2020 Barcelona Sporting Club season

The 2020 season will be Barcelona Sporting Club's 95th season in existence and the club's 62nd season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona is going to be involved in three competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and the international tournament Copa Libertadores.

Barcelona SC
2020 season
PresidentCarlos Alfaro Moreno
Head CoachFabián Bustos
StadiumMonumental Banco Pichincha

This season is going to be the first one with Carlos Alfaro Moreno as president of the club. In the last season, Barcelona had three different coaches, but on 17 December 2019 the club hires the Argentinean coach Fabián Bustos.[1]

Barcelona participated in the 2020 Copa Libertadores. They began their participation from the first qualifying stage, a key they won 5-1 on aggregate against Progreso. In the second qualifying stage they beat Sporting Cristal 5-2 on aggregate. In the third qualifying phase they won 5-0 on aggregate to Cerro Porteño. However, in the group stage, Barcelona played in Group A, obtaining 5 defeats and only 1 victory, finishing last in the table and being eliminated from the tournament.

Barcelona is going to be one of the twenty teams disputing the 2020 Liga Pro and 2020 Copa Ecuador. Barcelona finished the 2019 Liga Pro first stage in second place, qualifying to the 2020 Copa Libertadores.[2]

Season overview

January
  • Barcelona played their annual traditional friendly match called Noche Amarilla (the "Yellow Night"), in which they presented their season squad. In this friendly match, the retired Italian player Alessandro del Piero played as a special guest. The rival was Delfín SC. The match ended with a 0–1 score in favor of the visiting team.

Goalscorers
No. Pos. Nation Name App. Liga Pro Copa Ecuador Copa Libertadores Total
11 FW Fidel Martínez - 3 - 8 11
10 MF Damián Díaz - 8 - 2 10
8 FW Leandro Emmanuel Martínez - 4 - 3 7
9 FW Cristian Colmán - 4 - 1 5
44/9 FW Jonathan Álvez - 2 - 2 4
21 FW José Angulo - 3 - - 3
13 FW Ely Esterilla - 2 - - 2
14 DF Darío Aimar - 2 - - 2
20 MF Bruno Piñatares - 2 - - 2
23 DF Pedro Pablo Velasco - 1 - 1 2
26 DF Byron Castillo - 1 - 1 2
5 DF Gabriel Marques - - - 1 1
7 MF Michael Arroyo - 1 - - 1
19 MF Nixon Molina - 1 - - 1
77 MF Adonis Preciado - 1 - - 1
3 MF William Riveros - 1 - - 1

Competitions

Liga Pro
Main article: 2020 Ecuadorian Serie A
Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LDU Quito 15 11 2 2 29 13 +16 35 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Independiente del Valle 15 9 5 1 36 22 +14 32
3 Universidad Católica 15 9 4 2 32 14 +18 31
4 Barcelona 15 8 5 2 23 13 +10 29
5 Macará 15 6 6 3 22 17 +5 24
6 Aucas 15 7 2 6 26 23 +3 23
7 Técnico Universitario 15 6 4 5 17 16 +1 22
8 Delfín 15 5 3 7 17 22 −5 18
9 Guayaquil City 15 5 3 7 17 23 −6 18
10 Mushuc Runa 15 5 3 7 16 22 −6 18
11 Olmedo 15 5 2 8 26 29 −3 17
12 Emelec 15 4 4 7 20 22 −2 16
13 El Nacional 15 3 5 7 16 24 −8 14
14 LDU Portoviejo 15 3 4 8 19 30 −11 13
15 Orense 15 1 7 7 15 27 −12 10
16 Deportivo Cuenca 15 1 5 9 16 30 −14 8
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
15 8 5 2 23 13  +10 29 5 3 0 12 5  +7 3 2 2 11 8  +3

Last updated: 19 November 2020.
Source: Liga Pro

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH
ResultDWDLWWWLWWWDWDD
Position555554244433444
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: LigaPro
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
16 February 2020 Match 1 Barcelona 0 - 0 Técnico Universitario Guayaquil
16:45
  • Anthony Bedoya  9'  64'
 Summary
  • Edwin Méndez  35'
  • Eddie Guevara  72'
  • Juan David Jiménez  75'
 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Carlos Orbe
22 February 2020 Match 2 Delfín 1 - 2 Barcelona Manta
14:30
  • Janner Corozo  18'
  • Richard Calderón  45+2'  82'
  • Garcés  52' (pen.)
  • Cangá  74'  77'
  • Ale  76'
 Summary
Stadium: Estadio Jocay
Referee: Marlon Vera
28 February 2020 Match 3 Barcelona 1 - 1 LDU Portoviejo Guayaquil
18:00
  • Gustavo Vallecilla  29'
  • Esterilla  45+1'
  • Sergio Quintero  48'
  • Aimar  56'
  • Byron Castillo  69'
  • Éder Cetré  89'
 Summary
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Gabriel González
7 March 2020 Match 4 LDU Quito 2 - 1 Barcelona Quito
18:00
  • Cristian Borja  28'
  • Franklin Guerra  47'
  • Lucas Villarruel  82'
  • Franklin Guerra  90+1'
 Summary
Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Referee: Franklin Congo
14 August 2020 Match 5 Barcelona 1 - 0 Orense Guayaquil
19:15
  • José Angulo  76'
  • Willian Riveros  90+4'
 Summary
  • Ronaldo Johnson  71'
  • Daniel Angulo  76'
 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Augusto Aragón
18 August 2020 Match 6 D. Cuenca 0 - 3 Barcelona Cuenca
17:00 Pedro Larrea  47'
Ivan Piedra  55'
Sergio Ojeda  62'		 Report Nixon Molina  23'
Bruno Piñatares  26'
Fidel Martínez  56' (pen.)
Gabriel Marques  71'
Bruno Piñatares  78'
Jonathan Álvez  90+1'		 Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
Referee: Marlon Vera
23 August 2020 Match 7 Barcelona 2 - 1 Emelec Guayaquil
18:30 G. Marques  33'
F. Martínez  83'
C. Colmán  90+4'		 M. Hernandez  31'
A. Leguizamón  45+2'
J. Rojas  54'
R. Ordóñez  66'		 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero
26 August 2020 Match 8 Guayaquil City 2 - 1 Barcelona Guayaquil
19:00 Miguel Parrales  23'
Ariel Chávez  42'		 José Enrique Angulo  63' Stadium: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt
Referee: Mario Romero
29 August 2020 Match 9 Barcelona 3 - 1 Olmedo Guayaquil
17:30 Damián Díaz  45'
Darío Aimar  47'
Cristian Colmán  89'		 Gorman Estacio  50' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Juan Andrade
1 September 2020 Match 10 Barcelona 4 - 2 Aucas Guayaquil
19:00 Emmanuel Martínez  22',  62'
José Enrique Angulo  34'
Michael Arroyo  36'		 Luis Miguel Encalada  16'
Jhonny Quiñonez  90+3'		 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: René Marín
4 September 2020 Match 11 Mushuc Runa 1 - 2 Barcelona Ambato
19:00 Ignacio Herrera  85' Damián Díaz  26' (pen.)
Emmanuel Martínez  56'		 Stadium: COAC Mushuc Runa
Referee: Luis Quiroz
9 September 2020 Match 12 Macará 1 - 1 Barcelona Ambato
19:00 Leonel Quiñónez  90+1' Damián Díaz  47' Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
Referee: Diego Lara
13 September 2020 Match 13 Barcelona 1 - 0 Universidad Católica Guayaquil
18:00 Damián Díaz  47' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Juan Andrade
26 September 2020 Match 14 Independiente 1 - 1 Barcelona Sangolquí
19:30 Luis Segovia  6' Jonathan Álvez  21' Stadium: Estadio Rumiñahui
Referee: René Marín
3 October 2020 Match 15 Barcelona 0 - 0 El Nacional Guayaquil
18:30 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Jaime Sánchez
Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Emelec 9 5 3 1 16 6 +10 18 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Barcelona 9 5 3 1 12 4 +8 18
3 LDU Quito 9 5 2 2 22 10 +12 17
4 Guayaquil City 9 4 4 1 15 11 +4 16
5 Universidad Católica 8 4 1 3 11 9 +2 13
6 Orense 9 3 4 2 8 10 −2 13
7 Deportivo Cuenca 9 3 3 3 10 15 −5 12
8 Aucas 9 2 5 2 21 22 −1 11
9 Olmedo 9 3 2 4 12 13 −1 11
10 Técnico Universitario 9 3 2 4 7 8 −1 11
11 Macará 8 3 2 3 6 8 −2 11
12 Independiente del Valle 9 3 1 5 15 19 −4 10
13 Delfín 9 2 3 4 15 15 0 9
14 El Nacional 9 2 2 5 6 13 −7 8
15 Mushuc Runa 8 2 1 5 12 15 −3 7
16 LDU Portoviejo 8 2 0 6 10 20 −10 6
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2020. Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
9 5 3 1 12 4  +8 18 3 1 0 7 2  +5 2 2 1 5 2  +3

Last updated: 2 November 2020 (2020-11-02).
Source: Liga Pro

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415
GroundAHAHAHAHA------
ResultWWWDLWDWD
Position311132212
Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29). Source: LigaPro
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
14 October 2020 Match 1 Técnico Universitario 0 - 2 Barcelona Ambato
18:30
Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
Referee: Marlon Vera
17 October 2020 Match 2 Barcelona 1 - 0 Delfín Guayaquil
19:30
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Augusto Aragón
25 October 2020 Match 3 LDU Portoviejo 0 - 2 Barcelona Portoviejo
18:00
Stadium: Estadio Reales Tamarindos
Referee:
1 November 2020 Match 4 Barcelona 2 - 2 LDU Quito Guayaquil
18:00
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee:
6 November 2020 Match 5 Olmedo 1 - 0 Barcelona Riobamba
19:00
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
Referee:
10 November 2020 Match 6 Barcelona 2 - 0 Independiente Guayaquil
19:00
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee:
15 November 2020 Match 7 El Nacional 1 - 1 Barcelona Quito
19:00
  • Sixto Mina  26'
  • Nixon Molina  46'
 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee:
19 November 2020 Match 8 Barcelona 2 - 0 Deportivo Cuenca Guayaquil
19:00
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee:
23 November 2020 Match 9 Orense 0 - 0 Barcelona Machala
15:30 Stadium: Estadio 9 de Mayo
Referee:
29 November 2020 Match 10 Barcelona 3 - 0 Macará Guayaquil
18:00 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee:
6 December 2020 Match 11 Emelec 1 - 1 Barcelona Guayaquil
19:00 Stadium: Estadio George Capwell
Referee:
9 December 2020 Match 12 Barcelona 2 - 0 Guayaquil City Guayaquil
18:00 Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee:

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 LDU Quito (Q) 23 16 3 4 50 22 +28 51 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Barcelona 23 13 7 3 35 17 +18 46 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
3 Universidad Católica 23 13 5 5 43 23 +20 44 Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
4 Independiente del Valle 23 11 6 6 50 41 +9 39 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Macará 23 9 8 6 28 25 +3 35
6 Aucas 23 9 6 8 44 42 +2 33
7 Técnico Universitario 23 9 6 8 24 23 +1 33
8 Guayaquil City 23 9 6 8 31 33 −2 33
9 Emelec 23 8 7 8 33 26 +7 31
10 Olmedo 23 8 4 11 37 40 −3 28
11 Delfín 23 7 6 10 30 34 −4 27
12 Mushuc Runa 23 7 4 12 28 37 −9 25
13 Orense 23 4 10 9 23 37 −14 22
14 El Nacional 23 4 7 12 20 36 −16 19
15 Deportivo Cuenca 23 4 7 12 23 42 −19 19 Qualification for relegation play-offs
16 LDU Portoviejo 23 5 4 14 29 50 −21 19
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2020. Source: LigaPro
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Head-to-head record, 6) Drawing of lots.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Copa Libertadores
Main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores

First qualifying stage
Progreso 0–2 Barcelona
Report
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Barcelona 3–1 Progreso
 Report
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C8).

Second qualifying stage
Barcelona 4–0 Sporting Cristal
 Report
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
Sporting Cristal 2–1 Barcelona
 Report

Barcelona won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Third qualifying stage
Barcelona 1–0 Cerro Porteño
 Report
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Cerro Porteño 0–4 Barcelona
Report
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group A).

Group stage (Group A)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FLA IDV JUN BSC
1 Flamengo 6 5 0 1 14 8 +6 15 Round of 16 — 4–0 3–1 3–0
2 Independiente del Valle 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12 5–0 — 3–0 2–0
3 Junior 6 2 0 4 8 12 −4 6 Copa Sudamericana 1–2 4–1 — 0–2
4 Barcelona 6 1 0 5 4 12 −8 3 1–2 0–3 1–2 —
Source: CONMEBOL
Flamengo 3–0 Barcelona
 Report
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
Barcelona 1–2 Junior
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Barcelona 1–2 Flamengo
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Junior 0–2 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Independiente del Valle 2–0 Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

Notes
  1. Progreso played their home match at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Abraham Paladino, Montevideo, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
  2. Sporting Cristal played their home match at Estadio Nacional, Lima, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Alberto Gallardo, Lima, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.[3][4]
  3. Independiente del Valle play their home matches against Junior and Barcelona at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, and will play their home match against Flamengo at Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda, Quito,[5] instead of their regular stadium Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí which does not meet CONMEBOL requirements.

References
  1. "Fabián Bustos es presentado como nuevo DT de Barcelona SC". El Universo (in Spanish). 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  2. "Barcelona SC clasifica a la Copa Libertadores 2020". El Universo (in Spanish). 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  3. Sporting Cristal [@ClubSCristal] (19 December 2019). "Comunicamos que el estadio declarado para nuestra participación en la @Libertadores 2020, es el Estadio Nacional" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  4. "Cambio de estadio en partido de Sporting Cristal vs. E3". CONMEBOL.com. 23 January 2020.
  5. "Cambio de escenario en partido del Independiente del Valle vs. Flamengo". CONMEBOL.com. 11 March 2020.
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