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Intense heat welcomes Barça to Seville
www.fcbarcelona.cat 05/12/2012 12:35
FC Barcelona are in Andalusian capital to play against Betis this evening at 22:00
Guardiola has named 19 footballers - 15 first-team players and 4 reserve players. José Manuel Pinto, the most notable absence, will miss the match due to an ankle sprain.

Pep Guardiola in Seville / PHOTO: MIGUEL RUIZ - FCB
Barça have arrived in Seville, where, at 22:00, the first team players will face Betis at the Benito Villamarín. FC Barcelona’s plane touched down in the Andalusian airport at 12:30 and the high temperatures, approximately 32 degrees, welcomed the Catalans to Seville.
For this game, the last Liga matchof the season, Guardiola named 15 first-team footballers and 4 Barça B players ( Oier , Tello , Montoya and Bartra ) to the team. Pinto did not travel with the team due to an injury he picked up this week.
The vice-president of the Social Area, Jordi Cardoner , the directors Pilar Guinovart and Jordi Mestre , and the football director Andoni Zubizarreta , accompanied the team to Andalusia.

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Carles Puyol has successful surgery on right knee
www.fcbarcelona.cat 05/12/2012 16:21
Doctors Ramon Cugat and Ricard Pruna performed osteochondral surgery on Carles Puyol this Saturday morning. The Barça captain underwent an arthroscopic procedure to clean up joint tissue in his right knee
The player will be sidelined for six weeks
Pruna: “Puyol’s objective is to be in optimal condition for the preseasonâ€

Doctors Cugat and Pruna during the press conference / PHOTO: GERMAN PARGA - FCB
Villa, Abidal and Tito
Doctors Cugat and Pruna also talked about three specific first-team members. On David Villa ’s recovery, Cugat said that “we’ll have to wait two or three more weeks until the EURO starts. This time will permit us to see the extent of his recovery. Time will give us the answer, in any case, he’ll have the last word on the matter.â€
Pruna talked about Éric Abidal ’s condition: “The transplant was successful. His recovery has been good but slow. The player, if everything goes well, could be released from hospital next week.â€
On Tito Vilanova , Pruna explained that “he’s doing fantastically well. In layman terms, we’d say he’s been healed.In scientific terms, he’s free of disease.â€
Doctors Ramon Cugat and Ricard Pruna , in collaboration with Egarsat, performed osteochondral knee surgery on Carles Puyol this Saturday morning. The Azulgrana captain underwent an arthroscopic procedure to clean up joint tissuein his right knee. The player will be out of action for approximately six weeks.
Doctor Cugat explained that there was a fragment of cartilagethat became detached from the player’s knee and, once removed,the doctors inspected the rest of the joint. “We didn’t have time towait this time. He told me that hisleg wasn’t working, that he couldn’t continue. These are subjective feelings. We could wait last year, but this time, even though the injury wasn’t as severe, it was more noticeable than last year,†said Cugat this Saturday afternoon in the Ricard Mexenchs press room.
Doctor Pruna recognised that “hepractically diagnosed himself†and that the player could be released from hospital as early asthis Sunday. “His objective is to be in optimal condition for the preseason,†Pruna said.
Puyol will, in all likelihood, miss the King’s Cup Final and the EURO.“If everything goes well, we’ll have Carles Puyol for many years,†said Cugat.
Pruna also talked about the number of injuries picked up by the first team this season: “we’ve had various muscle injuries. I believe most of them were mild or medium and that they were dealt with well. With that said, we had to go to the operating room five time this season: Abidal’s transplant, the ACLs of Afellay and Fontàs, Villa’s leg and now Carles.â€

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Spanish League Preview – Final Week


05/12/2012 18:06
Barça’ s game in Seville is one of just two on Saturday, with Valencia and Real Sociedad also playing something of a dead rubber. All the action is set for eight o’clock on Sunday, when the final Champions League place, the Europa Cup spots and relegation will all be decided

Gerard Piqué celebrates a goal against Mallorca / PHOTO: Miguel Ruiz - FCB
Champions League
Real Madrid, Barça and Valencia have already secured the top three places and although
Malaga currently occupy fourth on 55 points, both Europa Cup winners Atletico Madrid, on
53, and Levante, 52 but with a better head to head goal difference against Malaga, could
catch them. Malaga are at home to Sporting in a game their Spanish full back Nacho Monreal
reckons: “we have to win – this isthe most important game in our historyâ€, - just what
Levante defender Juanfran believes ahead of his team’s game at home to Bilbao: “this is the
most important game in our 102 year history and it has fallen to us to go out and win itâ€.
For their part, Atletico Madrid arefifth on 53 points and after their Europa League win in
Bucharest on Wednesday and theensuing celebrations they have to get back to work when
they travel to Villarreal, needing a win to have any chance of catching Malaga. If Malaga
win, they are in the Champions League, if they draw and Atleticowin, or lose and Atletico or
Levante win, they are out!
Europa League
Levante and Atlético Madrid could be in the Champions League next year then, but they
could also be out of Europe altogether if they lose. Mallorca (52 points) could overtake them
both if they catch champions RealMadrid cold at the Bernabéu, though their head to head
record against Málaga means a Champions League spot is not possible, whilst Osasuna, 51
points in eighth are away to already relegated Racing. Osasuna’s ex- Barça defender Damia
reckons:“we’ve got nothing to lose – we’ve got this far and we are nearly there. Let’s just
hope our legs have still got something left in them!†Sevilla and Athletic Club (49 points) would need,
Levante, Mallorca and Osasuna to all lose to be in with a shout. The Basques are already
guaranteed a place in the EuropaLeague as Cup Finalists, but they will want to bounce back
after Wednesday’s setback and ruin Levante’s party, whilst Sevilla are away to Espanyol.
Relegation
With only Racing definitely down, there are five teams who are under threat of joining them:
Sporting(37 points) Zaragoza andRayo(40), Villarreal(41) and Granada(42). The only head to
head is at Vallecas, where Granada will be without Dani Benitez, amongst others, who was this
week handed a three month suspension for throwing a bottle at the ref last week. Sporting are
the only team who don’t have salvation in their own hands, needing to win at Malaga and for
results elsewhere to go their way, whilst Zaragoza will stay up with a win at Getafe and even
a point could be enough if Rayo or Villarreal lose, while Villarreal need just a point to ensure
they don’t go down.

FCB,

Nick Bedson

 

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Guardiola: "The team battled on with 10 men"

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Betis - FC Barcelona: Season end with pride (2-2)



05/13/2012 00:23

Sergio Busquets’ header put Barça ahead on 8 minutes

Ruben Castro led the Betis fightback with two second half goals after Alves was sent off

Keita headed the equaliser from a Montoya cross in injury time

PHOTO: MIGUEL RUIZ - FCB

FC Barcelona finished their league season with a hard won draw at the Benito Villamarín. A late goal from Keita gave them a point after they’d played the last half hour with ten men followingDani Alves’ second yellow. Betis took advantage of the extra man to overturn Busquets’ early goal with a brace from Rubén Castro. Despite the two goals, Victor Valdes is still the best keeper in the league and will again win the Zamora trophy – his fifth.

Barça finish the season on 91 points, having scored 114 goals, and can now turn their attention to the Cup Final with Bilbao in a fortnight’s time.

Busquets opens the scoring

With nothing but pride riding on the result, Barça and Betis gave the crowd an intense and lively start, with the visitors, as usual, dominating possession and creating the early chances and Sergio Busquets rounded off a good start on 8 minutes when heheaded in a Xavi corner at the near post .

Midfielders causing danger

Xavi then came close himself witha couple of free kicks that shavedthe woodwork, whilst Adriano and Keita found Castro on top form to keep them out. It was Barça’s second line of attackers rather than the front three who were coming closer, but the teamhad to settle for a single goal advantage at the break.

Alves sees red

Things turned more tricky for Barça just after the break, when Alves was shown a second yellowon 52 minutes. Guardiola brought on Montoya to cover and took off Afellay, which meant the team lost presence in midfield and began to see less of possession and lose control of the game.

Rubén Castro brace

Betis were ambitious throughoutand now they began to find space they hadn’t seen when up against 11. In three minutes they managed to turn the result around, with Ruben Castro breaking the offside trap and pouncing on two through balls to beat an exposed Victor Valdes in two one on one situations.

Keita to the rescue

It looked as if the team might be finishing off Josep Guardiola’s last game in charge with a defeat, but in injury time Montoya floated in a great cross which Keita met to head in the equaliser for Barça’s 114th goal in a season to be proud of.

FCB,

Roger Bogunyà

 

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Photo gallery of the match

Betis - FC Barcelona / PHOTO: Miguel Ruiz - FCB

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Guardiola: “I'm very pleased with the team's performanceâ€
www.fcbarcelona.cat 05/13/2012 00:38

Guardiola is pleased with his team’s performance at the BenitoVillamarín: “playing with 10 men against a team that plays footballso well is complicated. We tried itand we managed to equalise
“Keita probably deserved to play more. He’s a very dependable player in every regard. He gives us things that the other midfielders don’t have. I’m very pleased with his performance
“Questions on the future don’t depend on me, from my point of view, Alves is an irreplaceable player. He’s been fundamental for Barçaâ€
Praise for Betis
The Barça manager didn’t hold back in his praise for Real Betis: “they are a great team. They play very well and they have great players. They’ve been together for a while, with the same manager and great supporters.†Guardiola finished by saying “Betis have had a great season.â€
Pep Guardiola held a press conference after this Saturday’s draw against Betis. The Barça manager said he is satisfied with the behavior of his players: “we played a good first half. In the second, before we went down to10 men, we weren’t as good. After the expulsion, playing against a team that practices good football is complicated. We tried it and we managed to get the equaliser through Ketia ’s header.†On the Mali international, Guardiola said thatthe player “probably deserves more. He’s a very dependable player in every regard. He gives us things that other midfielders don’t have. I’m pleased with his game and, in general, the team’s work.â€
Afellay , who featured in the team’s starting line-up for the first time since his injury, was also mentioned by the manger. “He played very well. He participated, he had a chance to score and he didn’t lose any balls.With Alves’ red card, I preferred to sub him out to avoid fatigue. Anyway, it’s good news for the Dutch national team and for the future,†said the FC Barcelona manager.
When asked about Alves ’ future, Guardiola was clear: “questions on a player’s future don’t dependon me, but from my point of view, Alves is irreplaceable. He’s been fundamentafor Barça.â€
Lastly, on his own future, Guardiola said: “La Liga existed before I came and it will continue to exist without me.â€

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Valdés: "We'll be back in forcenext year"


05/13/2012 01:08

The keeper says that the team is looking forward to next season with optimism and that he’s happy with his fifth Zamora trophy
The players are mentally preparing for the final of the King’s Cup against Athletic Club
Next training session, Tuesday
Barça will train on Tuesday at 19:00 at the Ciutat Esportiva Sant Joan Despí. Sergio Busquets will hold a pre-trianing press conference.
Alves, stays in Seville
Dani Alves will not return with the team to Barcelona this evening, with the Club's permission, and will spend his two days off in Seville.
Cuenca:“The Liga is over and we’ve finished with Víctor Valdés as this year’s Zamora winner. Now for the King’s Cup"
Pedro: “We’ve worked hard to prepare for the King’s Cup Final. We’ll try to win the title”
After the game against Betis, the Barça players concur that the team will be completely focused on the last match of the season. Víctor Valdés said that the team iseager and preparing for the finalmatch of the year and he sent an optimistic message regarding next season. “We hope to win theCup. This season two important titles have slipped away, but we’ll be back as strong as ever next year,” he said.
After drawing with Betis at the Benito Villamarín in the last game of the Liga (2-2), the Valdés’ team-mates congratulated the keeper on winning the Zamora trophy, given to the keeper that concedes the least amount of goals in the competition. On the award, the keeper said: “I was very excited with the prospect of winning my fifth Zamora and equal Ramallets. I’ve always looked up to him.”
Collective award
The Catalan player said that it is more important win than concede goals. However, Valdés said that this Zamora trophy is a testament to Barça’s defensive work. “It’s not a priority, but it’s important for the team to win this award,” said Valdés, who also reiterated his regret for not winning the Liga title.
Finally, the Azulgrana keeper praised Betis: “they are a team that play excellent football. Both teams had chances to score and, in the end, we ended with a draw.”
Here are some of the statements made by Barça players after the match, some of them were made on Twitter:
Pedro Rodríguez :
“We played a great game. In the end, a draw is a just result.
“We’ve worked hard to prepare for the King’s Cup Final. We’ll try to win the title.”
On the atmosphere at the Benito Villamarín: “it’s a very difficult ground. The fans are right on top of you.”
Isaac Cuenca :
“The Liga is over and we’ve finished with Víctor Valdés as thisyear’s Zamora winner. Now for the King’s Cup.”
Cristian Tello :
“We bid farewell to the Liga witha 2-2 in Seville. Now it’s time to prepare for King’s Cup Final. Congratulations to Víctor Valdés for winning the Zamora.”

FCB,

Sergi Garcia

 

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Kings Cup the Final Objective
www.fcbarcelona.cat 05/13/2012 12:48
The league campaign has drawn to a close and Barça will now spend the next 12 days focussing on the Cup Final on 25th May. Thefirst preparatory training session will take place on Tuesday evening

Adriano, Messi and Keita / PHOTO:FCB
The Cup Final against Athletic Club Bilbao in the Vicente Calderon on 25th May is now Barça’s main objective as the players work hard in training to reach the big day in the best possible conditions. Following onfrom Saturday’s match against Betis in the Benito Villamarin, theplayers will now enjoy a two-daybreak before returning to training at 7 pm on Tuesday. At 6 pm, Sergio Busquets will give a press conference.
Apart from Tuesday’s session, the players will also train on Wednesday (11am), Thursday (7 pm) and Friday (11 am). As usual, all the sessions will be held behind closed doors at the Club’s sports complex in Sant Joan Despí.
Guardiola has given his squad next weekend off and training will recommence on the following Monday. It promises to be an exciting week of preparations ahead of the grand final.

FCB

 

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Eleven defeats in four years


05/13/2012 12:55
Josep Guardiola’s Barça has lost just 11 of their 152 league matches over the past four years

PHOTO: ARCHIVE FCB
An unbeatable record! Josep Guardiola, who took charge of his last league match as first teammanager on Saturday (2-2), has established an astonishing record of just 11 La Liga defeats, 116 wins and 47 draws in 152 matches played during his four-year period in charge.
412 goals scored, 109 conceded
Guardiola’s teams have collected a total of 373 league points over this period, an average of 93.25 per season – the biggest haul coming in 2009/10, when Barça finished with 99. They have scored 412 (that’s an average of 2.71 goals per match) and have only conceded 109 (0.71 goals per match).
Two defeats against Atletico and Osasuna
Atletico Madrid and Osasuna haveproved to be the toughest opponents, both sides boasting two wins against Barça over the four years while Numancia, Espanyol, Mallorca, Hercules, Real Sociedad, Getafe and Real Madrid have managed one. Of the 11 defeats, two (against Mallorca and Osasuna) came at the end of the 2008/09 season when the league title was already mathematically decided and another in 2010/11 (against Real Sociedad) when the title was all but decided.
And finally, a few interesting stats. The most common score line under Guardiola has been 2-0 in Barça’s favour (17 times) followed closely by 1-0 (14 times), 2-1 (13 times), and 3-0 and 1-1 (12 times each).
The biggest wins were the 0-8 win away to Almeria and the 8-0 home win against Osasuna while the 0-2 defeat to Hercules in the Camp Nou was the only time Barça lost a league match by 2 goals or more.

FCB,

Roger Bogunyà

 

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The Zamora Trophy belongs to Valdés


05/13/2012 13:59
Victor Valdés has matched the record of the legendary Antoni Ramallets, up to now the only goalkeeper to have won the Zamora trophy for the fewest goals conceded an amazing five times
He is also the first goalkeeper to win the trophy four years running

Valdés and Ramallets / PHOTO: MIGUEL RUIZ - FCB
The 19 Barça Zamora Trophies
- Velasco (1948)
- Ramallets (52, 56, 57, 59 and 60)
- Pesudo (1966)
- Sadurní (1969, 75 and 75)
- Reina (1973)
- Artola (1978)
- Urruti (1984)
- Zubizarreta (1987)
- Valdés (2005, 09, 10, 11 and 12)
"I’m excited about winning this fifth Zamora trophy and equalling Ramallets. He’s a reference point for me in goal†. Although Victor Valdés has always given priority to collective prizes rather than individual honours, his achievement this season of winning a fourth consecutive Zamora trophy (for the goalkeeper who concedes the fewest goals) is a source of great pride as it puts him up alongside one of the all-time greats, Antoni Ramallets. Valdés has now won the trophy five times (2004/05, 20008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12) , equalling the efforts ofRamallets, up to now the only player to win the trophy five times (1951/52, 1955/56, 1956/57,1958/59 and 1959/60) .
52 years later
It’s taken 52 years for another goalkeeper to equal the record set by Ramallets. And it’s fitting that it should be equalled by a Barça player. This latest honour consolidates Barça’s position at the top of the Zamora ranking with 19 trophies, ahead of Real Madrid’s 16.
Valdés has not only equalled Ramallets; he has also set a new record of four consecutive Zamora trophies, all of which he has won during Guardiola’s time in charge.
28 goals in 35 matches
In laying claim to this year’s trophy, Valdés conceded a miserly 28 goals in 35 matches, giving him an average of 0.8 goals per match. Along the way he’s kept 17 clean sheets and established a record of 896 minutes (between 21st September and 6th November) without conceding a goal in competitive matches.

FCB,

Anna Segura

 

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Youth Football

Two more titles for the Barça's youth system

WWW.FCBARCELONA.CAT 05/13/2012 12:44

Benjamín D team managed by Jordi Pérez and David Sánchez beat Pomar CD by 12-1 to seal theLiga title with three matches still remaining on the schedule

The Infantil A team managed by Francesc Sánchez also clinched the Liga title after beating Damm (6-0)

With these two titles, Barça's youth system have won five Liga titles in the span of five days

Celebration at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper / PHOTO: Germán Parga - FCB

The Banjamín D team managed by Jordi Pérez and David Sánchezclaimed the Tercera Divisón Group 2 League title after thrashing Pomar CD 12-1. Whilst the Infantil A team managed by Francesc Sánchez and Xavi Franquesa won the Primera División Group 1 League title after beating Damm by 6-0.

Benjamín D: League title clinchedwith three matches to go

With 69 points , the FC Barcelona Benjamín D team are now 10 points ahead of the second-placeteam, Montañesa CF. With nine points left in play from the three matches remaining on the schedule, the Azulgranas have sealed the title in spectacular fashion. Barça’s youth team have scored 263 goals and have only conceded 27 . Furthermore, the team have not lost a single point all season. The convincing victoryover Pomar CD was the culmination of a perfect season.

Infantil A, champions

The Barça team managed by Francesc Sánchez and Xavi Franquesa claimed the Primera División Group 1 League title after beating Damm 6-0. The team, with 79 points, topped second place RCD Espanyol with one league game still left on the schedule. A brace from Javi Ruiz and goals from Dani Morer, CarlosAleñá, Dani Olmo and Salinas (O.G), sealed the title for the Barça youth team. At the end of the match the players celebrated the title on the pitch with their managers.

Five league titles

Remember, this Wednesday FC Barcelona’s Juvenil B claimed the league title in their division, while the Cadete B and Benjamín B sides did the same this Saturday. With today’s two titles, Barça have won five Liga titles in the span on five days.

FCB

 

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Messi, La Liga's highest scorer, has won Barça's eleventh Pichichi Award



05/13/2012 21:55

Leo Messi, highest goalscorer of the 2009/10 season, has won his second Pichichi award

Here are Barça's other Pichichi winners: Martín, César, Ré, Rexach, Krankl, Quini, Romário and Ronaldo

Messi the Pichichi with the most goals in the history of La Liga/ PHOTO: ARXIU FCB

Leo Messi won, for the second time in his career, the Pichichi Award . The award is given to thethe highest goalscorer in La Liga. The Argentine, who scored 50 goals in the competition (in 37 matches), established a new record in the Primera División, and he broke Cristiano Ronaldo ’srecord, set last year, of 41 goals. This is the 11th time in Club history that a FC Barcelona playerhas finished as La Liga’s top scorer.

From Mariano Martín to Messi

Leo Messi closed out his La Liga campaign with 4 goals over Cristiano Ronaldo and 27 goals over Falcão , second and third, respectively. This is the player’s second Pichichi Award. This first time the Argentine won the trophy was in the 2009/10 season, when he scored 34 goals in 35 matches.

Before Messi, nine FC Barcelona players finished the season as theLiga’s top scorers: Mariano Martín (1942/43, 32 goals), César Rodríguez (1948/49, 28 goals), Cayetano Ré (1964/65, 25 goals), Carles Rexach (1970/71, 17 goals), Johan Krankl (1978 / 79, 29 goals), Quini (1980/81 y 1981/82, 20 and 26 goals, respectively), Romario (1993/94, 30 goals) and Ronaldo (1996/97, 34 goals).

It’s worth noting that Samuel Eto’o also won the Pichichi awardin the 2004/05 season, level with Diego Forlán (25 goals apiece), but the daily Marca , entity that awards the prize since the 1952/53 season, stated that Eto’o had scored 24 goals, the 25th goal, scored against Mallorca, was given to Deco .

FCB,

Roger Bogunyà

 

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Spanish League Round Up – The Final Weekend


05/14/2012 09:00
The final weekend of the 2011/12 season provided excitement and drama right up to the final whistle, with Villarreal and Sporting going down and Malaga, Levante and Atletico Madrid making the European spots.
Rayo and Zaragoza escape the drop

Betis-FC Barcelona
With 88 minutes on the clock, Rayo Vallecano were a second division team, with Villarreal drawing at home to Atletico Madrid, Zaragoza winning in Getafe and Granada holding on for the goalless draw. Then Atletico’s Europa League hero Ramon Falcao stunned the Villarreal crowd with his 24th goal of the campaign, Lotina’s team were still safe though, just as long as Rayo didn’t win. On 92 minutes, Rayo got a corner, even their keeper was in the box and the ball hit the woodwork, then fell to Raul Tamudo who scored the most important of his nine goals for Rayo this season: Rayo 1- Granada 0! Rayo were safe andVillarreal were down. Lotina’s team – who began the season in the Champions League – paid the price for a troubled campaign, with three managers, and ended third from bottom on 41 points, one behind Granada and two off Zaragoza and Rayo. Sporting are the other team going down, on 37 points.
Villarreal’s fall from grace
It’s been a remarkable escape actfrom Zaragoza, who finally got out of the bottom three on the last day of the season thanks to two goals from Apoño and HelderPostiga that gave them the third of the twenty-eight points they’ve taken since January to beat Getafe, who ended the game with 8 men. Equally remarkable has been Villarreal’s fall from grace this season after 10 years in the top flight and their boss Miguel Angel Lotina was left to reflect: “it’s hard to explain what has happened. We had the chance to be safe last week and conceded late and the same thing happened tonight. Football has been unfair to Villarrealâ€.
Malaga in the Champions League
Malaga took the fourth Champions League place by beating Sporting 1-0 thanks to Roldan’s 11th goal of the campaign, whilst Levante’s 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao gave them sixth spot and the chance for an historic European debut next season and Atletico Madrid’swin means they will be able to defend their Europa League title next year. Osasuna just missed out, ending in seventh on 54 points, one behind Levante after beating already relegated Racing2-4 – the first time they’ve managed more than three goals all season. Madrid finish on 100 points
Mallorca finished eighth on 52 points after losing 4-1 at the Bernabeu, as Real Madrid took their points total to a record 100 and made it 121 goals this season– 46 of them from Cristiano Ronaldo, who ended up four behind Leo Messi – and 43 from their two other strikers, Benzema(21) and Higuain(22).

FCB,

Nick Bedson

 

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Sign up for the summer campus organised by FCBEscola
05/11/2012 12:18
This July there will be campuses for football, basketball, handball, roller hockey and futsal

Campus Sport
Summer is coming and at FCB Escola we are getting everything ready for you to be able to continue playing your favourite sports during the holiday season.In collaboration with Sport newspaper, we will be organising football, basketball, handball, roller hockey and futsalcampuses in different places around Catalonia.
All of these campuses will carry the Barça seal, and our coaches will be working to teach everybody taking part about our club’s characteristic philosophy and methodology.
You will find further information and inscription forms at the www.campusfcbarcelona.com website.
Come enjoy a genuine Barça summer holiday!

FCB

 

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Record breaking ‘Pichichi’ and‘Golden Boot’



05/14/2012 10:37

Leo Messi’s 50 league goals this season have made him the highest ever ‘Pichichi’ (top scorer) in La Liga and catapulted him to the head of the ranking of‘Golden Boots’ of all time

Leo Messi, season 2009/10 / PHOTO: ARCHIVE FCB

Leo Messi just keeps on breaking records. Now he has established a new record for both the ‘Pichichi’ (top scorer in La Liga) and the ‘Golden Boot’, beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 41 La Liga goals in the 2010/11 season, and Dudu Georgescu’s 47 goals for Dynamo Bucharest in the 1976/77 season. He is the highest scoring ‘Golden Boot’ since the award was established in the 1966/67 season. Behind him in the ranking comes Hector Yazalde of Sporting Lisbon, who scored 46 goals in the 1973/74 season. Messi has smashed all the records at a stroke.

Here is a list of the ten highest scoring ‘Pichichis’ and Golden Boots’:

Pichichi

50 goals – Leo Messi (FC Barcelona, 2011/12)

41 goals – Cristiano Ronaldo (RealMadrid, 2010/11)

38 goals – Hugo Sanchez (Real Madrid, 1989/90)

38 goals – Telmo Zarra (Atletic Club, 1950/51)

35 goals – Baltazar (Atletico Madrid, 1988/89)

34 goals – Telmo Zarra (Athletic Club, 1946/47)

34 goals – Hugo Sanchez (Real Madrid, 1986/87)

34 goals – Ronaldo (FC Barcelona, 1996/97)

34 goals – Leo Messi (FC Barcelona, 2009/10)

32 goals – Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid, 2008/09)

Golden Boot

50 goals – Leo Messi (FC Barcelona, 2011/12)

47 goals – Dudu Georgescu (Dynamo Bucharest, 1976/77)

46 goals - Hector Yazalde (Sporting Lisbon, 19973/74)

44 goals – Josip Skoblar (Olympique Marseille, 1970/71)

43 goals – Dorin Mateut (Dynamo Bucharest, 1988/89)

42 goals – Mario Jardel (Sporting Lisbon, 2011/02)

42 goals – Eusebio (SL Benfica, 1967/68)

41 goals – Hansi Krankl (Rapid Vienna, 1977/78)

40 goals – Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich, 1971/72)

40 goals – Eusebio (SL Benfica, 1972/73)

40 goals – Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid, 2010/11)

FCB,

Roger Bogunyà

 

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FUTSAL
Torras and Lozano hope to see “the best Barça†in Antequera


05/14/2012 13:51

The Azulgranas are on their way to Málaga this afternoon. Upon arrival to the Andalusian city, they will complete their journey to Antequera by motor coach
FC Barcelona Alusport are reigning champions of the new competition. This will be the second final of the Futsal King’s Cup in the history of the competition
Tuesday, training session and press conference
The RFEF have decided that this Tuesday, the same day as the match, there will be a press conference featuring both FC Barcelona’s captain, Javi Rodríguez , and manager, Marc Carmona . The press conference will take place at 12:30 after the team’s training session on the blue-top court at Antequera’s arena.
FC Barcelona Alusport are en route to Antequera. The Azulgrana team are aboard a charter flight that will touch down in Málaga at approximately18:00. From Málaga the team will travel to Antequera by motor coach. Upon arrival, the team willgo directly to the hotel. Coincidentally, Barça Alusport and the other finalist, ElPozo Murcia , will be sharing the same hotel.
Training session, meal and trip
The 12-man team, including Fernandao and Gabriel , both of whom are doubtful for the match, boast the presence of twoyoungsters from the Barça youth system that won the Spanish Cup: Eric Martel and Marc Tolrà .
Barça Alusport trained this afternoon from 12:00 to 14:00 at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper and, upon completing the session, the team ate together that the Club’s ice hockey rink at the Palau Blaugrana. The team left for El Prat Airport at 15:00.

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103 league goals a season
www.fcbarcelona.cat 05/14/2012 16:05
The Guardiola era has amassed 412 league goals in four seasons, including 114 in the competition that has just ended, an all-time club record
Messi has scored 33.5% of the goals scored over the last four years, and in 2011-12, achieved an incredible of 43% the Barça total

Goal agaisnt Málaga / PHOTO: ARXIU FCB
League goals
Season 2008/09: 105
Season 2009/10: 98
Season 2010/11: 95
Season 2011/12: 114
The numbers speak for themselves. Guardiola has seen his FC Barcelona team score a remarkable 412 league goals while he has been manager, an average of 103 goals a season and 2.7 goals a game. This is a team that has been breaking records in every department. In the season just ended, the team managed to set a new all-time best of 114 goals in a league season.
Guardiola’s sides have achieved four of the six highest goalscoring records in the entire history of the championship. In 2008/09 they got 105, setting a new record. In 2009/10, they got 98, in 2010/11, 95, and this season scored more than three goals a game to get a new recordof 114.
Messi the superstar
Messi has scored 138 of those 412goals, 33.5% of the total. And thatpercentage rises to an astounding 43% in Guardiola’s final season. The Argentinian found the net 23 times in the firstseason under the new coach, then got 34 a year later, 31 after that and 50 in the season just ended.
This last season, 16 different players found the target for FCB. Locally produced players got 89 of those, a massive 78%. By positions, eight goals came from defenders, 27 from midfielders and 77 from strikers. The other two were own goals.

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Barça win second Pichichi – Zamora double
www.fcbarcelona.cat 05/14/2012 16:30
This was the second season in which Barça have had the top goalkeeper and striker in the same league championship. The same players, Messi and Valdés, also won the two titles in the 2009/10 season
The Argentinian is the ninth player in Liga history be top goalscorer twice
It is the fourth time that a team has won the Zamora and Pichichiwithout winning the championship title. The same happened to Athletic Bilbao (1946/47), Valencia (1957/58) and Deportivo (1992/93)

Valdés i Messi, en el partit de Lliga al Camp Nou davant el Mallorca / FOTO: ARXIU FCB
Since the league started in 1929, only twelve teams have produced both the top scorer and the top goalkeeper in the same competition . FC Barcelona is the latest thanks to the 50 goals scored by Messi and the mere 28 conceded by Valdés, who both win their respective trophies after also doing the double in 2009/10. These are the only times FC Barcelona have produced the winners of both accolades.
Messi double
Leo Messi thus joins a select group of players that have topped the scoring charts in la Liga on more than one occasion. His predecessors have been Forlán, Raúl, Ronaldo, Kempes, Amancio, Pahiño, Mundo and Gorostiza. Meanwhile, Valdés has not only equalled Ramallets’ legendary record of five Zamora titles, but has also become the first person to win four times in arow.
Non league winners
A team that produces the best striker and goalkeeper in a league season would normally beexpected to also take the Liga championship. That was not the case with FCB this season, and neither was it the first time this peculiar circumstance has happened. Athletic Bilbao (1946/47), Valencia (1957/58) and Deportivo (1992/93) faced the same fate.


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Eleven Barça candidates for Onze d’Or
www.fcbarcelona.cat 05/15/2012 12:25
Valdés, Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Alexis and Messi have all been named in the shortlist of 60 candidates named by French magazine ‘Onze Mondial’
Fans have until June 7 to make their choices
Messi has been named best footballer in the last three editions

Messi, Iniesta and Alves / FOTO: ARXIU FCB
Eleven different FC Barcelona players have been nominated forthe Onze d’Or, the prize given annually by the French magazine ‘Onze Mondial’ to the eleven best players in the world, one for each position. They are Valdés, Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Alexis and Messi , who all feature in the list of 60 names that fans have until June 7 to choose from by heading to the following website .
Barça dominate
With eleven nominees, FC Barcelona is the most represented team and the only one with at least one player for each position. Also, Guardiola hasbeen nominated as one of the managers of the season. Apart from the Onze d’Or, the three best players of the season are also selected, who are awarded the Onze d’Or, Onze d’Argent and Onze de Bronze respectively. For the last three years, the top award has gone to FCB’s Leo Messi.

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