LALIGA EA Sports: FC Barcelona officially withdraws from the European Super League project

FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports) "hereby announces that today it has formally notified the European Super League Company and the clubs involved of its withdrawal from the European Super League project," said the club on 07/02/2026. The Catalan club will not suffer any financial penalties for its decision to withdraw from the Super League project, according to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo.

Made official on 18/04/2021, the European Super League project initially involved 12 major clubs, nine of which quickly backed down in the face of protests from the majority of stakeholders (leagues, federations, confederations, states, etc.), particularly the fans.

Only the presidents of FC Barcelona (Joan Laporta), Real Madrid CF (Florentino Pérez) and Juventus FC (Andrea Agnelli, who has since resigned on 28/11/2022) continued to publicly support the project, which had since evolved into a slightly more open competition, until Juventus announced that they would start a procedure to exit the Super League project in July 2023.

Following this withdrawal, the project, which is promoted by A22 Sports…