During pre-season, the team continued playing against European champions as they had done in 1977, placing fifth in the international tournament.
In the associated cup competition, Barcelona Atlètic finished as runners-up after losing on penalties in the final.
On the initiative of Josep Lluís Núñez, who had become FC Barcelona president in 1978, the women's teams received a comparably high level of support and were both able to train and play at the club's main facilities.
[4] Barcelona took part in what Spanish media referred to as the Torneo Internacional de Fútbol Femenino, a European club competition that in May 1978 was hosted by Landhaus, the winners of the 1977–78 Austrian league, in Vienna.
Barcelona Atlètic reached the final of the provincial cup competition organised by Deporte Laboral.