2008–09 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona
2008–09 season
	FC Barcelona players celebrating their historic treble-winning campaign, 2009
President	Joan Laporta
Head Coach	Pep Guardiola
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	1st
Copa del Rey	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Samuel Eto'o (30); All: ; Lionel Messi (38)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

In 2008–09, FC Barcelona started a new era with a new manager, former captain and Barcelona B coach Pep Guardiola, who led the team to the first treble in Spanish football history. After selling off high-profiled players such as Deco and Ronaldinho, Barcelona played scintillating football throughout the season, winning the Copa del Rey, La Liga, and the UEFA Champions League. This team is widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in football history.

Pre-season and friendlies

24 July 2008 Friendly	Hibernian	0–6	Barcelona	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:45 BST		Report	Guðjohnsen 5', 17' Messi 15' Pedro 27' Bojan 48' Touré 69'	Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 23,390 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

26 July 2008 Friendly	Dundee United	1–5	Barcelona	Dundee, Scotland
16:00 BST	Buaben 26'	Report	Henry 27' Messi 51', 75', 78' Eto'o 61'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

30 July 2008 Memorial Artemio Franchi	Fiorentina	1–3	Barcelona	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST	Pazzini 68'	Report	Touré 10' Puyol 28' Jeffrén 47' Bojan 72'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,428 Referee: Saccanni Dimantova (Italy)

3 August 2008 US Tour	Guadalajara	2–5	Barcelona	Chicago, United States
18:00 CDT	Padilla 58' Araujo 69' Hernández 88'	Report	Xavi 25' Hleb 45' Eto'o 48', 72' Bojan 55' Cáceres 89'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 40,717 Referee: Alex Prus

6 August 2008 US Tour	New York Red Bulls	2–6	Barcelona	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
19:00 EST	Stammler 30' Rojas 60'	Report	Xavi 17' Eto'o 18', 43' Márquez 24' Jeffrén 80' Pedro 85'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 38,152 Referee: Kevin Stott

16 August 2008 Joan Gamper Trophy	Boca Juniors	1–2	Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain
22:00 CEST	Castromán 44' Vargas 52' Roncaglia 55' Viatri 72'	Report	Córcoles 30' Busquets 57' Piqué 89' Puyol 90+2' Eto'o 90+5'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 71,210 Referee: González Vázquez

9 September 2008 Semi-finals	Sant Andreu	3–1	Barcelona	La Ràpita, Spain
	Oriol 9', 77' Martí 28'	Report	Busquets 20'	Stadium: La Devesa Referee: Del Pino

Source : FC Barcelona

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Víctor Valdés (VC)	27	EU	2002	260	0	2010	Youth system
2	DF	Martín Cáceres	22	Non-EU	2008	0	0	2012	€16.5M
3	DF	Gerard Piqué	22	EU	2008	0	0	2012	Youth system	Bought from Manchester United for €5M
4	DF	Rafael Márquez	30	EU	2003	200	8	2012^[1]	€5M
5	DF	Carles Puyol (captain)	31	EU	1999	270	4	2010	Youth system
6	MF	Xavi (VC)	29	EU	1998	288	28	2014	Youth system
7	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	30	EU	2006	72	13	2010	€12M
8	MF	Andrés Iniesta (VC)	25	EU	2002	211	17	2014	Youth system
9	FW	Samuel Eto’o	28	EU	2004	108	78	2010	€27M
10	FW	Lionel Messi	21	EU	2004	109	54	2014	Youth system
11	FW	Bojan	18	EU	2007	54	12	2013	Youth system
13	GK	José Manuel Pinto	33	EU	2008	3	0	2010	€0.5M
14	FW	Thierry Henry	31	EU	2007	59	31	2011	€24M
15	MF	Seydou Keita	29	EU	2008	0	0	2012	€14M
16	DF	Sylvinho	35	EU	2004	92	3	2009	€2M
18	DF	Gabriel Milito	28	EU	2007	27	1	2011	€17M
20	DF	Dani Alves	26	EU	2008	0	0	2012	€29M
21	MF	Alexander Hleb	28	Non-EU	2008	0	0	2012	€15M
22	DF	Eric Abidal	29	EU	2007	40	0	2011	€15M
24	MF	Yaya Touré	26	Non-EU	2007	32	2	2012	€9M	Under Bosman ruling
25	GK	Albert Jorquera	30	EU	2003	17	0	2010	Youth system
27	FW	Pedro	21	EU	2008	2	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
28	MF	Sergio Busquets	20	EU	2008	0	0	2013	Youth system
29	DF	Víctor Sánchez	21	EU	2008	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system

Source: FC Barcelona and footballdatabase.com

Players in and out

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
15	MF	Keita	28	EU	Sevilla	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€14M	Barcelona.cat
3	DF	Piqué	21	EU	Manchester United	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€5M	Barcelona.cat
13	GK	Pinto	32	EU	Celta de Vigo	Transfer Y	Summer	2010	€0.5M	Barcelona.cat
2	DF	Cáceres	21	Non-EU	Villarreal	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€16.5M	Barcelona.cat
20	DF	Alves	25	EU	Sevilla	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€29M + €6M in variables	Barcelona.cat
21	MF	Hleb	27	Non-EU	Arsenal	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€11.8M	Barcelona.cat
12	DF	Henrique	21	Non-EU	Palmeiras	Transfer Y	Summer	2013	€8M + €2M in variables	Barcelona.cat
28	MF	Busquets	20	EU	Barcelona B	Promote	Summer	2013	Free

Total spending: €88M

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
15	DF	Edmílson	31	EU	Villarreal	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free	Barcelona.cat
11	DF	Zambrotta	31	EU	Milan	Transfer Y	Summer	€9M + €2M in variables	Barcelona.cat
17	FW	Dos Santos	19	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer Y	Summer	€6M + €5M in variables	Barcelona.cat
21	DF	Thuram	36	EU	Retired	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free	Barcelona.cat
18	FW	Ezquerro	31	EU	Osasuna	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free	Barcelona.cat
20	MF	Deco	30	EU	Chelsea	Transfer Y	Summer	€10M	Barcelona.cat
10	FW	Ronaldinho	28	EU	Milan	Transfer Y	Summer	€21M + €4M in variables	Barcelona.cat
12	DF	Henrique	21	Non-EU	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan →	Summer	N/A	Barcelona.cat
23	DF	Oleguer	28	EU	Ajax	Transfer Y	Summer	€3M + €2.25M in variables	Barcelona.cat
26	MF	Crosas	20	EU	Celtic	Transfer Y	Summer	€0.5M + €0.8M in variables	Barcelona.cat

Total income: €49.5M

Squad stats

				Total			Champions League		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Copa Catalunya
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		V. Valdés	49	49		14		35
20	DF		Dani Alves	52	54	5	12		34	5	8
5	DF		Puyol	41	45	1	11		28	1	6
3	DF		Piqué	44	45	3	14	1	25	1	6	1
22	DF		Abidal	31	32		5		25		2
24	MF		Touré Yaya	39	43	3	12		25	2	6	1
6	MF		Xavi	49	54	10	14	3	35	6	5	1
8	MF		A. Iniesta	38	43	5	11	1	26	4	6
10	FW		Messi	41	51	38	12	9	31	23	8	6
9	FW		Eto'o	46	52	36	12	6	36	30	4
14	FW		Henry	36	42	26	12	6	29	19	1	1
13	GK		Pinto	11	11				2		9
25	GK		Jorquera	1	1		1
41	GK		Oier	1	1				1
2	DF		M. Cáceres	16	23		3		13		7
4	DF		Márquez	36	37	3	10	1	23	1	4	1
16	DF		Sylvinho	22	30	1	7	1	15		8
18	DF		Milito
29	DF		V. Sánchez	6	12		3		7		2
37	DF		Botía		1				1
46	DF		Muniesa		1				1
15	MF		Keita	29	46	6	12	2	29	4	5
21	MF		Hleb	19	36		9		19		8
28	MF		Sergio B.	31	41	3	8	2	24	1	9
30	MF		Vázquez	1	1		1
35	MF		Abraham		2				1		1
44	MF		Thiago		1				1
45	MF		Xavi Torres	2	2				2
7	FW		Gudjohnsen	17	34	4	5		24	3	5	1
11	FW		Bojan	18	42	10	10	3	23	2	9	5
27	FW		Pedro	6	14		5		6		3
31	FW		Jeffrén		2				2

Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by position and then numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Name
1	GK	V. Valdés	2	0	2
13	GK	Pinto	1	0	0
20	DF	Dani Alves	8	0	0
3	DF	Piqué	10	2	0
4	DF	Márquez	8	1	0
5	DF	Puyol	4	0	0
22	DF	Abidal	3	0	2
2	DF	M. Cáceres	3		1
24	MF	Touré Yaya	7	0	0
6	MF	Xavi	5	0	0
28	MF	Busquets	12	0	0
8	MF	A. Iniesta	3	0	0
15	MF	Keita	1	0	1
29	MF	V. Sánchez	1	0	0
9	FW	Eto'o	9	0	0
14	FW	Henry	5	0	0
11	FW	Bojan	1	0	0
10	FW	Messi	2	0	0
7	FW	Gudjohnsen	1	0	0

Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Pep Guardiola
Assistant coach	Tito Vilanova
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Carlos Unzué
Physical fitness coach	Lorenzo Buenaventura
Lead fitness coach	Paco Seirul·lo
Field work	Aureli Altimira
Strength work	Francesc Cos

Source: FC Barcelona

Competitions

Overall

As in nine out of the last ten seasons, Barcelona was present in all major competitions. First division and Copa del Rey in Spain and UEFA Champions League in Europe.

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	Winner	31 August 2008	31 May 2009
Champions League	Third qualifying round	Winner	13 August 2008	27 May 2009
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Winner	28 October 2008	13 May 2009

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	25	3	10	83	52	+31	78
3	Sevilla	38	21	7	10	54	39	+15	70
4	Atlético Madrid	38	20	7	11	80	57	+23	67	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Villarreal	38	18	11	9	61	54	+7	65	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	14	3	2	61	14	+47	13	3	3	44	21	+23

Last updated: 8 May.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D
Position	17	15	9	6	5	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All kickoff times are in CEST. Win Draw Loss

31 August 2008 1	Numancia	1–0	Barcelona	Soria
19:00	Mario 13'	(Report)	Puyol 42' Eto'o 80'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 9,500 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

13 September 2008 2	Barcelona	1–1	Racing Santander	Barcelona
20:00	Messi 71' (pen.) Iniesta 87'	(Report)	Pinillos 37' Munitis 60' Serrano 62' Lacen 66' Christian 70' Jonathan 77' Valera 88' Luccin 92'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 54,678 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

21 September 2008 3	Sporting Gijón	1–6	Barcelona	Gijón
21:00	Cámara 7' Carmelo 41' Maldonado 50' Gerard 56'	(Report)	Xavi 27' Eto'o 33' Jorge 49' (o.g.) Iniesta 70' Messi 85', 90'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,481 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

24 September 2008 4	Barcelona	3–2	Real Betis	Barcelona
20:00	Touré 13' Eto'o 17', 23' Guðjohnsen 80' Busquets 84'	(Report)	Vega 43' Monzón 59' José Mari 67' Capi 73' Aurélio 85'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55,727 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez

27 September 2008 5	Espanyol	1–2	Barcelona	Barcelona
22:00	Nenê 12' 45' Coro 20' Martínez 53' Chica 55' Jarque 90+8'	(Report)	Busquets 6' Valdés 20' Henry 84' Messi 90+13' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 31,660 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

4 October 2008 6	Barcelona	6–1	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
22:00	Márquez 3', 54' Eto'o 5' (pen.), 17' Messi 8' Guðjohnsen 28' Henry 62', 72'	(Report)	Rodríguez 9', 13' López 32' Heitinga 33' Ujfaluši 52'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 75,232 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

19 October 2008 7	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Barcelona	Bilbao
19:00	Amorebieta 39' Orbaiz 49' Balenziaga 79'	(Report)	Márquez 50' Eto'o 63', 90' Busquets 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

25 October 2008 8	Barcelona	5–0	Almería	Barcelona
22:00	Eto'o 5', 20', 23' Henry 13' Alves 36'	(Report)	Negredo 28' Crusat 29' Ortiz 43' Soriano 80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 63,566 Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

1 November 2008 9	Málaga	1–4	Barcelona	Málaga
20:00	Apoño 4' Baha 7' Duda 12'	(Report)	Xavi 5', 53' Messi 19' Alves 54' Touré 75' Busquets 79' Weligton 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

8 November 2008 10	Barcelona	6–0	Real Valladolid	Barcelona
22:00	Eto'o 12', 30', 42', 44' Touré 20' Guðjohnsen 71' Henry 83'	(Report)	Dorado 74'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 58,276 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

16 November 2008 11	Recreativo Huelva	0–2	Barcelona	Huelva
21:00	Sisi 37' Arzo 71' Beto 90+1'	(Report)	Alves 32' Messi 50' Eto'o 71' Keita 85'	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Attendance: 19,860 Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

23 November 2008 12	Barcelona	1–1	Getafe	Barcelona
19:00	Alves 6' Eto'o 65' Keita 71' Puyol 91'	(Report)	Manu 19' Gavilán 22' Granero 30' Licht 41' Rafa 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 65,249 Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez

29 November 2008 13	Sevilla	0–3	Barcelona	Seville
22:00	Luís Fabiano 86'	(Report)	Eto'o 20', 30' Márquez 62' Piqué 76' Messi 71', 90+2'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

6 December 2008 14	Barcelona	4–0	Valencia	Barcelona
22:00	Henry 20', 28', 79' Alves 46'	(Report)	Albiol 6' Albelda 38' Villa 67' Miguel 72' Del Horno 73'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 82,889 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

13 December 2008 15	Barcelona	2–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
22:00	Márquez 40' Eto'o 83', 84' Messi 90', 90+1'	(Report)	Metzelder 21' Ramos 26' Drenthe 41' Salgado 68' Casillas 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 96,059 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

21 December 2008 16	Villarreal	1–2	Barcelona	Villarreal
19:00	Cani 47' Franco 79' Pires 87' Cazorla 88'	(Report)	Keita 54' Henry 66' Piqué 70' 74' Puyol 75' Xavi 75'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

3 January 2009 17	Barcelona	3–1	Mallorca	Barcelona
20:00	Henry 30', 36' Márquez 49' Xavi 64' Alves 73' Iniesta 75' Touré 90+2'	Report	Aduriz 15', 57' Josemi 36' 90' Suárez 43' Lux 68' Varela 73' Arango 75'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,399 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

11 January 2009 18	Osasuna	2–3	Barcelona	Pamplona
21:00	Flaño 62' Josetxo 69' Pandiani 72'	(Report)	Abidal 32' Eto'o 44' Valdés 69' Xavi 80' Messi 84' Busquets 90+3'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 19,800 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

17 January 2009 19	Barcelona	5–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
20:00	Messi 21' Henry 27', 82' Eto'o 41', 86' (pen.)	(Report)	Aranzubia 84'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 65,145 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

24 January 2009 20	Barcelona	4–1	Numancia	Barcelona
22:00	Xavi 24' Messi 49', 75' Eto'o 52' Piqué 65' Henry 70'	(Report)	Dimas 23' Barkero 60' Palacios 58' 80' Del Pino 81' Ortega 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 47,330 Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

1 February 2009 21	Racing Santander	1–2	Barcelona	Santander
17:00	Munitis 22' Žigić 31', 55' (pen.)	(Report)	Messi 65', 80' Alves 76' Márquez 54' 87' Piqué 31' 90+3'	Stadium: Campos de Sport de El Sardinero Attendance: 22,251 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

8 February 2009 22	Barcelona	3–1	Sporting Gijón	Barcelona
19:00	Eto'o 23', 40' Abidal 45' Henry 56' Alves 65'	(Report)	Gerard 10' Matabuena 37' Mateo 67' Míchel 73'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 69,341 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

14 February 2009 23	Real Betis	2–2	Barcelona	Seville
20:00	Oliveira 17' Melli 18' González 24' Emaná 45' Juanma 82'	(Report)	Piqué 35' Eto'o 45+3', 84' Busquets 76'	Stadium: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Attendance: 55,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

21 February 2009 24	Barcelona	1–2	Espanyol	Barcelona
20:00	Piqué 21' Keita 38' Eto'o 40' Busquets 51' Xavi 56' Touré 62', 73' Puyol 76'	(Report)	Pareja 17' García 40' De la Peña 50', 54' Jarque 53' Sánchez 61' Alonso 88' Tamudo 90+2'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 76,942 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

1 March 2009 25	Atlético Madrid	4–3	Barcelona	Madrid
19:00	Forlán 32', 79' (pen.) Heitinga 46' García 48' Agüero 56', 88' Assunção 66'	(Report)	Henry 18', 73' Messi 30', 90+2' Alves 57'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez

7 March 2009 26	Barcelona	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
20:00	Busquets 16', 69' Messi 31' (pen.) Eto'o 50' Iniesta 58'	(Report)	Martínez 21' Orbaiz 47' Amorebieta 59' Toquero 85'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 75,074 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

15 March 2009 27	Almería	0–2	Barcelona	Almería
21:00	Acasiete 21' Ortiz 75' Negredo 85'	(Report)	Bojan 52', 55'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,333 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

22 March 2009 28	Barcelona	6–0	Málaga	Barcelona
19:00	Xavi 18' Messi 24' Henry 32' Alves 33', 50' Eto'o 43', 56' Guðjohnsen 80'	(Report)	Nacho 17' Lolo 28' Gámez 35'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 75,178 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

4 April 2009 29	Real Valladolid	0–1	Barcelona	Valladolid
20:00	Aguirre 20'	(Report)	Eto'o 40'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 26,512 Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

11 April 2009 30	Barcelona	2–0	Recreativo Huelva	Barcelona
20:00	Iniesta 1' Morris 67' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 56,831 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

18 April 2009 31	Getafe	0–1	Barcelona	Getafe
20:00	Contra 35' Granero 65' Mario 71' Cortés 78'	(Report)	Messi 19' Busquets 35' Alves 87'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Alvárez

22 April 2009 32	Barcelona	4–0	Sevilla	Barcelona
22:00	Iniesta 2' Eto'o 16' Abidal 35' Xavi 48' Henry 54' Alves 75'	(Report)	Navarro 41' Mosquera 62'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,722 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

25 April 2009 33	Valencia	2–2	Barcelona	Valencia
22:00	Silva 22' Maduro 43', 52' Hernández 45+1' Baraja 55' Marchena 64' Alexis 84'	(Report)	Messi 24' Valdés 40' Iniesta 42' Henry 86'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

2 May 2009 34	Real Madrid	2–6	Barcelona	Madrid
22:00	Higuaín 13' Ramos 25', 55' Marcelo 45' Van der Vaart 73'	(Report)	Henry 17', 57' Puyol 20', 38' Abidal 22' Messi 35', 74' Piqué 82'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

10 May 2009 35	Barcelona	3–3	Villarreal	Barcelona
19:00	Keita 11' Eto'o 36' Alves 45+1', 83' Abidal 76'	(Report)	Llorente 22', 90+1' Godín 49' Rossi 57' Fernández 77' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 92,722 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

17 May 2009 36	Mallorca	2–1	Barcelona	Palma
19:55	Arango 73' Santana 77' Ayoze 87'	(Report)	Eto'o 9' Bojan 45' Torres 75'	Stadium: Iberostar Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

23 May 2009 37	Barcelona	0–1	Osasuna	Barcelona
19:55	Abidal 33' Guðjohnsen 38' Bojan 72' Muniesa 76'	(Report)	Pandiani 26' Monreal 84'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 77,331 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

30 May 2009 38	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Barcelona	A Coruña
22:00	Bodipo 31' Sergio 54'	(Report)	Bojan 44' Eto'o 89'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 34,600 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

28 October 2008 First leg	Benidorm	0–1	Barcelona	Benidorm
21:00 CEST	Bardal 20' Castell 41' Moreno 73' Morcillo 79'	(Report)	Cáceres 47' Bojan 55' Abidal 69'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor Attendance: 6,000 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

12 November 2008 Second leg	Barcelona	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Benidorm	Barcelona
21:00 CET	Messi 86'	(Report)	Moreno 20'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 23,422 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Round of 16

6 January 2009 First leg	Atlético Madrid	1–3	Barcelona	Madrid
20:00 CET	Sinama Pongolle 21' Simão 38' Maniche 38' Pernía 41' Assunção 51' Heitinga 56' Ujfaluši 68', 86' Banega 89'	(Report)	Messi 11', 57' (pen.), 79' Cáceres 67' Busquets 69'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 54,851 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

14 January 2009 Second leg	Barcelona	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
22:00 CET	Bojan 28' Touré 63' Guðjohnsen 76'	(Report)	Sinama Pongolle 23' García 24' Camacho 35' Perea 78'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 46,482 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Quarter-finals

21 January 2009 First leg	Espanyol	0–0	Barcelona	Barcelona
22:00 CET	García 17' Hurtado 48' Béranger 85' Smiljanić 89'	(Report)	Cáceres 45' Sánchez 65'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 21,600 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

29 January 2009 Second leg	Barcelona	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Espanyol	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Busquets 32' Bojan 34', 48' Piqué 56'	(Report)	Chica 37' Coro 58' Callejón 64' Jarque 69' 90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 78,443 Referee: Megía Dávila

Semi-finals

5 February 2009 First leg	Barcelona	2–0	Mallorca	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Touré 22' Henry 34', 44' Márquez 73'	(Report)	Webó 6' Ayoze 26' Josemi 72' Suárez 75' Nunes 83' Trejo 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 52,932 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

4 March 2009 Second leg	Mallorca	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Barcelona	Palma
21:00 CET	Castro 45' Ramis 60' Josemi 29' 65' Corrales 70' Keita 85'	(Report)	Touré 34' Pinto 36' Piqué 50' Cáceres 50' Messi 81'	Stadium: Iberostar Attendance: 23,142 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Final

13 May 2009 Final	Athletic Bilbao	1–4	Barcelona	Valencia
21:30 CEST	Toquero 8' López 29' Lertxundi 35'	Report	Touré 21' 31' Keita 49' Messi 50' 54' Bojan 57' Xavi 64'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Medina Cantalejo

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008 First leg	Barcelona	4–0	Wisła Kraków	Barcelona, Spain
21:45	Eto'o 17', 83' Xavi 25' Henry 50'	Report	Cantoro 15'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 56,786 Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

26 August 2008 Second leg	Wisła Kraków	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Barcelona	Kraków, Poland
20:45	Brożek 44' Cléber 51' Boguski 53'	Report	Henry 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski in Kraków Attendance: 20,700 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Basel	6	0	1	5	2	16	−14	1

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2008 1	Barcelona	3–1	Sporting CP	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Márquez 21' Eto'o 60' (pen.) Piqué 70' Xavi 87'	Report	Tonel 72' Rochemback 85'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 58,354 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

1 October 2008 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	Barcelona	Donetsk, Ukraine
20:45	Ilsinho 45' Srna 47' Fernandinho 58' Chyhrynskyi 69' Brandão 88'	Report	Xavi 41' Keita 78' Messi 87', 90+4' Márquez 88' Iniesta 90+3'	Stadium: RSK Olimpiyskyi Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

22 October 2008 3	Basel	0–5	Barcelona	Basel, Switzerland
20:45	Rubio 43' Abraham 86'	Report	Messi 4' Busquets 15' Bojan 22', 46' Xavi 48'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

4 November 2008 4	Barcelona	1–1	Basel	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Messi 62'	Report	Derdiyok 82' Costanzo 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 49,479 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

26 November 2008 5	Sporting CP	2–5	Barcelona	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45	Caneira 54' Veloso 65' Liédson 66' Patrício 71'	Report	Henry 14' Piqué 17' Busquets 33' Messi 49' Márquez 63' Caneira 67' (o.g.) Bojan 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 31,765 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

9 December 2008 6	Barcelona	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Bojan 50' Sylvinho 59' Busquets 83'	Report	Hladkyy 31', 58', 87' Hübschman 65' Fernandinho 76' Brandão 86' Luiz Adriano 87' Kucher 89' Pyatov 90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 22,763 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

24 February 2009 First leg	Lyon	1–1	Barcelona	Lyon, France
20:45	Juninho 7' Toulalan 24' Grosso 32' Cris 87'	Report	Alves 34' Puyol 61' Busquets 63' Henry 67'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,258 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

10 March 2009 Second leg	Barcelona	5–2 (6–3 agg.)	Lyon	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Henry 25', 27', 45+1' Messi 40' Eto'o 43' Keita 90+5'	Report	Cris 12' Makoun 44', 70' Juninho 35' 90+1', 48' Delgado 49' Grosso 64' Toulalan 76'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 86,368 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Quarter-finals

8 April 2009 First leg	Barcelona	4–0	Bayern Munich	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Messi 9', 38', 17' Eto'o 12' Henry 43' Márquez 90'	Report	Lell 48' Demichelis 57'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 93,219 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Note: Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola was ejected in the 18th minute.

14 April 2009 Second leg	Bayern Munich	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Barcelona	Munich, Germany
20:45	Lúcio 36' Demichelis 42' Ribéry 47' Borowski 82' Lell 84'	Report	Alves 18' Puyol 25' Keita 73'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Semi-finals

28 April 2009 First leg	Barcelona	0–0	Chelsea	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Touré 37' Puyol 74'	Report	Alex 26' Ballack 29'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 95,231 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

6 May 2009 Second leg	Chelsea	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Barcelona	London, England
20:45	Essien 9' 74' Alex 77' Ballack 90+6' Drogba 90+9'^[2]	Report	Alves 30' Abidal 66' Eto'o 90+1' Iniesta 90+3' 90+4'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 37,857 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Final

27 May 2009 Final	Barcelona	2–0	Manchester United	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST	Eto'o 10' Piqué 16' Messi 70'	[Report]	Ronaldo 78' Scholes 80' Vidić 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 62,467 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Record

Competition	Won	Draw	Lost
La Liga	27	6	5
Copa del Rey	7	2	0
UEFA Champions League	8	5	2
Friendly	6	0	0
Total	48	13	7

References

^ "Rafa Marquez signs contract renewal with FC Barcelona until 2012" (in Spanish). proceso.com.mx. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ Drogba was cautioned for dissent after full-time.

External links

FC Barcelona official website
English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page Archived 7 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Footballdatabase.com: FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
UEFA Champions League
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
Federació Catalana de Futbol Archived 23 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Rafa Marquez signs contract renewal with FC Barcelona until 2012" (in Spanish). proceso.com.mx. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[2] Drogba was cautioned for dissent after full-time.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	14	3	2	61	14	+47	13	3	3	44	21	+23

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	14	3	2	61	14	+47	13	3	3	44	21	+23

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	14	3	2	61	14	+47	13	3	3	44	21	+23