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Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a professional Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and in the European Champions League. It is the most successful handball club in Spain and Europe with a record number of domestic and international titles.

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History

Early years

The handball section of Futbol Club Barcelona was founded on 29 November 1942 during the presidency of Enrique Piñeyro. In the beginning handball was played with eleven players per team and did not have a specialized field to play. They used football fields until the late 1950s, when they started to play, as in actual games, with seven players and a covered field.

In the early stages, competitions were dominated by other teams like Atlético de Madrid and Granollers, breaking their domination few times.

Valero Rivera era (1983–2003)

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Things changed radically with the arrival of one of the best coaches in handball history, Valero Rivera. With him, the team became virtually unbeatable in Spain and in Europe, winning a record of 62 trophies under his rule, including 5 consecutive European Cups.

Post Valero Rivera era (2003–present)

In the summer of 2013, the Barça handball team, conducted by the head coach Xavi Pascual, won the IHF Super Globe trophy, the only trophy that was still missing from the club's trophy cabinet. [1]

FC Barcelona’s handball team closed out the 2013/14 Liga ASOBAL with a record-breaking winning run. Barça made history this season when they completed their Liga ASOBAL without dropping any points from all 30 match days. [2]

FC Barcelona successfully defended its IHF Super Globe title in 2014, marking the first time a team has won back-to-back titles since the most prestigious club handball event has been hosted annually in the Qatari capital Doha. [3] [4]

Again, FC Barcelona handball team ended the 2014/2015 Liga ASOBAL season unbeaten for the second consecutive year. [5]

FC Barcelona handball team won the seven titles disputed the 2014/2015 season, something which had not happened since the 1999/2000 season with Valero Rivera's Dream Team. [6]

In 2017 FC Barcelona handball was again champion of the IHF Super Globe after beating the German team Füchse Berlin. [7]

In 2018, the club won the Super Globe trophy again, for the fourth time. In a repeat of last year the team of head coach Xavi Pascual won the IHF Super Globe Final against Füchse Berlin, this time by a five-goal difference, 29–24. [8]

Again Barça won the IHF Super Globe in 2019, their third in a row. The team led by Xavi Pascual beat THW Kiel 34–32. [9]

In 2021 Barça regain the European throne six years after the last title, winning the final against Aalborg Håndbold (36–23), at the end of an absolutely impeccable season: 6/6 titles and 61/61 victories. [10] Xavi Pascual's team secured the section's 10th Champions League and also became the first team to lift the golden net, the new trophy for the European champions from this season, as a replacement for the bronze arm. The title concludes a season with an emotional ending, since it marks the conclusion of a cycle and the goodbye of several players, in addition to David Barrufet, Xavi Pascual and Fernando Barbeito. [11] Former Dream Team player, Carlos Ortega was chosen to be FC Barcelona's new handball coach for the next three seasons. [12]

In the 2021–22 season, after the successes achieved the previous season, the azulgrana certified a new sextet, where the only title that escaped was the Super Globe in October. The team won the Spanish Super Cup, the Catalan Super Cup, the Copa del Rey, the Sacyr ASOBAL League, the Sacyr ASOBAL Cup, and finally the Champions League. The team ended the season winning the 11th Champions League in Barça history. Barça revalidated the title in Cologne, being the first team to win two consecutive years with the new final four format, and extended its dominance in the historic record of the Handball Champions League. [13]

Kits

Trophies

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes
1990–91 1 ASOBAL 1st / 1stChampion
1991–92 1ASOBAL1st / 2ndChampion
1992–93 1ASOBAL2nd / 3rd
1993–94 1ASOBAL1st / 1st / ½
1994–95 1ASOBAL2nd
1995–96 1ASOBAL1stChampion
1996–97 1ASOBAL1stChampion
1997–98 1ASOBAL1stChampion
1998–99 1ASOBAL1stChampion
1999–00 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2000–01 1ASOBAL2nd
2001–02 1ASOBAL2nd
2002–03 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2003–04 1ASOBAL2nd
2004–05 1ASOBAL4th
2005–06 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2006–07 1ASOBAL4th
2007–08 1ASOBAL2nd
2008–09 1ASOBAL2nd
2009–10 1ASOBAL2nd
SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes
2010–11 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2011–12 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2012–13 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2013–14 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2014–15 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2015–16 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2016–17 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2017–18 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2018–19 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2019–20 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2020–21 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2021–22 1ASOBAL1stChampion
2022–23 1ASOBAL1stChampion

Season by season (B team)

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes
2001–023 1ª Nacional 10th
2002–0331ª Nacional3rd
2003–0431ª Nacional1st
2004–0531ª Nacional2nd
2005–0631ª Nacional1st
2006–0731ª Nacional2nd
2007–0831ª Nacional8th
2008–0931ª Nacional1st / 1st / 2nd
2009–1031ª Nacional1st / 1st / 1stPromoted
2010–11 2 Plata 6th
2011–12 2 Plata 1st
2012–13 2 Plata 1st
2013–14 2 Plata 1st
2014–15 2 Plata 3rd
2015–16 2 Plata 5th

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
2020–21 EHF Champions League Group Matches
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 Flag of Ukraine.svg HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 42–2430–251st place
Flag of France.svg HBC Nantes 30–2935–27
Flag of Croatia.svg PPD Zagreb 45–2737–33
Flag of Denmark.svg Aalborg Håndbold 42–3335–32
Flag of Germany.svg THW Kiel 29–2532–26
Flag of Hungary.svg Telekom Veszprém 37–3037–34
Flag of Slovenia.svg RK Celje 42–2832–29
Last 16 Flag of Norway.svg Elverum Håndball 39–1937–2576–44
Quarterfinals Flag of Belarus.svg Meshkov Brest 40–2833–2973–57
Semifinal Flag of France.svg HBC Nantes 31–26
Final Flag of Denmark.svg Aalborg Håndbold 36–23
2019–20 EHF Champions League Group Matches
(Group A)
 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 36–3235–321st place
Flag of Hungary.svg MOL-Pick Szeged 30–2828–31
Flag of Denmark.svg Aalborg 44–3534–30
Flag of Germany.svg Flensburg 31–2734–27
Flag of Slovenia.svg Celje 45–2137–25
Flag of Croatia.svg PPD Zagreb 32–2336–19
Flag of Norway.svg Elverum 33–2430–26
Quarterfinals Flag placeholder.svg Cancelled
Semi-final (F4) Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 37–32
Final (F4) Flag of Germany.svg THW Kiel 28–33

Team

Staff

Staff for the 2023–24 season

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season
Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Notable former coaches

Notable former players

Stadium information

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  11. ↑ "The tenth Champions League is ours!".
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