MADRID (Reuters) - Tito Vilanova, Pep Guardiola’s former assistant, has agreed a two-year deal to coach Barcelona from next season, the Spanish club said on Wednesday. [31] The match finished 1-4 defeat against Athletic Bilbao with two second half goals from Aduriz.

[20] The next day, Barcelona also announced that Ibrahim Afellay would be headed to Olympiacos in the Superleague Greece for a season-long loan. “Vilanova will sign his contract on June 15. [78], On 4 March, Barcelona played the second leg of semi-finals of Copa del Rey against Villarreal at El Madrigal. [74], On 15 February, Barcelona played the 23rd match of La Liga against Levante at the Camp Nou. [87] On 18 April, Barcelona took on Valencia at home, winning 2–0 after an opening goal by Suárez and a late goal by Messi in the injury time, his 400th career goal for Barça. Barca won the match 0–4 from Messi's hat-trick and an own goal by Sidnei. [52] Barcelona played the first match of 2014–15 Copa del Rey against Huesca at Estadio El Alcoraz on 3 December 2014. A brace by Lionel Messi and a third by youth player Munir sealed the win for the Blaugrana. Barca ended the season without a major trophy for the first time in six years forcing coach Gerardo Martino to quit after just one season in charge.
On 8 January, Barcelona played the first leg of Round of 16 of Copa del Rey against Elche at Camp Nou.

The game's only goal, by Messi, was enough to win the title. [58] On 30 December, Barça's appeal against two window transfer ban allotted by FIFA was rejected by CAS. [34] On 24 September, Barcelona took on Málaga at La Rosaleda. The win gave Barça a four-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the table. "The FC Barcelona Board of Directors have this evening confirmed Luis Enrique Martinez as the new first team coach," the club said in a statement, adding that the 44-year-old will sign a two-year deal and be officially presented on Wednesday. Espanyol took the lead by a goal from Sergio García, but Barcelona eventually won the match 5–1 thanks to a hat-trick from Messi and goals from Piqué and Pedro. Sat Apr 26 2014 13:09:17 GMT+0000 Under Guardiola, Barca enjoyed the most successful period in the club’s history, winning 14 titles from the 19 competitions they competed in. In 2020, it's Trump's shock diagnosis, 10,000 places added to Government's first home loan scheme, NSW, NT open borders to NZ, but Tasman border remains closed to Aussies. [75] On 21 February, Barça's eleven-match winning streak came to an end as they lost to Málaga, 1–0. “I played at Barcelona and I know that as a defender they take lots of risks.

An own goal from Jordi Alba decided the result. [33], On 21 September, Barcelona played against Levante. And despite missing a number of other opportunities to match, or even surpass Zarra on the evening, Enrique was still full of praise for the contribution made by the four-time World Player of the Year. All news about the team, ticket sales, member services, supporters club services and information about Barça and the Club [105] With the win, Barcelona qualified for the 2015 UEFA Super Cup against the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla, to be played in August 2015. [84] On 8 April, Barça took on Almería at Camp Nou, defeating the visitors 4–0, as Suárez scored a brace and Messi and Marc Bartra scored one each. Neymar scored a brace and Miranda scored an own goal for Barcelona, while Fernando Torres and Raúl García scored for Atlético. "I just want to say sorry to all the Barcelona fans and promise them that this coming year we will do justice to the club and achieve big things.". Todos los derechos reservados. [22] Barcelona also announced it had reached an agreement with Sevilla for the loan of forward Gerard Deulofeu for the 2014–15 season. Barcelona's coach Luis Enrique at a news conference on the eve of their Champions League match against Paris St Germain in Paris September 29, 2014. “The ideal scenario would be that Madrid had no points and we had the points we have,”said Enrique. David Albelda tweeted in 2014 that Ronald Koeman would be a good choice to become Barcelona head coach, which became a reality on Wednesday, but although it seems like a … Reporting by Mark Elkington; Editing by John Mehaffey. [45] After the last international break of the year, Barça took on Sevilla at Camp Nou, winning 5–1 off goals by Neymar and Rakitić and a hat-trick from Messi, with Alba scoring an own goal. Mathieu signed a contract for four seasons, with an optional season, and a buyout fee of €50 million. [4] On 19 May, Luis Enrique was named the new manager after it was announced that Gerardo Martino would step down at the end of the season.

They won the round of 32 first leg by 0–4.

A goal from Carlos David only minimised the difference. I think for those who like Paris Saint-Germain and French football it was a good evening,” said Blanc, whose side are five points behind leaders Marseille in Ligue 1 yet harbour ambitions of going all the way in the Champions League. Neymar scored both goals in a 2–3 Barça loss, though the team nonetheless won 5–3 on aggregate and booked their place in the final of Champions League. By doing so, the Catalans became the first European team to twice win the domestic double as well as the highest continental tournament, after winning their first treble in the 2008–09 season.

Barça took on Córdoba at Camp Nou on 20 December, the last match of the 2014 calendar year. Barcelona won the match 3–1, clinching their 27th title. He signed off with a King’s Cup victory over Athletic Bilbao last month, and said he needed to take time out to recharge his batteries.

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Messi's goal was subsequently nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award, an award given to the best goal of the year.[104]. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. © Agosto

Barcelona ended the year with a convincing 5–0 win off goals from Pedro, Suárez, Piqué and a late double from Messi. He had been sacked after serving for more than four years starting from July 2010. [60] On 5 January, Barcelona announced that they had terminated the contract of director of football Andoni Zubizarreta. October 1, 2014 October 1, 2014 ~ Menzi David Luiz takes brilliant first touch in the box before turning, driving home his left-footed shot PARIS, Oct 1 — Barcelona coach Luis Enrique refused to point the finger at his defence after the Catalans went down 3-2 to Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League Group F yesterday.

MADRID, Oct 19 — Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has said his side's meeting with Real Madrid next weekend is too early to play a decisive role in the La Liga title race. Messi said it had been a "hard year, personally and as a group", and apologised to fans, promising to do better next season. [98] On 17 May, Barcelona clinched their 23rd La Liga title after winning 0–1 against Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón.

The suspension means Suárez is unable to play for Barcelona until 26 October.
Barça won the game 2–1 thanks to a brace from Suárez. Enrique, 44, scored 109 goals in 300 appearances for Barcelona n eight years after joining from eternal rivals Real Madrid in 1996, and also had great success in three seasons as Barca B coach. [1][2] On 15 May, long-time captain Carles Puyol announced his retirement from football after a 15-year career on the first team. It was the debut match for Douglas. Sábado 3, "Operación lince" por 6,95 €.

Juanmi scored the only goal at Camp Nou. "Coach Trip" Barcelona (TV Episode 2014) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Piqué was named Man of the Match. [53] On 7 December, Barcelona played against Espanyol, the first Catalan Derby of 2014–15 La Liga at Camp Nou.