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FC Barcelona Lassa seeking ninth championship in 20 years
- Updated: September 12, 2016
It is a jubilee year for the record winners of the EHF Champions League. For the 20th time, FC Barcelona Lassa are a part of Europe’s top handball competition!
In the previous 19 years, the Catalan team has been semi-finalist 13 times, finalist 11 times and they have won the competition eight times – impressive numbers!
But last season, Barcelona joined the fate of every other VELUX EHF FINAL4 winner before – they did not defend their title in Cologne.
In two thrilling quarter-final encounters against THW Kiel, Barcelona missed the qualification for the tournament for the second time, similar to 2012 when they were also the defending champions.
After winning their 23rd championship title in Spain, their sixth in a row, the squad of Xavi Pascual has undergone several changes.
World class goalkeeper, Danijel Saric, was traded to Qatar and was replaced by Macedonian Borko Ristovski. In addition, experienced players such as Marko Kopljar (Veszprem), Daniel Sarmiento (Saint Raphael), Eduardo Gurbindo (Nantes) and Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson (Rhein-Neckar Löwen) all left the club for a new adventure.
On the other hand, FC Barcelona Lassa signed a few of highly talented young guns from all over Europe, including the two Frenchmen, Dika Mem (Tremblay) and Timothey N’Guessan (Chambery), as well as Dane Lasse Andersson (Kolding).
In addition, one ‘forgotten son’ returned to his home club, where his career first began: Valero Rivera junior (from Nantes), the son of current …
