Celtic 2-3 FC Barcelona: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 20 February 2008

Result

Celtic 2-3 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Wednesday 20 February 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Celtic 2-3 FC Barcelona: match report

Celtic lost to FC Barcelona 2-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 20 February 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Celtic's goals came from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (16') and B. Robson (38'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (18'), Thierry Henry (52') and Lionel Messi (79').

Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 24th on 11 points from 8 and FC Barcelona 11th on 14 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 2 draws and 1 for FC Barcelona.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkCeltic · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 20'Yellow card · B. RobsonCeltic
  • 30'Yellow card · DecoFC Barcelona
  • 38'Goal · B. RobsonCeltic · 2-1
  • 52'Goal · Thierry HenryFC Barcelona · 2-2
  • 61'Yellow card · P. HartleyCeltic
  • 79'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Georgios SamarasCeltic

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 2, FC Barcelona 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Paul Caddis, Barry Robson, Aiden McGeady, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Paul Hartley, Shunsuke Nakamura

FC Barcelona expected line-up

Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta