Barcelona
The pioneer of the Ecuadorian football
The history of the Toreros goes far beyond the bare facts out. FIFA.com takes a closer look at this club.
The Birth of an institution
The Guayaquil was founded as a trading port and shipyard in the service of the Spanish crown in 1547 evolved over time to a lovely city that offered a home to many different cultures. In the heart of the Astillero a group of friends decided in 1925 to found a football club. This group consisted mainly of Catalans, but also Ecuadorians, one or the other Italians and even a Uruguayans.
The idea began on 1 May at the House of coming from Barcelona Eutimio Pérez Arumí concrete forms.In gratitude for the support of the Spanish community in Guayaquil, but also because of the enthusiasm of these young men for the former Barça goalkeeper Ricardo El Divino (The Divine) Zamora was decided the club “Barcelona SC” to baptize. The first jerseys were all in black, even if a coat of arms has been added, which is the FC Barcelona of the Spanish like to make it seem less bleak. In 1927, the black was replaced by the golden yellow still in use today, and was now on the away jerseys reserved.
The making of a legend
The first years of the club’s history were extremely mixed. The club reached until the mid-1940s cult status as a team entirely composed of Ecuadorian players caused a sensation. Under the direction of the club icon Sigifredo Chuchuca could now offer their city rivals Emelec’s forehead, which involved many international had established a supremacy. During this time, there are also the beginnings of the so-called Clásico del Astillero.
For the greatest sensation to date, Barcelona made on 31 August 1949, and as the Millonarios of Colombia were guests that were given by players such as Alfredo di Stéfano Alfredo Pedernera Néstor Rossi as one of the best teams in the world. All were pessimistic: “It is hoped that Barcelona, as it often can get a good performance against a strong opponent, but in any case you should try to avoid a debacle,” judged the daily El Universo.
In the end, Barcelona continued thanks to goals from Enrique Cantos, Jorge Rodríguez and Víctor Lindor by 3-2. A year later you could tie by winning the last amateur champion title before the professionalization of this success. The run of success could be continued even after the introduction of the national championship in 1957, the Toreros 1959-1968 could cheer about three league titles and three runner-up title.
In the 1960s, Barcelona participated not only as the first Ecuadorian team to the Copa Libertadores, but in Guayaquil received numerous top European clubs, where they all met at eye level: 1961 Although you had to Real Madrid (1:3) and 1967 beaten Benfica (2:3), but in 1966 they defeated FC Barcelona (2-1) and 1964 brought to a draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach (1:1), and in 1966, another draw against AC Milan (2-2) . The defense was so strong that it was nicknamed the Iron Curtain.
According to the 1970 national champion in 1971 also showed the Toreros in the Copa Libertadores Estudiantes and added that had previously won this tournament three times in a row, the first defeat in La Plata. ”God (and Bazurco) were on the Barcelona side,” headlined the Argentine newspaperClarín morning in reference to the gold goal scorers Juan Manuel Bazurco, the football-playing priest, who donated his salary his parish. The team that Hazana La La Plata ["The feat of La Plata"] accomplished, though failed in the semifinals, but in the same year became the first Ecuadorian team that successfully defended their title successfully.
The rest of the 1970s, however, was ill-fated. Barcelona had to wait until 1980 for his next title, but this rang with a new “golden” era, in which we took no less than five titles, and was runner-up twice the current Estadio Monumental de Guayaquil opened.
While bringing the 1980s, especially in conjunction with national success, the 1990s of two appearances were outshone the final of the Copa Libertadores. In 1990 they reached the final of surprising, but then defeated Olimpia Asunción. With players like José Cevallos, Holger Quinonez, Luis Gómez, Jimmy Montanero and Nicolas Asencio 1998, the team reached the final again. This time you failed at Vasco da Gama.
1995 Barcelona won the Ecuadorian championship with 101 points, which to this day record. Followed in 1997 by the 13th and to date final triumph of clubs from Astillero.
Today
In the 21 Century are the successes so far manageable, now the club the title of the record champions with El Nacional has even share. In 2009 they found themselves in relegation trouble, but could escape the transition to the second division, two points clear of the relegation zone. Thus, Barcelona is the only club that has never been relegated. The good performance in the years 2010 and 2011 were not rewarded with a title and a Copa Libertadores participation was denied Barcelona.But after a long time the team now seems finally to have found its former strength.
The stadium
The Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo is located in the southwest of Guayaquil and was 28Opened in May 1988. Two years later it received its current name in honor of a former club president.With a capacity of nearly 60,000 spectators, it is one of the largest stadiums in Ecuador and among the most modern in Latin America. The stadium was the venue for two finals of the Copa Libertadores (1990 and 1998), a final of the Copa America (1993) and the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1995.Also in this arena qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup ™ 1990, 1994 and 1998 were held.
Club Achievements
Biggest success:
14x national champion (1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2012)
2x runner-up in the Copa Libertadores (1990, 1998)
Legendary Players:
Sigifredo Chuchuca, Enrique Cantos, Guido Solís, Luciano Macias, Félix lasso, Washington Muñoz, Juan Madruñero, Carlos Muñoz Martínez, Carlos Morales, Jimmy Izquierdo, Manuel Uquillas, Nicolas Asencio, José Cevallos, Luis Gómez, Jimmy Montanero
* The above list is one of the greatest successes only on the main achievements. It does not claim to list all the triumphs of the club.
FC-Barcelona Club History And Achievements
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