2011–12 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona

2011–12 season
Chairmen	Sandro Rosell
Manager	Josep Guardiola
Stadium	Camp Nou
Home Away
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The 2011–12 season is Futbol Club Barcelona's 118th in the Spanish league.

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

Pre-season

23 July 2011	Hajduk Split	0 – 0	Barcelona	Split, Croatia
		Report		Attendance: 35,000

Audi Cup Semi-final 26 July 2011	Barcelona	2 – 2 (4 – 2 pen)	Internacional	Munich, Germany
	Thiago 15' Jonathan 62'	Report	Nei 55' Damião 85'	Attendance: 69,000
		Penalties

Audi Cup Final 27 July 2011	Bayern Munich	0 – 2	Barcelona	Munich, Germany
		Report	Thiago 42', 75'	Attendance: 69,000

30 July 2011	Manchester United	2 – 1	Barcelona	Landover, United States
	Nani 22' Owen 76'	Report	Thiago 70'	Attendance: 81,107

3 August 2011	Barcelona	1 – 4	Guadalajara	Miami Gardens, United States
	David Villa 4'	(Report)	Marco 60', 63' Casillas 72' Verduzco 90+2'	Attendance: 70,080

6 August 2011	Barcelona	2 – 0	América	Arlington, United States
	David Villa 24' Keita 89'	(Report)		Attendance: 60,807

Joan Gamper Trophy 22 August 2011	Barcelona	5 – 0	Napoli	Barcelona, Spain
	Fàbregas 26' Keita 31' Pedro 62' Messi 66', 77'	(Report)		Attendance: 78,002

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	From	Fee
FW	Alexis Sanchez	Udinese	€26 million
MF	Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal	€39 million

Out

Pos.	Name	To	Fee
FW	Bojan Krkić	Roma	€12 m
FW	Jeffrén Suárez	Sporting Lisbon	€3.75 m

Released

Pos.	Name
DF	Gabriel Milito

New deal

Pos.	Name
FW	Pedro

Squad

Goalkeepers 1 Víctor Valdés 13 José Manuel Pinto

Defenders 2 Daniel Alves 3 Gerard Piqué 5 Carles Puyol 19 Maxwell 21 Adriano 22 Éric Abidal

Midfielders 4 Cesc Fàbregas 6 Xavi 8 Andrés Iniesta 11 Thiago Alcántara 14 Javier Mascherano 15 Seydou Keita 16 Sergio Busquets

Forwards 7 David Villa 9 Alexis Sánchez 10 Lionel Messi 17 Pedro 20 Ibrahim Afellay

Supercopa de España

First leg 14 August 2011	Real Madrid	2 - 2	Barcelona	Santiago Bernabéu
	Özil 13' Alonso 54'	Report	Villa 39' Messi 45+1'

Second leg 17 August 2011	Barcelona	3 - 2 (5 – 4 agg.)	Real Madrid	Camp Nou
	Iniesta 15' Messi 45', 88'	Report	Ronaldo 20' Benzema 82'

La Liga

1 21 August 2011	Málaga	Postponed	Barcelona	Malaga

2 27 August 2011	Barcelona	5 - 0	Villarreal	Camp Nou
	Thiago Mascherano Fàbregas Sánchez Messi	Report

3 10 September 2011	Real Sociedad	2 - 2	Barcelona	Guipuzcoa
			Xavi Fàbregas Busquets Messi

4 18 September 2011	Barcelona	8 - 0	Osasuna	Camp Nou
	Messi Fàbregas David Villa Own goal Xavi

5 21 September 2011	Valencia	2 - 2	Barcelona	Valencia
			Pedro Fàbregas Mascherano

6 24 September 2011	Barcelona	5 - 0	Atlético Madrid	Camp Nou
	David Villa Own goal Messi Piqué

7 2 October 2011	Sporting Gijón	0 - 1	Barcelona	Asturias
			Adriano Pedro Busquets

8 15 October 2011	Barcelona	3 - 0	Racing Santander	Camp Nou
	Messi Xavi

9 22 October 2011	Barcelona	0 - 0	Sevilla	Camp Nou
	Mascherano Iniesta Fàbregas

10 25 October 2011	Granada	0 - 1	Barcelona	Granada
			Dani Alves Xavi Busquets Cuenca Keita

11 29 October 2011	Barcelona	5 – 0	Real Mallorca	Camp Nou
	Messi Cuenca Alves

12 6 November 2011	Athletic Bilbao	v	Barcelona	Bilbao
				Stadium: San Mamés

13 19 November 2011	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
FC Barcelona	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16	16
AC Milan	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
FC Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	2	3	4	11	-7	5
FC BATE Borisov	6	0	2	4	2	14	-12	2

1 13 September 2011	FC Barcelona	2 - 2	Milan	Camp Nou
	Pedro 36' Villa 50'		Pato 1' Thiago Silva 90+2'	Attendance: 89,861

2 28 September 2011	BATE Borisov	0 – 5	FC Barcelona	Minsk
			Alyaksandr Valadzko 19' (o.g.) Pedro 22' Messi 38', 55' Villa 90'

3 19 October 2011	FC Barcelona	2 - 0	Viktoria Plzeň	Camp Nou
	Iniesta 10' Villa 82'

4 1 November 2011	Viktoria Plzeň	0 - 4	FC Barcelona	Camp Nou
	Messi 24', 45+2', 90+2' Fàbregas 72'