PARIS
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Barcelone
FC Barcelona
Founded in 1942, the Handball section of FC Barcelona is today the most successful club in the Spanish Championship, as well as the most successful in the Champions League with 10 victories. The Blaugrana experienced their golden age in the 1990s, marked by 6 Champions League titles acquired in 1991 and 2000, 5 of them consecutively between 1996 and 2000.
Their main rivals are Atletico Madrid, BM Granollers and Real Ademar Leon.
The club's president is Josep Maria Bartomeu, whose first team has been coached by Xavier Pascual since 2009.
Its most capped player, David Barrufet, has no less than 26 seasons with the Blaugrana, and an impressive record of 7 Champions League, 11 Spanish Championships and 7 medals in European and world competitions with La Roja. His flocked number 16 jersey hangs from the ceiling of the Palau Blaugrana.
Confrontations
10 played
- 1 won
- 1 drawn
- 8 lost
304 goals scored 335 goals conceded
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Champion's League 2022/23 I 3rd Place
37
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31
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Champion's League 2021/22 Group B
28
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28
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Champion's League 2021/22 Group B
30
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27
The Parisians against Barcelona
On December 28, 2020, the Parisians have been defeated by the Blaugrana 32 - 37, as part of Final4 semi-finals. Goalkeeper Kevin Moller did a stunning performance.
In Group B of the EHF Champions League 2021-22, the Blaugrana were opposed to Paris Saint-Germain, Vive Kielce, Veszprem, FC Porto, Dinamo Bucharest, HC Motor and Flensburg. The club finished 2nd with the best defense, behind Kielce.
After its victory over Plock, PSG will be facing FC Barcelona in the Champions League Round of 8. The first leg will be held in Coubertin on April 24, before going to Spain in the second leg on May 01.
Players to follow Duel
Born on April 19th, 1988 in Strasbourg, Luka Karabatic is a French player. He plays in a pivot position. He has already played for Montpellier Handball and the Pays d'Aix Université Club Handball. He joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2015 with his brother Nikola. With Les Bleus, he is part of this golden generation, with whom he won the European Championship as well as the Worl Championship twice, in 2015 and 2017.
Born on January 31, 1997, in Marseille, Melvyn Richardson is a household name in French handball, the son of handball legend Jackson Richardson. Trained at Chambéry, he took on a new dimension with Montpellier between 2017 and 2021, before joining FC Barcelona in the summer of 2021. He won the prestigious Champions League on two occasions, first with the Hérault club and then with the Blaugrana.
Le Palau Blaugrana
Avingunda de Juan XXIII - 08 028 Barcelone
Inaugurated on October 23rd, 1971, the Palau Blaugrana is the official home of FC Barcelona Handball, as well as the basketball, futsal and rink hockey sections. The venue for many of the events of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, the Palau Blaugrana has a total capacity of 8,250 seats. Its ceiling is decorated with numerous jerseys removed, in the style of the National Basketball Association, as a tribute to the illustrious players who wore the Blaugrana colours.
Located in the Les Corts district, the Palau Blaugrana is part of an area where sport is king, along with the Camp Nou, the Reial Club Polo de Barcelona, the Complex Esportiu Municipal Hospitalet and the FCBEscola. The Blaugrana grounds can be reached by public transport at the Coliblanc stop, via metro lines 5, 9S and 10S. By bus, lines 113 and M12 serve Palau Blaugrana at the bus stop of the same name.
