2020 Barcelona Sporting Club season

Barcelona SC

2020 season
President	Carlos Alfaro Moreno
Head Coach	Fabián Bustos
Stadium	Monumental Banco Pichincha
Liga Pro First Stage	4th
Liga Pro Second Stage	1st
Liga Pro Finals	Champions
Copa Ecuador	Cancelled
C. Libertadores	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Damián Díaz (10) All: Damián Díaz (12)
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The 2020 season was Barcelona Sporting Club's 95th season in existence and the club's 62nd season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona was involved in two competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, and the international tournament Copa Libertadores. The national cup called Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador.

2020 season was the first one with Carlos Alfaro Moreno as president of the club. In 2019 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 was one of the sixteen teams disputing the 2020 Liga Pro. Barcelona finished the First stage in fourth place, but they won the Second stage, qualifying to the Finals. ^[2] In the Finals, Barcelona and LDU Quito disputed the championship in round-trip matches. In the first leg, both teams tie 1-1. In the second leg, there was another tie 0-0. Barcelona won on penalties.

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
LigaPro	16 February 2020	29 December 2020	First stage - Matchday 1	Champions	32	16	12	4	47	22	+25	050.00
Copa Ecuador	Tournament canceled								!—
Copa Libertadores	22 January 2020	21 October 2020	First qualifying stage	Group stage	12	6	0	6	19	15	+4	050.00
Total					44	22	12	10	66	37	+29	050.00

Last updated: 29 December 2020
Source: Soccerway

Liga Pro

Main article: 2020 Ecuadorian Serie A

First stage

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

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D
Position	5	5	5	5	5	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: LigaPro
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Barcelona v Técnico Universitario

16 February 2020Match 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

Delfín v Barcelona

22 February 2020Match 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	Aimar  1' Jean Carlos Montaño  7' Sergio Quintero  45' Esterilla 60'69' Bolaños  74'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Marlon Vera

Barcelona v LDU Portoviejo

28 February 2020Match 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	Luna  32' Hurtado  49' Barreiro 66' Robertino Insúa  73' Quiñónez  77'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Gabriel González

LDU Quito v Barcelona

7 March 2020Match 4	LDU Quito	2 - 1	Barcelona	Quito
18:00	Cristian Borja 28' Franklin Guerra  47' Lucas Villarruel  82' Franklin Guerra 90+1'	Summary	Fidel Martínez 61' Christian Alemán Damián Díaz  90'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Franklin Congo

Barcelona v Orense

14 August 2020Match 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

D. Cuenca v Barcelona

18 August 2020Match 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

Barcelona v Emelec

23 August 2020Match 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

Guayaquil City v Barcelona

26 August 2020Match 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

Barcelona v Olmedo

29 August 2020Match 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

Barcelona v Aucas

1 September 2020Match 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

Mushuc Runa v Barcelona

4 September 2020Match 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

Macará v Barcelona

9 September 2020Match 12	Macará	1 - 1	Barcelona	Ambato
19:00	Leonel Quiñónez 90+1'		Damián Díaz 47'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Diego Lara

Barcelona v Universidad Católica

13 September 2020Match 13	Barcelona	1 - 0	Universidad Católica	Guayaquil
18:00	Damián Díaz 47'			Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Juan Andrade

Independiente v Barcelona

26 September 2020Match 14	Independiente	1 - 1	Barcelona	Sangolquí
19:30	Luis Segovia 6'		Jonathan Álvez 21'	Stadium: Estadio Rumiñahui Referee: René Marín

Barcelona v El Nacional

3 October 2020Match 15	Barcelona	0 - 0	El Nacional	Guayaquil
18:30				Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Jaime Sánchez

Second stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	15	8	5	2	22	7	+15	29	Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Emelec	15	8	4	3	28	15	+13	28
3	Guayaquil City	15	7	5	3	23	17	+6	26
4	LDU Quito	15	7	3	5	31	20	+11	24
5	Deportivo Cuenca	15	6	5	4	18	21	−3	23
6	Independiente del Valle	15	7	1	7	26	21	+5	22

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	8	5	2	22	7	+15	29	6	1	0	15	2	+13	2	4	2	7	5	+2

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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

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

Técnico Universitario v Barcelona

14 October 2020Match 1	Técnico Universitario	0 - 2	Barcelona	Ambato
18:30			Byron Castillo 11' Damián Díaz 84'	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Marlon Vera

Barcelona v Delfín

17 October 2020Match 2	Barcelona	1 - 0	Delfín	Guayaquil
19:30	Bruno Piñatares 20' Leandro Emmanuel Martínez  25'  90+4'			Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Augusto Aragón

LDU Portoviejo v Barcelona

25 October 2020Match 3	LDU Portoviejo	0 - 2	Barcelona	Portoviejo
18:00			Mario Pineida  26' Pedro Pablo Velasco 30' Adonis Preciado 39'	Stadium: Estadio Reales Tamarindos Referee:

Barcelona v LDU Quito

1 November 2020Match 4	Barcelona	2 - 2	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
18:00	Cristian Cólman 44' Damián Díaz 54'		Cristian Borja 66' Jordy Alcívar 75'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee:

Olmedo v Barcelona

6 November 2020Match 5	Olmedo	1 - 0	Barcelona	Riobamba
19:00	Joao Paredes 35'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Referee:

Barcelona v Independiente

10 November 2020Match 6	Barcelona	2 - 0	Independiente	Guayaquil
19:00	Damián Díaz 19' Cristian Cólman 63'			Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee:

El Nacional v Barcelona

15 November 2020Match 7	El Nacional	1 - 1	Barcelona	Quito
19:00	Sixto Mina 26'		Nixon Molina 46'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee:

Barcelona v Deportivo Cuenca

19 November 2020Match 8	Barcelona	2 - 0	Deportivo Cuenca	Guayaquil
19:00	Damián Díaz 2' William Riveros 4'			Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee:

Orense v Barcelona

23 November 2020Match 9	Orense	0 - 0	Barcelona	Machala
15:30				Stadium: Estadio 9 de Mayo Referee:

Barcelona v Macará

29 November 2020Match 10	Barcelona	3 - 0	Macará	Guayaquil
18:00				Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee:

Emelec v Barcelona

6 December 2020Match 11	Emelec	1 - 1	Barcelona	Guayaquil
19:00				Stadium: Estadio George Capwell Referee:

Barcelona v Guayaquil City

9 December 2020Match 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	30	18	5	7	60	33	+27	59	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Barcelona (C)	30	16	10	4	46	21	+25	58
3	Independiente del Valle	30	16	6	8	62	43	+19	54	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4	Universidad Católica	30	14	9	7	48	28	+20	51	Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Emelec	30	12	8	10	48	37	+11	44	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage [lower-alpha 1]

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.
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. Since the 2020 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, the spot awarded to its champions (Copa Sudamericana first stage) was passed over to the aggregate table fourth best-placed team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores.

Finals

Barcelona v LDU Quito

December 23Finals	Barcelona	1–1	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
20:15 UTC−05:00	Álvez 50' Pineida  67' Piñatares  72' Oyola  89'		Julio 45+4' Alcívar  52' Sornoza  55' Martínez  90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Augusto Aragón

LDU Quito v Barcelona

December 29Finals	LDU Quito	0–0 (1–3 p)	Barcelona	Quito
20:15 UTC−05:00	Guerra  43' Julio  63'		Pineida  76' Piñatares  80' Velasco  85' Castillo  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Referee: Guillermo Guerrero
	Penalties
	Alcívar Guerra Piovi Martínez		Álvez Oyola Díaz

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties and became 2020 Ecuadorian Serie A champions

Copa Ecuador

2020 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador.

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores

First qualifying stage

See also: 2020 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

Progreso v Barcelona

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22)	Progreso	0–2	Barcelona	Montevideo
21:30  UTC−3		Report	F. Martínez 22' L. Martínez 48'	Stadium: Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera [note 1] Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Barcelona v Progreso

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29)	Barcelona	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Progreso	Guayaquil
19:30  UTC−5	Díaz 13' F. Martínez 57' Velasco 73'	Report	Rosso 56'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

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

Second qualifying stage

See also: 2020 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

Barcelona v Sporting Cristal

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)	Barcelona	4–0	Sporting Cristal	Guayaquil
19:30  UTC−5	F. Martínez 6', 50' Marques 13' Álvez 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Sporting Cristal v Barcelona

13 February 2020 (2020-02-13)	Sporting Cristal	2–1 (2–5 agg.)	Barcelona	Lima
19:30  UTC−5	Sandoval 80' Olivares 90+3' (pen.)	Report	F. Martínez 68'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional [note 2] Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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

Third qualifying stage

See also: 2020 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

Barcelona v Cerro Porteño

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Barcelona	1–0	Cerro Porteño	Guayaquil
19:30  UTC−5	F. Martínez 25'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Cerro Porteño v Barcelona

26 February 2020 (2020-02-26)	Cerro Porteño	0–4 (0–5 agg.)	Barcelona	Asunción
19:15  UTC−3		Report	L. Martínez 34' F. Martínez 66', 82' Díaz 73'	Stadium: Estadio General Pablo Rojas Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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

Group stage (Group A)

See also: 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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

Barcelona v Independiente

4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)	Barcelona	0–3	Independiente	Guayaquil
17:15  UTC−5		Report	Torres 55' Ortiz 87' Pellerano 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Flamengo v Barcelona

11 March 2020 (2020-03-11)	Flamengo	3–0	Barcelona	Rio de Janeiro
21:30  UTC−3	Gustavo Henrique 39' Gabriel Barbosa 45' (pen.) Bruno Henrique 53'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Barcelona v Junior

17 September 2020 (2020-09-17)	Barcelona	1–2	Junior	Guayaquil
21:00  UTC−5	Colmán 28'	Report	Viera 7' Borja 70'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Barcelona v Flamengo

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)	Barcelona	1–2	Flamengo	Guayaquil
17:15  UTC−5	L. Martínez 48'	Report	Pedro 6' De Arrascaeta 26'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Attendance: 0 Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Junior v Barcelona

30 September 2020 (2020-09-30)	Junior	0–2	Barcelona	Barranquilla
19:30  UTC−5		Report	Castillo 45' Álvez 46'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Independiente v Barcelona

21 October 2020 (2020-10-21)	Independiente	2–0	Barcelona	Quito
19:30  UTC−5	Ortiz 24' Torres 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa [note 3] 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.

External links

• Official website