2019–20 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona 2019–20
Club information
Manager	Ernesto Valverde
Stadium	Camp Nou
League Season information
Final League position	TBC in La Liga
Cup placements
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Season statistics
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The 2019–20 season is Futbol Club Barcelona's 120th season in existence and the club's 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Season overview

June

On 26 June, Barcelona announced the departure of Jasper Cillessen to Valencia for a fee of €35 million. The following day on 27 June, Barcelona announced the signing of Neto from Valencia for a fee of €26 million plus €9 million in add-ons.

On 30 June, Denis Suárez was sold to Celta Vigo for €12.9 million plus €3.1 million in add-ons.

July

On 3 July, the vice president of sports Jordi Mestre resigned.

On 12 July, Barcelona signed Antoine Griezmann from Atlético Madrid after triggering his €120,000,000 buyout clause. Barcelona also sold Adrián Ortolá to CD Tenerife for an undisclosed price.

On 16 July, Barcelona activated Marc Cucurella's buy-back clause of €4 million, only two months after Eibar had permanently signed him for €2 million.

On 18 July, Barcelona and Getafe reached an agreement for the loan of Cucurella to the Madrid side for the rest of the season with an option to buy for €6 million.

Squad information

First team squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	GER	Ter Stegen	32	EU	2014	190	0	2022	&0000000000000012.000000€12M
2	DF	POR	Semedo	31	EU	2017	82	1	2022	&0000000000000030.000000€30M
3	DF	ESP	Piqué (3rd captain)	38	EU	2008	498	46	2022	&0000000000000005.000000€5M	Originally from Youth system
4	MF	CRO	I. Rakitić	36	EU	2014	268	35	2021	&0000000000000018.000000€18M
5	MF	ESP	Sergio (vice-captain)	36	EU	2008	536	13	2023	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system
6	DF	FRA	Todibo	25	EU	2019	2	0	2023	&0000000000000001.000000€1M
7	MF	BRA	Coutinho	32	EU	2018	75	22	2023	&0000000000000120.000000€120M	Second nationality: Portugal
8	MF	BRA	Arthur	28	Non-EU	2018	44	0	2024	&0000000000000031.000000€31M
9	FW	URU	Suárez	38	EU	2014	247	177	2021	&0000000000000081.000000€81M	Second nationality: Italy
10	FW	ARG	Messi (captain)	37	EU	2004	687	603	2021	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
11	FW	FRA	O. Dembélé	27	EU	2017	64	18	2022	&0000000000000105.000000€105M
12	MF	BRA	Rafinha	32	EU	2011	87	12	2020	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
13	GK	BRA	Neto	35	EU	2019	0	0	2023	&0000000000000026.000000€26M	Second nationality: Italy
14	FW	BRA	Malcom	28	Non-EU	2018	24	4	2023	&0000000000000041.000000€41M
15	DF	FRA	Lenglet	29	EU	2018	45	3	2023	&0000000000000035.900000€35.9M
17	FW	FRA	Griezmann	34	EU	2019	0	0	2024	&0000000000000120.000000€120M
18	DF	ESP	Jordi Alba	35	EU	2012	300	14	2024	&0000000000000014.000000€14M	Originally from Youth system
19	MF	ESP	Aleñá	27	EU	2016	34	3	2022	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system
20	DF	ESP	S. Roberto (4th captain)	33	EU	2010	245	8	2022	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system
21	MF	NED	F. de Jong	27	EU	2019	0	0	2024	&0000000000000075.000000€75M
22	MF	CHI	Vidal	37	Non-EU	2018	53	3	2021	&0000000000000018.000000€18M
23	DF	FRA	Umtiti	31	EU	2016	97	2	2023	&0000000000000025.000000€25M

Last updated: 16 July 2019
Source: FCBarcelona.com, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

Transfers

Players in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee
1 July 2019	MF	21	Frenkie de Jong	Ajax	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€75,000,000
1 July 2019	DF	–	Emerson	Atlético Mineiro	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€12,000,000
1 July 2019	GK	13	Neto	Valencia	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€26,000,000
12 July 2019	FW	17	Antoine Griezmann	Atletico Madrid	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€120,000,000
16 July 2019	DF	–	Marc Cucurella	Eibar	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€4,000,000
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€237,000,000

Players out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee
1 July 2019	DF	—	Emerson	Real Betis	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€6,000,000
25 June 2019	FW	—	Marc Cardona	Osasuna	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€2,500,000
25 June 2019	MF	—	Andre Gomes	Everton	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€25,000,000
27 May 2019	DF	—	Marc Cucurella	Eibar	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€2,000,000
30 June 2019	MF	—	Denis Suárez	Celta Vigo	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€12,900,000
1 July 2019	DF	24	Thomas Vermaelen	Vissel Kobe	Free transfer
1 July 2019	DF	—	Douglas	Beşiktaş	Free transfer
26 June 2019	GK	13	Jasper Cillessen	Valencia	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€35,000,000
1 July 2019	DF	17	Jeison Murillo	Valencia	Loan Return
1 July 2019	FW	19	Kevin-Prince Boateng	Sassuolo	Loan Return
5 July 2019	DF	—	Sergi Palencia	Saint-Étienne	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€2,000,000
13 July 2019	GK	—	Adrián Ortolá	Tenerife	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Undisclosed
18 July 2019	DF	—	Marc Cucurella	Getafe	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Loan
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€85,400,000

Transfer summary

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

Expenditure Summer: €237,000,000 Winter: €0,000,000 Total: €237,000,000

Income Summer: €85,400,000 Winter: €0,000,000 Total: €85,400,000

Net totals Summer: €152,600,000 Winter: 0 €0,000,000 Total: €152,600,000

Pre-season and friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss

Rakuten Cup

Rakuten Cup 23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)	Barcelona	1–2	Chelsea	Saitama, Japan
17:30	Rakitić  90+1'	Report	Abraham  34' Barkley  81'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 51,126 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto (Japan)

Rakuten Cup 27 July 2019 (2019-07-27)	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Barcelona	Kobe, Japan
17:30	Yamaguchi 37'	Report	Pérez  59', 86'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 27,720 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

Joan Gamper Trophy

Main article: 2019 Joan Gamper Trophy

Joan Gamper Trophy 4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)	Barcelona	2–1	Arsenal	Barcelona, Spain
20:00	Maitland-Niles  69' (o.g.) Suárez  90'	Report	Aubameyang  36'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,812 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencia)

La Liga Serie A Cup

Main article: 2019 La Liga-Serie A Cup

La Liga Serie A Cup 7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)	Napoli	2–1	Barcelona	Miami, United States
19:00 EDT	Busquets  38' I. Rakitić  79'	Report	Umtiti  42' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium Attendance: 57,062 Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

La Liga Serie A Cup 10 August 2019 (2019-08-10)	Napoli	0–4 (1–6 agg.)	Barcelona	Ann Arbor, United States
17:00 EDT	Mário Rui 73'	Report	Suárez  48', 58' Semedo 53' Griezmann  56' Dembélé  63'	Stadium: Michigan Stadium Attendance: 60,043 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

Friendlies

Friendly 13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)	Cartagena	0–2	Barcelona	Cartagena, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/matches/53309/cartagena-fc-barcelona-friendly-2019-2020	C. Pérez  64' Marqués  88'	Stadium: Cartagonova Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Madrid Martínez (Region of Murcia)

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2019–20 La Liga

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Real Madrid  (C)	38	26	9	3	70	25	+45	87	Qualification for the  Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	25	7	6	86	38	+48	82
3	Atlético Madrid	38	18	16	4	51	27	+24	70
4	Sevilla	38	19	13	6	54	34	+20	70
5	Villarreal	38	18	6	14	63	49	+14	60	Qualification for the  Europa League group stage
6	Real Sociedad	38	16	8	14	56	48	+8	56
7	Granada	38	16	8	14	52	45	+7	56	Qualification for the  Europa League Second qualifying round
8	Getafe	38	14	12	12	43	37	+6	54
9	Valencia	38	14	11	13	46	53	−7	53
10	Osasuna	38	13	13	12	46	54	−8	52
11	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	12	13	41	38	+3	51
12	Levante	38	14	7	17	47	53	−6	49
13	Valladolid	38	9	15	14	32	43	−11	42
14	Eibar	38	11	9	18	39	56	−17	42
15	Real Betis	38	10	11	17	48	60	−12	41
16	Alavés	38	10	9	19	34	59	−25	39
17	Celta Vigo	38	7	16	15	37	49	−12	37
18	Leganés  (R)	38	8	12	18	30	51	−21	36	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Mallorca  (R)	38	9	6	23	40	65	−25	33
20	Espanyol  (R)	38	5	10	23	27	58	−31	25

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)
Source: La Liga

Matches

1 16 August 2019 (2019-08-16)	Athletic Bilbao	v	Barcelona	Bilbao
21:00 CEST				Stadium: San Mamés

2 25 August 2019 (2019-08-25)	Barcelona	v	Real Betis	Barcelona
21:00 CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

3 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)	Osasuna	v	Barcelona	Pamplona
17:00 CEST				Stadium: El Sadar

4 15 September 2019 (2019-09-15)	Barcelona	v	Valencia	Barcelona
TBD CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

5 22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)	Granada	v	Barcelona	Granada
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes

6 25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)	Barcelona	v	Villarreal	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

7 29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)	Getafe	v	Barcelona	Getafe
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

8 6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)	Barcelona	v	Sevilla	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

9 20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)	Eibar	v	Barcelona	Eibar
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Ipurua

10 27 October 2019 (2019-10-27)	Barcelona	v	Real Madrid	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

11 30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)	Barcelona	v	Valladolid	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

12 3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)	Levante	v	Barcelona	Valencia
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Ciutat de València

13 10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)	Barcelona	v	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

14 24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)	Leganés	v	Barcelona	Leganés
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Butarque

15 1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)	Atlético Madrid	v	Barcelona	Madrid
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano

16 8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)	Barcelona	v	Mallorca	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

17 15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)	Real Sociedad	v	Barcelona	San Sebastián
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Anoeta

18 22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)	Barcelona	v	Alavés	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

19 5 January 2020 (2020-01-05)	Espanyol	v	Barcelona	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: RCDE Stadium

20 19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)	Barcelona	v	Granada	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

21 26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)	Valencia	v	Barcelona	Valencia
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Mestalla

22 2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)	Barcelona	v	Levante	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

23 9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)	Real Betis	v	Barcelona	Seville
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Benito Villamarín

24 16 February 2020 (2020-02-16)	Barcelona	v	Getafe	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

25 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)	Barcelona	v	Eibar	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

26 1 March 2020 (2020-03-01)	Real Madrid	v	Barcelona	Madrid
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

27 8 March 2020 (2020-03-08)	Barcelona	v	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

28 15 March 2020 (2020-03-15)	Mallorca	v	Barcelona	Palma
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Son Moix

29 22 March 2020 (2020-03-22)	Barcelona	v	Leganés	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

30 5 April 2020 (2020-04-05)	Sevilla	v	Barcelona	Seville
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

31 12 April 2020 (2020-04-12)	Barcelona	v	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

32 22 April 2020 (2020-04-22)	Celta Vigo	v	Barcelona	Vigo
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos

33 26 April 2020 (2020-04-26)	Barcelona	v	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

34 3 May 2020 (2020-05-03)	Villarreal	v	Barcelona	Vila-real
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

35 10 May 2020 (2020-05-10)	Barcelona	v	Espanyol	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

36 13 May 2020 (2020-05-13)	Valladolid	v	Barcelona	Valladolid
??:?? CEST				Stadium: José Zorrilla

37 17 May 2020 (2020-05-17)	Barcelona	v	Osasuna	Barcelona
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

38 24 May 2020 (2020-05-24)	Alavés	v	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
??:?? CEST				Stadium: Mendizorrotza

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2019–20 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Round of 32 2020 (2020)		v
??:?? CET

Supercopa de España

Main article: 2019 Supercopa de España

Semi-final 9 January 2020 (2020-01-09)	Barcelona	v	Atlético Madrid	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
22:00 AST				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Barcelona	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14	Advance to knockout phase
Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
Inter Milan	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League
Slavia Prague	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2

1 17 September 2019 (2019-09-17)	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	Barcelona	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delaney 15' Hazard 47'	Report	Piqué 50' Semedo 56' I. Rakitić 70'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 66,099 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

2 2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)	Barcelona	2–1	Inter Milan	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann 9' Piqué 22' S. Roberto 52' Suárez  58', 84' Vidal 76'	Report	Martínez  3' Barella 6' Sánchez 77'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 86,141 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

3 23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)	Slavia Prague	1–2	Barcelona	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bořil  50', 64' Masopust 56' Olayinka 71' Ševčík 76'	Report	Messi  3' Jordi Alba 35' Olayinka  57' (o.g.) O. Dembélé 90+5'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 19,170 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

4 5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	Barcelona	0–0	Slavia Prague	Barcelona, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Piqué 14' Semedo 32' Sergio 43'	Report	Olayinka 21' Stanciu 48' Hušbauer 82' Kúdela 84' Kolář 90+3'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 67,023 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

5 27 November 2019 (2019-11-27)	Barcelona	3–1	Borussia Dortmund	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suárez  29' Messi  33', 51' Griezmann  67' Sergio 71'	Report	Guerreiro 74' Sancho  77'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,071 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

6 10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)	Inter Milan	1–2	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lukaku  44' Valero 45+1' De Vrij 88' Godín 90+2'	Report	Pérez  23' Lenglet 35' Junior 49' Fati  86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,818 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

First leg 25 February 2020	Napoli	v	Barcelona	Naples, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

Second leg 18 March 2020	Barcelona	v	Napoli	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Camp Nou

External links

• Official website

FC Barcelona matches - 2019-20

2019-20 La Liga

2019-20 Copa del Rey

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2019–20 Supercopa de España

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2019-20 Champions League

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