2017–18 FC Barcelona B season

Barcelona B
2017–18 season
President	Josep Maria Bartomeu
Manager	Gerard López (Until 25 April); Xavi García Pimienta
Stadium	Mini Estadi
Segunda División	20th (relegated)
Copa Catalunya	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Carles Aleñá; (11 goals); All: Carles Aleñá; (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,592 vs Osasuna; (25 March 2018)
Lowest home attendance	1,327 vs Albacete; (19 December 2017)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2017–18 season was FC Barcelona B's 48th season in existence, the 23rd in Segunda División and first season, since promotion from Segunda División B, in the second flight of Spanish football.

Players

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Ezkieta	24	EU	2015	1	0	2019	Free
2	RB	Morer	23	EU	2017	5	0	2019	YS	Promoted this season
3	LB	Cucurella	22	EU	2017	35	1	2019	YS	Promoted this season
4	CB	José Martínez	27	EU	2016	22	0	2018	Free
5	CB	Tarín (vice-captain)	24	EU	2015	8	0	2018	YS
7	DM	Cristian Rivera	23	EU	2018	17	0	2018	Loan	On loan from Eibar.
8	DM	Sarsanedas	23	EU	2016	12	0	2019	YS
9	CF	Nahuel	24	EU	2018	16	5	2018	Loan	On loan from Villarreal
10	CM	Aleñá	23	EU	2016	36	11	2020	YS
11	CF	Cardona	25	EU	2016	27	7	2018	Free
12	CB	Hongla	22	EU	2018	6	0	2018	Loan	On loan from Granada
13	GK	Ortolá	27	EU	2013	29	0	2020	Free
14	RB	Palencia (captain)	24	EU	2015	29	0	2018	€800Th
15	RW	Ballou Tabla	21	Non-EU	2018	11	1	2019	Undisclosed	Bought from Montreal Impact
16	LW	Arnaiz	25	EU	2017	21	6	2021	€3.4Mil
17	CM	Ruiz de Galarreta	27	EU	2017	25	1	2019	€700Th
19	RW	Carles Pérez	22	EU	2017	25	3	2019	YS	Promoted this season
20	AM	Vitinho	22	Non-EU	2017	24	1	2018	Loan	First season on loan from Palmeiras
21	CB	Costas	25	EU	2017	35	0	2018	Loan	First season on loan from Celta
22	DM	Marcus McGuane	22	EU	2018	8	0	2020	Undisclosed
24	LB	Araújo	25	EU	2017	0	0	2018	Loan	First season on loan from Celta
25	GK	Varo	27	EU	2016	10	0	2018	Loan	Second season on loan from Nàstic.
26	CF	Abel Ruiz	21	EU	2017	25	3	2019	YS	Promoted this season
27	DM	Oriol Busquets	22	EU	2017	22	0	2018	YS	Promoted this season
28	CB	Cuenca	21	EU	2017	23	0	2019	€400Th
33	LB	Juan Miranda	21	EU	2017	7	0	2019	YS

Last updated: 22 May 2018
Source:FCBarcelona.com, Players In / Out, Wikipedia players' articles.

Promoted from Juvenil A

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
3	LB	Marc Cucurella	22	Signed a two year contract
—	GK	Sergi Puig	22	Signed a two year contract
—	LW	Sergio Gómez	20

Players In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
13	GK	Ortolá	27	EU	Alavés	Loan return	Summer	2020	Free	FCBarcelona.com
—	FW	Cámara	26	EU	Girona	Loan return	Summer	2017	Free	gironafc.cat
—	DF	Quintillà	24	EU	Lleida Esportiu	Loan return	Summer	2018	Free
1	GK	Ezkieta	24	EU	Sabadell	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free
—	DF	Franquesa	23	EU	Gavà	Loan return	Summer	2018	Free	Second loan in 2016–17 season
—	DF	Gafarot	26	EU	Cornellà	Loan return	Summer	2017	Free
20	AM	Vitinho	19	Non-EU	Palmeiras	Loan	Summer	2018	Loan	FCBarcelona.com
9	ST	Anthony Lozano	24	EU	Olimpia	Signed	Summer	2019	Signed	Sport English
15	RW	Ballou Tabla	18	Non-EU	Montreal Impact	Signed	Winter	2018	Signed	MLSsoccer.com
22	DM	McGuane	18	EU	Arsenal	Signed	Winter	2023	Signed	FCBarcelona.com
9	MF	Nahuel	21	EU	Villarreal	Loan	Winter	2018	Loan	FCBarcelona.com

Total expenditure: €0

Players Out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
GK	José Suárez	25	EU	Girona	End of contract	Summer	N/A
CB	Borja López	27	EU	Hajduk Split	Contract terminated	Summer	N/A	hajduk.hr
MF	Xemi	26	EU	Oxford United	End of contract	Summer	N/A
MF	Gumbau	26	EU	Leganés	End of contract	Summer	N/A
FW	Perea	30	EU	Cádiz	End of contract	Summer	N/A
FW	Cámara	26	EU	Reus	Loan	Summer	N/A
DF	Franquesa	23	EU	Villarreal B	Contract terminated	Summer	N/A
DF	Gafarot	26	EU	Cornellà	Loan	Summer	N/A
DF	Nili	26	EU	Albacete	End of contract	Summer	N/A
LW	Abeledo	25	EU	Atlético Malagueño	End of contract	Summer	N/A
GK	Sergi Puig	22	EU	L'Hospitalet	Loan	Summer	N/A
LB	Quintillà	24	EU	Villarreal B	End of contract	Summer	N/A
LW	Sergio Gómez	20	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Winter	€3.0m	Bundesliga
ST	Anthony Lozano	27	EU	Girona	Transfer	Winter	N/A	FCBarcelona.com

Total income: €3.0 million

Balance

Total: €3.0 million

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Xavi Garcia Pimienta
Assistant coach	Alberto Encinas
Assistant coach	Felip Ortiz
Fitness coach	Ismael Camenforte
Goalkeeping coach	Carles Busquets
Technical assistant	Javi Molina
Barcelona Juvenil A coach	Gabri García

Last updated: 25 May 2018
Source: FC Barcelona B Team

Statistics

Squad statistics

	League	Cup	Total Stats
Games played	40	2	42
Games won	10	1	11
Games drawn	13	0	13
Games lost	17	1	18
Goals scored	46	3	49
Goals conceded	52	2	54
Goal difference	−6	1	−5
Clean sheets	5	1	6
Goal by Substitute	–	–	–
Total shots	345	–	345
Shots on target	139	–	139
Corners	–	–	–
Players used	–	–	–
Offsides	52	–	52
Fouls suffered	610	–	610
Fouls committed	495	–	495
Yellow cards	91	2	93
Red cards	1	1	2

Last updated: 23 May 2018
Source:

Players Used: Barcelona B has used a total of 20 different players in all competitions.

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Name	Segunda División	Copa Catalunya	Total
10	CM	Carles Aleñá	11	0	11
11	CF	Marc Cardona	7	2	9
16	LW	José Arnaiz	6	0	6
9	CF	Lozano	4	0	4
26	CF	Abel Ruiz	3	0	3
20	AM	Vitinho	1	1	2
17	CM	Ruiz de Galarreta	1	0	1
	RW	Concha	1	0	1
3	LB	Marc Cucurella	1	0	1
15	RW	Ballou Tabla	1	0	1
33	LB	Juan Miranda	1	0	1
	CM	Monchu	1	0	1
TOTAL			34	3	37

Last updated: 25 May 2018[1]

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of 22 November 2017.

Rank	Name	Segunda División	Copa Catalunya	Total	Played Games
1	Ortolá	2	0	2	9
2	Varo	1	1	2	7
2	Ezkieta	0	0	0	1
Total		3	1	4	17

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Barcelona B first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name						Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Segunda División	Copa Catalunya		Total		Notes
6	CB		Fali	2	1		3
9	CF		Lozano	1			1
11	CF		Cardona	1	1		2
14	RB		Palencia			1		1
17	CM		Ruiz de Galarreta	2			2
20	AM		Vitinho	1			1
27	DM		Oriol Busquets	1			1

Last updated: 2 October 2017
Source:
Only competitive matches
= 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
	DF		Rodrigo Tarín	Knee Injury (torn ACL in right knee)		MundoDeportivo.com	vs Eldense	6 November 2016	June 2017
	FW		Rafa Mújica	Thigh Injury (torn tendon in right thigh)		FCB.es	vs Cornellà	18 February 2017	September 2017
	MF		Wilfrid Kaptoum	Knee Injury (torn meniscus in left knee)		sport.es	in training	19 June 2017	October 2017
	FW		Jesús Alfaro	Ankle Injury (sprained ligament in right ankle)		FCB.es	in training	21 July 2017	Late August 2017
	DF		Marc Cucurella	Thigh Injury (injured Adductor longus muscle in right thigh)		FCB.es	vs Lleida	11 August 2017	Early September 2017
	GK		Adrián Ortolá	Hand Injury (fractured Fifth metacarpal bone in right hand)		FCB.es	in training	13 August 2017
	DF		Sergi Palencia	Ankle Injury (sprained ligament in left ankle)		FCB.es	in training	14 August 2017	Mid September 2017

- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 15 August 2017
Source:

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

25 July 2017 Friendly	L'Escala	0–7	Barcelona B	L'Escala, Catalonia
20:00 CEST		Report	Cardona 11', 18' (pen.), 32' Vitinho 48' Busquets 51', 70' Paik 65'	Stadium: Nou Camp Municipal de L'Escala

29 July 2017 Friendly	Peralada	2–1	Barcelona B	Peralada, Catalonia
19:30 CEST	Clotet 58', 88'	Report	Lozano 8'	Stadium: Municipal de Peralada

4 August 2017 Friendly	Barcelona B	2–2	Girona	Barcelona, Catalonia
20:00 CEST	Vitinho 11' Pérez 29'	Report	Soni 35' Andzouana 60'	Stadium: Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper Referee: Daniel López Jiménez

11 August 2017 Friendly	Barcelona B	1–0	Lleida	Barcelona, Catalonia
20:00 CEST	Cardona 51'	Report		Stadium: Mini Estadi

Competitions

Copa Catalunya

30 July 2017 First Round	Santboià	0–2	Barcelona B	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia
19:00 CEST	Ruben Cruz 40'	fcb.com fcf.cat	Cardona 57', 84'	Stadium: Municipal Joan Baptista Milà Referee: Óscar Carballo Vázquez

5 August 2017 Second Round	Terrassa	2–1	Barcelona B	Terrassa, Catalonia
20:30 CEST	Toro 43' 70' Raúl Torres 55' Daisuke 75' Francesc Piera 77' Álex Fernández 86'	fcf.cat	Cardona 31' Fali 40' Vitinho 65' Palencia 89'	Stadium: Olimpic de Terrassa

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Almería	42	12	12	18	38	45	−7	48[lower-alpha 1]
19	Cultural Leonesa (R)	42	11	15	16	54	67	−13	48[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Segunda División B
20	Barcelona B (R)	42	10	14	18	46	54	−8	44	Relegation to Segunda División B
21	Lorca FC[lower-alpha 2] (R)	42	8	9	25	37	68	−31	33	Demotion to Tercera División
22	Sevilla Atlético (R)	42	7	11	24	29	60	−31	32	Relegation to Segunda División B

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[2]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

Almería finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on head-to head points: Cultural Leonesa–Almería 0–0, Almería–Cultural Leonesa 2–1
Lorca was demoted to Tercera División due to financial difficulties.

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
10	3	4	3	14	13	+1	13	2	1	2	7	6	+1	1	3	1	7	7	0

Last updated: 20 October 2017 (2017-10-20).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	L
Position	4	12	14	5	9	13	16	15	16	13	14	12	13	14	18

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2017. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 1	Real Valladolid	1–2	Barcelona B	Valladolid
21:00 CEST	Salvador 52' Nacho 60' Antoñito 70' Luismi 75' Deivid 77'	Report	Lozano 28' Cardona 38' Ruiz de Galarreta 42'	Stadium: Nuevo José Zorila Attendance: 7,115 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana (Gran Canaria)

28 August 2017 2	Barcelona B	0–3	Tenerife	Barcelona
21:00 CEST	Fali 38' Vitinho 74'	Report	Juan Carlos 29' Vitolo 33' Suso 39' Longo 69'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 2,283 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig (Valencia)

1 September 2017 3	Granada	2–2	Barcelona B	Granada
21:30 CEST	Joselu 25' Pedro 52' Menosse 59' Rey Manaj 90'	Report	Ruiz de Galarreta 45' Abel Ruiz 59' Fali 90+4'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 11,467 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo (Castilla-La Mancha)

9 September 2017 4	Barcelona B	4–0	Córdoba	Barcelona
18:00 CEST	Aleñá 21' Arnaiz 27', 38' Lozano 66' Ruiz de Galarreta 68' Oriol Busquets 84'	Report	Aguza 47' Javi Lara 50'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 2,804 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco (Asturias)

17 September 2017 5	Alcorcón	1–1	Barcelona B	Alcorcón
16:00 CEST	Errasti 42' Burgos Giménez 76'		Cardona 53' Aleñá 88'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 3,048 Referee: Rubén Eiriz Mata

25 September 2017 6	Barcelona B	1–2	Lugo	Barcelona
20:30 CEST	Lozano 29' Aleñá 32'	Report	Vico 42' Azeez 45' Bernardo Cruz 56' Fydriszewski 70' Iriome 90'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 1,963 Referee: Isidro Díaz De Mera Escuderos

8 October 2017 8	Barcelona B	1–1	Real Oviedo	Barcelona
20:30 CEST	Arnáiz 40'	Report	Hernández 55'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

11 October 2017 9	Numancia	1–0	Barcelona B	Soria
20:00 CEST	Guillermo 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos Attendance: 3,276 Referee: Gorka Sagués Oscoz

15 October 2017 10	Barcelona B	1–0	Lorca	Barcelona
16:00 CEST	Arnáiz 65'	Report		Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 1,776 Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

21 October 2017 11	Osasuna	2–2	Barcelona B	Pamplona
20:30 CEST	Quique 36' Mérida 47'	Report	Concha 23' Aleñá 32'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,253 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arraiz

29 October 2017 12	Barcelona B	1–1	Sevilla Atlético	Barcelona
12:00 CET	Aleñá 3'	Report	Gual 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 2,491 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

1 November 2017 7	Gimnàstic	0–0	Barcelona B	Tarragona
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Nou Estadi de Tarragona Attendance: 6,822 Referee: Santiago Varón Aceitón
Note: Postponed due to security concerns by the LFP following the Catalan independence referendum.[3]

5 November 2017 13	Cultural Leonesa	1–1	Barcelona B	León
16:00 CET	Rodri 56'	Report	Lozano 8'	Stadium: Reino de León Attendance: 8,079 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

11 November 2017 14	Barcelona B	0–2	Huesca	Barcelona
19:30 CET		Report	Hernández 51', 61'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 2,482 Referee: Jorge Valdés Aller

19 November 2017 15	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Barcelona B	Madrid
16:00 CET	Trejo 74'	Report		Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 8,923 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

25 November 2017 16	Barcelona B	1–1	Almería	Barcelona
18:00 CET	Lozano 55'		Verza 65' (pen.) Costa 88'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 2,124 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

3 December 2017 17	Reus	v	Barcelona B	Reus
16:00 CET				Stadium: Municipal de Reus

9 December 2017 18	Barcelona B	v	Sporting Gijón	Barcelona
20:30 CET				Stadium: Mini Estadi

16 December 2017 19	Cádiz	v	Barcelona B	Cádiz
18:00 CET				Stadium: Ramón de Carranza

21 December 2017 20	Barcelona B	v	Albacete	Barcelona
20:00 CET				Stadium: Mini Estadi

6 January 2018 21	Real Zaragoza	v	Barcelona B	Zaragoza
20:30 CET				Stadium: La Romareda

13 January 2018 22	Barcelona B	v	Real Valladolid	Barcelona
18:00 CET				Stadium: Mini Estadi

21 January 2018 23	Tenerife	v	Barcelona B	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18:00 CET				Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López

27 January 2018 24	Barcelona B	v	Granada	Barcelona
18:00 CET				Stadium: Mini Estadi

4 February 2018 25	Córdoba	v	Barcelona B	Córdoba
18:00 CET				Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel

11 February 2018 26	Barcelona B	v	Alcorcón	Barcelona
12:00 CET				Stadium: Mini Estadi

18 February 2018 27	Lugo	v	Barcelona B	Lugo
16:00 CET				Stadium: Anxo Carro

24 February 2018 28	Barcelona B	v	Gimnàstic	Barcelona
18:00 CET				Stadium: Mini Estadi

4 March 2018 29	Real Oviedo	v	Barcelona B	Oviedo
12:00 CET				Stadium: Carlos Tartiere

11 March 2018 30	Barcelona B	v	Numancia	Barcelona
18:00 CET				Stadium: Mini Estadi

17 March 2018 31	Lorca	v	Barcelona B	Lorca
18:00 CET				Stadium: Francisco Artés Carrasco

25 March 2018 32	Barcelona B	v	Osasuna	Barcelona
20:30 CEST				Stadium: Mini Estadi

1 April 2018 33	Sevilla Atlético	v	Barcelona B	Sevilla
12:00 CEST				Stadium: Viejo Nervión

8 April 2018 34	Barcelona B	v	Cultural Leonesa	Barcelona
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Mini Estadi

14 April 2018 35	Huesca	v	Barcelona B	Huesca
18:00 CEST				Stadium: El Alcoraz

22 April 2018 36	Barcelona B	v	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
16:00 CEST				Stadium: Mini Estadi

29 April 2018 37	Almería	v	Barcelona B	Almería
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos

5 May 2018 38	Barcelona B	v	Reus	Barcelona
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Mini Estadi

12 May 2018 39	Sporting Gijón	v	Barcelona B	Gijón
18:30 CEST				Stadium: El Molinón

19 May 2018 40	Barcelona B	v	Cádiz	Barcelona
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Mini Estadi

27 May 2018 41	Albacete	v	Barcelona B	Albacete
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Carlos Belmonte

1 June 2018 42	Barcelona B	v	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
21:00 CEST				Stadium: Mini Estadi

References

"Barça B scoring statistics". April 2018.
"Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
"Official Statement". laliga.es. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-10-02.

External links

Official website

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[table_hth_ALM0.61653778916995-2] Almería finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on head-to head points: Cultural Leonesa–Almería 0–0, Almería–Cultural Leonesa 2–1

[table_note_LOR0.61653778916995-3] Lorca was demoted to Tercera División due to financial difficulties.

[Bss-1] "Barça B scoring statistics". April 2018.

[4] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[5] "Official Statement". laliga.es. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-10-02.