FC Barcelona 4-0 FC Bayern München: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 8 April 2009

Result

FC Barcelona 4-0 FC Bayern München

Champions League · Wednesday 8 April 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 4-0

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FC Barcelona 4-0 FC Bayern München: match report

FC Barcelona beat FC Bayern München 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 8 April 2009. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 9th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (9'), Samuel Eto'o (12'), Lionel Messi (38') and Thierry Henry (43'). FC Bayern München did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; FC Bayern München received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 5th on 20 points from 10 and FC Bayern München 4th on 20 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Bayern München in a 4-3-2-1.

Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-L-W-D and FC Bayern München's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
  • 38'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 43'Goal · Thierry HenryFC Barcelona · 4-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Christian LellFC Bayern München
  • 57'Yellow card · Martín DemichelisFC Bayern München
  • 90'Yellow card · R. MárquezFC Barcelona

Team news

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

Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen

FC Bayern München line-up (4-3-2-1)

Hans-Jorg Butt, Christian Lell, Breno, Hamit Altıntop, Zé Roberto, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luca Toni, Martín Demichelis, Franck Ribéry, Mark van Bommel, Massimo Oddo