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Monday, May 13, 2013

FC Barcelona Wins 22nd La Liga Title - Saturday, May 11,2013


The campaign began on August 18, 2012, and will end on June 01, 2013

FC Barcelona won the league for a 22nd time in La Liga history on May 11,2013 after the defending champions Real Madrid drew 1–1 against Espanyol in Estadi Cornella-El Prat

The top 3 teams in the championship qualify for 2013-14 UEFA CL Group Stage are -


S No
Teams
Played
Won
Draw
Loss
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
FC Barcelona
35
29
4
2
107
38
+69
91
2
Real Madrid
36
25
6
5
96
37
+59
81
3
Atletico Madrid
36
22
6
8
62
30
+32
72
 

FC Barcelona finally won the championship on Saturday, May 11,2013 without even playing, when its two biggest rivals Real Madrid and Espanyol played to a 1-1 tie.The result put Barcelona mathematically out of reach for Madrid and gave FC Barcelona it's 22nd Title.
 

FC Barcelona were top from the opening day of the campaign, and are only the second side to have led a 20-team league from beginning to end (Real Madrid completed the same feat in 1987-88)

FC Barcelona put a statement on their website calling their success the "The Tito and 'Abi' league title, referring to FCB's Defender Eric Abidal(France) who has had a liver transplant, and TitoVilanova who needed treatment for throat cancer during the campaign.

FC Barcelona has won 6 of the past 10 titles and 4 of 5 over the past half-decade

Year
Winner
Runner-Up
2003-04
Valencia
FC Barcelona
2004-05
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid
2005-06
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid
2006-07
Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
2007-08
Real Madrid
Villarreal
2008-09
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid
2009-10
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid
2010-11
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid
2011-12
Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
2012-13
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid
 


The road to its 22nd La Liga Championship for FC Barcelona started on August 19, 2012, when FCB romped to a 5-1 win over Real Sociedad

FC Barcelona's  biggest win of the season, a 6-1 mauling of  Getafe at the Camp Nou on Feb 10 ,2013

La Liga Title Victory Parade through the streets








 

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