2011–12 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
2011–12 season
ChairmenSpain Sandro Rosell
ManagerSpain Josep Guardiola
StadiumCamp Nou

The 2011–12 season is Futbol Club Barcelona's 118th in the Spanish league.

Barcelona signing a £125m deal with the Qatar Foundation.[1]

Pre-season

23 July 2011 Hajduk Split Croatia 0 – 0 Spain Barcelona Split, Croatia
Report Attendance: 35,000
26 July 2011 Audi Cup
Semi-final		 Barcelona Spain 2 – 2
(4 – 2 p)		 Brazil Internacional Munich, Germany
Thiago Goal 15'
Jonathan Goal 62'		 Report Nei Goal 55'
Damião Goal 85'		 Attendance: 69,000
27 July 2011 Audi Cup
Final		 Bayern Munich Germany 0 – 2 Spain Barcelona Munich, Germany
Report Thiago Goal 42', 75' Attendance: 69,000
30 July 2011 Manchester United England 2 – 1 Spain Barcelona Landover, United States
Nani Goal 22'
Owen Goal 76'		 Report Thiago Goal 70' Attendance: 81,107
3 August 2011 Barcelona Spain 1 – 4 Mexico Guadalajara Miami Gardens, United States
David Villa Goal 4' (Report) Marco Goal 60', 63'
Casillas Goal 72'
Verduzco Goal 90+2'		 Attendance: 70,080
6 August 2011 Barcelona Spain 2 – 0 Mexico América Arlington, United States
David Villa Goal 24'
Keita Goal 89'		 (Report) Attendance: 60,807
22 August 2011 Joan Gamper
Trophy		 Barcelona Spain 5 – 0 Italy Napoli Barcelona, Spain
Fàbregas Goal 26'
Keita Goal 31'
Pedro Goal 62'
Messi Goal 66', 77'		 (Report) Attendance: 78,002

Transfers

In

Pos. Name From Fee
FW Chile Alexis Sanchez Italy Udinese €26 million [2]
MF Spain Cesc Fàbregas England Arsenal €39 million [3]

Out

Pos. Name To Fee
FW Spain Bojan Krkić Italy Roma €12 m [4]
FW Spain Jeffrén Suárez Portugal Sporting Lisbon €3.75 m [5]

Released

Pos. Name
DF Argentina Gabriel Milito [6]

New deal

Pos. Name
FW Spain Pedro [7]

Squad

Goalkeepers
1 Spain Víctor Valdés
13 Spain José Manuel Pinto
Defenders
2 Brazil Daniel Alves
3 Spain Gerard Piqué
5 Spain Carles Puyol
19 Brazil Maxwell
21 Brazil Adriano
22 France Éric Abidal
Midfielders
4 Spain Cesc Fàbregas
6 Spain Xavi
8 Spain Andrés Iniesta
11 Spain Thiago Alcántara
14 Argentina Javier Mascherano
15 Mali Seydou Keita
16 Spain Sergio Busquets
Forwards
7 Spain David Villa
9 Chile Alexis Sánchez
10 Argentina Lionel Messi
17 Spain Pedro
20 Netherlands Ibrahim Afellay


Supercopa de España

14 August 2011 First leg Real Madrid 2 - 2 Barcelona Santiago Bernabéu
Özil Goal 13'
Alonso Goal 54'		 Report Villa Goal 39'
Messi Goal 45+1'
17 August 2011 Second leg Barcelona 3 - 2
(5 – 4 agg.)		 Real Madrid Camp Nou
Iniesta Goal 15'
Messi Goal 45', 88'		 Report Ronaldo Goal 20'
Benzema 82'

La Liga

21 August 2011 1 Málaga Postponed [8] Barcelona Malaga
27 August 2011 2 Barcelona 5 - 0 Villarreal Camp Nou
Thiago Goal
Mascherano Yellow card
Fàbregas Yellow card Goal
Sánchez Goal Yellow card
Messi GoalGoal		 Report


10 September 2011 3 Real Sociedad 2 - 2 Barcelona Guipuzcoa
Xavi Goal
Fàbregas Goal
Busquets Yellow card
Messi Yellow card
18 September 2011 4 Barcelona 8 - 0 Osasuna Camp Nou
Messi GoalGoalGoal
Fàbregas Goal
David Villa GoalGoal Yellow card
Own goal Goal
Xavi Goal
21 September 2011 5 Valencia 2 - 2 Barcelona Valencia
Pedro Goal
Fàbregas Goal
Mascherano Yellow card
24 September 2011 6 Barcelona 5 - 0 Atlético Madrid Camp Nou
David Villa Goal
Own goal Goal
Messi GoalGoalGoal
Piqué Yellow card


2 October 2011 7 Sporting Gijón 0 - 1 Barcelona Asturias
Adriano Goal
Pedro Yellow card
Busquets Yellow card
15 October 2011 8 Barcelona 3 - 0 Racing Santander Camp Nou
Messi GoalGoal
Xavi Goal
22 October 2011 9 Barcelona 0 - 0 Sevilla Camp Nou
Mascherano Yellow card
Iniesta Yellow card
Fàbregas Yellow card
25 October 2011 10 Granada 0 - 1 Barcelona Granada
Dani Alves Yellow card
Xavi Goal
Busquets Yellow card
Cuenca Yellow card
Keita Yellow card
29 October 2011 11 Barcelona 5 – 0 Real Mallorca Camp Nou
Messi GoalGoalGoal
Cuenca Goal
Alves Yellow card Goal


6 November 2011 12 Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona Bilbao
Stadium: San Mamés
19 November 2011 13 Barcelona v Real Zaragoza Camp Nou

Champions League

  • FC Barcelona advanced to the Round of 16.
Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain FC Barcelona 6 5 1 0 20 4 +16 16
Italy AC Milan 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
Czech Republic FC Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 2 3 4 11 -7 5
Belarus FC BATE Borisov 6 0 2 4 2 14 -12 2


13 September 2011 1 FC Barcelona Spain 2 - 2 Italy Milan Camp Nou
Pedro Goal 36'
Villa 50'Goal		 Pato Goal 1'
Thiago Silva 90+2'Goal		 Attendance: 89,861
28 September 2011 2 BATE Borisov Belarus 0 – 5 Spain FC Barcelona Minsk
Alyaksandr Valadzko Goal 19' (o.g.)
Pedro Goal 22'
Messi Goal 38', 55'
Villa 90'Goal
19 October 2011 3 FC Barcelona Spain 2 - 0 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Camp Nou
Iniesta Goal 10'
Villa Goal 82'
1 November 2011 4 Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 0 - 4 Spain FC Barcelona Camp Nou
Messi Goal 24', 45+2', 90+2'
Fàbregas Goal 72'

References

  1. ↑ "Barcelona & Qatar Foundation agree £125m shirt deal".
  2. ↑ "Barcelona land Chilean star Sanchez from Udinese".
  3. ↑ "Fàbregas completes Barcelona return".
  4. ↑ "Roma agree deal for Barca's Bojan".
  5. ↑ "Sporting signs Jeffren from Barcelona".
  6. ↑ "Barcelona release Gabriel Milito".
  7. ↑ "New Pedro deal includes €150m buy-out".
  8. ↑ "Start of Primera Liga delayed".