2018–19 FC Barcelona season

June

On 3 June, Barcelona and defender Samuel Umtiti reached an agreement to extend the player’s contract for a further five seasons through to 2022–23 with a release clause of €500 million.^[1]

On 11 June, Barcelona reached an agreement with Watford for the transfer of Gerard Deulofeu for €13 million plus €4 million in variables. Barcelona will also receive a percentage of any future transfer fee.^[2]

July

On 8 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Guangzhou Evergrande for the loan transfer of Paulinho for one season, with a subsequent purchase option for the Chinese club.^[3]

On 9 July, Barcelona and Grêmio finalized the transfer of Arthur Melo following the agreement the two clubs reached in March for a transfer fee of €31 million plus €9 million in variables. The player will sign a contract for the next six seasons and the buyout clause is set at €400 million.^[4]

On 12 July, Barcelona announced that they had paid the buyout clause for Clément Lenglet which stood at €35.9 million. The player, who joins from Sevilla, will sign a contract with the club for the next five seasons and the buyout clause is set at €300 million.^[5]

On 23 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Sivasspor for the loan transfer of Douglas for one season.^[6]

On 23 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Deportivo La Coruña for the loan transfer of Adrián Ortolá for one season, with a subsequent purchase option for the A Coruña club.^[7]

On 24 July, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Bordeaux for the transfer of Malcom for a transfer fee of €41 million plus €1 million in variables. The player will sign a contract for the next five seasons until the end of 2022–23.^[8]

August

On 1 August, Barcelona and Everton reached an agreement for the transfer of Lucas Digne to the English club for an initial fee of €20.2 million and €1.5 million in variables.^[9]

On 3 August, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Bayern Munich for the transfer of Arturo Vidal to the Catalan club for the next three seasons for an undisclosed fee.^[10]

On 4 August, Barcelona and Sevilla reached an agreement for the transfer of Aleix Vidal to the Andalusian club for a transfer fee of €8.5 million, plus €2 million in variables.^[11]

On 9 August, Barcelona and Everton reached an agreement for the transfer of Yerry Mina for a fee of €30.25 million with an additional €1.5 million in variables. Barcelona also negotiated a buy-back clause in the transfer.^[12] Additionally, André Gomes was loaned to Everton for the 2018–19 season. The English club agreed to pay a fee of €2.25 million for the single season.^[13]

On 12 August, Barcelona defeated Sevilla 1–2 in the Spanish Super Cup at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Morocco; goals from Gerard Piqué and Ousmane Dembélé handed the Catalans their 13th Supercopa de España title. The trophy was the first won under the captaincy of Lionel Messi, who also claimed his record-breaking 33rd trophy with the club. Additionally, the match saw official debuts from Arthur, Lenglet, and Arturo Vidal.^[14]

On 16 August, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of Marlon to the Italian club Sassuolo for an initial fee of €6 million, including a buy-back clause for the Catalans. Barcelona will receive additional €6 million if Marlon makes 50 appearances for Sassuolo. If he would be sold before that, Barcelona will receive 50% of the future transfer fee.^[15]

On 18 August, Barcelona defeated Alavés 3–0 with two goals from Messi, including the 6,000th La Liga goal in the club's history, and one from Coutinho to secure Barça an opening day victory for a tenth successive season.^[16]

On 25 August, Barcelona defeated Real Valladolid 0–1, Barça made it two wins out of two thanks to a goal from Dembélé. The match also saw an official debut from Malcom.^[17]

September

On 2 September, Barcelona demolished newly promoted Huesca 8–2. Messi (2), Luis Suárez (2), Dembélé, Ivan Rakitić, Jordi Alba were all on the scoresheet, along with an own goal from Jorge Pulido.^[18]

On 15 September, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 1–2. Despite trailing at half time, goals from Suárez and Dembélé turned things around to make it four wins out of four in La Liga.^[19]

On 18 September, Barcelona beat PSV Eindhoven 4–0 in their first Champions League game of the season. Messi scored his record-breaking eight Champions League hat-trick and Dembélé notched the remaining goal from a solo effort to complete another victory for the Blaugrana side.^[20]

On 23 September, Barcelona draw Girona 2–2 . Sending off for Lenglet hinders home side, Messi and Piqué found the net for the Blaugrana.^[21]

On 26 September, Barcelona lost to Leganés 2–1 . Coutinho's opener counts for nothing as top against bottom clash took unexpected twist with two goals in a minute.^[22]

On 29 September, Barcelona draw Athletic 1–1. Substitutes Messi and Munir came to the rescue to salvage a draw at Camp Nou after Basques had taken 41st minute lead^[23]

October

On 3 October, Barcelona defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–4. Valverde's men secured an important victory in a classic, end-to-end match in London to maintain their perfect start in the Champions League group stage.^[24]

On 7 October, Barcelona draw Valencia CF 1-1. Messi equalised an early opener from Garay to earn the blaugranes a share of the spoils at Mestalla.^[25]

First team squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Ter Stegen	26	EU	2014	147	0	2022	€12M
2	DF		N. Semedo	24	EU	2017	39	0	2021	€30M
3	DF		Piqué (3rd captain)	31	EU	2008	452	40	2022	€5M	Originally from Youth system
4	MF		I. Rakitić	30	EU	2014	220	31	2021	€18M
5	MF		Sergio (vice-captain)	30	EU	2008	488	13	2021	Youth system
6	MF		Denis Suárez	24	EU	2016	63	6	2020	€3.25M	Originally from Youth system
7	MF		Coutinho	26	EU	2018	28	11	2023	€120M	Second nationality: Portugal
8	MF		Arthur	22	Non-EU	2018	4	0	2024	€31M
9	FW		Suárez	31	EU	2014	204	155	2021	€81M	Second nationality: Italy
10	FW		Messi (captain)	31	EU	2004	645	560	2021	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
11	FW		O. Dembélé	21	EU	2017	29	9	2022	€105M
12	MF		Rafinha	25	EU	2011	81	11	2020	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
13	GK		Cillessen	29	EU	2016	21	0	2021	€13M
14	FW		Malcom	21	Non-EU	2018	1	0	2023	€41M
15	DF		Lenglet	23	EU	2018	3	0	2023	€35.9M
16	MF		Samper	23	EU	2014	12	0	2019	Youth system
18	DF		Jordi Alba	29	EU	2012	252	13	2020	€14M	Originally from Youth system
19	FW		Munir	23	EU	2016	46	10	2019	Youth system
20	MF		S. Roberto (4th captain)	26	EU	2010	206	7	2022	Youth system
22	MF		Vidal	31	Non-EU	2018	6	0	2021	€18M
23	DF		Umtiti	24	EU	2016	88	2	2023	€25M
24	DF		Vermaelen	32	EU	2014	41	1	2019	€15M

From youth squad

As of 4 September 2018^[26]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 26 MF Carles Aleñá 27 DF Juan Miranda 28 MF Riqui Puig 29 FW Abel Ruiz 30 GK Iñaki Peña

No. Position Player 31 GK Jokin Ezkieta 32 MF Monchu 33 DF Jorge Cuenca 34 MF Álex Collado 35 MF Oriol Busquets

Transfers in

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	DF		Marlon Santos	23	Non-EU	Nice	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free	OGCNice.com
—	DF		Douglas	27	Non-EU	Benfica	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free	FCBarcelona.com
12	MF		Rafinha	25	EU	Internazionale	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free	FCBarcelona.com
19	FW		Munir El Haddadi	22	EU	Alavés	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free	FCBarcelona.com
—	FW		Gerard Deulofeu	24	EU	Watford	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free	FCBarcelona.com
8	MF		Arthur Melo	21	Non-EU	Grêmio	Transfer	Summer	2024	€31M+€9M	FCBarcelona.com
15	DF		Clément Lenglet	23	EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	2023	€35.9M	FCBarcelona.com
14	FW		Malcom	21	Non-EU	Bordeaux	Transfer	Summer	2023	€41M+€1M	FCBarcelona.com
22	MF		Arturo Vidal	31	Non-EU	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2021	€18M+€3M	FCBarcelona.com

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF		Andrés Iniesta	34	EU	Vissel Kobe	Contract termination	Summer	Free	Vissel-Kobe.co.jp
—	FW		Gerard Deulofeu	24	EU	Watford	Transfer	Summer	€13M+€4M	WatfordFC.com
15	MF		Paulinho	29	Non-EU	Guangzhou Evergrande	Loan	Summer	Free	GzEvergrandeFC.com
—	DF		Douglas	27	Non-EU	Sivasspor	Loan	Summer	Free	Sivasspor.org.tr
—	GK		Adrián Ortolá	24	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Summer	Free	RCDeportivo.es
19	DF		Lucas Digne	25	EU	Everton	Transfer	Summer	€20.2M+€1.5M	EvertonFC.com
22	DF		Aleix Vidal	28	EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	€8.5M+€2M	SevillaFC.es
24	DF		Yerry Mina	23	Non-EU	Everton	Transfer	Summer	€30.25M+€1.5M	EvertonFC.com
21	MF		André Gomes	25	EU	Everton	Loan	Summer	€2.25M	EvertonFC.com
—	DF		Marlon	22	Non-EU	Sassuolo	Transfer	Summer	€6M+€6M	SassuoloCalcio.it
17	FW		Paco Alcácer	24	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Loan	Summer	€2M	BVB.de

Transfer summary

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 3 October 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Champions League		Copa del Rey		Supercopa
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Marc-André ter Stegen	9	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK		Jasper Cillessen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Iñaki Peña	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Jokin Ezkieta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Nélson Semedo	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Gerard Piqué	9	2	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
15	DF		Clément Lenglet	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF		Jordi Alba	8	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF		Samuel Umtiti	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Juan Miranda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Jorge Cuenca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Ivan Rakitić	9	2	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
5	MF		Sergio Busquets	9	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF		Denis Suárez	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Philippe Coutinho	9	3	6	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Arthur Melo	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF		Rafinha	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Sergi Samper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Sergi Roberto	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Arturo Vidal	8	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF		Aleñá	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Riqui Puig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Monchu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Álex Collado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Oriol Busquets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Luis Suárez	9	3	6	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW		Lionel Messi	9	10	6	5	2	5	0	0	1	0
11	FW		Ousmane Dembélé	8	5	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
14	FW		Malcom	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Munir El Haddadi	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Abel Ruiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season, but have left the club
17	FW		Paco Alcácer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Squad 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	6	5	0	0	11
11	FW		O. Dembélé	3	1	0	1	5
7	MF		Coutinho	2	1	0	0	3
9	FW		Suárez	3	0	0	0	3
3	DF		Piqué	1	0	0	1	2
4	MF		I. Rakitić	1	1	0	0	2
18	DF		Jordi Alba	1	0	0	0	1
19	FW		Munir	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL				19	8	0	2	29

Last updated: 7 October 2018^[27]

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Lionel Messi	PSV Eindhoven	4–0 (H)	18 September 2018	UEFA Champions League	[28]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Last updated on 18 September 2018.

No.	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Champions League	Supercopa de España	Total
1	Ter Stegen	2	0	1	0	3
13	Cillessen	0	0	0	0	0
Total		2	0	1	0	3

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below (excluding goalkeepers) 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	DF		Semedo	1												1
3	DF		Piqué	2												2
4	MF		I. Rakitić	1												1
5	MF		Sergio	1			1						1			3
7	MF		Coutinho	1												1
8	MF		Arthur	1			1									2
9	FW		Suárez	1												1
10	FW		Messi	1												1
15	DF		Lenglet			1							1			1		1
22	MF		Vidal	1												1
23	DF		Umtiti	2				1								2	1
24	DF		Vermaelen	1												1

Last updated: 7 October 2018
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
13	GK		Cillessen	intercostal muscle sprain		FCB.com	in training	22 August 2018	2 September 2018
14	FW		Malcom	right ankle injury		FCB.com	in training	3 September 2018	24 September 2018
23	DF		Umtiti	knee injury		FCB.com	in training	28 September 2018
20	MF		Sergi Roberto	pulled rectus femoris muscle in right thigh		FCB.com	vs Athletic Bilbao	29 September 2018

International Champions Cup

Barcelona began their 2018–19 pre-season with a tour of the United States in the 2018 International Champions Cup. Barça played against Tottenham Hotspur at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Roma at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington and Milan at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.^[29]

Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) ICC	Barcelona	2–2 (5–3 p)	Tottenham Hotspur	Pasadena, United States
20:00 PDT	Munir  15' Arthur  29'	Report	Son  73' N'Koudou  75'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 66,805 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
		Penalties
	Palencia Ruiz Monchu Riqui Malcom		Son Davies Georgiou Sánchez

Barcelona v Roma

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) ICC	Barcelona	2–4	Roma	Arlington, United States
21:00 CDT	Rafinha  6' Malcom  49'	Report	El Shaarawy  35' Florenzi  78' Cristante  83' Perotti  86' (pen.)	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 54,726 Referee: José Carlos Rivero (United States)

Milan v Barcelona

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) ICC	Milan	1–0	Barcelona	Santa Clara, United States
17:00 PDT	A. Silva  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 51,391 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

Joan Gamper Trophy

The Blaugrana finished their pre-season preparations with the annual Joan Gamper Trophy match against Boca Juniors of Argentina at the Camp Nou on 15 August.^[30]

Barcelona v Boca Juniors

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Joan Gamper Trophy	Barcelona	3–0	Boca Juniors	Barcelona, Spain
18:15	Malcom  18' Vidal  33' Messi  39' Rafinha  67' Sergio  80'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 70,089 Referee: Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

Overview

Last updated: 12 August 2018 (2018-08-12).
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Barcelona are the defending champions. On 24 July 2018, the La Liga fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[31]

Matches

Barcelona v Alavés

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 1	Barcelona	3–0	Alavés	Barcelona
22:15 CEST	Messi  64', 90+2' Coutinho  83'	Report	Torres  10' Maripán  41'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 52,356 Referee: Sánchez Martínez (Murcia)

Valladolid v Barcelona

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 2	Valladolid	0–1	Barcelona	Valladolid
22:15 CEST	Ünal  49'	Report	O. Dembélé  57' Piqué  60'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 22,651 Referee: Burgos Bengoetxea (Basque Country)

Barcelona v Huesca

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 3	Barcelona	8–2	Huesca	Barcelona
18:30 CEST	Messi  16', 61' Pulido  24' (o.g.) Suárez  39', 90+3' (pen.) O. Dembélé  48' I. Rakitić  52' Jordi Alba  81' Vidal  88'	Report	Hernández  3' Luisinho  26' Alex Gallar  42' Musto  87'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,892 Referee: Melero López (Andalusia)

Real Sociedad v Barcelona

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 4	Real Sociedad	1–2	Barcelona	San Sebastián
16:15 CEST	Elustondo  12' Illarramendi  43'	Report	Suárez  63' O. Dembélé  66' Umtiti  87'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 26,756 Referee: Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)

Barcelona v Girona

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 5	Barcelona	2–2	Girona	Barcelona
20:45 CEST	Semedo  12' Arthur  15' Messi  19' Lenglet  35' Piqué  63',  81'	Report	Stuani  16',  45', 51' Bernardo  39' Juanpe  61' Alcalá  68' Portu  69'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 76,055 Referee: Gil Manzano (Extremadura)

Leganés v Barcelona

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 6	Leganés	2–1	Barcelona	Leganés
20:00 CEST	Rubén Pérez  40' Bustinza  49' El Zhar  52' Óscar  53' Nyom  88' En-Nesyri  90+2'	Report	Coutinho  12' Umtiti  60' Vermaelen  64'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 12,231 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 7	Barcelona	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
16:15 CEST	I. Rakitić  78' Munir  84' Sergio  89' Messi  90+4'	Report	De Marcos  41' Yeray  48' Nolaskoain  90' Dani García  90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 78,015 Referee: Jaime Latre

Valencia v Barcelona

7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 8	Valencia	1–1	Barcelona	Valencia
20:45 CEST	Garay  2' Carlos Soler  43' Parejo  58'	Report	Messi  23' Suárez  41' Coutinho  58'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 46,249 Referee: González González

Barcelona v Sevilla

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 9	Barcelona	v	Sevilla	Barcelona
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Camp Nou

Barcelona v Real Madrid

28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 10	Barcelona	v	Real Madrid	Barcelona
16:15 CET				Stadium: Camp Nou

Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 11	Rayo Vallecano	v	Barcelona	Vallecas
--:--				Stadium: Vallecas

Barcelona v Real Betis

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 12	Barcelona	v	Real Betis	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Atlético Madrid v Barcelona

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 13	Atlético Madrid	v	Barcelona	Madrid
--:--				Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano

Barcelona v Villarreal

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 14	Barcelona	v	Villarreal	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Espanyol v Barcelona

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 15	Espanyol	v	Barcelona	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: RCDE Stadium

Levante v Barcelona

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 16	Levante	v	Barcelona	Valencia
--:--				Stadium: Ciutat de València

Barcelona v Celta Vigo

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	Barcelona	v	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Getafe v Barcelona

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) 18	Getafe	v	Barcelona	Getafe
--:--				Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

Barcelona v Eibar

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) 19	Barcelona	v	Eibar	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Barcelona v Leganés

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) 20	Barcelona	v	Leganés	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Girona v Barcelona

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) 21	Girona	v	Barcelona	Girona
--:--				Stadium: Montilivi

Barcelona v Valencia

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 22	Barcelona	v	Valencia	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 23	Athletic Bilbao	v	Barcelona	Bilbao
--:--				Stadium: San Mamés

Barcelona v Valladolid

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 24	Barcelona	v	Valladolid	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Sevilla v Barcelona

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 25	Sevilla	v	Barcelona	Seville
--:--				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Real Madrid v Barcelona

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 26	Real Madrid	v	Barcelona	Madrid
--:--				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano

10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) 27	Barcelona	v	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Betis v Barcelona

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 28	Real Betis	v	Barcelona	Seville
--:--				Stadium: Benito Villamarín

Barcelona v Espanyol

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 29	Barcelona	v	Espanyol	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Villarreal v Barcelona

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) 30	Villarreal	v	Barcelona	Vila-real
--:--				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 31	Barcelona	v	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Huesca v Barcelona

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 32	Huesca	v	Barcelona	Huesca
--:--				Stadium: El Alcoraz

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) 33	Barcelona	v	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Alavés v Barcelona

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 34	Alavés	v	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
--:--				Stadium: Mendizorrotza

Barcelona v Levante

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 35	Barcelona	v	Levante	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Celta Vigo v Barcelona

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 36	Celta Vigo	v	Barcelona	Vigo
--:--				Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos

Barcelona v Getafe

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16) 37	Barcelona	v	Getafe	Barcelona
--:--				Stadium: Camp Nou

Eibar v Barcelona

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 38	Eibar	v	Barcelona	Eibar
--:--				Stadium: Ipurua

Copa del Rey

Barcelona enter the competition as the four-time defending champions, having won consecutive editions in 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.

Supercopa de España

As the winners of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey and 2017–18 La Liga, Barcelona faced the Copa del Rey runners-up, Sevilla, for the season opening Supercopa de España.^[33] For the first time in the tournament history, it was a single match hosted in a neutral venue at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier, Morocco.^[34]

Sevilla v Barcelona

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Final	Sevilla	1–2	Barcelona	Tangier, Morocco
22:00 CEST	Sarabia  9' Vázquez  24' Roque Mesa  69' Aleix Vidal  90+4'	Report	Sergio  16' Piqué  42' O. Dembélé  78' Ter Stegen  90' Lenglet  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)

UEFA Champions League

On 30 August, Barcelona were drawn in Group B of the UEFA Champions League alongside Tottenham Hotspur, PSV Eindhoven and Internazionale.^[35]

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	Internazionale	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
3	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0	Transfer to Europa League
4	PSV Eindhoven	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 1	Barcelona	4–0	PSV Eindhoven	Barcelona, Spain
18:55 CEST	Messi  31', 77', 87' Umtiti  55', 79' O. Dembélé  74'	UEFA Report Club Report	Viergever  30' De Jong  57'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 73,462 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Tottenham Hotspur v Barcelona

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 2	Tottenham Hotspur	2–4	Barcelona	London, England
21:00 BST	Aiderweireld  14' Wanyama  41' Lamela  43',  66' Kane  52',  74' Dier  90+3'	UEFA Report Club Report	Coutinho  2' I. Rakitić  28' Messi  56', 90' Arthur  59' Sergio  71'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 82,137 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Barcelona v Internazionale

24 October 2018 3	Barcelona	v	Internazionale	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CEST		UEFA Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

Internazionale v Barcelona

6 November 2018 4	Internazionale	v	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET		UEFA Report		Stadium: San Siro

PSV Eindhoven v Barcelona

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 5	PSV Eindhoven	v	Barcelona	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CET		UEFA Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion

Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 6	Barcelona	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET		UEFA Report		Stadium: Camp Nou