| 2008 season | ||||
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| President | Carlos Arroyo | |||
| Manager | Edgardo Bauza | |||
| Serie A | 2nd | |||
| Copa Libertadores | Champion | |||
| Copa Sudamericana | Round of 16 | |||
| FIFA Club World Cup | Runner-up | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Claudio Bieler (13 goals) All: Claudio Bieler (17 goals) | |||
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2008 season is the club's 55th year in professional football, and the 47th in the top level of national football, Ecuador's Serie A.
In the domestic tournament, the club unsuccessfully defended their 2007 title, finishing as the runner-up to Deportivo Quito. The club reached a level of success in international tournaments that no other Ecuadorian club has ever achieved. LDU Quito became the first Ecuadorian club to win an international title by winning their first Copa Libertadores. The win allowed the club to participate in FIFA's annual Club World Cup, which they finished in 2nd place.
2008 marked the last season Argentine manager Edgardo Bauza will remain at the position. He would be replaced by Uruguayan Jorge Fossati, who previously led the team from 2003-2004.
Club
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Edgardo Bauza |
| Assistant coach | Jose Daniel Di Leo |
| Physical trainer | Bruno Militano |
| Club doctor |  Juan Barriga Marco Lascano |
| Physical therapist | Fernando Iza Edgar Alvarez |
Last updated: December 17, 2008
Source: Plantel 2008
Squad
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Transfers
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Copa Libertadores squad
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Copa Sudamericana squad
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Club World Cup squad
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Competitions
Overall
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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| Serie A | First Stage | 4th | Feb 1 | Dec 6 |
| Copa Libertadores | Second Stage | Winner | Feb 20 | Jul 2 |
| Copa Sudamericana | First Stage | Round of 16 | Aug 14 | Oct 1 |
| Club World Cup | Semifinal | Runner-up | Dec 17 | Dec 21 |
Serie A
2008 was the club's 47th season in the top-flight national tournament.
First stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Deportivo Quito | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 45 | 2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round & Liguilla Final |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 38 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Deportivo Cuenca | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 37 | |
| 4 | El Nacional | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 37 | |
| 5 | Barcelona | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 35 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
LDU Quito qualified for the Liguilla Final with 2 bonus points.
Second stage
For the second stage, LDU Quito was drawn into Group B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Macará | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 18 | Qualified to the Liguilla Final |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 16 | |
| 3 | Técnico Universitario | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 15 | |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 12 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cuenca | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Aggregate table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Deportivo Quito | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 62 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 57 |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 54 |
| 4 | El Nacional | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 50 |
| 5 | Macará | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 48 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Liguilla Final
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Deportivo Quito (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 23[lower-alpha 1] | 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 18[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Deportivo Cuenca | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 15[lower-alpha 1] | 2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | El Nacional | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 14 | |
| 5 | Barcelona | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 13[lower-alpha 1] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 70 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 |
Source:
Copa Libertadores
LDU Quito qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the 2007 Serie A champion. It would be their 13th participation in CONMEBOL's top continental tournament. LDU Quito was drawn into Group 8 with Argentine 2006–07 season 5th place finishers Arsenal de Sarandí, 2007 Copa do Brasil winner Fluminense FC, and Paraguayan Clausura 2007 winner Club Libertad. They were the first team in the tournament to qualify to the knock-out round.
LDU Quito advanced to their first Copa Libertadores finals; they were the second Ecuadorian club to do so (the first being Barcelona). Los Albos won their first Copa Libertadores by penalty shootout after a 5-5 aggregate score at the end of the second leg. Goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos blocked three penalty kicks to secure the title for his team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Fluminense |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 |
| 2 | LDU Quito |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 |
| 3 | Arsenal |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 9 |
| 4 |  Libertad |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 |
| February 20 Second Stage | LDU Quito | 0–0 | Fluminense | Quito |
| 19:50 UTC−05:00 | (Report) | Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 42,144 Referee: Albert Duarte (Colombia) |
| March 4 Second Stage | LDU Quito | 2–0 | Libertad | Quito |
| 17:20 UTC−05:00 | Urrutia  71'Guerrón 82' |
(Report) | Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 27,523 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) |
| March 12 Second Stage | Arsenal | 0–1 | LDU Quito | Avellaneda |
| 19:10 UTC−03:00 | (Report) | Urrutia 79' |
Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Attendance: 1,586 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile) |
| March 26 Second Stage | LDU Quito | 6–1 | Arsenal | Quito |
| 17:00 UTC−05:00 | Díaz 14' (o.g.) Manso 19'Bolaños 28', 42'Bieler 65'Obregón 90' |
(Report) | Leguizamón 4' |
Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 41,767 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
| April 8 Second Stage | Libertad | 3–1 | LDU Quito | Asunción |
| 21:30 UTC−03:00 | López 10' Olivera 14'Cuevas 65' |
(Report) | Obregón 63' |
Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) |
| April 17 Second Stage | Fluminense | 1–0 | LDU Quito | Rio de Janeiro |
| 19:10 UTC−03:00 | Cícero 31' |
(Report) | Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 20,669 Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay) |
| April 29 Round of 16 | LDU Quito | 2–0 | Estudiantes | Quito |
| 20:30 UTC−05:00 | Guerrón 64' Manso 78' |
(Report) | Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 17,540 Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil) |
| May 6 Round of 16 | Estudiantes | 2–1 | LDU Quito | La Plata |
| 21:00 UTC−03:00 | Alayes 42' Maggiolo 66' |
(Report) | Bolaños 26' |
Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) |
| May 15 Quarterfinals | San Lorenzo | 1–1 | LDU Quito | Buenos Aires |
| 19:00 UTC−03:00 | González 38' |
(Report) | Bieler 35' |
Stadium: Estadio Pedro Bidegain Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil) |
| May 22 Quarterfinals | LDU Quito | 1–1 (5–3 p) | San Lorenzo | Quito |
| 17:20 UTC−05:00 | Manso 26' |
(Report) | Bergessio 47' |
Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) |
| Penalties | ||||
Urrutia  Campos Vaca Guerrón Bieler |
González D'Alessandro Torres Alvarado |
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| May 27 Semifinals | América  | 1–1 | LDU Quito | Mexico City |
| 20:10 UTC−06:00 | Esqueda 72' |
(Report) | Bolaños 62' |
Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 105,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay) |
| June 3 Semifinals | LDU Quito | 0–0 | América | Quito |
| 20:10 UTC−05:00 | (Report) | Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 58,336 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile) |
| June 25 Finals | LDU Quito | 4–2 | Fluminense | Quito |
| 19:50 UTC−05:00 | Bieler 2' Guerrón 29'Campos 34'Urrutia 45' |
(Report) | Conca 12' Thiago Neves 52' |
Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 62,262 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile) |
| July 2 Finals | Fluminense | 3–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | LDU Quito | Rio de Janeiro |
| 21:50 UTC−03:00 | Thiago Neves 12', 28', 56' |
(Report) | Bolaños 6' |
Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 86,027 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) |
| Penalties | ||||
| Conca Thiago Neves Cícero Washington |
Urrutia Campos Salas Guerrón |
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Copa Sudamericana
LDU Quito participated in their 5th Copa Sudamericana. They qualified by finishing first in the second stage of the 2007 Serie A.
| August 14 First Round | LDU Quito | 4–2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bolívar | Quito, Ecuador |
| 16:00 UTC−05:00 | Manso 10' Ambrosi 36'Bolaños 63'Navia 75' |
Report | Valentierra 14' Ramos 89' |
Stadium: Estadio Casa Blanca Attendance: 6,625 Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) |
| September 18 First Round | Bolívar | 2–1 | LDU Quito | La Paz, Bolivia |
| 20:15 UTC−04:00 | Ramos 1' Martínez 5' |
Report | Navia 64' |
Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay) |
| September 23 Round of 16 | Boca Juniors | 4–0 | LDU Quito | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 19:30 UTC−03:00 | Forlín 27' Espinosa 32' (o.g.)Mouche 50'Gaitán 83' |
Report | Stadium: La Bombonera Attendance: 11,726 Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile) |
FIFA Club World Cup
LDU Quito was the first Ecuadorian club to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup and the first non-Argentine/Brazilian club from CONMEBOL to participate. As the winner of the Copa Libertadores, they received a bye into the semifinals.
| December 17 Semifinals | Pachuca | 0–2 | LDU Quito | Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:30 UTC+09:00 | Report | Bieler 4' Bolaños 26' |
Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 33,366 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
| December 21 Final | LDU Quito | 0–1 |  Manchester United | Yokohama, Japan |
| 19:30 UTC+09:00 | Report | Rooney 73' |
Stadium: International Stadium Attendance: 68,682 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
Statistics
Top scorer
Season: Claudio Bieler (17 goals)
- Serie A: Claudio Bieler (13 goals)
- International: Luis Bolaños (7 goals)
- Copa Libertadores: Luis Bolaños (5 goals)
- Copa Sudamericana: Reinaldo Navia (2 goals)
- FIFA Club World Cup: Claudio Bieler & Luis Bolaños (1 goal each)