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2007–08 FC Barcelona season
109th season in existence of FC Barcelona From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Though it did not produce silverware, FC Barcelona's 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 also marked the breakthrough of young talent Bojan Krkić into the first team, as 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 footballer, as well as Gianluca Zambrotta's last with the club.
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Events
- 25 June: Thierry Henry moves from Arsenal to Barcelona for €24 million.[1]
- 29 August: Nike will supply Barcelona until the 2017–18 season.[2]
- 22 September: The Camp Nou turns 50 years old with a celebration full of music, light, and colour.[3]
- 22 September: A large reform for the Camp Nou was revealed, with plans to make the Camp Nou bigger, with a retractable roof and better facilities.[4][5][6]
- 20 October: Bojan becomes the youngest ever player to score for the club in La Liga.[7]
- 26 October: Barça opens a community centre for children in Senegal.[8]
- 20 March: Barcelona are knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the semi-final stage by Valencia.[9]
- 8 May: The club announces that head coach Frank Rijkaard will leave the club when his contracts expires at the end of June, and that Pep Guardiola will replace him.[10]
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Squad information
The squad has reasonably changed in the summer transfer window. The biggest addition was Thierry Henry, with a transfer fee of €24 million. That equals the transfer fee paid for Samuel Eto'o in 2004, but just below the €30 million paid for Ronaldinho in 2003. Other additions were Eric Abidal, Yaya Touré, and Gabriel Milito . On the other end, some important players that were often used last season have left the club, such as, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Ludovic Giuly. Barcelona still used a great number of players developed in its youth system, 9 of 23, and have two new additions this season: Giovani dos Santos and Bojan (17 years old, the youngest player on the squad).
Most of the players have contracts beyond this end of season, but Deco, an important player, has his contract ending in 2008. The captain is still Carles Puyol, who is from Barcelona's youth system, plays in the first squad since 1999 and currently is the player with the most appearances (268). Currently, the highest scorer is Ronaldinho, with 80 goals. Also 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 signatory to that agreement, and the 2003 Kolpak ruling extended the Bosman ruling to nations with an associate trading relationship 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
In
Total spending: 
€65.5 million
Out
Last updated: 1 February
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
Total income: 
€11.7 million.
Expenditure: €53.8 million.
Squad stats
Víctor Valdés and Eric Abidal have been the only two players that have started all the matches (excepting Copa Catalunya, when Barcelona didn'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 dos Santos and Bojan were the substitute forwards, while Santiago Ezquerro played only in the Copa Catalunya, as well as Eiður Guðjohnsen playing once. Thierry Henry started the majority of the matches when Samuel Eto'o got injured. He scored his first hat trick 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
Last updated: 17 May
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
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Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
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- Played in 2008 African Cup of Nations
Disciplinary record
Last updated: 12 April
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; 
= Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; 
= Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
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Coaching staff
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This season will be the fifth consecutive season for Frank Rijkaard as Barcelona's manager. Even though Barça did not win any major competition last 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
Last updated: 19 September
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Kit
Supplier: Nike
Features: UNICEF (a noncommercial agreement, see FCBarcelona.cat)
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Source: FCBarcelona.cat
Notes: Socks have stripes not shown here.
Other information
| President |  Joan Laporta |
| Vice-president and sports affairs | Marc Ingla |
| Technical secretary | Txiki Beguiristáin |
| Vice-president and institutional relations | Albert Vicens |
| Vice-president and economical affairs | Ferran Soriano |
| Vice-president and marketing-media | Jaume Ferrer |
| Security affairs | Alfonso Castro |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Camp Nou (98.772 / 105x68m) |
| Budget | €315m |
Updated to match played 11 January
Source: FC Barcelona Board Members and Budget
Competitions
La Liga
Classification
Source: LFP
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 Fair-play points
(C) Champions
Notes:
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 Fair-play points
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results by round
UEFA Champions League
Source: RSSSF
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Matches
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Competitive
Last updated: 7 May
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
1Barcelona goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Barcelona.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Friendly
Last updated: 14 March
Source: FCBarcelona.cat
1Barcelona goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Barcelona.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
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