Barcelona Home 08-09 Retro Kit

Home shirt as worn in the emphatic first season under former Barcelona B coach Pep Guardiola. Many were sceptical about the appointment of Guardiola due to his lack of experience in management, and even more so after the sales of Deco and Ronaldinho. However, Guardiola would prove them all wrong by leading the club to an unprecedented sextuple, winning every club trophy on offer at the start of the season and with it the first treble in Spanish football history. The side became iconic for their ‘Tiki-Taka’ style of play and the consummate ease in which they passed their way through teams. The Blaugrana finished 9 points ahead of bitter rivals Real Madrid to claim La Liga and comfortably beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 in the Copa del Rey Final. The biggest test would come in the form of Sir Alex Ferguson’s defending champions Manchester United. What followed was nothing short of incredible with Barcelona picking apart the holders and securing the treble with goals from Eto’o and Messi