2022 Barcelona Sporting Club season

Barcelona SC
2022 season
President	Carlos Alfaro Moreno
Head Coach	Fabián Bustos; (until 25 February); Jorge Célico; (from 27 February until 4 September); Fabián Bustos ; (from 5 September)
Stadium	Monumental Banco Pichincha
Liga Pro First Stage	1st
Liga Pro Second Stage	8th
Liga Pro Finals	Runners Up
Copa Ecuador	Round of 32
Copa Libertadores	3rd qualifying phase
Copa Sudamericana	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriel Cortez & Jhon Cifuente (7); All: Gonzalo Mastriani (9)

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.

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

LigaPro Serie A

First stage

Standings

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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W
Position	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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	Cortez 1', 45' (pen.) Garcés 36'	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	Williams Cevallos 40' Martínez 43' Gregori Anangonó 58' Martínez 71'	Report	Mastriani 16' Díaz 23' Quiñónez 36' Piñatares 38' Castillo 40' Sosa 43' Cortez 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Carlos Orbe

April 10 Round 7	Barcelona	2 - 0	Orense	Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00	Cortez 14' 15' 73' Nixon Molina 26' Carcelén 49'	Report	Achilier 12' Segundo Portocarrero 63' Kouffati 75'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

April 17 Round 8	L.D.U. Quito	2 - 0	Barcelona	Quito
19:00 UTC−05:00	Alvarado 17' 65' Caicedo 32' Hoyos 74' Piovi 83' Guerra 86' Falcón 88'	Report	Nixon Molina 24' Piñatares 43' Carcelén 66' 70' Cortez 88' Velasco 90+6'	Stadium: La Casa Blanca Referee: Augusto Aragón

April 20 Round 9	Barcelona	0 - 1	Gualaceo	Guayaquil
21:00 UTC−05:00	Quiñónez 73' Nixon Molina 90' Penilla 90+3'	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	Carcelén 24' Perlaza 47' Garcés 71' Quiñónez 88'	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	Mastriani 30' 49' (pen.) 62' Nixon Molina 76'	Stadium: Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt Referee: Roddy Zambrano

May 11 Round 11	Barcelona	1 - 1	Emelec	Guayaquil
21:00 UTC−05:00	Martínez 13' Castillo 79' Díaz 80' Carcelén 89' Rodríguez 89'	Report	Arroyo 10' Rodríguez 30' Rojas 66' Zapata 81' Cabeza 89'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Guillermo Guerrero

May 15 Round 13	Barcelona	1 - 1	Deportivo Cuenca	Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00	Martínez 52' Leonai 55'	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	Figueroa 16' Fydriszewski 45+4' (pen.) Edison Caicedo 49' Romero 89'	Report	Mastriani 28' Piñatares 45+14' Díaz 53' (pen.) 66' Pedro Velasco 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo R. Referee: Luis Quiroz

May 29 Round 15	Barcelona	4 - 0	Cumbayá	Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00	Díaz 31' (pen.) Perlaza 33' Castillo 37' Rodríguez 41' Mastriani 59' (pen.) Martínez 84' (pen.)	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

Standings

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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D
Position	10	8	7	8	5	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	7	7	8

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

July 10 Round 1	Barcelona	0 – 1	Delfín	Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00	Aimar 63' Velasco 71'	Report	Andy Burbano 21' Queiroz 43' Luis Caicedo 43' Chicaiza 66' 67' Betancourt 72' John Santacruz 78'	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	Martínez 7' Aimar 24' Leonai 40' Burrai 72' Quiñónez 80' Carcelén 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Bellavista Referee: Roberto Sánchez

24 July Round 3	Barcelona	2 – 2	9 de Octubre	Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00	Martínez 21' Burrai 25' Quiñónez 45+4' 90+13' Piñatares 45+6' Díaz 87' (pen.)	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	Bauman 10' Sornoza 37' Faravelli 42' Segovia 90+5'	Report	Cifuente 14' 39' Piñatares 21' Martínez 56' Velasco 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Luis Quiroz

7 August Round 5	Barcelona	4 – 1	Mushuc Runa	Guayaquil
20:00 UTC−05:00	Martínez 24' 40' 41' Rodríguez 51' Cifuente 55' Carcelén 58'	Report	Colombino 1' 34' David Villalba 5' Darwin Quilumba 20' Carabalí 86'	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	Sosa 45+4' Piñatares 52' Díaz 62' 83' (pen.) Cifuente 90' 90+2'	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	Rodríguez 4'	Report	Hoyos 85'	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	Cifuente 89'	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Andrade Referee: Roberto Sánchez

10 September Round 10	Barcelona	5-3	Macará	Guayaquil
19:00 UTC−05:00	Cifuente 12' Díaz 25' (pen.) Mora 55' (o.g.) Carcelén 76' Penilla 82'	Report	Mina 29', 34', 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Jaime Sánchez

19 September Round 11	Emelec	1-3	Barcelona	Guayaquil
		Report		Stadium: Estadio George Capwell

2 October Round 12	Barcelona	1-1	Guayaquil City	Guayaquil
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental

8 October Round 13	Deportivo Cuenca	2-1	Barcelona	Cuenca
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar

16 October Round 14	Barcelona	0-2	Aucas	Guayaquil
TBA UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental

22 October Round 15	Cumbayá	1-1	Barcelona	Quito
	Mina 67' (o.g.)	Report	Penilla 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa

Final stage

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	Carcelén 69' Díaz 76' Sosa 84'	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	Carcelén 23' Piñatares 80' Velasco 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda

Aucas won 1–0 on aggregate.

Copa Ecuador

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

First qualifying stage

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)	Montevideo City Torque	1–1	Barcelona	Montevideo
21:30 UTC−3	Zeballos 64'	Report	Mastriani 7'	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
	Garcés Perlaza B. Castillo Martínez Piñatares Preciado E. Castillo Leonai		Cejas Peña Arismendi Siri Allende Morales Guzmán Chocobar

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

Second qualifying stage

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23)	Barcelona	2–0	Universitario	Guayaquil
19:30 UTC−5	E. Castillo 60' Garcés 80'	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	Martínez 66'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

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

Third qualifying stage

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08)	América Mineiro	0–0	Barcelona	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estádio Independência Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

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
	Piñatares B. Castillo Martínez Quiñónez Díaz		Wellington Paulista Iago Maidana Felipe Azevedo Ramírez Juninho Valoura

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

Copa Sudamericana

Group stage (Group A)

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	Mastriani 9', 11' Carcelén 35' Díaz 54'	Report	Rivero 14' Méndez 61'	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	Cabral 31' Sand 74' Bernabei 82'	Report	Rodríguez 77'	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	Molina 33'	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	Sand 41' (o.g.)	Report	Sand 53'	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	Gómez 35' Antón 78'	Report	Díaz 45+4' (pen.) Garcés 52'	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

Goalscorers

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	1	1	2
13	Adonis Preciado	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

^ "Fabián Bustos, ex-Santos, é anunciado como técnico do Barcelona de Guayaquil". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
^ "Se suspende actividad en la Copa Ecuador por Paro Nacional". 15 June 2022.
^ "Designación de árbitros para los partidos de revancha" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 March 2022.
^ "CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES 2022 SEMANA 11 - FASE 3 - VUELTA" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 March 2022.
^ "Sustitución de árbitro en Barcelona vs. América MG" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 March 2022.
^ "Barcelona SC X Wanderers" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "Lanús X Barcelona SC" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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[1] "Fabián Bustos, ex-Santos, é anunciado como técnico do Barcelona de Guayaquil". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[2] "Se suspende actividad en la Copa Ecuador por Paro Nacional". 15 June 2022.

[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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