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Rivals	Real Madrid, Espanyol
Club Profile	Website Twitter: @FCBarcelona Facebook: @FCBarcelona Address: Camp Nou, C. d'Arístides Maillol, 12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Nickname: Barça or Blaugrana
Stadium	Barcelona’s stadium is the famous Camp Nou, opened in 1957. With a capacity of just over 99,000, it is the largest stadium in Europe and has always given Barcelona a huge home advantage. Even though it has almost 100,000 seats, the away section remains tiny and the ground is almost exclusively filled with Barcelona fans on matchdays – except in UEFA matches when regulations require them to give more tickets to visiting supporters. Barcelona, one of four clubs in Spanish professional football that is still considered a sports club and that is, therefore, in the control of the fans, are currently redeveloping their stadium, having taken on a project to slightly increase the capacity and to improve the overall facilities. They’ll even add a roof around the whole ground, as there is currently only one stand that is covered.
Recent History	While Barcelona have always been one of the top clubs in Spain and in Europe, they’ve reached another level since the emergence of Lionel Messi in 2005. The current captain has broken almost every record imaginable and has led the team to domestic title after domestic title. In Europe, Barcelona haven’t been quite as dominant and have only won four Champions League titles during the Messi era, the most recent coming in 2014/15. Since then, they have suffered some really heart-breaking comeback losses on the continent against Roma and Liverpool.
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Season Guide

2024/2025

FC Barcelona

In

Dani Olmo (mid), transfer from RB Leipzig. Pau Victor (att), transfer from Girona. Ansu Fati (mid), loan expired. Sergino Dest (def), loan expired. Eric Garcia (Def), loan expired. Chadi Riad (def), loan expired. Clement Lenglet (def), loan expired. Julian Araujo (def), loan expired. Pablo Torre (mid), loan expired. Alex Valle (def), loan expired. Estanis Pedrola (mid), loan expired.

Out

Chadi Riad (def), transfer to Real Betis. Marc Guiu (att), transfer to Chelsea. Estanis Pedrola (mid), transfer to Sampdoria. Sergino Dest (def), transfer to PSV Eindhoven. Oriol Romeu (mid), loan to Girona. Sergi Robert (mid), contract expired. Marcos Alonso (def), contract expired. Joao Felix (att), loan expired. Joao Cancelo (def), loan expired.

Finishing runners-up behind bitter rivals Real Madrid in La Liga last season was not good enough for Barcelona. Several factors contributed to it but of course it was manager Xavi who shouldered the blame. The saga surrounding his future certainly didn't help either. They've been somewhat rash in replacing Xavi though, bringing in a manager (Hansi Flick) that has no experience of Spanish football. He has already struggled to cope with the intensity and expectations of the press, and it's speculated that his tenure at the club will not be a long one. His arrival should make their start somewhat slow as they need to get used to his methods. They made big noises in the summer about acquiring Nico Williams and Dani Olmo. They embarrassed themselves with the former, who committed himself to Athletic Club. Dani Olmo has returned to Barcelona after a number of years away though, and should help them in breaking down teams that they struggled to break down last season. Other than that, not much has changed at this club pre-season so it's unlikely that their season will end any differently to last season. Bitter rivals Real Madrid have strengthened enormously with the arrival of Endrick, Mbappe etc. Barcelona are yet to do so, reportedly struggling to free up the funds to bring in more star quality. Another reason they're likely to encounter a slow start is absentees. Ronald Araujo, Gavi, Fati, and de Jong are all battling injuries at this point. Gavi and Araujo are unlikely to play until October and December respectively. Araujo is a huge loss for them, and missing at least half of their campaign is likely to be the cherry on the cake for coming second in the title race rather than first. Bear in mind that Yamal and Torres may be rested following the Olympics too. They look a little short of defensive depth and when it comes to natural poachers (if Lewandowski is out). Other than that, this team has everything, and will almost certainly finish in the top two.

Target

The title is always demanded at Los Cules but it's unlikely they'll be able to overtake a star-studded Real Madrid, not without further reinforcements and getting Araujo back.