2022–23 FC Barcelona Femení season
Barcelona Femení 2022–23 football season / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2022–23 season was the 35th season in the history of FC Barcelona Femení. In addition to the domestic league, Barcelona also played in the season's editions of the Copa de la Reina, Supercopa de España Femenina and UEFA Women's Champions League. They ended the season with a continental treble (winning the league, the Supercopa and the Champions League), scoring 173 goals in all competitions and conceding 21 goals; they won 91% of all their matches in all competitions.
2022–23 season | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
President | Joan Laporta | |||
Head coach | Jonatan Giráldez | |||
Stadium | Johan Cruyff Stadium Camp Nou (select matches) | |||
Liga F | Winners | |||
Copa de la Reina | Round of 16 * | |||
Supercopa de España | Winners | |||
UEFA Champions League | Winners | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Asisat Oshoala (21 goals) All: Asisat Oshoala (27 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance | 72,262 vs Chelsea (27 April 2023) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 2,758 vs Alhama (10 December 2022) | |||
Average home league attendance | 4,618 | |||
Biggest win | Home: Barcelona 9–0 Benfica Away: Osasuna 0–9 Barcelona | |||
Biggest defeat | Bayern 3–1 Barcelona | |||
| ||||
On transfer deadline day, 7 September, Barcelona broke the world record for a transfer fee in women's football when they signed English midfielder Keira Walsh from Manchester City for €470,000 in a three-year deal.[1][2][3]
In their first match of the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage, Barcelona surpassed their previous goal-scoring record of six goals in one game in the competition after winning 9–0 against Benfica.[4][5] In their last match of the Champions League group stage, a 6–0 win against Rosengård, Barcelona surpassed the record for most goals scored by a women's team in the group stages, scoring 29 goals in total and beating the previous record of 25 goals, set by PSG during the previous season.[6][7]
On 22 January 2023, the team won the 2022–23 Supercopa de España Femenina. Two days later, they were technically disqualified from the 2022–23 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol. On 30 April 2023, Barcelona won the league for the fourth consecutive season and eighth time overall. This was the second season in a row in which they have won the league with a perfect season (all wins); after winning the title they suffered a loss and a draw.
On 3 June, Barcelona won the UEFA Women's Champions League for the second time in the team's history, mounting a comeback to win 3–2 against VfL Wolfsburg in the final.[8][9][10]