2009–10 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona
2009–10 season
President Joan Laporta
Head Coach Pep Guardiola
Stadium Camp Nou
La Liga 1st
Copa del Rey Round of 16
UEFA Super Cup Winners
FIFA Club World Cup Winners
Supercopa de España Winners
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Lionel Messi (34)
All:
Lionel Messi (47)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

In 2009–10, Futbol Club Barcelona started the new season with the prospect of winning six major competitions in the 2009–2010 season. They contested for the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Copa del Rey, La Liga, and the UEFA Champions League. During the summer transfer window, the club swapped their top league goal scorer during the treble season, Samuel Eto'o to Italy's Internazionale in exchange for Zlatan Ibrahimović, along with €49 million, bringing the total to €69 million. On 16 May, Barcelona claimed its 20th league title[1] with a then-record 99 points via a 4–0 victory over relegated side Valladolid to finish their 2009–10 season with four titles.[2]

Overview

Over the summer of 2009, along with Ibrahimović, Barcelona reinforced their squad with the signings of Internazionale defender Maxwell, Brazilian club Palmeiras forward Keirrison (sent on loan with Portuguese club Benfica, then loaned out during the winter transfer window to Italian side Fiorentina), and Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy. Continuing its tradition of using canteranos on the first team, Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola also promoted four players from the youth reserves, Jonathan dos Santos, Jeffrén, Andreu Fontàs and Marc Muniesa.[3] Barcelona player Henrique, previously on loan with German side Bayer Leverkusen, briefly rejoined the squad for the pre-season but was again loaned out, this time to Spanish side Racing Santander.

Off the field events

On 23 September, it was discovered by Catalan newspaper El Periódico of an investigation into the daily lives of four possible candidates for the Barcelona presidential election in 2010. The investigation was authorized by FC Barcelona’s director general Joan Oliver, who hired investigating company Metodo 3 to gather daily information on Vice President of Institution and Assets Administration Joan Franquesa, Vice President for Marketing and Media Jaume Ferrer, Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Joan Boix, Vice President for Sport Rafael Yuste between late March and early April 2009.[4] Oliver stated in a press conference the next day at the Camp Nou that "Barça did no spying but were just protecting the entity of the club."[5]

President Joan Laporta stated that "this happened five months ago. Certain events happened and when I found out about them, the corresponding explanations were given. These explanations were understood and accepted since no law was broken." He added that "it was understood that the reports that were asked for were within the limits of legality and were to protect the affected parties and the club. Therefore, the page was turned and the case was closed." Laporta also said that "we are better than we have ever been in our entire history in our methods of operation, and now, because they want to destabilise us, people drag up issues like these. We will continue the same way, because everyone does it as well. We are used to living under pressure and people trying to destabilise us… Barça is united and united we are unbeatable."

Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola stated that "he has shielded the squad from the scandal of the investigation" and that "the subject has not been spoken of in the locker room and even the captains have not mentioned it, there's total concentration."[6]

On 11 November, Vice-President Joan Franquesa handed in his resignation for "personal reasons". Continuing the turmoil in the Barcelona Board-Room.[7] President Joan Laporta took action by restructuring the board of directors and making Albert Perrín, the new Vice-President. Laporta stated "he was making changes for these individuals to get to know the best club better."[8]

Ballon d'Or & FIFA World Player of the Year

On 1 December, France Football Magazine announced Lionel Messi was the winner of the 2009 Ballon d'Or, thus making him the 9th player while playing at Barcelona and the first Argentine & canterano from La Masia to win the coveted footballer prize.[9][10][11] Messi dedicated his triumph at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper to "my family, who have always been by my side and my teammates at Barça who've done everything to ensure I could win the award". He also addressed his team-mates Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, who finished third and fourth respectively, "they've given everything for Barça and they deserve their recognition. If I'd had a vote I would have voted for any of the Barça players."[12]

On 21 December, Messi was named 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year at the Kongresshaus Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland. Messi claimed the prize by a record vote with a considerable wide margin, receiving 1,073 votes to Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo 352 votes, who finished second after winning the year before. Team-mates Xavi and Iniesta finished in third and fifth respectively, closing out 2009 as one of the most memorable years in FC Barcelona history.[13]

On 16 January, Messi became the youngest player to score 100 official goals for the Catalan club. He achieved the feat by scoring a brace in a league match vs Sevilla at the Camp Nou. He stated "It was a relief to get the goal" and "the truth is that with all the big things that have happened to me, well I’m not giving them too much importance. I just try and live quietly and normally and keep my eye on achieving more." [14]

On 16 May, Messi completed the 2009–10 as the Pichichi Throphy and the European Golden Shoe winner with 34 league goals.[15] While Víctor Valdés won the Zamora Trophy for the best La Liga goalkeeper of the season.

IFFHS Awards

On 13 January, the International Federation of Football History & Statistic named Xavi the 2009 World’s Best Playmaker and both teammates Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta received second and fourth place respectively. Lastly manager Pep Guardiola was named 2009 World Club Coach. [16]

FIFA Club World Cup & season friendly

On 6 November, director general Joan Oliver confirmed that Barcelona would play a friendly in Kuwait on 21 December against Kuwaiti club Kazma Sporting Club at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. It took place after the FIFA Club World Cup which was being hosted in the same region by the United Arab Emirates.[17] The match finished 1–1 with both goals coming in the last 10 minutes of the match in front of a sold out crowd that gathered 45 minutes ahead of the kick-off time.[18] Barcelona received €1.7 million to participate in the match.[19]

On 16 December, Pedro became the first player in history to score in six different club competitions during a single season. He scored in La Liga, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de España and the FIFA Club World Cup.[20]

On 19 December, Barcelona was crowned FIFA Club World Cup champion with a 1–2 win over Argentine club Estudiantes in the final, making it the sixth title they've won in 2009 and the first club to accomplish that feat within one calendar year known as The Sextuple.[21]

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Spain V. Valdés (VC)27EU 2002 362 0 2014 Youth system
2 RB Brazil Dani Alves 26EU 2008 102 8 2012 €32.5m Second nationality: Spain
3 CB Spain Piqué 22EU 2008 94 7 2015 Youth system Bought from Manchester United for €5M
4 CB Mexico Márquez 30EU 2003 240 12 2012 €5M Second nationality: Spain
5 CB Spain Puyol (captain)31EU 1999 488 8 2013 Youth system
6 CM Spain Xavi (VC)29EU 1998 527 53 2014 Youth system
8 CM Spain A. Iniesta (VC)25EU 2002 311 24 2015 Youth system
9 FW Sweden Ibrahimović 28EU 19259 45 21 2014 €49M €49M + Samuel Eto'o
10 FW Argentina Messi 22EU 2004 214 37 2016 Youth system
11 FW Spain Bojan 19EU 2007 126 34 2013 Youth system
13 GK Spain Pinto 34EU 2008 18 0 2010 €0.5M
14 FW France Henry 32EU 2007 121 59 2011 €24M
15 CM Mali Keita 29EU 2008 90 12 2012 €14M Second nationality: France
16 DM Spain Sergio 21EU 2008 93 4 2013 Youth system
17 FW Spain Pedro 22EU 2008 68 23 2014 Youth system
18 CB Argentina Milito 29EU 2007 59 1 2012 €20.5M Second nationality: Italy
19 LB Brazil Maxwell 29Non-EU 2009 36 0 2014 €4.5M
20 FW Spain Jeffrén 21EU 2008 21 2 2014 Youth system
21 CB Ukraine Chygrynskiy 23EU 2009 14 0 2014 €25M
22 LB France Abidal 30EU 2007 109 0 2012 €15M
24 DM Ivory Coast Touré Yaya 26EU 2007 118 6 2013 €9M Under Kolpak ruling

Total squad cost: €200 million

From youth system

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

No. Position Player
26 Spain DF Marc Bartra
28 Mexico MF Jonathan dos Santos
29 Spain MF Víctor Vázquez
30 Spain GK Rubén Miño
31 Israel FW Gai Assulin
32 Spain DF Andreu Fontàs
No. Position Player
33 Spain DF Marc Muniesa
34 Spain MF Thiago Alcântara
36 Spain FW Jonathan Soriano

Players in / out

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
9 FW Sweden Ibrahimović 27EU InternazionaleItaly Transfer Summer 2014 €46M
+ Samuel Eto'o[22]		 FCBarcelona.cat
19 LB Brazil Maxwell 27Non-EU InternazionaleItaly Transfer Summer 2014 €4.5M
+ €0.5M in variables		 FCBarcelona.cat
— FW Brazil Keirrison 20Non-EU Palmeiras Brazil Transfer Summer 2014 €14M
+ €2M in variables		 FCBarcelona.cat
21 DF Ukraine Chygrynskiy 22Non-EU Shakhtar DonetskUkraine Transfer Summer 2014 €25M FCBarcelona.cat
17 FW Spain Pedro 22EU Barcelona B Promoted Summer 2014 Free
20 FW Spain Jeffrén 21EU Barcelona B Promoted Summer 2014 Free

Total spending: Decrease €85.5 million + Samuel Eto'o

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
— DF Spain Botía 19EU Sporting de Gijón Loan Summer N/A
16 LB Brazil Sylvinho 35EU Manchester CityEngland Contract Termination Summer Free FCBarcelona.cat
9 FW Cameroon Eto'o 27EU InternazionaleItaly Swap Summer Free FCBarcelona.cat
21 MF Belarus Hleb 28Non-EU VfB StuttgartGermany Loan Summer N/A FCBarcelona.cat
2 DF Uruguay Cáceres 22Non-EU JuventusItaly Loan Summer N/A FCBarcelona.cat
— FW Brazil Keirrison 20Non-EU FiorentinaItaly Loan Summer N/A FCBarcelona.cat
— DF Spain V. Sánchez 22EU Xerez Loan Summer N/A FCBarcelona.cat
25 GK Spain Jorquera 37EU Girona Contract Termination Summer Free FCBarcelona.cat
23 DF Brazil Henrique 22Non-EU Racing SantanderSpain Loan Summer N/A realracingclub.com
7 AM Iceland Guðjohnsen 30EU MonacoFrance Transfer Summer €2M asm-fc.com

Total income: Increase €2 million.

Expenditure: Decrease €83.5 million + Eto'o.

Player statistics

Squad stats

Total UEFA Champions League La LigaCopa del ReyOthers1
N
 P
 Name
 Nat.
 GS
 App
Min
 App
App
App

App

 Notes
1 GK V. Valdés Spain 55 55 -37 4200 12 -10 38 -24 5 -3 (-) means goals conceded
13 GK Pinto Spain 4 4 -2 360 4 -2 (-) means goals conceded
2 DF Dani Alves Brazil 47 48 3 3767 11 29 3 3 5
3 DF Piqué Spain 43 49 4 3198 11 2 32 2 1 5
4 DF Márquez Mexico 14 23 1 1179 4 15 1 3 1
5 DF Puyol Spain 47 48 1 3556 9 32 1 2 5
18 DF Milito Argentina 12 16 931 5 10 1
19 DF Maxwell Brazil 32 36 2229 7 25 3 1
21 DF Chygrynskiy Ukraine 12 14 942 12 2
22 DF Abidal France 27 31 2337 8 17 2 4
32 DF Fontàs Spain 2 38 1 1
40 DF Bartra Spain 1 29 1
6 MF Xavi Spain 47 53 7 3814 11 1 34 3 3 2 5 1
8 MF A. Iniesta Spain 31 43 1 2838 9 30 1 3 1
15 MF Keita Mali 36 44 6 2539 10 29 6 1 4
16 MF Sergio Spain 36 51 1 2941 10 33 3 5 1
24 MF Touré Yaya Ivory Coast 30 36 1 2041 8 22 1 1 5
28 MF Jonathan Mexico 2 6 186 1 3 2
34 MF Thiago Spain 1 2 1 83 1 1 1
9 FW Ibrahimović Sweden 35 45 21 2980 10 4 29 16 2 1 4
10 FW Messi Argentina 43 53 47 3636 11 8 35 34 3 1 4 4
11 FW Bojan Spain 16 36 12 1080 5 1 23 8 4 2 4 1
14 FW Henry France 22 32 4 1805 6 21 4 1 4
17 FW Pedro Spain 31 50 23 2638 8 4 33 12 4 3 5 4
20 FW Jeffrén Spain 8 18 2 498 2 12 2 2 2
31 FW Assulin Israel 1 1 57 1
36 FW Soriano Spain 1 6 1

Last updated: 18 May
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank
1 Other Competitions: Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup

Disciplinary records

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Notes
1 GK Spain V. Valdés 2
13 GK Spain Pinto
2 DF Brazil Dani Alves 11 1
3 DF Spain Piqué 11 1
4 DF Mexico Márquez 4 1
5 DF Spain Puyol 11 1
18 DF Argentina Milito 3
19 DF Brazil Maxwell 6
21 DF Ukraine Chygrynskiy 3
22 DF France Abidal 2
6 MF Spain Xavi 4
8 MF Spain A. Iniesta 3
15 MF Mali Keita 9
16 MF Spain Sergio 8 1
24 MF Ivory Coast Touré Yaya 6
34 MF Spain Thiago 1
9 FW Sweden Ibrahimović 8 1
10 FW Argentina Messi 6
11 FW Spain Bojan 3
14 FW France Henry 4
17 FW Spain Pedro 5
20 FW Spain Jeffrén 2

Last updated: 16 May
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Spain Pep Guardiola
Assistant coach Spain Tito Vilanova
Goalkeeping coach Spain Juan Carlos Unzué

Last updated: 2 December
Source: [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-

Pre-season

Special kit worn during Joan Gamper Trophy match vs. Manchester City
M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
124 JulyWembley Cup1 dayN EnglandTottenham HotspurEngland1 – 1
226 JulyWembley Cup2 dayN EnglandAl AhlyEgypt4 – 1
31 AugustUSA Tour—N United StatesLA GalaxyUnited States2 – 1
45 AugustUSA Tour—A United StatesSeattle Sounders FCUnited States4 – 0
59 AugustUSA Tour—N United StatesGuadalajaraMexico1 – 1
619 AugustJoan Gamper Trophy—HManchester CityEngland0 – 1

Last updated: 26 November
Source: FC Barcelona
1Barcelona goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Barcelona.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall

As in nine out of the last ten seasons,[23] Barcelona is going to be present in all major competitions: La Liga, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa del Rey. The previous season's treble success means that Barcelona will also contest the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the Supercopa de España. The side will also be present in the Copa Catalunya.

Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
La Liga — Winner 30 August 200916 May 2010
UEFA Super Cup Final Winner 28 August 2009
FIFA Club World Cup Semi-final Winner 16 December 200919 December 2009
Supercopa de España Final Winner 16 August 200923 August 2009
Copa del Rey Round of 32 Round of 16 28 October 200913 January 2010
UEFA Champions League Group stage Semi-final 16 September 200928 April 2010

Last updated: 16 May
Source: Competitions

Supercopa de España

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 2009 UEFA Super Cup

FIFA Club World Cup

La Liga

Main article: 2009–10 La Liga

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 31 6 1 98 24+74 99 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 31 3 4 102 34+68 96
3 Valencia 38 21 8 9 59 40+19 71

Updated to games played on 16 May.
Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 31 6 1 98 24  +74 99 18 1 0 57 11  +46 13 5 1 41 13  +28

Last updated: 8 May.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Result W W W W W W D W D W D W W W W D W W W W W L W W D W W W W W W W D W W W W W
Position 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 4 May.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Round of 16

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 632173+411
Italy Internazionale 623176+19
Russia Rubin Kazan 613247−36
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 612379−25

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

Friendly

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