2007–08 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona

2007–08 season
Chairman	Joan Laporta
Manager	Frank Rijkaard
La Liga	3rd
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Samuel Eto'o (16) All: Thierry Henry (19)
Home colours Away colours
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Though it did not produce silverware, Futbol Club Barcelona's 2007-08 season would mark a period of change within the club, having many firsts and lasts. Most importantly, this would be Ronaldinho's last season with the club that had made him famous, being displaced by the coming of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. This season also marked the breakthrough of young talent Bojan Krkić into the first team, as well as the emergence of Lionel Messi as one of the team's key players. On the other hand, this would be Lilian Thuram's last season as a professional footballer, as well as Gianluca Zambrotta's last with the club.

Contents 1 Events 2 Players 2.1 Squad information 2.2 Players in / out 2.2.1 In 2.2.2 Out 2.3 Squad stats 2.4 Disciplinary record 2.5 Start formations 2.6 Starting XI 3 Club 3.1 Coaching staff 3.2 Kit 3.3 Other information 4 Competitions 4.1 Overall 4.2 La Liga 4.2.1 Classification 4.2.2 Results summary 4.3 UEFA Champions League 5 Matches 5.1 Competitive 5.2 Friendly 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Events

• 25 June: Thierry Henry moves from Arsenal to Barcelona for €24 million.^[1]

• 29 August: Nike will supply Barcelona until 2017-18 season.^[2]

• 22 September: The Camp Nou turns 50-years old with a celebration full of music, light, and colour.^[3]

• 22 September: A large reform for the Camp Nou was revealed. It'll make the Camp Nou bigger, with a movable roof and better facilities.^[4][5][6]

• 20 October: Bojan becomes the youngest ever player to score for the club in La Liga.^[7]

• 26 October: Barça opens a community centre for children in Senegal.^[8]

• 20 March: Copa del Rey ends for Barcelona.^[9]

• 8 May: Frank Rijkaard until 30 June; Josep Guardiola to take over.^[10]

Players

Squad information

The squad has reasonably changed in the summer transfer window. The biggest addition was Thierry Henry, with a transfer fee of €24 millions. That equals the transfer fee paid for Samuel Eto'o in 2004, but just below the €30 million paid for Ronaldinho in 2003. Other additions were Éric Abidal, Yaya Touré, and Gabriel Milito that are part of the current start team. On the other end, some important players that were often used last season have left the club, such as, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Ludovic Giuly. Barcelona still used a great number of players developed in its youth system, 9 of 23, and have two new additions this season: Giovani dos Santos and Bojan (17 years old, the youngest player on the squad).

Most of the players have contracts beyond this end of season, but Deco, an important player, has his contract ending in 2008. The captain is still Carles Puyol, who is from Barcelona's youth system, plays in the first squad since 1999 and currently is the player with the most appearances (268). Currently, the highest scorer is Ronaldinho, with 80 goals. Also Ronaldinho, from August of this year, has a European passport. On mid-October, Samuel Eto'o received Spanish nationality, making him an EU player.^[11] The only non-EU player is Yaya Touré. Because Spain ratified the Cotonou Agreement in 2007, however, Touré is now considered an EU player, as his native country of Côte d'Ivoire is a signatory to that agreement, and the 2003 Kolpak ruling extended the Bosman ruling to nations with an associate trading relationship with the EU.

As of 21 October

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	ESP	V. Valdés (VC3)	25	EU	1998	210	0	2010	Youth system
11	RB	ITA	Zambrotta	30	EU	2006	74	3	2010	€14M
5	CB	ESP	Puyol (captain)	29	EU	1992	303	6	2010	Youth system
3	CB	ARG	Milito	26	EU	2007	39	1	2011	€17M
22	LB	FRA	Abidal	27	EU	2007	40	0	2011	€15M
6	RM	ESP	Xavi (VC2)	27	EU	1994	288	28	2010	Youth system
24	DM	CIV	Touré Yaya	24	Non-EU	2007	32	2	2011	€9M	Under Kolpak ruling
8	LM	ESP	A. Iniesta	23	EU	2002	211	17	2010	Youth system
19	RW	ARG	Messi	20	EU	2004	97	40	2014	Youth system
9	CF	CMR	Eto'o	26	EU	2004	137	89	2010	€24M
14	LW	FRA	Henry	29	EU	2007	40	14	2011	€24M
25	GK	ESP	Jorquera	28	EU	2001	17	0	2008	Youth system
23	CB	ESP	Oleguer	27	EU	2002	165	1	2010	Youth system
21	CB	FRA	Thuram	35	EU	2006	50	0	2008	€5M
4	CB	MEX	Márquez	28	EU	2003	166	8	2010	€5M
16	LB	BRA	Sylvinho	33	EU	2004	92	3	2008	€2M
15	DM	BRA	Edmílson	30	EU	2004	89	0	2008	€10M
20	LM	PORBRA	Deco	29	EU	2004	151	19	2008	€15M	€15M + Quaresma
10	LW	BRA	Ronaldinho (VC1)	27	EU	2003	196	89	2010	€30M	EU passport
7	CF	ISL	Guðjohnsen	28	EU	2006	72	13	2009	€12M
27	FW	ESP	Bojan	16	EU	2007	40	10	2009	Youth system
17	FW	MEX	Giovani	18	EU	2007	33	1	2009	Youth system	EU passport
18	CF	ESP	Ezquerro	30	EU	2005	38	7	2008	Free
13	GK	ESP	Pinto	31	EU	2008	0	0	2008	loan

Last updated: 12 April
Source: FCBarcelona.cat, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Allowed up to 3 players without EU passport.^[12]
Squad limited to 25 players.^[13]

Players in / out

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
14	FW	Henry	EU	FRA	29	Transfer Y	Arsenal	Summer	2011	€24M	FCBarcelona.cat
24	MF	Touré Yaya	Non-EU	CIV	26	Transfer Y	Monaco	Summer	2011	€9M	FCBarcelona.cat FCBarcelona.cat
22	DF	Abidal	EU	FRA	27	Transfer Y	Lyon	Summer	2011	€15M	FCBarcelona.cat
3	DF	Milito	EU	ARG	28	Transfer Y	Zaragoza	Summer	2011	€17M + €3.5M in variables	FCBarcelona.cat
17	FW	Dos Santos	EU	MEX	18	Promote	Barcelona B	Summer	2009	Youth system	FCBarcelona.cat
27	FW	Bojan	EU	ESP	16	Promote	Barcelona B	Summer	2009	Youth system	FCBarcelona.cat
13	GK	Pinto	EU	ESP	31	Loan	Celta de Vigo	Winter	2008	€0.5M	FCBarcelona.cat FCBarcelona.cat

Out

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Status	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
12	DF	Gio	EU	NED	32	Contract Termination N	Feyenoord	Summer	Free
22	FW	Saviola	EU	ARG	25	Contract Termination N	Real Madrid	Summer	Free	RealMadrid.com
8	FW	Giuly	EU	FRA	30	Transfer Y	Roma	Summer	€3.2M	FCBarcelona.cat
28	GK	Rubén	EU	ESP	23	Loan	Racing de Ferrol	Summer	N/A	lavozdegalicia.es
	FW	Maxi López	EU	ARG	23	Transfer Y	FC Moscow	Summer	€2M	Marca.com
2	RB	Belletti	EU	BRA	31	Transfer Y	Chelsea	Summer	€5.5M	chelseafc.com
3	MF	Thiago Motta	EU	BRA	24	Transfer Y	Atlético Madrid	Summer	€1M + 2M in variables	FCBarcelona.cat

Last updated: 1 February
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Squad stats

Víctor Valdés and Éric Abidal have been the only two players that have started all the matches (excepting Copa Catalunya, when Barcelona didn't use the same players as for the other competitions). Previously, Gianluca Zambrotta and Yaya Touré started all the matches until they got injured. Oleguer Presas replaced Zambrotta and Andrés Iniesta replaced Touré. Giovani dos Santos and Bojan were the substitute forwards, while Santiago Ezquerro played only in the Copa Catalunya, as well as Eiður Guðjohnsen playing once. Thierry Henry started the majority of the matches when Samuel Eto'o got injured. He scored his first hat trick wearing Barça's jersey, and he's the second goal scorer with four goals. Ronaldinho missed three matches due to an injury.^[14] The most outstanding player has been Lionel Messi with eight goals in nine appearances. He is the top scorer at the moment.

As of 5 February

				Total			La Liga		UEFA Champions League		Copa del Rey	Copa Catalunya

No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK	ESP	V. Valdés	52	52		35		11		6
3	CB	ARG	Milito	41	42	1	27	1	9		6
4	CB	MEX	Márquez	26	37	2	23	2	8		5		1
5	CB	ESP	Puyol	45	47	1	30		10	1	7
6	RM	ESP	Xavi	50	54	9	35	7	12	1	7	1
7	FW	ISL	Guðjohnsen	19	37	3	23	2	8		6	1
8	MF	ESP	A. Iniesta	43	49	4	31	3	11	1	7
9	CF	CMR	Eto'o	27	28	18	18	16	7	1	3	1
10	LW	BRA	Ronaldinho	20	26	9	17	8	8	1	1
11	RB	ITA	Zambrotta	37	41		29		7		5
13	GK	ESP	Pinto	3	3		3
14	LW	FRA	Henry	40	47	19	30	12	10	3	7	4
15	DM	BRA	Edmílson	7	15		11		1		3
16	LB	BRA	Sylvinho	17	24	1	14		4		4		2	1
17	FW	MEX	Giovani	16	38	4	28	3	5	1	5
18	FW	ESP	Ezquerro	4	6	3	3				1	2	2	1
19	RW	ARG	Messi	34	40	16	28	10	9	6	3
20	LM	POR BRA	Deco	24	29	1	18	1	6		5
21	CB	FRA	Thuram	25	28		18		6		4
22	LB	FRA	Abidal	43	46		30		10		6
23	CB	ESP	Oleguer	11	17		12		2		1		2
24	DM	CIV	Touré Yaya	37	38	2	26	1	9	1	3
25	GK	ESP	Jorquera	4	4				1		1		2
26	MF	ESP	Crosas	2	5				1		2		2
27	FW	ESP	Bojan	20	48	12	31	10	9	1	8	1
28	GK	ESP	Oier	1	1						1
30	DM	ESP	Víctor Sánchez	1	2		1				1
31	CB	ESP	Valiente		1						1
33	RW	ESP	Pedro		3		2						1
36	MF	ESP	Víctor Vázquez	1	3	1	1						2	1
37	DF	ESP	Fali		2		1						1
38	MF	ESP	Rueda		1		1

Last updated: 17 May
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Y	YY	R	Notes
11	RB	ITA	Zambrotta	7		1
4	CB	MEX	Márquez	9	1
3	CB	ARG	Milito	9	1
20	LM	PORBRA	Deco	12			24 appearances, booked every other match.
5	CB	ESP	Puyol	11
24	CM	CIV	Touré Yaya	8
17	FW	MEX	Giovani	6
8	MF	ESP	A. Iniesta	5
19	RW	ARG	Messi	5
22	LB	FRA	Abidal	4
9	FW	CMR	Eto'o	3
7	CF	ISL	Guðjohnsen	3
14	CF	FRA	Henry	3
6	RM	ESP	Xavi	3	1
27	FW	ESP	Bojan	2
21	CB	FRA	Thuram	2
23	CB	ESP	Oleguer	1
16	LB	BRA	Sylvinho	1
1	GK	ESP	V. Valdés	1

Last updated: 12 April
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

As last season,^[15] Frank Rijkaard still starting all matches using a 4-3-3 formation.

As of 3 February

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
52	4-3-3	All matches

Last updated: 12 April
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

This section show the most frequent starting 11 formation and players used in this season. So far, there is not much of a difference in the starting 11 from last season. Víctor Valdés, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez, Xavi, Deco, Lionel Messi, and Ronaldinho still part of it. Probably, because Carles Puyol was injured from the beginning of this season until 28 September,^[16] at this moment, Gabriel Milito has more starts. Éric Abidal has been a solid substitute for departed Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Yaya Touré, a big signing in the beginning of this season, has started lots of matches. Samuel Eto'o got injured after one competitive match,^[17] then Thierry Henry, the second biggest transfer in England last summer,^[18] has started as centre forward.

As of 5 February

No. Pos Nat Name GS Notes 1 GK ESP V. Valdés 47 11 RB ITA Zambrotta 28 3 CB ARG G. Milito 38 5 CB ESP Puyol 38 22 LB FRA Abidal 37 6 RM ESP Xavi 44 24 DM CIV Touré Yaya 31 8 LM ESP A. Iniesta 41 19 RW ARG Messi 28 9 CF CMR Eto'o 21 14 LW FRA Henry 35

V. Valdés Zambrotta G. Milito Puyol Abidal Xavi Touré Yaya A. Iniesta Messi Eto'o Henry

Last updated: 12 April
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Club

Coaching staff

This season will be the fifth consecutive season for Frank Rijkaard as FC Barcelona's manager.^[19] Even though Barça didn't win any major competition last season,^[20] the president Joan Laporta confirmed his presence for this season.^[21] All staff from last season, except doctor Gil Rodas, are remaining.^[22]

As of 13 October

Position	Staff
Manager	Frank Rijkaard
Assistant manager	Johan Neeskens / Eusebio Sacristán
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Carlos Unzué
Fitness coach	Paco Seirul·lo / Albert Roca
Doctors	Ricard Pruna / Toni Tramullas
Representative	Carles Naval

Last updated: 19 September
Source: FCBarcelona.cat

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Features: UNICEF (a noncommercial agreement, see FCBarcelona.cat)

Home

Away

Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Notes: Socks have stripes not shown here.

Other information

President	Joan Laporta
Vice-president and sports affairs	Marc Ingla
Technical secretary	Txiki Beguiristáin
Vice-president and institutional relations	Albert Vicens
Vice-president and economical affairs	Ferran Soriano
Vice-president and marketing-media	Jaume Ferrer
Security affairs	Alfonso Castro
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Camp Nou (98.772 / 105x68m)
Budget	€315m

Last updated: 11 January
Source: FC Barcelona article on 31 July 2007, Camp Nou article on 31 July 2007,FC Barcelona Board Members and Budget

Competitions

Overall

As in nine out of the last ten seasons,^[23] FC Barcelona is going to be present in all major competitions this season. First division, Copa del Rey in Spain and UEFA Champions League in Europe. Also, Copa Catalunya in Barça's native autonomous community of Catalonia, but using mostly FC Barcelona B's players (see matches' reports). Their goal, set at the start of the season, is to win all the possible trophies.^[24][25] So far, they ended as runner-ups in the less important Copa Catalunya.

As of 11 October

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	3	26 August 2007	17 May 2008
Copa Catalunya	Semi-finals	Runner-up	5 September 2007	11 September 2007
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Semi-finals	19 September 2007	29 April 2008
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Semi-finals	13 November 2007	20 March 2008

Last updated: 18 May
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	27	4	7	84	36	+48	85	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Villarreal	38	24	5	9	63	40	+23	77
3	Barcelona	38	19	10	9	76	43	+33	67	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Atlético Madrid	38	19	7	12	66	47	+19	64

Updated to games played on 18 May 2008
Source: La Liga 2007/08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
36	18	10	8	69	37	+32	64	14	2	2	44	9	+35	4	8	6	25	28	−3

Last updated: 7 May
Source: Competitive Matches

CACACA

UEFA Champions League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14	UEFA Champions League 2007-08 First knockout round
2	Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
3	Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7	UEFA Cup 2007-08 Round of 32
4	VfB Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3

Updated to games played on 17 December
Source: UEFA Champions League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	26 August	La Liga	1	A	Racing Santander	0 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 19:00 CEST Barcelona 90' Oleguer Racing Santander 13' Fernández  68' Smolarek
2	2 September	La Liga	2	H	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 CEST 76,817 Megía Dávila Barcelona  8' Ronaldinho 25' Deco  34' Ronaldinho 62' Márquez  72' Touré Yaya  77' Márquez Athletic Bilbao 34' Gorka 45' Susaeta  71' Susaeta  80' Koikili
3	5 September	Copa Catalunya	Semi-final	N	Girona	3 – 2	Report Kick off Referee Report link 21:45 CEST Pérez Fuentes Barcelona 25' Córcoles  66' (o.g.) Migue  70' Ezquerro  73' Sylvinho Girona 26' Asensio 41' Matamala  61' Chechu  65' Uri 69' Xumetra
4	11 September	Copa Catalunya	Final	N	Gimnàstic	1 – 2	Report Kick off Referee Report link 21:45 CEST Álvarez Izquierdo                                                        Barcelona  66' Víctor Vázquez 70' Fali Gimnàstic  55' Pinilla  79' Maldonado
5	16 September	La Liga	3	A	Osasuna	0 – 0	Report Kick off Referee Report link 21:00 CEST Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa Barcelona 31' Deco 38' A. Iniesta Osasuna 27' Josetxo 39' Izquierdo
6	19 September	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	H	Lyon	3 – 0	21' (o.g.) François Clerc 33' Toure Yaya 71' Henry  82' Messi  90+1' Henry
7	22 September	La Liga	4	H	Sevilla	2 – 1	20' Zambrotta  73' Messi  77' (pen.) Messi 82' Toure Yaya 87' Deco
8	26 September	La Liga	5	H	Zaragoza	4 – 1	5' Messi  11' Messi  21' Iniesta  45+1' Marquez 49' Toure Yaya 58' Marquez
9	29 September	La Liga	6	A	Levante	4 – 1	17' Henry  24' Henry  49' Henry  51' Messi
10	2 October	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	A	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	41' Messi  53' Puyol  67' Messi
11	7 October	La Liga	7	H	Atlético Madrid	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Report link 17:00 CEST 89.876 Barcelona  16' Deco  20' Messi 61' Deco  89' Xavi Atlético Madrid 13' Pernía 72' Luis García 75' Pablo 79' Seitaridis
12	20 October	La Liga	8	A	Villarreal	1 – 3	Report Kick off Report link 17:00 CEST                                                         Barcelona  24' Bojan 33' Milito 63' Deco 72' Xavi Villarreal  2' Cazorla  13' (pen.) Marcos Senna  34' (pen.) Marcos Senna 53' Capdevila
13	23 October	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	A	Rangers	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Report link 20:45 BST 49.957 Barcelona 48' Milito 63' Abidal Rangers 36' Thomson 50' Papac 71' Weir
14	28 October	La Liga	9	H	Almería	2 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 19:00 CEST Barcelona 6' Milito  37' Henry  79' (pen.) Messi 91' Abidal Almería 1' Juanito
15	1 November	La Liga	10	A	Valladolid	1 – 1	Report Kick off Report link 22:00 CEST Barcelona  42' Ronaldinho Valladolid  15' Llorente 15' Llorente
16	4 November	La Liga	11	H	Betis	3 – 0
17	7 November	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	H	Rangers	2 – 0
18	10 November	La Liga	12	A	Getafe	0 – 2	Report Kick off Report link 20:00 CEST Barcelona 21' Touré Yaya 26' Puyol 57' A. Iniesta 75' Bojan  86' Zambrotta Getafe  27' Manu 68' Mario 76' Granero  90' Albín
19	13 November	Copa del Rey	Round of 32	A	Alcoyano	3 – 0
20	24 November	La Liga	13	H	Recreativo	3 – 0
21	27 November	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	A	Lyon	2 – 2
22	1 December	La Liga	14	A	Espanyol	1 – 1
23	9 December	La Liga	15	H	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 1
24	12 December	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	H	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 1
25	15 December	La Liga	16	A	Valencia	3 – 0
26	23 December	La Liga	17	H	Real Madrid	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19.00 CET 98,247 Mejuto González Barcelona 27' Puyol 68' Milito Real Madrid  35' Baptista 45+2' Ramos 84' Baptista
27	2 January	Copa del Rey	Round of 32	H	Alcoyano	2 – 2
28	6 January	La Liga	18	A	Mallorca	2 – 0
29	9 January	Copa del Rey	Round of 16	A	Sevilla	1 – 1
30	13 January	La Liga	19	H	Murcia	4 – 0
31	15 January	Copa del Rey	Round of 16	H	Sevilla	0 – 0
32	20 January	La Liga	20	H	Racing Santander	1 – 0
33	24 January	Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals	A	Villarreal	0 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 22:00 CET Barcelona Villarreal
34	27 January	La Liga	21	A	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 1
35	31 January	Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals	H	Villarreal	1 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 22:00 CET Barcelona Villarreal
36	3 February	La Liga	22	H	Osasuna	1 – 0
37	10 February	La Liga	23	A	Sevilla	1 – 1
38	17 February	La Liga	24	A	Zaragoza	2 – 1
39	20 February	UEFA Champions League	Round of 16	A	Celtic	3 – 2
40	24 February	La Liga	25	H	Levante	5 – 1
41	27 February	Copa del Rey	Semi-finals	H	Valencia	1 – 1
42	2 March	La Liga	26	A	Atlético Madrid	2 – 4
43	4 March	UEFA Champions League	Round of 16	H	Celtic	1 – 0
44	9 March	La Liga	27	H	Villarreal	1 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 21:00 CET 52,827 Alfonso Pérez Burrull                                                Barcelona 30' V. Valdés 37' Thuram  66' Xavi 70' Eto'o 74' Xavi 86' Zambrotta Villarreal 17' Cazorla  31' Marcos Senna 45' Franco 73' Capdevila 74' Godín  80' Tomasson
45	16 March	La Liga	28	A	Almería	2 – 2	Report Kick off Referee Report link 19:00 CET Antonio Rubinos Pérez Barcelona  17' Bojan 30' Puyol  56' Eto'o 57' Milito 59' A. Iniesta 67' Guðjohnsen  71' Milito Almería  32' Pulido  85' Uche
46	20 March	Copa del Rey	Semi-finals	A	Valencia	2 – 3	Report Kick off Referee Report link 20:45 CET Mejuto González Barcelona 48' Guðjohnsen  72' Henry 74' Sylvinho  80' Eto'o Valencia  18' Baraja 37' Baraja  45' Mata  73' Mata
47	23 March	La Liga	29	H	Valladolid	4 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 17:00 CET 56,737 Jose Luís P. Romero Barcelona  23' Eto'o 30' Thuram  47' A. Iniesta 50' Puyol  62' Bojan  83' Bojan Valladolid  30' (pen) Sesma 70' Camacho
48	30 March	La Liga	30	A	Betis	2 – 3	Report Kick off Referee Report link 20:00 CEST Javier Turienzo Álvarez Barcelona  13' Bojan  15' Eto'o Betis 9' Mark González 51' Damià  63' Edú  76' Juanito  78' Edú
49	1 April	UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals	A	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 CEST 53,951 Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Barcelona  11' Bojan 67' Milito 92' Giovani 93' Márquez 94' Puyol Schalke 04 83' Pander 84' Larsen 86' Ernst 93' Krstajić
50	6 April	La Liga	31	H	Getafe	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 21:00 CEST 59,523 Fernando Teixeira Vitienes Barcelona 24' Touré Yaya 58' Zambrotta Getafe 12' Celestini
51	9 April	UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals	H	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 CEST 72,113 Roberto Rosetti (Italy)                                               Barcelona  43' Touré Yaya Schalke 04 10' Rafinha 26' Westermann 26' Ernst 64' Asamoah
52	12 April	La Liga	32	A	Recreativo	2 – 2	Report Kick off Referee Report link 22:00 CEST Carlos Clos Gómes                                                      Barcelona  1' Eto'o  46' Eto'o 82' Zambrotta Recreativo 21' Quique Álvarez  41' Rubén 66' Poli  70' Rubén
53	19 April	La Liga	33	H	Espanyol	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 CEST 74,451 Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa Barcelona 41' Guðjohnsen 65' Puyol 82' A. Iniesta 91' Milito 92' Messi 93' Xavi Espanyol 15' Moisés 43' Rufete 61' Ángel 65' Jarque 65' Chica 76' Tamudo 87' Kameni
54	23 April	UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals	H	Manchester United	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 CEST 95.949 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Barcelona 44' Márquez Manchester United 72' Hargreaves
55	26 April	La Liga	34	A	Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 2	Report Kick off Referee Report link 20:00 CEST Carlos Delgado Ferreiro Barcelona 62' Sylvinho 84' Márquez 87' Edmílson 88' Deco Deportivo La Coruña  54' Rodríguez  76' Amo 80' Lafita
56	29 April	UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals	A	Manchester United	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 WEST 61.250 Herbert Fandel (Germany) Barcelona 52' Zambrotta 53' Deco 70' Touré Yaya Manchester United  14' Scholes Ronaldo
57	4 May	La Liga	35	H	Valencia	6 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 CEST 54.905 Undiano Mallenco Barcelona  5' Messi  8' Xavi  14' Henry 25' Deco 38' Márquez 47' Eto'o  58' Henry  72' Bojan  79' Bojan Valencia 4' Alexis 35' Baraja 50' Marchena
58	7 May	La Liga	36	A	Real Madrid	1 – 4	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 22:00 CEST 80,000 Pérez Burrull                                                     Barcelona 20' Touré Yaya 39' Márquez 50' Henry 58' V. Valdés  76', 92' Xavi 76' Edmílson  87' Henry Real Madrid  13' Raúl  21' Robben 41' Sneijder  64' Higuaín  77' (p) van Nistelrooy 84' Heinze 91' Pepe
59	11 May	La Liga	37	H	Mallorca	2 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 21:00 CEST 39,928 Antonio Rubinos Pérez Barcelona  62', 90+2' Edmílson  17' Henry 21' Thuram  55' Eto'o Mallorca 8',  67' Valero 18' Arango  70' Webó  90' Güiza
60	18 May	La Liga	38	A	Murcia	3 – 5	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link CEST 33,000 Rafael Ramírez Domínguez Murcia 9' de Lucas  16' Ochoa 21' Marañón  81' (pen.) Iván Alonso  85' Abel Barcelona  23' Eto'o  25' Henry  32',  52',  66' Giovani 84' Fali

Last updated: 7 May
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
¹Barcelona goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Barcelona.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendly

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	GD
1	26 July	Pre-season	A	Dundee United	1 - 0	1
2	28 July	Pre-season	N	Heart of Midlothian	3 - 1	2
3	5 August	Asian Tour	A	Beijing Guoan	3 - 0	3
4	7 August	Asian Tour	A	Yokohama Marinos	1 - 0	1
5	11 August	Asian Tour	A	Mission Hills Invitation XI	4 - 0	4
6	15 August	Franz-Beckenbauer-Cup	A	Bayern Munich	1 - 0	1
7	29 August	Joan Gamper Trophy	H	Internazionale	5 - 0	5

Last updated: 14 March
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
¹Barcelona goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Barcelona.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

See also

• FC Barcelona
• UEFA Champions League 2007-08
• La Liga 2007-08
• Copa del Rey 2007-08

References

External links

• FC Barcelona official website
• English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
• ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
• Footballdatabase.com: FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
• UEFA Champions League
• Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
• Federació Catalana de Futbol

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