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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 2-0) - Barcelona Wednesday 16 March 2016 FC Barcelona 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Arsenal FC Round of 16, Second leg Last updated 10/01/2017 19:47CET

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Previous meetings 2 Match background 9 Squad list 12 Head 15 Match officials 16 Fixtures and results 17 Match-by-match lineups 21 Competition facts 24 Team facts 25 Legend 27

1 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/02/2016 R16 Arsenal FC - FC Barcelona 0-2 London Messi 71, 83 (P)

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Messi 45+3, 71 (P), 3-1 08/03/2011 R16 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Barcelona Hernández 69; agg: 4-3 Busquets 53 (og) Van Persie 78, 16/02/2011 R16 Arsenal FC - FC Barcelona 2-1 London Arshavin 83; Villa 26

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 4-1 Messi 21, 37, 42, 88; 06/04/2010 QF FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Barcelona agg: 6-3 Bendtner 18 Walcott 69, Fàbregas 31/03/2010 QF Arsenal FC - FC Barcelona 2-2 London 85 (P); Ibrahimović 46, 59

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Eto'o 76, Belletti 81; 17/05/2006 F FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC 2-1 Campbell 37

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bergkamp 43, Overmars 84; 19/10/1999 GS1 Arsenal FC - FC Barcelona 2-4 London 14 (P), 15, Luís Figo 55, Cocu 69 Luis Enrique 16; Kanu 29/09/1999 GS1 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC 1-1 Barcelona 81

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Barcelona 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 5 2 1 19 10 Arsenal FC 4 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 8 1 2 5 10 19 FC Barcelona - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Manchester City 1-0 18/03/2015 R16 Barcelona Rakitić 31 FC agg: 3-1 Manchester City FC - FC Agüero 69; Suárez 24/02/2015 R16 1-2 Manchester Barcelona 16, 30

2 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Manchester City 2-1 Messi 67, Dani Alves 12/03/2014 R16 Barcelona FC agg: 4-1 90+1; Kompany 89 Manchester City FC - FC Messi 54 (P), Dani 18/02/2014 R16 0-2 Manchester Barcelona Alves 90

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Busquets 35, Iniesta 2-2 24/04/2012 SF FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC Barcelona 43; 45+1, agg: 2-3 Torres 90+2 18/04/2012 SF Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 London Drogba 45+2

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pedro Rodríguez 27, FC Barcelona - Manchester 28/05/2011 F 3-1 London Messi 54, Villa 69; United FC Rooney 34

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Manchester 27/05/2009 F 2-0 Rome Eto'o 10, Messi 70 United FC 1-1 06/05/2009 SF Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona London Essien 9; Iniesta 90+3 agg: 1-1 ag 28/04/2009 SF FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 0-0 Barcelona

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - FC 1-0 29/04/2008 SF Manchester Scholes 14 Barcelona agg: 1-0 FC Barcelona - Manchester 23/04/2008 SF 0-0 Barcelona United FC

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 06/03/2007 R16 Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona Liverpool Gudjohnsen 75 agg: 2-2 ag Deco 14; Bellamy 43, 21/02/2007 R16 FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 1-2 Barcelona John Arne Riise 74 Deco 3, Gudjohnsen 31/10/2006 GS FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 2-2 Barcelona 58; Lampard 52, Drogba 90+3 18/10/2006 GS Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 London Drogba 47

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 78; 07/03/2006 R16 FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC Barcelona agg: 3-2 Lampard 90+2 (P)

3 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

UEFA Champions League Thiago Motta 59 (og); 22/02/2006 R16 Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 1-2 London Terry 72 (og), Eto'o 80

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gudjohnsen 8, 4-2 Lampard 17, Duff 19, 08/03/2005 R16 Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona London agg: 5-4 Terry 76; Ronaldinho 27 (P), 38 Maxi López 67, Eto'o 23/02/2005 R16 FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 2-1 Barcelona 73; Belletti 33 (og)

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Newcastle United FC - FC Kluivert 60, Thiago 19/03/2003 GS2 0-2 Newcastle Barcelona Motta 75 Dani García 7, FC Barcelona - Newcastle United Kluivert 35, Thiago 11/12/2002 GS2 3-1 Barcelona FC Motta 58; Sh. Ameobi 24

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/03/2002 GS2 FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 0-0 Barcelona Owen 27; Kluivert 41, 20/11/2001 GS2 Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona 1-3 Liverpool Rochemback 65, Overmars 84

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 19/04/2001 SF Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona Liverpool McAllister 44 (P) agg: 1-0 05/04/2001 SF FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 0-0 Barcelona

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/10/2000 GS1 Leeds United - FC Barcelona 1-1 Leeds Bowyer 5; Rivaldo 90 Rivaldo 10, F. de Boer 13/09/2000 GS1 FC Barcelona - Leeds United 4-0 Barcelona 20, Kluivert 75, 84

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rivaldo 24, 99 ET (P), 5-1 Luís Figo 45, Dani 18/04/2000 QF FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC Barcelona agg 6-4 (aet) García 83, Kluivert 104 ET; T. A. Flo 60 Zola 30, T. A. Flo 34, 05/04/2000 QF Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 3-1 London 38; Luís Figo 64

4 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Anderson 1, Rivaldo FC Barcelona - Manchester 25/11/1998 GS 3-3 Barcelona 57, 73; Yorke 25, 68, United FC Cole 53 Giggs 16, Scholes 24, Beckham 63; Manchester United FC - FC 16/09/1998 GS 3-3 Manchester Anderson 47, Barcelona Giovanni 59 (P), Luis Enrique 70 (P)

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Newcastle United 26/11/1997 GS 1-0 Barcelona Giovanni 17 FC Asprilla 22 (P), 31, 49; Newcastle United FC - FC 17/09/1997 GS 3-2 Newcastle Luis Enrique 73, Luís Barcelona Figo 89

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Manchester Stoichkov 2, 59, 02/11/1994 GS 4-0 Barcelona United FC Romário 45, Ferrer 88 Hughes 19, Sharpe Manchester United FC - FC 19/10/1994 GS 2-2 Manchester 79; Romário 33, Barcelona Bakero 49

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - FC Hughes 67, 74; R. 15/05/1991 F 2-1 Rotterdam Barcelona Koeman 79

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - FC 3-0 Robson 21, 50, 21/03/1984 QF Manchester Barcelona agg: 3-2 Stapleton 51 FC Barcelona - Manchester 07/03/1984 QF 2-0 Barcelona Hogg 35 (og), Rojo 90 United FC

UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Shaw 80, Cowans 3-0 26/01/1983 R1 Aston Villa FC - FC Barcelona Birmingham 100 ET (P), McNaught agg 3-1 (aet) 104 ET 19/01/1983 R1 FC Barcelona - Aston Villa FC 1-0 Barcelona Marcos Alonso 52

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Tottenham 1-0 21/04/1982 SF Barcelona Simonsen 46 Hotspur FC agg: 2-1

5 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC 07/04/1982 SF 1-1 London Roberts 85; Olmo 60 Barcelona

UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Nottingham 1-1 Carlos Roberto 25 05/02/1980 F Barcelona Forest FC agg: 1-2 (P); Burns 42 Nottingham Forest FC - FC 30/01/1980 F 1-0 Nottingham George 9 Barcelona

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 21/03/1979 QF FC Barcelona - Ipswich Town FC Barcelona Migueli 39 agg: 2-2 ag Gates 52, 64; Vigo 07/03/1979 QF Ipswich Town FC - FC Barcelona 2-1 Ipswich Benítez 53

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Migueli 67, Asensi 77; 15/03/1978 QF FC Barcelona - Aston Villa FC Barcelona agg: 4-3 Little 57 McNaught 87, 01/03/1978 QF Aston Villa FC - FC Barcelona 2-2 Birmingham Deehan 89; Cruyff 20, Zuviria 80 3-0 Cruyff 20, 47, Rexach 07/12/1977 R3 FC Barcelona - Ipswich Town FC agg: 3-3 (aet, 3- Barcelona 87 (P) 1pens) Gates 17, Whymark 23/11/1977 R3 Ipswich Town FC - FC Barcelona 3-0 Ipswich 61, Talbot 77

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Thompson 51; 14/04/1976 SF Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona Liverpool agg: 2-1 Rexach 52 30/03/1976 SF FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 0-1 Barcelona Toshack 13

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 23/04/1975 SF FC Barcelona - Leeds United Barcelona Clares 69; Lorimer 7 agg: 2-3 Bremner 10, Clarke 09/04/1975 SF Leeds United - FC Barcelona 2-1 Leeds 77; Asensi 64

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Murray 35, Mason 78; Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - 2-5 02/03/1960 QF Wolverhampton Kocsis 29, 44, 61, 74, FC Barcelona agg: 2-9 Villaverde 79

6 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

European Champions Clubs' Cup Villaverde 8, 80, FC Barcelona - Wolverhampton 10/02/1960 QF 4-0 Barcelona Kubala 16, Evaristo Wanderers FC 65

Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Walcott 10, Adebayor 15/04/2009 QF Arsenal FC - Villarreal CF London agg: 4-1 60, Van Persie 69 (P) Senna 10; Adebayor 07/04/2009 QF Villarreal CF - Arsenal FC 1-1 Villarreal 66

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Keita 24, Luís 27/11/2007 GS Sevilla FC - Arsenal FC 3-1 Seville Fabiano 34, Kanouté 89 (P); Eduardo 11 Fàbregas 27, Van 19/09/2007 GS Arsenal FC - Sevilla FC 3-0 London Persie 59, Eduardo 90+2

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 25/04/2006 SF Villarreal CF - Arsenal FC Villarreal agg: 0-1 19/04/2006 SF Arsenal FC - Villarreal CF 1-0 London Touré 41 0-0 08/03/2006 R16 Arsenal FC - Real Madrid CF London agg: 1-0 21/02/2006 R16 Real Madrid CF - Arsenal FC 0-1 Madrid Henry 47

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 10/03/2004 R16 Arsenal FC - RC Celta de Vigo London Henry 14, 34 agg: 5-2 Edu 27, José Ignacio 24/02/2004 R16 RC Celta de Vigo - Arsenal FC 2-3 Vigo 64; Edu 18, 58, Pirès 80

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Carew 34, 57; Henry 19/03/2003 GS2 Valencia CF - Arsenal FC 2-1 Valencia 49 10/12/2002 GS2 Arsenal FC - Valencia CF 0-0 London

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arsenal FC - RC Deportivo La Valerón 30, Naybet 12/03/2002 GS2 0-2 London Coruña 40

7 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

UEFA Champions League RC Deportivo La Coruña - 21/11/2001 GS2 2-0 La Coruna Makaay 9, Tristán 25 Arsenal FC Pirès 61, Bergkamp 24/10/2001 GS1 Arsenal FC - RCD Mallorca 3-1 London 63, Henry 90+3; Novo 74 Palma de 11/09/2001 GS1 RCD Mallorca - Arsenal FC 1-0 Engonga 12 (P) Mallorca

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 17/04/2001 QF Valencia CF - Arsenal FC Valencia Carew 75 agg: 2-2 ag Henry 58, Parlour 59; 04/04/2001 QF Arsenal FC - Valencia CF 2-1 London Ayala 40

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RC Deportivo La Coruña - 2-1 Víctor 69, Iván Pérez 09/03/2000 R4 La Coruna Arsenal FC agg: 3-6 90; Henry 63 Dixon 5, Henry 29, 66, Arsenal FC - RC Deportivo La 02/03/2000 R4 5-1 London Kanu 77, Bergkamp Coruña 82; 55 (P)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Hartson 75; Esnáider 10/05/1995 F Arsenal FC - Paris (aet) 67, Nayim 119 ET

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 14/05/1980 F Valencia CF - Arsenal FC (aet, 5-4pens)

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Barcelona 29 17 10 2 30 9 8 13 6 3 1 2 65 29 19 17 107 75 Arsenal FC 14 8 3 3 13 2 3 8 3 0 1 2 30 10 7 13 38 40

8 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona Match background

FC Barcelona are looking for a tenth straight UEFA Champions League home win when they host round of 16 rivals Arsenal FC. • Arsenal will hope to avoid suffering a hat-trick of defeats against Barcelona who beat them previously in two-legged ties in the UEFA Champions League in 2010 and 2011. • The Gunners, however, have a mountain to climb after 's late double in the first leg gave Barcelona a 2- 0 victory in north London – the fourth year in a row Arsenal have lost at home in the round of 16 first leg. Previous meetings • When the teams met in the 2010/11 round of 16, Arsenal came from behind to win the first leg 2-1, and overturning David Villa's first-half . • Barcelona recovered with a 3-1 second-leg success in which Messi scored twice. had briefly given Arsenal hope with a 53rd-minute own goal that made it 1-1 three minutes before Van Persie's dismissal. • The lineups for that second leg on 8 March 2011 were: Barcelona: Valdés, Dani Alves, Busquets, Abidal, Adriano (Maxwell 90), Xavi, Mascherano (Keita 88), Iniesta, Pedro, Messi, Villa (Afellay 82). Arsenal: Szczęsny (Almunia 19), Sagna, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy, Wilshere, Diaby, Rosický (Arshavin 73), Fàbregas (Bendtner 78), Nasri, Van Persie. • The previous season Messi had hit all four Barcelona goals in a 4-1 second-leg quarter-final triumph over Arsenal. Arsène Wenger's men had given themselves hope in the first leg by coming from two goals down to draw 2-2 through and Cesc Fàbregas (penalty). • Barcelona beat Arsenal 2-1 in the 2006 final at Stade de with Samuel Eto'o and scoring late on to overturn Sol Campbell's strike for an Arsenal side who lost Jens Lehmann to a first-half red card. • Luis Enrique scored in both matches when the clubs met in the 1999/2000 first group stage. The Barcelona coach found the net in a 1-1 draw at the Camp Nou and again in a 4-2 win at Wembley. Match background Barcelona • Winners of Group E, Barcelona were one of only two teams to go through the group stage unbeaten and are now looking to reach the quarter-finals for the ninth consecutive season. • The defending champions are on a run of nine straight home wins in the UEFA Champions League, including a 6-1 rout of AS Roma on matchday five. • Their last home reverse in the competition was the 3-0 loss to FC Bayern München in May 2013 – their only defeat in their last 36 UEFA Champions League home matches, of which 29 have been victories. • Barcelona overcame Manchester City FC in the round of 16 in each of the previous two campaigns – each time after winning the first leg in England. • Barcelona's overall home record against English clubs is W17 D11 L2. • In two-legged ties against English opposition in UEFA competition, their record is W13 L10. • As well as overcoming Arsenal in the 2006 UEFA Champions League final, Barcelona also beat Manchester United FC in the 2009 (2-0) and 2011 (3-1) finals. They lost to United in the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup final (1-2). • Barcelona have progressed 35 out of the 37 times they won the away first leg in UEFA competition, most recently against Paris Saint-Germain in last season's quarter-finals. Those two failures came against 1. FC Köln in the 1980/81 UEFA Cup first round (1-0 away, 0-4 home), and FC Metz in the 1984/85 European Cup Winners' Cup first round (4-2 away, 1-4 home).

• Barcelona's shoot-out record in UEFA competition is W5 L1: 5-4 v KKS Lech Poznań, 1988/89 European Cup Winners' Cup second round 0-2 v FC Steaua Bucureşti, 1985/86 European Cup final 5-4 v IFK Göteborg, 1985/86 European Cup semi-final 4-1 v RSC Anderlecht, 1978/79 European Cup Winners' Cup second round 3-1 v Ipswich Town FC, 1977/78 UEFA Cup third round 5-4 v AZ Alkmaar, 1977/78 UEFA Cup second round Arsenal

9 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

• The Gunners are bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010. • They reached the knockout stage for the 16th season running thanks to a 3-0 win at Olympiacos FC on 9 December. They had lost three of their first four group games but finished as group runners-up thanks to a superior head-to-head record against Olympiacos. • Arsenal lost the first leg at home in each of their three previous last-16 ties – against Bayern (2013, 2014) and AS FC (2015). • Arsenal have never overturned a home first-leg defeat in European competition. Aside from those losses to Bayern in both 2012/13 (1-3 home, 2-0 away) and 2013/14 (0-2 home, 1-1 away) and Monaco last season (1-3 home, 2-0 away), they have lost only one other such match, against VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup first round; then they went down by the same 3-2 scoreline away from home. • It is ten years since Arsenal last won in with a 1-0 success at Real Madrid CF in the 2005/06 round of 16. scored the goal. • Arsenal's overall away record against Liga opposition is W2 D3 L8. • Arsenal have won five of their eight previous two-legged ties against Spanish clubs in UEFA competition. Their last success was a 4-1 aggregate quarter-final victory over Villarreal CF in 2008/09. • Aside from the 2006 loss to Barcelona, Arsenal have also lost European finals against Real Zaragoza (1995 European Cup Winners' Cup) and Valencia CF (1980 European Cup Winners' Cup). • Arsenal's shoot-out record is W2 L2: 7-6 v AS Roma, 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16 1-4 v Galatasaray AŞ, 1999/2000 UEFA Cup final 3-2 v UC Sampdoria, 1994/95 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final 4-5 v Valencia CF, 1979/80 European Cup Winners' Cup final Coach and player links • As coach of Monaco, Wenger suffered home (0-1) and away (0-2) defeats by Barcelona in the 1993/94 group stage. • Alexis Sánchez made 141 appearances for Barcelona (2011–14), scoring 47 goals. His honours with the club included the 2012 Copa del Rey and 2013 Spanish title. • With Chelsea, Petr Čech faced Barcelona in two UEFA Champions League semi-finals, losing in 2008/09 – when beaten by a last-minute Andrés Iniesta goal – but winning in 2011/12. He also faced them twice in the round of 16, winning in 2004/05 but losing in 2005/06. • The first leg was the first time Messi had scored past Čech in the seventh meeting between the pair. • Mesut Özil faced Barcelona 16 times as a Real Madrid player (W4 D6 L6), including a 1-0 victory in the 2011 Copa del Rey final. He scored against them in the first leg (2-2) of the 2011 Spanish Super Cup but was sent off in the second leg (2-3). • Nacho Monreal was sent off playing for Málaga CF in a Copa del Rey tie at Barcelona in January 2013. He won only one of ten matches against the Azulgrana with CA Osasuna and Málaga, suffering seven defeats. • scored after two minutes of Villarreal's 3-1 Liga victory over Barcelona in October 2007. His overall record against the Blaugrana with Villarreal and Málaga was W2 D2 L9. • Cazorla faced when his Spain side – also including , Busquets and Iniesta – had their 2014 FIFA World Cup elimination sealed by a 2-0 reverse to Chile. • Héctor Bellerín started out in Barcelona's youth academy before joining Arsenal in 2011. is another graduate of but left in 2001 for a loan spell at Paris Saint-Germain before signing for Rangers FC. • Luis Suárez scored twice in seven meetings (W2 D2 L3) with Arsenal as a Liverpool FC player – in a 2-0 away win in August 2011 and a 2-2 away draw in January 2013. • Thomas Vermaelen played for Arsenal between 2009 and 2014, making 110 appearances. • Players who have played together: Santi Cazorla & Jordi Alba, Marc Bartra, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué, Andrés Iniesta (Spain) Mesut Özil & Marc-André ter Stegen (Germany) Laurent Koscielny, & Jérémy Mathieu (France) Alexis Sánchez & Claudio Bravo (Chile) Match facts Barcelona

10 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

• Piqué serves a one-match suspension. Arda Turan returns from a ban. • Barcelona are a Spanish record 37 matches unbeaten (31 wins) in all competitions since a 2-1 loss to Sevilla FC on 3 October. • Messi, Suárez and have scored 103 goals between them in all competitions this season following a 6-0 mauling of Getafe CF on 12 March – in which Messi also missed a penalty. The 100 mark was reached on 6 March, when Messi struck twice and Suárez once in a 4-0 success at SD Eibar. • Arda registered his first goal for the club in the 5-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano on 3 March; he scored his second against Getafe on Saturday. • Rafinha (knee), injured on matchday one, was ruled out for six months after undergoing surgery on 22 September. Arsenal • , Giroud, Monreal and Özil are a booking away from a ban. • The 4-0 victory at Hull City AFC on 8 March in an FA Cup fifth round replay was Arsenal's first win in six matches. They lost 2-1 at home to Watford FC in the quarter-finals on 13 March, ending their two-year hold on the trophy. • The Gunners have lost four of their last seven matches in all competitions. • (cut), Gabriel (hamstring) and Aaron Ramsey (thigh) all went off injured against Hull. Ramsey came on as a substitute himself, replacing Gabriel just before the hour, but lasted only 16 minutes. Mertesacker and Gabriel recovered to play 90 minutes against Watford, but Ramsey missed out altogether.

11 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona Squad list

FC Barcelona Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Marc-André ter Stegen GER 30/04/1992 23 - - - 7 - 4 - 20 - 30 - 13 Claudio Bravo CHI 13/04/1983 32 - - - - - 25 - 5 - 7 - 25 Jordi Masip ESP 03/01/1989 27 ------35 Adrián Ortolá ESP 20/08/1993 22 ------Defenders 2 Douglas BRA 06/08/1990 25 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 3 Gerard Piqué ESP 02/02/1987 29 S - - 5 1 22 1 79 10 83 10 6 Dani Alves BRA 06/05/1983 32 - - - 5 - 21 - 85 7 129 9 14 Javier Mascherano ARG 08/06/1984 31 - - - 5 - 23 - 83 - 97 1 15 Marc Bartra ESP 15/01/1991 25 - - - 4 - 11 1 22 - 23 - 18 Jordi Alba ESP 21/03/1989 26 - - - 6 - 22 - 37 2 52 3 21 Adriano BRA 26/10/1984 31 - - - 3 1 7 - 44 2 80 8 22 ESP 21/08/1989 26 - - - - - 9 - - - 12 2 23 Thomas Vermaelen BEL 14/11/1985 30 - - - 3 - 10 1 31 1 54 2 24 Jérémy Mathieu FRA 29/10/1983 32 - - - 2 - 18 - 23 - 69 4 4 Ivan Rakitić CRO 10/03/1988 28 - - - 7 2 27 4 31 4 69 8 5 Sergio Busquets ESP 16/07/1988 27 - - - 6 - 26 - 73 4 76 4 7 Arda Turan TUR 30/01/1987 29 - - - - - 11 2 24 5 74 15 8 Andrés Iniesta ESP 11/05/1984 31 - - - 4 - 20 1 111 10 119 10 12 Rafinha ESP 12/02/1993 23 - - - 1 - 3 - 9 - 10 1 20 Sergi Roberto ESP 07/02/1992 24 - - - 5 1 24 - 14 2 15 2 26 Sergi Samper ESP 20/01/1995 21 - - - 2 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 34 Wilfrid Kaptoum CMR 07/07/1996 19 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - Forwards 9 Luis Suárez URU 24/01/1987 29 - - - 6 5 27 26 21 13 59 34 10 Lionel Messi ARG 24/06/1987 28 - - - 4 5 24 22 103 82 107 85 11 Neymar BRA 05/02/1992 24 - - - 6 2 25 20 28 16 28 16 17 Munir El Haddadi ESP 01/09/1995 20 - - - 4 - 14 3 7 - 7 - 19 Sandro Ramírez ESP 09/07/1995 20 - - - 3 - 10 - 6 1 6 1 Coach - Luis Enrique ESP 08/05/1970 45 - - - 7 - - - 20 - 21 -

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Arsenal FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 13 David Ospina COL 31/08/1988 27 - - - 2 - 1 - 5 - 7 - 33 Petr Čech CZE 20/05/1982 33 - - - 5 - 28 - 111 - 126 - 43 Ryan Huddart ENG 06/03/1997 19 ------44 Deyan Iliev BUL 25/02/1995 21 ------49 Matt Macey ENG 09/09/1994 21 ------Defenders 4 Per Mertesacker GER 29/09/1984 31 - - - 6 - 21 - 54 2 89 3 5 Gabriel BRA 26/11/1990 25 - - - 3 - 14 1 3 - 11 - 6 Laurent Koscielny FRA 10/09/1985 30 - - - 6 - 24 3 32 2 36 2 18 Nacho Monreal ESP 26/02/1986 30 * - - 5 - 28 - 17 - 29 - 21 Calum Chambers ENG 20/01/1995 21 - - - 3 - 11 - 8 - 10 - 24 Héctor Bellerín ESP 19/03/1995 20 - - - 5 - 27 - 9 - 9 - 46 Chiori Johnson ENG 05/10/1997 18 ------51 Tafari Moore ENG 05/07/1997 18 ------52 Stefan O'Connor ENG 23/01/1997 19 ------1 - 1 - 53 Julio Pleguezuelo ESP 26/01/1997 19 ------62 Tolaji Bola ENG 04/01/1999 17 ------Midfielders 3 ENG 26/09/1989 26 - - - 5 - 14 1 34 1 37 2 7 Tomáš Rosický CZE 04/10/1980 35 ------70 11 95 12 8 Mikel Arteta ESP 26/03/1982 33 - - - 1 - 8 - 31 1 59 7 10 ENG 01/01/1992 24 ------22 4 27 4 11 Mesut Özil GER 15/10/1988 27 * - - 7 2 27 5 60 7 82 8 16 Aaron Ramsey WAL 26/12/1990 25 - - - 5 - 25 5 39 8 46 11 19 Santi Cazorla ESP 13/12/1984 31 - - - 5 - 14 - 35 - 82 9 20 Mathieu Flamini FRA 07/03/1984 32 - - - 3 - 16 - 54 - 75 1 34 FRA 13/05/1991 24 - - - 5 - 18 - 14 - 19 1 35 EGY 11/07/1992 23 - - - - - 2 - 11 - 37 2 38 Daniel Crowley ENG 03/08/1997 18 ------54 Jeff Reine-Adélaïde FRA 17/01/1998 18 ------59 Chris Willock ENG 31/01/1998 18 ------60 Marcus McGuane ENG 02/02/1999 17 ------Forwards 12 Olivier Giroud FRA 30/09/1986 29 * - - 6 5 29 12 22 10 27 12 14 Theo Walcott ENG 16/03/1989 26 - - - 5 2 22 4 52 11 60 14 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ENG 15/08/1993 22 - - - 5 - 22 1 22 3 24 3 17 Alexis Sánchez CHI 19/12/1988 27 - - - 6 3 21 7 37 9 49 10 23 Welbeck ENG 26/11/1990 25 - - - 1 - 4 2 23 7 26 7 28 Joel Campbell CRC 26/06/1992 23 * - - 5 - 16 3 13 1 17 1 42 Kaylen Hinds ENG 28/01/1998 18 ------45 Alex Iwobi ENG 03/05/1996 19 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 -

13 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona

Arsenal FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 50 Stephy Mavididi ENG 31/05/1998 17 ------55 Tyrell Robinson ENG 16/09/1997 18 ------64 Josh Dasilva ENG 23/10/1998 17 ------67 Aaron Eyoma ENG 22/09/1997 18 ------Coach - Arsène Wenger FRA 22/10/1949 66 - - - 7 - - - 169 - 227 -

14 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona Head coach Luis Enrique Date of birth: 8 May 1970 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: Real Sporting de Gijón, Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona Coaching career: FC Barcelona B, AS Roma, RC Celta de Vigo, FC Barcelona • Known for his versatility, Luis Enrique spent the bulk of his playing career with Spain's two most successful clubs having started out at hometown side Sporting Gijón. • Won the Liga and Copa del Rey with Madrid and Barcelona − whom he surprisingly joined on a free transfer from the Merengues in 1996 − and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup at the Camp Nou, where he played under, among others, Sir Bobby Robson, and Frank Rijkaard. • A scorer of 12 goals in 57 appearances for Spain and an Olympic gold medallist on home soil in 1992, Enrique moved into coaching with Barcelona B in 2008, succeeding his former Azulgrana team-mate Josep Guardiola. • Appointed coach of Roma in June 2011 but held the post for just one season after a disappointing campaign. Resurfaced at Celta in summer 2013, leading the Galician side to a ninth-place finish in the Liga in his only season in charge. • Left in May 2014 and was soon announced as Gerardo Martino's replacement at Barcelona on a two-year contract. After a challenging first half of the season, 17 wins from 19 league games helped secured a Liga title with the Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League following as Luis Enrique emulated Guardiola in winning the treble in his first season in charge. Arsène Wenger Date of birth: 22 October 1949 Nationality: French Playing career: AS Mutzig, FC Mulhouse, AS Vauban, RC Strasbourg Coaching career: RC Strasbourg (assistant coach), AS Cannes (assistant coach), AS Nancy-Lorraine, AS Monaco FC, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Arsenal FC • Not the most successful of players, Arsène Wenger has more than made up for that as a coach, turning Arsenal into one of Europe's top teams. • Born in Strasbourg, Wenger worked at Strasbourg and Cannes before Nancy-Lorraine offered him his big break. He impressed sufficiently to be offered the job as coach of Monaco in 1987. • Within a year Monaco scooped the French title and Wenger the Coach of the Year award. He led the side to 1991 French Cup glory, then the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final where they lost to SV Werder Bremen. After reportedly turning down France and FC Bayern München, he moved on to Japan and enjoyed huge success with Grampus Eight. • Appointed by Arsenal in September 1996, Wenger became the first non-Briton to win the Premier League, in 1998, adding the first of five FA Cup triumphs. The Gunners lost the 2000 UEFA Cup final to Galatasaray AŞ but claimed another domestic double in 2002, and in 2003/04 played some thrilling attacking football en route to becoming the first team since 1889 to negotiate an English top-flight season unbeaten. • Wenger nearly topped all his achievements by taking Arsenal to the 2006 UEFA Champions League final, only for FC Barcelona to come from behind to win 2-1. Arsenal's move to their new stadium later that year was instigated by Wenger, who ended nine years without a trophy by guiding Arsenal to the 2014 FA Cup and retained the trophy a year later, the club's record-breaking 12th triumph in the competition.

15 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona Match officials

Referee Sergei Karasev (RUS) Assistant referees Anton Averianov (RUS) , Tikhon Kalugin (RUS) Additional assistant referees Sergei Lapochkin (RUS) , Sergei Ivanov (RUS) Fourth official Nikolai Golubev (RUS) UEFA Delegate Bernd Barutta (GER) UEFA Referee observer Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Sergei Karasev 12/06/1979 13 44

Sergei Karasev Referee since: 1995 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2002 UEFA Regions' Cup

Finals N/A

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 02/10/2013 UCL GS Real Sociedad de Fútbol 2-1 Leverkusen 11/12/2013 UCL GS FC Barcelona Celtic FC 6-1 Barcelona 18/03/2014 UCL R16 Real Madrid CF FC Schalke 04 3-1 Madrid

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 28/07/2011 UEL 3QR RNK Split Fulham FC 0-0 Dugopolje 25/10/2012 UEL GS NK Maribor Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-1 Maribor 07/03/2013 UEL R16 FC Steaua Bucureşti Chelsea FC 1-0 Bucharest 22/08/2013 UEL PO City AFC FC Petrolul Ploieşti 5-1 Swansea 02/10/2013 UCL GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen Real Sociedad de Fútbol 2-1 Leverkusen 11/12/2013 UCL GS FC Barcelona Celtic FC 6-1 Barcelona 18/03/2014 UCL R16 Real Madrid CF FC Schalke 04 3-1 Madrid 10/10/2014 U21 PO Serbia Spain 0-0 Jagodina 24/06/2015 U21 GS-FT England Italy 1-3 Olomouc

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FC Barcelona Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers Messi 7, 16, Rafinha 44, Suárez 52, Pedro 11/08/2015 SCUP Sevilla FC (H) W 5-4 aet Rodríguez 115 ET 23/08/2015 League Athletic Club (A) W 1-0 Suárez 54 29/08/2015 League Málaga CF (H) W 1-0 Vermaelen 73 12/09/2015 League Club Atlético de Madrid (A) W 2-1 Neymar 55, Messi 77 16/09/2015 UCL AS Roma (A) D 1-1 Suárez 21 20/09/2015 League Levante UD (H) W 4-1 Bartra 50, Neymar 56, Messi 61 (P), 90 23/09/2015 League RC Celta de Vigo (A) L 1-4 Neymar 80 26/09/2015 League UD Las Palmas (H) W 2-1 Suárez 25, 54 29/09/2015 UCL Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H) W 2-1 Sergi Roberto 80, Suárez 82 03/10/2015 League Sevilla FC (A) L 1-2 Neymar 74 (P) 17/10/2015 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (H) W 5-2 Neymar 22 (P), 32 (P), 69, 70, Suárez 77 20/10/2015 UCL FC BATE Borisov (A) W 2-0 Rakitić 48, 64 25/10/2015 League SD Eibar (H) W 3-1 Suárez 21, 48, 85 28/10/2015 Cup Villanovense (A) D 0-0 31/10/2015 League Getafe CF (A) W 2-0 Suárez 37, Neymar 58 04/11/2015 UCL FC BATE Borisov (H) W 3-0 Neymar 30 (P), 83, Suárez 60 08/11/2015 League Villarreal CF (H) W 3-0 Neymar 60, 85, Suárez 70 (P) 21/11/2015 League Real Madrid CF (A) W 4-0 Suárez 11, 74, Neymar 39, Iniesta 53 Suárez 15, 44, Messi 18, 60, Piqué 56, 24/11/2015 UCL AS Roma (H) W 6-1 Adriano 77 28/11/2015 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) W 4-0 Neymar 22, 53, Suárez 41, Messi 90+1 Dani Alves 4, Sandro Ramírez 21, 31, 69, 02/12/2015 Cup Villanovense (H) W 6-1 Munir El Haddadi 51, 76 05/12/2015 League Valencia CF (A) D 1-1 Suárez 59 09/12/2015 UCL Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A) D 1-1 Messi 20 12/12/2015 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (H) D 2-2 Messi 39, Rakitić 62 Westermann 29 (og), Messi 33, Suárez 46, 30/12/2015 League Balompié (H) W 4-0 83 02/01/2016 League RCD Espanyol (A) D 0-0 06/01/2016 Cup RCD Espanyol (H) W 4-1 Messi 13, 44, Piqué 49, Neymar 88 09/01/2016 League Granada CF (H) W 4-0 Messi 8, 14, 58, Neymar 83 13/01/2016 Cup RCD Espanyol (A) W 2-0 Munir El Haddadi 32, 88 Messi 7 (P), Neymar 31, Suárez 47, 68, 17/01/2016 League Athletic Club (H) W 6-0 82, Rakitić 62 20/01/2016 Cup Athletic Club (A) W 2-1 Munir El Haddadi 18, Neymar 24 23/01/2016 League Málaga CF (A) W 2-1 Munir El Haddadi 2, Messi 51 27/01/2016 Cup Athletic Club (H) W 3-1 Suárez 53, Piqué 81, Neymar 90+1 30/01/2016 League Club Atlético de Madrid (H) W 2-1 Messi 30, Suárez 38 03/02/2016 Cup Valencia CF (H) W 7-0 Suárez 7, 12, 83, 88, Messi 29, 58, 74 07/02/2016 League Levante UD (A) W 2-0 D. Navarro 21 (og), Suárez 90+2 10/02/2016 Cup Valencia CF (A) D 1-1 Kaptoum 84 Messi 28, Suárez 59, 75, 81, Rakitić 84, 14/02/2016 League RC Celta de Vigo (H) W 6-1 Neymar 90+1

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FC Barcelona 17/02/2016 League Real Sporting de Gijón (A) W 3-1 Messi 25, 31, Suárez 67 20/02/2016 League UD Las Palmas (A) W 2-1 Suárez 6, Neymar 39 23/02/2016 UCL Arsenal FC (A) W 2-0 Messi 71, 83 (P) 28/02/2016 League Sevilla FC (H) W 2-1 Messi 31, Piqué 48 Rakitić 22, Messi 23, 53, 72, Arda Turan 03/03/2016 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (A) W 5-1 86 Munir El Haddadi 8, Messi 41, 76 (P), 06/03/2016 League SD Eibar (A) W 4-0 Suárez 84 Juan Rodríguez 8 (og), Munir El Haddadi 12/03/2016 League Getafe CF (H) W 6-0 19, Neymar 32, 51, Messi 40, Arda Turan 57 16/03/2016 UCL Arsenal FC (H) 20/03/2016 League Villarreal CF (A) 02/04/2016 League Real Madrid CF (H) 09/04/2016 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) 17/04/2016 League Valencia CF (H) 20/04/2016 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (A) 24/04/2016 League Real Sporting de Gijón (H) 01/05/2016 League Real Betis Balompié (A) 08/05/2016 League RCD Espanyol (H) 15/05/2016 League Granada CF (A) 22/05/2016 Cup Sevilla FC

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Barcelona 29 24 3 2 84 22 75 2 Club Atlético de Madrid 29 21 4 4 45 12 67 3 Real Madrid CF 29 19 6 4 83 28 63 4 Villarreal CF 29 15 8 6 35 23 53 5 Sevilla FC 29 13 9 7 43 31 48 6 Athletic Club 29 14 5 10 47 37 47 7 RC Celta de Vigo 29 13 6 10 41 51 45 8 SD Eibar 29 10 7 12 41 41 37 9 Málaga CF 29 9 9 11 28 28 36 10 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 29 9 8 12 37 40 35 11 Real Betis Balompié 29 8 10 11 27 39 34 12 Valencia CF 29 8 10 11 33 34 34 13 RC Deportivo La Coruña 29 6 15 8 37 42 33 14 RCD Espanyol 29 9 5 15 29 55 32 15 UD Las Palmas 29 8 6 15 31 42 30 16 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 29 6 9 14 39 61 27 17 Granada CF 29 7 6 16 30 54 27 18 Getafe CF 29 7 6 16 27 51 27 19 Real Sporting de Gijón 29 6 6 17 30 51 24 20 Levante UD 29 6 6 17 27 52 24

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Arsenal FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 09/08/2015 League West Ham United FC (H) L 0-2 16/08/2015 League Crystal Palace FC (A) W 2-1 Giroud 16, Delaney 55 (og) 24/08/2015 League Liverpool FC (H) D 0-0 29/08/2015 League Newcastle United FC (A) W 1-0 Coloccini 52 (og) 12/09/2015 League Stoke City FC (H) W 2-0 Walcott 31, Giroud 85 16/09/2015 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (A) L 1-2 Walcott 79 19/09/2015 League Chelsea FC (A) L 0-2 23/09/2015 Cup Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) W 2-1 Flamini 26, 78 Walcott 18, Alexis Sánchez 33, 57, 81, 26/09/2015 League Leicester City FC (A) W 5-2 Giroud 90+3 29/09/2015 UCL Olympiacos FC (H) L 2-3 Walcott 35, Alexis Sánchez 65 04/10/2015 League Manchester United FC (H) W 3-0 Alexis Sánchez 6, 19, Özil 7 17/10/2015 League Watford FC (A) W 3-0 Alexis Sánchez 62, Giroud 68, Ramsey 74 20/10/2015 UCL FC Bayern München (H) W 2-0 Giroud 77, Özil 90+4 24/10/2015 League Everton FC (H) W 2-1 Giroud 36, Koscielny 38 27/10/2015 Cup Sheffield Wednesday FC (A) L 0-3 31/10/2015 League Swansea City AFC (A) W 3-0 Giroud 49, Koscielny 68, Campbell 73 04/11/2015 UCL FC Bayern München (A) L 1-5 Giroud 69 08/11/2015 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) D 1-1 Gibbs 77 21/11/2015 League West Bromwich Albion FC (A) L 1-2 Giroud 28 24/11/2015 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (H) W 3-0 Özil 29, Alexis Sánchez 33, 69 29/11/2015 League Norwich City FC (A) D 1-1 Özil 30 05/12/2015 League Sunderland AFC (H) W 3-1 Campbell 33, Giroud 63, Ramsey 90+3 09/12/2015 UCL Olympiacos FC (A) W 3-0 Giroud 29, 49, 67 (P) 13/12/2015 League Aston Villa FC (A) W 2-0 Giroud 8 (P), Ramsey 38 21/12/2015 League Manchester City FC (H) W 2-1 Walcott 33, Giroud 45+1 26/12/2015 League Southampton FC (A) L 0-4 28/12/2015 League AFC Bournemouth (H) W 2-0 Gabriel 27, Özil 63 02/01/2016 League Newcastle United FC (H) W 1-0 Koscielny 72 09/01/2016 Cup Sunderland AFC (H) W 3-1 Campbell 25, Ramsey 72, Giroud 75 13/01/2016 League Liverpool FC (A) D 3-3 Ramsey 14, Giroud 25, 55 17/01/2016 League Stoke City FC (A) D 0-0 24/01/2016 League Chelsea FC (H) L 0-1 30/01/2016 Cup Burnley FC (H) W 2-1 Chambers 19, Alexis Sánchez 53 02/02/2016 League Southampton FC (H) D 0-0 07/02/2016 League AFC Bournemouth (A) W 2-0 Özil 23, Oxlade-Chamberlain 24 14/02/2016 League Leicester City FC (H) W 2-1 Walcott 70, Welbeck 90+5 20/02/2016 Cup Hull City AFC (H) D 0-0 23/02/2016 UCL FC Barcelona (H) L 0-2 28/02/2016 League Manchester United FC (A) L 2-3 Welbeck 40, Özil 69 02/03/2016 League Swansea City AFC (H) L 1-2 Campbell 15 05/03/2016 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) D 2-2 Ramsey 39, Alexis Sánchez 76 08/03/2016 Cup Hull City AFC (A) W 4-0 Giroud 41, 71, Walcott 77, 88 13/03/2016 Cup Watford FC (H) L 1-2 Welbeck 88

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Arsenal FC 16/03/2016 UCL FC Barcelona (A) 19/03/2016 League Everton FC (A) 02/04/2016 League Watford FC (H) 09/04/2016 League West Ham United FC (A) 17/04/2016 League Crystal Palace FC (H) 24/04/2016 League Sunderland AFC (A) 30/04/2016 League Norwich City FC (H) 07/05/2016 League Manchester City FC (A) 15/05/2016 League Aston Villa FC (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Leicester City FC 30 18 9 3 53 31 63 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC 30 16 10 4 53 24 58 3 Arsenal FC 29 15 7 7 46 30 52 4 Manchester City FC 29 15 6 8 52 31 51 5 West Ham United FC 29 13 10 6 45 33 49 6 Manchester United FC 29 13 8 8 37 27 47 7 Southampton FC 30 12 8 10 38 30 44 8 Liverpool FC 28 12 8 8 43 37 44 9 Stoke City FC 30 12 7 11 32 36 43 10 Chelsea FC 29 10 10 9 43 39 40 11 West Bromwich Albion FC 29 10 9 10 30 36 39 12 Everton FC 28 9 11 8 51 39 38 13 AFC Bournemouth 30 10 8 12 38 47 38 14 Watford FC 29 10 7 12 29 30 37 15 Crystal Palace FC 29 9 6 14 32 39 33 16 Swansea City AFC 30 8 9 13 30 40 33 17 Sunderland AFC 29 6 7 16 35 54 25 18 Norwich City FC 30 6 7 17 31 54 25 19 Newcastle United FC 29 6 6 17 28 54 24 20 Aston Villa FC 30 3 7 20 22 57 16

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UEFA Super Cup - Final Matchday 1 (11/08/2015) FC Barcelona 5-4 Sevilla FC Goals: 0-1 Banega 3, 1-1 Messi 7, 2-1 Messi 16, 3-1 Rafinha 44, 4-1 Suárez 52, 4-2 Reyes 57, 4-3 Gameiro 72 (P) , 4-4 Konoplyanka 81, 5-4 Pedro Rodríguez 115 ET FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Piqué, Rakitić, Busquets, Dani Alves, Iniesta (63 Sergi Roberto), Suárez, Messi, Rafinha (78 Bartra), Mascherano (3 Pedro Rodríguez), Mathieu

UEFA Champions League - Group stage Group E Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Barcelona 6 4 2 0 15 4 14 AS Roma 6 1 3 2 11 16 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 1 3 2 13 12 6 FC BATE Borisov 6 1 2 3 5 12 5

Matchday 1 (16/09/2015) AS Roma 1-1 FC Barcelona Goals: 0-1 Suárez 21, 1-1 Florenzi 31 FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Piqué, Rakitić (61 Rafinha), Busquets, Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, Neymar, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Mathieu Matchday 2 (29/09/2015) FC Barcelona 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Goals: 0-1 Papadopoulos 22, 1-1 Sergi Roberto 80, 2-1 Suárez 82 FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Piqué, Rakitić (72 Sergi Roberto), Busquets, Dani Alves, Iniesta (60 Jordi Alba), Suárez, Neymar, Mascherano, Sandro Ramírez (63 Munir El Haddadi), Mathieu Matchday 3 (20/10/2015) FC BATE Borisov 0-2 FC Barcelona Goals: 0-1 Rakitić 48, 0-2 Rakitić 64 FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Piqué, Busquets (72 Gumbau), Dani Alves, Suárez, Neymar, Mascherano, Bartra, Munir El Haddadi (70 Sandro Ramírez), Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto (18 Rakitić) Matchday 4 (04/11/2015) FC Barcelona 3-0 FC BATE Borisov Goals: 1-0 Neymar 30 (P) , 2-0 Suárez 60, 3-0 Neymar 83 FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Rakitić (20 Munir El Haddadi), Busquets (76 Gumbau), Dani Alves, Iniesta (68 Bartra), Suárez, Neymar, Mascherano, Sergi Roberto, Adriano, Vermaelen Matchday 5 (24/11/2015) FC Barcelona 6-1 AS Roma Goals: 1-0 Suárez 15, 2-0 Messi 18, 3-0 Suárez 44, 4-0 Piqué 56, 5-0 Messi 60, 6-0 Adriano 77, 6-1 Džeko 90+1 FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Piqué (56 Bartra), Rakitić, Busquets (46 Samper), Dani Alves, Suárez, Messi, Neymar, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto (64 Adriano), Vermaelen Matchday 6 (09/12/2015) Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-1 FC Barcelona Goals: 0-1 Messi 20, 1-1 Hernández 23 FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Rakitić, Messi, Bartra, Munir El Haddadi, Jordi Alba (74 Cámara), Sandro Ramírez, Adriano, Vermaelen, Samper, Kaptoum (62 Gumbau)

Round of 16 Matchday 7 (23/02/2016)

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Arsenal FC 0-2 FC Barcelona Goals: 0-1 Messi 71, 0-2 Messi 83 (P) FC Barcelona: ter Stegen, Piqué, Rakitić, Busquets, Dani Alves, Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, Neymar, Mascherano, Jordi Alba Matchday 8 (16/03/2016) FC Barcelona-Arsenal FC Arsenal FC

UEFA Champions League - Group stage Group F Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Bayern München 6 5 0 1 19 3 15 Arsenal FC 6 3 0 3 12 10 9 Olympiacos FC 6 3 0 3 6 13 9 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 0 5 3 14 3

Matchday 1 (16/09/2015) GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 Arsenal FC Goals: 1-0 Pivarić 24, 2-0 Fernandes 58, 2-1 Walcott 79 Arsenal FC: Ospina, Debuchy, Gibbs (65 Campbell), Gabriel, Koscielny, Arteta (64 Coquelin), Özil, Giroud, Oxlade- Chamberlain (65 Walcott), Alexis Sánchez, Santi Cazorla Matchday 2 (29/09/2015) Arsenal FC 2-3 Olympiacos FC Goals: 0-1 Pardo 33, 1-1 Walcott 35, 1-2 Ospina 40 (og) , 2-2 Alexis Sánchez 65, 2-3 Finnbogason 66 Arsenal FC: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Koscielny (57 Mertesacker), Özil, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis Sánchez, Santi Cazorla, Bellerín (86 Campbell), Coquelin (60 Ramsey) Matchday 3 (20/10/2015) Arsenal FC 2-0 FC Bayern München Goals: 1-0 Giroud 77, 2-0 Özil 90+4 Arsenal FC: Čech, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Özil, Walcott (74 Giroud), Ramsey (57 Oxlade-Chamberlain), Alexis Sánchez (82 Gibbs), Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Bellerín, Coquelin Matchday 4 (04/11/2015) FC Bayern München 5-1 Arsenal FC Goals: 1-0 Lewandowski 10, 2-0 Müller 29, 3-0 Alaba 44, 4-0 Robben 55, 4-1 Giroud 69, 5-1 Müller 89 Arsenal FC: Čech, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Özil, Giroud (85 Iwobi), Alexis Sánchez, Monreal, Santi Cazorla (87 Chambers), Campbell (59 Gibbs), Coquelin Matchday 5 (24/11/2015) Arsenal FC 3-0 GNK Dinamo Zagreb Goals: 1-0 Özil 29, 2-0 Alexis Sánchez 33, 3-0 Alexis Sánchez 69 Arsenal FC: Čech, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Özil, Giroud (64 Ramsey), Alexis Sánchez, Monreal, Santi Cazorla (82 Chambers), Flamini, Bellerín (82 Debuchy), Campbell Matchday 6 (09/12/2015) Olympiacos FC 0-3 Arsenal FC Goals: 0-1 Giroud 29, 0-2 Giroud 49, 0-3 Giroud 67 (P) Arsenal FC: Čech, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Özil, Giroud (92 Chambers), Walcott (72 Gibbs), Ramsey, Monreal, Flamini, Bellerín, Campbell (91 Oxlade-Chamberlain)

Round of 16 Matchday 7 (23/02/2016) Arsenal FC 0-2 FC Barcelona Goals: 0-1 Messi 71, 0-2 Messi 83 (P) Arsenal FC: Čech, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Özil, Giroud (72 Welbeck), Oxlade-Chamberlain (50 Walcott), Ramsey, Alexis Sánchez, Monreal, Bellerín, Coquelin (82 Flamini)

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Matchday 8 (16/03/2016) FC Barcelona-Arsenal FC

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24 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona Team facts

FC Barcelona Formed: 1899 Nicknames: Azulgrana (Blue and Reds, Spanish), Blaugrana (Blue and Reds, Catalan) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (5): (1961), (1986), 1992, (1994), 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (4): (1969), 1979, 1982, 1989, (1991), 1997 • UEFA Super Cup (5): (1979), (1982), (1989), 1992, 1997, (2006), 2009, 2011, 2015 • European/South American Cup: (1992) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 23 (2015) Spanish Cup: 27 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: winners 2013/14: quarter-finals 2012/13: semi-finals 2011/12: semi-finals 2010/11: winners 2009/10: semi-finals 2008/09: winners 2007/08: semi-finals 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: winners Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: twice, most recently v ŠKM Púchov 15/10/03, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Hapoel Beer Sheva FC v Barcelona 12/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: twice, most recently v FC Dynamo Kyiv 05/11/97, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AC Milan v Barcelona 18/05/94, UEFA Champions League final (played in Athens) 4-0: FC Bayern München v Barcelona 23/04/13, UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 7-1: Barcelona v Bayer 04 Leverkusen 07/03/12, round of 16 second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: twice, most recently v FC BATE Borisov 28/09/11, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Barcelona v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AC Milan v Barcelona (see above for details) 4-0: FC Bayern München v Barcelona (see above for details)

Arsenal FC Formed: 1886

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Nickname: The Gunners UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Champions League: (2006) • UEFA Cup: (2000) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): (1980), 1994, (1995) • UEFA Super Cup: (1994) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 13 (2004) FA Cup: 12 (2015) League Cup: 2 (1993) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: round of 16 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: round of 16 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: quarter-finals 2008/09: semi-finals 2007/08: quarter-finals 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: runners-up Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha 23/10/07, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest away win 0-7: R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Arsenal v FC Spartak Moskva 29/09/82, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-3: Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano 17/09/03, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Bayern München 04/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-0: AC Milan v Arsenal 15/02/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha (see above for details) • Biggest away win 1-5: FC Internazionale Milano v Arsenal 25/11/03, group stage 0-4: PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal 25/09/02, first group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Bayern München (see above for details) 4-0: AC Milan v Arsenal (see above for details)

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ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Match officials

UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

27 FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC Wednesday 16 March 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Camp Nou, Barcelona Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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