FC Barcelona 7-0 Celtic: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 13 September 2016

Result

FC Barcelona 7-0 Celtic

Champions League · Tuesday 13 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona 7-0 Celtic: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Celtic 7-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 13 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (3'), Lionel Messi (27'), Neymar (50'), Andrés Iniesta (59'), Lionel Messi (60'), Luis Suárez (75') and Luis Suárez (88'). Celtic did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), level with Neymar (10.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Celtic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Marc-André ter StegenFC Barcelona
  • 24'Missed penalty · Moussa DembéléCeltic
  • 27'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona
  • 50'Goal · NeymarFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 59'Goal · Andrés IniestaFC Barcelona · 4-0
  • 60'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 5-0
  • 75'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 6-0
  • 88'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 7-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 6, draws 3, Celtic 1.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, André Gomes, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar

Celtic line-up (5-4-1)

Dorus De Vries, Cristian Gamboa, Mikael Lustig, Kolo Touré, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Patrick Roberts, Scott Brown, Nir Bitton, Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembélé