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Celtic Glasgow 2-3 FC Barcelone - February 20, 2008 / Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

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Ligue des Champions 2007/2008 - 1/8 de finale

Celtic Park - Glasgow - Scotland

February 20, 2008

Celtic Glasgow

Scotland

2 - 3

FC Barcelone

Spain

(header) Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

16'

(header) Barry Robson

38'

18'

Lionel Messi (left foot)

52'

Thierry Henry (right foot)

79'

Lionel Messi (left foot)

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16' - Goal Vennegoor of Hesselink16

18' - Goal Lionel Messi

38' - Goal Barry Robson38

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52' - Goal Thierry Henry

55' - Substitution Vennegoor of Hesselinkis substituted by Georgios Samaras55

61' - Substitution Paul Caddisis substituted by Mark Wilson61

65' - Substitution Paul Hartleyis substituted by Massimo Donati65

66' - Substitution Decois substituted by Xavi

73' - Substitution Ronaldinhois substituted by Samuel Eto'o

79' - Goal Lionel Messi

88' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Celtic Glasgow

2 - 3

FC Barcelone

Celtic Glasgow FC Barcelone

Team line-ups

Celtic Glasgow

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

27McDonald

Scott McDonald

Australia

B.date21/08/1983

Age24 years

H1m72

positionSecond striker

Vennegoor of Hesselink1655

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Netherlands

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m91

positionStriker

46McGeady

Aiden McGeady

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/04/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

25Nakamura

Shunsuke Nakamura

Japan

B.date24/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

11Hartley65

Paul Hartley

Scotland

B.date19/10/1976

Age31 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Robson38

Barry Robson

Scotland

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

3Naylor

Lee Naylor

England

B.date19/03/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

44McManus

Stephen McManus

Scotland

B.date10/09/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

5Caldwell

Gary Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/04/1982

Age25 years

H1m80

positionSweeper

Caddis61

Paul Caddis

Scotland

B.date19/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

1Boruc

Artur Boruc

Poland

B.date20/02/1980

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Boruc		28	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gary Caldwell		25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Stephen McManus		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Paul Caddis	61	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Lee Naylor		27	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Paul Hartley	65	31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Barry Robson	38	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
46	M	Aiden McGeady		21	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Shunsuke Nakamura		29	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Vennegoor of Hesselink	1655	29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Scott McDonald		24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelone

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Henry5288

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Ronaldinho73

Ronaldinho

Brazil

B.date21/03/1980

Age27 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Messi1879

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age20 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

Deco66

Deco

Portugal

B.date27/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Touré

Yaya Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date13/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Abidal

Éric Abidal

France

B.date11/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Milito

Gabriel Milito

Argentina

B.date07/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Márquez

Rafa Márquez

Mexico

B.date13/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Puyol

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Víctor Valdés		26	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafa Márquez		29	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carles Puyol		29	376	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabriel Milito		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Éric Abidal		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yaya Touré		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Deco	66	30	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrés Iniesta		23	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronaldinho	73	27	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry	5288	30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lionel Messi	1879	20	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

142

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Mark Wilson	61	23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Massimo Donati	65	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Georgios Samaras	55	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	88	29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xavi	66	28	401	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samuel Eto'o	73	26	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Caddis

Andreas Hinkel

OUT

Paul Hartley

Scott Brown

OUT

Barry Robson

Massimo Donati

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Yaya Touré

Xavi

OUT

Andrés Iniesta

Giovani

OUT

Ronaldinho

Edmílson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

135

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Strachan vs FC Barcelone

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 2008

Strachan vs Rijkaard

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Rijkaard

252

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Rijkaard vs Celtic Glasgow

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 2008

Rijkaard vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 2008

Referee

Peter Fröjdfeldt

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	General total	FC Barcelone1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	Season total	FC Barcelone1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 20, 2008					Latest figure on February 20, 2008

Videos

September 07, 2023

Comments

Key figures

The last time FC Barcelone has ended with the score 3-2 away from home in Ligue des Champions, It was on the 23/10/2001 (vs )

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 02/02/2008).

The last time Celtic Glasgow has conceded at least 3 goals at home in Ligue des Champions, It was on the 14/09/2004 (vs )

Read the next 25 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCeltic Glasgow 4-0 Falkirk11/12/2007

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 Hibernian22/12/2007

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Gretna FC29/12/2007

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Stirling Albion12/01/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Kilmarnock19/01/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Heart of Midlothian16/02/2008

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Stirling Albion12/01/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Kilmarnock19/01/2008

VFalkirk 0-1 Celtic Glasgow27/01/2008

VKilmarnock 1-5 Celtic Glasgow02/02/2008

VAberdeen 1-5 Celtic Glasgow10/02/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Heart of Midlothian16/02/2008

Current form

Away

VMallorca 0-2 FC Barcelone05/01/2008

DSevilla FC 1-1 FC Barcelone09/01/2008

DVillarreal 0-0 FC Barcelone24/01/2008

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 FC Barcelone27/01/2008

DSevilla FC 1-1 FC Barcelone09/02/2008

VReal Zaragoza 1-2 FC Barcelone16/02/2008

Overall

DVillarreal 0-0 FC Barcelone24/01/2008

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 FC Barcelone27/01/2008

VFC Barcelone 1-0 Villarreal31/01/2008

VFC Barcelone 1-0 Osasuna03/02/2008

DSevilla FC 1-1 FC Barcelone09/02/2008

VReal Zaragoza 1-2 FC Barcelone16/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	8
Unbeaten streak	10	9
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	10	12
Invincibility streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	12
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

32	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	6
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Scott McDonald	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Lionel Messi
Scott McDonald	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Lionel Messi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Lionel Messi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Lionel Messi
Scott McDonald	2 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

6 matches

1 v

3 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

6 matches

2 v

3 d

1 l

7 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	March 11, 2004
Home	1 - 0	March 11, 2004

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 14, 2004
Away	3 - 1	September 14, 2004

Latest head to head

November 24, 2004 - Ligue des Champions 2004/2005

FC Barcelone

1 - 1

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

September 14, 2004 - Ligue des Champions 2004/2005

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 3

FC Barcelone logo FC Barcelone

March 25, 2004 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 2003/2004

FC Barcelone

0 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

March 11, 2004 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 2003/2004

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 0

FC Barcelone logo FC Barcelone

December 02, 1964 - Coupe des villes de foires 1964/1965

Celtic Glasgow

0 - 0

FC Barcelone logo FC Barcelone

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelone

John Hartson	1 goal	2004 - 2004
John Hughes	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Chris Sutton	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Alan Thompson	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Zaldua	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Ludovic Giuly	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Joaquin Rifé	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Juan Seminario	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Deco	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelone

Neil Lennon	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Stanislav Varga	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Stilian Petrov	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Didier Agathe	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Alan Thompson	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Jackie McNamara	4 matches	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Xavi	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Ronaldinho	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Víctor Valdés	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Carles Puyol	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Oleguer	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Rafa Márquez	3 matches	2004 - 2004