# 2022 Barcelona Sporting Club season

The 2022 season was the 97th season in the existence of Barcelona Sporting Club, and the 64th season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona was involved in four competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and two international tournaments: Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
This season is the third one with Carlos Alfaro Moreno as president of the club. Fabián Bustos started the season as coach but departed to replace Fábio Carille at Santos FC at which point he was replaced by Jorge Célico. After a poor run of form in the season's second stage, Bustos returned to replaced Célico.

## Competitions
### LigaPro Serie A
#### First stage
##### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 30 | Advance to Finals and qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 29 | |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 29 | |
| 4 | Independiente del Valle | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 27 | |
| 5 | Aucas | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 26 | |

##### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Matches
#### Second stage
##### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Deportivo Cuenca | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 22 |
| 7 | Técnico Universitario | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Barcelona | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 21 |
| 9 | Delfín | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 19 |
| 10 | Orense | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 18 |

##### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

##### Matches
#### Final stage

Barcelona met second-stage winners Aucas in the season-long Serie A final which was played over two legs.
Aucas won 1–0 on aggregate.

### Copa Libertadores
#### First qualifying stage

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match C5).

#### Second qualifying stage

Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

#### Third qualifying stage

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, América Mineiro won on penalties and advanced to the group stage.

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Group stage (Group A)

Barcelona transferred to the Copa Sudamericana group stage after their elimination from the Copa Libertadores in the third qualifying round. The draw for the group stage was held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lanús | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 3 | Montevideo Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Metropolitanos | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | League | International Cups | Total |
| 1 | Gonzalo Mastriani | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Jhon Cifuente | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| | Gabriel Cortez | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| | Damián Díaz | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fidel Martínez | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Carlos Rodríguez | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | Michael Carcelén | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Carlos Garcés | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Cristian Penilla | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Emmanuel Martínez | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Eryc Castillo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Nixon Molina [es] | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Adonis Preciado [es] | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Jonathan Perlaza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Joshué Quiñónez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Pedro Velasco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Leonai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ** | Own Goals | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Team Totals | 48 | 13 | 61 |