2021 Barcelona Sporting Club season

Barcelona SC
2021 season
President	Carlos Alfaro Moreno
Head Coach	Fabián Bustos
Stadium	Monumental Banco Pichincha
Liga Pro	4th place
Copa Ecuador	TBA
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals (eliminated)
Top goalscorer	League: Damián Díaz (5); All: Carlos Garcés (5)
Biggest win	4–0 vs The Strongest
Biggest defeat	0–2 vs The Strongest
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The 2021 season is the 96th season in the existence of Barcelona Sporting Club, and the 63rd season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona is involved in three competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and the international tournament Copa Libertadores.

This season is the second one with Carlos Alfaro Moreno as president of the club. Barcelona's coach is Fabián Bustos.

Season overview[]

On 14 February, Barcelona played their traditional friendly match called "Noche Amarilla" against 9 de Octubre FC.^[1] Javier Mascherano played as a Barcelona S.C. player in this match as a special guest.^[2] Barcelona commemorated its 96th anniversary of the foundation. The match ended with a 1-1 draw. Barcelona's only goal was scored by defender Leonel Quiñonez, while Bryan Oña scored for Manta.^[3]^[4]

Competitions[]

Liga Pro[]

First stage[]

Stage table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Emelec	15	10	4	1	29	14	+15	34	Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Barcelona	15	9	4	2	31	13	+18	31
3	Independiente del Valle	15	8	3	4	27	18	+9	27
4	Universidad Católica	15	7	4	4	29	18	+11	25
5	Mushuc Runa	15	7	4	4	29	21	+8	25

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
12	8	3	1	27	10	+17	27	5	1	0	16	3	+13	3	2	1	11	7	+4

Last updated: 17 May 2021.
Source: LigaPro, Soccerway

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	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W		W	W	L
Position	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2		2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: LigaPro, Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) 1	Manta	2 − 3	Barcelona	Manta
19:00 UTC−5	Angulo 11' Alaniz 27' (pen.)	Report	Cortez 64' Riveros 82' Oyola 85'	Stadium: Estadio Jocay Referee: Augusto Aragón

28 February 2021 (2021-02-28) 2	Barcelona	3 − 0	Técnico Universitario	Guayaquil
19:30 ECT	Díaz 3' Castillo 76' López 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Franklin Congo

7 March 2021 (2021-03-07) 3	Guayaquil City	0 − 3	Barcelona	Guayaquil
17:15 UTC−5	Castillo 27' Garcés 45+2' 89'	Report		Stadium: Los Samanes Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

14 March 2021 (2021-03-14) 4	Barcelona	2 − 0	Orense	Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5	Díaz 27' (pen.) Garcés 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: René Marín

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 5	LDU Quito	2 − 2	Barcelona	Quito
17:15 UTC−5				Stadium: La Casa Blanca Referee: Luis Quiroz

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 6	Barcelona	2 − 2	Independiente del Valle	Guayaquil
19:30 ECT				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Augusto Aragón

8 April 2021 (2021-04-08) 7	Deportivo Cuenca	1 − 0	Barcelona	Cuenca
17:15 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Banco del Austro Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

12 April 2021 (2021-04-12) 8	Barcelona	3 − 0	Aucas	Guayaquil
19:30 ECT				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Alex Cajas

16 April 2021 (2021-04-16) 9	Mushuc Runa	2 − 2	Barcelona	Ambato
17:15 UTC−5				Stadium: Referee: Juan Andrade

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 10	Barcelona	2 − 1	Delfín	Guayaquil
19:30 ECT				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Mario Romero

16 May 2021 (2021-05-16) 12	9 de Octubre	0 − 1	Barcelona	Guayaquil
19:00 ECT			Díaz 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Modelo Referee: Roberto Sánchez

23 May 2021 (2021-05-23) 13	Barcelona	4 − 0	Olmedo	Guayaquil
??:00 ECT	28' López 60' Riveros 85' Martínez 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Jaime Sánchez

30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) 14	Universidad Católica	2 − 0	Barcelona	Quito
??:00 ECT	Cevallos 26' Carabalí 59'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Diego Lara

10 June 2021 (2021-06-10) 11	Barcelona	1 − 1	Emelec	Guayaquil
17:15 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

18 July 2021 (2021-07-18) 15	Barcelona	3 − 0	Macará	Guayaquil
??:00 ECT				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

Second stage[]

Stage table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Técnico Universitario	15	5	7	3	13	9	+4	22
8	Aucas	15	5	5	5	20	17	+3	20
9	Barcelona	15	6	2	7	20	20	0	20
10	Guayaquil City	15	6	2	7	16	18	−2	20
11	Orense	15	4	7	4	14	13	+1	19

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[]

Results by round[]

Matches[]

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 1	Barcelona	2 — 0	Manta	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 2	Técnico Universitario	1 — 2	Barcelona	Ambato
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Bellavista

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 3	Barcelona	2 — 1	Guayaquil City	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15) 4	Orense	1 — 0	Barcelona	Machala
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: 9 de Mayo

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) 5	Barcelona	0 — 2	LDU Quito	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 6	Independiente del Valle	1 — 0	Barcelona	Sangolquí
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium:

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12) 7	Barcelona	3 — 2	Deportivo Cuenca	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) 8	Aucas	1 — 0	Barcelona	Quito
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 9	Barcelona	4 — 0	Mushuc Runa	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) 10	Delfín	4 — 1	Barcelona	Manta
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Jocay

17 October 2021 (2021-10-17) 11	Emelec	2 — 1	Barcelona	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Banco del Pacífico Capwell

24 October 2021 (2021-10-24) 12	Barcelona	1 — 3	9 de Octubre	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 13	Olmedo	0 — 2	Barcelona	Riobamba
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Olímpico

7 November 2021 (2021-11-07) 14	Barcelona	1 — 1	Universidad Católica	Guayaquil
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha

21 November 2021 (2021-11-21) 15	Macará	1 — 1	Barcelona	Ambato
??:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Bellavista

Copa Ecuador[]

Copa Libertadores[]

Group stage (Group C)[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BSC	BOC	SAN	STR
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Round of 16	—	1–0	3–1	4–0
2	Boca Juniors	6	3	1	2	6	2	+4	10	Round of 16	0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Santos	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	6	Copa Sudamericana	0–2	1–0	—	5–0
4	The Strongest	6	2	0	4	4	14	−10	6		2–0	0–1	2–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 1	Santos	0–2	Barcelona	São Paulo
17:15 UTC−5		Report	Garcés 53' Pará 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: (Uruguay)

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28) 2	Barcelona	4–0	The Strongest	Guayaquil
21:00 UTC−5	Garcés 46' Pineida 67' Martínez 73' Valverde 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: (Paraguay)

4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) 3	Barcelona	1–0	Boca Juniors	Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5	Garcés 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: (Colombia)

11 May 2021 (2021-05-11) 4	The Strongest	2–0	Barcelona	La Paz
17:15 UTC−5	Reinoso 45+1', 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: (Venezuela)

20 May 2021 (2021-05-20) 5	Boca Juniors	0–0	Barcelona	Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: La Bombonera

26 May 2021 (2021-05-26) 6	Barcelona	3–1	Santos	Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−5	Díaz 15', 54' 77'	Report	Kaio Jorge 45+2'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental

Final stages[]

Round of 16[]

13 July 2021 (2021-07-13) First leg	Vélez Sarsfield	1–0	Barcelona	Buenos Aires
19:15 UTC−3	Lucero 7'	Report		Stadium: José Amalfitani Attendance: 0 Referee: (Brazil)

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) Second leg	Barcelona	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Vélez Sarsfield	Guayaquil
17:15 UTC−5	24' Cortez 69' (pen.) Perlaza 80'	Report	Lucero 48'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 0 Referee: (Chile)

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals[]

12 August 2021 (2021-08-12) First leg	Fluminense	2–2	Barcelona	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Teixeira 26' Fred 90+5' (pen.)	Report	69' Cortez 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: 0 Referee: (Venezuela)

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) Second leg	Barcelona	1–1 (3a–3 agg.)	Fluminense	Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5	Mastriani 73'	Report	Fred 90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Attendance: 0 Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Semi-finals[]

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) First leg	Flamengo	2–0	Barcelona	Rio de Janeiro
: UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) Second leg	Barcelona	0–2 (0-4 agg.)	Flamengo	Guayaquil
: UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo

References[]

^ Febrero, 12 De; 2021 - 14h41 (2021-02-12). "Cronograma de Barcelona SC para la Noche Amarilla 2021: cuándo y dónde será presentado Javier Mascherano". El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
^ "Javier Mascherano será el primero en usar la camiseta de Barcelona 2021". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
^ Febrero, 14 De; 2021 - 20h35 (2021-02-15). "Barcelona SC empató a 1 con 9 de Octubre, con Javier Mascherano, en el estadio Monumental en la Noche Amarilla". El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
^ "Javier Mascherano será el primero en usar la camiseta de Barcelona 2021". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.

External links[]

Official website

[1] Febrero, 12 De; 2021 - 14h41 (2021-02-12). "Cronograma de Barcelona SC para la Noche Amarilla 2021: cuándo y dónde será presentado Javier Mascherano". El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.

[2] "Javier Mascherano será el primero en usar la camiseta de Barcelona 2021". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.

[3] Febrero, 14 De; 2021 - 20h35 (2021-02-15). "Barcelona SC empató a 1 con 9 de Octubre, con Javier Mascherano, en el estadio Monumental en la Noche Amarilla". El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.

[4] "Javier Mascherano será el primero en usar la camiseta de Barcelona 2021". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.

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v t Barcelona Sporting Club
Founded May 1, 1925
Club	Footballers Managers Presidents
Stadiums	Monumental Banco Pichincha Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera
Rivals	Emelec (Clásico del Astillero)
Key Personnel	Chairman: Carlos Alfaro Moreno Manager: Jorge Célico
National Titles (15)	1960 1963 1966 1970 1971 2012 2016 2020
Seasons	2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Website: www.barcelonasc.com.ec

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	8	3	1	27	10	+17	27	5	1	0	16	3	+13	3	2	1	11	7	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	8	3	1	27	10	+17	27	5	1	0	16	3	+13	3	2	1	11	7	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	8	3	1	27	10	+17	27	5	1	0	16	3	+13	3	2	1	11	7	+4