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Manchester United v Barcelona

1–3
HT 1–1
Saturday 28th May 2011 · Wembley · Att: 87,695

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Barcelona at Wembley (N) on Saturday 28th May 2011 in the European Cup. Wayne Rooney (34') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 27' Pedro Rodriguez Assist: Xavi Hernández 0–1
  3. 34' Wayne Rooney Assist: Ryan Giggs 1–1
  4. Half Time 1–1
  5. 54' Lionel Messi Assist: Andrés Iniesta 1–2
  6. 60' Dani Alves
  7. 61' Michael Carrick
  8. 69' David Villa Assist: Sergio Busquets 1–3
  9. 69' Luis Nani for Fabio
  10. 76' Paul Scholes for Carrick
  11. 80' Antonio Valencia
  12. 85' Victor Valdes
  13. 85' Víctor Valdés
  14. Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 Edwin van der Sar
3 Patrice Evra
5 Rio Ferdinand
10 Wayne Rooney 34'
11 Ryan Giggs
13 Ji-Sung Park
14 Javier Hernandez
15 Nemanja Vidic
16 Michael Carrick
20 Fabio da Silva
25 Antonio Valencia
Substitutes
Luis Nani
69' for Fabio
Paul Scholes
76' for Carrick

Barcelona Lineup

4-3-3
Starting XI
1 Víctor Valdés G
2 Dani Alves RB
3 Gerard Piqué CD-L
6 Xavi RM
7 David Villa LF ⚽
8 Andrés Iniesta LM
10 Lionel Messi F ⚽
14 Javier Mascherano CD-R
16 Sergio Busquets CM
17 Pedro RF ⚽
22 Eric Abidal LB
Substitutes
5 Carles Puyol on
9 Bojan Krkic
15 Seydou Keita on
20 Ibrahim Afellay on
21 Adriano
30 Thiago Alcantara
38 Oier Olazábal

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

Man Utd
4-4-1-1
Formation
Barcelona
4-3-3
Man Utd Barcelona
34%
Possession
66%
3
Shots
16
1
Shots on Target
12
0
Corners
6
16
Fouls
5
6
Offsides
1

United vs Barcelona History

Meeting 11 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 11 times: 3W 4D 4L.
23 Apr 2008 D 0–0 EC 29 Apr 2008 W 1–0 EC 27 May 2009 L 0–2 EC
28 May 2011 L 1–3 This match
10 Apr 2019 L 0–1 EC 16 Apr 2019 L 0–3 EC 16 Feb 2023 D 2–2 EL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 6321 11750.0
Away 6033 5140.0
Neutral 3102 3633.3
All 15 meetings with Barcelona →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →