Barcelona S.C.

Foundation and early years (1925–1969)

Barcelona Sporting Club was founded on 1 May 1925 by Eutimio Pérez, a Spanish immigrant who decided to name the club after his home city of Barcelona, Spain. The team was named after Pérez's return to Ecuador, and BSC's Barça-like crest was adopted later on. The team competed in the provincial amateur tournament organized by Asociación de Fútbol del Guayas (AFG), which included clubs from around the Guayas Province in Ecuador. In the 1940s, Barcelona's popularity grew partly by its notoriety in playing matches against important Colombian teams, such as Deportivo Cali and Millionarios, two of the best teams from Colombia's golden era of football. Barcelona defeated Millionarios twice in Guayaquil, by scores of 3–2 and 1–0.

Barcelona was formed in the same place where the club which would become its most intense sporting rival was founded, Club Sport Emelec. Both clubs were born in the same Guayaquil neighborhood, Astillero de Guayaquil. In 1950, Barcelona Sporting Club won its first AFG amateur title; the following year, the Association turned professional, and between 1951 and 1967, Barcelona racked up five professional regional titles and finished as runners-up six times, tying crosstown rival Emelec for the most titles. In 1957, as one of the top two finishers in the Guayas regional tournament, Barcelona was invited to participate in the newly organized Serie A de Ecuador, which would crown a national championship from among…

National

Source:

Serie A Winners (16): 1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2012, 2016, 2020

International

Copa Libertadores Runners-up (2): 1990, 1998

Regional

Source:

Campeonato Amateur de Guayaquil Winners (1): 1950 Campeonato Amateur División Intermedia Winners (1): 1941 Campeonato Amateur Serie B Winners (2): 1940, 1946 Campeonato Amateur Serie C Winners (3): 1934, 1936, 1938 Campeonato de Fútbol del Guayas Winners (5): 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 Copa de Reservas AsoGuayas Winners (1): 2006 Copa Fedeguayas Winners (1): 2004