2011–12 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona

2011–12 season
President	Sandro Rosell
Manager	Josep Guardiola
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	1st
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
FIFA Club World Cup	Final
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Lionel Messi (17) All: Lionel Messi (27)
Highest home attendance	92,965
Lowest home attendance	37,374
Average home league attendance	74,772 (including Joan Gamper Trophy)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2011–12 season is Futbol Club Barcelona's 112th in existence and the club's 81st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Barcelona will be debuting their new and first paid shirt sponsor Qatar Foundation after an agreement was reached in 2010 with the non-profit organization for a 5½ years, €170 million deal. The agreement with UNICEF will continue and their name has been moved to the lower back portion of the shirt. This year also introduces a new away kit in black while the third jersey is from last year.

This season Barcelona has a chance of winning the Sextuple which consists of six trophies in a season as they'll be appearing in La Liga, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de España and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Barcelona's U-19 squad will play in the inaugural tournament of the NextGen series.

Season overview

May/June

On 31 May, Sevilla confirmed they exercised their right to purchase defender Martín Cáceres, who spent the 2010–11 season on loan with the club from Barcelona. Barcelona received €4.5 million in compensation after making the loan a permanent move.

July

On 2 July, Barcelona parted ways with midfielder Víctor Sánchez after both parties agreed to rescind the player's contract. Sánchez made 14 appearances with the first team in the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 seasons. He was on-loan at Xerez for the 2009–10 season and at Getafe for the 2010–11 season.

On 4 July, defender Andreu Fontàs was promoted to the first team after spending the previous season filling in for an injured Éric Abidal, who had been diagnosed with a liver tumour.

On 21 July, Barcelona completed the transfer of Chilean winger Alexis Sánchez from Italian club Udinese. The deal is for 5 years and the cost of the transfer is €26 million with variable cost of €11.5 million.

On 22 July, Barcelona transferred La Masia graduate Bojan Krkić to Italian outfit Roma for €12 million and the agreement includes an obligatory re-purchase clause to be exercised by Barcelona at the end of the 2012–13 season, for a cost of €13 million. Roma may override this re-purchase at this time by paying the club an additional €28 million.

August

On 3 August, Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon made official the signing of another Barcelona's La Masia graduate, winger Jeffrén Suárez on a 5 year deal. The transfer deal was worth €3.7 million and includes a €30 million buyout clause.

On 4 August, Barcelona and Argentine centre-back Gabriel Milito reached an agreement to terminate his contract after four years with the team.

On 14 August, both Barcelona and English club Arsenal announced on their official websites respectively, an agreement for the transfer of Spanish international midfielder Cesc Fàbregas. The deal will cost Barcelona €29 million with €11 million in variables and end one of the longest transfer sagas in football. On the same day, Barcelona and Real Madrid kicked off the 2011–12 season with a 2–2 draw at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of the 2011 Supercopa de España in front of a full house.

On 17 August, Barcelona won the Supercopa de España with a thrilling 3–2 win and a 5–4 aggregate over rivals Real Madrid. The match ended with several sending offs for a brawl started after Barcelona players deemed a tackle by Marcelo on Fàbregas to be dangerous play. David Villa, Mesut Özil and Marcelo all received their marching orders after calm was restored. Goals from Andrés Iniesta and a brace, including the game winner, by Lionel Messi assured Barça started their season with a trophy by claiming their tenth Supercopa all time.

On 19 August, the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) went on strike due to unpaid wages for players in the top two divisions of Spanish football by clubs who have gone into financial administration. The AFE and Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) have yet to agreed on a guaranteed fund to protect players' wages in the event of their clubs being declared insolvent. The strike forced Spanish league games scheduled for the weekend of August 20 and 21, including Barcelona's season opener against Málaga, to be postponed.

On 25 August, Lionel Messi was voted the winner of the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award for the 2010–11 season over team-mate Xavi Hernández and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

On 26 August, Barcelona won the UEFA Super Cup with a 2–0 victory over Portuguese outfit Porto in Monaco. The victory gave Barça their fourth UEFA Super Cup trophy all time and saw Fàbregas score his first goal with a Barcelona shirt in the 88th minute.

September

On 10 September, back from the FIFA international break, Barcelona could only draw 2–2 with Real Sociedad at Anoeta. Barça also lost Alexis Sánchez for approximately 6–8 weeks after the player tore his hamstring in his right leg after a tackle by Sociedad's Dani Estrada.

On 13 September, Barcelona opened their UEFA Champions League campaign with a 2–2 draw against Milan at the Camp Nou. Midfielder Andrés Iniesta left in the 38th minute with a tore femoral biceps on his left leg and will miss approximately a month.

On 17 September, after two consecutive draws Barcelona trashed Osasuna 8–0 at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick and lead Barça to their biggest win of the season. Osasuna coach José Luis Mendilibar stated, "we've caught them very angry due to their so called mini-crisis", while Barça's coach Pep Guardiola stated in regards to the mini-crisis, "the day I see them not running, that their bellies are full, I'll sit here to tell you all [media]. When we play bad, believe me I'll come here and tell you all. But I did not have that sensation".

On 28 September, Barcelona defeated BATE Borisov 0–5 at the Dynama Stadium in their first meeting in Group H of the Champions League. Lionel Messi scored a brace and tied László Kubala for 2nd place on the all-time goals scoring list for Barcelona with 194 goals.

October

On 2 October, Barcelona defeated Sporting Gijón 0–1 at El Molinón to take over 1st place in La Liga's standings for the first time this season. A lone goal by Adriano was enough to see the team go top by goal difference over Levante.

On 19 October, Barcelona notched its second Champions League victory of the season by defeating Czech side Viktoria Plzeň 2–0 at the Camp Nou.

On 22 October, Barça were held scoreless for the first time in the young season by a heroic performance from Sevilla's GK Javi Varas. The match ended with a scoreless draw after Lionel Messi's penalty kick was saved by Varas in injury time. The match towards the end was marred by a small brawl between Frédéric Kanouté and Cesc Fàbregas as the latter took offense to Kanouté kicking the ball from the penalty spot after Messi had placed it to take the spot kick. After he match, Fàbregas was accused of racially abusing Kanouté, which the player vehemently denied and at the end both players apologized over the incident by telephone.

On 25 October, Barcelona traveled to Los Cármenes to take on Granada where they escaped with a 0–1 victory after a 33rd minute goal from a free-kick by Xavi. Barça also lost FW Pedro for approximately three weeks due to an strained tendons in his left ankle.

November

On 1 November, the 23-men shortlist for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d’Or was released with 8 Barcelona players. They include Éric Abidal, Dani Alves, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Gerard Piqué, David Villa and Xavi. Later that night, Barcelona defeated Viktoria Plzeň 0–4 in Prague at the Synot Tip Arena with a hat-trick by Messi and assured their progress into the knock-out stage. With the three goals, he surpassed the 200 goal mark as a Barcelona player in Pep Guardiola's 200th game as first team manager. Goalkeeper Víctor Valdés broke the team record for most minutes without conceding a goal at 877 consecutive minutes. He surpasses Miguel Reina record of 824 minutes set in the 1972–73 season.

On 9 November, the first leg of the Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey was moved up due to Barcelona's involvement in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup in December. Barça won the match 0–1 with a strike outside the area by Andrés Iniesta in the 42nd minute.

On 22 November, assistant coach Tito Vilanova was successfully operated for problem in his parotid gland. The club did not release anymore information on the matter due to the coach's wish to have everything remain private. The next day, Barcelona defeated Milan at the San Siro 2–3 in a thrilling European encounter to win Group H.

On 26 November, Barça lost its first official match of the season with a 1–0 defeat at Getafe with a goal by Juan Valera in the 67th minute. The defeat leaves Barcelona 6 points behind Real Madrid with 2 matches to go for the first el Clásico of the season.

December

On 10 December, the first Clásico of the season was contested at the Bernabéu with Barça securing a 1–3 victory over their great rivals. Real Madrid's forward Karim Benzema scored the fastest goal in el Clásico history after getting one past goalkeeper Víctor Valdés off two deflections 24 seconds into the match. Within 30 minutes, Barça were leveled with an equalizer from Alexis and the final goal by Fàbregas, making it 3 years running that their big summer transfers score in the first Clásico of the season.

On 15 December, Barcelona beat Qatar side Al-Sadd 4-0 with Adriano scoring a brace, while Seydou Keita and Maxwell were the other contributors. Bad news for the Catalans as winger David Villa fractured his tibia while attempting to score in Barça's 0–4 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final victory over Qatari club Al-Sadd. The injury will sideline the player for 4 to 6 months and threaten his appearance in the UEFA Euro 12 with the Spanish national team.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		V. Valdés (2nd VC)	42	EU	2002	413	0	2014	Youth system
2	RWB		Dani Alves	41	EU	2008	161	12	2015	€32M	Second nationality: Spain
3	CB		Piqué	37	EU	2008	147	11	2015	€5M	Originally from youth system
4	CM		Fàbregas	37	EU	2011	14	7	2016	€29M	Originally from youth system
5	CB		Puyol (captain)	46	EU	1999	518	9	2013	Youth system
6	CM		Xavi (vice-captain)	44	EU	1998	584	58	2016	Youth system
7	FW		David Villa	42	EU	2010	54	23	2015	€40M
8	CM		A. Iniesta (3rd VC)	40	EU	2002	367	34	2015	Youth system
9	FW		Alexis	36	Non-EU	2011	3	1	2016	€26M
10	FW		Messi	37	EU	2004	286	202	2016	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
11	MF		Thiago	33	EU	2009	22	5	2015	Youth system	Second nationality: Brazil
13	GK		Pinto	48	EU	2008	35	0	2012	€0.5M
14	DM		Mascherano	40	EU	2010	49	0	2014	€19M	Second nationality: Italy
15	CM		Keita	44	EU	2008	152	18	2014	€14M	Second nationality: France
16	DM		Sergio	36	EU	2008	142	5	2015	Youth system
17	FW		Pedro	37	EU	2008	126	45	2016	Youth system
19	LWB		Maxwell	43	EU	2009	77	1	2014	€4.5M	Second nationality: Netherlands
20	MF		Afellay	38	EU	2011	29	2	2015	€3M	Second nationality: Morocco
21	FB		Adriano	40	EU	2010	34	1	2014	€9.5M	Second nationality: Spain
22	LB		Abidal	45	EU	2007	156	1	2012	€9M
24	CB		Fontàs	34	EU	2009	10	1	2015	Youth system

• Last updated: 29 August
• Source: FCBarcelona.cat, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

Total squad cost: €191.5M

From the youth system

As of 13 August 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	ESP	Marc Muniesa
27	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu
28	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos
29	MF	ESP	Martí Riverola
30	MF	ESP	Sergi Roberto
31	GK	ESP	Rubén Miño
32	DF	ESP	Marc Bartra

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	ESP	Sergi Gómez
34	MF	BRA	Rafinha
35	DF	ESP	Martín Montoya
36	GK	ESP	Oier Olazábal
37	FW	ESP	Cristian Tello
38	MF	ESP	Kiko Femenía
39	MF	ESP	Isaac Cuenca

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
4	MF		Cesc Fàbregas	24	EU	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	2016	€29M	FCBarcelona.cat
9	FW		Alexis Sánchez	22	Non-EU	Udinese	Transfer	Summer	2016	€26M + 11.5M in variables	FCBarcelona.cat

Total spending: €55 million

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW		Bojan Krkić	20	EU	A.S. Roma	Transfer	Summer	€12M	FCBarcelona.cat
11	FW		Jeffrén Suárez	23	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	€3.75M	FCBarcelona.cat
18	CB		Gabriel Milito	30	EU	Independiente	Contract termination	Summer	Free	FCBarcelona.cat
—	DF		Henrique	24	Non-EU	Palmeiras	Loan	Summer	N/A	FCBarcelona.cat
—	FW		Keirrison	22	Non-EU	Cruzeiro	Loan	Summer	N/A	FCBarcelona.cat
—	MF		Aliaksandr Hleb	30	Non-EU	Wolfsburg	Loan	Summer	N/A	FCBarcelona.cat
—	FW		Zlatan Ibrahimović	43	EU	Milan	Transfer	Summer	€24M	FCBarcelona.cat
—	DF		Martín Cáceres	24	Non-EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	€3M	FCBarcelona.cat
—	MF		Víctor Sánchez	23	EU	Neuchâtel Xamax	Contract termination	Summer	Free	FCBarcelona.cat

Total income: €42.75 million.

Expenditure: €12.25 million

Club

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
First team head coach	Josep Guardiola
Assistant coach	Tito Vilanova
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Carlos Unzué
Physical fitness coach	Lorenzo Buenaventura
Director of football	Andoni Zubizarreta

Last updated: 23 June
Source: FC Barcelona Official Website

Statistics

Squad stats

	League	Europe	Cup	Total Stats
Games played	16	6	1	23
Games won	11	5	1	17
Games drawn	4	1	0	5
Games lost	1	0	0	1
Goals for	50	20	1	71
Goals against	8	4	0	12
Shots	239	96	23	358
Corners for	103	38	11	152
Corners against	34	6	2	42
Players used	23	20	13	56
Offsides	58	14	3	75
Fouls received	217	74	10	301
Fouls committed	148	55	8	211
Yellow cards	26	9	0	35
Red cards	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 December
Source: Competitive matches

Player Stats

				Total				UCL		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Others
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	V. Valdés		23	23	-15	2250	5	-4	14	-7			4	-4	(-) GA
13	GK	Pinto		2	2		180	1				1				(-) GA
2	RB	Dani Alves		20	20	1	1925	4		13	1			3
3	CB	Piqué		7	11	1	773	1		8	1			2
5	CB	Puyol		9	11	1	927	4		5	1	1		1
19	LB	Maxwell		6	12	1	666	3		7		1		1	1
21	FB	Adriano		10	16	3	973	3		9	1			4	2
22	LB	Abidal		20	21		1859	5		12				4
24	CB	Fontàs		3	3		260	1		1		1
26	CB	Muniesa			1		32	1
32	CB	Bartra		1	1		90	1
35	RB	Montoya		1	1	1	90	1	1
4	CM	Fàbregas		11	17	10	1213	4	1	10	8	1		2	1
6	CM	Xavi		19	21	6	1760	4	1	13	5	1		3
8	AM	A. Iniesta		12	15	3	1151	2	1	8		1	1	4	1
11	CM	Thiago		15	19	1	1355	4		13	1			2
14	DM	Mascherano		18	18		1710	4		10				4
15	CM	Keita		14	22	1	1347	5		12		1		4	1
16	DM	Sergio		15	18		1444	4		11		1		2
20	AM	Afellay			2		36	1		1						Source
28	CM	J. dos Santos		2	4		169	3		1
29	CM	Riverola			1		11	1
30	CM	S. Roberto		1	2	1	79	1	1			1
34	MF	Rafinha		1	2		85	1				1
7	SS	David Villa		17	23	9	1556	4	3	14	5	1		4	1	Source
9	SS	Alexis		6	11	4	712	2		6	4			3
10	SS	Messi		22	23	27	2188	5	6	14	17			4	4
17	SS	Pedro		14	18	5	1172	5	4	9	1			4
27	FW	Gerard			2		47	1		1
37	FW	Tello		1	1		90					1
39	RW	I. Cuenca		5	8	1	580	3		4	1			1

Last updated: 15 December
Source: Competitive matches, Other matches
Ordered by
0 shown as blank
¹ Other Competitions: Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup

Starting XI

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 1 GK V. Valdés 23 Pinto is 1st choice in Copa del Rey 2 RB Dani Alves 20 Adriano has made 10 starts 5 CB Puyol 9 Mascherano has made 18 starts 3 CB Piqué 7 Fontàs has made 3 starts 22 LB Abidal 20 Maxwell has made 6 starts 16 DM Sergio 15 Keita has made 14 starts 6 CM Xavi 19 8 CM A. Iniesta 12 Thiago has made 15 starts 4 RW Fàbregas 11 Pedro has made 14 starts 10 ST Messi 22 9 LW Alexis 6 David Villa has made 17 starts

4–3–3 V. Valdés Dani Alves Puyol (C) Piqué Abidal Sergio Xavi A. Iniesta Fàbregas Messi Alexis .

Last updated: 16 December
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.

N	P	Nat.	Name	La Liga			Champions League			Copa del Rey			Others			Total			Notes
1	GK		V. Valdés	2									1			3
13	GK		Pinto
2	DF		Dani Alves	3			3						1			7
3	DF		Piqué	6												6
5	DF		Puyol	1			1									2
19	DF		Maxwell	1												1
21	DF		Adriano
22	DF		Abidal	1												1
24	DF		Fontàs
4	MF		Fàbregas	3												3
6	MF		Xavi										1			1
8	MF		A. Iniesta	1									1			2
11	MF		Thiago
14	MF		Mascherano	4									1			5
15	MF		Keita	1												1
16	MF		Sergio	4												4
20	MF		Afellay
28	MF		J. dos Santos
7	FW		David Villa	1			1								1	2		1
9	FW		Alexis	2									1			3
10	FW		Messi	3												3
17	FW		Pedro	1												1
27	FW		Gerard
39	FW		I. Cuenca	1												1

Last updated: 11 December 2011
Source: Competitive matches and LFP.com, sportec.es
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

Pre-season

Hajduk Split v Barcelona

23 July 2011 Summer Tour	Hajduk Split	0 – 0	Barcelona	Split, Croatia
20:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Poljud Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Croatia)

Barcelona v Internacional

26 July 2011 Audi Cup Semi-final	Barcelona	2 – 2 (4 – 2 p)	Internacional	Munich, Germany
18:15 CEST	Thiago 15' Sergio  45' J. dos Santos 62'	Report	Rodrigo Moledo  32' Nei 55' Tinga  67' Damião 85'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Penalties
	David Villa J. dos Santos Carmona Jeffrén Lozano		Kléber Damião João Paulo Zé Mário

Bayern Munich v Barcelona

27 July 2011 Audi Cup Final	Bayern Munich	0 – 2	Barcelona	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST		Report	Thiago 42', 75'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark‎ (Germany)

Manchester United v Barcelona

30 July 2011 World Football Challenge	Manchester United	2 – 1	Barcelona	Landover, Maryland, United States
19:00 EDT	Nani 22' Owen 76'	Report	J. dos Santos  30' Thiago 70'	Stadium: FedEx Field Attendance: 81,107 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Barcelona v Guadalajara

3 August 2011 World Football Challenge	Barcelona	1 – 4	Guadalajara	Miami Gardens, Florida, United States
20:00 EDT	David Villa 4'	Report	Marco 60', 63' Casillas 72' Verduzco 90+2'	Stadium: Sun Life Stadium Attendance: 70,080 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

Barcelona v América

6 August 2011 World Football Challenge	Barcelona	2 – 0	América	Arlington, Texas, United States
15:00 CDT	David Villa 24' Sergio  61' Keita 89'	Report	Medina  45'	Stadium: Cowboys Stadium Attendance: 60,807 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Barcelona v Napoli

22 August 2011 Joan Gamper Trophy	Barcelona	5 – 0	Napoli	Barcelona, Spain
19:00 CEST	Fàbregas 26' Keita 31' Pedro 62' Messi 66', 77'	Report	Lavezzi  37' Víctor Ruiz  81'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 78,002 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Supercopa de España	Final	—	Winner	14 August 2011	17 August 2011
UEFA Super Cup	Final	—	Winner	26 August 2011
FIFA Club World Cup	Semifinal	—		15 December 2011	18 December 2011
La Liga	—	2nd		29 August 2011	13 May 2012
Copa del Rey	Rof32	Rof32		9 November 2011
UCL	GS	Rof16		13 September 2011

Updated to match played 15 December
Source: Competitions

Supercopa de España

Main article: 2011 Supercopa de España

See also: El Clásico

Real Madrid v Barcelona

14 August 2011 First Leg	Real Madrid	2 – 2	Barcelona	Madrid
22:00 CEST	Özil 13' Khedira  32' Alonso 54',  78' F. Coentrão  90+1'	Report	David Villa 36' Messi 45+1' Alexis  55' Dani Alves  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 81,177 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

Barcelona v Real Madrid

17 August 2011 Second Leg	Barcelona	3 – 2 (5 – 4 agg.)	Real Madrid	Barcelona
23:00 CEST	A. Iniesta 15' Xavi  42' Messi 45', 88' Mascherano  54' V. Valdés  90+3' David Villa  90+5'	Report	Ronaldo 20',  54' Khedira  28' Marcelo  55'  90+4' Pepe  62' Sergio Ramos  76' Benzema 82' F. Coentrão  84' Özil  90+5'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 92,965 Referee: Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
Note: David Villa and Mesut Özil were both sent off for fighting after being substituted.

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 2011 UEFA Super Cup

Barcelona v Porto

26 August 2011	Barcelona	2 – 0	Porto	Monaco
20:45 CEST	Messi 39' A. Iniesta  51' Fàbregas 88'	Report	C. Rodríguez  30' Rolando  65'  86' Guarín  82'  90'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 18,048 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

FIFA Club World Cup

Main article: 2011 FIFA Club World Cup

Al-Sadd v Barcelona

14 December 2011 Semi-final	Al-Sadd	0 – 4	Barcelona	Yokohama, Japan
19:30 JST	Ibrahim  62' Kasola  80'	Report	Adriano 25', 43' Keita 64' Maxwell 81'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 66,298 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Santos v Barcelona

18 December 2011 Final	Santos	v	Barcelona	Yokohama, Japan
19:30 JST				Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

La Liga

Main article: 2011–12 La Liga

League table

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
16	11	4	1	50	8	+42	37	8	1	0	39	0	+39	3	3	1	11	8	+3

Last updated: 10 December.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by Round

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.

Málaga v Barcelona

21 August 2011 1	Málaga	v	Barcelona	Málaga
--:--				Stadium: La Rosaleda
Note: Postponed due to AFE strike after failing to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the LFP.

Barcelona v Villarreal

29 August 2011 2	Barcelona	5 – 0	Villarreal	Barcelona
21:00	Thiago 25' Mascherano  33' Fàbregas  35' 45' Alexis 47'  48' Messi 52', 74'	Report	C. Zapata  20' Wakaso  84' C. Marchena  88'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 75,097 Referee: Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)

Real Sociedad v Barcelona

10 September 2011 3	Real Sociedad	2 – 2	Barcelona	San Sebastián
18:00	Aggiretxe 59' Griezmann 60' Cadamuro  82'	Report	Xavi 10' Fàbregas 11' Sergio  62' Messi  90+3'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)

Barcelona v Osasuna

17 September 2011 4	Barcelona	8 – 0	Osasuna	Barcelona
20:00	Messi 5', 41', 79' Fàbregas 13' David Villa 34', 76'  36' Rovérsio 40' (o.g.) Xavi 57'	Report	Lamah  44' García  48' Baldé  74' Timor  82' Damià  83'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 70,549 Referee: Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

Valencia v Barcelona

21 September 2011 5	Valencia	2 – 2	Barcelona	Valencia
22:00	Abidal 12' (o.g.) Rami  15' Pablo H. 23' Soldado  37' Canales  53' Jonas  87' Jordi Alba  90+1'	Report	Pedro 14' Fàbregas 77' Mascherano  88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 52,250 Referee: Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)

Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

24 September 2011 6	Barcelona	5 – 0	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
22:00	David Villa 9' Miranda 15' (o.g.) Messi 26', 78', 90+1' Piqué  71'	Report	Perea  72'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 83,154 Referee: Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

Sporting Gijón v Barcelona

2 October 2011 7	Sporting Gijón	0 – 1	Barcelona	Gijón
20:00	Nacho Cases  34' A. Castro  87'	Report	Adriano 12' Pedro  50' Sergio  90+3'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Clos Gómez (Aragon)

Barcelona v Racing Santander

15 October 2011 8	Barcelona	3 – 0	Racing Santander	Barcelona
20:00	Messi 11', 68' Xavi 27'	Report	P. Diop  21' E. Bedia  80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 82,225 Referee: Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)

Barcelona v Sevilla

22 October 2011 9	Barcelona	0 – 0	Sevilla	Barcelona
22:00	Mascherano  45+2' A. Iniesta  75' Fàbregas  90+4' Messi 90+5'	Report	J. Navas  42' Navarro  54'  90+7' Javi Varas  57' Medel  66' M. Cáceres  68' Fazio  90' Kanouté  90+3'  90+4' Escudé  90+7'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 82,743 Referee: Iturralde González (Basque Country)

Granada v Barcelona

25 October 2011 10	Granada	0 – 1	Barcelona	Granada
20:00	Uche  3' Jaime  35'  53' Fran Rico  36' Dani Benítez  63'  90+2' Nyom  87'	Report	Dani Alves  26' Xavi 33' Sergio  62' I. Cuenca  66' Keita  90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

Barcelona v Mallorca

29 October 2011 11	Barcelona	5 – 0	Mallorca	Barcelona
20:00	Messi 13' (pen.), 21', 30' I. Cuenca 50' Dani Alves  74' 90+2'	Report	Nsue  12' Bigas  90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,635 Referee: Pérez Montero (Andalusia)

Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona

6 November 2011 12	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 2	Barcelona	Bilbao
20:00	Herrera 20',  22' Javi Martínez  48' Iturraspe  53' Amorebieta  69'  90+1' Piqué 80' (o.g.)	Report	Fàbregas 24' Piqué  63' Messi 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Paradas Romero (Andalusia)

Barcelona v Real Zaragoza

19 November 2011 13	Barcelona	4 – 0	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
20:00	Piqué 18',  61' Messi 43' Puyol 54' David Villa 75' Dani Alves  88'	Report	Lanzaro  26' E. Juárez  28' Micael  63'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 66,692 Referee: Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

Getafe v Barcelona

26 November 2011 14	Getafe	1 – 0	Barcelona	Getafe
22:00	Lacen  24' Casquero  47' Valera 68' Diego Castro  71' Lopo 78'	Report	Maxwell  19' Piqué  44' Sergio  89'	Stadium: Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes‎ (Cantabria)

Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano

29 November 2011 17	Barcelona	4 – 0	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
21:00	Alexis 29', 41' David Villa 43' Messi 50' V. Valdés  80' Piqué  84'	Report	Lass  39' Jordi  45' Arribas  60'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 53,775 Referee: Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)

Barcelona v Levante

3 December 2011 15	Barcelona	5 – 0	Levante	Barcelona
20:00	Fàbregas 3', 32',  45' I. Cuenca 36' Messi 53' Alexis 59' V. Valdés  90+1'	Report	Javi Venta  26' Ballesteros  32' Del Horno  42'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 79,361 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

Real Madrid v Barcelona

10 December 2011 16	Real Madrid	1 – 3	Barcelona	Madrid
22:00	Benzema 1' Alonso  45' Lass  61' Pepe  63' Sergio Ramos  70'	Report	Alexis  27', 30' Messi  37' Piqué  48' Xavi 53' Fàbregas 66'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 85,400 Referee: Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)

Espanyol v Barcelona

8 January 2012 18	Espanyol	v	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
--:--				Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat

Barcelona v Real Betis

15 January 2012 19	Barcelona	v	Real Betis	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Málaga v Barcelona

22 January 2012 1	Málaga	v	Barcelona	Málaga
20:00				Stadium: La Rosaleda

Villarreal v Barcelona

29 January 2012 21	Villarreal	v	Barcelona	Vila-real
--:--				Stadium: El Madrigal

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

5 February 2012 22	Barcelona	v	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Osasuna v Barcelona

12 February 2012 23	Osasuna	v	Barcelona	Pamplona
--:--				Stadium: Reyno de Navarra

Barcelona v Valencia

19 February 2012 24	Barcelona	v	Valencia	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Atlético Madrid v Barcelona

26 February 2012 25	Atlético Madrid	v	Barcelona	Madrid
--:--				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Barcelona v Sporting Gijón

4 March 2012 26	Barcelona	v	Sporting Gijón	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Racing Santander v Barcelona

11 March 2012 27	Racing Santander	v	Barcelona	Santander
--:--				Stadium: El Sardinero

Sevilla v Barcelona

18 March 2012 28	Sevilla	v	Barcelona	Sevilla
--:--				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Barcelona v Granada

21 March 2012 29	Barcelona	v	Granada	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Mallorca v Barcelona

25 March 2012 30	Mallorca	v	Barcelona	Palma
--:--				Stadium: Iberostar Stadium

Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao

1 April 2012 31	Barcelona	v	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Zaragoza v Barcelona

8 April 2012 32	Real Zaragoza	v	Barcelona	Zaragoza
--:--				Stadium: La Romareda

Barcelona v Getafe

11 April 2012 33	Barcelona	v	Getafe	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Levante v Barcelona

15 April 2012 34	Levante	v	Barcelona	Valencia
--:--				Stadium: Ciutat de València

Barcelona v Real Madrid

21 April 2012 35	Barcelona	v	Real Madrid	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona

29 April 2012 36	Rayo Vallecano	v	Barcelona	Vallecas
--:--				Stadium: Teresa Rivero

Barcelona v Málaga

2 May 2012 20	Barcelona	v	Málaga	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Barcelona v Espanyol

6 May 2012 37	Barcelona	v	Espanyol	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Betis v Barcelona

13 May 2012 38	Real Betis	v	Barcelona	Sevilla
--:--				Stadium: Benito Villamarín

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2011–12 Copa del Rey

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round of 32

L'Hospitalet v Barcelona

9 November 2011 First leg	L'Hospitalet	0 – 1	Barcelona	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
22:00	Lucas Viale  38'	Report	A. Iniesta 41'	Stadium: La Feixa Llarga Attendance: 2,500 Referee: del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)

Barcelona v L'Hospitalet

22 December 2011 Second Leg	Barcelona	v	L'Hospitalet	Barcelona
22:00				Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: González González (Castille and León)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Key to colours in group tables
Group winner and runner-up advance to the round of 16
Third-placed team enter the UEFA Europa League at the round of 32

Group H standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16	16
Milan	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	2	3	4	11	-7	5
BATE Borisov	6	0	2	4	2	14	-12	2

Kickoff times are in CET.

Barcelona v Milan

13 September 2011 1	Barcelona	2 – 2	Milan	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Pedro 36' David Villa 50',  52' Dani Alves  70' Puyol  90+2'	Report	Pato 1' van Bommel  18' Nesta  57' T. Silva 90+2'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 89,861 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

BATE Borisov v Barcelona

28 September 2011 2	BATE Borisov	0 – 5	Barcelona	Minsk, Belarus
20:45	Simić  80'	Report	Valadzko 19' (o.g.) Pedro 22' Messi 38', 55' Dani Alves  77' David Villa 90'	Stadium: Dynama Stadium Attendance: 29,555 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Barcelona v Viktoria Plzeň

19 October 2011 3	Barcelona	2 – 0	Viktoria Plzeň	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	A. Iniesta 10' David Villa 82'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 74,376 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Viktoria Plzeň v Barcelona

1 November 2011 4	Viktoria Plzeň	0 – 4	Barcelona	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45	Pilař  16' Čišovský  22' Limberský  60' Pavlík  72' Jiráček  75' Horváth  76'	Report	Messi 24' (pen.), 45+2', 90+2' Dani Alves  49' Fàbregas 72'	Stadium: Synot Tip Arena Attendance: 20,145 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Milan v Barcelona

23 November 2011 5	Milan	2 – 3	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
20:45	Ibrahimović 20' Aquilani  24' Nesta  30' van Bommel  34' Prince 54' Zambrotta  86'	Report	van Bommel 14' (o.g.) Messi  31', 31' (pen.) Puyol  43' Abidal  45+3' Xavi 63' Mascherano  85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,927 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Barcelona v BATE Borisov

6 December 2011 6	Barcelona	4 – 0	BATE Borisov	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	S. Roberto 35' Montoya 60' Pedro 63', 88' (pen.)	Report	Yurevich  44'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 37,374 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona

14 February 2012 First Leg	Bayer Leverkusen	v	Barcelona	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45				Stadium: BayArena

Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen

7 March 2012 Second Leg	Barcelona	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Barcelona, Spain
20:45				Stadium: Camp Nou

References

External links

• FC Barcelona official website