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Barcelona Sporting Club (Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona]), internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A , the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only club in the ...
Clubs are not only members of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, Ecuador's football governing body, but of one of 18 provincial football associations in the country. Clubs play in either Primera Categoría (divided into Serie A or Serie B) or Segunda Categoría.
Despite their past failures, however, Ecuador has risen to be a serious South American competitor in recent years. Football was introduced to Ecuador by Juan Alfredo Wright, who had recently returned from university in England. On 23 April 1899, he and his brother Roberto founded the first Ecuadorian football team, Guayaquil Sport Club.
The Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, simply known as the Liga Pro or the Serie A (or the Ecuadorian Serie A to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A and the Brazilian Série A), or officially as Liga Pro Bet593 for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Ecuador.
The 2021 season was the 96th season in the existence of Barcelona Sporting Club, and the 63rd season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football.Barcelona was involved in three primary competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and the international tournament Copa Libertadores.
Lionel Messi missed his penalty, but goalkeeper Emiliano "Dibu" Martínez saved two penalties to send Argentina to the Copa América semifinals and eliminate Ecuador. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty ...
Following last summer’s Copa America and this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup, the World Cup will end a three-year stretch of the United States hosting major soccer tournaments. Tickets: Club ...
Club football is the most popular spectator sport in the country. The top-flight league in the country is the Serie A, followed by the Serie B. Both contain a small number of clubs compared to other leagues across the continent (12 each). Both tournaments are organized by FEF. But, for a considerable part of its history, club football was ...