2020–21 FC Barcelona season

On 17 August, Quique Setién was dismissed as the first team head coach after only seven months in charge.[1]

On 19 August, the club announced that Ronald Koeman would be the new head coach until 30 June 2022.[2]

On 1 September, Barcelona reached an agreement with Sevilla FC for the transfer of Ivan Rakitić for €1.5 million plus €9 million in variables.[3]

On 21 September, Barcelona reached an agreement with PAOK FC for the transfer of Moussa Wagué on loan for the rest of the season without a buy option.[4]

On 22 September, Barcelona reached an agreement with Inter Milan for the free transfer of Arturo Vidal with €1 million in variables.[5]

On 23 September, Barcelona announced the transfer of Nélson Semedo to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. for a fee of €30 million plus €10 million in variables.[6] On the same day, Barça announced that the club had reached an agreement with Atlético Madrid for the departure of Luis Suárez on a free transfer with €6 million in variables.[7]

On 27 September, Barcelona won their La Liga opener in a 4–0 home win against Villarreal CF. A brace from Ansu Fati, a penalty from Lionel Messi, and an own goal from Pau Torres gave Barça the victory.[8]

On 1 October, Barcelona announced the signing of Sergiño Dest from AFC Ajax for a fee of €21 million plus €5 million in variables.[9] Later that same day, Barça defeated Celta de Vigo 3–0 away from home. Another goal from Ansu Fati, a Lucas Olaza own goal, and a late goal from Sergi Roberto sealed the victory for the Blaugrana, ending a five-year winless streak at the Balaídos.[10][11]

On 4 October, Barcelona drew 1–1 with Sevilla at home. Luuk de Jong got the visitors off the mark but Philippe Coutinho equalized for the home side shortly after.[12]

On 5 October, Barcelona reached an agreement with S.L. Benfica for the loan of Jean-Clair Todibo with an option to buy for €20 million.[13] The club also announced the departure of Rafinha to Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.[14]

On 17 October, Barcelona lost 1–0 to Getafe CF away from home. Jaime Mata scored from the penalty spot to inflict Barça's first defeat of the season.[15]

On 20 October, Barcelona beat Ferencváros 5–1 in their first Champions League game of the season. Goals from Lionel Messi, Ansu Fati, Philippe Coutinho, Pedri, and Ousmane Dembélé ensured victory for the Blaugrana.[16] Later that day, Barça announced the contract extensions of Gerard Piqué until 2024, Marc-André ter Stegen until 2025, Frenkie de Jong and Clément Lenglet until 2026.[17]

On 24 October, Barcelona lost 3–1 at home to rivals Real Madrid in El Clásico. Federico Valverde got the visitors off the mark early into the match but Ansu Fati equalized shortly after, in the process becoming the second youngest goalscorer in El Clásico history and scoring Barça's 400th goal in the fixture's history. Sergio Ramos scored from the penalty spot after a controversial penalty decision and Luka Modrić sealed the game off for Los Blancos.[18][19][20]

On 27 October, President Josep Maria Bartomeu announced his resignation and the resignation of his board of directors, after six years of being the head of the club.[21]

On 28 October, Barcelona announced that Carles Tusquets would be the interim club president until elections were held. Later that same day, Barça defeated Juventus 2–0 away from home in the Champions League. Goals from Dembélé and Messi gave Barça the victory.[22][23]

On 31 October, Barcelona drew 1–1 with Deportivo Alavés. Luis Rioja would take advantage of a mix-up between Gerard Piqué and Neto to put the home side 1–0 up. Antoine Griezmann would equalize in the second-half and score his first goal of the season.[24]

On 4 November, Barcelona defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 at home in the Champions League. An early goal from Messi and a header from Piqué ensured victory for Barça.[25]

On 7 November, Barcelona defeated Real Betis 5–2 at home. Goals from Dembélé, Griezmann, Pedri and a brace from Messi gave Barça the win.[26]

On 21 November, Barcelona lost 1–0 to Atlético Madrid away from home. Yannick Carrasco scored the only goal after taking advantage of a mistake from Marc-André ter Stegen.[27]

On 24 November, Barcelona defeated Dynamo Kyiv 4–0 away from home in the Champions League. Sergiño Dest scored his first goal for Barcelona, Martin Braithwaite scored a brace, and Griezmann came off the bench to finish the game off.[28]

On 30 November, Barcelona defeated Osasuna 4–0 at home. Braithwaite, Griezmann, Coutinho and Messi were the goalscorers.[29]

On 2 December, Barcelona defeated Ferencváros 3–0 away from home in the Champions League. First half goals from Griezmann, Braithwaite and Dembélé were enough to secure a comfortable victory.[30]

On 5 December, Barcelona lost to Cádiz CF 2–1 away from home in the league. Álvaro Giménez scored first for the home side but Barça drew level with an own goal from Pedro Alcalá. The Andalusians went back in front after Álvaro Negredo came off the bench to score the winner.[31]

On 8 December, Barcelona lost to Juventus 3–0 at home in the Champions League after conceding two penalties converted by Cristiano Ronaldo and a goal from Weston McKennie. As a result, Barcelona finished 2nd in Champions League Group G.[32]

On 13 December, Barcelona defeated Levante 1–0 at home. Messi scored the only goal in the game.[33]

On 16 December, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 2–1 at home. Jordi Alba and Frenkie de Jong scored for Barça after trailing by one goal.[34]

On 19 December, Barcelona drew 2–2 with Valencia at home. Lionel Messi and Ronald Araújo were the goalscorers for Barça.[35]

On 22 December, Barcelona defeated Real Valladolid 3–0 away from home. Lenglet, Braithwaite and Messi were the goalscorers. Messi surpassed Pelé as the highest goalscorer for a single club with his goal against Valladolid.[36][37]

On 29 December, Barcelona drew 1–1 with Eibar at home. Kike got the visitors off the mark after taking advantage of an error by Araújo. Dembélé came off the bench to score the equalizer.[38]

On 3 January, Barcelona defeated Huesca 1–0 away from home. De Jong scored the only goal in the game.[39]

On 6 January, Barcelona and Getafe reached an agreement for the loan of Carles Aleñá for the remainder of the season.[40] Later that same day, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 3–2 away from home. Iñaki Williams gave an early lead for the home side but Pedri equalized with a header. Messi sealed victory for Barça by scoring two goals.[41]

On 9 January, Barcelona defeated Granada 4–0 away from home. Braces from Griezmann and Messi earned a comfortable victory for Barça.[42]

On 13 January, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad in a penalty shoot-out 2–3 in the Supercopa de España after the score ended 1–1 during regulation time and extra time. Frenkie de Jong put Barça in the lead after converting a header, but Mikel Oyarzabal equalized for La Real in the second half. Ter Stegen would go on to save two penalties in the shoot-out and Riqui Puig stepped up and scored the decisive penalty to send the Catalans to the final.[43]

On 17 January, Barcelona lost 3–2 to Athletic Bilbao in the Supercopa de España final. Antoine Griezmann struck first and put Barça in the lead but Óscar de Marcos quickly equalized. Griezmann would later score again, but Asier Villalibre scored in the final minute to make the score 2–2 and send the match into extra time. Iñaki Williams scored at the start of extra time and Los Leones won the Super Cup. The game also featured Lionel Messi's first red card while playing for FC Barcelona.[44][45]

On 21 January, Barcelona defeated Cornellà 2–0 away from home in the Copa del Rey. Dembélé and Braithwaite scored the goals in extra time.[46]

On 24 January, Barcelona defeated Elche 2–0 at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. Frenkie de Jong and Riqui Puig scored for the Blaugrana. The latter also scored his first goal for the first team.[47]

On 27 January, Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano 2–1 away from home in Copa del Rey round of 16. Rayo took the lead in the 63rd minute, but Barça came-back with goals from Messi and De Jong.[48]

On 31 January, Barça defeated Athletic Bilbao 2–1 at home in La Liga. Messi scored his 650th for the club and Griezmann scored to claim all three points.[49]

On 1 February, Barcelona announced that the club had reached an agreement with Benfica to terminate the loan of Jean-Clair Todibo. Todibo subsequently joined OGC Nice on loan until the remainder of the season, with an option to buy for €8.5 million.[50]

On 3 February, Barcelona defeated Granada 5–3 away from home in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals. The home side took a 2–0 lead through goals from Kenedy and Roberto Soldado, but Barça came back in the last minutes of the game with goals from Antoine Griezmann and Jordi Alba, forcing extra time. Barça took the lead in the 100th minute of extra time with a header from Griezmann, but Granada soon equalized with a penalty converted by Fede Vico. However, Barça again took the lead with a goal from De Jong, and the game was sealed with a rasping volley from Jordi Alba, assuring passage to the semi-finals.[51]

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[82][83]

The draw was held on 17 December 2020.[87][88]

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.[89]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	BAR	DKV	FER
1	Juventus	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15[lower-alpha 2]	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	3–0	2–1
2	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	15[lower-alpha 2]			0–3	—	2–1	5–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4	Transfer to Europa League		0–2	0–4	—	1–0
4	Ferencváros	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1			1–4	0–3	2–2	—

Barcelona v Ferencváros

20 October 2020 1	Barcelona	5–1	Ferencváros	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Messi  27' (pen.) Fati  42' Coutinho  52' Piqué  68' Pedri  82' Dembélé  89'	Report	Laïdouni  32' Ćivić  44' Kharatin  70' (pen.),  85' Kovačević  90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Juventus v Barcelona

28 October 2020 2	Juventus	0–2	Barcelona	Turin, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kulusevski  45+3' Demiral  70'  85' Cuadrado  74' Rabiot  79'	Report	Dembélé  14' Roberto  60' Messi  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Barcelona v Dynamo Kyiv

4 November 2020 3	Barcelona	2–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Messi  5' (pen.) Piqué  65'	Report	Buyalskyi  70' Tsyhankov  75'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Dynamo Kyiv v Barcelona

24 November 2020 4	Dynamo Kyiv	0–4	Barcelona	Kyiv, Ukraine
22:00 EET (UTC+2)	Popov  69'	Report	Pjanić  16' Dest  52' Braithwaite  57', 70' (pen.) Griezmann  90+2'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Ferencváros v Barcelona

2 December 2020 5	Ferencváros	0–3	Barcelona	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sigér  28'	Report	Griezmann  14',  53' Braithwaite  20' Dembélé  28' (pen.) Busquets  30' Trincão  70'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Barcelona v Juventus

8 December 2020 6	Barcelona	0–3	Juventus	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alba  27' Lenglet  31' Umtiti  60' Firpo  78'	Report	Ronaldo  13' (pen.), 52' (pen.) McKennie  20' Ramsey  29' Morata  54' Danilo  69'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.[90]

Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain

16 February 2021 First leg	Barcelona	v	Paris Saint-Germain	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Camp Nou

Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona

10 March 2021 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	v	Barcelona	Paris, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parc des Princes

Last updated on 7 February 2021.

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	21	0	15	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK		Neto	11	0	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Sergiño Dest	22	1	12+3	0	5	1	0+1	0	1	0
3	DF		Gerard Piqué	10	1	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ronald Araujo	20	1	11+1	1	2+1	0	3	0	2	0
15	DF		Clément Lenglet	29	1	15+3	1	5+1	0	2+1	0	2	0
18	DF		Jordi Alba	28	3	19	1	4+1	0	1+1	2	2	0
20	DF		Sergi Roberto	12	1	7+1	1	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF		Samuel Umtiti	8	0	3+3	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF		Junior Firpo	12	0	1+3	0	1+4	0	2	0	0+1	0
28	DF		Óscar Mingueza	19	0	10+2	0	2+1	0	2	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Sergio Busquets	28	0	16+3	0	2+2	0	2+1	0	2	0
8	MF		Miralem Pjanić	23	0	5+9	0	6	0	1	0	0+2	0
12	MF		Riqui Puig	13	1	1+4	1	0+3	0	2+1	0	0+2	0
14	MF		Philippe Coutinho	14	3	8+4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Pedri	31	3	14+7	2	4+1	1	1+2	0	2	0
19	MF		Matheus Fernandes	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Frenkie de Jong	30	6	19+2	3	4+1	0	2	2	2	1
27	MF		Ilaix Moriba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Antoine Griezmann	30	12	18+2	6	4+1	2	3	2	2	2
9	FW		Martin Braithwaite	27	6	10+8	2	2+2	3	1+2	1	1+1	0
10	FW		Lionel Messi	26	17	17+2	13	4	3	2	1	1	0
11	FW		Ousmane Dembélé	24	6	10+5	2	2+2	3	0+3	1	2	0
17	FW		Francisco Trincão	27	1	0+17	1	4+1	0	3	0	0+2	0
22	FW		Ansu Fati	10	5	6+1	4	2+1	1	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Konrad de la Fuente	3	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
6	MF		Carles Aleñá	5	0	0+2	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0

As of 7 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Champions League	Supercopa de España	Total
1	10	FW		Lionel Messi	13	1	3	0	17
2	7	FW		Antoine Griezmann	6	2	2	2	12
3	9	FW		Martin Braithwaite	2	1	3	0	6
	11	FW		Ousmane Dembélé	2	1	3	0	6
	21	MF		Frenkie de Jong	3	2	0	1	6
6	22	FW		Ansu Fati	4	0	1	0	5
7	14	MF		Philippe Coutinho	2	0	1	0	3
	16	MF		Pedri	2	0	1	0	3
	18	DF		Jordi Alba	1	2	0	0	3
10	2	DF		Sergiño Dest	0	0	1	0	1
	3	DF		Gerard Pique	0	0	1	0	1
	4	DF		Ronald Araújo	1	0	0	0	1
	12	MF		Riqui Puig	1	0	0	0	1
	15	DF		Clément Lenglet	1	0	0	0	1
	17	FW		Francisco Trincão	1	0	0	0	1
	20	DF		Sergi Roberto	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals					4	0	0	0	4
Totals					44	9	16	3	72