The 2021–22 season was the 34th season for

FC Barcelona Femení Futbol Club Barcelona Femení, commonly referred to as Barça Femení () or simply Barça, is a Spanish professional women's association football, women's football team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is the women's football section of FC Barc ...

. In addition to the domestic league, Barcelona played in that season's editions of the

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and

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. Barcelona were coming off a successful 2020–21 campaign by being the first Spanish women's club to win the

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after winning the league, UEFA Women's Champions League, and Copa de la Reina.

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has called the side one of the best women's club teams in history. Barcelona finished the season winning the

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with a 100% win rate in 36 matches across all domestic competitions (league, cup, super cup), scoring 183 goals and conceding only 13 goals with a goal difference of +170. Overall Barcelona won 45 of the 47 matches played across all competitions, scoring 221 goals and conceding 23 with a goal difference of +198. They lost only twice, both of which came in consecutive matches in the

knockout stages, losing 0–2 against

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in the second leg of the semi-finals, but winning 5–3 on aggregate and getting through to the

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. In the final,

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were defeated 1–3 by

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, with the team's only goal being scored by the captain

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. The team finished the season with a 96% win rate across all competitions along with a record 45-match winning streak that lasted from the first match of the season until the defeat against

in the

semi-finals second leg.

Kits

Players

Current squad

FC Barcelona Femení B

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Overall record

Pre-season and Friendlies

Barcelona opened the pre-season with a

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victory against Italian champions

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. They travelled to the

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for the 2021 Women's International Champions Cup to face French

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and

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side

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. Barcelona finished third in the summer friendly tournament.

Primera División

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Copa de la Reina

Barcelona entered at the Round of 16 after the draw on 11 February 2022. The team started their Cup defense in Madrid versus Rayo Vallecano with a 3–1 victory. Their next match was a 3–0 win against Real Sociedad. The team then defeated Real Madrid in the semi-finals, winning for the six^th time out of the six games played between them this season. In the final, Barcelona easily demolished

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with a 6-1 win, which won them the domestic treble with a 100% win rate in all domestic competitions (league, cup, super cup).

Supercopa de España Femenina

Barcelona faced

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in the first semi-final, edging out a 1–0 win with a goal by Alexia in the dying minutes of the game. The team then easily dispatched

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with a 7–0 thumping in the final. Barcelona secured their second Supercopa de España Femenina held at La Ciudad del Fútbol in

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UEFA Women's Champions League

Group stage

The

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draw was completed on 13 September 2021, and Barcelona started its title defense against English club

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. They were also drawn with

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outfit

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and Danish champions

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. Barcelona completed the group stage undefeated with 24 goals scored while only giving up one goal.

Knockout phase

Barcelona held the quarter-final, 2nd leg, against Women's Clásico rival

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, the home team's second competitive match at the stadium and the first in front of fans. Barcelona advanced to the semi-final with an 8–3 aggregate score, winning both matches in the tie. Barcelona's attendances in their home quarter- and semi-finals (91,553 and 91,648) were the largest known attendances for women's football matches in the world since 1971,

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–

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(110,000), at the

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. Barcelona beat Wolfsburg 5–1 in the semi-final, 1st leg.

=Quarter-finals

=Semi-finals

=Final

Statistics

Overall

Assists

References

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