2015 Barcelona Sporting Club season

The 2015 season was Barcelona Sporting Club's the 90th year in existence and the club's 57th in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona was one of the twelve participating clubs in the top flight of Ecuadorian Football Championship 2015. Besides the local tournament, Barcelona took part in the 2015 edition of the Copa Libertadores.

Barcelona
2015 season
PresidentAntonio Noboa
(until September 30, 2015)
José Francisco Cevallos
(from October 1, 2015)
ManagerRubén Israel
Guillermo Almada
StadiumMonumental Isidro Romero Carbo
Serie A5th
Copa LibertadoresSecond stage (groups)
Top goalscorerLeague: Ismael Blanco (14)
All: Ismael Blanco (14)
Highest home attendance23,120 vs Deportivo Quito
(April 5, 2015)
Lowest home attendance2,552 vs LDU Loja
(July 12, 2015)

The club reaffirmed as technical director of team staff to the Uruguayan Ruben Israel, extending his contract until the middle of 2015. However, the poor results that the club had in the first half of the season led to the directive to not renew his contract. Israel's last game as coach of the club was on May 28 in a friendly match against RCD Espanyol in an exhibition tournament called 2015 Copa EuroAmericana, which won the Barcelona. Then, the club hired the Uruguayan Guillermo Almada, who was in charge of technical leadership until the end of the season.

Barcelona joined the group 7 of the Copa Libertadores, in which-after one win, one draw and four defeats did not qualify to the second round, being eliminated from the tournament.

In the first stage of the Serie A, Barcelona was ranked in fourth place, and in the second stage in sixth place; after which he could not access the two spots that led to the finals of the local tournament. In total, Barcelona reached fourth place in the accumulated table, reaching only qualifying for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana with the quota of Ecuador 2.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

January 10 Real España Honduras 0–3 Ecuador Barcelona San Pedro Sula
20:00 (ECT) Report J. Perlaza 3'
A. Wila 42'
A. Colón 77'		 Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
January 25 Aucas Ecuador 0–2 Ecuador Barcelona Quito
13:00 (ECT) Report M. de Jesús 21', 40' Stadium: Estadio Chillogallo
Referee: Juan Carlos Albarracin
January 28 Barcelona Ecuador 2–2 Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo Guayaquil
21:15 (ECT) I. Blanco 3', 11' Report C. Canga 70', 84' Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Omar Ponce
February 5 Barcelona Ecuador 1–0 Ecuador Deportivo Azogues Guayaquil
11:00 (ECT) C. Olivero Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
February 11 Delfín Ecuador 2–2
(3:4 p)		 Ecuador Barcelona Manta
20:30 (ECT) P. Cifuentes 57'
A. George 80'		 Report J. de la Cruz 21'
E. Esterilla 49'		 Stadium: Estadio Jocay
Referee: Sandro Vera
Penalties
F. Sílva soccer ball with red X
E. Bone
V. Mendoza
A. George
S. Giménez soccer ball with red X		 E. Esterilla
soccer ball with red X A. Lamas
W. Vera
B. de la Torre
M. Banguera
November 14 Barcelona Ecuador 2–1 Ecuador Emelec Guayaquil
16:30 (ECT) I. Blanco 1'
D. Díaz 72'		 Report E. Herrera 75' Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 6206
Referee: Édgar Hinostroza
November 18 Fuerza Amarilla Ecuador 0–2 Ecuador Barcelona Machala
19:30 (ECT) Report B. Alemán 82'
D. Díaz 88'		 Stadium: Est. 9 de Mayo
December 20 Ecuador Ecuador 3–2 Ecuador Barcelona Esmeraldas
16:00 (ECT) J. Angulo 16', 57'
J. Cazares 81'		 Report C. Gruezo 1'
E. Castillo 65'		 Stadium: Est. Folke Anderson
December 27 Fuerza Amarilla Ecuador 0–2 Ecuador Barcelona Machala
20:00 Stadium: Est. 9 de Mayo

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Serie A — — 5th 31 January 201513 December 2015
Copa Libertadores Group stage — Group stage 25 February 201521 April 2015

Updated to match played 30 December 2015
Source: Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
Stage table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Emelec 22 13 6 3 41 18 +23 45
3 Independiente del Valle 22 12 6 4 35 24 +11 42
4 Barcelona 22 10 3 9 33 24 +9 33
5 Deportivo Quito 22 7 8 7 33 37 −4 29
6 El Nacional 22 8 4 10 28 24 +4 28
Source:
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 10 3 9 33 24  +9 33 7 1 3 20 7  +13 3 2 6 13 17  −4

Last updated: 30 December 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHHHHHHHHHHH
ResultDDWLWLWLWWLLWDLLWWLWLW
Position5856796664465566444444
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Stage table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Independiente del Valle 22 11 4 7 45 30 +15 37
5 Aucas 22 8 8 6 27 25 +2 32
6 Barcelona 22 8 7 7 23 21 +2 31
7 River Plate 22 7 7 8 26 30 −4 28
8 LDU Loja 22 8 3 11 28 33 −5 27
Source:
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 8 7 7 28 16  +12 31 5 4 2 13 6  +7 3 3 5 15 10  +5

Last updated: 30 December 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Emelec 44 25 13 6 83 38 +45 88 Copa Libertadores second stage
3 Independiente del Valle 44 23 10 11 80 54 +26 79 Copa Libertadores first stage
4 Barcelona 44 18 10 16 56 45 +11 64 Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Universidad Católica 44 17 10 17 57 58 −1 61
6 Aucas 44 13 15 16 59 59 0 54
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Copa Libertadores
Main article: 2015 Copa Libertadores

Group stage
Main article: 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage § Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Advance to final stages
2 Argentina Estudiantes 6 3 1 2 7 3 +4 10
3 Paraguay Libertad 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8
4 Ecuador Barcelona 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Second stage tiebreakers

References
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