1996 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

LDU Quito
1996 season
PresidentDarío Ávila
ManagerSócrates (from February to April)
Carlos Sevilla (from April to August)
Alfredo Encalada (from August to September)
Francisco Bertocchi (from September to December)
StadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie A9th
Top goalscorerFabinho Fontes (11 goals)

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1996 season was the club's 66th year of existence, the 43rd year in professional football, and the 36th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

Kits

Supplier: Marathon
Sponsor(s): Cerveza Club

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Ecuador ECU Marcelo Capirossi
— GK Ecuador ECU Héctor Chiriboga
— GK Ecuador ECU Víctor Sánchez
— DF Paraguay PAR Néstor Benítez
— DF Ecuador ECU Freddy Bravo
— DF Ecuador ECU Santiago Jácome
— MF Ecuador ECU Nixon Carcelén (captain)
— MF Brazil BRA Alexandre de Sales
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis Escalante
— MF Brazil BRA Fabinho Fontes
— MF Ecuador ECU Juan Carlos Garay
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis González
— MF Ecuador ECU Juan Guamán
— MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Guevara
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ecuador ECU Robert Macías
— MF Ecuador ECU Miguel Mina
— MF Paraguay PAR Juan Dilei Ortíz
— MF Ecuador ECU Luis Pozo
— MF Ecuador ECU Hjalmar Zambrano
— FW Brazil BRA Carlinhos
— FW Ecuador ECU Diego Herrera
— FW Ecuador ECU Patricio Hurtado
— FW Ecuador ECU Pedro Salvador
— FW Ecuador ECU Lino Sánchez
— FW Brazil BRA Arribasao
— FW Ecuador ECU Patricio Vargas
— FW Ecuador ECU Leonel Yerovi

Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 El Nacional 22 15 5 2 42 16 +26 50 Finals and Qualified to the 1997 Copa Libertadores
2 Emelec 22 14 4 4 50 19 +31 46
3 Barcelona 22 13 3 6 36 16 +20 42
4 Deportivo Quito 22 9 8 5 39 26 +13 35
5 Deportivo Cuenca 22 9 7 6 25 20 +5 34
6 Olmedo 22 9 4 9 22 27 −5 31
7 ESPOLI 22 7 8 7 23 26 −3 29
8 LDU Quito 22 7 4 11 30 32 −2 25
9 Técnico Universitario 22 7 4 11 25 42 −17 25
10 Green Cross 22 6 2 14 18 41 −23 20
11 Aucas 22 3 6 13 16 29 −13 15
12 L.D.U. Portoviejo 22 4 3 15 21 53 −32 15
Source:
Results
Home \ Away SDA BSC CDC SDQ EN CSE CDE GC LDP LDU CDO TU
Aucas 1–1
Barcelona 2–1
Deportivo Cuenca 1–0
Deportivo Quito 2–2
El Nacional 1–0
Emelec 5–0
ESPOLI 1–0
Green Cross 2–0
L.D.U. Portoviejo 2–4
LDU Quito 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–3 0–0 2–3 2–0 5–0 2–0
Olmedo 3–1
Técnico Universitario 0–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 El Nacional 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 Olmedo 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12
3 LDU Quito 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Qualified to the Liguilla del No Descenso
4 Green Cross 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Source:
Results
Home \ Away EN GC LDU CDO
El Nacional 2–0
Green Cross 0–0
LDU Quito 0–3 3–1 1–0
Olmedo 3–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla del No Descenso

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Técnico Universitario 10 5 2 3 12 10 +2 17
2 ESPOLI 10 4 5 1 12 11 +1 17
3 Aucas 10 4 4 2 16 7 +9 14
4 LDU Quito 10 3 5 2 17 10 +7 14
5 Green Cross 10 2 1 7 10 20 −10 7 Relegated to the Serie B
6 L.D.U. Portoviejo 10 2 3 5 11 20 −9 6
Source:
Results
Home \ Away SDA CDE GC LDP LDU TU
Aucas 0–0
ESPOLI 2–2
Green Cross 2–1
L.D.U. Portoviejo 2–2
LDU Quito 1–1 0–0 4–1 6–0 1–0
Técnico Universitario 2–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.