Barca needed to beat leaders Atletico at home in their final game on Saturday to secure a fifth La Liga title in six years but could only manage a 1-1 draw at the Nou Camp and finished three points adrift of the Madrid club.
Atletico knocked them out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and they lost to Real Madrid in the final of the King`s Cup, a disappointing return for the world`s second-richest club by income that prompted Martino`s resignation midway through a two-year contract.
"We have not achieved our objectives and we cannot be satisfied," president Josep Bartomeu said in an interview with Spanish television broadcaster TV3.
"We will go into a period with profound changes," he added.
"There are some players that will not continue but our philosophy won`t change.
"There are some things that have been decided, we will announce them in the following days. We will continue with our concept of football."
With Martino gone, the way is clear for Barca to appoint Luis Enrique, who stepped down last week after a successful season coaching Celta Vigo, as the Argentine`s replacement.
A former Barca and Spain midfielder, Luis Enrique was filmed last week by Spanish TV at his home meeting with sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta and he is widely expected to be named in coming days.
Luis Enrique took over from Pep Guardiola as coach of Barca`s B team in 2008 before a brief and troubled stint at Serie A club AS Roma.
Celta hired him to replace Abel Resino in June last year and the Galician club have impressed under the 44-year-old, playing some of the most attractive football in Spain.
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