Barcelona 2007–08 football season
Though it did not produce silverware, FC Barcelona’ mho 2007–08 season would mark a period of change within the club, having many firsts and lasts. Most importantly, this would be Ronaldinho ‘s last season with the club, being displaced by the coming of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. This season besides marked the discovery of young endowment Bojan Krkić into the first team, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as the emergence of Lionel Messi as one of the team ‘s key players. On the other hand, this would be Lilian Thuram ‘s last season as a professional football player, adenine well as Gianluca Zambrotta ‘s last with the club.
Reading: 2007–08 FC Barcelona season
Events [edit ]
Players [edit ]
Squad data [edit ]
The police squad has reasonably changed in the summer transfer window. The biggest addition was Thierry Henry, with a transfer tip of € 24 million. That equals the remove tip paid for Samuel Eto’o in 2004, but merely below the €30 million paid for Ronaldinho in 2003. other additions were Eric Abidal, Yaya Touré, and Gabriel Milito that are region of the current begin team. On the early end, some important players that were much used final temper have left the club, such as, Giovanni vanguard Bronckhorst and Ludovic Giuly. Barcelona still used a great count of players developed in its youth arrangement, 9 of 23, and have two raw additions this season : Giovani dos Santos and Bojan ( 17 years erstwhile, the youngest musician on the team ). Most of the players have contracts beyond this end of season, but Deco, an crucial actor, has his contract ending in 2008. The captain is calm Carles Puyol, who is from Barcelona ‘s youth organization, plays in the inaugural squad since 1999 and presently is the player with the most appearances ( 268 ). presently, the highest scorer is Ronaldinho, with 80 goals. besides Ronaldinho, from August of this year, has a european passport. On mid-october, Samuel Eto’o received spanish nationality, making him an EU player. [ 11 ] The only non-EU player is Yaya Touré. Because Spain ratified the Cotonou Agreement in 2007, however, Touré is now considered an EU player, as his native country of Ivory Coast is a signer to that agreement, and the 2003 Kolpak rule extended the Bosman opinion to nations with an associate trade kinship with the EU.
- As of 21 October
- Last updated: 12 April
- Source:FCBarcelona.cat, Players transfer, Wikipedia players’ articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)
Allowed up to 3 players without EU passport.[12] - Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Transfers [edit ]
In [edit ]
sum spend : 
€65.5 million
Out [edit ]
stopping point updated : 1 February
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport ; Country : when 2 flags, 1st iris = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth ; N = numeral on jersey ; P = Position ( for status identify, pause sneak arrow on abbreviation ) ; Name = name on jersey ( for more extensive identify, hesitate mouse cursor on identify ) ; Age = age on the day of the bless ; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start play for this golf club in this season, for the type of the moving witness Status column ; Moving to = only indicates the baseball club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column ; Ends = when the actor ‘s stream shrink ends ; n/a = not applicable. total income : 
€11.7 million. outgo : €53.8 million .
Squad stats [edit ]
Víctor Valdés and Eric Abidal have been the only two players that have started all the matches ( excepting Copa Catalunya, when Barcelona did n’t use the same players as for the other competitions ). previously, Gianluca Zambrotta and Yaya Touré started all the matches until they got injured. Oleguer replaced Zambrotta and Andrés Iniesta replaced Touré. Giovani do Santos and Bojan were the substitute forwards, while Santiago Ezquerro played entirely in the Copa Catalunya, angstrom good as Eiður Guðjohnsen playing once. Thierry Henry started the majority of the matches when Samuel Eto’o got injured. He scored his first hat whoremaster wearing Barça ‘s jersey, and he ‘s the second goal scorer with four goals. Ronaldinho missed three matches due to an injury. [ 13 ]
- As of 5 February
Source:
Ordered by
0 shown as blank last updated : 17 MaySource : FCBarcelona.cat Ordered by start team and position on pitch ( from back right to front leave ) 0 shown as space
disciplinary record [edit ]
end updated : 12 April
Source : FCBarcelona.cat
only competitive matches
= Number of bookings ; 
= Number of sending offs after a second yellow poster ; 
= Number of sending offs by a direct red card .
baseball club [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
This season will be the one-fifth consecutive season for Frank Rijkaard as Barcelona ‘s coach. even though Barça did not win any major competition stopping point season, [ 14 ] club president Joan Laporta confirmed Rijkaard ‘s presence for this season. [ 15 ] All staff from last season, except doctor Gil Rodas, are remaining. [ 16 ]
- As of 13 October
death updated : 19 September
Source : FCBarcelona.cat
Kit [edit ]
supplier : Nike
Features : UNICEF ( a noncommercial agreement, see FCBarcelona.cat )
Home
Away
Third
reference : FCBarcelona.cat
Notes : Socks have stripes not shown hera.
other data [edit ]
Updated to match play 11 January
Source : FC Barcelona Board Members and Budget
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Competitions [edit ]
La Liga [edit ]
classification [edit ]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th
( C ) Champion
Notes: source : LFP Rules for categorization : 1st points ; 2nd tete-a-tete points ; 3rd tete-a-tete finish difference ; 4th neck and neck goals scored ; 5th goal dispute ; 6th number of goals scored ; 7th Fair-play points ChampionNotes :
- a b ATM 4–3 SEV ; SEV 1–2 ATM
Results by round [edit ]
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAResultDWDWWWWLWDWLWDWWLWWWDWDWWLLDWLDDDLWLLWPosition123544424222332222222222222222322333333
A
= Away;
H
= Home;
W
= Win;
D
= Draw;
L
= Loss informant : competitive Matches
UEFA Champions League [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Barcelona
6
4
2
0
12
3
+9
14
Advance to knockout stage
2
Lyon
6
3
1
2
11
10
+1
10
3
Rangers
6
2
1
3
7
9
−2
7
Transfer to UEFA Cup
4
Stuttgart
6
1
0
5
7
15
−8
3
Matches [edit ]
competitive [edit ]
last updated : 7 May
Source : FCBarcelona.cat
1Barcelona goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when unlike from that of Barcelona.
M = Match ; Ground : H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away surrogate.
friendly [edit ]
last updated : 14 March
Source : FCBarcelona.cat
1Barcelona goals come first.
Country ‘s flag portray country of foreign team to that of Barcelona.
Ground : H = Home ; A = Away ; N = Neutral ; HR = Home substitution ; AR = Away successor ; GD = Goal dispute
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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