FC Barcelona season

2016–17 FC Barcelona season

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Barcelona

2016–17 season
President	Josep Maria Bartomeu
Manager	Luis Enrique
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Rey	Final
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Luis Suárez (18) All: Lionel Messi (32)
Highest home attendance	98,485 vs Real Madrid (3 December 2016)
Lowest home attendance	58,560 vs Real Sociedad (26 January 2017)
Average home league attendance	81,652
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 season is Football Club Barcelona’s 117th in existence and the club‘s 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Barcelona are involved in four competitions after completing the Double of winning La Liga and Copa del Rey during the last season.

Contents

• 1 Season overview
  • 1.1 June
  • 1.2 July
  • 1.3 August
  • 1.4 September
  • 1.5 October
  • 1.6 November
  • 1.7 December
  • 1.8 January
  • 1.9 February
• 2 Players
  • 2.1 Squad information
  • 2.2 Players in
  • 2.3 Players out
• 3 Technical staff
• 4 Statistics
  • 4.1 Squad statistics
  • 4.2 Goalscorers
  • 4.3 Hat-tricks
  • 4.4 Clean sheets
  • 4.5 Disciplinary record
  • 4.6 Injury record
• 5 Pre-season
  • 5.1 International Champions Cup
  • 5.2 Joan Gamper Trophy
  • 5.3 Qatar Airways Cup
• 6 Competitions
  • 6.1 Overall
  • 6.2 Overview
  • 6.3 Supercopa de España
  • 6.4 La Liga
    • 6.4.1 League table
    • 6.4.2 Results summary
    • 6.4.3 Results by round
    • 6.4.4 Matches
  • 6.5 Copa del Rey
    • 6.5.1 Round of 32
    • 6.5.2 Round of 16
    • 6.5.3 Quarter-finals
    • 6.5.4 Semi-finals
    • 6.5.5 Final
  • 6.6 UEFA Champions League
    • 6.6.1 Group stage
    • 6.6.2 Knockout phase
      • 6.6.2.1 Round of 16
  • 6.7 2016 Supercopa de Catalunya
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Season overview

June

On 1 June, the club announced that Sandro Ramírez‘s contract would be rescinded.^[1] On 2 June, Barcelona announced that Dani Alves would be departing the club after eight seasons.^[2] On 3 June, Barcelona announced that German club Borussia Dortmund have informed them of their desire to activate the buy-out clause for Marc Bartra.^[3] On 5 June, the club announced that Denis Suárez will be forming part of the first team for this season.^[4]

July

On 1 July, Barcelona and Neymar negotiated a five-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2021.^[5] On 4 July, the club completed the transfer of Denis Suárez.^[6] On 12 July, the club announced the transfers of 22-year-old French international defender Samuel Umtiti from Lyon^[7] and Lucas Digne from Paris Saint-Germain for the next five seasons, respectively.^[8] On 14 July, the two transfers were completed.^[9][10] On 19 July, Barcelona and Sergi Samper negotiated a three-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2019, including promotion to the first team.^[11] On 19 July, Barcelona and Munir El Haddadi also negotiated a three-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2019.^[12] On 19 July, Barcelona and Qatar Airways extended sponsorship agreement for one year more.^[13] On 21 July, Barcelona and Valencia reached an agreement for the transfer of Portuguese international midfielder André Gomes.^[14] On 26 July, the transfer was completed.^[15] During the press conference of Gomes’ presentation, the club announced midfielder Javier Mascherano‘s contract was extended until 30 June 2019.^[16] On 30 July, Barcelona won their first pre-season match against Scottish champions Celtic with a 1–3 score in Dublin as part of the 2016 International Champions Cup.^[17]

August

On 1 August, the club cancelled the contracts of Alex Song and Martín Montoya.^[18][19] On 3 August, Barcelona defeated English Premier League champions Leicester City 4–2 in Stockholm with goals from Munir (2), Luis Suárez and Barcelona B player Rafa Mújica.^[20] On 6 August, Barcelona were soundly defeated by Liverpool 4–0 at Wembley Stadium in London.^[21] On 8 August, the club loaned Thomas Vermaelen to Italian club Roma with an option to buy.^[22] On 10 August, the 2016 Joan Gamper Trophy was played against Italian club Sampdoria, finishing 3–2 with a goal from Luis Suárez and two from Lionel Messi.^[23] On 14 August 2016, Barcelona won the first official match in the 2016 Supercopa de España against Sevilla with a 0–2 away score.^[24] On 18 August 2016, Barcelona beat Sevilla with 3–0 (5–0 aggregate) and won their 12th Supercopa de España.^[25] On 20 August, Barcelona defeated Real Betis 6–2 in their first Liga match, with a hat-trick from Luis Suárez, two goals from Messi and one from Arda Turan.^[26] On 25 August, the club completed the transfer of 27-year-old goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Ajax on a five-year contract,^[27] with goalkeeper Claudio Bravo then joining Manchester City after a two-year spell with Barça.^[28] Several hours later, both teams were drawn into Group C of the Champions League draw, alongside Borussia Mönchengladbach and Celtic.^[29] On 28 August, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 0–1 with a goal from Rakitic and Luis Enrique wins his 100th match as Barça manager,^[30] Ter Stegen made most goalkeeper passes in one single match in LaLiga.^[31] On 30 August, the club completed the last transfer of Paco Alcácer from Valencia.^[32]

September

On 10 September, in the match against Deportivo Alaves, Barcelona suffered a 1-2 defeat.^[33] On 13 September, Barcelona defeated Celtic 7–0 in the opening match of Group C in the Champions League. Messi notched his first hat-trick of the season, while Neymar provided four assists and a free-kick goal.^[34] On 17 September, Barcelona faced for the first time recently promoted Leganés at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque. Barcelona won 1–5 with two goals from Messi and one each from Luis Suárez, Neymar and Rafinha.^[35] On 21 September, Barcelona drew against Atlético Madrid 1–1; Ivan Rakitić gave Barça the lead before half-time, but Atlético battled back to draw level in the second half after Messi was substituted out due to injury.^[36] On 24 September, Barcelona won 0–5 over Sporting de Gijón through two goals from Neymar and one each from Suárez, Turan and Rafinha.^[37] On 28 September, Barcelona defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 with goals from Turan and Gerard Piqué, turning around a 1–0 first-half deficit to Barça top of Group C.^[38]

October

On 2 October, Barcelona lost to Celta de Vigo 4–3; a second-half resurgence not enough for Luis Enrique’s side as they finished on the wrong end of a seven-goal thriller away in Vigo.^[39] On 15 October, Barcelona defeated Deportivo de La Coruña 4–0 with two goals from Rafinha and one each from Luis Suárez and Messi, the latter who returned from injury in the match.^[40] On 19 October, Barcelona defeated Manchester City – led by former Barça manager Pep Guardiola – 4–0 at home on the strength of a Messi hat-trick.^[41] On 22 October, Barcelona defeated Valencia 2–3 at Mestalla, Messi spot-kick in injury time secured three points out of an electrifying encounter.^[42] On 29 October, Barcelona won Granada 1–0 in the 1,500th game at Camp Nou, Barça found it tough to breakdown the stubborn visitors but Rafinha’s strike was enough to claim the win.^[43]

November

On 1 November, Barcelona was defeated by Manchester City 3–1 at Manchester, Guardiola’s team came from behind after Messi opened scoring.^[44] On 6 November, Barcelona won 1–2 against Sevilla at the Sánchez Pizjuán; Messi canceled out Vitolo’s opener late in the first half before setting up Luis Suárez for the winner in a frenetic game.^[45] On 16 November, the club announced Rakuten signed up as FC Barcelona’s new main global partner; the Japanese company will appear on the front of the team’s shirt and become the Global Innovation and Entertainment Partner for the next four seasons, starting 1 July 2017.^[46] On 19 November, Barca drew Málaga 0–0, a domineering performance was frustrated by 90 minutes of intense Andalusian defending.^[47] On 23 November, Barcelona won 0–2 against Celtic at Celtic Park; coupled with Man City’s draw in Germany, they clinched a seeded berth in the round of sixteen.^[48] Also in this game Messi reached 100 goals in international competitions for Barcelona.^[49] On 27 November, Barcelona drew 1–1 with Real Sociedad at Anoeta, Messi’s second-half leveller halted Barça’s run of four straight league losses in San Sebastian.^[50] On 30 November, Barcelona drew Hércules 1–1, a fine long range strike from debutant Aleña gave Barça a slight advantage going into the second leg.^[51]

December

2016–17 FC Barcelona at the Match of Champions: Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi (left), who became a hit on the internet earlier this year with Lionel Messi jersey made from plastic bag, finally met his hero.

On 3 December, Barcelona drew 1–1 with Real Madrid, Luis Suárez’ header being cancelled out by 90th minute Ramos equaliser.^[52] On 6 December, Barcelona won 4–0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach, a game which saw a hat-trick from Arda Turan.^[53] On 10 December, Barcelona won Osasuna 0–3, Luis Suárez breaks the deadlock in the second half, and two further goals from Leo Messi go on to claim all three points in Pamplona.^[54] On 12 December, Barcelona were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 of the Champions League.^[55] On 15 December, Barcelona and Suárez negotiated a five-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2021.^[56] On 18 December, Barcelona won 4–1 against Espanyol in the Derbi barceloní.^[57] On 21 December, Barcelona won 7–0 against Hércules; Paco Alcácer scored his first official goal and Arda Turan got a hat-trick as Barça cruised into the last 16 of the Copa del Rey.^[58] On 23 December, Barcelona was drawn against Athletic Club in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.^[59]

January

On 8 January Barcelona drew 1–1 with Villarreal, with Messi scoring the equalizer in the 90th minute.^[60] On 11 January, Barcelona won 3-1 against Athletic Bilbao, goals from Suárez, Neymar and Messi secured an action-packed victory that kept alive the quest for a third consecutive Copa del Rey trophy.^[61] On 14 January, Barcelona won 5-0 against Las Palmas, a brace from Luis Suárez and one each for Leo Messi, Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal gave Barça a winning home start to the league in 2017.^[62] On 19 January Barcelona won 0–1 against Real Sociedad, Neymar’s 21st-minute penalty ended decade of disappointments in San Sebastián.^[63] On 22 January, Barcelona won 0-4 against Eibar, a first-half strike from Denis followed by a goal each from the trident in the second secured another three points to stay within reach of the top two.^[64] On 26 January, Barcelona won 5-2 against Real Sociedad, a brace from Denis Suárez and further goals by Leo Messi, Luis Suárez and Arda Turan sent Barça into the final four of the Copa del Rey.^[65] On 29 January Barcelona drew 1–1 with Real Betis, an incident-packed game saw Suárez snatched a draw in the 90th minute after the Catalans had already seen at least one valid equaliser overruled.^[66]

February

On 1 February, Barcelona won 1-2 against Atlético Madrid, Suárez and Messi put the Catalans in command but Griezmann’s second half header kept Atletico alive.^[67] On 4 February, Barcelona won 3-0 against Athletic Club, Paco Alcácer, Leo Messi, and Aleix Vidal all found the net.^[68] On 7 February, Barcelona draw 1-1 against Atlético Madrid, Luis Suárez’s tap-in just before half-time was enough to see the Catalans into fourth consecutive Copa del Rey final despite late drama which saw the visitors equalise and the Uruguayan sent off.^[69] On 11 February, Barcelona won 0-6 against Alavés, breath-taking display saw Catalans hit fellow cup-finalists, Luis Suárez (2), Neymar Jr, Leo Messi and Ivan Rakitic on target, plus one own goal; Aleix Vidal suffered a very serious-looking ankle injury late in the game^[70]

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Ter Stegen	24	EU	2014	67	0	2021	€12M
3	CB		Piqué	30	EU	2008	375	35	2019	€5M	Originally from Youth system
4	CM		I. Rakitić	28	EU	2014	129	20	2019	€18M
5	DM		Sergio (2nd vc)	28	EU	2008	406	12	2021	YS
6	CM		Denis Suárez	23	EU	2016	21	1	2020	€3.25M	Originally from Youth system
7	FW		Arda	30	EU	2015	45	14	2019	€34M
8	CM		A. Iniesta (captain)	32	EU	2002	607	55	2018	YS
9	CF		Suárez	30	Non-EU	2014	127	106	2021	€81M
10	FW		Messi (vice-captain)	29	EU	2004	561	484	2018	YS	Second nationality: Spain
11	FW		Neymar Jr	25	Non-EU	2013	168	94	2021	€57.1M
12	CM		Rafinha	24	EU	2011	61	10	2020	YS	Second nationality: Spain
13	GK		Cillessen	27	EU	2016	4	0	2021	€13M
14	CB		Mascherano (3rd vc)	32	EU	2010	302	0	2019	€22M	Second nationality: Italy
17	CF		Paco Alcácer	23	EU	2016	12	1	2021	€30M
18	LB		Jordi Alba	27	EU	2012	175	9	2020	€14M	Originally from Youth system
19	LB		Digne	23	EU	2016	16	1	2021	€16.5M
20	RB		S. Roberto	25	EU	2010	125	5	2019	YS
21	CM		André Gomes	23	EU	2016	20	0	2021	€35M
22	RB		Aleix Vidal	27	EU	2015	20	1	2020	€18M	Originally from Youth system
23	CB		Umtiti	23	EU	2016	16	0	2021	€25M
24	CB		Mathieu	33	EU	2014	81	4	2018	€20M
25	GK		Masip	28	EU	2014	4	0	2017	YS

• Last updated: 5 January 2017
• Source: FCBarcelona.com, Champions League 2016/17 numbers, Players in / out, Wikipedia players’ articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

Players in

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
6	MF		Denis Suárez	23	EU	Villarreal	Buyback clause	Summer	2020	€3.25M	FCBarcelona.com
—	RB		Martín Montoya	25	EU	Real Betis	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free	FCBarcelona.com
17	MF		Alex Song	29	EU	West Ham United	Loan return	Summer	2018	Free	FCBarcelona.com
30	MF		Alen Halilović	20	EU	Sporting Gijón	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free	FCBarcelona.com
—	FW		Cristian Tello	25	EU	Fiorentina	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free	FCBarcelona.com
23	DF		Samuel Umtiti	23	EU	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2021	€25M	FCBarcelona.com
19	DF		Lucas Digne	23	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	2021	€16.5M+€4M variables	FCBarcelona.com
21	MF		André Gomes	23	EU	Valencia	Transfer	Summer	2021	€35M+€20M variables	FCBarcelona.com
13	GK		Jasper Cillessen	27	EU	Ajax	Transfer	Summer	2021	€13M+€2M variables	FCBarcelona.com
17	FW		Paco Alcácer	23	EU	Valencia	Transfer	Summer	2021	€30M+€2M variables	FCBarcelona.com

Total spending: €122.75M

Players out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
19	FW		Sandro Ramírez	20	EU	Málaga	End of contract	Summer	Free	MalagaCF.com
6	DF		Dani Alves	33	EU	Juventus	End of contract	Summer	Free	Juventus.com
15	CB		Marc Bartra	25	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	€8M	BVB.de
30	MF		Alen Halilović	20	EU	Hamburg	Transfer	Summer	€5M	HSV.de
21	DF		Adriano	32	EU	Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer	€0.6M	BJK.tr.com
—	DF		Martín Montoya	25	EU	Valencia	Contract termination	Summer	Free	ValenciaCF.com
17	MF		Alex Song	29	EU	Rubin Kazan	Contract termination	Summer	Free	Rubin-Kazan.ru
23	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	31	EU	Roma	Loan	Summer	Free	ASRoma.com
—	FW		Cristian Tello	25	EU	Fiorentina	Loan	Summer	Free	ViolaChannel.tv
13	GK		Claudio Bravo	33	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	€18M+€2M variables	ManCity.com
16	MF		Sergi Samper	22	EU	Granada	Loan	Summer	Free	GranadaCF.es
2	DF		Douglas	26	Non-EU	Sporting Gijón	Loan	Summer	Free	RealSporting.com
17	FW		Munir El Haddadi	21	EU	Valencia	Loan	Summer	Free	ValenciaCF.com

Total income: €31.6 million

Net: €91.15 million

Technical staff

Position	Staff
First team head coach	Luis Enrique
Assistant coach	Juan Carlos Unzué
Technical assistant	Roberto Moreno
Auxiliary coach	Joan Barbarà
Fitness coach	Rafa Pol
Goalkeeping coach	José Ramón de la Fuente
Scoutings	Àlex García Jordi Melero Jaume Torras
Physiotherapist	Jaume Minull Juanjo Brau Roger Gironès Xavi Linde
Psychologist	Joaquín Valdés
Doctor	Ricard Pruna Daniel Medina
Team liaison	Carles Naval
Football Area Technical Commission	Jordi Mestre Javier Borda Carles Rexach Ariedo Braida
Academy director	Jordi Roura
B team coach	Gerard López

Last updated: 26 August 2015
Source: FC Barcelona First Team, FC Barcelona B Team, Luis Enrique’s full staff, Football Area Technical Commission

Statistics

Squad statistics

	League	Europe	Cup	Others	Total Stats
Games played	22	6	8	2	38
Games won	14	5	5	2	26
Games drawn	6	0	2	0	8
Games lost	2	1	1	0	4
Goals scored	61	20	21	5	107
Goals conceded	18	4	8	0	30
Goal difference	43	16	13	5	77
Clean sheets	10	4	2	2	18
Goal by Substitute	1	2	1	1	5
Total shots	–	–	–	–	–
Shots on target	–	–	–	–	–
Corners	–	–	–	–	–
Players used	–	–	–	–	–
Offsides	–	–	–	–	–
Fouls suffered	–	–	–	–	–
Fouls committed	–	–	–	–	–
Yellow cards	39	9	17	3	68
Red cards	0	1	2	0	3

Last updated: 5 August 2016
Source: La liga statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics, Copa Del Rey statistics

Players Used: Barcelona has used a total of – different players in all competitions.

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	La Liga	Champions League	Copa del Rey	Supercopa de España	Total
10	FW		Messi	17	10	4	1	32
9	FW		Suárez	18	2	4	1	25
7	MF		Arda	3	4	4	2	13
11	FW		Neymar	6	2	2	0	10
12	MF		Rafinha	5	0	1	0	6
4	MF		I. Rakitić	3	0	1	0	4
3	DF		Piqué	2	1	0	0	3
6	MF		Denis Suárez	1	0	2	0	3
17	FW		Paco Alcácer	1	0	1	0	2
22	DF		Aleix Vidal	2	0	0	0	2
8	MF		Iniesta	0	1	0	0	1
18	DF		Jordi Alba	1	0	0	0	1
19	DF		Digne	0	0	1	0	1
24	DF		Mathieu	1	0	0	0	1
28	MF		Aleña	0	0	1	0	1
17	FW		Munir	0	0	0	1	1
#	Own goals			1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL				61	20	21	5	107

Last updated: 11 February 2017^[71]

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Luis Suárez	Real Betis	6–2 (H)	20 August 2016	La Liga
Lionel Messi	Celtic	7–0 (H)	13 September 2016	Champions League
Lionel Messi	Manchester City	4–0 (H)	19 October 2016	Champions League
Arda Turan	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0 (H)	6 December 2016	Champions League
Arda Turan	Hércules	7–0 (H)	21 December 2016	Copa del Rey

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of 14 January 2017.

Rank	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Champions League	Supercopa de España	Total	Played Games
1	Ter Stegen	10	0	3	0	13	26
1	Jasper Cillessen	0	2	1	0	3	9
1	Claudio Bravo	0	0	0	2	2	3
Total		10	2	4	2	18	38

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Barcelona first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name	La Liga			Champions League			Copa del Rey			Supercopa de España			Total			Notes
1	GK		Ter Stegen	1			1									2
3	DF		Piqué	4			1									5
4	MF		Ivan Rakitić	3			3			1						7
5	MF		Sergio	5			1			1			1			8
6	MF		Denis Suárez	1												1
7	MF		Arda	1												1
8	MF		Iniesta							1						1
9	FW		Suárez	6						1	1		1			8	1		[1]
10	FW		Messi	3						2						5
11	FW		Neymar	5			3			3						11
12	MF		Rafinha	1												1
13	GK		Cillessen							1						1
14	MF		Mascherano	5			1			1						7
18	MF		Jordi Alba	2			1			2						5
19	DF		Digne	2												2
20	MF		S. Roberto	3			1				1					4	1
21	MF		Gomes	2												2
22	DF		Aleix Vidal							1						1
23	DF		Umtiti	2						2			1			5
24	DF		Mathieu					1									1

Last updated: 11 February 2017
Source: ESPNFC.com, FCBarcelona.com
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Injury record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Type	Status	Source	Match	Inj. Date	Ret. Date
1	GK		Ter Stegen	Knee Injury (sprained ligament in left knee)		FCB.com	in training	11 August 2016	24 August 2016
8	MF		A. Iniesta	Knee Injury (strained posterior capsule in right knee)		FCB.com	vs Sevilla	14 August 2016	10 September 2016
24	DF		Mathieu	Hamstring (torn femoral bicep in right leg)		FCB.com	vs Sevilla	14 August 2016	10 September 2016
14	MF		Mascherano	Hamstring (in right leg)		FCB.com	vs Sevilla	17 August 2016	24 August 2016
10	FW		Messi	Groin injury (abductor muscle in left hamstring)		FCB.com	vs Athletic Bilbao	28 August 2016	10 September 2016
21	MF		André Gomes	Muscular bruise (on right leg)		FCB.com	in training with Portugal	30 August 2016	13 September 2016
1	GK		Ter Stegen	Hamstring (pulled hamstring)		FCB.com	in training	9 September 2016	13 September 2016
23	DF		Umtiti	Knee injury (Internal ligament strain on his left knee)		FCB.com	in training	20 September 2016	15 October 2016
10	FW		Messi	Groin injury (in right leg)		FCB.com	vs Atlético Madrid	21 September 2016	15 October 2016
18	DF		Jordi Alba	Thigh injury (in left leg)		FCB.com	vs Italy with Spain	6 October 2016	19 October 2016
20	RB		S. Roberto	Abductor strain (in right leg)		FCB.com	in training with Spain	8 October 2016	22 October 2016
13	GK		Jasper Cillessen	Ankle sprain (sprained ligaments in his right ankle)		FCB.com	in training with Netherlands	8 October 2016	29 October 2016
18	DF		Jordi Alba	Thigh injury (strained left hamstring)		FCB.com	vs Manchester City	19 October 2016	19 November 2016
3	DF		Piqué	Ankle sprain (sprained ligaments in right ankle)		FCB.com	vs Manchester City	19 October 2016	19 November 2016
23	DF		Umtiti	Thigh injury (rupture to the femoral biceps muscle of his left thigh)		FCB.com	in training with France	9 November 2016	30 November 2016
8	MF		A.Iniesta	Knee injury (lateral collateral ligament in right knee)		FCB.com	vs Valencia	22 October 2016	3 December 2016
24	DF		Mathieu	Calf Injury (tear in right soleus)		FCB.com	vs Espanyol	25 October 2016	5 January 2017
13	GK		Jasper Cillessen	Soleus muscle (in left leg)		FCB.com	in the vacation	30 December 2016	12 January 2017
12	MF		Rafinha	Hamstring (in right biceps femoris muscle)		FCB.com	in training	17 January 2017	1 February 2017
8	MF		A. Iniesta	Soleus muscle (in left leg)		FCB.com	vs Real Sociedad	20 January 2017	7 February 2017
5	MF		Sergio	Ankle sprain (Sprained external lateral ligament in right ankle)		FCB.com	vs Eibar	22 January 2017	7 February 2017
12	MF		Rafinha	Nose Fractured		FCB.com	vs Athletic Bilbao	4 February 2017	February 2017
14	MF		Mascherano	Hamstring (thigh injury in left leg)		FCB.com	vs Atlético Madrid	7 February 2017	26 February 2017
22	DF		Aleix Vidal	Broken ankle		FCB.com	vs Alavés	11 February 2017	August 2017

– Player is injured
– Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 11 February 2017
Source: FC Barcelona

Pre-season

International Champions Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 July 2016 1	Celtic	1–3	Barcelona	[show]Dublin, Ireland

3 August 2016 2	Barcelona	4–2	Leicester City	[show]Stockholm, Sweden

6 August 2016 3	Liverpool	4–0	Barcelona	[show]London, England

Joan Gamper Trophy

10 August 2016 4	Barcelona	3–2	Sampdoria	[show]Barcelona, Spain

Qatar Airways Cup

13 December 2016 5	Al-Ahli	3–5	Barcelona	[show]Doha, Qatar

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	Matchday 1	2nd		20 August 2016	21 May 2017
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Final		30 November 2016	27 May 2017
Supercopa de España	Final	—	Winners	14 August 2016	17 August 2016
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16		13 September 2016

Last updated: 11 February 2017.
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	22	14	6	2	61	18	+43	63.64
Copa del Rey	8	5	2	1	21	8	+13	62.50
Supercopa de España	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
UEFA Champions League	6	5	0	1	20	4	+16	83.33
Total	38	26	8	4	107	30	+77	68.42

Last updated: 11 February 2017.
Source: Competitions

Supercopa de España

Main article: 2016 Supercopa de España

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 August 2016 First leg	Sevilla	0–2	Barcelona	[show]Seville

17 August 2016 Second leg	Barcelona	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Sevilla	[show]Barcelona

La Liga

Main article: 2016–17 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid	20	15	4	1	54	18	+36	49	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	22	14	6	2	61	18	+43	48
3	Sevilla	22	14	4	4	44	28	+16	46
4	Atlético Madrid	22	12	6	4	39	18	+21	42	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Real Sociedad	22	13	2	7	36	31	+5	41	Qualification to Europa League group stage

Updated to match(es) played on 12 February 2017. Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.^[72]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	14	6	2	61	18	+43	48	6	3	1	26	7	+19	8	3	1	35	11	+24

Last updated: 11 February 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	1	2	5	2	3	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2

Last updated: 11 February 2017.
Source: League matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

20 August 2016 1	Barcelona	6–2	Real Betis	[show]Barcelona

28 August 2016 2	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Barcelona	[show]Bilbao

10 September 2016 3	Barcelona	1–2	Alavés	[show]Barcelona

17 September 2016 4	Leganés	1–5	Barcelona	[show]Leganés

21 September 2016 5	Barcelona	1–1	Atlético Madrid	[show]Barcelona

24 September 2016 6	Sporting Gijón	0–5	Barcelona	[show]Gijón

2 October 2016 7	Celta Vigo	4–3	Barcelona	[show]Vigo

16 October 2016 8	Barcelona	4–0	Deportivo La Coruña	[show]Barcelona

22 October 2016 9	Valencia	2–3	Barcelona	[show]Valencia

29 October 2016 10	Barcelona	1–0	Granada	[show]Barcelona

6 November 2016 11	Sevilla	1–2	Barcelona	[show]Seville

19 November 2016 12	Barcelona	0–0	Málaga	[show]Barcelona

27 November 2016 13	Real Sociedad	1–1	Barcelona	[show]San Sebastián

3 December 2016 14	Barcelona	1–1	Real Madrid	[show]Barcelona

10 December 2016 15	Osasuna	0–3	Barcelona	[show]Pamplona

18 December 2016 16	Barcelona	4–1	Espanyol	[show]Barcelona

8 January 2017 17	Villarreal	1–1	Barcelona	[show]Vila-real

14 January 2017 18	Barcelona	5–0	Las Palmas	[show]Barcelona

22 January 2017 19	Eibar	0–4	Barcelona	[show]Eibar

29 January 2017 20	Real Betis	1–1	Barcelona	[show]Seville

4 February 2017 21	Barcelona	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	[show]Barcelona

11 February 2017 22	Alavés	0–6	Barcelona	[show]Vitoria-Gasteiz

19 February 2017 23	Barcelona	v	Leganés	[show]Barcelona

26 February 2017 24	Atlético Madrid	v	Barcelona	[show]Madrid

1 March 2017 25	Barcelona	v	Sporting Gijón	[show]Barcelona

4 March 2017 26	Barcelona	v	Celta Vigo	[show]Barcelona

12 March 2017 27	Deportivo La Coruña	v	Barcelona	[show]A Coruña

19 March 2017 28	Barcelona	v	Valencia	[show]Barcelona

2 April 2017 29	Granada	v	Barcelona	[show]Granada

5 April 2017 30	Barcelona	v	Sevilla	[show]Barcelona

9 April 2017 31	Málaga	v	Barcelona	[show]Málaga

16 April 2017 32	Barcelona	v	Real Sociedad	[show]Barcelona

23 April 2017 33	Real Madrid	v	Barcelona	[show]Madrid

26 April 2017 34	Barcelona	v	Osasuna	[show]Barcelona

30 April 2017 35	Espanyol	v	Barcelona	[show]Cornellà de Llobregat

7 May 2017 36	Barcelona	v	Villarreal	[show]Barcelona

14 May 2017 37	Las Palmas	v	Barcelona	[show]Las Palmas

21 May 2017 38	Barcelona	v	Eibar	[show]Barcelona

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

30 November 2016 First leg	Hércules	1–1	Barcelona	[show]Alicante

21 December 2016 Second leg	Barcelona	7–0 (8–1 agg.)	Hércules	[show]Barcelona

Round of 16

5 January 2017 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Barcelona	[show]Bilbao

11 January 2017 Second leg	Barcelona	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	[show]Barcelona

Quarter-finals

19 January 2017 First leg	Real Sociedad	0–1	Barcelona	[show]San Sebastián

26 January 2017 Second leg	Barcelona	5–2 (6–2 agg.)	Real Sociedad	[show]Barcelona

Semi-finals

1 February 2017 First leg	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Barcelona	[show]Madrid

7 February 2017 Second leg	Barcelona	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	[show]Barcelona

Final

Main article: 2017 Copa del Rey Final

27 May 2017 Final	Barcelona	v	Alavés	[show]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	MC	MGL	CEL
1	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	20	4	+16	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–0	4–0	7–0
2	Manchester City	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9			3–1	—	4–0	1–1
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Celtic	6	0	3	3	5	16	−11	3			0–2	3–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

13 September 2016 1	Barcelona	7–0	Celtic	[show]Barcelona, Spain

28 September 2016 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Barcelona	[show]Mönchengladbach, Germany

19 October 2016 3	Barcelona	4–0	Manchester City	[show]Barcelona, Spain

1 November 2016 4	Manchester City	3–1	Barcelona	[show]Manchester, England

23 November 2016 5	Celtic	0–2	Barcelona	[show]Glasgow, Scotland

6 December 2016 6	Barcelona	4–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	[show]Barcelona, Spain

Knockout phase

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 16

14 February 2017 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	v	Barcelona	[show]Paris, France

8 March 2017 Second leg	Barcelona	v	Paris Saint-Germain	[show]Barcelona, Spain

2016 Supercopa de Catalunya

25 October 2016 Supercopa de Catalunya	Barcelona	0–1	Espanyol	[show]Tarragona, Spain

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