The 2024–25 Futbol Club Barcelona season was the club's 125th season in existence and their 94th consecutive season in the top flight. In addition to the domestic league, Barcelona participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España and the UEFA Champions League (entering for the 21st consecutive season). The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 until 30 June 2025.
Barcelona were playing their official home matches at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys throughout the season as they await the renovations of Camp Nou with no full seating capacity available. The club originally planned to return on 15 December 2024, but were unable to due to UEFA regulations stating they could not switch venues midway through the league phase of the Champions League.
The Catalans won a treble of domestic trophies, defeating rivals Real Madrid in two finals, as well as twice in the league to edge them for the title. Despite coming short in the Champions League with a semi-final extra time defeat to Inter Milan, the 2024–25 season was the most successful for the club since 2014–15.
This was the first season since 2009–10 without full-back veteran Sergi Roberto, who departed the Blaugrana after his contract expired.
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Season overview
Background
Pre-season On 19 March, Barcelona announced they would be touring the United States to participate in the pre-season Soccer Champions Tour, with three friendly matches against Manchester City in Orlando on 30 July, Real Madrid in New Jersey on 3 August and Milan in Baltimore on 6 August.
On 26 June, Barcelona announced that the pre-season would start with the players' medical examinations on 10 July.
On 29 June, Sergiño Dest left permanently for PSV Eindhoven on a free transfer, ending his four years at the club. Two days later, young striker Marc Guiu departed for Chelsea for €6 million.
On 24 July, Pau Víctor joined Barcelona permanently, signing a contract until 2029. The following day, Barcelona opened preseason behind closed doors with a 1–0 win over Catalan side Olot.
On 30 July, Barcelona drew 2–2 with Manchester City in Orlando before winning 1–4 on penalties. Pau Víctor and Pablo Torre scored the goals for Barça.
August On 3 August, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2–1 in New Jersey. Pau Víctor scored a brace to secure the El Clásico victory. Two days later, Oriol Romeu was loaned out to Girona for the rest of the season.
On 6 August, Barcelona drew 2–2 with AC Milan in Baltimore before losing 3–4 on penalties. Robert Lewandowski scored both goals for Barça. Three days later, Barcelona announced reaching an agreement to sign Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig for a reported fee of €60 million on six-year contract, therefore the Spaniard completed a return move to his youth career club.
On 12 August, Barcelona lost 0–3 against Monaco in the Joan Gamper Trophy, failing to find the back of the net in their pre-season finale. The next day, Julián Araujo was sold to Bournemouth for €10 million.
On 17 August, Barcelona started the new league season on the right foot, with a 1–2 away win over Valencia thanks to a brace from Robert Lewandowski. Marc Bernal and Gerard Martín, and new signing Pau Víctor made their debuts.
On 23 August, Ilkay Gündoğan left on a free transfer, returning to Manchester City after just one season at Barcelona. The next day, the team defeated Athletic Bilbao 2–1 in their first home match of the season, with Lewandowski and Yamal scoring a goal each.
On 25 August, Mikayil Faye completed a permanent move to Rennes for €10.3 million. The next day, Vitor Roque and Clément Lenglet were loaned to Real Betis and Atlético Madrid respectively.
On 27 August, Barça got a 1–2 comeback win away against Rayo Vallecano and climbed to first place in the league table. New signing Dani Olmo made his debut and scored the winning goal of the match, with the other goal coming from Pedri. The following day, Álex Valle was loaned to Celtic for the rest of the season.
Barcelona ended the month with a dominant 7–0 win against Real Valladolid on 31 August, making it four wins in four matches since the start of the season. Raphinha scored a hat-trick, with Lewandowski, Koundé, Olmo and Torres scoring a goal each, while Yamal contributed with two assists to continue his impressive start to the season. Sergi Domínguez also made his debut.
September On 15 September, Barcelona defeated Girona 1–4, with Yamal scoring a brace and Olmo and Pedri scoring a goal each. Lewandowski made his 100th appearance with the club.
Barcelona started the Champions League campaign with a 2–1 defeat at the hands of Monaco, after Eric García got sent off early on in the first half. Yamal scored the only goal for the team and his first in the Champions League and became the second youngest goalscorer of all time in the competition, only behind his teammate Ansu Fati who holds the record.
The team went back to winning ways after they defeated Villarreal 1–5 to make it six wins in as many matches in the league. Lewandowski and Raphinha got a brace each and Pablo Torre scored once.
Barcelona maintained their winning streak in the league when they beat Getafe 1–0 on 25 September, with the goal coming from Lewandowski who scored his 49th La Liga goal and became the league's all-time leading Polish goalscorer, overtaking the 48 goals scored by Jan Urban. Lewandowski's goal also had special significance for the club, since with this goal Barcelona became the first team in La Liga history to score 6,500 goals.
Barcelona's perfect start of seven straight wins in La Liga ended after they suffered their first league defeat of the season, losing 4–2 away to Osasuna. The goals for the team came from Yamal and Pau Víctor, who scored his first goal for the club.
October Barcelona started the new month with a 5–0 win against Young Boys in a match where Lewandowski scored a brace, Raphinha scored once, Iñigo Martínez got his first goal for the club and the last goal of the match was an own goal scored by Young Boys' defender Mohamed Ali Camara. Young defender Andrés Cuenca also made his debut.
On 2 October, Barcelona signed Wojciech Szczęsny to a contract until the end of the season after Marc-André ter Stegen suffered a severe patella tendon rupture. Four days later, Barcelona defeated Deportivo Alavés 0–3 in their last match before the international break, with Lewandowski scoring his first hat-trick of the season.
After their return from the international break, the team continued their winning form by defeating Sevilla 5–1 on 20 October. Lewandowski and Pablo Torre both scored braces, with Pedri scoring once.
On 23 October, Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich 4–1 in a statement win and ended the six-match winless streak against the Germans. Raphinha marked his 100th match with the team with a hat-trick, with the other goal coming from Lewandowski.
In the last match of the month, Barcelona demolished Real Madrid 0–4 away in the first El Clásico of the season on 26 October. Lewandowski scored a brace, while Yamal and Raphinha scored a goal each; with his goal Yamal became the youngest player to ever score in El Clásico. With this win Barcelona ended Real Madrid's 42-game unbeaten La Liga run and defended their record for the most consecutive league games without a loss in La Liga history, which stands at 43 matches, and went six points clear at the top of the league table.
November Barcelona started November with a 3–1 win over Espanyol in the Barcelona derby thanks to a brace from Olmo and a goal from Raphinha. Later in the week, Barcelona won their third champions league match in a row defeating Red Star Belgrade in Belgrade with the score of 2–5 with Lewandowski scoring a brace and Raphinha, Iñigo Martínez and Fermín scoring each a goal. However, the Catalans' title hopes took a dent after a 1–0 away loss to Real Sociedad and a 2–2 away draw to Celta Vigo. Barcelona then beat Brest 3–0 in the champions league to move into third place in the league phase table. November then ended with Barcelona losing 1–2 at home to Las Palmas leaving them 2 points clear of 2nd-placed Atlético Madrid after 15 games.
December Barcelona began December by beating Mallorca 1–5 away from home in the league. Their next game was a 2–2 away draw to Real Betis allowing Real Madrid to reduce their lead to two points. Barcelona would bounce back by beating Borussia Dortmund 2–3 away in the Champions League to move 2nd in the league phase table, three points behind leaders Liverpool. Barcelona's league title hopes were dented after a 0–1 home defeat to Leganés, but remained top of the league after Real Madrid drew their next game. However, Barcelona then suffered a late 1–2 home defeat to Atlético Madrid, meaning they would end 2024 second in the league.
January Barcelona began the new year by defeating Barbastro 0–4 in the Copa del Rey round of 32, with Szczęsny and Toni Fernández making their debuts for the club. Four days later, they beat Athletic Bilbao 0–2 in the Supercopa de España semi-finals to set up a final with Real Madrid.
In the final Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2–5 to win the Supercopa de España. Albeit a man down following the dismissal of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny, Barcelona came back from a goal down with four goals in a dominant first half at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, clinching the trophy for a record 15th time from the grasp of their fierce rivals. The win also gave Hansi Flick his first trophy in charge of the club.
In the Copa del Rey round of 16, Barcelona beat Real Betis 5–1 at home to advance to the quarter-finals. They then played their first league game of 2025 which was a 1–1 away draw with Getafe. This crushed Barca's title hopes even more as they were now 5 points behind Atlético Madrid.
In the Champions League Barcelona faced Benfica at the Estádio da Luz. Benfica took the lead in the 2nd minute through a Vangelis Pavlidis goal. Robert Lewandowski equalised from the penalty spot in the 13th minute before Pavlidids scored twice to put Benfica 3–1 up. Raphinha scored in the 64th minute to make it 3–2, but Araújo scored an own goal to make it 4–2 to Benfica. Lewandowski scored a pen in the 78th minute to give Barcelona hope before Eric Garcia scored in the 86th minute to make it 4–4. Raphinha then scored in the 96th minute to win the game 4–5 for Barcelona. The win confirmed Barcelona would finish in the top 8 of the league phase, earning automatic advancement to the Champions League round of 16.
Barcelona won a La Liga match for the first time in four attempts after beating Valencia 7–1 at home, to keep their title hopes alive despite being 7 points behind leaders Real Madrid.
Barcelona's final Champions League league phase match finished as a 2–2 draw against Atalanta on 29 January, which prevented the former from pipping Liverpool to top spot in the league phase table; the club finished 2nd, two points off top spot. The next day, midfielder Unai Hernández was transferred to Al-Ittihad for €4.5 million.
February On 1 February, with his Celtic loan cut short, Álex Valle moved on a second loan to Como for the rest of the season. The next day, Barcelona defeated Alavés 1–0, and with Real Madrid losing 1–0 to Espanyol, Barcelona reduced the gap between them and Real to 4 points.
Barcelona then won their Copa Del Rey quarter final against Valencia 0–5 to set up a semi-final with Atlético Madrid.
Barcelona won 1–4 against Sevilla in the league, and with Real Madrid dropping points again, closed the gap to Real down to 2 points. They then moved to the top of the league after beating Rayo Valleanco 1–0 and Real and Atlético both drew 1–1. After beating Las Palmas 0–2, they remained top of the league, level with Real Madrid after 25 matches.