European Cup · Final
Manchester United v Barcelona
0–2
Manchester United lost 0–2 to Barcelona at Stadio Olimpico (N) on Wednesday 27th May 2009 in the European Cup.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 10' Samuel Eto'o 0–1
- 16' Gerard Piqué
- Half Time
- 46' Carlos Tevez for Anderson
- 66' Dimitar Berbatov for Park
- 70' Lionel Messi 0–2
- 75' Paul Scholes for Giggs
- 78' Cristiano Ronaldo
- 80' Paul Scholes
- 90' Nemanja Vidic
- Full Time 0–2
Starting XI
Player
Barcelona Lineup
Starting XI
1 Víctor Valdés G
3 Gerard Piqué CD-L
5 Carles Puyol RB
6 Xavi RM
8 Andrés Iniesta LM
9 Samuel Eto'o F ⚽
10 Lionel Messi RF ⚽
14 Thierry Henry LF
16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos LB
24 Yaya Touré CD-R
28 Sergio Busquets CM
Substitutes
2 Martín Cáceres
7 Eidur Gudjohnsen
11 Bojan Krkic
13 Pinto
15 Seydou Keita on
27 Pedro on
46 Marc Muniesa
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Josep Guardiola
Barcelona
Match Information
United vs Barcelona History
Meeting 10 of 15
15
Played
4
Won
5
Drawn
6
Lost
19
Goals For
27
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 7th March 1984. After this match United had played Barcelona 10 times: 3W 4D 3L.
25 Nov 1998 D 3–3 EC 23 Apr 2008 D 0–0 EC 29 Apr 2008 W 1–0 EC
27 May 2009 L 0–2 This match
28 May 2011 L 1–3 EC 10 Apr 2019 L 0–1 EC 16 Apr 2019 L 0–3 EC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 50.0 |
| Away | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Neutral | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →