Youth: FC Barcelona Reserve Team Makes History
Jonathan Soriano, Segunda Division's Top Scorer
FC Barcelona B, under Luis Enrique, despite some heavy losses this season, closes its season with style – By winning away from home, at the Teresa Rivero, against second-placed Rayo Vallecano (2-3), thus preventing the Madrid-based team from snatching Real Betis’s Segunda Division’s crown.
That win also saw the team successfully defend its third place in the standings, the best in Barca’s history for a reserve squad. Along with Betis, it is also the highest scoring team in the division, with 85 goals with Jonathan Soriano declared as the division’s top scorer with 32 goals.
Match Factsheet
Line-ups:
Rayo Vallecano: Juan Calos, Tito, De la Vega (Javi Fuego, min. 57), Amaya, Casado, Rafael García, Armenteros, Movilla (Diego, min. 61), Michel, Piti (Borja García, min. 59 ) and Trejo.
FC Barcelona B: Olazabal, Edu Oriol, Bartra, Planas, Abraham, Ilie, Oriol Romeu (Víctor Vázquez, min. 71), Carmona, Tello (Masso, min. 71), Jonathan Soriano and Benjamin (Saul, min. 45)
Goals:
1-0, min. 25, Piti, 1-1, min. 36, Tello, 1-2, min. 42, Tello, 1-3, min. 67, Jonathan Soriano, 2-3, min. 82, Trejo.
Referee: Pineiro Crespo cautioned Planas, Abraham, Bartra
Spectators: About 12,000
Segunda Division Full Standings
| Pos. | Team | GP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- |
| 1 | 42 | 83 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 85 | 44 | 41 | |
2 | 42 | 79 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 73 | 48 | 25 | |
3 | 42 | 71 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 85 | 62 | 23 | |
4 | 42 | 69 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 13 | |
5 | 42 | 68 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 71 | 47 | 24 | |
6 | 42 | 67 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 62 | 43 | 19 | |
7 | 42 | 66 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 51 | 14 | |
8 | 42 | 60 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 64 | -4 | |
9 | 42 | 58 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 52 | 5 | |
10 | 42 | 57 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 65 | 63 | 2 | |
11 | 42 | 57 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 56 | 2 | |
12 | 42 | 56 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 44 | 37 | 7 | |
13 | 42 | 56 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 63 | -15 | |
14 | 42 | 55 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 45 | -6 | |
15 | 42 | 54 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 71 | -15 | |
16 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 63 | -5 | |
17 | 42 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 63 | -20 | |
18 | 42 | 49 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 45 | -8 | |
19 | 42 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 46 | 68 | -22 | |
20 | 42 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 66 | -24 | |
21 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 36 | 63 | -27 | |
22 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 64 | -29 |
MAAAN this show how powerfull is La Mesia and look at this Barca B should now be at primera
They can't play in the la liga because the wonderful Barcelona is there. Two teams can't play in the same league. But indeed, it's a great perfomance from our team B. Uhmm, where is Real Madrid B? Lol
its not fair to Barca that the B team can not be promoted – Madrid has it s B and C team in primera: atletico and espanyol respectively.
espanyol is catalan and what steve meant was that no two teams from the same club can be in the same division
LOL, you didn't get the joke
to call espanyol catalan is a gross misstatement. the club was founded to specifically add a more centrist (i.e. madrid sympathetic) club to barcelona. it was meant to bring a little castillon to catalunya.
they are slowly becoming catalan again which is nice, but i really don't care, they have way more class than madrid
laughs were had
I think it's Getafe
Its a shame they can't play playoffs! 3rd till 6th place play the playoffs and we are on top of tht list LOL!!
OT: Afellay's 15 consecutive wins with the Holland national ended yesterday after a 0-0 draw vs Brazil.
I hope he can have such a record next season with Barcelona =D
Spectacular achievement, really!
For me, the B-teams achievements, rather than the First Team players from La Masia is the true exponent for the remarkable youth set-up in Catalunya's finest club, since this is the first time ever in the history of La Liga that a Reserves Squad reach a place that would actually grant them a season in the best division.
And they would probably continue to develop and perhaps stay free of relegation, had they been able to play in La Liga. Truly amazing.
When Pep took over Barca B in 2007 they were still in 4th division and didnt have any clue how they would survive without Bojan who was promoted
I think Real madrid B won the segunda division title once or twice before , and wasn't allowed to play in LA LIGA as well
Segunda Champion once: 1983-84. Segunda B [Third division] 3 times: 1990-91, 2001-02, 2004-05.
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This is just unbelievable, what an achievement by Luis Enrique and his players! If it were possible, Barça would have 2 teams in La Liga next season.
I can only stand and applaude for this team. The best thing about this achievement is that it was done while on many occasions the team wasn't at full strength because the best players were away with the first team.
Congrats to Jonathan Soriano, 32 goals in a season is very good! I wonder where he will go to next season. I hope he stays at Barça B!
i hope he doesnt stay. He does not deserve to be in a B team. Barca should know better than this and they would do something if they really wants the best for soriano's career
Great team. And they'll play in the copa del rey. What an achievment if Barca B kick Real Madrid ass in the copa del rey!
They won't :/ Again it's not possible for two teams based on the same club to play in Copa
its quite an achievement given the fact that apart from thiago who didnt even play half the games this team didnt have any wonderkid in it unlike other B teams of Barca,. A lot of credit must go to Enrque..Out of ths team thiago, sergi roberto, fontas have a realstic chance of being a barca star. though romeo muniesa and montoya can also be stars if they keep improving
From playing in the third division last season to finishing third in the segunda division this season, a phenomenal achievement!
Job well done boys – go Betis go!
This achivement is truly outstanding. Let's hope that Barca B can maintain their participation in la segunda after next season.. quite some changes there's going to be over the summer with a new manager and players leaving (at least Thiago, Fontás, Nolito and maybe Soriano). Hopefully the players from Juvenil are ready to take over.
What will happen if Barca B gets promoted to first division? Will they play against their seniors?
They wont get that far because the rules say you can't have 2 teams in the same division. So if Barcelona A got a religation, Barca B would automaticly go one down as well.
I think that's Theo Janssen from Holland. Last season he played for FC Twente and a few days ago he was transferred to Ajax. Why?
Projected quote: "We should buy him PLEASE!!!"
Thanks, just arguing with someone
Barca B should go for Copa Del Rey next season.
This is my freaky scenarios
Barca wins Spanish super cup against Madridistas customers.
Barca wins European Super Cup against Porto
Barca wins la liga
Barca wins UEFA Champions League
Barca wins FIFA Club World Cup
Barca B wins Copa del Rey and qualify for UEFA Europa League
And the next season (2012-2013) Barca does the unbelievable
Barca wins spanish super cup against Barca B
Barca wins European Super Cup
Barca wins La Liga
Barca wins Copa del Rey
Barca wins UEFA Champion League
Barca wins FIFA Club World Cup
Barca B wins UEFA Europa League(+Segunda)
And miraculously Barcelona has 7(+1) trophies
too much smoke man?
i aint smokin what he's smokin that's for sure
and by 2020 when Pep finally decides to leave, Barca would have won a total of 733 trophies in 12 yrs.
I know we are all cules to death but come on.
is that what happened to you in Fifa11?
32 goals from Soriano!!! Honestly I must confess that I haven't seen him play but someone who scores 32 goals in a season (one more than Messi in La Liga!) in my opinion deserves to show his skills in the first division. What do you think?
Visca Barca!
Pep gave him opportunities this season, but he failed to impress.
In what games did pep use soriano and he failed to impress? or are you talking about Bojan?
According to ESPNsoccernet player profile in his first 32 games Soriano scored 26 goals from 27 shots, now i'm not sure if that is accurate but if it is, compare that to ronaldo's 40 goals from 250 shots or even Messi's 31 goals from 150 shots and that's some amazing numbers, now i'm not saying that he should be in the starting 11 in the first team but he definitely deserve a chance at the least same as Bojan and Jeffren
That's not true. I saw Barça B many times this season and Soriano definately missed a few shots more.
Definately! It can't be that a player who scores 32 goals in the Segunda doesn't get a chance because another player who mostly only stumbles over the pitch (Bojan) stands above him. If Bojan would be a player they bought 2 years ago and not from la Masia, he'd be long gone.
yeah, bojan is being spoiled being praised and played 15 minutes every other game. we need to tell him he's shit and hope he start to realize that he's not deserves wearing no 9.
^(sarcasm)
wow! tenerife is relegated to the 3rd devision from being in la liga last year? what happened?
OT : I read somewhere that today is macherano's birthday…..HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM!!!!
forgive me if i'm wrong though
wow really really imoressed by the B team! Masia has so much talent it's ridiculous i'm so happy to be a barca fan!
Anyone see the report Rosells weird speach about Wembley on the offical website??? What the hell is he talking about… Saying some people around the club havent known how to enjoy it and that HE has a great team,………… I dont know too much about Rosell but everytime I have read a quote from him he seems to be makin a show of us or himself
Dream for nextt season.
In – Fabregas – Rossi – Botia – Angel
Out – Milito – Maxwell – Bojan (Loan) And maybe Keita.
Wtf man fuck you Keita will never leave.
Wonder if we should bid for Nasri? He has been exceptional this year for Arsenal and would suit our style and would be cheap as chips compared to Fab as he only has one year left
Hey barca b you guys are good keep it
visca barca
I hope Keita will happen. With fabregas here, Keita will not get any single minute. He might as well leave. I am not saying he is not good and does not deserve to be in barca but for our future, fabreagas needs the minute and you dont expect Fab to just sit on the bench. Keita has done all he can for us and it is time for him to leave if fabregas really arrives. Keita needs some football and i hope he goes to a team that treasures him as a starting 11 in which he can still play for 2 to 3 years.
keita will leave*
And that is why your name is Rooney.
i dont even want Cesc here, he'll just slow down the development of Thiago
First sane comment I've read. Thank you!
But knowing how Rosell rolls, it won't surprise me if he sells Thiago and gets Cesc "back" ..pure and utter bullshit.
32 goals for Soriano :O
I find it so impressive that they managed that even with half of their best their players going out with the first team throughout the season.
This is what happens when everyones knows the system and not to the individual. We play the same way from top down and it achieves RESULTS. Fantastic.
am a young talented player and also 16yrs of age and i want you to invitie me for gestify.