2020 Barcelona Sporting Club season explained

Club:Barcelona SC
Season:2020
Chrtitle:President
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Stadium:Monumental Banco Pichincha
League:Liga Pro First Stage
League Result:4th
League2:Liga Pro Second Stage
League2 Result:1st
Cup1:Liga Pro Finals
Cup1 Result:Champions
Cup2:Copa Ecuador
Cup2 Result:Cancelled
Cup3:C. Libertadores
Cup3 Result:Group stage
League Topscorer:Damián Díaz (10)
Season Topscorer:Damián Díaz (12)
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Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

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

Goalscorers

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11FWFidel Martínez-3 - 8 11
10MFDamián Díaz-8 - 2 10
8FWLeandro Emmanuel Martínez-4 - 3 7
9FWCristian Colmán-4 - 1 5
44/9FWJonathan Álvez-2 - 2 4
21FWJosé Angulo-3 - - 3
13FWEly Esterilla-2 - - 2
14DFDarío Aimar-2 - - 2
20MFBruno Piñatares-2 - - 2
23DFPedro Pablo Velasco-1 - 1 2
26DFByron Castillo-1 - 1 2
5DFGabriel Marques-- - 1 1
7MFMichael Arroyo-1 - - 1
19MFNixon Molina-1 - - 1
77MFAdonis Preciado-1 - - 1
3MFWilliam Riveros-1 - - 1

Competitions

Liga Pro

See main article: article and 2020 Ecuadorian Serie A.

First stage

Matches

Second stage

Matches

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

See main article: article and 2020 Copa Libertadores.

First qualifying stage

See also: 2020 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages. 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 won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Third qualifying stage

See also: 2020 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fabián Bustos es presentado como nuevo DT de Barcelona SC. 2019-12-16. El Universo. es. 2019-12-17.
  2. Web site: Barcelona SC clasifica a la Copa Libertadores 2020. 2019-11-03. El Universo. es. 2019-12-17.