FC Barcelona season 2008-09

Overview

As expectations have not been met last season, FC Barcelona is starting a new era with a new manager [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/club/temporada07-08/05/n080518102334.html FC Barcelona - Laporta: “Expectations have not been met”] ] .
Furthermore, the 2008-2009 season will be characterized by the absence through sale of historically high-profiled players such as Deco and Ronaldinho.

Players

quad information

Players in / out

In

fb in2 player |tc=ESP |bg= |p=Keita |type=Transfer |eu=y |nb=MLI |n=15 |pos=MF |age=age|1980|1|16|2008|05|26 |fc=Sevilla |w=S |e=2012 |f=€14m
+ €2.2m in taxes|os= [http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada07-08/06/n080626104718.html FC Barcelona]

Total spending: loss 88,000,000 €

Out

fb out2 player |tc=ESP |bg= |type=Transfer |p=Ronaldinho |eu=y |nb=BRA |n=10 |pos=FW |age=age|1980|3|21|2008|7|15 |nc=Milan |w=S |f=€21m
+ €4m in variables |os= [http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada08-09/07/n080715104937.html FC Barcelona]

fb out2 player |tc=ESP |bg= |type=Transfer |p=Oleguer |eu=y |nb=ESP |n=23 |pos=DF |age=age|1980|2|2|2008|7|29 |nc=Ajax |w=S |f=€ 3m
+ €2,25m in variables |os= [http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada08-09/07/n080729102619.html FC Barcelona]

fb out2 player |tc=ESP |bg=y |type=Transfer |p=Crosas |eu=y |nb=ESP |n=26 |pos=MF |age=age|1988|1|9|2008|8|6 |nc=Celtic |w=S |f=€ 0.5m +
€0.8m in variables |os= [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada08-09/08/n080810102790.html FC Barcelona] Total income: gain 49,500,000 €{|

quad stats

Disciplinary record

tart formations

tarting 11

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Club

Coaching staff

Competitions

Overall

As in nine out of the last ten seasons [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona#Recent_seasons en.wikipedia.org: FC Barcelona on 30 May 2008] ] , FC Barcelona is going to be present in all major competitions. First division and Copa del Rey in Spain and UEFA Champions League in Europe. Also, Copa Catalunya in Barça's native autonomous community of Catalonia, but, usually, Barcelona mostly uses FC Barcelona B's players in this competition.

La Liga

tandings

Results summary

Results by round

UEFA Champions League

Group C

Competitive

La Liga

All kickoff times are in CEST.

footballbox
date = 31 August 2008
time = 19:00
team1 = Numancia
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada01/Numancia_Barcelona/partit.html (Report)]
team2 = Barcelona
goals1 = Mario goal|13
goals2 = Puyol yel|41
Eto'o yel|79
stadium = Los Pajaritos, Soria
attendance =
referee = Fernández Borbalán----footballbox
date = 13 September 2008
time = 20:00
team1 = Barcelona
score = 1–1
report = [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada02/Barcelona_Racing/partit.html (Report)]
team2 = Racing de Santander
goals1 = Messi goal|71
Iniesta yel|87
goals2 = Pinillos yel|37
Munitis yel|60
Óscar Serrano yel|62
Lacen yel|66
Christian yel|70
Pereira goal|76
Valera yel|88
Luccin yel|92
stadium = Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance = 54,678
referee = Rafael Ramírez Domínguez----footballbox
date = 21 September 2008
time = 21:00
team1 = Sporting de Gijón
score = 1–6
report = [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada03/Sporting_Gijon_Barcelona/partit.html (Report)]
team2 = Barcelona
goals1 = Cámara yel|7
Carmelo yel|41
Maldonado goal|50
Gerard sent off|0|56
goals2 = Xavi goal|26
Eto'o goal|32
Jorge goal|48|o.g.
Iniesta goal|70
Messi goal|85 goal|88
stadium = El Molinón, Gijón
attendance =
referee = Carlos Megía Dávila----footballbox
date = 24 September 2008
time = 20:00
team1 = Barcelona
score = 3–2
report = [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada04/Barcelona_Betis/partit.html (Report)]
team2 = Betis
goals1 = Touré Yaya yel|13
Eto'o goal|17 goal|23
Gudjohnsen goal|80
Sergio B. yel|84
goals2 = Vega yel|43
Monzón goal|59
José Mari goal|67
Capi yel|73
Mehmet Aurelio yel|85
stadium = Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance = 55,727
referee = Daudén Ibáñez----footballbox
date = 27 September 2008
time = 22:00
team1 = Espanyol
score = 1-2
report = [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada05/Espanyol_Barcelona/partit.html (Report)]
team2 = Barcelona
goals1 = Nenê sent off|2|12|45
Coro goal|20
Román yel|53
Chica yel|55
Jarque yel|98

goals2 = Sergio B. yel|6
Valdés yel|20
Henry goal|83
Messi goal|100

stadium = Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
attendance = 31,660
referee = Luís Medina Cantalejo----footballbox
date = 4 October 2008
time = 22:00
team1 = Barcelona
score = 6-1
report = [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/lliga/jornada06/Barcelona_At.Madrid/partit.html (Report)]
team2 = Atlético Madrid
goals1 = Márquez goal|3
Eto'o goal|5 goal|17
Messi goal|8
Gudjohnsen goal|28
Márquez yel|54
Henry yel|62
Henry goal|72
goals2 = Maxi yel|9
Maxi goal|13
Antonio López yel|32
Heitinga yel|33
Ujfalusi yel|52

stadium = Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance = 72,232
referee = Eduardo Iturralde González

Other Matches

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 1
d = 13 August
c = UCL
r = TQR
g = H
o = Wisla Krakow
gf = 4
ga = 0
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 43
ko = 21:45 CEST
att = 56,786
ref = Claudio Circhetta flagicon|SUI
lt = Barcelona
rt = Wisla Krakow
ltf = goal|17 Eto'o
goal|25 Xavi
goal|50 Henry
goal|83 Eto'o

rtf = yel|15 Cantoro

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fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 2
d = 26 August
c = UCL
r = TQR
g = A
o = Wisla Krakow
gf = 0
ga = 1
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 38
ko = 20:45 CEST
ref = Ľuboš Micheľ flagicon|SVK
lt = Barcelona
rt = Wisla Krakow
ltf = yel|92 Henry

rtf = yel|44 Brożek
goal|51 Cléber
yel|53 Boguski

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fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 4
d = 9 September
c = Copa Catalunya
rn = Semi-finals
g = A
o = UE Sant Andreu
gf = 1
ga = 3
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 55
ko = 22:00 CEST
ref = Israel Simón del Pino flagicon|ESP
lt = Barcelona
rt = UE Sant Andreu
ltf = goal|20 Sergi Busquets
yel|37 V. Vázquez
yel|55 Jony

rtf = goal|10 Edu Oriol
goal|29 Dani Martí
yel|37 Rueda
yel|53 Abraham
goal|78 Edu Martí
yel|80 Moyano

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fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 6
d = 16 September
c = UCL
r = GS
g = H
o = Sporting CP
gf = 3
ga = 1
rep = Fb report 2t |width =
ko = 20:45 CEST
att = 58,354
ref = Laurent Duhamel flagicon|FRA
lt = Barcelona
rt = Sporting CP
ltf = goal|21 Márquez
goal|60 Eto'o
yel|70 Piqué
goal|87 Xavi

rtf = goal|71 Tonel
yel|85 Rochemback

rep = http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/champions_league/primera_fase/jornada01/grup_C/Barcelona_Sporting/partit.html

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 10
d = 1 October
c = UCL
r = GS
g = A
o = Shakhtar Donetsk
gf = 2
ga = 1
rep = Fb report 2t |width =
ko = 20:45 CEST
ref = Howard Webb flagicon|ENG
lt = Barcelona
rt = Shakhtar Donetsk
ltf = yel|41 Xavi
yel|77 Keita
goal|87 Messi
yel|92 Iniesta
goal|93 Messi

rtf = goal|44 Ilsinho
yel|46 Srna
yel|58 Fernandinho
yel|69 Chyhrynskyi
yel|87 Brandão

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fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 13
d = 22 October
c = UCL
r = GS
g = A
o = FC Basel
gf =
ga =
rep = Fb report 2t |width =
ko = 20:45 CEST
ref = flagicon|
lt = Barcelona
rt = FC Basel
ltf =
rtf =
rep =

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 16
d = 4 November
c = UCL
r = GS
g = H
o = FC Basel
gf =
ga =
rep = Fb report 2t |width =
ko = 20:45 CEST
ref = flagicon|
lt = Barcelona
rt = FC Basel
ltf =
rtf =
rep =

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 20
d = 26 November
c = UCL
r = GS
g = A
o = Sporting CP
gf =
ga =
rep = Fb report 2t |width =
ko = 20:45 CEST
ref = flagicon|
lt = Barcelona
rt = Sporting CP
ltf =
rtf =
rep =

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 23
d = 9 December
c = UCL
r = GS
g = H
o = Shakhtar Donetsk
gf =
ga =
rep = Fb report 2t |width =
ko = 20:45 CEST
ref = flagicon|
lt = Barcelona
rt = Shakhtar Donetsk
ltf =
rtf =
rep =

Pre-season

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 1
d = 24 July
cn = Friendly
rn = —
g = N
gn = Murrayfield Stadium
o = Hibernian
gf = 6
ga = 0
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 43
ko = 19:45 BST
att = 23,390
ref = Craig Thomson flagicon|SCO
lt = Barcelona
rt = Hibernian
ltf = goal|5 Guðjohnsen
goal|15 Messi
goal|17 Guðjohnsen
goal|27 Pedro
goal|48 Bojan
goal|69 Yaya Touré

rtf =
rep = http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/pretemporada/Hibernian-FCB/partit.html

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 2
d = 26 July
cn = Friendly
rn = —
g = A
gn = Tannadice Park
o = Dundee United
gf =5
ga =1
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 44
ko = 16:00 BST
att = 13,000
ref = Dougie McDonald flagicon|SCO
lt = Barcelona
rt = Dundee United
ltf = goal|27 Henry
goal|51 Messi
goal|61 Eto'o
goal|75 Messi
goal|78 Messi

rtf = goal|26 Buaben

rep = http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/pretemporada/dundee_barcelona/partit.html

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 3
d = 30 July
cn = Memorial Artemio Franchi
rn = —
g = A
o = Fiorentina
gf = 3
ga = 1
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 43
ko = 20:45 CEST
att = 40,428
ref = Saccanni Dimantova flagicon|ITA
lt = Barcelona
rt = Fiorentina
ltf = yel|10 Touré Yaya
goal|28 Puyol
goal|47 Jeffrén
goal|72 Bojan
rtf = goal|68 Pazzini
rep = http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/pretemporada/fiorentina_barcelona/partit.html

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 4
d = 3 August
cn = US Tour
rn = —
g = N
gn = Soldier Field
o = CD Guadalajara
gf = 5
ga = 2
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 39
ko = 18:00 CDT
att = 40,717
ref = Alex Prus flagicon|USA
lt = Barcelona
rt = CD Guadalajara
ltf = goal|25 Xavi
goal|45 Hleb
goal|48 Eto'o
yel|55 Bojan
goal|72 Eto'o
goal|89 Cáceres
rtf = goal|58 Padilla
yel|69 Araujo
goal|88 Hernández
rep = http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/pretemporada/chivas_barcelona/partit.html

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 5
d = 6 August
cn = US Tour
rn = —
g = A
o = Red Bull New York
gf = 6
ga = 2
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 43
ko = 19:00 EDT
att = 38,152
ref = Kevin Stott flagicon|USA
lt = Barcelona
rt = Red Bull New York
ltf = goal|17 Xavi
goal|18 Eto'o
goal|23 Márquez
goal|43 Eto'o
goal|80 Jeffrén
goal|84 Pedro
rtf = goal|30 Stammler
goal|60 Rojas
rep = http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/pretemporada/ny-barcelona/partit.html

fb cm3 match
t = Barcelona
tc = ESP
s = 2008-09
m = 6
d = 16 August
cn = Joan Gamper Trophy
rn = —
g = H
o = Boca Juniors
gf = 2
ga = 1
rep = Fb report 2t |width = 49
ko = 22:00 CEST
att = 71,210
ref = González Vázquez flagicon|ESP
lt = Barcelona
rt = Boca Juniors
ltf = yel|30 Córcoles
yel|57 Sergi Busquets
yel|89 Piqué
goal|92 Puyol
goal|95 Eto'o

rtf = yel|44 Castromán
yel|52 Vargas
yel|55 Roncaglia
goal|72 Viatri

rep = http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/arxiu_partits/Gamper/barcelona_boca/partit.html

References

External links

* [http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/ FC Barcelona official website]
* [http://www.fcbarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters]
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=83&cc=5901 ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page]
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=club&Id=7&b=true&cont=Europe&cln=FC_Barcelona Footballdatabase.com: FC Barcelona (Spain) profile]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/ UEFA Champions League]
* [http://www.lfp.es/ Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional]
* [http://www.fcf.cat/pub/home.asp Federació Catalana de Futbol]

See also