Barcelona have clinched the 2025/26 La Liga title, securing their second consecutive championship. The trophy was sealed in style with a Clásico victory over Real Madrid – what could be sweeter for the Catalans?
Throughout the season, Barça never dropped below second place. After matchday 14, they only briefly slipped to second once, and from matchday 25 onward, they never relinquished top spot.
– Barcelona have closed the gap on Real Madrid in all-time La Liga titles: this is their 29th, inching toward a milestone 30th. The gap in the eternal race remains significant.
– The Catalans have won five titles in the last ten years – and now back-to-back for the first time since 2019. Real Madrid have four league titles in that span, with Atlético Madrid interrupting once.
– Hansi Flick has won two La Ligas out of two. In 2025, Barça sealed the title with a 2-0 derby win over Espanyol in matchday 36. This time, they did it in matchday 35, and against their arch-rivals.
– This is Flick’s fifth trophy as a coach in two seasons in Spain: two league titles, two Spanish Super Cups, and the Copa del Rey in 2025.
– At just 18, Lamine Yamal has already won La Liga three times. Marcus Rashford became a league champion for the first time in his career – something he never achieved at Manchester United. Robert Lewandowski now has 14 league titles: three in Spain, ten in Germany, and one in Poland at the start of his career.
Meanwhile, Kylian Mbappé has gone two seasons at Real Madrid without a major trophy. In 2024, he won the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup – two one-match tournaments, beating Atalanta and Pachuca. In both La Liga seasons, the Frenchman has been the top scorer, but Real Madrid have failed to win the league, Champions League, Copa del Rey, or even the Spanish Super Cup for two years. During this period, Xabi Alonso replaced Carlo Ancelotti, and then Álvaro Arbeloa took over. The team will enter the new season with yet another new coach amid ongoing turmoil.
Against this backdrop, Barcelona look supremely calm and successful: they have defended their title right at Camp Nou. Catalan fans are celebrating the championship in Barcelona’s squares, and videos of the festivities are widely shared.