# 2025–26 FC Barcelona Femení season
The 2025–26 season was [FC Barcelona Femení](https://www.edgepedia.org/fc-barcelona-femeni)'s fifth as a professional side in Liga F and one in which the club won all four of the major competitions it entered: Liga F, the Copa de la Reina, the [Supercopa de España](https://www.edgepedia.org/supercopa-de-espana), and the [UEFA Women's Champions League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-womens-champions-league), beating OL Lyonnes 4-0 in the final.[1](https://www.fifa.com/es/news/articles/barcelona-femenino-campeon-de-champions-league-2026) • [2](https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2026-08-29/el-barcelona-ante-el-gran-relevo-en-la-medular-y-seguir-aspirando-a-todo.html) It was the club's fourth European title, its eleventh Spanish league title, and its twelfth Copa de la Reina.[3](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/honours) The success came despite a shortened squad shaped by LaLiga salary-cap limits and a summer 2025 exodus of players.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Trophies won | Liga F (11th title), Copa de la Reina (12th), Spanish Super Cup (6th), UEFA Women's Champions League (4th)[3](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/honours) |
| European final | 4-0 win over OL Lyonnes in Oslo on 23 May 2026, avenging the 2025 final defeat to Arsenal[1](https://www.fifa.com/es/news/articles/barcelona-femenino-campeon-de-champions-league-2026) • [4](https://fcbayern.com/frauen/en/news/2026/04/a-closer-look-at-the-blaugrana-barcelona-opposition-profile) |
| League streak | Seventh consecutive league title, in a run from 2019/20 to 2025/26[4](https://fcbayern.com/frauen/en/news/2026/04/a-closer-look-at-the-blaugrana-barcelona-opposition-profile) |
| Coach | Pere Romeu, whose two seasons in charge yielded eight of nine possible trophies; contract extended to 30 June 2028[5](https://foundation.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/4520942/agreement-for-pere-romeu-contract-extension-until-2028) |
| Squad size | 20 first-team players instead of the usual 23, after entering the season with 17[6](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/un-barca-exprimido-f202511-n/) • [7](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/13424310/barcelona-women-transfers-womens-champions-league-giants-left-without-a-full-matchday-squad-amid-clubs-financial-crisis) |
| Salary mass | €14.75m for 2025-26, a €1m increase on the previous season[8](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/11/barcelona-women-transfer-window-moving-the-goalposts) |
| Revenue | Almost €18m in 2024-25, the highest of any women's team in Europe per the Deloitte Football Money League 2025[7](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/13424310/barcelona-women-transfers-womens-champions-league-giants-left-without-a-full-matchday-squad-amid-clubs-financial-crisis) |
## Coach and squad context
During the season the club agreed a two-year contract extension with him, running to 30 June 2028, in recognition of two seasons that produced eight of nine possible trophies.[5](https://foundation.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/4520942/agreement-for-pere-romeu-contract-extension-until-2028)
The squad was built under constraint. Barcelona's finances and resources are shared across the men's, women's, and youth teams, and the club entered 2025-26 with only 17 first-team players after 17 departures over the summer.[7](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/13424310/barcelona-women-transfers-womens-champions-league-giants-left-without-a-full-matchday-squad-amid-clubs-financial-crisis) The women's section was particularly affected by LaLiga's club-wide salary limit, with non-registrable salary mass across the club's sections set to rise to €95m for the season.[9](https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2025-08-18/las-secciones-del-barcelona-y-muy-especialmente-el-equipo-femenino-sufren-por-el-limite-salarial-de-laliga.html) Laia Aleixandri was the only summer 2025 signing, joining on a free transfer from Manchester City in June 2025.[8](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/11/barcelona-women-transfer-window-moving-the-goalposts) Departures included Ingrid Engen, Ellie Roebuck, Julia Rolfö, and Jana Fernández, along with loanees [Martina Fernández](https://www.edgepedia.org/martina-fernandez), Corrales, and Bruna returning to their clubs.[6](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/un-barca-exprimido-f202511-n/) Nine players' contracts were due to expire in 2026, among them [Alexia Putellas](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexia-putellas), Mapi León, Salma Paralluelo, Ona Batlle, Clàudia Pina, Caroline Graham Hansen, and Cata Coll.[10](https://www.rtve.es/deportes/20250815/exodo-barca-femenino-ocho-bajas-dos-fichajes-mercado-verano/16695695.shtml)
The thin squad carried a cost in workload. Nine of the 20 first-team players logged more minutes in the first eleven matches of 2025-26 than in the same period the previous season; Esmee Brugts, for example, played 819 minutes against 513 a year earlier, a rise linked to Rolfö's departure.[6](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/un-barca-exprimido-f202511-n/) Injuries to Pajor (knee), Patri Guijarro (foot bone), Paralluelo (knee), and Kika (ankle sprain) further stretched the group in the autumn.[6](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/un-barca-exprimido-f202511-n/)
## Domestic competitions
Barcelona opened Liga F on 30 August 2025 with an 8-0 win over Alhama Femenino, and beat Atlético de Madrid 6-0 away on 12 October 2025.[11](https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/chronology/2025) The league campaign was not flawless: on 2 November 2025 the team lost 1-0 to [Real Sociedad](https://www.edgepedia.org/real-sociedad), its first league match without scoring in 2,108 days, since a 0-0 draw with Atlético on 25 January 2020.[6](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/un-barca-exprimido-f202511-n/) The title was nonetheless secured, giving the club an eleventh league championship and a seventh in a row.[3](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/honours) • [4](https://fcbayern.com/frauen/en/news/2026/04/a-closer-look-at-the-blaugrana-barcelona-opposition-profile)
The Copa de la Reina and Supercopa de España followed, completing the domestic set. The club's honors record lists the 2025-26 Copa de la Reina as its twelfth and the 2026 Spanish Super Cup as its sixth.[3](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/honours)
## UEFA Women's Champions League
In Europe, Barcelona reached the knockout rounds and met Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, winning the first leg 6-2 away, a result that prompted Real Madrid coach Pau Quesada to be asked whether the scoreline reflected the gap between the two squads.[12](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/el-2-6-que-reabre-una-comparacion-odiosa-entre-madrid-y-barca-presupuesto-aficion-f202603-n/) The second leg was played at Spotify Camp Nou on 2 April 2026, the team's first match there in more than 1,000 days, since a semi-final against Chelsea in April 2023.[13](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/barcelona-femeni-belong-on-footballs-biggest-stage-and-the-headliners-proved-it-at-spotify-camp-nou)
In the final in Oslo on 23 May 2026, Barcelona beat OL Lyonnes 4-0 to win its fourth Women's Champions League, in six seasons, and took revenge for the 2025 final, in which it had lost by the narrowest margin to Arsenal in Lisbon.[1](https://www.fifa.com/es/news/articles/barcelona-femenino-campeon-de-champions-league-2026) • [4](https://fcbayern.com/frauen/en/news/2026/04/a-closer-look-at-the-blaugrana-barcelona-opposition-profile) The title earned the club a place in the 2027 [FIFA Women's Champions Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fifa-womens-champions-cup).[1](https://www.fifa.com/es/news/articles/barcelona-femenino-campeon-de-champions-league-2026)
## Individual records
Alexia Putellas, in her final season at the club, recorded 16 Liga F goal involvements (9 goals and 7 assists), the eighth-most in the league, and created 45 chances for teammates, a total bettered by only nine players.[14](https://theanalyst.com/articles/alexia-putellas-to-london-city-lionesses-stats-analysis)
## Aftermath: the summer 2026 exodus
The quadruple was followed within weeks by a second consecutive summer exodus. Seven players left the European champions, with 19-year-old [Renee van Asten](https://www.edgepedia.org/renee-van-asten) from Ajax the only arrival at the time of reporting.[15](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/22/putellas-batlle-leon-barcelona-women-latest-summer-exodus) Putellas, after 14 years at the club, signed for [Michele Kang](https://www.edgepedia.org/michele-kang)'s London City Lionesses in the [Women's Super League](https://www.edgepedia.org/womens-super-league); Mapi León joined the same club, Ona Batlle returned to British football with Arsenal, and Salma Paralluelo moved to OL Lyonnes on a four-season deal.[15](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/22/putellas-batlle-leon-barcelona-women-latest-summer-exodus) • [16](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2026/07/25/salma-paralluelo-deja-el-fc-barcelona-y-ficha-por-el-ol-lyoness-por-las-proximas-cuatro-temporadas-cadena-ser/) In August 2026 the club signed the Brazilian forward Kerolin Nicoli from Manchester City for €1.2m fixed plus variables, the most expensive transfer in the section's history, and exercised a buy-back option to bring Martina Fernández back until 2029.[17](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/femeni) • [18](https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/mercado-fichajes/futbol-femenino) Romeu's side began the 2026-27 season as reigning champion of all four competitions.[2](https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2026-08-29/el-barcelona-ante-el-gran-relevo-en-la-medular-y-seguir-aspirando-a-todo.html)
## References
1. [Barcelona campeón de la UEFA Women's Champions League tras vencer al OL Lyonnes, FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/es/news/articles/barcelona-femenino-campeon-de-champions-league-2026)
2. [El Barcelona, ante el gran relevo en la medular y seguir aspirando a todo, El País](https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2026-08-29/el-barcelona-ante-el-gran-relevo-en-la-medular-y-seguir-aspirando-a-todo.html)
3. [Barça Women honours, FC Barcelona Official Channel](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/honours)
4. [A closer look at the Blaugrana: Barcelona opposition profile, FC Bayern Frauen](https://fcbayern.com/frauen/en/news/2026/04/a-closer-look-at-the-blaugrana-barcelona-opposition-profile)
5. [Agreement for Pere Romeu contract extension until 2028, FC Barcelona Foundation](https://foundation.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/4520942/agreement-for-pere-romeu-contract-extension-until-2028)
6. [Un Barça exprimido, AS](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/un-barca-exprimido-f202511-n/)
7. [Barcelona Women transfers: Women's Champions League giants left without a full matchday squad amid club's financial crisis, Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/13424310/barcelona-women-transfers-womens-champions-league-giants-left-without-a-full-matchday-squad-amid-clubs-financial-crisis)
8. [Trouble in paradise: How Barcelona's crisis left women's team short of players, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/11/barcelona-women-transfer-window-moving-the-goalposts)
9. [Las secciones del Barcelona, y muy especialmente el equipo femenino, sufren por el límite salarial de LaLiga, El País](https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2025-08-18/las-secciones-del-barcelona-y-muy-especialmente-el-equipo-femenino-sufren-por-el-limite-salarial-de-laliga.html)
10. [Jana Fernández se suma a otras siete salidas del Barça Femenino, RTVE](https://www.rtve.es/deportes/20250815/exodo-barca-femenino-ocho-bajas-dos-fichajes-mercado-verano/16695695.shtml)
11. [Squad FC Barcelona season 2025-26, FC Barcelona Players](https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/chronology/2025)
12. [El 2-6 reabre la odiosa comparación entre Madrid y Barça, AS](https://as.com/futbol/femenino/el-2-6-que-reabre-una-comparacion-odiosa-entre-madrid-y-barca-presupuesto-aficion-f202603-n/)
13. [Barcelona Femeni belong on football's biggest stage, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/barcelona-femeni-belong-on-footballs-biggest-stage-and-the-headliners-proved-it-at-spotify-camp-nou)
14. [Alexia Putellas to London City Lionesses stats analysis, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/alexia-putellas-to-london-city-lionesses-stats-analysis)
15. [Putellas, Batlle and León are gone: what will be left of Barcelona after latest exodus?, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/22/putellas-batlle-leon-barcelona-women-latest-summer-exodus)
16. [Salma Paralluelo deja el FC Barcelona y ficha por el OL Lyoness, Cadena SER](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2026/07/25/salma-paralluelo-deja-el-fc-barcelona-y-ficha-por-el-ol-lyoness-por-las-proximas-cuatro-temporadas-cadena-ser/)
17. [Women's Football news, FC Barcelona Official Channel](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/femeni)
18. [Últimos fichajes en directo de fútbol femenino, FC Barcelona](https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/mercado-fichajes/futbol-femenino)
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