FCB Juvenil B · History

In May 2014 FC Barcelona Juvenil B won its league after climbing the table late and edging Lleida by a single point. It is FC Barcelona’s second under-19 side and the step before Juvenil A in the academy known as La Masia. Its players are youth footballers one rung below the División de Honor team. In the seasons covered on the club’s official website since 2019, it has played in the Liga Nacional Juvenil, the second tier of Spanish youth football. It won four league titles there between 2019 and 2026.

A step within La Masia

Juvenil B is a bridge. Players coming out of Cadete A spend time here, playing against older teenagers from clubs across Catalonia, before they can move up to Juvenil A. As a result, the squad changes a lot from year to year, and coaches seldom stay for several seasons in a row. The team plays and trains at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despí, which opened on 1 June 2006. Its Liga Nacional group sets it against nearby academies such as those of Damm, Espanyol, Grama, Badalona, Cornellà and Girona.

The 2019 title

Coached by Franc Artiga, the team led the table in February 2019 with 51 points after 21 matchdays. A 1-0 away win at Llagostera, with a goal from Oriol Soldevila, was its third victory in a row. Then came three straight defeats between matchdays 25 and 27, which kept the race open with Damm and Espanyol B. The team answered with seven consecutive wins, scoring 34 goals and conceding 7. On 18 May 2019, on the 34th and final matchday, it beat UE Mollet 5-1 to become league champion. Marc Alegre, Oriol Soldevila, Diego López, Jaume Jardí and Raúl Moro scored, Moro from the penalty spot.

Champions in 2021

The 2020-21 league was played in two phases, and Óscar López’s Juvenil B led both. On 24 April 2021 it won 4-2 at Badalona on the third matchday of the second phase and sealed the title with two games to spare. It was also the first league title won by any Barça youth team that season. The side reached that game with 19 wins, one draw and one defeat from 21 matches, scoring 59 goals and conceding 14. Juanda, with 10 goals, Víctor Barberá, with 9, and Josep Cerdà, with 8, were its top scorers. The line-up in Badalona included Fermín López and Marc Casadó, who later reached the first team, as well as Aleix Garrido.

Back-to-back in 2022

Ibán Cuadrado took charge the following season. On 14 May 2022 Juvenil B mathematically secured a second consecutive title when the second-placed side, Fundació Esportiva Grama, lost away at Badalona. With two matchdays left, the team had 62 points from 29 games, with 19 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats, and was seven points clear with a game in hand. That title meant every Barça 11-a-side team playing in a league had won it: Infantil A and B, Cadete A and B, and both under-19 sides.

The 2026 league

In 2025-26 the team played in Group 7 of the Liga Nacional under Cesc Bosch and Jordi Poma. On 10 May 2026 it drew 0-0 with Club Atlètic Segre on Pitch 7 at the Ciutat Esportiva. The same day, second-placed Girona lost 4-2 to Espanyol at the Dani Jarque, and the title was sealed on matchday 29, one before the end. By then Juvenil B had 64 points, six more than Girona, from 19 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats, with 63 goals scored and 16 conceded. Cesc Bosch and player Madou Murcia collected the champions’ trophy at the Ciutat Esportiva on 26 May 2026.