What is Barcelona’s biggest win of all time?
FT Desk
- Updated: 15 Oct 2022 20:40 BST
- 3 min read
Barcelona are one of the world's premier football clubs, with a record to match.
The Catalans' illustrious history is peppered with memorable victories, including the clashes which have helped clinch their five Champions League titles.
But which were the club's most resounding wins?
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This page will showcase Barcelona's record victories in the major competitions.
What is Barcelona's biggest ever win in history?
To find Barcelona's biggest win in the history of the club one must look back more than 100 years ago.
In 1901 the Blaugrana, which had been founded just two years previously, destroyed Tarragona 18-0 in the Copa Macaya, with nine goals from the side's Swiss founder and future president Hans Kamper/Joan Gamper.
The competition was a Catalan provincial championship and Barca's principle competition before the national league was formed in 1929 and despite that massive result they did not lift the title, losing out to Hispania in spite of scoring 51 goals in eight games.
In 1992 Johan Cruyff's Dream Team bettered that result with a 20-1 demolition of Dutch side Smilde, but that game was a friendly and thus does not count in the official record books.
What is Barcelona's biggest ever home win in history?
On two occasions have the Catalans prevailed in front of their own fans by a scoreline of 10-1.
It first took place in 1949 in a Liga clash against Gimnastic, and again in the last 16 phase of the 1962 Copa Generalissimo, with Basconia on the other side;
What is Barcelona's biggest ever away win in history?
The aforementioned rout at the expense of Tarragona occurred away from home and thus holds the distinction of being Barcelona's biggest win on the road.
What is Barcelona's biggest ever La Liga win in history?
The 1949 defeat of Gimnastic is also Barca's biggest La Liga win. The Catalans have since come close to reaching double figures again in the league on a handful of occasions, most recently in 1979 when they thrashed Rayo 9-0 at Camp Nou.
What is Barcelona's biggest ever European win in history?
Barcelona have twice won by a margin of eight goals in European competition.
In 1982 Apollon Limassol of Cyprus were dealt an 8-0 victory in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
That remains their biggest European victory in history, though in 2003 the Blaugrana matched the feat by thrashing Slovakia's FK Puchov by the same scoreline in the UEFA Cup.
What is Barcelona's biggest ever Champions League win in history?
"Celtic were the victims of Barcelona's biggest win in the Champions League, going down 7-0 in the group phase in 2016.
