2020 Barcelona Sporting Club season
# 2020 Barcelona Sporting Club season

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.

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. 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. | 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 050.00 |

Last updated: 29 December 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Liga Pro

**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 | |

**First stage**

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 19 November 2020. Source: Liga Pro

**First stage**

**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 |

**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 | |

**Second stage**

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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

**Second stage**

**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 |

**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 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 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 |

* ↑ 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**

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

**First qualifying stage**

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

**Second qualifying stage**

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

**Third qualifying stage**

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

**Group stage (Group A)**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Round of 16 | 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 | — |
