2008–09 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona

2008–09 season
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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

In 2008–09, Futbol Club Barcelona started a new era with a new manager, former player and FC Barcelona Atlètic 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 Barcelona squad is considered as one of the best in history.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		V. Valdés (VC)	26	EU	2002	260	0	2010	Youth system
2	DF		M. Cáceres	21	Non-EU	2008	0	0	2012	€16.5M
3	DF		Piqué	21	EU	2008	0	0	2012	Youth system	Bought from Manchester United for €5M
4	DF		Márquez	29	EU	2003	200	8	2010	€5M
5	DF		Puyol (captain)	30	EU	1999	270	4	2010	Youth system
6	MF		Xavi (VC)	28	EU	1998	288	28	2014	Youth system
7	FW		Gudjohnsen	29	EU	2006	72	13	2010	€12M
8	MF		A. Iniesta (VC)	24	EU	2002	211	17	2014	Youth system
9	FW		Eto'o	27	EU	2004	144	108	2010	€24M
10	FW		Messi	21	EU	2004	109	54	2014	Youth system
11	FW		Bojan	17	EU	2007	54	12	2013	Youth system
13	GK		Pinto	32	EU	2008	3	0	2010	€0.5M
14	FW		Henry	30	EU	2007	59	31	2011	€24M
15	MF		Keita	28	EU	2008	0	0	2012	€14M
16	DF		Sylvinho	34	EU	2004	92	3	2009	€2M
18	DF		Milito	27	EU	2007	27	1	2011	€17M
20	DF		Dani Alves	25	EU	2008	0	0	2012	€29M
21	MF		Hleb	27	Non-EU	2008	0	0	2012	€15M
22	DF		Abidal	28	EU	2007	40	0	2011	€15M
24	MF		Touré Yaya	25	Non-EU	2007	32	2	2012	€9M	Under Bosman ruling
25	GK		Jorquera	29	EU	2003	17	0	2010	Youth system
27	FW		Pedro	20	EU	2008	2	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
28	MF		Sergio B.	19	EU	2008	0	0	2013	Youth system
29	DF		V. Sánchez	20	EU	2008	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system

Players in and out

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
15	MF		Keita	28	EU	Sevilla !Sevilla	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€14M	Barcelona.cat
3	DF		Piqué	21	EU	Manchester United !Manchester United	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€5M	Barcelona.cat
13	GK		Pinto	32	EU	Celta de Vigo !Celta de Vigo	Transfer Y	Summer	2010	€0.5M	Barcelona.cat
2	DF		Cáceres	21	Non-EU	Villarreal !Villarreal	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€16.5M	Barcelona.cat
20	DF		Alves	25	EU	Sevilla !Sevilla	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€29M + €6M in variables	Barcelona.cat
21	MF		Hleb	27	Non-EU	Arsenal !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
16	MF		Busquets	20	EU	Barcelona B !Barcelona B	Promote	Summer	2013	Free

Total spending: €88M

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
15	DF		Edmílson	31	EU	Villarreal !Villarreal	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free	Barcelona.cat
11	DF		Zambrotta	31	EU	Milan !Milan	Transfer Y	Summer	€9M + €2M in variables	Barcelona.cat
17	FW		Dos Santos	19	EU	Tottenham Hotspur !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 !Osasuna	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free	Barcelona.cat
20	MF		Deco	30	EU	Chelsea !Chelsea	Transfer Y	Summer	€10M	Barcelona.cat
10	FW		Ronaldinho	28	EU	Milan !Milan	Transfer Y	Summer	€21M + €4M in variables	Barcelona.cat
12	DF		Henrique	21	Non-EU	Bayer Leverkusen !Bayer Leverkusen	Loan	Summer	N/A	Barcelona.cat
23	DF		Oleguer	28	EU	Ajax !Ajax	Transfer Y	Summer	€3M + €2,25M in variables	Barcelona.cat
26	MF		Crosas	20	EU	Celtic !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.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		V. Valdés	49	49		14		35
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
3	DF		Piqué	44	45	3	14	1	25	1	6	1
4	DF		Márquez	36	37	3	10	1	23	1	4	1
5	DF		Puyol	41	45	1	11		28	1	6
16	DF		Sylvinho	22	30	1	7	1	15		8
18	DF		Milito
20	DF		Dani Alves	52	54	5	12		34	5	8
22	DF		Abidal	31	32		5		25		2
29	DF		V. Sánchez	6	12		3		7		2
37	DF		Botía		1				1
46	DF		Muniesa		1				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
15	MF		Keita	29	46	6	12	2	29	4	5
21	MF		Hleb	19	36		9		19		8
24	MF		Touré Yaya	39	43	3	12		25	2	6	1
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
9	FW		Eto'o	46	52	36	12	6	36	30	4
10	FW		Messi	41	51	38	12	9	31	23	8	6
11	FW		Bojan	18	42	10	10	3	23	2	9	5
14	FW		Henry	36	42	26	12	6	29	19	1	1
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

2009 Champions League Final Starting XI

4–3–3 Formation

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
1	GK		V. Valdés	2	0	0
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		Sergio B.	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

Competitions

Overall

As in nine out of the last ten seasons, FC 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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona !Barcelona (C)	38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Real Madrid !Real Madrid	38	25	3	10	83	52	+31	78
3	Sevilla !Sevilla	38	21	7	10	54	39	+15	70

Source: 2008–09 La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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
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
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

All kickoff times are in CEST.       Win       Draw       Loss

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	13
Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9
Basel	6	0	1	5	2	16	−14	1

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Pre-season

      Win       Draw       Loss

Source : FC Barcelona

Record

Competition	Won	Draw	Lost
League	27	6	5
Copa del Rey	7	2	0
UCL	8	5	2
Friendly	6	0	0
Total	55	13	7

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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