Barcelona Sporting Club (Spanish pronunciation: [baɾseˈlona]) is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internationally known as Barcelona de Ecuador or Barcelona de Guayaquil, in Ecuadorian land it is simply referred as Barcelona or El Idolo (BSC). 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 Ecuadorian top flight to not have played in the Serie B.[1] *Barcelona was relegated to the 2d Division for the 1959 season, but the team Union Deportivo Valdez suddenly decided to withdraw from the Federation and that available spot allowed Barcelona to remain in the 1st Division. read more