2010 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season

Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2010 season was the club's 80th year of existence, the 57th year in professional football, and the 49th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Former manager Edgardo Bauza returns to the position after Jorge Fossati left to sign with Internacional. While Liga unsuccessfully defended its 2009 title in the Copa Sudamericana and lost the Suruga Bank Championship, they became the third team to win back-to-back Recopa Sudamericanas and won their tenth Serie A title.

Club
Personnel
 * President: Carlos Arroyo
 * President of the Football Commission: Edwin Ripalda
 * Principal directors: Rodrigo Paz & Esteban Paz
 * Sporting manager: Santiago Jácome

Coaching staff
 * Manager: Edgardo Bauza
 * Assistant manager: José Daniel di Leo
 * Physical trainer: Alejandro Mur
 * Goalkeeper trainer: Gustavo Flores
 * Statistician: Maximiliano Bauza

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Current squad
Liga's squad for the season is allowed a maximum of four foreign players at any one time, and a maximum of eight throughout the season. The team must also register under-19 players to be used in every match of the league season. The jersey numbers in the main table (directly below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. For each CONMEBOL competition, Liga must register 25 players, whose jerseys will be numbered 1-25. Because of this, some players may have different jersey numbers while playing in CONMEBOL matches. Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.

Winter transfers

 * Alex Bolaños signed with the team after the 2009 summer transfer window and was ineligible to play in the national league at the moment of signing.

Summer transfers

 * Enrique Vera's sporting rights belonged to Mexican club América, who transferred Vera to Atlas.

Pre-season friendlies
The pre-season friendlies against Universidad César Vallejo was played in two matches at Liga's training grounds. The first match was between the reserves of each team, the second by the starters. The matches were played in two 30-minutes halves. Only club officials and credited media sources were allowed to watch.

La Tarde Blanca
In La Tarde Blanca, the club's official presentation for the season, Liga hammered visiting Sporting Cristal of Peru 5–0. The effortless win came with goals from veterans Ulises de la Cruz, Christian Lara (2), Édison Méndez, and recently signed Hernán Barcos.

Other friendlies
LDU Quito has accepted an invitation to play against Serie B team LDU Loja for their official debut of the season.

Alfonso Obregón's farewell match
A testimonial match was organized for the retirement of longtime midfielder and former team captain Alfonso Obregón. The match was played at La Casa Blanca on May 16. The game pitted current LDU Quito players against a team called Alfonso Obregón & Friends, composed of famous Liga and Ecuadorian footballers of the past. The legends team would be managed by former Liga manager, and two-time Serie A winning manager with Liga, Leonel Montoya. Alfonso Obregón would play a half for each team in the match.

Serie A
2010 will be LDU Quito's 49th season in the Serie A.

Recopa Sudamericana
As the 2009 Copa Sudamericana champion, LDU Quito played a two-legged tie against the 2009 Copa Libertadores champion Estudiantes de La Plata. LDU Quito successfully defended their title after winning the first leg 2–1 and drawing the second leg 0–0. They became the third team to win back-to-back Recopa Sudamericanas.

Copa Suruga Bank
As the 2009 Copa Sudamericana champion, LDU Quito played a single match against the 2009 J.League Cup champion FC Tokyo.

Copa Sudamericana
LDU Quito qualified to their 7th Copa Sudamericana as the defending champion. They entered the competition in the Round of 16.