# 2023 Barcelona Sporting Club season

The 2023 season is the 98th season in the existence of Barcelona Sporting Club, and the 65th season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona is involved in three competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and the international tournament Copa Libertadores.
This season is the fourth one with Carlos Alfaro Moreno as president of the club. Barcelona's coach is Fabian Bustos who returns after departing the club for Santos FC during the previous season.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A 1st Phase | 26 February 2023 | 18 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 066.67 |
| Serie A 2nd Phase | 6 August 2023 | 3 December 2023 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Copa Ecuador | TBD | TBD | Round of 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Copa Libertadores | 5 April 2023 | TBD | Group stage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 057.14 |
Last updated: 19 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

### LigaPro Serie A
#### First stage
##### Stage Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Independiente del Valle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | |
| 3 | Aucas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | |
| 4 | Orense | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | |
| 5 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | | | | | | | | | |

##### Matches
###### Notes

* ↑ Liga Pro postponed all round three fixtures on 10 March 2023 as part of a television rights dispute.
* ↑ Due to Liga Pro postponing all round three fixtures, all remaining fixtures were played one gameweek later than originally scheduled with the season's first phase ending one week late as a result.

#### Second stage
##### Stage Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Aucas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Cumbayá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Delfín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cuenca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

##### Matches
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

The group draw was held March 22nd. Barcelona was selected from pot two and drawn into Group C.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Bolívar | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | Copa Sudamericana |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | |

##### Matches
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | League | International Cups | Total |
| 1 | Damián Díaz | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Jonathan Bauman | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Christian Ortiz | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Gabriel Cortez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Fidel Martínez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Janner Corozo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Francisco Fydriszewski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Agustín Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ** | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Team Totals | 12 | 1 | 13 |