UEFA Champions League 2008/09 / FC Barcelona

Lionel Messi versus Michael Carrick

Game scene from the final in Rome

The article below covers the match statistics of the Champions League matches of eventual winners FC Barcelona in the 2008/09 season.

Third qualifying round

As third place in the Primera División 2007/08 , FC Barcelona first had to prevail in the third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League against Polish champions Wisła Krakau .

FC Barcelona - Wisła Krakow 4: 0 (2: 0)

FC Barcelona		Wisła Krakow
	Third qualifying round, first leg Tuesday, August 13, 2008 at 10:00 p.m. in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 56,786 Referee: Claudio Circhetta ( Italy )
	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves (76th Gerard Piqué ), Rafael Márquez , Carles Puyol , Éric Abidal - Xavi , Seydou Keita , Andrés Iniesta - Pedro , Samuel Eto'o , Thierry Henry (84th Aljaksandr Hleb ) Trainer: Pep Guardiola	Mariusz Pawełek - Cléber , Marcin Baszczyński , Tomáš Jirsák (46. Grzegorz Kmiecik ), Júnior Díaz - Mauro Cantoro , Radosław Sobolewski , Piotr Brożek , Wojciech Łobodziński (84. Artur Rado ) - Rafał Boguski (67th Andrzej Niedzielan ) - Paweł Brożek coach : Maciej Skorza
	1: 0 Eto'o (17th) 2: 0 Xavi (24th) 3: 0 Henry (49th) 4: 0 Eto'o (83rd)
		Cantoro (15.)

Wisła Krakow - FC Barcelona 1: 0 (0: 0)

Wisła Krakow		FC Barcelona
	3rd qualifying round, second leg Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 8.45 p.m. in Krakow , Henryk Reyman Stadium Spectators: 14,500 (sold out) Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia )
	Mariusz Pawełek - Cléber , Marcin Baszczyński , Peter Šinglár , Júnior Díaz - Marek Zieńczuk (90. Tomasz Dawidowski ), Tomáš Jirsák , Piotr Brożek , Wojciech Łobodziński (82 Patryk Małecki ) - Rafał Boguski (68th Andrzej Niedzielan ) - Paweł Brożek coach : Maciej Skorza	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Carles Puyol , Éric Abidal - Xavi (57th Eiður Guðjohnsen ), Yaya Touré , Seydou Keita - Thierry Henry , Samuel Eto'o (75th Bojan ), Andrés Iniesta (66th Aljaksandr Hleb ) Coach: Pep Guardiola
	1-0 Cléber (52nd)
	Pi. Brożek (45th + 1 '), Boguski (53th)	Henry (90th + 1 ')

Group stage

FC Barcelona - Sporting Lisbon 3: 1 (1: 0)

FC Barcelona		Sporting Lisbon
	1. Group game Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 58,354 Referee: Laurent Duhamel ( France )   Match report
	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez , Carles Puyol (89th Sylvinho ) - Xavi , Seydou Keita , Andrés Iniesta - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o (66th Yaya Touré ), Thierry Henry (75th Pedro ) coach : Pep Guardiola	Rui Patrício - Abel , Tonel , Ânderson Polga , Marco Caneira (79th Bruno Pereirinha ) - João Moutinho - Fábio Rochemback , Marat Ismailow - Leandro Romagnoli (66th Miguel Veloso ) - Yannick Djaló , similar coach: Paulo Bento
	1-0 Márquez (21st) 2-0 Eto'o (60th, penalty kick) 3-1 Xavi (87th)	2: 1 tonel (72nd)
	Piqué (70th)	Rochemback (86.)

Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Barcelona 1: 2 (1: 0)

Shakhtar Donetsk		FC Barcelona
	2. Group game Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Donetsk , RSK Olimpijskyj Spectators: 25,300 (sold out) Referee: Howard Webb ( England )   Match report
	Andriy Pyatov - Darijo Srna , Mikola Istschenko , Dmytro Chygrynskiy , Vyacheslav Shevchuk - Igor Duljaj (90 + 3 ' Mariusz Lewandowski ), Tomáš Hübschman , Fernandinho - Ilsinho (87 Willian ), Luiz Adriano (72. Yevhen Seleznyov ), Brandão coach : Mircea Lucescu	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez , Carles Puyol - Xavi , Yaya Touré , Seydou Keita (81st Eiður Guðjohnsen ) - Thierry Henry (60th Lionel Messi ), Samuel Eto'o (74th Bojan ), Andrés Iniesta Coach: Pep Guardiola
	1-0 Ilsinho (44th)	1: 1 Messi (87th) 1: 2 Messi (90th + 4 ')
	Srna (47.), Fernandinho (58.), Tschyhrynskyj (69.), Brandão (88.)	Xavi (41.), Keita (78.), Márquez (89.), Iniesta (90. + 3 ')

FC Basel - FC Barcelona 0: 5 (0: 3)

FC Basel		FC Barcelona
	3. Group game Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Basel , St. Jakob-Park Spectators: 37,500 (sold out) Referee: Eric Braamhaar ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Franco Costanzo - Reto Zanni , David Abraham , François Marque , Behrang Safari - Eduardo Rubio (46th Valentin Stocker ), Benjamin Huggel , Ivan Ergić , Scott Chipperfield (55th Jürgen Gjasula ) - Eren Derdiyok , Marco Streller (71st Eduardo ) coach : Christian Gross	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Rafael Márquez (53rd Martín Cáceres ), Carles Puyol , Sylvinho - Xavi (57th Thierry Henry ), Yaya Touré (67th Víctor Sánchez ), Sergio Busquets - Lionel Messi , Bojan , Aljaksandr Hleb Trainer: Pep Guardiola
		0: 1 Messi (4th) 0: 2 Busquets (15th) 0: 3 Bojan (22nd) 0: 4 Bojan (46th) 0: 5 Xavi (48th)
	Rubio (43.), Abraham (86.)

FC Barcelona - FC Basel 1: 1 (0: 0)

FC Barcelona		FC Basel
	4. Group game Tuesday 4th November 2008 at 8:45 pm in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 49,479 Referee: Alexandru Tudor ( Romania )   Match report
	Víctor Valdés - Carles Puyol , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez , Sylvinho - Víctor Sánchez (60th Xavi ), Sergio Busquets , Andrés Iniesta (67th Samuel Eto'o ) - Aljaksandr Hleb , Bojan (60th Lionel Messi ), Thierry Henry Trainer : Pep Guardiola	Franco Costanzo - Reto Zanni , Beg Ferati , François Marque , Behrang Safari - Benjamin Huggel - Carlitos , Valentin Stocker (83rd Marcos Gelabert ), Ivan Ergić , Marko Perović (59th Eduardo ) - Marco Streller (69th Eren Derdiyok ) Trainers: Christian Gross
	1-0 Messi (62nd)	1: 1 Derdiyok (82nd)
		Costanzo (89.)

Sporting Lisbon - FC Barcelona 2: 5 (0: 2)

Sporting Lisbon		FC Barcelona
	5. Group game Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Lisbon , Estádio José Alvalade XXI Spectators: 31,775 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni ( Italy )   Match report
	Rui Patrício - Marco Caneira , Daniel Carriço , Ânderson Polga , Leandro Grimi - Miguel Veloso - João Moutinho , Bruno Pereirinha - Leandro Romagnoli (46th Derlei ) - Yannick Djaló (73rd Tiago Ferreira ), Liédson (79th Hélder Postiga ) Coach: Paulo Bento	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez , Martín Cáceres - Xavi (74th Seydou Keita ), Sergio Busquets , Eiður Guðjohnsen - Lionel Messi (57th Pedro ), Thierry Henry (46th Bojan ), Aljaksandr Hleb Trainer: Pep Guardiola
	1: 3 Veloso (65th) 2: 3 Liédson (66th)	0: 1 Henry (14th) 0: 2 Piqué (17th) 0: 3 Messi (49th) 2: 4 Caneira (67th, own goal) 2: 5 Bojan (73rd, penalty kick)
	Caneira (54th)	Busquets (33rd), Márquez (63rd / 2nd blocked)
	Patrício (71.)

FC Barcelona - Shakhtar Donetsk 2: 3 (0: 1)

FC Barcelona		Shakhtar Donetsk
	6. Group game Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 22,763 Referee: Michael Riley ( England )   Match report
	Albert Jorquera - Martín Cáceres , Gerard Piqué , Víctor Sánchez , Sylvinho - Víctor Vázquez , Sergio Busquets , Seydou Keita - Pedro (76th Eiður Guðjohnsen ), Bojan , Aljaksandr Hleb Trainer: Pep Guardiola	Andrij Pjatow - Darijo Srna , Oleksandr Kutscher , Dmytro Tschyhrynskyj , Răzvan Raț - Tomáš Hübschman - Jádson (66th Brandão ), Oleksij Haj , Fernandinho (77th Luiz Adriano ), Willian - Olexandr Hladkyj Trainer: Mircea Lucescu
	1: 2 Sylvinho (60th) 2: 3 Busquets (83th)	0: 1 Hladkyj (31st) 0: 2 Hladkyj (57th) 1: 3 Fernandinho (75th)
	Bojan (50.)	Hübschman (65th), Brandão (86th), Adriano (87th), Hladkyj (87th), Kutscher (89th), Pjatow (90th)

Final table of group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona	6th	4th	1	1	018: 800	+10	13
2.	Sporting Lisbon	6th	4th	0	2	008: 800	± 0	12
3.	Shakhtar Donetsk	6th	3	0	3	011: 700	+4	09
4th	FC Basel	6th	0	1	5	002:160	−14	01

Round of 16

Olympique Lyon - FC Barcelona 1: 1 (1: 0)

Olympique Lyon		FC Barcelona
	Round of 16, first leg Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 8:45 p.m. in Lyon , Stade Gerland Spectators: 39,230 (sold out) Referee: Wolfgang Stark ( Germany )   Match report
	Hugo Lloris - John Mensah , Cris , Jean-Alain Boumsong , Fabio Grosso - Jérémy Toulalan , Jean Makoun - Abdul Kader Keïta (88th Miralem Pjanić ), Juninho (79th Kim Källström ), Ederson (65th César Delgado ) - Karim Benzema Trainer: Claude Puel	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez , Carles Puyol - Xavi , Yaya Touré , Sergio Busquets (77th Seydou Keita ) - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o , Thierry Henry Trainer: Pep Guardiola
	1-0 Juninho (7th)	1: 1 Henry (67th)
	Toulalan (23rd), Grosso (32nd), Cris (88.)	Alves (34.), Puyol (61.), Busquets (63.)

FC Barcelona - Olympique Lyon 5: 2 (4: 1)

FC Barcelona		Olympique Lyon
	Round of 16, second leg Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 at 8:45 p.m. in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 86,378 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø ( Norway )   Match report
	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez , Sylvinho - Xavi , Yaya Touré , Andrés Iniesta (90th + 2 ' Aljaksandr Hleb ) - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o (87th Bojan ), Thierry Henry (75th Seydou Keita ) Trainer: Pep Guardiola	Hugo Lloris - François Clerc (46th Mathieu Bodmer ), Cris , Jean-Alain Boumsong , Fabio Grosso - Jérémy Toulalan , Jean Makoun - César Delgado (61st Kim Källström ), Juninho , Ederson (85th Abdul Kader Keïta ) - Karim Benzema Trainer: Claude Puel
	1: 0 Henry (25th) 2: 0 Henry (27th) 3: 0 Messi (40th) 4: 0 Eto'o (43rd) 5: 2 Keita (90th + 5 ')	4: 1 Makoun (44th) 4: 2 Juninho (48th)
	Henry (45th + 1 ')	Cris (12th), Delgado (49th), Grosso (64th), Makoun (70th), Toulalan (76th)
		Juninho (90th +1 ')

Quarter finals

FC Barcelona - FC Bayern Munich 4: 0 (4: 0)

FC Barcelona		FC Bayern Munich
	Quarter-finals, first leg Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:45 p.m. in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 93,219 Referee: Howard Webb ( England )   Match report
	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez , Carles Puyol - Xavi , Yaya Touré (81st Sergio Busquets ), Andrés Iniesta - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o (90th Bojan ), Thierry Henry (74th Seydou Keita ) Coach: Pep Guardiola	Hans Jörg Butt - Massimo Oddo , Martín Demichelis , Breno , Christian Lell - Mark van Bommel - Hamit Altintop (46th Andreas Ottl ), Bastian Schweinsteiger , Zé Roberto (77th José Ernesto Sosa ), Franck Ribéry - Luca Toni Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann
	1-0 Messi (9th) 2-0 Eto'o (13th) 4-0 Messi (38th) 4-0 Henry (43rd)
	Messi (17th), Márquez (90th + 1 '/ 3rd, suspended)	Lell (48.), Demichelis (57.)

FC Bayern Munich - FC Barcelona 1: 1 (0: 0)

FC Bayern Munich		FC Barcelona
	Quarter-finals, second leg Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 8:45 p.m. in Munich , Allianz Arena Spectators: 66,000 (sold out) Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy )   Match report
	Hans Jörg Butt - Christian Lell , Martín Demichelis , Lúcio , Philipp Lahm - Mark van Bommel , Andreas Ottl - José Ernesto Sosa (78th Hamit Altintop ), Franck Ribéry , Zé Roberto (78th Tim Borowski ) - Luca Toni Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Carles Puyol , Éric Abidal - Xavi , Yaya Touré , Seydou Keita - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o , Andrés Iniesta (78th Aljaksandr Hleb ) Coach: Pep Guardiola
	1-0 Ribéry (47th)	1: 1 Keita (75th)
	Lúcio (36.), Demichelis (42.), Borowski (82.), Lell (84.)	Alves (18th), Puyol (25th)

Semifinals

FC Barcelona - Chelsea 0-0

FC Barcelona		Chelsea FC
	Semi-finals, first leg Wednesday, April 23, 2009 at 8:45 pm in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 95,231 Referee: Wolfgang Stark ( Germany )   Match report
	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Rafael Márquez (52nd Carles Puyol ), Éric Abidal - Xavi , Yaya Touré , Andrés Iniesta - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o (82nd Bojan ), Thierry Henry (87th Aljaksandr Hleb ) Coach: Pep Guardiola	Petr Čech - Branislav Ivanović , Alex , John Terry , José Bosingwa - John Obi Mikel , Frank Lampard (71st Juliano Belletti ) - Michael Essien , Michael Ballack (90th + 5 ' Nicolas Anelka ), Florent Malouda - Didier Drogba Trainer: Guus Hiddink
	Touré (37th), Puyol (74th / 3rd, closed)	Alex (26.), Ballack (29.)

Chelsea FC - Barcelona 1: 1 (1: 0)

Chelsea FC		FC Barcelona
	Semi-finals, second leg Wednesday 6 May 2009 at 8:45 pm in London , Stamford Bridge Spectators: 37,857 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø ( Norway )   Match report
	Petr Čech - José Bosingwa , Alex , John Terry , Ashley Cole - Michael Ballack , Michael Essien , Frank Lampard - Nicolas Anelka , Didier Drogba (72nd Juliano Belletti ), Florent Malouda Trainer: Guus Hiddink	Víctor Valdés - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Yaya Touré , Éric Abidal - Xavi , Sergio Busquets (85th Bojan ), Seydou Keita - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o (90th + 7th Sylvinho ), Andrés Iniesta (90th + 6 ' Eiður Guðjohnsen ) Coach: Pep Guardiola
	1: 0 Essien (9.)	1: 1 Iniesta (90th + 3 ')
	Essien (74th), Alex (77th), Ballack (90th + 6 '), Drogba (90th + 8')	Alves (30./3., Suspended), Eto'o (90. + 1 '), Iniesta (90. + 4')
		Abidal (66.)

final

FC Barcelona - Manchester United 2: 0 (1: 0)

FC Barcelona		Manchester United
	final Wednesday May 27, 2009 at 8:45 pm in Rome , Stadio Olimpico Spectators: 62,467 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland )   Match report
	Víctor Valdés - Carles Puyol , Gerard Piqué , Yaya Touré , Sylvinho - Xavi , Sergio Busquets , Andrés Iniesta (90th + 2 ' Pedro ) - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o , Thierry Henry (72nd Seydou Keita ) Trainer: Pep Guardiola	Edwin van der Sar - John O'Shea , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Anderson (46th Carlos Tévez ), Michael Carrick , Ryan Giggs (75th Paul Scholes ) - Cristiano Ronaldo , Wayne Rooney , Park Ji-sung ( 66. Dimitar Berbatov ) coach: Alex Ferguson
	1-0 Eto'o (10th) 2-0 Messi (71st)
	Piqué (16.)	Ronaldo (78th), Scholes (80th), Vidić (90th + 3 ')

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