Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, Barcelona v Feyenoord
League position, Barcelona 5th, Feyenoord 12thTotal points, Barcelona 0, Feyenoord 0

Form guide

All competitions

Barcelona won
v Valencia
0
5
Primera División
Feyenoord won
v NEC Nijmegen
1
3
Eredivisie
Barcelona won
v Rayo Vallecano
5
2
Primera División
Feyenoord draw
v ADO Den Haag
2
2
Eredivisie
Barcelona won
v Athletic Club
2
0
Primera División
Feyenoord won
v Cambuur
2
5
Eredivisie
Barcelona won
v Elche
0
5
Primera División
Feyenoord draw
v Go Ahead Eagles
2
2
Eredivisie
Barcelona won
v Al Ahly
2
1
Trofeo Joan Gamper
Feyenoord won
v Sparta Rotterdam
0
1
Eredivisie

Match Facts

  • The only previous meetings between Barcelona and Feyenoord came in the last 16 of the 1974-75 European Cup, with the Spanish side progressing 3-0 on aggregate (0-0 away, 3-0 at home).

  • No Dutch side has ever won away to Barcelona in European competition (D3 L7), while the Spanish team have averaged 3.1 goals per game across these 10 previous fixtures (31 goals in total).

  • This will be the 21st time that Barcelona have played their opening game of a European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign at home – they have won 18 of the previous 20 (D1 L1), with their only defeat coming against Bayern Munich in 2021-22 (0-3).

  • Feyenoord lost five games in the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League (their most recent appearance), their joint-most defeats in single edition of the competition (along with 2017-18).

  • Among managers with 10+ games in the UEFA Champions League, Hansi Flick has both the highest win percentage (72.7%) and the highest goals per game ratio (3). Indeed, since he took over at Barcelona in 2024, the Catalan side have scored the most goals per game of any side in the competition (2.88 – 75 in 26 games).

  • This will be Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s third season as a manager in the UEFA Champions League, after 2017-18 with current club Feyenoord (P6 W1 L5) and Rangers in 2022-23 (P6 L6). He has lost 11 of his previous 12 matches in the competition.

  • Barcelona are currently on their longest ever run without a clean sheet in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (15 games). Their last shutout in the competition was in April 2025 against Borussia Dortmund (4-0), conceding 30 goals in 15 matches since then.

  • Since the start of the 2024-25 campaign, only Harry Kane (29) has been directly involved in more goals than Raphinha (26 – 16 goals, 10 assists) in the UEFA Champions League. Indeed, he is the only player with 10+ goals and 10+ assists in this period.

  • 19-year-old Shaqueel van Persie could make his UEFA Champions League debut for Feyenoord, following in the footsteps of his father Robin, who was also 19 when he debuted in the competition for the Dutch side (October 2002 v Dynamo Kyiv).

  • Barcelona’s Rodri has only ended on the losing side in eight of his 62 career games in the UEFA Champions League (W41 D13). His loss percentage (12.9%) is the lowest of any midfielder to make 50+ appearances in the competition.

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