New record – 15 successive league wins
Barça recorded their 15th La Liga win on the trot in Alicante on Saturday night to set a new Club record and equal the competition’s best ever run which has been in place for 50 years.
Barcelona (FCB).- The 0-3 win over Hercules was the team’s 15th win on the run in the league and means that they have beaten the previous Club record set by Frank Rijkaard’s team in the 2005/06 season.
That run went from week 8 to week 21 and included these wins:
WEEK 8: FCB-OSASUNA (3-0)
WEEK 9: FCB-R.SOCIEDAD (5-0)
WEEK 10: GETAFE-FCB (1-3)
WEEK 11: FCB-MALAGA (2-0)
WEEK 12: R.MADRID-FCB (0-3)
WEEK 13: FCB-RACING S. (4-1)
WEEK 14: VILLARREAL-FCB (0-2)
WEEK 15: FCB-SEVILLA (2-1)
WEEK 16: CADIZ-FCB (1-3)
WEEK 17: FCB-CELTA (2-0)
WEEK 18: ESPANYOL-FCB (1-2)
WEEK 19: FCB-ATHLETIC CLUB (2-1)
WEEK 20: FCB-ALAVES (2-0)
WEEK 21: MALLORCA-FCB (0-3)
Five seasons later, Guardiola’s team have gone one better , winning every game from week 7 until now, with the following results:
WEEK 7: FCB- VALENCIA (2-1)
WEEK 8: ZARAGOZA-FCB (0-2)
WEEK 9: FCB-SEVILLA (5-0)
WEEK 10: GETAFE –FCB (1-3)
WEEK 11: FCB-VILLARREAL (3-1)
WEEK 12: ALMERIA-FCB (0-8)
WEEK 13: FCB-R.MADRID (5-0)
WEEK 14: OSASUNA-FCB (0-3)
WEEK 15: FCB-R.SOCIEDAD (5-0)
WEEK 16: ESPANYOL-FCB (1-5)
WEEK 17: FCB-LLEVANT (2-1)
WEEK 18: DEPORTIVO-FCB (0-4)
WEEK 19: FCB-MALAGA (4-1)
WEEK 20: FCB-RACING S. (3-0)
WEEK 21: HERCULES-FCB (0-3)
The run equals that set in the 1960/61 season by Real Madrid – a record that has stood for half a century and will come under threat next weekend!
THE DETAIL
Tenth win on the road
The team also continued with their remarkable run of away wins, having now won all 10 games on the road since the season began – the best ever away start to a season in the competition , beating the previous record held by Barça in 08/09 and Real Madrid in 09/10.
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