2018 Barcelona Sporting Club season

Barcelona SC
2018 season
President	José Francisco Cevallos
Manager	Guillermo Almada
Stadium	Monumental Banco Pichincha
Serie A	3rd
C. Sudamericana	First stage
Top goalscorer	League: Juan Ignacio Dinenno (16); All: Juan Ignacio Dinenno (17)
Highest home attendance	51.937 v. Emelec
Lowest home attendance	3.195 v. Guayaquil City
Biggest win	Barcelona 5–1 El Nacional
Biggest defeat	Emelec 2–0 Barcelona Barcelona 0–2 Emelec
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The 2018 season was Barcelona Sporting Club's 93rd in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football.

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
LigaPro	16 February 2018	8 December 2018	First stage - Matchday 1	3rd place	44	22	14	8	69	42	+27	050.00
Copa Sudamericana	20 February 2018	7 March 2018	First stage	First stage	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					46	22	15	9	70	44	+26	047.83

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	22	14	4	4	32	18	+14	46	Qualification to Third stage and Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Barcelona	22	13	6	3	41	21	+20	45
3	Universidad Católica	22	11	5	6	40	28	+12	38
4	Emelec	22	11	4	7	34	27	+7	37
5	Delfín	22	10	3	9	35	34	+1	33
6	Independiente del Valle	22	9	4	9	30	27	+3	31

16 February 2018 1	Barcelona	3-2	Universidad Católica	Guayaquil
19:30 ECT	Nahuelpán 16' (pen.) Esterilla 74' Dinenno 89'	Report	Cifuente 34', 70'	Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Attendance: 18.687 Referee: Jefferson Macías

25 February 2018 2	Técnico Universitario	0–1	Barcelona	Ambato
12:00 ECT			Caicedo 22'	Stadium: Bellavista Referee: Omar Ponce

2 March 2018 3	Barcelona	0–0	Independiente del Valle	Guayaquil
19:30 ECT				Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Attendance: 23.182 Referee: Carlos Orbe

Overview

11 March 2018 4	Delfín	0–1	Barcelona	Manta
19:30 ECT			Díaz 66'	Stadium: Jocay

18 March 2018 5	Barcelona	5–1	El Nacional	Guayaquil
17:00 ECT	M. Caicedo 1' Esterilla 4' Dinenno 38' Díaz 79' Nahuelpan 82'		Parrales 50'	Stadium: Monumental Banco Pichincha Referee: Vinicio Espinel

25 March 2018 6	Aucas	1–1	Barcelona	Quito
12:00 ECT				Stadium: Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Referee: Daniel Salazar

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito (C)	44	23	14	7	64	37	+27	83	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Barcelona	44	22	14	8	69	42	+27	80	Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
3	Emelec	44	23	9	12	69	44	+25	78	Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
4	Delfín	44	19	12	13	69	56	+13	69	Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Universidad Católica	44	19	8	17	69	60	+9	65	Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
6	Macará	44	17	14	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Independiente del Valle	44	18	10	16	61	51	+10	64

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20) First leg	Barcelona	0–0	General Díaz	Guayaquil, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) Second leg	General Díaz	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Barcelona	Luque, Paraguay
19:15 UTC−3	Espinoza 48' Leichtweis 71' (pen.)	Report	Dinenno 60'	Stadium: Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque^{[note 1]} Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

v t e Barcelona Sporting Club
Founded May 1, 1925
Club	Footballers Managers Presidents
Stadiums	Monumental Banco Pichincha Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera
Rivals	Emelec (Clásico del Astillero)
Key Personnel	Chairman: Carlos Alfaro Moreno Manager: Jorge Célico
National Titles (15)	1960 1963 1966 1970 1971 1980 1981 1985 1987 1989 1991 1995 1997 2012 2016 2020
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