2015 Barcelona Sporting Club season

Barcelona
2015 season
President Antonio Noboa
(until September 30, 2015)
José Francisco Cevallos
(from October 1, 2015)
Manager Rubén Israel
Guillermo Almada
Stadium Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo
Serie A 5th
Copa Libertadores Second stage (groups)
Top goalscorer League: Ismael Blanco (14)
All: Ismael Blanco (14)
Highest home attendance 23,120 vs Deportivo Quito
(April 5, 2015)
Lowest home attendance 2,552 vs LDU Loja
(July 12, 2015)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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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.

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

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

Last updated: 30 December 2015
Source: Competitions

Serie A

First stage

Stage table
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 LDU Quito 22 13 8 1 28 10 +18 47 Finals and 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
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
7 River Plate 22 7 5 10 27 32 −5 26
8 Mushuc Runa 22 7 5 10 25 38 −13 26
9 Deportivo Cuenca 22 5 8 9 25 37 −12 23
10 Aucas 22 5 7 10 32 34 −2 22
11 Universidad Católica 22 5 6 11 22 31 −9 21
12 LDU Loja 22 5 4 13 17 37 −20 19
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
Ground HH H H H H H H H H  H
Result D D W L W L W L W W L L W D L L W W L W L W
Position 5 8 5 6 7 9 6 6 6 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4

Last updated: 18 May 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Second stage

Stage table
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Emelec 22 12 7 3 42 20 +22 43 Finals and 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 LDU Quito 22 13 3 6 42 26 +16 42
3 Universidad Católica 22 12 4 6 35 27 +8 40
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
9 Deportivo Cuenca 22 6 7 9 21 27 −6 25
10 Mushuc Runa 22 5 9 8 26 33 −7 24
11 El Nacional 22 6 3 13 17 34 −17 21
12 Deportivo Quito 22 3 4 15 15 41 −26 13
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
1 LDU Quito 44 26 11 7 70 36 +34 89 Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Emelec 44 25 13 6 83 38 +45 88
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
7 River Plate 44 14 12 18 53 62 −9 54
8 Mushuc Runa 44 12 14 18 51 71 −20 50
9 El Nacional 44 14 7 23 45 58 −13 49
10 Deportivo Cuenca 44 11 15 18 46 64 −18 48
11 LDU Loja 44 13 7 24 45 70 −25 46 Serie B
12 Deportivo Quito 44 10 12 22 48 78 −30 42
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11
Argentina Estudiantes de La Plata 6 3 1 2 7 3 +4 10
Paraguay Libertad 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8
Ecuador Barcelona 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4

References

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