In 2008–09,

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started a new era with a new manager, former captain and

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coach

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, who led the team to the first treble in Spanish football history. After selling off high-profiled players such as

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and

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, Barcelona played scintillating football throughout the season, winning the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

, and the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

Pre-season

Source
FC Barcelona

Players

Squad information

Players in and out

In

Total spending: €88M

Out

Total income: €49.5M {,

Squad stats

Disciplinary record

Club

Coaching staff

Competitions

Overall

As in nine out of the last ten seasons, Barcelona was present in all major competitions. First division and

in Spain and

in Europe.

La Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

All kickoff times are in CEST.

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

=Quarter-finals

=Semi-finals

=Final

Record

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Competition !! Won !! Draw !! Lost , - , League , , 27 , , 6 , , 5 , - , Copa del Rey , , 7 , , 2 , , 0 , - , UCL , , 8 , , 5 , , 2 , - , Friendly , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , - , Total , , 48 , , 13 , , 7

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
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