1981 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1981 season was the club's 51st year of existence, the 28th year in professional football and the 21st in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.

L.D.U. Quito
1981 season
PresidentRubén Chávez del Pozo
ManagerLuis Grimaldi
StadiumEstadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Serie ARunner-up
Top goalscorerPaulo César (25 goals)

Kits

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): Banco Popular

Squad
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ECU Adolfo Bolaños
— GK  ECU Patricio Gallardo
— GK  ECU Fernando Moya
— DF  ECU Luis Corrales
— DF  ECU Ecuador Figueroa (captain)
— DF  ECU Mario Floril
— DF  ECU Mauricio King
— DF  ECU Pablo López
— DF  ECU Marco Moreno
— DF  ECU Juan Ruales
— DF  ECU Fabián Sandoval
— DF  ECU Homero Valencia
— MF  ECU Ricardo Armendáriz
— MF  ECU Fabián Cáceres
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ECU Ángel Granja
— MF  URU Nelson Moraes
— MF  ECU Patricio Ortíz
— MF  ECU David Tapia
— MF  ECU René Tobar
— MF  ECU Luis Eduardo Vaca
— MF  ECU Juan Yánez
— FW  ECU José Cruz
— FW  URU José María Figueroa
— FW  URU Carlos Larrañaga
— FW  ECU José Vicente Moreno
— FW  ECU Patricio Moscoso
— FW  URU Aníbal Pastorino
— FW  BRA Paulo César

Competitions

First Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona 18 11 3 4 29 14 +15 25 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 L.D.U. Quito 18 10 5 3 27 18 +9 25
3 El Nacional 18 7 6 5 17 16 +1 20
4 Universidad Católica 18 6 6 6 26 21 +5 18
5 Deportivo Cuenca 18 5 6 7 15 19 −4 16
6 América de Quito 18 6 4 8 21 27 −6 16
7 Everest 18 7 2 9 27 33 −6 16
8 Deportivo Quito 18 6 4 8 17 24 −7 16
9 Técnico Universitario 18 6 2 10 19 22 −3 14 Relegated to the Serie B
10 L.D.U. Portoviejo 18 5 4 9 26 30 −4 14
Source:
Results
Home \ Away CDA BSC CDC SDQ EN CDE LDP LDQ TU UC
América de Quito 1–2
Barcelona 1–0
Deportivo Cuenca 0–0
Deportivo Quito 2–3
El Nacional 0–1
Everest 2–0
L.D.U. Portoviejo 2–3
L.D.U. Quito 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–2
Técnico Universitario 1–0
Universidad Católica 1–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona 18 8 5 5 32 23 +9 21 Qualified to the Liguilla Final
2 L.D.U. Quito 18 8 4 6 28 20 +8 20
3 El Nacional 18 6 6 6 24 18 +6 18
4 9 de Octubre 18 7 4 7 24 22 +2 18
5 Universidad Católica 18 7 4 7 22 20 +2 18
6 Everest 18 5 8 5 25 33 −8 18
7 Deportivo Quito 18 7 3 8 28 28 0 17
8 Emelec 18 6 5 7 29 33 −4 17
9 Deportivo Cuenca 18 7 3 8 23 35 −12 17 Relegated to the Serie B
10 América de Quito 18 4 8 6 18 21 −3 16
Source:
Results
Home \ Away CDA BSC CDC SDQ EN CSE CDE LDQ UC 9DO
América de Quito 2–1
Barcelona 2–0
Deportivo Cuenca 1–2
Deportivo Quito 2–1
El Nacional 1–1
Emelec 3–1
Everest 1–1
L.D.U. Quito 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–0
Universidad Católica 0–2
9 de Octubre 3–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 10[lower-alpha 1] Champions and Qualified to the 1982 Copa Libertadores
2 L.D.U. Quito 4 1 1 2 8 11 −3 7[lower-alpha 1]
3 El Nacional 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Includes bonus points earned in previous stages: Barcelona (6); LDU Quito (4); El Nacional (2).
Results
Home \ Away BSC EN LDQ
Barcelona 2–1
El Nacional 5–2
L.D.U. Quito 3–2 2–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2nd Place Playoff
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L.D.U. Quito 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 3 Qualified to the 1982 Copa Libertadores
2 El Nacional 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
Source:
Results
Home \ Away EN LDQ
El Nacional 2–2
L.D.U. Quito 2–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
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