2007–08 FC Barcelona season

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
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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, being displaced by the coming of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. This season also marked the breakthrough of young talent Bojan 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.

Events

• 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

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

Players in / out

In

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

Total spending: €65.5 million

Out

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

Total income: €11.7 million.

Expenditure: €53.8 million.

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 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]

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		V. Valdés	52	52		35		11		6
3	CB		Milito	41	42	1	27	1	9		6
4	CB		Márquez	26	37	2	23	2	8		5		1
5	CB		Puyol	45	47	1	30		10	1	7
6	RM		Xavi	50	54	9	35	7	12	1	7	1
7	FW		Guðjohnsen	19	37	3	23	2	8		6	1
8	MF		A. Iniesta	43	49	4	31	3	11	1	7
9	CF		Eto'o	27	28	18	18	16	7	1	3	1
10	LW		Ronaldinho	20	26	9	17	8	8	1	1
11	RB		Zambrotta	37	41		29		7		5
13	GK		Pinto	3	3		3
14	LW		Henry	40	47	19	30	12	10	3	7	4
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
19	RW		Messi	34	40	16	28	10	9	6	3
20	LM		Deco	24	29	1	18	1	6		5
21	CB		Thuram	25	28		18		6		4
22	LB		Abidal	43	46		30		10		6
23	CB		Oleguer	11	17		12		2		1		2
24	DM		Touré Yaya	37	38	2	26	1	9	1	3
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

Disciplinary record

N	P	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.

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.

Club

Coaching staff

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,^[16] club president Joan Laporta confirmed Rijkaard's presence for this season.^[17] All staff from last season, except doctor Gil Rodas, are remaining.^[18]

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

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

Last updated: 11 January
Source: FC Barcelona Board Members and Budget

Competitions

Overall

As in nine out of the last ten seasons, 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 Barcelona B's players (see matches' reports). Their goal, set at the start of the season, is to win all the possible trophies.^[19][20] So far, they ended as runners-up 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 !Real Madrid (C)	38	27	4	7	84	36	+48	85	2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
2	Villarreal !Villarreal	38	24	5	9	63	40	+23	77
3	Barcelona !Barcelona	38	19	10	9	76	43	+33	67	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Atlético Madrid !Atlético Madrid	38	19	7	12	66	47	+19	64

Source: 2007–08 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	19	10	9	69	37	+32	67	14	2	3	44	9	+35	5	8	6	25	28	−3

Last updated: 7 May.
Source: Competitive Matches

UEFA Champions League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14
Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
VfB Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3

Matches

Competitive

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

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