2007–08 FC Barcelona season

Though it did not produce silverware, FC 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, 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.

Barcelona

2007–08 season
President	Joan Laporta
Head Coach	Frank Rijkaard
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	3rd
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Samuel Eto'o (16) All: Thierry Henry (19)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Events

Thierry Henry, a €24 million move from Arsenal.

• 25 June: Thierry Henry moves from Arsenal to Barcelona for €24 million.^[1]
• 29 August: Nike will supply Barcelona until the 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, with plans to make the Camp Nou bigger, with a retractable 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: Barcelona are knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the semi-final stage by Valencia.^[9]
• 8 May: The club announces that head coach Frank Rijkaard will leave the club when his contracts expires at the end of June, and that Pep Guardiola will replace him.^[10]

Players

Squad information

Carles Puyol, the captain of FC Barcelona in the 2007–08 season.

The squad has reasonably changed in the summer transfer window. The biggest addition was Thierry Henry, with a transfer fee of €24 million. 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 Eric Abidal, Yaya Touré, and Gabriel Milito . 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 Ivory Coast 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	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Víctor Valdés (VC3)	26	EU	2002	210	0	2010	Youth system
3	CB		Gabriel Milito	27	EU	2007	39	1	2011	€17M
4	CB		Rafael Márquez	29	EU	2003	166	8	2010	€5M
5	CB		Carles Puyol (captain)	30	EU	1999	303	6	2010	Youth system
6	CM		Xavi (VC2)	28	EU	1998	288	28	2010	Youth system
7	CF		Eiður Guðjohnsen	29	EU	2006	72	13	2009	€12M
8	CM		Andrés Iniesta	24	EU	2002	211	17	2010	Youth system
9	CF		Samuel Eto'o	27	EU	2004	137	89	2010	€24M
10	LW		Ronaldinho (VC1)	28	EU	2003	196	89	2010	€30M	EU passport
11	RB		Gianluca Zambrotta	31	EU	2006	74	3	2010	€14M
13	GK		José Manuel Pinto	32	EU	2008	0	0	2008	loan
14	LW		Thierry Henry	30	EU	2007	40	14	2011	€24M
15	DM		Edmílson	31	EU	2004	89	0	2008	€10M
16	LB		Sylvinho	34	EU	2004	92	3	2008	€2M
17	FW		Giovani dos Santos	19	EU	2007	33	1	2009	Youth system	EU passport
18	CF		Santiago Ezquerro	31	EU	2005	38	7	2008	Free
19	RW		Lionel Messi	20	EU	2004	97	40	2014	Youth system
20	LM		Deco	30	EU	2004	151	19	2008	€15M	€15M + Quaresma
21	CB		Lilian Thuram	36	EU	2006	50	0	2008	€5M
22	LB		Eric Abidal	28	EU	2007	40	0	2011	€15M
23	CB		Oleguer	28	EU	2002	165	1	2010	Youth system
24	DM		Touré Yaya	25	Non-EU	2007	32	2	2011	€9M	Under Kolpak ruling
25	GK		Albert Jorquera	29	EU	2001	17	0	2008	Youth system
27	FW		Bojan	17	EU	2007	40	10	2009	Youth system

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

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
14	FW		Henry	29	EU	Arsenal	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	€24M	FCBarcelona.cat
24	MF		Touré Yaya	24	Non-EU	Monaco	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	€9M	FCBarcelona.cat FCBarcelona.cat
22	DF		Abidal	27	EU	Lyon	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	€15M	FCBarcelona.cat
12	DF		Milito	26	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	€17M + €3.5M in variables	FCBarcelona.cat
17	FW		Giovani	18	EU	Barcelona B	Promote	Summer	2009	Youth system	FCBarcelona.cat
27	FW		Bojan	16	EU	Barcelona B	Promote	Summer	2009	Youth system	FCBarcelona.cat
13	GK		Pinto	31	EU	Celta de Vigo	Loan →	Winter	2008	€0.5M	FCBarcelona.cat FCBarcelona.cat

Total spending: €65.5 million

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
12	DF		Bronckhorst	32	EU	Feyenoord	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free
22	FW		Saviola	25	EU	Real Madrid	Contract Termination N	Summer	Free	RealMadrid.com
8	FW		Giuly	30	EU	Roma	Transfer Y	Summer	€3.2M	FCBarcelona.cat
28	GK		Rubén	23	EU	Racing Ferrol	Loan →	Summer	N/A	lavozdegalicia.es
	FW		Maxi López	23	EU	FC Moscow	Transfer Y	Summer	€2M	Marca.com
2	RB		Belletti	31	EU	Chelsea	Transfer Y	Summer	€5.5M	chelseafc.com
3	MF		Thiago Motta	24	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer Y	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.

Total income: €11.7 million.

Expenditure: €53.8 million.

Squad stats

Víctor Valdés has the most starts in this season.

Víctor Valdés and Eric 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 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.^[13]

As of 5 February

				Total			La Liga		UEFA Champions League		Copa del Rey		Copa Catalunya
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		V. Valdés	52	52		35		11		6
11	RB/LB		Zambrotta	37	41		29		7		5
3	CB		Milito	41	42	1	27	1	9		6
5	CB/RB		Puyol	45	47	1	30		10	1	7
22	LB/CB		Abidal	43	46		30		10		6
24	DM		Touré Yaya [a]	37	38	2	26	1	9	1	3
6	RM/DM/LM		Xavi	50	54	9	35	7	12	1	7	1
8	MF/LW/DM/RM		A. Iniesta	43	49	4	31	3	11	1	7
19	RW		Messi	34	40	16	28	10	9	6	3
9	CF		Eto'o [a]	27	28	18	18	16	7	1	3	1
14	LW/CF		Henry	40	47	19	30	12	10	3	7	4
10	LW/CF		Ronaldinho	20	26	9	17	8	8	1	1
7	FW/LM/RM		Guðjohnsen	19	37	3	23	2	8		6	1
4	CB/DM		Márquez	26	37	2	23	2	8		5		1
13	GK		Pinto	3	3		3
15	DM		Edmílson	7	15		11		1		3
16	LB		Sylvinho	17	24	1	14		4		4		2	1
17	FW		Giovani	16	38	4	28	3	5	1	5
18	FW		Ezquerro	4	6	3	3				1	2	2	1
20	LM		Deco	24	29	1	18	1	6		5
21	CB		Thuram	25	28		18		6		4
23	CB/RB		Oleguer	11	17		12		2		1		2
25	GK		Jorquera	4	4				1		1		2
26	MF		Crosas	2	5				1		2		2
27	FW		Bojan	20	48	12	31	10	9	1	8	1
28	GK		Oier	1	1						1
30	DM		Víctor Sánchez	1	2		1				1
31	CB		Valiente		1						1
33	RW		Pedro		3		2						1
36	MF		Víctor Vázquez	1	3	1	1						2	1
37	DF		Fali		2		1						1
38	MF		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

1. Played in 2008 African Cup of Nations

Disciplinary record

Deco, the most booked player.

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
11	RB		Zambrotta	7	0	1
4	CB		Márquez	9	1	0
3	CB		Milito	9	1	0
20	LM		Deco	12	0	0	24 appearances, booked every other match.
5	CB		Puyol	11	0	0
24	CM		Touré Yaya	8	0	0
17	FW		Giovani	6	0	0
8	MF		A. Iniesta	5	0	0
19	RW		Messi	5	0	0
22	LB		Abidal	4	0	0
9	FW		Eto'o	3	0	0
7	CF		Guðjohnsen	3	0	0
14	CF		Henry	3	0	0
6	RM		Xavi	3	1	0
27	FW		Bojan	2	0	0
21	CB		Thuram	2	0	0
23	CB		Oleguer	1	0	0
16	LB		Sylvinho	1	0	0
1	GK		V. Valdés	1	0	0

Last updated: 12 April
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
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

Frank Rijkaard, managing Barcelona since 2003.

This season will be the fifth consecutive season for Frank Rijkaard as Barcelona's manager. Even though Barça did not win any major competition last season,^[14] club president Joan Laporta confirmed Rijkaard's presence for this season.^[15] All staff from last season, except doctor Gil Rodas, are remaining.^[16]

As of 13 October

Position	Staff
Head coach	Frank Rijkaard
Assistant coach	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

Third

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

Updated to match played 11 January
Source: FC Barcelona Board Members and Budget

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2007–08 La Liga

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	27	4	7	84	36	+48	85	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Villarreal	38	24	5	9	63	40	+23	77
3	Barcelona	38	19	10	9	76	43	+33	67	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Atlético Madrid	38	19	7	12	66	47	+19	64[a]
5	Sevilla	38	20	4	14	75	49	+26	64[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W
Position	12	3	5	4	4	4	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	LYO	RAN	STU
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–0	3–1
2	Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10			2–2	—	0–3	4–2
3	Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–0	0–3	—	2–1
4	VfB Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3			0–2	0–2	3–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Matches

Competitive

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	26 August	La Liga	1	A	Racing Santander	0 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 19:00 CEST Barcelona Racing Santander  90' Oleguer  13' Fernández  68' Smolarek
2	2 September	La Liga	2	H	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1	Report [ Report link] Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 76,817 Referee Megía Dávila Barcelona Athletic Bilbao 8' Ronaldinho  25' Deco 34' Ronaldinho  62'  77' Márquez 72' Touré  34' Gorka  45', 71' Susaeta  80' Koikili
3	5 September	Copa Catalunya	Semi-final	N	Girona	3 – 2	Report [ Report link] Kick off 21:45 CEST Referee Pérez Fuentes Barcelona Girona  25' Córcoles 66' (o.g.) Migue 70' Ezquerro 73' Sylvinho  26' Asensio  41' Matamala 61' Chechu 65' Uri  69' Xumetra
4	11 September	Copa Catalunya	Final	N	Gimnàstic	1 – 2	Report [ Report link] Kick off 21:45 CEST Referee Álvarez Izquierdo Barcelona Gimnàstic 66' Vázquez  70' Fali 55' Pinilla 79' Maldonado
5	16 September	La Liga	3	A	Osasuna	0 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 21:00 CEST Referee Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa Barcelona Osasuna  31' Deco  38' Iniesta  27' Josetxo  39' Izquierdo
6	19 September	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	H	Lyon	3 – 0	21' (o.g.) Clerc  33' Touré  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' Touré  87' Deco
8	26 September	La Liga	5	H	Zaragoza	4 – 1	5' Messi 11' Messi 21' Iniesta 45+1' Márquez  49' Touré  58' Márquez
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 [ Report link] Kick off 17:00 CEST Attendance 89.876 Barcelona Atlético Madrid 16',  61' Deco 20' Messi 89' Xavi  13' Pernía  72' García  75' Ibáñez  79' Seitaridis
12	20 October	La Liga	8	A	Villarreal	1 – 3	Report [ Report link] Kick off 17:00 CEST Barcelona Villarreal 24' Bojan  33' Milito  63' Deco  72' Xavi 2' Cazorla 13' (pen.), 34' (pen.) Senna  53' Capdevila
13	23 October	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	A	Rangers	0 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 20:45 BST Attendance 49.957 Barcelona Rangers  48' Milito  63' Abidal  36' Thomson  50' Papac  71' Weir
14	28 October	La Liga	9	H	Almería	2 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 19:00 CEST Barcelona Almería  6' Milito 37' Henry 79' (pen.) Messi  90+1' Abidal  1' Juanito
15	1 November	La Liga	10	A	Valladolid	1 – 1	Report [ Report link] Kick off 22:00 CEST Barcelona Valladolid 42' Ronaldinho 15',  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 [ Report link] Kick off 20:00 CEST Barcelona Getafe  21' Touré  26' Puyol  57' Iniesta  75' Bojan  86' Zambrotta 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 [ Report link] Kick off 19.00 CET Attendance 98,247 Referee Mejuto González Barcelona Real Madrid  27' Puyol  68' Milito 35',  84' Baptista  45+2' Ramos
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 Report link Kick off 22:00 CET
34	27 January	La Liga	21	A	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 1
35	31 January	Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals	H	Villarreal	1 – 0	Report Report link Kick off 22:00 CET
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 [ Report link] Kick off 21:00 CET Attendance 52,827 Referee Alfonso Pérez Burrull Barcelona Villarreal  30' Valdés  37' Thuram 66',  74' Xavi  70' Eto'o  86' Zambrotta  17' Cazorla 31' Senna  45' Franco  73' Capdevila  74' Godín 80' Tomasson
45	16 March	La Liga	28	A	Almería	2 – 2	Report [ Report link] Kick off 19:00 CET Referee Antonio Rubinos Pérez Barcelona Almería 17' Bojan  30' Puyol 56' Eto'o  57'  71' Milito  59' Iniesta  67' Guðjohnsen 32' Pulido 85' Uche
46	20 March	Copa del Rey	Semi-finals	A	Valencia	2 – 3	Report [ Report link] Kick off 20:45 CET Referee Mejuto González Barcelona Valencia  48' Guðjohnsen 72' Henry  74' Sylvinho 80' Eto'o 18',  37' Baraja 45', 73' Mata
47	23 March	La Liga	29	H	Valladolid	4 – 1	Report [ Report link] Kick off 17:00 CET Attendance 56,737 Referee Jose Luís P. Romero Barcelona Valladolid 23' Eto'o  30' Thuram 47' Iniesta  50' Puyol 62', 83' Bojan 30' (pen.) Sesma  70' Camacho
48	30 March	La Liga	30	A	Betis	2 – 3	Report [ Report link] Kick off 20:00 CEST Referee Javier Turienzo Álvarez Barcelona Betis 13' Bojan 15' Eto'o  9' González  51' Damià 63' Edú 76' Juanito 78' Edú
49	1 April	UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals	A	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 20:45 CEST Attendance 53,951 Referee Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Barcelona Schalke 04 11' Bojan  67' Milito  90+2' Dos Santos  90+3' Márquez  90+4' Puyol  83' Pander  84' Larsen  86' Ernst  93' Krstajić
50	6 April	La Liga	31	H	Getafe	0 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 21:00 CEST Attendance 59,523 Referee Fernando Teixeira Vitienes Barcelona Getafe  24' Touré  58' Zambrotta  12' Celestini
51	9 April	UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals	H	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 20:45 CEST Attendance 72,113 Referee Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Barcelona Schalke 04 43' Touré  10' Rafinha  26' Westermann  26' Ernst  64' Asamoah
52	12 April	La Liga	32	A	Recreativo	2 – 2	Report [ Report link] Kick off 22:00 CEST Referee Carlos Clos Gómez Barcelona Recreativo 1', 46' Eto'o  82' Zambrotta  21' Álvarez 41', 70' Rubén  66' Poli
53	19 April	La Liga	33	H	Espanyol	0 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 20:00 CEST Attendance 74,451 Referee Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa Barcelona Espanyol  41' Guðjohnsen  65' Puyol  82' Iniesta  90+1' Milito  90+2' Messi  90+3' Xavi  15' Hurtado  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 [ Report link] Kick off 20:45 CEST Attendance 95.949 Referee Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Barcelona Manchester United  44' Márquez  72' Hargreaves
55	26 April	La Liga	34	A	Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 2	Report [ Report link] Kick off 20:00 CEST Referee Carlos Delgado Ferreiro Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña  62' Sylvinho  84' Márquez  87' Edmílson  88' Deco 54' Rodríguez 76' Amo  80' Lafita
56	29 April	UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals	A	Manchester United	0 – 1	Report [ Report link] Kick off 19:45 WEST Attendance 61.250 Referee Herbert Fandel (Germany) Barcelona Manchester United  52' Zambrotta  53' Deco  70' Touré 14' Scholes Ronaldo
57	4 May	La Liga	35	H	Valencia	6 – 0	Report [ Report link] Kick off 19:00 CEST Attendance 54.905 Referee Undiano Mallenco Barcelona Valencia 5' Messi 8' Xavi 14', 58' Henry  25' Deco  38' Márquez  47' Eto'o 72', 79' Bojan  4' Alexis  35' Baraja  50' Marchena
58	7 May	La Liga	36	A	Real Madrid	1 – 4	Report [ Report link] Kick off 22:00 CEST Attendance 80,000 Referee Pérez Burrull Barcelona Real Madrid  20' Touré  39' Márquez  50', 87' Henry  58' Valdés  76'  90+2' Xavi  76' Edmílson 13' Raúl 21' Robben  41' Sneijder 64' Higuaín 77' (pen.) Van Nistelrooy  84' Heinze  91' Pepe
59	11 May	La Liga	37	H	Mallorca	2 – 3	Report [ Report link] Kick off 21:00 CEST Attendance 39,928 Referee Antonio Rubinos Pérez Barcelona Mallorca  62'  90+2' Edmílson 17' Henry  21' Thuram 55' Eto'o  8', 67' Valero  18' Arango 70' Webó 90' Güiza
60	18 May	La Liga	38	A	Murcia	5 – 3	Report [ Report link] Kick off CEST Attendance 33,000 Referee Rafael Ramírez Domínguez Murcia Barcelona  9' De Lucas 16' Ochoa  21' Marañón 81' (pen.) Alonso 85' Abel 23' Eto'o 25' Henry 32', 52', 66' Dos Santos  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 from 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 Sinobo 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
• 2007–08 UEFA Champions League
• 2007–08 La Liga
• 2007–08 Copa del Rey

References

1. FCBarcelona.cat: Bienvenu Monsieur Henry
2. FCBarcelona.cat: The Assembly approves Nike deal until 2018
3. FCBarcelona.cat: Happy birthday Camp Nou!
4. FCBarcelona.cat: The new Camp Nou
5. FCBarcelona.cat: Norman Foster: "It's a personal challenge"
6. FCBarcelona.cat: Foster: "We want to create the best stadium in the world"
7. FCBarcelona.cat: Villarreal continue the hoodoo (3-1)
8. FCBarcelona.cat: Richard Toll support centre opens
9. FCBarcelona.cat: One defeat ends run
10. FCBarcelona.cat: Rijkaard until 30 June; Guardiola to take over.
11. FCBarcelona.cat: Eto'o receives Spanish nationality
12. "rfef.es: look at page 2, I. DISPOSICIONES GENERALES / TERCERA / 1. (text in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
13. FCBarcelona.cat: Ronaldinho to miss Sevilla match
14. 2006–07 FC Barcelona season
15. FCBarcelona.cat: Changes on the way
16. 2006–07 FC Barcelona season

External links

• "FC Barcelona official website". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• 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 from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2007.