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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

9 de Octubre v Barcelona

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

Second stage

Stage table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

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]

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			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	—

Santos v Barcelona

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)

Barcelona v The Strongest

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)

Barcelona v Boca Juniors

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)

The Strongest v Barcelona

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)

Boca Juniors v Barcelona

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

Barcelona v Santos

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

Vélez Sarsfield v Barcelona

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)

Barcelona v Vélez Sarsfield

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

Fluminense v Barcelona

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)

Barcelona v Fluminense

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

Flamengo v Barcelona

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

Barcelona v Flamengo

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

External links

• Official website