Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito:
Is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league.
LDU Quito is the current Serie A champion, having won the 2010 season. Their national title count is at ten trophies, which places them third overall. Other domestic titles include two Serie B titles, a record six professional Inter-Andean titles, and three amateur Pichincha titles. They are the two-time current holder of the Recopa Sudamericana, having won the competition in 2009 and 2010. It was the first Ecuadorian club to win the Copa Libertadores (where it became the first Ecuadorian club to win an international tournament) and the first Ecuadorian club to the win the Copa Sudamericana. They are the most successful team on the Pacific coast in international competition and one of only four teams Boca Juniors, Independiente, and Internacional being the other three to have achieved the CONMEBOL treble, winning all three continental club tournaments. LDU is the only team to win all three mentioned cups one after another between the years 2008 to 2010 causing them to be rated as the best South American team of 2008 and 2009. LDU Quito was additionally the runner-up at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
LDU Quito has its roots in the semi-pro sports teams at the Central University of Ecuador, and was officially founded in 1930. Rival clubs include Quito-based clubs Aucas, Deportivo Quito, El Nacional, and Universidad Católica, as well as Guayaquil-based club Barcelona. The squad plays its home games at the Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, more commonly referred to as La Casa Blanca.
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