2022 Barcelona Sporting Club season

The 2022 season was the 97th season in the existence of Barcelona Sporting Club, and the 64th season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona was involved in four competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and two international tournaments: Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

Barcelona SC
2022 season
PresidentCarlos Alfaro Moreno
Head CoachFabián Bustos
(until 25 February)

Jorge Célico
(from 27 February until 4 September)

Fabián Bustos
(from 5 September)
StadiumMonumental Banco Pichincha
Liga Pro First Stage1st
Liga Pro Second Stage8th
Liga Pro FinalsRunners Up
Copa EcuadorRound of 32
Copa Libertadores3rd qualifying phase
Copa SudamericanaGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Gabriel Cortez & Jhon Cifuente (7)
All: Gonzalo Mastriani (9)
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This season is the third one with Carlos Alfaro Moreno as president of the club. Fabián Bustos started the season as coach but departed to replace Fábio Carille at Santos FC at which point he was replaced by Jorge Célico. After a poor run of form in the season's second stage, Bustos returned to replaced Célico.[1]

Competitions edit

LigaPro Serie A edit

First stage edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 15 9 3 3 24 11 +13 30 Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Universidad Católica 15 9 2 4 31 17 +14 29
3 LDU Quito 15 9 2 4 26 22 +4 29
4 Independiente del Valle 15 8 3 4 16 12 +4 27
5 Aucas 15 7 5 3 23 17 +6 26
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 edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 9 3 3 24 11  +13 30 4 2 1 11 3  +8 5 1 2 13 8  +5
Results by round edit
Round123456789101112131415
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWDWWLLWDWDLW
Position521111111111111
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
February 19 Round 1 Delfín 0 - 1 Barcelona Manta
20:00 UTC−05:00 Report Preciado   90' Stadium: Estadio Jocay
Referee: Carlos Orbe
February 26 Round 2 Barcelona 1 - 0 Técnico Universitario Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00 Mastriani   90+1' Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: René Marín
March 5 Round 3 9 de Octubre 1 - 2 Barcelona Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00 Luna   45+7' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Estadio Modelo
Referee: Carlos Orbe
March 12 Round 4 Barcelona 2 - 0 Independiente del Valle Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00 Cortez   5', 71' Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero
March 19 Round 5 Mushuc Runa 1 - 1 Barcelona Ambato
20:00 UTC−05:00 Giordana   29' Report Cortez   20' Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
Referee: Luis Quiroz
April 2 Round 6 Universidad Católica 1 - 2 Barcelona Quito
20:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee:   Carlos Orbe
April 10 Round 7 Barcelona 2 - 0 Orense Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Guillermo Guerrero
April 17 Round 8 L.D.U. Quito 2 - 0 Barcelona Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: La Casa Blanca
Referee:   Augusto Aragón
April 20 Round 9 Barcelona 0 - 1 Gualaceo Guayaquil
21:00 UTC−05:00
Report
  • Herlin Lino   24'
  • Joaquín Vergés   42'
  • Jorge Gongora   49'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Carlos Orbe
April 24 Round 10 Macará 0 - 1 Barcelona Ambato
20:30 UTC−05:00
  • Álvaro Cazula   32'
  • Kevin Peralta   38'
  • Felipe Mejía   43'
  • Jean Peña   45+4'
  • Carlos Espinoza   81'
  • Luis Arce   81'
  • Fernando Mora   88'
Report
Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
Referee:   Augusto Aragón
May 8 Round 12 Guayaquil City 1 - 4 Barcelona Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00
  • Jean Humanante   25'
  • César   69'
Report
Stadium: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt
Referee:   Roddy Zambrano
May 11 Round 11 Barcelona 1 - 1 Emelec Guayaquil
21:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Guillermo Guerrero
May 15 Round 13 Barcelona 1 - 1 Deportivo Cuenca Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00
Report
  • Bruno Duarte   4'
  • Vilinton Branda   90+3'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Augusto Aragón
May 22 Round 14 Aucas 2 - 1 Barcelona Quito
20:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo R.
Referee:   Luis Quiroz
May 29 Round 15 Barcelona 4 - 0 Cumbayá Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00
Report
  • Bryan Ramírez   16'
  • Arce   43'
  • Darío Bone   58'
  • Jorge Pucheta   82'
  • Rommel Tapia   82'
  • Edison Hernández   87'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Roddy Zambrano

Second stage edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Deportivo Cuenca 15 6 4 5 18 16 +2 22
7 Técnico Universitario 15 6 4 5 20 20 0 22
8 Barcelona 15 5 6 4 24 19 +5 21
9 Delfín 15 5 4 6 17 19 −2 19
10 Orense 15 4 6 5 16 17 −1 18
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.
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 5 6 4 24 19  +5 21 2 4 2 13 11  +2 3 2 2 11 8  +3
Results by round edit
Round123456789101112131415
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDDWDWDLWWDLLD
Position1087857667655778
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
July 10 Round 1 Barcelona 0 – 1 Delfín Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Carlos Ore
July 16 Round 2 Técnico Universitario 0 – 2 Barcelona Ambato
21:00 UTC−05:00
  • Stiven Tapiero   41'
  • Alejandro Villalva   45+2'
  • Edison Carcelén   90+1'
  • Enson Rodríguez   90+2'
Report
Stadium: Estadio Bellavista
Referee:   Roberto Sánchez
24 July Round 3 Barcelona 2 – 2 9 de Octubre Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00
Report
  • Cortez   27' (pen.)   45+5' (pen.)
  • Manuel Lucas   47'
  • Kevin Becerra   56'
  • Ruben Escobar   62'
  • Renny Jaramillo   86'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Roddy Zambrano
30 July Round 4 Independiente del Valle 1 – 1 Barcelona Sangolquí
21:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil
Referee:   Luis Quiroz
7 August Round 5 Barcelona 4 – 1 Mushuc Runa Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Gabriel González
13 August Round 6 Barcelona 0 – 0 Universidad Católica Guayaquil
21:00 UTC−05:00
  • Martínez   45'
  • Adonis Preciado   60'
  • Allen Obando   83'
Report
  • Gregori Anangonó   45+1'
  • Williams Cevallos   64'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee:   Franklin Congo
20 August Round 7 Orense 1 – 2 Barcelona Machala
16:00 UTC−05:00
  • José Miguel Andrade   37'   73'
  • Rojas   68'
Report
Stadium: Estadio 9 de Mayo
Referee:   René Marín
28 August Round 8 Barcelona 1-1 L.D.U. Quito Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Augusto Aragón
3 September Round 9 Gualaceo 2-1 Barcelona Azogues
19:00 UTC−05:00
  • Quintero   45+7' (pen.)
  • Ávila   90+1'
Report
Stadium: Estadio Jorge Andrade
Referee: Roberto Sánchez
10 September Round 10 Barcelona 5-3 Macará Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00
Report
  • Mina   29', 34', 89' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Jaime Sánchez
22 October Round 15 Cumbayá 1-1 Barcelona Quito
Report
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa

Final stage edit

Barcelona met second-stage winners Aucas in the season-long Serie A final which was played over two legs.

6 November First leg Barcelona 0-1 Aucas Guayaquil
15:00 UTC−5
Report
  • Mina   42'   77'
  • Vega   65'
  • Fara   81'
  • Romero   90+1'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
13 November Second leg Aucas 0-0
(1–0 agg.)
Barcelona Quito
17:00 UTC−5
  • Caicedo   19'
  • Quiñonez   54'
  • Ordóñez   68'
  • López   74'
  • Frascarelli   77'
  • Romero   78'
Report
Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda

Aucas won 1–0 on aggregate.

Copa Ecuador edit

2 July 2022 Round of 32 El Nacional 2-1 Barcelona Quito
18:00 UTC−5
  • Nazareno   12'
  • Solís   26'
Report
  • N. Molina   33'
Stadium: Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Roberto Sánchez
Note: Match originally scheduled for 18 June 2022, 18:00 local time, but suspended and rescheduled due to social unrest in Ecuador.[2]

Copa Libertadores edit

First qualifying stage edit

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) Montevideo City Torque   1–1   Barcelona Montevideo
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
15 February 2022 (2022-02-15) Barcelona   0–0
(1–1 agg.)
(8–7 p)
  Montevideo City Torque Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Penalties

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match C5).

Second qualifying stage edit

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) Barcelona   2–0   Universitario Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
2 March 2022 (2022-03-02) Universitario   0–1
(0–3 agg.)
  Barcelona Lima
19:30 UTC−5 Report
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

Third qualifying stage edit

15 March 2022 (2022-03-15) Barcelona   0–0
(0-0 agg.)
(4–5 p)
  América Mineiro Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)[3][4] was replaced by Patricio Loustau from Argentina.[5]
Penalties

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, América Mineiro won on penalties and advanced to the group stage.

Copa Sudamericana edit

Group stage (Group A) edit

Barcelona transferred to the Copa Sudamericana group stage after their elimination from the Copa Libertadores in the third qualifying round. The draw for the group stage was held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lanús 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Round of 16
2   Barcelona 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
3   Montevideo Wanderers 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
4   Metropolitanos 6 0 3 3 3 6 −3 3
Source: CONMEBOL
7 April Matchday 1 Barcelona   4-2   Montevideo Wanderers Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 12,069[6]
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
14 April 2022 (2022-04-14) Matchday 2 Lanús   3–1   Barcelona Lanús
21:30 UTC−3
Report
Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús
Attendance: 3,592[7]
Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)
28 April 2022 (2022-04-28) Matchday 3 Barcelona   1–0   Metropolitanos Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo,
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) Matchday 4 Barcelona   1–1   Lanús Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo,
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) Matchday 5 Metropolitanos   2–2   Barcelona Caracas
20:30 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV
Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
25 May 2022 (2022-05-25) Matchday 6 Montevideo Wanderers   0–0   Barcelona Montevideo
19:15 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Referee: Wagner Magalhães (Brazil)

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

Rank Player League International Cups Total
1   Gonzalo Mastriani 6 3 9
2   Jhon Cifuente 7 0 7
  Gabriel Cortez 7 0 7
  Damián Díaz 5 2 7
5   Fidel Martínez 5 0 5
6   Carlos Rodríguez 3 1 4
  Michael Carcelén 3 1 4
8   Carlos Garcés 1 2 3
9   Cristian Penilla 2 0 2
  Emmanuel Martínez 1 1 2
  Eryc Castillo 1 1 2
  Nixon Molina [es] 1 1 2
13   Adonis Preciado [es] 1 0 1
  Jonathan Perlaza 1 0 1
  Joshué Quiñónez 1 0 1
  Pedro Velasco 1 0 1
  Leonai 1 0 1
** Own Goals 1 1 2
Team Totals 48 13 61

References edit

  1. ^ https://ge.globo.com/futebol/futebol-internacional/noticia/2022/09/05/fabian-bustos-ex-santos-e-anunciado-como-tecnico-do-barcelona-de-guayaquil.ghtml
  2. ^ https://www.espn.com.ar/futbol/ecuador/nota/_/id/10517702/se-suspende-actividad-en-la-copa-ecuador-por-paro-nacional
  3. ^ "Designación de árbitros para los partidos de revancha" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ "CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES 2022 SEMANA 11 - FASE 3 - VUELTA" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Sustitución de árbitro en Barcelona vs. América MG" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Barcelona SC X Wanderers" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Lanús X Barcelona SC" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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