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The 2017–18 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 119th in existence and the club's 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. This was also the first year under head coach Ernesto Valverde .
Levante was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on 29 April 2017 after winning 1–0 against Oviedo. [28] Girona were promoted as the runners-up after drawing 0–0 against Zaragoza on 4 June 2017, this was its first promotion to the top division. [ 29 ]
Barcelona team in 1903 Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional association football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, and played its first friendly match on 8 December 1899. Initially, Barcelona played against other local clubs in various Catalan tournaments, but in 1929 the ...
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7): [3] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference; Overall goals scored; Points in matches between tied teams; Goal difference in matches between tied teams
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7): [1] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference; Overall goals scored; Points in matches between tied teams; Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll .
On 14 January, Barcelona won 5–0 against Las Palmas, a brace from Luis Suárez and one each for Leo Messi, Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal gave Barça a winning home start to the league in 2017. [ 62 ] On 19 January Barcelona won 0–1 against Real Sociedad, Neymar's 21st-minute penalty ended decade of disappointments in San Sebastián.
This Barcelona team, which won fourteen trophies in just four years under Pep Guardiola, is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time. [21] [22] [23] By winning their fifth Champions League trophy in 2015 under Luis Enrique, Barcelona became the first European football club in history to achieve the continental treble ...