Barça Women mean business this season. After an intense summer in which they pushed until the month of June to secure the continuity of some important pieces, the Catalan club has the renewal of Esmee Brugts on track and is advancing on that of Ewa Pajor. The desire of both players to continue wearing the blue and garnet has been a fundamental part in allowing the negotiations to take place months in advance.

Two matches, two victories. Barça does not forgive in Rome and will arrive at Sunday's classic at the Camp Nou (17:00, DAZN) after another triumph, the seventh of the season (0-6). Graham Hansen once again put on a show in the eternal city—as Rome is known for the large number of historical monuments it has—and once again demonstrated why she continues to be one of the most destabilizing footballers of the present day.

"We have had a difficult initial stretch of the season, despite winning the matches. Through our play, we try to be superior and generate more than our opponent, but there are duels in which the score is opened or settled through set pieces," assessed Pere Romeu in the preview of the duel at Roma's ground corresponding to the second matchday of the Champions League group stage (18:45, TV3). "For me, it is very important because we are a team that attacks a lot and, therefore, we have more options to generate danger through set-piece plays. We have convinced the team to see it as an opportunity," defended the coach.

Barça delivers in Logroño and returns from Las Gaunas with three more points (0-2). The goals from Mayssa Baha, who debuts as a goalscorer, and Patri Guijarro, with a chip from the edge of the area, give the victory to the blaugranes. Pere Romeu made many changes to the starting eleven to distribute minutes and give rest to the players with the heaviest workload, and Aitana Bonmatí returned to play after almost four months.

Barça kicked off a new edition of the Women's Champions League on Wednesday with a rout of Paris FC (5-2). The Blaugranes, who play this Saturday at Logroño's field (16:30, TV3), are the main favorites for the European throne, but they continue to represent an oasis in the rest of the Spanish state. The Liga F began its fifth season as a professional competition just last August. Since then, growth has been exponential, but there is still a long way to go.

The Champions League returned to the Johan Cruyff stadium and it did so with another rout by Barça against Paris FC (5-2). Four months after thatMay 23, when the blue and reds touched the sky in Oslo, Barça began their path towards the fifth Champions League in the club's history. The goal is clear: to be in the final that will be played in Warsaw on May 28, 29, or 30. With a renewed team –Alexia Putellas will not play in the top European club competition for the first time in fifteen years–, the Catalans once again dominated on the pitch and on the scoreboard.

Laia Aleixandri, Renee Van Asten, Aitana Bonmatí, Kika Nazareth, Vicky López, Aïcha Camara and Carla Julià. These are the seven absences that Pere Romeu will have for the debut in the Champions League at the Johan Cruyff stadium against Paris FC this Wednesday (9:00 p.m., Disney+). The coach from Bonanova will have to juggle again to present a starting eleven with guarantees at the beginning of the path that must take Barça to the Warsaw final, scheduled for May 28, 29 or 30.

This Tuesday begins a new edition of the Women's Champions League. The competition, which started with the qualifying round, begins the league with 18 teams that will fight to be in the Warsaw final at the end of May. Barça, one of the main favorites, will debut on Wednesday against Paris FC (9 PM, Disney+), and the other team from the State, Real Madrid, will do so this Tuesday against PSG (9 PM, Esport3).

Victory, a clean sheet and rest for several players. Pere Romeu's game plan at Alavés' stadium worked to perfection. Barça won convincingly at Mendizorrotza and continues with a perfect record of victories in the Liga F (0-6). Carolina Ferrera, at just 16 years old, debuted as a goalscorer and joins the long list of young footballers that Pere Romeu has given a debut to –and who have scored– in the two-plus years he has been on the blaugrana bench. Graham Hansen, Sydney Schertenleib and Claudia Pina –with a hat trick– also found the back of the net.

The first comeback of the season is complete. Barça had the necessary patience to turn around Allegra Poljak's opening goal and add three more points at the Johan Cruyff stadium (4-2) with a hard-fought victory that ended with goals from Vicky López, Esmee Brugts, and Graham Hansen. The blaugranes learned from their mistakes and, unlike other years, did not rush with the score against them.

Barça Women continues its upward trajectory on the pitch –where it is the team to beat–, but also off the field of play. The blaugrana entity has closed the 2025-26 financial year with a positive profit of 8.525 million euros. Exceptional figures that make women's and men's football the only two branches of the club with a positive result. The data also show a clear upward trend for Barça Women, which has gone from having losses of 2.8 million euros in 2021 to a profit of 8.5 million in 2026. Furthermore, in the last year the result of the financial year has quadrupled, going from 2 million euros to 8.5 million.

Two matches, two routs. Barça does not forgive on the Sevilla field and continues with a firm step in this start of the Liga F thanks to the goals from Esmee Brugts, Clàudia Pina, Marta Torrejón, and Vicky López (0-4). Graham Hansen was once again the protagonist with two assists in a special match for Pere Romeu. 727 days after sitting on the bench for the first time as head coach of Barça –with a 0-3 victory on the field of Deportivo de la Coruña–, the Catalan coach managed his 100th match at the helm of the blue and garnet team. Throughout these two years, Romeu has lived very sweet moments –such as the triumph in Oslo against his former coaching staff colleague, Jonatan Giráldez, to lift the fifth Champions League of the season– and more bitter moments –such as the defeat a year earlier in Lisbon in the Champions League final against Arsenal.

Barça now knows its first six opponents on its path to the Warsaw final, scheduled for the last weekend of May (28th, 29th, or 30th, with the specific day yet to be determined). After touching the sky in Oslo on Saturday, May 23rd, the 'blaugranes' are once again embarking on an exciting journey with the goal of lifting the fifth Champions League in the club's history.

It is always surprising when a footballer announces their retirement at 29. A player's professional life can extend to around 40 years, but Andrea Falcón's (Arucas, 1997) knee said enough at 28. “No matter how much I wanted to continue, you are not objective. The doctors told me that if I wanted to be able to walk, go up or down stairs, I had to make this decision. If I continued playing football, I would make my life impossible,” she confesses in a phone call with ARA.

Injuries are the main headache for all football coaches. Some are unpredictable: a bad move, a fall... situations difficult to control. Others, especially muscular ones, can be prevented if several variables are taken into account, such as accumulated distance covered or intensity. In this regard, the Barça club has been working for five years on the idea of designing a model that allows for anticipating injuries in women's football.

New season, new challenges, and new players, but the same ambition and the same result. Barça beat Costa Adeje Tenerife and already have the first three points of the season in Liga F (5-0). There are traditions that, even as the years pass and the squad changes, are never lost. Graham Hansen opened the scoring with a pass from Claudia Pina, who also joined the goal-scoring party. Ewa Pajor, Van Asten, and Irene Paredes completed the rout.

There was a time when Barça women's team competed in the Second Division or fought to stay in the First. Years when the great women's football team in Catalonia wore white and blue – Espanyol – and when the stars were not from Barça. Maribel Domínguez, known as Marigol, was Barça's first major international signing. The footballer, born in Mexico City in 1978, arrived in mid-2004-05 season as one of the best players in the world.

The first time I spoke to Carlota Planas on the phone, I thought I heard a baby crying in the background. I didn't say anything. Ten minutes later, however, I couldn't help but ask her if it was a baby I was hearing. She quickly said yes, laughed, and we continued talking about football. Six months later, sitting in front of me, she explained that she renewed Claudia Pina's contract when she was eight months pregnant. Cata Coll's, a month before.

The firm commitment to women's football in Spain is one of the great challenges in the coming years. The World Cup won by the Spanish team in 2023 seemed like it would boost women's sport, but over the years it has all remained a utopia. Attendance at stadiums was the first wake-up call, with a drop of almost 20% in the last season. Now, television rights —which could not be awarded in the first round due to a lack of offers— have once again highlighted the problems the competition is facing.

Barça did not fail. Pere Romeu's team presented themselves to their fans with another great match led by Patri Guijarro – on and off the field – and with goals from Esmee Brugts, Claudia Pina, and Graham Hansen that served to overcome Brighton and win a new Joan Gamper Trophy (3-1). The performance of the new Barça goalkeeper, Tyler McCamey, also stood out, as she received the crowd's ovation and could already hear her new chant.