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football club
Barcelona Sporting Club ( spanish pronunciation : [ baɾseˈlona ] ) is an ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. internationally known as Barcelona de Ecuador, in Ecuador it is just referred as Barcelona, El Idolo (BSC ) or Barce. They presently play in the ecuadorian Serie A, the highest flush of football in the country, and hold the eminence of being the entirely club in ecuadorian top flight to not have played in the Serie B. [ 1 ]

Barcelona Sporting Club is the most successful football team in Ecuador, having won the Serie A entitle a commemorate 16 times, most recently in 2020. They have besides won six regional titles ( five in the professional era ), and were the beginning ecuadorian club to make it to the Copa Libertadores finals, but lost on both occasions. Barcelona Sporting Club was founded on 1 May 1925, by Eutimio Pérez, a spanish immigrant who named the club after his home plate city of Barcelona. Since then, Barcelona Sporting Club has become the most popular club in the country. The club holds a long-standing competition with Emelec, where matches between the two teams are considered the most crucial Derby in Ecuador, normally referred to as “ El Clásico del Astillero “. The club plays their dwelling matches in Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, the largest stadium in the country. In addition to football, the golf club has teams in professional basketball, bowl, box, swim, volleyball, baseball, athletics, and tennis. In 2008, its basketball team was the champion in the ecuadorian National Basketball League. [ 2 ]

history [edit ]

foundation and early years ( 1925–1969 ) [edit ]

Barcelona Sporting Club was founded on 1 May 1925 by Eutimio Pérez, a spanish immigrant who decided to name the club after his home city of Barcelona, Spain. The team was named after Pérez ‘s fall to Ecuador, and BSC ‘s Barça-like peak was adopted former on. The team competed in the provincial amateur tournament organized by Asociación de Fútbol del Guayas ( AFG ), which included clubs from around the Guayas Province in Ecuador. In the 1940s, Barcelona ‘s popularity grew partially by its notoriety in playing matches against crucial colombian teams, such as Deportivo Cali and Millionarios, two of the best teams from Colombia ‘s gold earned run average of football. Barcelona defeated Millionarios doubly in Guayaquil, by scores of 3–2 and 1–0. A curious fact is that everything started from the like place where the cabaret which at the goal would be its most acute sports rival was founded, the Club Sport Emelec, since both clubs were born from the same vicinity of Guayaquil ; barrio de astillero de Guayaquil In 1950, Barcelona Sporting Club won its first base AFG amateurish title ; the be class, the Association turned professional, and between 1951 and 1967, Barcelona racked up five master regional titles and finished as runner-up six times, tying crosstown equal Emelec for the most titles. In 1957, as one of the top two finishers in the Guayas regional tournament, Barcelona was invited to participate in the newly organized Serie A de Ecuador, which would crown a national backing from among the top two teams from both the AFG and the Interandino tournament disputed by teams from Quito and Ambato. Barcelona of Guayaquil finished second in their first engagement. Barcelona won its first national championship in 1960, and became the inaugural ecuadorian team to compete in the Copa Libertadores .

  • First match: 15 June 1925 vs Ayacucho (1–0)
  • First international match: 19 March 1931 vs ColombiaDeportivo Cali (4–4)

Success, then drop from grace ( 1970s ) [edit ]

By the 1970s, Barcelona had established themselves as one of Ecuador ‘s more popular teams after winning a number of provincial and national championships. Despite their national success, their performance in the Copa Libertadores had been lackluster, having exited the tournament early in contest. That changed in 1971, when they reached the semi-finals of the tournament with a star-studded team that featured players such as brazilian external Jose Paes, peruvian World Cup musician Pedro Pablo León, and ecuadorian caption Alberto Spencer. Although they failed to reach the finals, at that clock time Estudiantes de La Plata was undefeated 4 years in rowing in home matches in Copa Libertadores, they managed to defeat three-time tournament winner Estudiantes de La Plata 1–0 in La Plata, later it would be recognized as La Hazaña de la Plata. [ 3 ] In 1972, they reached the semi-finals again, establishing themselves in the international stage. The first two years of the ten were in stark contrast to the remainder ; after the 1972 season, the club entered a dry spell that would survive nine years. Barcelona did not win a national title, nor did it qualify for the Copa Libertadores, until the 1980s .

Resurgence ( 1980s ) [edit ]

In the 1980s, Barcelona shed the shackles of the prior ten and resurged on the international and domestic fronts. In 1980, the team won their first national title since 1971, going on to win four more before the end of the ten, making the 1980s the team ‘s most successful period in terms of national titles ; Barcelona became the inaugural ecuadorian squad to win 10 national championships. During this period, Barcelona competed in six editions of the Copa Libertadores, reaching the semi-finals twice in 1986 and 1987. In 1988, the cabaret hosted a historic meet against FC Barcelona from Spain, which the Ecuadorian cabaret derived its appoint from, during the Guayaquil City Cup friendly ; the ecuadorian Barcelona emerged victoriously 2–1. [ 4 ] In 1987, Barcelona inaugurated a new home earth, the Estadio Monumental. With a capacity of about 90,000 spectators, the Monumental is the largest stadium in Ecuador, and the second-largest in South America, after the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro .

The glory years ( 1990s ) [edit ]

In 1990, under a newfangled president, and with the firm intention of conquering the Libertadores Cup, the club acquired keystone international players : early Argentine international and World Cup ace in 1986 Marcelo Trobbiani, Argentine external Alberto Acosta, and Uruguayan Marcelo Saralegui. With the inclusion of the alien players and a batch of young american samoa well as experience ecuadorian players, they played a fantastic tournament. In 1990 Copa Libertadores edition, a dramatic semi-final home and away series, Barcelona beat River Plate of Argentina in a penalty shoot-out, to ultimately reach the long-awaited final. unfortunately they would come short, losing against Olimpia of ( Paraguay ) 2–0 in the away game, and tying 1–1 in the home game. many considered the referee had affected the consequence in favor of the Paraguayan team. [ citation needed ] But with the ball carrier up style, they would ultimately be considered among the best and most respected teams in South America. In 1992, they put together another capital team, beating the former champions Colo-Colo ( Chile ) and reaching the Libertadores Cup semi-finals once again, but losing against the brawny brazilian team of São Paulo, who at the time was coached by Tele Santana. Among their stars, São Paulo had players such as Zetti, Cafu, Raí, Müller and Palhinha. This ten besides proved to show a negative side in the team ‘s history. On 26 December 1993, three days after Barcelona had achieved the moment station in the Ecuadorian league and earning a position in the following Libertadores cup, ecuadorian striker Carlos Muñoz died in a car accident at the old age of 26. After winning the ecuadorian league title in 1997 ( their last until 2012 ) with the aid of such players as early Bolivian international Marco “ El Diablo ” Etcheverry, erstwhile colombian international Anthony “ El Pipa ” De Avila and early Ecuadorian international Agustin “ Tin ” Delgado, they would go on to play the 1998 Libertadores Cup with largely erstwhile players that seemed to be on their manner out. But against all odds, they would reach their second Libertadores Cup final examination, losing both backing games against brazilian team Vasco Da Gama, 2–0 in the away game and 2–1 in the home game .

Title drought ( 1998–2012 ) [edit ]

Barcelona ‘s stadium during a couple in 2006. Barcelona did not win a home title for 15 years since 1997, and participated in alone two editions of the Copa Libertadores in the 2000s ( ten ). Despite the lack of titles in late years, the club remains among the most successful teams in the league, having managed three Serie A runner-up finishes in the decade. Barcelona continues to be among the clear contributors to the ecuadorian national team, and remains one of the most democratic teams in Ecuador. The bowler hat with crosstown team Emelec, remains the most popular football competition in Ecuador. [ 5 ]

Maruri and Harb Era ( 2007–2011 ) [edit ]

During November 2007, Eduardo Maruri was elected President of Barcelona for the 2007–11 period. Maruri and Noboa ( Barcelona ‘s Vice President ) introduced the motto La Renovación ( The Renovation ), thereby promising to bring in key international players a well as the best ecuadorian players and to clean up the mess that had prevented Barcelona from winning the national title. [ 6 ] however, the 2009 season was Barcelona ‘s worst season in its history in the Serie A. such teams as Deportivo Quito, ESPOLI, Deportivo Cuenca and LDU Portoviejo came out and spoke about their refer : if Barcelona were relegated, it would enormously impact those teams ‘ economic situations, since when they would play at home against Barcelona it would about guarantee a sell-out. ( This was because Barcelona had the most fans of any team in Ecuador. [ 7 ] ) On 3 October 2009, more than 70,000 fans showed up at the Estadio Monumental Banco del Pichincha to support El Idolo del Ecuador so that it would not be relegated to the Serie B. In an intense match, Barcelona defeated LDU Portoviejo 2–0 with goals from José Luis Perlaza ( 46th minute ) and Juan Samudio ( 90th moment ). This allowed Barcelona to remain the only ecuadorian team that has never played a game in Serie B. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] On 5 November 2009, Barcelona ‘s President, Eduardo Maruri, announced the hire of a multimedia communications group from Spain, MediaPro, to help them as a adviser and guide them through the new ten in the aspects of ad, finance, and sport. This was done with the hope of bringing Barcelona back to international prominence and giving the fans what they most desired, the elusive 14th domestic title. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
however, Eduardo Maruri resigned the presidency of Barcelona during a surprise press conference on 22 December 2010, stating that he was doing so because of “ family issues ”. [ 13 ] Maruri was resigning one year before the schedule completion of his term. After Maruri resigned, Juan Carlos Estrada was designated as the new President of Barcelona. [ 14 ] Estrada besides resigned the future day and Alfonso Harb Viteri assumed the presidency. Harb stated that he was going to step down as President and announced that Barcelona ‘s presidential elections would be held on 11 June of the following class .

Noboa Era ( 2011–2015 ) [edit ]

The businessman Antonio Noboa with his motto Primero Barcelona, defeated his opposition Jose Herrera and was sworn as the newfangled president of Barcelona SC on June 11, 2011. [ 15 ] During the Noboa earned run average, Barcelona managed to win the 2012 Serie A, ending a 14-year without a title. [ 16 ]

Cevallos Era ( 2015–2020 ) [edit ]

Former goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos assume the presidency of Barcelona on December 13, 2015 against Universidad Católica in Barcelona ‘s dwelling stadium, “ El Monumental ”. His term will end in 2020. [ 17 ]

Colours and badge [edit ]

Barcelona ‘s original crest. The crest of Barcelona has changed over the years. The teams ‘ first crest consisted of a limited version of the city of Barcelona ‘s Coat of Arms in dark bluing borders. The team used this cap for two years until 1927. In 1935, the first major change came when they used Barcelona ‘s sag in a traffic circle, with a triangulum behind it bearing the team ‘s initials. In 1955, after the team won their first Guayas Championship, the team adopted their current cap, which is exchangeable to FC Barcelona ‘s. Changes they made to it included the number of spikes, the color of the ball, border color, and the initials .

Uniform development [edit ]

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1925–26

1926–42

1942–46

1947–present

The team ‘s traditional colors are yellow and bolshevik, with the family kit being all yellow since moorlands earned run average 2015 prior to that, the teams used to play in black and white kits. For a menstruation early in their history, the team used a kit alike to FC Barcelona ‘s, but after a serial of losses in that uniform, the team president curse never to wear those colors again. In the 1940s, scandalmongering was introduced, and would finally become the team ‘s primary color, replacing white all in all ; red would become the secondary color, used in their interchange kit .

stadium [edit ]

Barcelona has played in three stadiums. Their first stadium was Estadio George Capwell, with whom they shared with crosstown rival Emelec as it was the only stadium in Guayaquil. In 1959, they moved to the Guayaquil ‘s brand modern stadium Estadio Modelo. This was the stadium in which the teams played in during the aureate years. For several years Barcelona shared this stadium with Emelec and Patria. After Estadio Modelo ‘s success, the president of Barcelona, Isidro Romero Carbo, initiated the project to give Barcelona their own stadium. Romero talked with Jaime Nebot, Guayaquil ‘s mayor, and León Febres Cordero, then President of Ecuador ( both of whom are Barcelona fans ) about the idea ; they decided to help. Nebot donated a huge labor, for construction and Febres Cordero helped him with money. In 1986, Romero put up the first barricade of the stadium in 1986. In 1987, Estadio Monumental opened for the first time. The stadium was the beginning in Ecuador to have suites, and became the largest in terms of capacity, with space for airless to 90,000 fans. recently the team signed a ten-year deal with Latin America Futbol Corporation to install a state of the art LED perimeter board in the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha. The 243-meter LED margin control panel was installed in September 2008 and is the first LED circumference board in an ecuadorian soccer stadium. The batch is a 50–50 partnership between the two groups. On July 12, 2015 a Giant LED circumference board was debuted in the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, the biggest in South America, which is located in the north sector in parish Tarqui of Guayaquil. A forward pass lift or cable car presently under construction will connect the stadium with the “ Aerovia ” julian Coronel station in downtown Guayaquil, which service is scheduled to start in the second base half of August 2021 .

Supporters [edit ]

Barcelona has the largest fanbase of any team in Ecuador. [ 18 ] When Barcelona plays away, many of their followers from the city of the home team show up to the stadium to root for Barcelona so it seems like Barcelona is the home team. Barcelona ‘s ultras are known as La Sur Oscura ( english : The Dark south ). During home matches, they are located in the southern end of the Estadio Monumental. In Quito, Barcelona ‘s Ultras are known as Sur Oscura Quito ( english : Dark South Quito ). Another of Barcelona ‘s Ultras are known as Zona Norte ( english : North Zone ). There are more from different parts of the state .

Rivalries [edit ]

El Clásico del Astillero is a meet played against Barcelona ‘s erstwhile rival Emelec. It was not until August 22, 1943 that the two sides faced each other for the beginning time, in a Guayaquil League equal. Sporting their classifiable chicken jersey, Los Canarios defeated El Eléctrico 4–3, with Pedro Villalta scoring a belated winner for Barcelona. It was a match that would forever be remembered as The Derby of the Posts due to the count of times that the Emelec forwards struck the woodwork. In 1948, the local bowler hat received a identify of its own in a preview in the newspaper El Universo, becoming known everlastingly more as El Clásico del Astillero ( The Shipyard Derby ). In 1990, proved to be a identical particular year in the history of El Clásico del Astillero, with the two sides facing off in a Copa Libertadores quarter-final moment leg on August 29. Barcelona de Guayaquil advanced to the semi-finals after a 1–0 acquire. The rivalries between these two teams is huge in Ecuador and external that it caught the center of international film maker Filmadora Panamericana and in 1973 a movie was made titled “ El derecho de los pobres “, starting Spanish-Mexican actor Enrique Rambal, Mexican actor Enrique Rocha and ecuadorian soccer player Alberto Spencer, proclaimed the best ecuadorian soccer player of all times, makes his cinema debut. [ 19 ] On social media, the competition between the two teams comes up more frequently. The fans take advantage of any slip of the inverse team to create memes and videos to laugh down, particularly the day after a game. The most use give voice to highlight the existing competition is “ Barcelona, tu papá. ” ( english : “ Barcelona is your father ” ), referring to the fact that Barcelona has always occupied a most important hierarchical position than Emelec in many aspects. [ 20 ] This competition has gained special significance with the recent success of both teams in Serie A playing period, with Barcelona winning in 2012, and Emelec winning in 2013 and 2014. The 2014 championship was decided by a 3–0 Emelec succeed over Barcelona. [ 21 ]

Honours [edit ]

  • Campeonato Amateur del Guayas (1): 1950
  • Campeonato Professional de Guayaquil (5): 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

  • As of March 28, 2020.

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Managers [edit ]

current technical staff [edit ]

last updated : 07 January 2020
Source : El Universo

noteworthy managers [edit ]

list according to each director that has won a claim. [ 24 ]

References [edit ]