2011–12 FC Barcelona season

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

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

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
1Spain Víctor Valdés
13Spain José Manuel Pinto
Defenders
2Brazil Daniel Alves
3Spain Gerard Piqué
5Spain Carles Puyol
19Brazil Maxwell
21Brazil Adriano
22France Éric Abidal
Midfielders
4Spain Cesc Fàbregas
6Spain Xavi
8Spain Andrés Iniesta
11Spain Thiago Alcántara
14Argentina Javier Mascherano
15Mali Seydou Keita
16Spain Sergio Busquets
Forwards
7Spain David Villa
9Chile Alexis Sánchez
10Argentina Lionel Messi
17Spain Pedro
20Netherlands 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 6510204+1616
Italy AC Milan 6231118+39
Czech Republic FC Viktoria Plzeň 6123411-75
Belarus FC BATE Borisov 6024214-122


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".
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