2010–11 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona
	2010–11 season
President	Sandro Rosell
Head Coach	Pep Guardiola
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	1st
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lionel Messi (31); All: ; Lionel Messi (53)
Highest home attendance	98,255 vs Real Madrid; (29 November 2010)
Lowest home attendance	38,971 vs Ceuta; (10 November 2010)
Average home attendance	78,614
← 2009–10	2011–12 →

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]

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

Players

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No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Víctor Valdés
2	DF	Daniel Alves
3	DF	Gerard Piqué
5	DF	Carles Puyol (Captain)
6	MF	Xavi (vice-captain)
7	FW	David Villa
8	MF	Andrés Iniesta
9	FW	Bojan Krkić
10	FW	Lionel Messi
11	FW	Jeffrén Suárez
13	GK	José Manuel Pinto

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Javier Mascherano
15	MF	Seydou Keita
16	MF	Sergio Busquets
17	FW	Pedro
18	DF	Gabriel Milito
19	DF	Maxwell
20	MF	Ibrahim Afellay
21	DF	Adriano
22	DF	Éric Abidal

Youth System

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

Transfers

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

First leg 14 August 2010	Sevilla	3 – 1	Barcelona	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Sevilla
	Luís Fabiano 61' Kanouté 72', 82'		Ibrahimović 20'	Attendance: 40,000

Second Leg 21 August 2010	Barcelona	4 – 0 (5 – 3 agg.)	Sevilla	Camp Nou
	Konko 14' (o.g.) Messi 25', 44', 90+1'			Attendance: 67,414

League

1 29 August 2010	Racing	0 – 3	Barcelona	Santander
		(Report) Live TV:	3' Messi 33' Iniesta 62' Villa 90+1' Piqué	Attendance: 19,095

2 11 September 2010	Barcelona	0 – 2	Hércules	Camp Nou
	Mascherano 19' Adriano 42'	(Report) Live TV:		Attendance: 79,363

3 19 September 2010	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

4 22 September 2010	Barcelona	1 – 0	Sporting	Camp Nou
	Villa 49' Milito 78' Piqué 90'	(Report)		Attendance: 66,947

5 25 September 2010	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 3	Barcelona	San Mamés, Bilbao
		(Report)	55' Keita 59' Piqué 74' Xavi 87' Villa 90+3' Sergio	Attendance: 36,000

6 3 October 2010	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)

7 16 October 2010	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)

8 23 October 2010	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)

9 30 October 2010	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)

10 7 November 2010	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 42', 69' Piqué 65' Pedro 88' Iniesta	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez (Valencia)

11 13 November 2010	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)

12 20 November 2010	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)

13 29 November 2010	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)

14 4 December 2010	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)

15 12 December 2010	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)

16 18 December 2010	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)

17 2 January 2011	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)

18 8 January 2011	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)

19 16 January 2011	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)

20 22 January 2011	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)

21 29 January 2011	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)

22 5 February 2011	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)

23 12 February 2011	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)

24 20 February 2011	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)

25 26 February 2011	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)

26 2 March 2011	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)

27 5 March 2011	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)

31 9 April 2011	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)

32 16 April 2011	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

33 23 April 2011	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)

34 30 April 2011	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)

35 8 May 2011	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)

36 11 May 2011	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)

37 15 May 2011	Barcelona	0 – 0	Deportivo	Camp Nou
21:00		(Report) Live TV:	42' Aythami 78' Lopo	Attendance: 70,044 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

38 21 May 2011	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

Main page: 2010–11 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

First leg 26 October 2010	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)

Second leg 10 November 2010	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

First Leg 16 February 2011	Arsenal	2 – 1	Barcelona	Emirates Stadium
20:45 CET	Van Persie 78' Arshavin 83'	(Report)	26' Villa 29' Iniesta 59' Piqué	Attendance: 59,927

Second Leg 8 March 2011	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

First Leg 6 April 2011	Barcelona	5 – 0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Camp Nou
	Iniesta 2' Dani Alves 34' Pique 53' Keita 60' Xavi 86'

Second Leg 12 April 2011	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 – 1 (0 – 6 agg.)	Barcelona	Donbass Arena
			Messi 43'

Semi-finals

First Leg 27 April 2011	Real Madrid	0 – 2	Barcelona	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
			Messi 76', 87'

Second Leg 3 May 2011	Barcelona	1 – 1 (3 – 1 agg.)	Real Madrid	Camp Nou
	Pedro 54'		Marcelo Vieira 64'

Final

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

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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

1 16 September 2010	Barcelona	5 – 1	Panathinaikos	Camp Nou
	Messi 22', 45' Villa 33' Pedro 78' Dani Alves 90+3'	(Report)	Govou 20'	Attendance: 69,738

2 29 September 2010	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Barcelona	Central Stadium
		(Report)	52' Puyol 60' (pen.) Villa 90+1' Piqué	Attendance: 23,950

3 20 October 2010	Barcelona	2 – 0	Copenhagen	Camp Nou
	Messi 19', 90+2' Iniesta 81'	(Report)		Attendance: 75,852

4 2 November 2010	Copenhagen	1 – 1	Barcelona	Parken Stadium
		(Report)	31' Messi 50' Sergio	Attendance: 38,065

5 24 November 2010	Panathinaikos	0 – 3	Barcelona	Olympic Stadium
		(Report)	27', 69' Pedro 31' Piqué 62' Messi	Attendance: 58,466

6 7 December 2010	Barcelona	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Camp Nou
	Fontàs 51' Vázquez 83'	(Report)		Attendance: 50,436

References

↑ Camp Nou league attendances rise by 2.7%
↑ "Rosell voted president". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
↑ "Champions League final 2011: Barcelona are the best team ever, says Graeme Souness". The Telegraph. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ "First Team Players". Archived from the original on 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
↑ "Adriano - - transfermarkt.de". Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
↑ "Javier Mascherano: Barcelona move a dream come true". The Telegraph. 28 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
↑ http://www.transfermarkt.de/it/david-villa/transfers/spieler_7980.html^{[dead link]}
↑ Hart, David (2 August 2010). "Rafael Marquez Signs with New York Red Bulls". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021.
↑ "Thierry Henry signs for New York Red Bulls on 'multi-year contract'". The Guardian. 14 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[1] Camp Nou league attendances rise by 2.7%

[2] "Rosell voted president". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

[3] "Champions League final 2011: Barcelona are the best team ever, says Graeme Souness". The Telegraph. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[4] "First Team Players". Archived from the original on 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

[5] "Adriano - - transfermarkt.de". Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

[6] "Javier Mascherano: Barcelona move a dream come true". The Telegraph. 28 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[7] ttp://www.transfermarkt.de/it/david-villa/transfers/spieler_7980.html^{[dead link]}

[8] Hart, David (2 August 2010). "Rafael Marquez Signs with New York Red Bulls". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021.

[9] "Thierry Henry signs for New York Red Bulls on 'multi-year contract'". The Guardian. 14 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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