Barça’s great victory in Cologne leaves us with a large amount of data and curiosities about this new Champions. A new title from an unstoppable team that never tires of winning and continues to achieve success year after year. Next, we review the 10 facts you should know about the European champions:
Six titles out of six possible
With the EHF Champions League, the culés add six titles out of six possible this season: Catalan Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, King’s Cup, Sacyr ASOBAL League, Asobal Cup and the European Cup. An absolutely spectacular season for a team that never tires of winning and that absolutely wants all the trophies that it disputes.
Full of victories
In addition, they have not only won all six titles, but have done so without drawing or losing any games. 61 victories in 61 games In all competitions, absolute triumphs: 34 in the League, 20 in the Champions League, three in the Copa del Rey, two in the Asobal Cup, one in the Catalan Super Cup and one in the Spanish Super Cup. Spectacular.
tenth champions
No team has won more European cups of handball than Barça, and with this new title, the differences with the rest increase even more. The Catalans now have 10 Champions, double that of the second that has the most: the Gummersbach, with five, followed by THW Kiel, with four, and Ciudad Real, Dukla Praga, Magdeburg and SKA Minsk, all with three. Absolute Kings of Europe.
Third in Cologne
Of these 10 Champions won (1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2021), three have been reached in the Lanxess Arena Cologne. Since the Final Four format (2009/10) existed, no team has won more Champions League than Barça. Only Kiel equals the three Barça triumphs in Cologne.
43rd Champions League in Barça history
Roller hockey (22 Champions), handball (10), football (5), futsal, (3), basketball (2) and women’s (1) make up these 43 Culés Championships. No sports team has won more titles than Barça, which continues to make history in all its professional sections. In addition, it should be noted that 26 of these European Cups have been won in the 21st century.
8th European double
For the 8th time in the Club’s history, Barça has won gold twice or more in the same season; This 2020/21 the focus is on women’s football and handball. Only the 2014/15 academic year, with three (football, handball and hockey) exceeds the current one.
61 titles in 12 years
Xavi EasterHe leaves the Barça bench with a total of 61 titles in his record. During his 12 seasons as a culé coach, Pasqui has won 11 Leagues, 11 Asobal Cups, 10 King’s Cups, 10 Spanish Super Cups, eight Catalunya Super Cups, five Super Globes, three Pyrenees Leagues and finally three Champions, the coach who most Final Fours has won in Cologne.
VÍCTOR SALGADO – FCB
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Dika Mem and Aleix, the top scorers
The Frenchman has been the team’s top scorer in the current edition of the Champions League with 93 goals, and follows him closely, Aleix Gómez with 92. This is followed by Fabregas (65), Pálmarsson (58) and Cindric (51). What’s more, Dika and Aleix have also been very close to the top scorer of the tournament, Valero Rivera (Nantes), with 95 goals.
VÍCTOR SALGADO – FCB
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22 players used
In this EHF Champions League, Xavi Pascual has used a total of 22 different players: the 20 from the first team and two more from the subsidiary: the goalkeeper Jordi Gonzalez and the pivot Artur Parera.
Five individual Barça awards
Barça has also been the most awarded team individually in this Champions League. Aleix Gómez (rightmost), Dika Mem (Right side), Luka Cindric (central) and Ludovic Fabregas (pivot) were chosen in the best team of the season, and also, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas he has been the MVP in the final Four with two exhibitions in both the semifinals and the final.
VÍCTOR SALGADO – FCB
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