“It has been a very good season,” said Tito Vilanova following the final league match against Málaga. But the numbers show this season has been more than very good, aspects of it have been historic. Details after the jump.
Points and Goals
“I don’t think anyone will reach 100 points and 120 goals again.” Well José Mourinho was only half correct in that pre-season proclamation.
FC Barcelona did reach the 100 points total thereby equaling the La Liga record set last season (2011/12) by Mourinho’s Real Madrid. This mark did however break the club record of 99 points recorded in 2009/10.
Barça netted 115 goals over the 38 game season, and while still six behind the absolute league record of 121 (Real Madrid – 2011/12), it was enough to set a new club record by beating out the previous benchmark of 114 (2011/12).
Still Barça did however set a new La Liga record by scoring in every one of the 38 match-days. This has never been accomplished in a league made up of 20 clubs.
In our dust
Since league wins have been assigned a value of three points the previous record margin between 1st and 2nd place was 13 points (Real Madrid-Mallorca, 1998/99). Therefore a new La Liga record has been inked with Barça outdoing Real Madrid by 15 points.
Barça also looked down from 1st position on all its opponents since the first day of the league until the very last. This is the 2nd time the club has managed such a feat and not since 1984/5.
Winning
Thirty-two total league victories is on par with the La Liga record once again set last season by Real Madrid. Barça equalled another La Liga and club record with 18 home wins first achieved in 2009/10.
Quick off the block
Accumulating 55 of a total possible 57 points in the first half of the season set a new La Liga record. At the middle mark Barça was already 11 points ahead of Atlético Madrid and 18 in front of Real Madrid. Mourinho’s men only managed to makeup three points since.
Fair play
FC Barcelona collected 60 yellow cards on route to the title. This is the cleanest performance by a team since the 1994/5 season when Sporting Gijon received only 58.
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