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The 2018–19 season was
Futbol Club Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by ...
's 119th season in existence and the club's 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Barcelona was involved in four competitions after winning the
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of
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and the
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in the previous season. Contrary to the expectations and primarily due to stellar
Lionel Messi Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Major League Soccer ...
performances, Barcelona were in the running for a third
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, until 7 May 2019, when they infamously lost 4–0 to eventual winners
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in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, having been up 3–0 after the first game. The league title was secured earlier on 27 April and Barça advanced to its sixth consecutive Copa del Rey final on 27 February . The loss at Anfield derailed the team and they went on to lose the Copa del Rey final as well, to Valencia. Barça's league title was its eighth in eleven seasons; their next league title would be won in
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. Head coach
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was sacked midway through the next season. The season was the first since 2001–02 season without former captain
Andrés Iniesta Andrés Iniesta Luján (; born 11 May 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and spent most of his career at La Liga club Barcelona. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was known ...
, who departed to join
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.


Season overview


June

On 3 June,
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and defender Samuel Umtiti reached an agreement to extend the player's contract for a further five seasons through to 2022–23 with a release clause of €500 million. On 11 June, Barcelona reached an agreement with
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for the transfer of
Gerard Deulofeu Gerard Deulofeu Lázaro (; born 13 March 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger. He plays for the Catalonia national team. He started his career with Barcelona, first appearing with the first team at the ...
for €13 million plus €4 million in variables. Barcelona will also receive a percentage of any future transfer fee.


July

On 8 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with
Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home city, most notably at T ...
for the loan transfer of
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for one season, with a subsequent purchase option for the Chinese club. On 9 July, Barcelona and Grêmio finalized the transfer of
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following the agreement the two clubs reached in March for a transfer fee of €31 million plus €9 million in variables. The player will sign a contract for the next six seasons and the buyout clause is set at €400 million. On 12 July, Barcelona announced that they had paid the buyout clause for
Clément Lenglet Clément Nicolas Laurent Lenglet (born 17 June 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Atlético Madrid and the France national team. Lenglet began his career with Nancy, making 85 appearances from his de ...
which stood at €35.9 million. The player, who joined from
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, signed a contract with the club for the next five seasons and the buyout clause is set at €300 million. On 23 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with
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for the loan transfer of
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for one season. On 23 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with
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for the loan transfer of
Adrián Ortolá Adrián Ortolá Vañó (born 20 August 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Dunkerque. Club career Villarreal Born in Xàbia, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Ortolá joined local Vill ...
for one season, with a subsequent purchase option for the A Coruña club. On 24 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with
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for the transfer of Malcom for a transfer fee of €41 million plus €1 million in variables. The player signed a contract for the next five seasons until the end of 2022–23.


August

On 1 August, Barcelona and Everton reached an agreement for the transfer of
Lucas Digne Lucas Digne (born 20 July 1993) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left back for club Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa and the France national football team, France national team. Digne began his career at Li ...
to the English club for an initial fee of €20.2 million and €1.5 million in variables. On 3 August, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with
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for the transfer of
Arturo Vidal Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo (; born 22 May 1987) is a Chilean professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo and the Chile national football team, Chile national team. His displ ...
to the Catalan club for the next three seasons for a fee of €18 million. On 4 August, Barcelona and
Sevilla Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville ...
reached an agreement for the transfer of
Aleix Vidal Aleix Vidal Parreu (; born 21 August 1989) is a Spanish professional association football, footballer. Mainly a right winger (association football), right winger and a player of great speed, he can also operate as a right-back. Having spent his ...
to the Andalusian club for a transfer fee of €8.5 million, plus €2 million in variables. On 9 August, Barcelona and Everton reached an agreement for the transfer of Yerry Mina for a fee of €30.25 million with an additional €1.5 million in variables. Barcelona also negotiated a buy-back clause in the transfer. Additionally, André Gomes was loaned to Everton for the 2018–19 season. The English club agreed to pay a fee of €2.25 million for the single season. On 12 August, Barcelona defeated Sevilla 1–2 in the Spanish Super Cup at the
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in Morocco; goals from
Gerard Piqué Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is considered to be one of the best defenders of his generation. Initially a talented student athlete at Barcelona's La ...
and
Ousmane Dembélé Masour Ousmane Dembélé (; born 15 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for ...
handed the Catalans their 13th
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title. The trophy was the first won under the captaincy of
Lionel Messi Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Major League Soccer ...
, who also claimed his record-breaking 33rd trophy with the club. Additionally, the match saw official debuts from Arthur, Lenglet, and Arturo Vidal. On 16 August, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of
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to the Italian club
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for an initial fee of €6 million, including a buy-back clause for the Catalans. Barcelona will receive additional €6 million if Marlon makes 50 appearances for Sassuolo. If he would be sold before that, Barcelona will receive 50% of the future transfer fee. On 18 August, Barcelona defeated Alavés 3–0 with two goals from Messi, including the 6,000th La Liga goal in the club's history, and one from Coutinho to secure Barça an opening day victory for a tenth successive season. On 25 August, Barcelona defeated Real Valladolid 0–1, Barça made it two wins out of two thanks to a goal from Dembélé. The match also saw an official debut from Malcom.


September

On 2 September, Barcelona demolished newly promoted
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8–2. A sensational Messi who scored 2 goals had the chance to get his
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with a final minute penalty, but chose to be generous and gave the chance to
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who scored his 2nd goal of the game. Dembélé,
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,
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were also on the scoresheet, along with an own goal from Jorge Pulido. On 15 September, Barcelona defeated
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...
1–2. Despite trailing at half time, goals from Suárez and Dembélé turned things around to make it four wins out of four in La Liga. On 18 September, Barcelona beat
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4–0 in their first Champions League game of the season. Another great performance of Messi as he managed his record-breaking 8th Champions League hat-trick and Dembélé notched the remaining goal from a solo effort to complete another victory for the ''Blaugrana'' side. On 23 September, Barcelona draw Girona 2–2. Sending off for Lenglet hinders home side, Messi and Piqué found the net for the Blaugrana. On 26 September, Barcelona lost to Leganés 2–1. Coutinho's opener counts for nothing as top against bottom clash took unexpected twist with two goals in a minute. On 29 September, Barcelona draw Athletic Bilbao 1–1. Substitutes Messi and Munir came to the rescue to salvage a draw at Camp Nou after Basques had taken 41st-minute lead


October

On 3 October, Barcelona defeated
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2–4, with some major changes in the starting eleven introducing Arthur as a starter for the first time in midfield, the benching of Dembele and putting Coutinho back in attack with Messi and Suarez. Valverde's men secured an important victory in a classic, end-to-end match in London to maintain their perfect start in the Champions League group stage. On 7 October, Barcelona drew with
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1-1. Messi scored a beautiful equaliser after an early opener from Garay to earn the blaugranes a share of the spoils at Mestalla. On 20 October, Barcelona defeated Sevilla 4-2. Four goals and a sensational performance by Ter Stegen allowed Barça to snatch first place back from the leaders on a night that Leo Messi went off injured. On 24 October, Barcelona defeated
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2-0. Rafinha and Jordi Alba's superb goals left the Catalans flying high in Champions League Group B with the maximum points at the halfway stage. On 28 October, in the first ''
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'' of the season, and the first since 2007 not to feature Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid 5–1 at the Camp Nou, with Luis Suárez scoring a hat-trick.


November

On 3 November, Barca defeated Rayo Vallecano 2-3, two goals from Suárez and another from Ousmane Dembélé earned the Blaugranes a late win at Vallecas. On 6 November, Barca draw Inter Milan 1-1, Malcom's 1st goal was not enough at the Giuseppe Meazza after the equalizing goal of Icardi, but Barça still made the knockout stages with two games in hand. On 11 November, Barca lost 3-4 to Betis, The Andalusians spoiled Messi's return to action who scored 2 goals, with a shock victory in a dramatic encounter at the Camp Nou seeing Rakitic being sent off after picking his 2nd yellow card . On 24 November, Barca draw Atlético Madrid 1-1, Diego Costa's late header at the Wanda Metropolitano was cancelled out by Ousmane Dembélé after a brilliant pass of Messi in the final minute of normal time.in addition both Sergi Roberto and rafinha got injured after the game against Atlético On 28 November, Barca defeated PSV Eindhoven 1-2, Goals from a sensational Messi and Piqué clinched the points that ensure top spot in Champions League Group B with a game in hand.


December

On 2 December, Barcelona defeated Villarreal 2-0 with goals from Gerard Piqué and Carles Aleñá, as well as a great all-round team performance which ensured the win and a clean sheet against worthy opponents. On 8 December, Barcelona defeated Espanyol 0-4 with two sensational free kicks from Leo Messi, plus goals from Dembélé and Luis Suárez which brought derby delight and another week at the top of the table. On 11 December, Barcelona drew 1-1 with Tottenham producing a magnificent performance as Dembélé scored Barça's only goal. On 16 December, Barcelona defeated Levante 0-5 playing sensational football which saw them power their way to victory in Valencia. Leo Messi scored yet another hat-trick with Luis Suárez and Gerard Piqué scoring the other goals. On 20 December, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with
Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
for the transfer of
Jeison Murillo Jeison Fabián Murillo Cerón (born 27 May 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Qatari club Al-Shamal. Club career Early years and Granada Born in Cali, Murillo signed with Udinese Calcio in Italy s ...
on loan for the remainder of the 2018/19 season. The agreement includes a purchase option worth €25m. On 22 December, Barcelona defeated Celta Vigo 2-0 with goals from Leo Messi and Ousmane Dembele. The win ensured Barca remained on top of the table, three points ahead of Atletico Madrid, heading into the winter break.


January

On 6 January, Barcelona defeated Getafe 1-2, goals from a sensational Leo Messi and a volley from Luis Suárez overcame a tough opponent and put the Barcelona five points clear at the top of the Liga table. On 10 January, Barcelona lost to Levante 2-1 in Copa del Rey round of 16, Philippe Coutinho converted a penalty five minutes from the end. On 13 January, Barcelona defeated Eibar 3-0, by 2 goals of Luis Suarez who was on fire with the first goal coming from a brilliant combination with a reborn Philipe Coutinho, the other goal being scored by none other than a sensational Leo Messi, which made it his record 400th La Liga goal. On 17 January, Barcelona defeated Levante 3-0 in Copa del Rey round of 16 return game, by 2 goals of Ousmane Dembele and a goal of Leo Messi, this win made sure Barcelona qualified for the Copa del Rey quarter finals. On 20 January, Barcelona defeated Leganés 3-1, as the first-place Catalans chew up the 'Cucumber Growers' at Camp Nou. On 23 January, Barcelona lost to Sevilla 2-0 in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. Juan Sarabia and Ben Yedder scored the goals for Sevilla. On 23 January, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Ajax for the transfer of Frankie De Jong who will be joining the Catalan club from 1 July 2019. The transfer fee is 75 million euros, plus a further 11 million in variables. The player will be signing a contract for the next five seasons, through to 2023/24. On 27 January, Barcelona won Girona 0-2. Nelson Semedo's first League goal and another Leo Messi special handed Barça all three points. On 30 January, Barcelona won Sevilla 6-1 in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals 2nd leg. Phil Coutinho nets a brace, while Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Luis Suárez and Leo Messi notch a goal each. the victory made sure Barcelona qualified for the semifinals of the Copa del Rey


February

On 1 February, the announcement was made that Barcelona would face Real Madrid in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, in the second ''
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'' of this season. On 2 February, Barça draw Valencia 2-2, Leo Messi scored twice as first-place Barça battle back from 2-0, first-half deficit to earn a tie and provisionally extend their lead at the top of the table. On 6 February, Barça draw Real Madrid 1-1, The Catalans and the Madrileños finished all square at Camp Nou in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals; Malcom pulled Barça even after Lucas Vásquez put Los Blancos up early. Making the second leg game at the Bernabeu even more exciting On 10 February, Barça draw Athletic 0-0, Barça had the possession but without doing too much with it. On 16 February, Barça won Valladolid 1-0, Barça picked up three vital points in La Liga thanks to a Leo Messi first half penalty. Messi could have doubled the lead with a second penalty given near the end, but the keeper stopped the penalty On 19 February, Barça draw Lyon 0-0, Barça had 25 shots on goal but no joy with the tie. On 23 February, Barça won Sevilla 2-4, Lionel Messi's stunning hat-trick against his favourite opponent, and Luis Suarez's late goal secured the points for the Blaugrana who twice went behind. On 27 February, Barça won Real Madrid 0-3 (1-4 agg), Luis Suárez was the hero as his two goals plus an own goal send a rampant Barça flying into yet another cup final, the 6th Copa Del Rey final in a row for Barca and they are looking to make it their 5th straight victory in a row


March

On 2 March, Barça won Real Madrid 0-1, Ivan Rakitic goal secured second win of the week at the Bernabéu. It was four seasons in a row now that Barça have won at Real Madrid in the league, a feat that no other team has ever achieved. FC Barcelona have claimed their 96th win the fixture overtaking Real Madrid for the first time in 87 years. On 4 March, Barça and Sergi Samper agreed to a contract termination. On 9 March, Barça won Rayo Vallecano 3-1. Raúl de Tomás scored for the visitors in the 25th minute with an outside of the box shot, Gerard Piqué equalised with a header in the 39th minute, Lionel Messi put Barcelona in the lead with a 51st-minute penalty and Luis Suárez finished off the game with an 82nd minute tap-in. On 13 March, Barça won Lyon 5-1 (5-1 agg), a magnificent performance from Lionel Messi saw the Argentine grab two of Barça's five goals, and assist in two more for Gerard Piqué and Ousmane Dembélé, Philippe Coutinho completing the scoring. FC Barcelona hold the record in the Champions League for 12 consecutive appearances in the last eight of Europe's top club competition. On 15 March, it was announced that Barça would face Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. On 17 March, Barça won Real Betis 1-4. Leo Messi posted yet another legendary hat-trick performance, Luis Suárez added the other, and Barça fly into a ten-point lead in La Liga. Unfortunately the Uruguayan sustained an injury keeping him out of play for 10–15 days. On the 30th, Barcelona got back to winning ways after the international break, with a 2-0
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over
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in
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with both goals from Messi.


April

A thriller of an encounter against
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on 2 April found Barça grab a point in a 4-4 draw after two late goals from Messi and
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. On 6 April, Barça won against Atlético de Madrid at the Camp Nou 2-0, goals scored by Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, a thriller of a match that saw Spanish centre forward
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being sent off the field after receiving a red card. With that win, Messi became the player with the most wins in La Liga with 335. On 10 April, Barça won Manchester United 0-1, that was the first victory at Old Trafford via a
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own goal. On 13 April, Barça drew with Huesca 0-0, a much-changed Barcelona gave first team debuts to
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and Moussa Wague. On 16 April, Barça won Manchester United 3-0 (4-0 agg). An incredible performance by Messi who scored two first-half goals with Coutinho adding a second-half rocket to qualify Barça for their eighth Champions League semi-final in the last 12 seasons. On 20 April, Barça won against Real Sociedad 2-1, Lenglet's towering first-half header and Alba's second were enough for Barça to take all three points. On 23 April, Barça won against Alavés 0-2, Aleñá's opener and Suárez's spot-kick were enough to earn all three points against Alavés. On 27 April, Barça won against Levante 1-0, Substitute Messi fired in the only goal of the game to secure a 26th Liga title with three games in hand, which made it Barça's 8th La Liga title in 11 years.


May

On 1 May, Barça won 3–0 against Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. Suarez scored the first goal, followed by two goals by Messi, the third a superb freekick from over 30 yards, providing them with a clear advantage going into the away leg on 7 May at
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. Messi's second goal saw him reach 600 goals for Barça in 683 matches. On 4 May, Barça lost 2–0 to Celta Vigo in La Liga, with much of the team rested for the second game with Liverpool. On 7 May, Barça lost 4–0 against Liverpool via goals from
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(2) and
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(2), crashing out of the Champions League. On 19 May, in Barcelona's final La Liga match of the season, Messi scored twice in a 2–2 away draw against Eibar (his 49th and 50th goals of the season in all competitions), which saw him capture his sixth Pichichi Trophy as the league's top scorer, with 36 goals in 34 appearances; with six titles, he equalled Zarra as the player with the most top-scorer awards in La Liga. On 25 May, Barça lost the Copa Del Rey final to Valencia 1–2. Lionel Messi scored the only Barcelona goal that night. This loss marked the end of the season for FC Barcelona who won two trophies (La liga and Supercopa de España) out of the possible four, despite having been close to winning them all up until 7 May.


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Champions League 2018/19 numbers
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Transfers and loans


Transfers in


Transfers out


Loans in


Loans out


Transfer summary

''Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.'' Expenditure Summer: €107,900,000 Winter: €4,000,000 Total: €111,900,000 Income Summer: €82,200,000 Winter: €24,050,000 Total: €106,250,000 Net totals Summer: €25,700,000 Winter: €20,050,000 Total: €5,650,000


Pre-season and friendlies


International Champions Cup

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
began their 2018–19 pre-season with a tour of the United States in the
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. ''Barça'' played against
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at the Rose Bowl in
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,
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at the
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in
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and
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at the
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in Santa Clara.


Joan Gamper Trophy

The ''Blaugrana'' finished their pre-season preparations with the annual
Joan Gamper Trophy The Joan Gamper Trophy (, or simply TJG) or Joan Gamper Cup is an annual association football exhibition match held in August, before the start of Barcelona's La Liga season, where top division clubs from the world compete against them. The compe ...
match against
Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...
of Argentina at the
Camp Nou Camp Nou (), meaning ''New Field'' and often referred to in English as the Nou Camp, is a stadium in Barcelona and the home of La Liga club FC Barcelona since its opening in 1957. It is currently undergoing renovation, and with a planned increa ...
on 15 August.


Supercopa de Catalunya


Competitions


Overview


La Liga

Barcelona were the defending champions. On 24 July 2018, the
La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...
fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


Standings


Results summary


Results by round


Matches


Copa del Rey

Barcelona entered the competition as the four-time defending champions, having won consecutive editions in 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.


Round of 32


Round of 16


Quarter-finals


Semi-finals


Final


Supercopa de España

As the winners of the
2017–18 Copa del Rey The 2017–18 Copa del Rey was the 116th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners were assured a place for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage. Barcelona were the three-time d ...
and
2017–18 La Liga The 2017–18 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th since its establishment. The season began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. The fixtures were released on 21 July 2017. Real Madrid ...
, Barcelona faced the Copa del Rey runners-up,
Sevilla Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville ...
, for the season-opening
Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España, also known as the Spanish Super Cup, is a super cup tournament in Football in Spain, Spanish football. Founded in 1982 Supercopa de España, 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2 ...
. For the first time in the tournament history, it was a single match hosted in a neutral venue at the
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in
Tangier Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...
, Morocco.


UEFA Champions League

On 30 August, Barcelona were drawn in Group B of the
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
alongside
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from
Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
,
PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...
from
Eredivise The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
and
Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...
from
Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
. After topping Group B, Barcelona advanced to knockout phase as a seeded team, and were drawn against
Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
from
Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...
in the round of 16. In the draw for the quarter-finals, Barcelona were drawn against Premier League side
Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...
, and in the draw for the semi-finals, against the winner of the tie between
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and
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, if Barcelona advance to a further round. Originally, the quarter-finals match was scheduled to be played with the first leg at Camp Nou and the second leg at
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, but the order of the two legs was reversed to avoid Manchester United and
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from playing home on the same night or on consecutive nights.


Group stage


Knockout phase


= Round of 16

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=Quarter-finals

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=Semi-finals

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Statistics


Squad appearances and goals

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Squad statistics

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Goalscorers

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Suárez Suárez is a common Spanish surname of Germanic origin, of which Juárez (surname), Juárez is an alternative form. It is widely spread throughout Latin America as a consequence of colonization. In origin it is a Patronymic surname, patronymic me ...
, 21 , 1 , 3  , 0 , 25 , - , 11 , FW , , O. Dembélé , 8 , 3 , 2 , 1 , 14 , -bgcolor="#efefef" , 7 , FW , , Coutinho , 5 , 3 , 3 , 0 , 11 , - , 3 , DF , , Piqué , 4 , 2 , 0 , 1 , 7 , -bgcolor="#efefef" , 4 , MF , , I. Rakitić , 3 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 5 , - , 14 , FW , , Malcom , 1 , 1 , 2 , 0 , 4 , -bgcolor="#efefef" , 18 , DF , ,
Jordi Alba Jordi Alba Ramos (; born 21 March 1989) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami. He is often regarded as among the best full-backs of his genera ...
, 2 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 3 , - , 22 , MF , ,
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, 3 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 3 , -bgcolor="#efefef" , 15 , DF , , Lenglet , 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 2 , -bgcolor="#efefef" , 21 , MF , , Aleñá , 2 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 2 , - , 2 , DF , , N. Semedo , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , - , 12 , MF , ,
Rafinha Rafinha is the diminutive form of the given name Rafael. It can refer to: Brazilian footballers * Rafinha (footballer, born 1982), Rafael Scapini de Almeida, midfielder and defender * Rafinha (footballer, born 1983), Rafael da Silva Francisco, mi ...
, 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 1 , -bgcolor="#efefef" , 20 , MF , , S. Roberto , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 1 , - , 6 , MF , ,
Denis Suárez Denis Suárez Fernández (; born 6 January 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal. Club career Early years Born in Salceda de Caselas, Pontevedra, Galicia, Suárez played youth football ...
, 0 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 2 , -bgcolor="#efefef" , , 19 , FW , ,
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, 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 2 , - , colspan=4 ,
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s , 2 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 4 , - , colspan=4 , TOTAL , 90 , 26 , 20 , 2 , 138 As of match played 25 May 2019.


Hat-tricks

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, ,
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Clean sheets

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Disciplinary record


Injury record


References


External links

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Spanish football championship–winning seasons 2018–19 in Catalan football 2018–19 La Liga