FC Barcelona are one victory away from being crowned Liga F champions for the seventh consecutive year, and the chance arrives this Wednesday in the espanyol vs barcelona derby away from home. A win over RCD Espanyol would give Barcelona their 12th league title and extend a run of domestic dominance that has defined Spanish women’s football for years.
It would also put six Barcelona players in position to match Sonia Bermúdez’s record of consecutive league titles. Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmatí, Patri Guijarro, Mapi León, Marta Torrejón and Caroline Graham Hansen could join a list built by Bermúdez, who won three league titles with Rayo Vallecano and four more with the same team between the 2008/2009 season and the 2014/2015 season.
The derby comes after the international break and lands in a week that could shape the rest of Barcelona’s season. The club has already beaten Real Madrid to win the Supercopa de España, and it is also set to face Atlético de Madrid in the Copa de la Reina final and FC Bayern Munich in the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinals. One result on Wednesday would settle the league; four more chances would remain if Barcelona slip at Espanyol.
That is the small tension inside an otherwise familiar script. Barcelona have been the dominant force in Spanish women’s football, but the season has not moved in a straight line. They lost to Real Sociedad by one goal in November of last year, a reminder that even the strongest team can be pushed off course. If they close the job at Espanyol, they do not just secure another title. They stretch an era.
If they do not, the math still stays on their side — but the title would wait, and the pressure would follow them into the next test.