Global Information2020 Barcelona Sporting Club season information
| 2020 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Carlos Alfaro Moreno | |||
| Head Coach | Fabián Bustos | |||
| Stadium | Monumental Banco Pichincha | |||
| Liga Pro First Stage | 4th | |||
| Liga Pro Second Stage | 1st | |||
| Liga Pro Finals | Champions | |||
| Copa Ecuador | Cancelled | |||
| C. Libertadores | Group stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Damián Díaz (10) All: Damián Díaz (12) | |||
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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.
- ^ "Fabián Bustos es presentado como nuevo DT de Barcelona SC". El Universo (in Spanish). 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Barcelona SC clasifica a la Copa Libertadores 2020". El Universo (in Spanish). 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2019-12-17.