2008–09 FC Barcelona season

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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

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 Spain V. Valdés (VC) 26 EU 2002 260 0 2010 Youth system
2 DF Uruguay M. Cáceres 21 Non-EU 2008 0 0 2012 €16.5M
3 DF Spain Piqué 21 EU 2008 0 0 2012 Youth system Bought from Manchester United for €5M
4 DF Mexico Márquez 29 EU 2003 200 8 2010 €5M
5 DF Spain Puyol (captain) 30 EU 1999 270 4 2010 Youth system
6 MF Spain Xavi (VC) 28 EU 1998 288 28 2014 Youth system
7 FW Iceland Gudjohnsen 29 EU 2006 72 13 2010 €12M
8 MF Spain A. Iniesta (VC) 24 EU 2002 211 17 2014 Youth system
9 FW Cameroon Eto'o 27 EU 2004 144 108 2010 €24M
10 FW Argentina Messi 21 EU 2004 109 54 2014 Youth system
11 FW Spain Bojan 17 EU 2007 54 12 2013 Youth system
13 GK Spain Pinto 32 EU 2008 3 0 2010 €0.5M
14 FW France Henry 30 EU 2007 59 31 2011 €24M
15 MF Mali Keita 28 EU 2008 0 0 2012 €14M
16 DF Brazil Sylvinho 34 EU 2004 92 3 2009 €2M
18 DF Argentina Milito 27 EU 2007 27 1 2011 €17M
20 DF Brazil Dani Alves 25 EU 2008 0 0 2012 €29M
21 MF Belarus Hleb 27 Non-EU 2008 0 0 2012 €15M
22 DF France Abidal 28 EU 2007 40 0 2011 €15M
24 MF Ivory Coast Touré Yaya 25 Non-EU 2007 32 2 2012 €9M Under Bosman ruling
25 GK Spain Jorquera 29 EU 2003 17 0 2010 Youth system
27 FW Spain Pedro 20 EU 2008 2 0 Undisclosed Youth system
28 MF Spain Sergio B. 19 EU 2008 0 0 2013 Youth system
29 DF Spain 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 Mali Keita 28 EU Sevilla Transfer Green tickY Summer 2012 €14M Barcelona.cat
3 DF Spain Piqué 21 EU Manchester UnitedEngland Transfer Green tickY Summer 2012 €5M Barcelona.cat
13 GK Spain Pinto 32 EU Celta de Vigo Transfer Green tickY Summer 2010 €0.5M Barcelona.cat
2 DF Uruguay Cáceres 21 Non-EU Villarreal Transfer Green tickY Summer 2012 €16.5M Barcelona.cat
20 DF Brazil Alves 25 EU Sevilla Transfer Green tickY Summer 2012 €29M
+ €6M in variables
Barcelona.cat
21 MF Belarus Hleb 27 Non-EU ArsenalEngland Transfer Green tickY Summer 2012 €11.8M Barcelona.cat
12 DF Brazil Henrique 21 Non-EU Palmeiras Brazil Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 €8M
+ €2M in variables
Barcelona.cat
16 MF Spain Busquets 20 EU Barcelona B Promote Face-smile.svg Summer 2013 Free

Total spending: Decrease €88M

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
15 DF Brazil Edmílson 31 EU Villarreal Contract Termination Red XN Summer Free Barcelona.cat
11 DF Italy Zambrotta 31 EU MilanItaly Transfer Green tickY Summer €9M
+ €2M in variables
Barcelona.cat
17 FW Mexico Dos Santos 19 EU Tottenham HotspurEngland Transfer Green tickY Summer €6M
+ €5M in variables
Barcelona.cat
21 DF France Thuram 36 EU Retired Contract Termination Red XN Summer Free Barcelona.cat
18 FW Spain Ezquerro 31 EU Osasuna Contract Termination Red XN Summer Free Barcelona.cat
20 MF Portugal Deco 30 EU ChelseaEngland Transfer Green tickY Summer €10M Barcelona.cat
10 FW Brazil Ronaldinho 28 EU MilanItaly Transfer Green tickY Summer €21M
+ €4M in variables
Barcelona.cat
12 DF Brazil Henrique 21 Non-EU Bayer LeverkusenGermany Loan → Summer N/A Barcelona.cat
23 DF Spain Oleguer 28 EU AjaxNetherlands Transfer Green tickY Summer €3M
+ €2,25M in variables
Barcelona.cat
26 MF Spain Crosas 20 EU CelticScotland Transfer Green tickY Summer €0.5M +
€0.8M in variables
Barcelona.cat

Total income: Increase €49.5M

Squad stats

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|- |1 |GK||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |V. Valdés |49 |49 || |14 || |35 || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |13 |GK||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Pinto |11 |11 || | || |2 || |||9 || ||| ||

|- |25 |GK||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Jorquera |1 |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |41 |GK||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Oier |1 |1 || | || |1 || ||| || ||| ||

|- |2 |DF||Uruguay | style="text-align:left;" |M. Cáceres |16 |23 || |3 || |13 || |||7 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |3 |DF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Piqué |44 |45 ||3 |14 ||1 |25 ||1 |||6 ||1 ||| ||

|- |4 |DF||Mexico | style="text-align:left;" |Márquez |36 |37 ||3 |10 ||1 |23 ||1 |||4 ||1 ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |5 |DF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Puyol |41 |45 ||1 |11 || |28 ||1 |||6 || ||| ||

|- |16 |DF||Brazil | style="text-align:left;" |Sylvinho |22 |30 ||1 |7 ||1 |15 || |||8 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |18 |DF||Argentina | style="text-align:left;" |Milito | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |20 |DF||Brazil | style="text-align:left;" |Dani Alves |52 |54 ||5 |12 || |34 ||5 |||8 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |22 |DF||France | style="text-align:left;" |Abidal |31 |32 || |5 || |25 || |||2 || ||| ||

|- |29 |DF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |V. Sánchez |6 |12 || |3 || |7 || |||2 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |37 |DF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Botía | |1 || | || |1 || ||| || ||| ||

|- |46 |DF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Muniesa | |1 || | || |1 || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |6 |MF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Xavi |49 |54 ||10 |14 ||3 |35 ||6 |||5 ||1 ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |8 |MF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |A. Iniesta |38 |43 ||5 |11 ||1 |26 ||4 |||6 || ||| ||

|- |15 |MF||Mali | style="text-align:left;" |Keita |29 |46 ||6 |12 ||2 |29 ||4 |||5 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |21 |MF||Belarus | style="text-align:left;" |Hleb |19 |36 || |9 || |19 || |||8 || ||| ||

|- |24 |MF||Ivory Coast | style="text-align:left;" |Touré Yaya |39 |43 ||3 |12 || |25 ||2 |||6 ||1 ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |28 |MF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Sergio B. |31 |41 ||3 |8 ||2 |24 ||1 |||9 || ||| ||

|- |30 |MF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Vázquez |1 |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |35 |MF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Abraham | |2 || | || |1 || |||1 || ||| ||

|- |44 |MF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Thiago | |1 || | || |1 || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |45 |MF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Xavi Torres |2 |2 || | || |2 || ||| || ||| ||

|- |7 |FW||Iceland | style="text-align:left;" |Gudjohnsen |17 |34 ||4 |5 || |24 ||3 |||5 ||1 ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |9 |FW||Cameroon | style="text-align:left;" |Eto'o |46 |52 ||36 |12 ||6 |36 ||30 |||4 || ||| ||

|- |10 |FW||Argentina | style="text-align:left;" |Messi |41 |51 ||38 |12 ||9 |31 ||23 |||8 ||6 ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |11 |FW||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Bojan |18 |42 ||10 |10 ||3 |23 ||2 |||9 ||5 ||| ||

|- |14 |FW||France | style="text-align:left;" |Henry |36 |42 ||26 |12 ||6 |29 ||19 |||1 ||1 ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |27 |FW||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Pedro |6 |14 || |5 || |6 || |||3 || ||| ||

|- |31 |FW||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |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

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Spain
Valdés
Spain
Puyol
Spain
Piqué
Ivory Coast
Touré
Brazil
Sylvinho
Spain
Busquets
Spain
Xavi
Spain
Iniesta
Cameroon
Eto'o
Argentina
Messi
France
Henry

Disciplinary record

N
P
Nat.
Name
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
1 GK Spain V. Valdés 2 0 0
13 GK Spain Pinto 1 0 0
20 DF Brazil Dani Alves 8 0 0
3 DF Spain Piqué 10 2 0
4 DF Mexico Márquez 8 1 0
5 DF Spain Puyol 4 0 0
22 DF France Abidal 3 0 2
2 DF Uruguay M. Cáceres 3 1
24 MF Ivory Coast Touré Yaya 7 0 0
6 MF Spain Xavi 5 0 0
28 MF Spain Sergio B. 12 0 0
8 MF Spain A. Iniesta 3 0 0
15 MF Mali Keita 1 0 1
29 MF Spain V. Sánchez 1 0 0
9 FW Cameroon Eto'o 9 0 0
14 FW France Henry 5 0 0
11 FW Spain Bojan 1 0 0
10 FW Argentina Messi 2 0 0
7 FW Iceland Gudjohnsen 1 0 0

Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Spain Pep Guardiola
Assistant coach Spain Tito Vilanova
Goalkeeping coach Spain Juan Carlos Unzué
Physical fitness coach Spain Lorenzo Buenaventura
Lead fitness coach Spain Paco Seirul·lo
Field work Spain Aureli Altimira
Strength work Spain Francesc Cos

Source: FC Barcelona

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 (C) 38 27 6 5 105 35 +70 87 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 25 3 10 83 52 +31 78
3 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

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Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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Group stage

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

Knockout phase

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Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

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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

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