La Liga: FC Barcelona are on course for the League title this term, opening up 12 points lead at the top to their arch-rival Real Madrid in the second position in La Liga, to register their 27th official league title. However, they can add another one as the club is expected to appeal to the Real Spanish Federation of Football (RFEF) in an attempt to award the 1937 league title. The RFEF was suspended between 1936 and 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War, with no Primera Division, instead, they played Mediterranean League. Follow La Liga LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
Barcelona will try to claim the 1937 La Liga title, which was not officially awarded to them.
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Back on September 28, 2007, FC Barcelona requested that the RFEF to recognize the Mediterranean League as a La Liga title. However, the verdict in 2009 did not come the Catalan club’s way to fail in the appeal. But Levante FC has been honored with their Copa de la Espana Libre win of 1937 which is equal to the Copa del Rey trophy.
Similarly, Deportivo de la Coruna have been awarded the winner of the 1912 Concurso de Espana. The three competitions the Mediterranean League, Copa de la Espana Libre, and Concurso de Espana are not RFEF competitions.
With Levante and Deportivo now permitted by the RFEF to claim triumphs in these unofficial competitions, Barcelona believes that they must be recognized as league champions for 1937.
According to ESPN, Barcelona are prepared to appeal to the RFEF in an attempt to be formally recognized as the Nation’s league title to add to their league title list. The win in the appeal this time around will put them just eight behind Real Madrid’s 35 league titles, with another one likely on its way by the end of the season.
Barcelona will be back in action after the International break for a trip to Elche in the league on April 1st, furthermore in the next game will welcome Real Madrid at home for their 2nd leg of the Copa del Rey semis, with a narrow 1-0 lead in favor of Xavi’s men. The Blaugrana club enters a crucial month as they march to their first league title since 2019, and eyeing Copa del Rey to complete domestic treble success having bagged the Spanish Super Cup earlier this year.
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