Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3–2 in the Spanish Supercopa final in Jeddah, secured their first title of the season and reached ten consecutive wins. The result puts Hansi Flick’s team on a run the club hadn’t achieved since 2016 and confirms, in numbers, Barcelona’s best moment of the year so far. The trophy is a direct consequence of a series of positive results that began after the loss to Chelsea in the Champions League.
Since that match at Stamford Bridge, Barcelona have won every game they’ve played. There have been ten straight victories, with significant results in different contexts. At home, the team defeated Atlético de Madrid 3–1. Away from home, they beat Real Betis 5–3 and Villarreal 2–0. They also won the Catalan derby against Espanyol 2–0 and decided the Supercopa with a 3–2 victory. The final against Real Madrid closed out that run with a title and a clásico decided by the smallest of margins.
Historic streak and direct comparison
The last time Barcelona reached ten consecutive wins was under Luis Enrique, between April and August of 2016. If the team beats Racing Santander in the Copa del Rey, it will match another streak from that period, the 11 straight victories recorded between January and February of 2015.
This data isn’t symbolic, it serves as a historical benchmark to measure the team’s current moment.
Flick maintains his record in finals
The win over Real Madrid extended a record that has followed Hansi Flick throughout his career. The coach remains perfect in finals, with eight wins in eight decisions, combining his time at Bayern Munich and Barcelona. At the Catalan club, Flick has won three consecutive finals against Real Madrid and now has five victories in six Clásicos. Only Pep Guardiola, Johan Cruyff and Terry Venables have more wins as Barcelona coaches against the rival.
With the Spanish Supercopa title, Flick reaches eighth place among the most successful coaches in the club’s history, tied with Patrick O’Connell, Enrique Fernández, Louis van Gaal and Ernesto Valverde. None of them, however, won as many titles in such a short time in charge. The numbers support Barcelona’s current moment and explain why the team heads into the rest of the season with recent results as its main argument.