2021 Barcelona Sporting Club season

Barcelona SC
2021 season
President	Carlos Alfaro Moreno
Head Coach	Fabián Bustos
Stadium	Monumental Banco Pichincha
Liga Pro First Stage	2nd
Liga Pro Second Stage	9th
Copa Ecuador	Cancelled
Supercopa Ecuador	Runners-up
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Gonzalo Mastriani (8); All: Carlos Garcés, Damián Díaz; & Gonzalo Mastriani (9 each)
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season was the 96th season in the existence of Barcelona Sporting Club, and the 63rd season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona was involved in three primary competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and the international tournament Copa Libertadores.

The season was the second with Carlos Alfaro Moreno as president of the club. Barcelona's coach was Fabián Bustos. While the club failed to achieve domestic success, they did reach the semi-final stage of the Copa Libertadores for the fifth time in club history and the first time since 2017. They also contested the final of the Supercopa Ecuador.

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' Molina 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: COAC Mushuc Runa 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	Carcelén 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: Banco Guayaquil

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

The 2021 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to logistical issues surrounding the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador.

Supercopa Ecuador

On 8 January 2021, FEF announced a February date and a four-team format for the Supercopa Ecuador to account for the cancellation of the 2020 Copa Ecuador.^[1] On 20 January 2021, Barcelona declined its participation in the competition to avoid a potential conflict with one of its sponsors.^[2]

After numerous delays, the FEF announced a late-June date for the tournament on 5 June 2021. FEF further modified the format of the tournament to include six-teams, with Barcelona returning to the draw.^[3] As reigning champions of Ecuador, Barcelona were given a bye to the semi-final stage. ^[4]

22 June 2021 Semi-finals	Barcelona	1-0	9 de Octubre	Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−5	Garcés 70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt Attendance: 0 Referee: Marlon Vera

26 June 2021 Final	Barcelona	0-1	LDU Quito	Quito
15:00 UTC−5		Report	Br. Caicedo 4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Attendance: 0 Referee: Roberto Sánchez

Copa Libertadores

Group stage (Group C)

Pos	Team v t e	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: Andrés Matonte (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: Derlis López (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: Andrés Rojas (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: Ángel Arteaga (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' Montaño 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: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) Second leg	Barcelona	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Vélez Sarsfield	Guayaquil
17:15 UTC−5	Preciado 24' Cortez 69' (pen.) Perlaza 80'	Report	Lucero 48'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 0 Referee: Piero Maza (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	Preciado 69' Cortez 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexis Herrera (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)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate. Barcelona advanced to the semi-finals via the away goals rule.

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

Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	League	Domestic Cups	International Cups	Total
1	Gonzalo Mastriani	8	0	1	9
	Damián Díaz	7	0	2	9
	Carlos Garcés	5	1	3	9
4	Emmanuel Martínez	7	0	1	8
5	Sergio López	6	0	0	6
6	Gabriel Cortez	3	0	2	5
7	Byron Castillo	3	0	0	3
8	Williams Riveros	2	0	0	2
	Michael Hoyos	2	0	0	2
	Joshué Quiñónez	2	0	0	2
	Adonis Preciado [es]	0	0	2	2
12	Nixon Molina [es]	1	0	0	1
	Matías Oyola	1	0	0	1
	Michael Carcelén	1	0	0	1
	Mario Pineida	0	0	1	1
	Carlos Montaño	0	0	1	1
	Jonathan Perlaza	0	0	1	1
**	Own Goals	0	0	2	2
	Team Totals	48	1	16	65

References

^ "¡La Supercopa Pilsener 2021 tendrá nuevo formato! – FEF | Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol".
^ "Barcelona SC declina 'de forma definitiva' participación en la Supercopa Ecuador 2021". El Universo. January 20, 2021.
^ "Se conoció el calendario para la Supercopa Ecuador". Ecuagol.
^ Alencastro, Jesus (June 5, 2021). "¡Así será el formato de la Supercopa Ecuador 2021!".

External links

Official website

[1] "¡La Supercopa Pilsener 2021 tendrá nuevo formato! – FEF | Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol".

[2] "Barcelona SC declina 'de forma definitiva' participación en la Supercopa Ecuador 2021". El Universo. January 20, 2021.

[3] "Se conoció el calendario para la Supercopa Ecuador". Ecuagol.

[4] Alencastro, Jesus (June 5, 2021). "¡Así será el formato de la Supercopa Ecuador 2021!".

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