Barcelona overtake Real Madrid in historic La Liga record after a tremendous season | OneFootball

Barcelona reclaimed their title as Spanish champions thanks to a tremendous campaign that saw them dominate La Liga.

Barça ended the season with 88 points, just four ahead of Real Madrid. Although the table suggests a close race, there was much disparity between the quality of the two teams, with Barcelona notably beating Real Madrid four times in all competitions.

Barcelona have also beaten Real Madrid in the record books, notably becoming the highest scorer of La Liga of all time.

Barcelona overtake Real Madrid in La Liga scoresheet

Indeed, thanks to a stunning return of 102 goals this season, Barcelona have now scored 6,579 goals in La Liga, surpassing Real Madrid’s tally of 6,561 by 18 goals.

At the start of the campaign, Madrid were ahead by six goals (6,483 to 6,477), but an electric season from Barça’s frontline turned the tide.

The charge was led by Robert Lewandowski, whose 27 goals made him the second-highest scorer in La Liga, behind Kylian Mbappe. The Pole’s performances have impressed the club, who expect him to continue leading the attack next season as well.

Barcelona have emerged as a scoring machine under Hansi Flick (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images)

Raphinha and Lamine Yamal also chipped in with 18 and nine goals, respectively.

This isn’t the first time Barcelona have topped the La Liga scoring charts historically — they’ve now done so 25 times, although Madrid have led the tally in 70 seasons.

Since the arrival of Johan Cruyff in 1988, however, Barça have consistently closed the gap, overturning what was once a 139-goal deficit in the 1989/90 season.

This season also saw the Clasico rivalry reach a new balance, with Barça winning all four encounters to level the all-time win record at 105-105.

This is as close as things can get, and it will be interesting to see if Hansi Flick’s Barcelona can take the lead next season against a Real Madrid team now led by Xabi Alonso.