The year of 6 Leagues!

FC Barcelona has been confirmed as the best sports club in the world in a time for history. The six professional sections of the Barça entity close the 2022-23 academic year with a plenary session, by winning six Leagues. in dispute: one for men’s football, one for women’s football, one for basketball, one for handball, one for roller hockey and one for futsal, which collapsed throughout the festival of St. John. A work of this dimension is also worthy of a fireworks display. Under the internal debate about the need to reduce budgets, the sections present a statement of income in the form of titles that are not only a source of pride for the culés but also provide arguments for all the thinking that the club should always be very present the universality that being a winner in so many sports disciplines represents. MD examines how the perfect Leagues season was created for a grand total that’s impressive: 125 Leagues!

The 27th men’s soccer

Recapturing the Liga after four years for men’s football is a particularly necessary achievement for FC Barcelona. The coach, Xavi Hernández, completed an impeccable championship until the alirón was mathematically consummated with a victory (2-4) in Cornellà against Espanyol on May 14, four days before the end of the tournament. In the end, it was 88 points that made Barça champions, 10 more than what Real Madrid achieved. Winning the Zamora, Marc André ter Stegen, and Pichichi awards, thanks to Robert Lewandowski’s 23 goals, decorated and at the same time explained the 27th League of the team that gives its name to the club. The title was added to the Spanish Super Cup in January, which was achieved after defeating Real Madrid in the final (3.-1).

The 8th feminine

He is the real roller of the club, now. The women’s team, which has experienced exponential growth in performance and interest in recent years, capped a historic season by winning its second Champions League, joining the Spanish Super Cup and La Liga, which fell mathematically in April 30, beating Sporting Huelva (3 -0), four days from the end. The team led by Jonathan Giráldez just missed out on the Queen’s Cup and because of the incorrect alignment of Geyse Ferreira. In Liga, they lost just one game, the last one, against Madrid CFF, a defeat that came 719 days and 64 games later in this competition. Their balance in the 2022-23 League, the fourth win in a row and the eighth in total, is again huge: 28 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 30 games, 118 goals for and 10 matches.

The 30th handball

If there is a reliable team when it comes to collecting Leagues in any sport, it is Barça handball. The squad coached by Carlos Ortega since 2021 has maintained the tradition and won his thirteenth straight ASOBAL Plenitude League champion title on April 4. He did it with seven days left in the competition, in what would be his 30th league title, a tournament that contested some of its legends, such as Ludovic Fàbregas, and his star, full of victories (30). Luke Cindric. The Asobal Cup, the Copa del Rey, the Iberian Super Cup and the Catalunya Super Cup were added to the Liga title. Since 2013, Barça has won 40 consecutive national titles.

The 33rd of hockey

After defeating Alcoi (2-0) and CE Noia Freixenet (3-0) in the playoffs on the fast track, FC Barcelona faced another historic team, Deportivo Liceo de A Coruña, in principle in the best of five games. The culé team, coached by Edu Castro, avenged the last Liga champion by completing a perfect campaign in the domestic competition, after finishing the leaders in the regular season with a 15-point advantage against Liceo, which they beat at the same time they measured. their forces and in the Copa del Rey final. In the final of the OK League, they eliminated the Galician team, winning the first three games, the last 6-3 in A Coruña on June 15, with a hat trick from Pau Bargalló. It was the culmination of a Liga in which Barça did not lose a game. This is how the title of the 33rd League of the most successful section was polished.

The 20th of basketball

The heavy defeat in the semifinal of the final four in the Euroleague against Real Madrid was avenged in the final of the ACB League. What in theory should have lasted five games ended in three thanks to the victories of Sharunas Jasikevicius’ team, the first two in Palau (97-88 and 86-85) and the last one, on Tuesday June 21, at the WiZink Center (82). -93). This is League number 20 of a section that maintains a very loyal following despite successive Euroleague failures. The culé team is proud of linking three Clásicos victories in the final, overcoming the earthquake that led to the announced departure due to budget cuts of their star, Nicola Mirotic, recognized by Palau. Mirotic was chosen as the MVP in the recapture of the Liga for Barça, after eliminating Valencia (2-0) and Unicaja (3-1) in the playoffs.

The 7th futsal

Barça futsal closes the perfect circle of the most successful multi-sports club in the world. They defeated Jaén Paraíso Interior in the final playoff of a Liga where the team led by Jesús Velasco recovered from the disgust represented by their role in the Champions League this season. This is the seventh league title for the section, the third consecutive winner, which also comes with the prize of granting a ticket to the next Champions League.

It’s also a good farewell for two references like veteran Carlos Ortiz and Marcenio. Valdepeñas, Inter and Jaén are heading to the playoffs. La Liga has been added to the Spanish Super Cup and the Copa del Rey to the culés showcases.