2015–16 FC Barcelona season
116th season in existence of FC Barcelona / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2015–16 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 116th in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Barcelona was involved in six competitions after completing its second continental treble in the previous season.
2015–16 season | ||||
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President | Josep Maria Bartomeu | |||
Head Coach | Luis Enrique | |||
Stadium | Camp Nou | |||
La Liga | 1st | |||
Copa del Rey | Winners | |||
Supercopa de España | Runners-up | |||
UEFA Champions League | Quarter-finals | |||
UEFA Super Cup | Winners | |||
FIFA Club World Cup | Winners | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Luis Suárez (40) All: Luis Suárez (59) | |||
Highest home attendance | 99,264 vs Real Madrid (2 April 2016) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 60,635 vs Valencia (3 February 2016) | |||
Average home league attendance | 80,266 (includes Joan Gamper Trophy) | |||
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The season produced a domestic double of La Liga and Copa del Rey wins, with Barça coming out on top in a closely fought title race and defeating newly crowned Europa League winners Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final after extra time. However, Barça failed to clinch its second sextuple after 2009 by losing the Supercopa de España to Copa del Rey runners-up Athletic Bilbao (0–4 away, 1–1 home). Barcelona did manage to finish the year with five trophies, repeating 2011, by clinching the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup titles. Barcelona was also aiming and considered a favourite to repeat as Champions League winners to become the first team in the modern era to do so, but they were knocked out by Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals (2–1 home, 0–2 away) in a strange repeat of their meeting at the same stage two years prior.
The season was the first since 1997–98 without former captain Xavi, who departed to Al Sadd SC.