2010–11 FC Barcelona season

season of football team

The 2010–11 season was FC Barcelona's 111th season since the club was founded in 1899. Barcelona started the season with a new President, Sandro Rosell.[2]

Barcelona
2010–11 season
PresidentSandro Rosell
Head CoachPep Guardiola
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga1st
Copa del ReyRunners-up
Supercopa de EspañaWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lionel Messi (31)

All:
Lionel Messi (53)
Highest home attendance98,255 vs Real Madrid
(29 November 2010)
Lowest home attendance38,971 vs Ceuta
(10 November 2010)
Average home league attendance78,614[1]

Many people consider this season to be one of the best in Barcelona's history.[3]

Players change

[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Spain Víctor Valdés
2 DF   Brazil Daniel Alves
3 DF   Spain Gerard Piqué
5 DF   Spain Carles Puyol (Captain)
6 MF   Spain Xavi (vice-captain)
7 FW   Spain David Villa
8 MF   Spain Andrés Iniesta
9 FW   Spain Bojan Krkić
10 FW   Argentina Lionel Messi
11 FW   Spain Jeffrén Suárez
13 GK   Spain José Manuel Pinto
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   Argentina Javier Mascherano
15 MF   Mali Seydou Keita
16 MF   Spain Sergio Busquets
17 FW   Spain Pedro
18 DF   Argentina Gabriel Milito
19 DF   Brazil Maxwell
20 MF   Netherlands Ibrahim Afellay
21 DF   Brazil Adriano
22 DF   France Éric Abidal

Youth System change

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF   Spain Andreu Fontàs
27 MF   Spain Manuel Agudo Durán
28 MF   Spain Sergi Roberto
29 MF   Spain Víctor Vázquez
30 MF   Spain Thiago Alcántara
31 GK   Spain Rubén Miño
32 DF   Spain Marc Bartra
33 DF   Spain Sergi Gómez
34 MF   Mexico Jonathan dos Santos
35 DF   Spain Martín Montoya
36 DF   Spain Marc Muniesa
37 MF   Spain Oriol Romeu

Transfers change

In
# Pos. Name Moving from Type Fee
21 DF Adriano Sevilla Transfer € 9.5m [5]
14 MF Javier Mascherano Liverpool Transfer € 22m [6]
7 FW David Villa Valencia Transfer € 40m [7]
20 MF Ibrahim Afellay PSV Transfer € 3m
Out
# Pos. Name Moving to Type Fee
4 DF Rafael Márquez New York Red Bulls Contract ended Free[8]
14 FW Thierry Henry New York Red Bulls Contract ended Free [9]
9 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović AC Milan Transfer € 24m
21 DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy Shakhtar Donetsk Transfer € 15m
24 MF Yaya Touré Manchester City Transfer € 28.5m

Supercopa de España change

14 August 2010 First leg Sevilla 3 – 1 Barcelona Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Sevilla
Luís Fabiano   61'
Kanouté   72'82'
Ibrahimović   20' Attendance: 40,000
21 August 2010 Second Leg Barcelona 4 – 0
(5 – 3 agg.)
Sevilla Camp Nou
Konko   14' (o.g.)
Messi   25'44'90+1'
Attendance: 67,414

League change

29 August 2010 1 Racing 0 – 3 Barcelona Santander
(Report)
Live TV:
  3' Messi
  33' Iniesta
  62' Villa
  90+1' Piqué
Attendance: 19,095
11 September 2010 2 Barcelona 0 – 2 Hércules Camp Nou
Mascherano   19'
Adriano   42'
(Report)
Live TV:
Attendance: 79,363
19 September 2010 3 Atlético Madrid 1 – 2 Barcelona Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
(Report)
Live TV:
  13' Messi
  31' Dani Alves
  33' Piqué
  36' Maxwell
  84' Valdés
  86' Puyol
  90+4' Mascherano
Attendance: 53,000
22 September 2010 4 Barcelona 1 – 0 Sporting Camp Nou
Villa   49'
Milito   78'
Piqué   90'
(Report) Attendance: 66,947
25 September 2010 5 Athletic Bilbao 1 – 3 Barcelona San Mamés, Bilbao
(Report)   55' Keita
  59' Piqué
  74' Xavi
  87' Villa
  90+3' Sergio
Attendance: 36,000
3 October 2010 6 Barcelona 1 – 1 Mallorca Camp Nou
19:00 Messi   21' (Report)
Live TV:
  14' Kevin
  42' Nsue
  52' Webó
  59' Aouate
  65' Chori Castro
  85' Edson
  87' Pereira
Attendance: 79,085
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
16 October 2010 7 Barcelona 2 – 1 Valencia Camp Nou
20:00 Iniesta   47'
Keita   55'
Puyol   63'
Valdés   90+2'
(Report)
Live TV:
  38' Pablo
  40' Soldado
  72' Albelda
  90' César
  90+2' Aduriz
Attendance: 87,975
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
23 October 2010 8 Real Zaragoza 0 – 2 Barcelona La Romareda, Zaragoza
18:00 Lanzaro   26'
Gabi   32'
Ponzio   47'
Lafita   71'
Braulio   85'
(Report)
Live TV:
  42'66' Messi
  88' Piqué
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)
30 October 2010 9 Barcelona 5 – 0 Sevilla Camp Nou
22:00 Messi   4'64'
Villa   24'90'
Puyol   29'
Dani Alves   52'
(Report)
Live TV:
 
  21' Kanouté
  29' Alexis
  41'   45' Konko
Attendance: 81,020
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)
7 November 2010 10 Getafe 1 – 3 Barcelona Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
19:00 Cata Díaz   37'
Boateng   58'   80'
Pintos   67'
Manu   70' (pen.)   89'
(Report)
Live TV:
  23' Messi
  34'   67' Villa
Piqué
  65' Pedro
  88' Iniesta
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez (Valencia)
13 November 2010 11 Barcelona 3 – 1 Villarreal Camp Nou
22:00 Villa   22'
Abidal   35'
Messi   58'83'
Maxwell   68'
(Report)
Live TV:
 
  26' Nilmar
  45' Valero
  73' Á. López
  90' Senna
Attendance: 80,766
Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)
20 November 2010 12 Almería 0 – 8 Barcelona Estadio del Mediterráneo, Almería
20:00 Vargas   31'
Bernardello   61'
(Report)
Live TV:
  17'37'67' Messi
  19' Iniesta
  27' (o.g.) Acasiete
  35' Pedro
  56' Thiago
  62'73' Bojan
Attendance: 13,097
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)
29 November 2010 13 Barcelona 5 – 0 Real Madrid Camp Nou
21:00 Xavi   10'   90+3'
Pedro   18'
Valdés   33'
Villa   34'   55'58'
Messi   44'
Puyol   80'
Jeffrén   90+1'
(Report)
Live TV:
  33' Ronaldo
  36' Pepe
  51' Alonso
  56' Marcelo
  56' Casillas
  71' Carvalho
  73'   90+3' Ramos
  75' Khedira
Attendance: 98,255
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Basque Country)
4 December 2010 14 Osasuna 0 – 3 Barcelona Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona
20:00 Soriano   48'
Puñal   71'
Lolo   85'
(Report)
Live TV:
  26' Pedro
  65'84' (pen.) Messi
Attendance: 18,043
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
12 December 2010 15 Barcelona 5 – 0 Real Sociedad Camp Nou
21:00 Mascherano   7'
Villa   9'
Iniesta   33'
Messi   47'87'
Bojan   90'
(Report)
Live TV:
 
Attendance: 74,931
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
18 December 2010 16 Espanyol 1 – 5 Barcelona Cornellà-El Prat, Barcelona
20:00 Kameni   31'
Baena   36'
Osvaldo   37'   63'
J. Márquez   41'
Ruiz   67'
(Report)
Live TV:
  19'60' Pedro
  26' Sergio
  30' Xavi
  54' Piqué
  70' Dani Alves
  76'84' Villa
Attendance: 40,010
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
2 January 2011 17 Barcelona 2 – 1 Levante Camp Nou
18:00 Bojan   45+2'
Pedro   47'59'
Sergio   89'
Xavi   89'
Keita   90+3'
(Report)
Live TV:
  45+2' Nano
  80'   90+2' Stuani
Attendance: 71,681
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)
8 January 2011 18 Deportivo 0 – 4 Barcelona Riazor, A Coruña
22:00 Rubén Pérez   51' (Report)
Live TV:  
  26' Villa
  52' Messi
  80' Iniesta
  81' Pedro
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)
16 January 2011 19 Barcelona 4 – 1 Málaga Camp Nou
21:00 Iniesta   8'
Villa   18'74'
Pedro   36'
Abidal   76'
(Report)
Live TV:
 
  28' Demichelis
  68' Duda
Attendance: 71,576
Referee: José Luis González González (Castile and León)
22 January 2011 20 Barcelona 3 – 0 Racing Camp Nou
20:00 Pedro   2'
Messi   33' (pen.)   A. Iniesta   56'
(Report)
Live TV:
Attendance: 70,072
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
29 January 2011 21 Hércules 0 – 3 Barcelona José Rico Pérez, Alicante
20:00 Aguilar   33'
Peña   45+2'
Farinós   77'   85'
(Report)
Live TV:
  43' Pedro
  83' Dani Alves
  87'89' Messi
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
5 February 2011 22 Barcelona 3 – 0 Atlético Madrid Camp Nou
22:00 Messi   17'28'79'   78'
Dani Alves   45'
(Report)
Live TV:
 
  29' Ujfaluši
  67' Tiago
  88' Valera
Attendance: 84,766
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)
12 February 2011 23 Sporting Gijón 1 – 1 Barcelona El Molinón, Gijón
20:00 Barral   13'   16'
Ángel   35'
Sastre   84'
Cuéllar   90'
(report)
Live TV:
  18' Mascherano
  44' Afellay
  65' Pinto
  72' Pedro
  77' Xavi
  80' Villa
  90' Valdés
Attendance: 23,481
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)
20 February 2011 24 Barcelona 2 – 1 Athletic Bilbao Camp Nou
21:00 Villa   4'
Dani Alves   36'
Sergio   49'
Piqué   52'
Messi   78'
(Report)
Live TV:
 
  24' Koikili
  32'   50' (pen.) Iraola
  90+2' Gurpegui
Attendance: 83,533
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez (Andalusia)
26 February 2011 25 Mallorca 0 – 3 Barcelona Son Moix, Palma
20:00 Martí   57' (report)
Live TV:
  38' Messi
  57' Villa
  66' Pedro
Attendance: 23,142
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Madrid)
2 March 2011 26 Valencia 0 – 1 Barcelona Mestalla, Valencia
22:00 Alba   49'
Pablo Hernández   66'
Tino Costa   78'
Soldado   90+1'
(Report)
Live TV:  
  64'   76' Messi Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Basque Country)
5 March 2011 27 Villarreal 0 – 1 Barcelona El Madrigal, Vilarreal
20:00 Bruno   15'
Marchena  50'
Report
Live TV:  
  40'   66' Piqué
  55' Dani Alves
  90+2' Valdés
  90+3' Sergio
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez (Andalusia)
9 April 2011 31 Barcelona 3 – 1 Almería Camp Nou
20:00 Bojan   17'
Mascherano   19'
Messi   53' (pen.)90+2'
Thiago   64'
Villa   77'
Report
Live TV:
  45' Bernardello
  50' Corona
  52' Diego Alves
  63' Juanma
Attendance: 80,452
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez (Valencia)
16 April 2011 32 Real Madrid 1 – 1 Barcelona Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
22:00 Marcelo   31'
Albiol   51'
Arbeloa   76'
Ronaldo   82' (pen.)
(Report)
Live TV:
 
  9' Adriano
  27' Piqué
  53' (pen.) Messi
  79' Dani Alves
  80' Valdés
  90+2' Xavi
Attendance: 80,354
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
23 April 2011 33 Barcelona 2 – 0 Osasuna Camp Nou
20:00 Villa   24'
Dani Alves   50'
Keita   80'
Messi   87'
(Report)
Live TV:
  77' Nekounam
  85' Timor
Attendance: 73,285
Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)
30 April 2011 34 Real Sociedad 2 – 1 Barcelona Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián
20:00 Tamudo   11'
Estrada   49'
Ifrán   71'
Prieto   82' (pen.)
(Report)
Live TV:
  29' Thiago
  81' Mascherano
Attendance: 34,850
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
8 May 2011 35 Barcelona 2 – 0 Espanyol Camp Nou
19:00 Iniesta   29'
Piqué   47'
Pedro   62'
(Report)
Live TV:
  62' Luis García
  63' Kameni
  85' Isaías
Attendance: 89,994
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
11 May 2011 36 Levante 1 – 1 Barcelona Ciutat de València, Valencia
20:00 Caicedo   41'
Iborra   68'
(Report)
Live TV:
 
  28' Keita
  65' Piqué
Attendance: 20,473
Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero (Andalusia)
15 May 2011 37 Barcelona 0 – 0 Deportivo Camp Nou
21:00 (Report)
Live TV:
 
  42' Aythami
  78' Lopo
Attendance: 70,044
Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)
21 May 2011 38 Málaga 1 – 3 Barcelona La Rosaleda, Málaga
(Report)
Live TV:
  44' (pen.) Bojan
  74' Dani Alves
  76' Afellay
  84' Bartra
Attendance: 28,000

Copa del Rey change

Round of 32 change

26 October 2010 First leg Ceuta 0–2 Barcelona Ceuta
22:00 CEST Aridane   19'
Cañas   29'
Report Maxwell   16'
Pedro   25'
Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Murube
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez (Andalusia)
10 November 2010 Second leg Barcelona 5–1
(7–1 agg.)
Ceuta Barcelona
22:00 CET Nolito   2'
Milito   7'
Bartra   36'
Pedro   50'
Bojan   64'
Messi   68'
Report Moreno   21'   26'
Guzmán   35'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 38,971
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)

Round of 16 change

21 December 2010 First leg Barcelona 0–0 Athletic Bilbao Barcelona
20:00 CET Piqué   90' Report Martínez   33'
Koikili   45'
Gabilondo   52'
Orbaiz   84'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 45,207
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)
5 January 2011 Second leg Athletic Bilbao 1–1
(1–1 (a) agg.)
Barcelona Bilbao
22:00 CET Gurpegui   19'
Toquero   26'
Ustaritz   57'
Llorente   85'
Report Busquets   53'
Abidal   75'
Pinto   80'
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 39,750
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

Quarter-finals change

12 January 2011 First leg Barcelona 5–0 Real Betis Barcelona
22:00 CET Messi   44'62'73'
Busquets   57'
Pedro   76'
Keita   83'
Report Iriney   19'
Roqué   39'
Isidoro   60'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 59,498
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)
19 January 2011 Second leg Real Betis 3–1
(3–6 agg.)
Barcelona Seville
22:00 CET Molina   2'7'
Arzu   45+2'
Isidoro   54'
Pereira   77'
Report Adriano   30'
Messi   38'
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Aragon)

Semi-finals change

26 January 2011 First leg Barcelona 5–0 Almería Barcelona
22:00 CET Messi   9'16'
Villa   11'
Pedro   31'
Keita   88'
Report Vargas   43' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 49,875
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)
2 February 2011 Second leg Almería 0–3
(0–8 agg.)
Barcelona Almería
20:00 CET Michel   28'
Bernardello   62'
Report Busquets   31'
Adriano   35'
Thiago   56'
Afellay   67'
Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)

Final change

20 April 2011 Final Barcelona 0–1 (a.e.t.) Real Madrid Valencia
21:30 CEST Pedro   34'
Messi   65'
Adriano   117'
Report (in Spanish) Pepe   26'
Alonso   60'
Adebayor   73'
Di María   85'   118'
Ronaldo   103'
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

UEFA Champions League change

Group stage change

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Barcelona 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 14
  Copenhagen 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
  Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 2 4 –2 6
  Panathinaikos 6 0 2 4 2 13 –11 3
16 September 2010 1 Barcelona   5 – 1   Panathinaikos Camp Nou
Messi   22'45'
Villa   33'
Pedro   78'
Dani Alves   90+3'
(Report) Govou   20' Attendance: 69,738
29 September 2010 2 Rubin Kazan   1 – 1   Barcelona Central Stadium
(Report)   52' Puyol
  60' (pen.) Villa
  90+1' Piqué
Attendance: 23,950
20 October 2010 3 Barcelona   2 – 0   Copenhagen Camp Nou
Messi   19'90+2'
Iniesta   81'
(Report) Attendance: 75,852
2 November 2010 4 Copenhagen   1 – 1   Barcelona Parken Stadium
(Report)   31' Messi
  50' Sergio
Attendance: 38,065
24 November 2010 5 Panathinaikos   0 – 3   Barcelona Olympic Stadium
(Report)   27'69' Pedro
  31' Piqué
  62' Messi
Attendance: 58,466
7 December 2010 6 Barcelona   2 – 0   Rubin Kazan Camp Nou
Fontàs   51'
Vázquez   83'
(Report) Attendance: 50,436

Round of 16 change

16 February 2011 First Leg Arsenal   2 – 1   Barcelona Emirates Stadium
20:45 CET Van Persie   78'
Arshavin   83'
(Report)   26' Villa
  29' Iniesta
  59' Piqué
Attendance: 59,927
8 March 2011 Second Leg Barcelona   3 – 1
(4 – 3 agg.)
  Arsenal Camp Nou
Messi   45+3'71' (pen.)
Xavi   69'
(Report) Busquets   53' (o.g.) Attendance: 95,486

Quarter-finals change

6 April 2011 First Leg Barcelona 5 – 0 Shakhtar Donetsk Camp Nou
Iniesta   2'
Dani Alves   34'
Pique   53'
Keita   60'
Xavi   86'
12 April 2011 Second Leg Shakhtar Donetsk 0 – 1
(0 – 6 agg.)
Barcelona Donbass Arena
Messi   43'

Semi-finals change

27 April 2011 First Leg Real Madrid 0 – 2 Barcelona Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Messi   76'87'
3 May 2011 Second Leg Barcelona 1 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)
Real Madrid Camp Nou
Pedro   54' Marcelo Vieira   64'

Final change

28 May 2011 Final Barcelona 3 – 1 Manchester United Wembley Stadium
Pedro   27'
Messi   54'
Villa   69'
Rooney   34' Attendance: 87,695

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