Frank Rijkaard has had to call on 14 players from Barça B for tomorrow night’s Copa Catalunya semi-final match against Girona. With a mass exodus for international duty, only Valdés, Ezquerro, Sylvinho, Jorquera, Oleguer and Marquez are available from the first team squad. Keep reading →

With the transfer window now closed, Soccerlens has posted a complete list of all the summer transfers of the Spanish first division clubs. So, who spent wisely and who threw their money around wrecklessly? Find out here - http://soccerlens.com/la-liga-summer-07-transfers-list/ 

Barça chalked up their first league win of the season with a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao. Two first half goals from Ronaldinho and a hotly disputed second half strike from Touré Yaya were enough to earn Barça the three points. Keep reading →

Giovani dos Santos and Gabi Milito are the new names on the list for tomorrow’s game against Athletic Bilbao. Giovani will almost certainly start on the bench, but after his superb pre-season Frank Rijkaard may well decide to use him in the second half. Milito could be given his first start in a Barça shirt but it’s anyone’s guess as to which two from Milito, Thuram, Oleguer and Marquez will play as the central defence pairing. Keep reading →

With the closing of the transfer deadline last night Barça have confirmed this season’s shirt numbers. In the end Gabi Milito will wear the number 3 shirt vacated by the departing Thiaggo Motta. Giovani dos Santos has been given number 17 while Bojan Krkic who will continue to play for the second team this season when not needed by Rijkaard, will wear number 27. Keep reading →

Just hours before the transfer deadline, Thiaggo Motta has agreed to sign for Atletico Madrid for one season. This ends a summer of transfer speculation as it was made clear to him that he was not wanted at Barça. Keep reading →

The following is the fixture list of Barça’s second team who this year are in Group V of the third division. Keep reading →

The following are the dates for Barça’s Champions League games:

Wednesday 19 Sept - Barça-Lyon

Tuesday 2 Oct - Stuttgart-Barça

Tuesday 23 Oct - Rangers-Barça

Wednesday 7 Nov - Barça-Rangers

Tuesday 27 Nov - Lyon-Barça

Wednesday 12 Dec - Barça-Stuttgart

Barça face a tough test in the group stage of the Champions League as they were drawn in Group E along with Lyon, Stuttgart and Glasgow Rangers. To see the full draw Keep reading →

The injury that Samuel Eto’o suffered in last night’s game against Inter Milan is more serious than it seemed at first. He has torn a tendon in his right thigh and is expected to be out for a minimum of eight weeks. Club doctors declared in a statement that Eto’o has a “partial tear of the tendon in the rear of his right thigh”. Keep reading →