FC BARCELONA
The Hansi Flick Machine: Barça Achieves Its Best Start to the Year Since 2016
Published:28/03/2025 - 04:18h
Updated:28/03/2025 - 04:19h
With the thrashing against Osasuna (3-0), Barça has gone 19 matches unbeaten in 2025, with 16 wins and 3 draws
FC Barcelona achieved its eighth consecutive victory in LaLiga against Osasuna (3-0) and its sixteenth in 19 appearances this 2025. The team led by Hansi Flick has not lost since December 21 (1-2 against Atlético de Madrid) and remains unbeaten this year, with a record of 16 wins and only 3 draws in which the team has scored 64 goals (3.3 per match), conceding only 19 (1 per match).
The Barça streak began on January 3, with a thrashing in the Cup against Barbastro (0-4). Since then, only Getafe (1-1 in La Liga), Atalanta (2-2 in Champions), and Atlético (4-4 in the Cup) have avoided defeat against the Catalans. The tally in terms of thrashings is overwhelming, with 10 of the 16 victories achieved this way, one of them to secure a title (the 'manita' against Real Madrid in the Supercopa de España, 2-5).
| Match | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Barbastro-Barça | Copa del Rey (Round of 32) | 0-4 |
| Athletic-Barça | Supercopa de España (semifinal) | 0-2 |
| Real Madrid-Barça | Supercopa de España (final) | 2-5 |
| Barça-Betis | Copa del Rey (Round of 16) | 5-1 |
| Getafe-Barça | LaLiga - Matchday 20 | 1-1 |
| Benfica-Barça | UEFA Champions League - Matchday 7 | 4-5 |
| Barça-Valencia | LaLiga - Matchday 21 | 7-1 |
| Barça-Atalanta | UEFA Champions League - Matchday 8 | 2-2 |
| Barça-Alavés | LaLiga - Matchday 22 | 1-0 |
| Valencia-Barça | Copa del Rey (Quarterfinal) | 0-5 |
| Sevilla-Barça | LaLiga - Matchday 23 | 1-4 |
| Barça-Rayo | LaLiga - Matchday 24 | 1-0 |
| Las Palmas-Barça | LaLiga - Matchday 25 | 0-2 |
| Barça-Atlético | Copa del Rey (semifinal - first leg) | 4-4 |
| Barça-Real Sociedad | LaLiga - Matchday 26 | 4-0 |
| Benfica-Barça | UEFA Champions League (Round of 16 - first leg) | 0-1 |
| Barça-Benfica | UEFA Champions League (Round of 16 - second leg) | 3-1 |
| Atlético-Barça | LaLiga - Matchday 28 | 2-4 |
| Barça-Osasuna | LaLiga - Matchday 27 | 3-0 |
Flick's Barça, Three Matches Away from Tying a Record from the Luis Enrique Era
Thus, the team led by Hansi Flick is just three matches away from matching the unbeaten streak that Luis Enrique achieved at the beginning of 2016, nine years ago. Barça reached a streak of 22 unbeaten matches in official competitions (League, Cup, and Champions), from January 2, 2016, with a 0-0 draw against Espanyol, until April 2, when they lost 1-2 against Real Madrid in LaLiga.
During this period, the team achieved 19 victories (12 in the League, 5 in the Cup, 2 in Champions) and 3 draws (2 in the League, 1 in the Cup). At that time, the knockout rounds of the Cup were played over two legs. In the League, in fact, the Catalans strung together 12 consecutive victories until the fall in the Clásico, while in Champions they eliminated Arsenal in the Round of 16 with an aggregate score of 5-1.
The defeat against Madrid, in fact, initiated a streak of 3 losses in the League, but Barça managed to secure the title with a 1-point lead over the 'merengues'. In Champions, the azulgrana team would fall in the quarterfinals against Atlético (3-2 on aggregate), while the Cup did remain in the Catalan trophy cabinet, after a 2-0 victory against Sevilla in extra time at the Vicente Calderón.
