By Alex Molina / info@eurohoops.net
It was only a matter of time, and at 7:00 PM it became official: Joan Peñarroya is no longer the coach of Barça.
After the team’s erratic play and more losses than wins, his position at the helm was more precarious than ever, but the crushing defeat against Bàsquet Girona was the final straw.
𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐧̃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐢𝐱𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜̧𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐚̀𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭.
L’entrenador del Barça, Joan Peñarroya, no seguirà al capdavant de la banqueta blaugrana. El Barça vol agrair al tècnic la seva professionalitat i li desitja molts… pic.twitter.com/BhDQygnl5w
— Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) November 9, 2025
Official statement from FC Barcelona: “FC Barcelona basketball coach Joan Peñarroya will not continue as head coach of the first team. FC Barcelona would like to thank the coach for his professionalism and wishes him every success in the future. The Terrassa native, who arrived in the 2024/25 season, will be replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Óscar Orellana.”