Barça's sections are getting underway

New faces, renewed hope, and a single goal: to win as many titles as possible. The Barça handball team began preseason training on Tuesday and joined the indoor soccer team, which started on Monday, and the women's team, which started on July 28.

The women's team begins preseason training in what will be Pere Romeu's second season in charge . The Catalan coach began training at the end of July with eight players who had passed the relevant medicals and physical tests: Gemma Font, Mapi León, Marta Torrejón, Txell Font, Lucía Corrales, Emilka Szimczak, Aïcha Cámara, and Clara Serrajordi. Kika Nazareth, who missed the latter part of last season due to a torn internal lateral ligament in her left ankle, rejoined the group on August 1, while Ewa Pajor and Esmee Brugts returned to training three days ago. The rest of the players who participated in the European Championship will gradually return.

The Blaugrana will play the Copa Catalunya final against FC Badalona Women (formerly known as Levante Badalona) on August 16 before traveling to Mexico for two friendlies. The first will be on August 22 against Liga MX side All Stars, and the second will be against América (August 24), where Sandra Paños and Bruna Vilamala (who was transferred this summer after being on loan at Brighton last season) will play. The women's team, which has so far only signed Laia Aleixandri , will not compete in the Joan Gamper Trophy this season.

The second to appear at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper were the futsal players. The Catalans met this Monday after finishing their vacation and, after undergoing medical checks, headed to Encamp (Andorra). After a difficult season and no titles eight years later, the club has opted for the arrival of Javi Rodríguez to the Blaugrana bench . The Santa Coloma de Gramenet coach will be presented this Friday.

The departures of two legends from the section, Dyego Zuffo and Sergio Lozano (who will remain linked to the club), have been offset by three exciting signings. Pol Pacheco, a youth academy graduate, returns home at 31 after gaining experience at major Spanish clubs such as ElPozo Murcia and Movistar Inter. Neguinho, a two-time Champions League winner with Palma Futsal, also arrives in Barcelona . And finally, Luciano Gauna, last season's breakthrough player for a Peñíscola side that won the Spanish Cup and finished first in the regular season. Javi Rodríguez's team, which ends its training camp in Encamp today, already has its sights set on the first matchday of the League against Inter Movistar, which will be played the first weekend of September in Torrejón de Ardoz.

The latest to return to training were Carlos Ortega's players. The Catalans also headed to Encamp this Wednesday for a training camp. Barça's handball team faces a new season with many changes to the squad after suffering 10 losses. Ludovic Fàbregas (returning to the club after two seasons at Veszprém), Viktor Hallgrímson, Dani Fernández, Seif Elderaa, Ian Barrufet, and Djordje Cikusa are the six new additions.

The Blaugrana team will have their first test in the Premium Cup in Nordhon (Germany) between August 16 and 17. The next competition after this preseason tournament will be the final four of the Catalan Super Cup, with the semifinals on August 22 and the hypothetical final on the 26th. On the 30th and 31st, the Iberian Super Cup will be played, and on September 10 or 11, the Champions League debut at the Palau against GOG.

The only sections that have not yet started are basketball and roller hockey. Joan Peñarroya's squad will resume preseason training and will meet again in early September, although the players who will compete in the Eurobasket and Juani Marcos, who will play in the AmeriCup with Argentina, will not be present yet. The roller hockey team, led this season by Ricard Ares from the bench, kicks off on Monday, August 11th to prepare for the Spanish Super Cup, which will be played on September 20th and 21st, and the start of the OK Liga on the last weekend of the same month.