Madrid: Champions Barcelona matched La Liga's record tally of 100 points in a season and achieved a club-best total of 115 goals after sweeping aside Malaga 4-1 at the Nou Camp in their final game on Saturday.
In his first campaign Barca coach Tito Vilanova equalled Real Madrid's points haul set under Jose Mourinho and beat predecessor Pep Guardiola's club record of 114 goals in a season, both set last year.
Barca finished top having scored in all 38 games and were 15 ahead of second-placed Real who signed off with a 4-2 home win over Osasuna.
"With everything that has happened to us it has been a very good season," Vilanova told a news conference. "If people aren't happy with this we are moving into new times."...
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11:48 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Barcelona: Newly crowned Spanish champion Barcelona celebrated winning the league title in front of their home fans by easing to a 2-1 victory over Valladolid on Sunday. While rain and dropping temperatures threatened to dampen the party in the stands, Barcelona had little trouble keeping alive its bid to equal Real Madrid's 2012 record haul of 100 points even without the injured Lionel Messi. The weather cleared up in time...
08:26 AM, May 20, 2013
Madrid: Real Madrid have stubbornly refused to capitulate in recent weeks but La Liga leaders Barcelona finally have their fate in their own hands and can secure a 22nd La Liga crown with victory at Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Barca need two points from their remaining four matches to wrest the title back from their arch rivals, who have played a game more and need to win at Espanyol on...
10:21 AM, May 10, 2013
Madrid: Coach Tito Vilanova could miss the title celebrations if Barcelona are crowned La Liga champions on Wednesday as he will be in New York having a medical check up. Barca's 4-2 victory at home to Real Betis on Sunday left the Catalans 11 points clear of second-placed Real Madrid with four games left to play, and requiring only two more points to make first place unassailable. Real host Malaga...
09:38 AM, May 06, 2013
Barcelona: With both Barcelona and Real Madrid still smarting from their respective Champions League collapses, the talk is already turning to what changes can be made - maybe even need to be made - for next season. Both Spanish teams lost to German opposition in the semi-finals. Bayern Munich routed Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate, and Borussia Dortmund survived a second-leg loss to reach the final with a 4-3 combined score...
06:29 PM, May 03, 2013
Barcelona: Barcelona's Champions League humbling by Bayern Munich on Wednesday will not prompt wholesale changes to the squad and the 7-0 aggregate reverse would have been avoided had the team not been decimated by injury, coach Tito Vilanova said. Barca suffered their worst ever European defeat over two legs in the last-four clash against the German champions, but were missing their Argentine World Player of the Year Lionel Messi for...
08:54 AM, May 02, 2013
Barcelona visits Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday in the Champions League quarterfinals. ...
10:23 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Vilanova arrived in Barcelona early on Tuesday and returned home to rest, Barca said in a statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.es). ...
07:21 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Barcelona coach Vilanova will return to Spain this week after two months of cancer treatment in New York. ...
05:38 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova may have finished his cancer treatment in and be back with the squad by the end of March, said president Sandro Rosell. ...
10:22 AM, Mar 05, 2013
World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has signed a new contract with Barcelona which ties him until June 30 2018. ...
11:15 PM, Feb 07, 2013
The victors over two legs will go on to meet either 2011 winners Real or Valencia. ...
08:13 AM, Jan 15, 2013
He will not be at his side's Copa del Rey return leg against Cordoba on Thursday night. ...
10:03 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Vilanova will return to the touchline for the first time since having throat surgery to remove a tumor 16 days ago. ...
09:36 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Barcelona coach Vilanova has visited the first-team squad at training for the first time since his throat operation. ...
09:04 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Vilanova underwent surgery on December 20, a day after the club announced that the 44-year-old's condition had returned. ...
09:29 AM, Dec 29, 2012
Messi polished off his record year with his 91st and final goal of 2012 in Barcelona's 3-1 win at Valladolid. ...
01:06 AM, Dec 23, 2012
Barcelona will stand by and wait for the return of Vilanova after being rocked by the news that he needed surgery. ...
08:28 AM, Dec 20, 2012
Vilanova rested a number of first-choice regulars for Wednesday's game at the Nou Camp, but not Messi. ...
10:26 PM, Dec 04, 2012
