Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2018 season was the club's 88th year of existence, the 65th year in professional football, and the 57th 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: 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:

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: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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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

Other friendlies

Serie A

The 2018 season was Liga's 57th season in the Serie A and their 17th consecutive. The format was identical to the previous season.

First stage

Results summary Results by round

Second stage

Results summary Results by round

Finals

Results summary Results by round

CONMEBOL Sudamericana

L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2018 CONMEBOL Sudamericana—their 11th participation in the continental tournament—as the 8th place of the 2017 Serie A. They entered the competition in the first stage.

CONMEBOL Sudamericana squad

Source:

First stage

''Tied 4–4 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.''

Second stage

''LDU Quito won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (

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Round of 16

''Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportivo Cali won on penalties 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 2018

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Ecuadorian football clubs 2018 season