[1] Barcelona Sporting Club is one of the most successful football teams in Ecuador, having won the Serie A title a record 16 times, most recently in 2020.

The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Emelec, where matches between the two teams are considered the most important derby in Ecuador, commonly referred to as "El Clásico del Astillero".

The club plays their home matches in Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, the largest stadium in the country.

In addition to football, the club has teams in professional basketball, bowling, boxing, swimming, volleyball, baseball, athletics, and tennis.

With an opening capacity of almost 90,000 spectators, the Monumental is still the largest stadium in Ecuador, and was the second-largest in South America, after the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.

Despite the lack of titles in recent years, the club remains among the most successful teams in the league, having managed three Serie A runners-up finishes in the decade.

[8][9][10] On 5 November 2009, Barcelona's President, Eduardo Maruri, announced the hiring of a multimedia communications group from Spain, MediaPro, to help them as a consultant and guide them through the new decade in the aspects of advertisement, finance, and sport.

This was done with the hope of bringing Barcelona back to international prominence and giving the fans what they most desired, the elusive 14th domestic title.

[11][12]However, Eduardo Maruri resigned the presidency of Barcelona during a surprise press conference on 22 December 2010, stating that he was doing so because of "family issues".

Harb stated that he was going to step down as President and announced that Barcelona's presidential elections would be held on 11 June of the following year.

[17] In his tenure, Barcelona won the 2016 Ecuadorian Serie A, qualifying them for the 2017 Copa Libertadores, which they reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1998.

In the knockouts, they beat Brazilian Sides Palmeiras in the round of 16 and Botafogo in the Quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champion Grêmio in the Semifinals.

This run saw Barcelona top a very tough group with 7 time winners Boca Juniors, the previous year's runner-up Santos, and one of the best Bolivian clubs in The Strongest.

In the knockouts, they beat Vélez Sarsfield in the round of 16 and Fluminense in the quarter-finals before falling to finalists Flamengo in the semi-finals.

The teams' first crest consisted of a modified version of the city of Barcelona's Coat of Arms in dark blue borders.

Romero talked with Jaime Nebot, Guayaquil's mayor, and León Febres Cordero, then President of Ecuador (both of whom are Barcelona fans) about the idea; they decided to help.

Recently the team signed a ten-year deal with Latin America Futbol Corporation to install a state of the art LED perimeter board in the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha.

On 12 July 2015 a Giant LED perimeter board was debuted in the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, the biggest in South America, which is located in the north sector in parish Tarqui of Guayaquil.

A aerial lift or cable car currently under construction will connect the stadium with the "Aerovia" Julian Coronel station in downtown Guayaquil, which service is scheduled to start in the second half of August 2021.

Sporting their distinctive yellow jerseys, Los Canarios defeated El Eléctrico 4–3, with Pedro Villalta scoring a late winner for Barcelona.

It was a match that would forever be remembered as The Derby of the Posts due to the number of times that the Emelec forwards struck the woodwork.

In 1990, proved to be a very special year in the history of El Clásico del Astillero, with the two sides facing off in a Copa Libertadores quarter-final second leg on 29 August.

The rivalries between these two teams is immense in Ecuador and international that it caught the eye of international filmmaker Filmadora Panamericana and in 1973 a movie was made titled "El derecho de los pobres", starting Spanish-Mexican actor Enrique Rambal, Mexican actor Enrique Rocha and Ecuadorian football player Alberto Spencer, proclaimed the best Ecuadorian football player of all times, makes his cinema debut.

The fans take advantage of any slip of the opposite team to create memes and videos to laugh down, especially the day after a game.

[22] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the FIFA World Cup while contracted to Barcelona SC.