August 18: Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer. Cortese di Gavi frizzante (also called Gavi frizzante) is an Italian white sparkling wine from the Piedmont region with a DOCG designation since August 10, 1998. Only white wines harvested within the production area defined by the decree are entitled to DOCG. Barcelona start the Spanish league on August 20 by disintegrating Betis Sevilla 6-2 at Camp Nou. This season is the 118th since the founding of FC Barcelona. On September 10, Barcelona was surprisingly overthrown 2 to 1 by the newly promoted Deportivo Alavés at Camp Nou (Jérémy Mathieu's goal) (3rd day of the championship). On September 17, Barcelona beat the newly promoted CD Leganés 5 to 1 at the Stade de Butarque (goals from Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar and Rafinha) (4th day of the championship). Deprived of Neymar and Rafinha who won the same day the gold medal with Brazil at the Rio Olympics, Barcelona won with goals from Arda Turan, Lionel Messi (doubled) and Luis Suárez (tripled). On the 26th, Barça beat Atlético de Madrid 2 to 1 at the Vicente Calderón Stadium with goals from Rafinha and Lionel Messi (24th day of the championship).
On the 29th, Barcelona beat Granada CF 1-0 at Camp Nou (10th day of the league). On the 11th, Barcelona lost 3-0 at Juventus in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. On September 13, Barcelona beat Celtic FC 7-0 on Matchday 1 of the Champions League. On the 24th, Barcelona won 5-0 at Sporting de Gijón (6th day of the championship). On the 8th, Barcelona beat Paris Saint-Germain 6 to 1 in the second leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League. This is the biggest victory ever achieved by the Blaugranas in the Champions League, thus erasing the previous record which dated from March 7, 2012 (7 to 1 victory against Bayer Leverkusen). The phalanx's anthem is in a military marching style, Cara al sol (Facing the sun, in French) composed by José Antonio Primo de Rivera. 18. Soy de la puna / I'm from the highlands José M. Mercado / Ed. This season follows the 2016-2017 season which saw Real Madrid win the Champions League, La Liga, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.