On August 30, FC Barcelona Femení started a new Liga F season with one clear objective: winning an eighth consecutive league title. The team already has seven straight Spanish league titles, four Women’s Champions League trophies, and a historic quadruple from the 2025/26 season.
But Barcelona’s position today was not built in a single season. It took years of change, as women’s football gained more attention, investment, and recognition, while the perception of what the game could achieve continued to grow.
From first finals to European tradition
Not so long ago, FC Barcelona Femení was still fighting for a place alongside the club’s men’s team. Women’s football was widely treated as secondary, and the team had far fewer resources and worse facilities than the men.
A major turning point came in 2015, when Barça Femení became professional. From there, the club began investing more systematically in its academy, coaching and medical staff, infrastructure, and overall working environment. The results gradually followed.
The breakthrough came in the 2020/21 season, when Barça Femení won its first Women’s Champions League title, beating Chelsea 4-0 in the final. There were setbacks along the way, including defeats to OL Lyonnes in the 2019 and 2022 finals, but the team continued to build.
In 2022/23, Barcelona lifted the trophy again after beating Wolfsburg in Eindhoven, then defended it the following season by defeating OL Lyonnes in Bilbao. Aitana Bonmatí was named MVP of that final and went on to win the world’s best female footballer award three consecutive times. Even after losing the 2025 final to Arsenal, Barça returned to the top the following season.
By then, Barça Femení had become much more than a team capable of winning trophies. It had established itself as one of the defining forces in women’s football.
2025/26: A season of four trophies
The 2025/26 season offered another strong sign of Barça Femení’s dominance. On April 22, 2026, the team secured its seventh consecutive Liga F title with games to spare, taking its total to 11 league championships.
A month later, on May 23, Barcelona added another Women’s Champions League trophy. In the final in Oslo, the Catalans beat OL Lyonnes 4-0 to win the competition for the fourth time.
The season ended with four trophies: the Spanish championship, the Women’s Champions League, the Copa de la Reina, and the Supercopa de España. Polish striker Ewa Pajor also made her mark, finishing as the competition’s top scorer and being named MVP of the European final.
Now, the challenge is to keep that run going. Barcelona also showed its ambitions in the transfer market this summer, signing Kerolin Nicoli from Man City for €1.5 million, the biggest transfer in the team’s history.
One team’s story as part of a bigger trend
FC Barcelona Femení’s success comes as women’s football continues to grow more broadly. The change is particularly visible in the Women’s Champions League, where the tournament’s prize pool increased from €24 million in 2021/22 to a projected €37.7 million in 2025/26. The winner’s maximum payout has also risen to €1.995 million and could reach €2.8 million from the 2027/28 season.
The audience is growing as well. Official figures show that the 2025/26 tournament attracted 44.5 million viewers, with broadcasts reaching 207 territories. Its official social media accounts generated 947 million video views, up 50% from the previous year.
This growth matters for women’s sport as a whole. More viewers and stronger commercial interest create more opportunities to invest in clubs, competitions, and players. The European game is expanding too: the latest season featured 86 clubs from 50 national associations, while the introduction of the Women’s Europa Cup has given more teams a regular place in European competition.
Barcelona’s story reflects this wider change. In Catalonia, the success of Barça Femení has coincided with growing interest in women’s football, with the number of registered female players rising in recent years and clubs and football organizations creating more opportunities for girls.
1xBet: Supporting women’s sports as a long-term strategy
The partnership between 1xBet and FC Barcelona Femení is part of a wider focus on supporting the growth of women’s sports.
1xBet is involved in projects across several disciplines, including FIBA in women’s basketball, the Billie Jean King Cup in women’s tennis, Volleyball World in women’s volleyball, CAF in international football, and MIBR Female in esports.
Together, these partnerships extend beyond individual events and teams, covering different parts of the sports landscape. For 1xPartners affiliates, they also reflect the growing audience around women’s sports and the commercial opportunities that come with it.
New season, new test
Barça Femení begins the new season with the challenge of defending its titles in Spain and Europe. An eighth consecutive Liga F title would add another milestone to a run that has already reshaped women’s football.
For 1xBet and its partners, the new season offers another chance to follow that story as it unfolds.
