Liga de Quito

Liga Rey de Copas is a sticker album dedicated to the football club Liga Deportiva Universitaria (LDU) from Quito, Ecuador. The album has been published in 2017 by the group El Comercio with the help of some sponsors to celebrate almost 100 years of history of the club. The album was released together with the set of 135 stickers about the club and 4 stickers about the sponsors. Twelve special stickers to complete the album could be found inside some commercial products.

Los primeros pasos de LIGA (3 stickers)

The Club Universitario was founded in 1918 by four football players. The club changed its name and became LDU Quito in 1930.

Evolucion del uniforme (5 stickers)
Five stickers describe the evolution of the club uniform 

La decada de los 40 y 50 (4 stickers)

This section describes the first experience abroad in 1948 and the first professional title won in 1958.

Primer titulo en el 69 (3 stickers)
In 1969, Liga conquered its first National Championship title with players like Bertochi and 'Tito' Larrea.

Bicampeonato 74-75 (4 stickers)

In 1973, the club was relegated in the second division, but then from 1974 to 1976 Liga won everything in Ecuador and reached twice the semifinals in the Copa Libertadores.

Los anos 80 y la cuarta estrella (6 stickers)

After many difficult years, finally in 1990 Liga won its fourth National championship. Here we find stickers of some of the best players of that season: Hans Ortega, Pietro Marsetti, Berrueta, Samaniego and José Moreno.

Construccion de la Casa Blanca (6 stickers)

This section is about the stadium of Liga known as "White House". It was build in 1995.

Quinto titulo en estadio proprio (6 stickers)

The fifth title won in 1998 it is the first obtained in the new stadium of the club.






















Copa Libertadores 2008 (11 stickers)
An incredible international success arrived for Liga in 2008, when they won the Copa Libertadores defeating important clubs like Estudiantes (Argentina) and Fluminense (Brazil). This is the first Copa Libertadores title ever won by an Ecuadorian club.
This section includes three of the 12 big size special stickers: the trophy, the celebration, and the team photo. The other stickers of this section are about players in action and the coach Edgardo Bauza.

Mundial de Clubes 2008 (5 stickers)

With the victory in the Copa Libertadores, the club Liga could participate in the FIFA Club World Cup 2008, held in Japan. After defeating the Mexican club Pachuca in the semifinal, they faced the Manchester United of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo in the final, losing 1-0.

Recopa Sudamericana (6 stickers)

Winning the Copa Libertadores, Liga played as well the Recopa Sudamericana against Internacional (Brazil), winning both matches (1-0 and 3-0) and celebrating thus its second international title.

Copa Sudamericana 2009 (5 stickers)

2009 is another fantastic year for Liga de Quito. They won the Copa Sudamericana defeating Fluminense in the final. Here we find the stickers of the trophy, team celebration, the coach Jorge Fossati, and Edison Mendez in action (he scored three goals in the final).

Copas de la Paz y Suruga Bank (5 stickers)

In 2009 and 2010, Liga took part in other two international tournaments (Peace Cup and Suruga Championship), facing also Real Madrid. Here we find action stickers of that match, in which we can recognize Raul and Pepe. 

Recopa 2010 y decima estrella (6 stickers)
The golden age of Liga continued in 2010, with the tenth National title and the second Recopa Sudamericana.

Los subcampeonatos (10 stickers)
This section shows the teams that got the place in the Ecuadorian league, in 1977, 1981, 2008, 2011, and 2015.

Cuerpo tecnico de LIGA 2017 (5 stickers)

This section includes stickers of the club badge and team coaches for the season 2017.

Equipo de LIGA 2017 (24 stickers)

The squad of the season 2017 is included with 19 stickers of players, three stickers of the uniforms, and two stickers with a team photo.

Records de LIGA (5 stickers)

Last section of this album shows some records obtained by some historical players along the history of the club. Here we find for example the sticker of Neicer Reasco, the player with most appearances with LIGA (536 in Seria A, 117 in International cups, and 17 in Serie B).

Stickers of two legendary characters of club Liga de Quito: the coach Manuel Pellegrini and Francisco Bertochi 

Stickers of Copa Libertadores 2008 and Copa Sudamericana 2009, two remarkable International trophies won by club Liga

Album details

Full name: LIGA Rey de Copas 

Publisher: Grupo EL COMERCIO C.A.

Year: 2017

Club: Liga Deportiva Universitaria (Ecuador)

Place: Quito (Ecuador)

Sections of the album: see description above

Regular stickers: 135

Sponsor stickers: 4

Special sticker: 12

Total number of stickers: 151