continental tournament—as the 5th place of the 2016 Serie A. They entered the competition in the first stage.

CONMEBOL Sudamericana squad

1. Aníbal Chalá replaced

Rubén Olivera Rubén Ariel Olivera da Rosa (born 4 May 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently in charge as head coach of Serie D club Racing Aprilia. A versatile player, he is capable of playing anywhere i ...

for the second stage.
2. Jonathan González replaced

Jairo Padilla Jairo Santiago Padilla Folleco (born May 10, 1991) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for El Nacional. Honors Aucas *Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest divi ...

for the second stage.
3.

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replaced Gabriel Cevallos for the second stage.
4. Alejandro Villalva left the club.
5. Felipe Rodríguez left the club.
6. Fernando Guerrero left the club.
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First stage

''LDU Quito won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the

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Second stage

''Tied 1–1 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (

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Round of 16

''Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Fluminense won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals.''

Player statistics

Note: Players in ''italics'' left the club mid-season.

Team statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:LDU Quito Season 2017

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Ecuadorian football clubs 2017 season