2016–17 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona

2016–17 season
President	Josep Maria Bartomeu
Manager	Luis Enrique
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	Pre-season
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Supercopa de España	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: All: Arda (2 goals)
Highest home attendance	72,334 vs Sampdoria (10 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	71,803 vs Sevilla (17 August 2016)
Average home league attendance	72,069 (includes Joan Gamper Trophy)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 will be involved in four competitions after completing the Double of winning La Liga and Copa del Rey during the last season.

Season overview

June

On 1 June, the club announced that Sandro Ramírez's contract would be rescinded. On 2 June, Barcelona announced that Dani Alves would be departing the club after eight seasons. 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. On 5 June, the club announced that Denis Suárez will be forming part of the first team for this season.

July

On 1 July, Barcelona and Neymar negotiated a five-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2021. On 4 July, the club completed the transfer of Denis Suárez. On 12 July, the club announced the transfers of 22-year-old French international defender Samuel Umtiti from Olympique Lyonnais and Lucas Digne from Paris Saint-Germain for the next five seasons, respectively. On 14 July, the two transfers were completed. On 19 July, Barcelona and Sergi Samper negotiated a three-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2019, including promotion to the first team. On 19 July, Barcelona and Munir El Haddadi also negotiated a three-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2019. On 19 July, Barcelona and Qatar Airways extended sponsorship agreement for one year more. On 21 July, Barcelona and Valencia reached an agreement for the transfer of Portuguese international midfielder André Gomes. On 26 July, the transfer was completed. During the press conference of Gomes’ presentation, the club announced Mascherano's contract was extended until 30 June 2019. Barcelona won the first friendly match on July 30, 2016, vs Celtic with the score 1-3.

August

On 1 August 2016, the club cancelled the contracts of Alex Song and Martín Montoya. On 8 August, the club loaned Thomas Vermaelen to Roma with an option to buy. On 14 August 2016, Barcelona won the first official match in the Spanish Super Cup against Sevilla with 0-2 away score. On 18 August 2016, Barcelona beat Sevilla with 3-0 (5-0 aggregate) and won their 12th Spanish Super Cup.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Ter Stegen	32	EU	2014	47	0	2019	€12M
2	RB		Douglas	34	Non-EU	2014	8	0	2019	€4M
3	CB		Piqué	37	EU	2008	357	32	2019	€5M	Originally from Youth system
4	MF		I. Rakitić	36	EU	2014	110	17	2019	€18M
5	MF		Sergio (2nd vc)	36	EU	2008	386	12	2021	YS
6	MF		Denis Suárez	31	EU	2016	2	0	2020	€3.25M	Originally from Youth system
7	MF		Arda	37	EU	2015	27	4	2020	€34M
8	MF		A. Iniesta (captain)	40	EU	2002	594	54	2018	YS
9	FW		Suárez	37	Non-EU	2014	97	85	2022	€81M
10	FW		Messi (vice-captain)	37	EU	2004	533	454	2018	YS	Second nationality: Spain
11	FW		Neymar Jr	32	Non-EU	2013	141	85	2022	€57.1M
12	MF		Rafinha	31	EU	2011	50	4	2020	YS	Second nationality: Spain
13	GK		Bravo	41	EU	2014	74	0	2018	€12M	Second nationality: Spain
14	CB		Mascherano (3rd vc)	40	EU	2010	284	0	2019	€22M	Second nationality: Italy
16	MF		Samper	29	EU	2014	12	0	2019	YS
17	FW		Munir	29	EU	2014	44	10	2022	YS
18	LB		Jordi Alba	35	EU	2012	160	8	2020	€14M	Originally from Youth system
19	LB		Digne	31	EU	2016	2	0	2021	€16.5M
20	RB		Sergi Roberto	32	EU	2012	107	5	2019	YS
21	MF		André Gomes	31	EU	2016	1	0	2021	€35M
22	RB		Aleix Vidal	35	EU	2015	15	0	2020	€18M	Originally from Youth system
23	CB		Umtiti	31	EU	2016	1	0	2021	25M
24	CB		Mathieu	41	EU	2014	76	3	2018	€20M
25	GK		Masip	36	EU	2014	4	0	2017	YS

• Last updated: 8 August 2016
• Source: FCBarcelona.com, Champions League 2015/16 numbers, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

Players in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
6	MF		Denis Suárez	31	EU	Villarreal	Transfer (Buyback clause)	Summer	2020	€3.25M	FCBarcelona.com
	RB		Martín Montoya	33	EU	Real Betis	Loan return	Summer	2020	_	FCBarcelona.com
	MF		Alex Song	37	EU	West Ham United	Loan return	Summer	2018	_	FCBarcelona.com
	MF		Alen Halilović	28	EU	Sporting Gijón	Loan return	Summer	2020	_	FCBarcelona.com
	FW		Cristian Tello	33	EU	Fiorentina	Loan return	Summer	2020	_	FCBarcelona.com
23	DF		Samuel Umtiti	31	EU	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2021	€25M	FCBarcelona.com
19	DF		Lucas Digne	31	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	2021	€16.5M+€4M variables	FCBarcelona.com
21	MF		André Gomes	31	EU	Valencia	Transfer	Summer	2021	€35M+€20M variables	FCBarcelona.com

• Source: FIFAtms.com

Total spending: €79.75M

Players out

N	Pos.	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
	MF		Alen Halilović	20	EU	Hamburg	Transfer	Summer	€5M	HSV.de
21	DF		Adriano	40	EU	Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer	€0.6M	BJK.tr.com
	DF		Martín Montoya	25	EU	Valencia	Contract termination	Summer	Free	ValenciaCF.com
	MF		Alex Song	37	EU	Rubin Kazan	Contract termination	Summer	Free	Rubin-Kazan.ru
23	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	39	EU	Roma	Loan	Summer	€2M	ASRoma.com
	FW		Cristian Tello	33	EU	Fiorentina	Loan	Summer	Free	ViolaChannel.tv

Total expenditure: €15.6 million

Net: €64.15 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	Total Stats
Games played	-	-	-	-
Games won	-	-	-	-
Games drawn	-	-	-	-
Games lost	-	-	-	-
Goals scored	-	-	-	-
Goals conceded	-	-	-	-
Goal difference	-	-	-	-
Clean sheets	-	-	-	-
Goal by Substitute	-	-	-	-
Total shots	-	-	-	-
Shots on target	-	-	-	-
Corners	-	-	-	-
Players used	-	-	-	-
Offsides	-	-	-	-
Fouls suffered	-	-	-	-
Fouls committed	-	-	-	-
Yellow cards	-	-	-	-
Red cards	-	-	-	-

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
7	MF		Arda	0	0	0	2	2
9	FW		Suárez	0	0	0	1	1
10	FW		Messi	0	0	0	1	1
17	FW		Munir	0	0	0	1	1
TOTAL				0	0	0	5	5

Last updated: 18 August 2016

Assists

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	La Liga	Champions League	Copa del Rey	Supercopa de España	Total
10	FW		Messi	0	0	0	2	2
7	MF		Arda	0	0	0	1	1
19	DF		Digne	0	0	0	1	1
TOTAL				0	0	0	0	4

Last updated: 18 August 2016

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
5	MF		Sergio										1			1
9	FW		Suárez										1			1
23	DF		Umtiti										1			1

Last updated: 18 August 2016
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	September 2016
8	MF		A. Iniesta	Knee Injury (strained posterior capsule in his right knee)		FCB.com	vs Sevilla	14 August 2016	September 2016
24	DF		Mathieu	Hamstring (torn femoral bicep in his right leg)		FCB.com	vs Sevilla	14 August 2016	September 2016
14	MF		Mascherano	Hamstring (in right leg)		FCB.com	vs Sevilla	17 August 2016	25 August 2016

- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 18 August 2016
Source: FC Barcelona

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Celtic v Barcelona

30 July 2016 1	Celtic	1 – 3	Barcelona	Dublin, Ireland
18:00 IST	Griffiths 29'	Report	Arda 11' Ambrose 31' (o.g.) Munir 41'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 47,900 Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

Barcelona v Leicester City

3 August 2016 2	Barcelona	4 – 2	Leicester City	Stockholm, Sweden
20:00 CEST	Munir 26', 45' Suárez 34' D. Suárez  38' Mújica 84'	Report	Musa 47', 66'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 42,879 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Liverpool v Barcelona

6 August 2016 3	Liverpool	4 – 0	Barcelona	London, England
17:00 BST	Mané 15' Mascherano 47' (o.g.) Origi 48' Grujić 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 89,845 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Barcelona v Sampdoria

10 August 2016 4	Barcelona	3 – 2	Sampdoria	Barcelona, Spain
20:30 CEST	Suárez 16' Messi 21', 34'	Report	Muriel 23' Budimir 77'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,334 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo (Spain)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Supercopa de España	Final	–	Winners	14 August 2016	17 August 2016
La Liga	Matchday 1	—	–	20 August 2016	21 May 2017
UCL	GS	Group stage	–	–	–
Copa del Rey	Rof32	Round of 32	–	–	–

Updated to match played 18 July 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Supercopa de España	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
La Liga	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa del Rey	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00

Last updated: 18 August 2016
Source: Competitions

Supercopa de España

Main article: 2016 Supercopa de España

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sevilla v Barcelona

14 August 2016 First leg	Sevilla	0 – 2	Barcelona	Seville
22:00 CEST	Mercado  32' N'Zonzi  70' Vázquez  78'	Report	Suárez 55',  83' Sergio  58' Munir 81'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Gil Manzano (Extremadura)

Barcelona v Sevilla

17 August 2016 Second leg	Barcelona	3 – 0 (5 – 0 agg.)	Sevilla	Barcelona
23:00 CEST	Arda 10', 46' Umtiti  32' Messi 55'	Report	Iborra 32' Sarabia  90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 71,803 Referee: Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas)

La Liga

Main article: 2016–17 La Liga

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: 2 June 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

Barcelona v Real Betis

20 August 2016 1	Barcelona	v	Real Betis	Barcelona
18:15				Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona

28 August 2016 2	Athletic Bilbao	v	Barcelona	Bilbao
20:15				Stadium: San Mamés

Barcelona v Alavés

10 September 2016 3	Barcelona	v	Alavés	Barcelona
20:30				Stadium: Camp Nou

Leganés v Barcelona

17 September 2016 4	Leganés	v	Barcelona	Leganés
16:15				Stadium: Butarque

Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

21 September 2016 5	Barcelona	v	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
22:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Sporting Gijón v Barcelona

24 September 2016 6	Sporting Gijón	v	Barcelona	Gijón
16:15				Stadium: El Molinón

Celta Vigo v Barcelona

1 October 2016 7	Celta Vigo	v	Barcelona	Vigo
16:15				Stadium: Balaídos

Barcelona v Deportivo La Coruña

16 October 2016 8	Barcelona	v	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
18:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Valencia v Barcelona

23 October 2016 9	Valencia	v	Barcelona	Valencia
18:15				Stadium: Mestalla

Barcelona v Granada

29 October 2016 10	Barcelona	v	Granada	Barcelona
18:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Sevilla v Barcelona

6 November 2016 11	Sevilla	v	Barcelona	Seville
20:15				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Barcelona v Málaga

20 November 2016 12	Barcelona	v	Málaga	Barcelona
12:00				Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Sociedad v Barcelona

27 November 2016 13	Real Sociedad	v	Barcelona	San Sebastián
20:15				Stadium: Anoeta

Barcelona v Real Madrid

4 December 2016 14	Barcelona	v	Real Madrid	Barcelona
20:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Osasuna v Barcelona

11 December 2016 15	Osasuna	v	Barcelona	Pamplona
18:15				Stadium: El Sadar

Barcelona v Espanyol

18 December 2016 16	Barcelona	v	Espanyol	Barcelona
20:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Villarreal v Barcelona

7 January 2017 17	Villarreal	v	Barcelona	Vila-real
16:15				Stadium: El Madrigal

Barcelona v Las Palmas

13 January 2017 18	Barcelona	v	Las Palmas	Barcelona
20:45				Stadium: Camp Nou

Eibar v Barcelona

21 January 2017 19	Eibar	v	Barcelona	Eibar
22:00				Stadium: Ipurua

Real Betis v Barcelona

28 January 2017 20	Real Betis	v	Barcelona	Seville
20:15				Stadium: Benito Villamarín

Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao

4 February 2017 21	Barcelona	v	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
20:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Alavés v Barcelona

12 February 2017 22	Alavés	v	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15				Stadium: Mendizorrotza

Barcelona v Leganés

19 February 2017 23	Barcelona	v	Leganés	Barcelona
18:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Atlético Madrid v Barcelona

26 February 2017 24	Atlético Madrid	v	Barcelona	Madrid
20:15				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Barcelona v Sporting Gijón

1 March 2017 25	Barcelona	v	Sporting Gijón	Barcelona
21:00				Stadium: Camp Nou

Barcelona v Celta Vigo

4 March 2017 26	Barcelona	v	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
18:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Deportivo La Coruña v Barcelona

12 March 2017 27	Deportivo La Coruña	v	Barcelona	A Coruña
20:15				Stadium: Riazor

Barcelona v Valencia

18 March 2017 28	Barcelona	v	Valencia	Barcelona
16:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Granada v Barcelona

2 April 2017 29	Granada	v	Barcelona	Granada
20:15				Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes

Barcelona v Sevilla

5 April 2017 30	Barcelona	v	Sevilla	Barcelona
21:00				Stadium: Camp Nou

Málaga v Barcelona

9 April 2017 31	Málaga	v	Barcelona	Málaga
18:15				Stadium: La Rosaleda

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

16 April 2017 32	Barcelona	v	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
20:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Madrid v Barcelona

23 April 2017 33	Real Madrid	v	Barcelona	Madrid
20:15				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

Barcelona v Osasuna

26 April 2017 34	Barcelona	v	Osasuna	Barcelona
20:00				Stadium: Camp Nou

Espanyol v Barcelona

30 April 2017 35	Espanyol	v	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:15				Stadium: RCDE Stadium

Barcelona v Villarreal

7 May 2017 36	Barcelona	v	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Las Palmas v Barcelona

14 May 2017 37	Las Palmas	v	Barcelona	Las Palmas
20:15				Stadium: Gran Canaria

Barcelona v Eibar

21 May 2017 38	Barcelona	v	Eibar	Barcelona
20:15				Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

v Barcelona

First leg		v	Barcelona
--:--

Barcelona v

Second leg	Barcelona	v		Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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13/14 September 2016 1

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27/28 September 2016 2

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18/19 October 2016 3

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1/2 November 2016 4

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22/23 November 2016 5

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6/7 December 2016 6

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External links

• Official website