1977–78 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
1977–78 season
PresidentAgustí Montal Costa
(until 18 December 1977)
Raimon Carrasco
ManagerRinus Michels
La LigaSecond
Copa del ReyWinners
UEFA CupSemi-final
Joan Gamper TrophyWinners

The 1977–78 season was the 79th season for FC Barcelona.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  ESP Pedro María Artola
GK  ESP Pere Valentí Mora
GK  ESP Andreu Blay
DF  ESP Jesús Antonio de la Cruz
DF  ESP Antoni Olmo
DF  ESP Migueli
DF  ESP Pepito Ramos
DF  ESP Quique Costas
DF  ESP Juanjo Enríquez
MF  ESP Juan Manuel Asensi
MF  ESP Tente Sánchez
MF  ESP Jordi Carreño
MF  ESP Joan Vilà
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  NED Johan Neeskens
MF  ESP Esteban Vigo
MF  ESP José Cirilo Macizo
MF  URU Alfredo Amarillo
MF  ESP Paco Martínez
FW  ARG Rafael Zuviría
FW  NED Johan Cruyff
FW  ESP Carles Rexach
FW  ESP Manuel Clares
FW  ESP Paco Fortes
FW  ARG Juan Carlos Heredia
FW  BRA Williams Silvio Modesto Bio
FW  ESP José Botella
FW  ESP Miquel Mir

Competitions

Friendlies

26 July 1977 Hamburger SV 6-0 FC Barcelona
02 August 1977 VV Noordwijk 0-2 FC Barcelona
03 August 1977 HABE 1-7 FC Barcelona
05 August 1977 Amsterdam Tournament AZ Alkmaar 4-0 FC Barcelona
07 August 1977 Amsterdam Tournament Liverpool FC 1-0 FC Barcelona Liverpool
Stadium: Anfield Road
14 August 1977 Trofeo Costa del Sol FC Barcelona 1-0 America RJ Malaga
Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda
15 August 1977 Trofeo Costa del Sol CD Malaga 0-3 FC Barcelona Malaga
Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda
19 August 1977 Sabadell 1-2 FC Barcelona
23 August 1977 Joan Gamper Trophy FC Barcelona 3-1 Slovan Bratislava Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
24 August 1977 Joan Gamper Trophy FC Barcelona 4-1 Schalke 04 Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
28 August 1977 AC Milan 2-1 FC Barcelona
12 October 1977 REUS- 0-1 FC Barcelona
25 May 1978 SSC Napoli 1-1 FC Barcelona
27 May 1978 FC Barcelona 3-1 Ajax Amsterdam Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

Primera Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 34 22 3 9 77 40 +37 47 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Barcelona 34 16 9 9 49 29 +20 41 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Athletic Bilbao 34 16 8 10 62 36 +26 40 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Valencia 34 16 7 11 54 33 +21 39
5 Sporting Gijón 34 15 9 10 53 43 +10 39
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Position by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDDWWWLWWWDLDWWDWWWWLDDWDWLDLWLWLW
Position7242222222223222222222222222222232
Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 1978–79 European Cup;   = 1978–79 UEFA Cup;   = 1978–79 Segunda Division

Matches

04 September 1977 1 FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
10 September 1977 2 Real Betis 0-0 FC Barcelona Benito Villamarin
Stadium: Sevilla
18 September 1977 3 Athletic Bilbao 0-0 FC Barcelona Bilbao
Stadium: San Mames
25 September 1977 4 FC Barcelona 1-0 Atletico Madrid Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
02 October 1977 5 Cadiz CF 0-2 FC Barcelona Cadiz
Stadium: Ramon Carranza
09 October 1977 6 FC Barcelona 3-0 Racing Santander Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
18 October 1977 7 Hercules CF 2-1 FC Barcelona Alicante
30 October 1977 8 FC Barcelona 5-0 UD Las Palmas Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
06 November 1977 9 UD Salamanca 1-0 FC Barcelona Salamanca
Stadium: Helmantico
13 November 1977 10 FC Barcelona 3-1 Sevilla CF Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
20 November 1977 11 Español 1-1 FC Barcelona Barcelona
Stadium: Sarriá
04 December 1977 12 FC Barcelona 2-3 Real Madrid Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
11 December 1977 13 Burgos CF 1-1 FC Barcelona Burgos
18 December 1977 14 FC Barcelona 1-0 Sporting Gijon Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
01 January 1978 15 Elche CF 1-3 FC Barcelona Elche
08 January 1978 16 FC Barcelona 1-1 Rayo Vallecano Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
15 January 1978 17 Valencia CF 1-0 FC Barcelona Valencia
Stadium: Luis Casanova
22 January 1978 18 Real Sociedad 1-2 FC Barcelona San Sebastian
Stadium: Atotxa
29 January 1978 19 FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Betis Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
05 February 1978 20 FC Barcelona 3-1 Athletic Bilbao Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
12 February 1978 21 Atletico Madrid 1-0 FC Barcelona Madrid
Stadium: Vicente Calderon
19 February 1978 22 FC Barcelona 1-1 Cadiz CF Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
26 February 1978 23 Racing Santander 0-0 FC Barcelona Santander
Stadium: El Sardinero
05 March 1978 24 FC Barcelona 2-1 Hercules CF Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
12 March 1978 25 UD Las Palmas 0-0 FC Barcelona Las Palmas
Stadium: Insular
19 March 1978 26 FC Barcelona 3-1 UD Salamanca Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
26 March 1978 27 Sevilla CF 2-1 FC Barcelona Sevilla
Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan
01 April 1978 28 FC Barcelona 1-1 Español Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
05 April 1978 29 Real Madrid 4-0 FC Barcelona Madrid
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu
08 April 1978 30 FC Barcelona 3-0 Burgos Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
16 April 1978 31 Sporting Gijon 1-0 FC Barcelona Gijon
Stadium: El Molinon
23 April 1978 32 FC Barcelona 5-1 Elche Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
30 April 1978 33 Rayo Vallecano 2-1 FC Barcelona Vallecas
Stadium: Campo Vallecas
07 May 1978 34 FC Barcelona 1-0 Valencia CF Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 1977 (1977-09-14) FC Barcelona 5–1 Steaua București Barcelona
  • Heredia 4', 30'
  • Cruyff 5' (pen.)
  • Clares 63'
  • Zuviría 82'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)
28 September 1977 (1977-09-28) Steaua București 1–3 FC Barcelona Bucharest
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Domenico Serafino (Italy)

Second round

19 October 1977 AZ Alkmaar 1–1 FC Barcelona Alkmaar
Nygaard 41' Report 46' Neeskens Stadium: Alkmaarderhout
Attendance: 20,019
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
2 November 1977 FC Barcelona 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
AZ Alkmaar Barcelona
Rexach 32' (pen.) Report Kist 69' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)
Penalties

Eightfinals

23 November 1977 Ipswich Town 3–0 FC Barcelona Ipswich
Report Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 33,663
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
7 December 1977 FC Barcelona 3–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Ipswich Town Camp Nou, Barcelona
Report Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Penalties

Quarterfinals

1 March 1978 Aston Villa 2–2 FC Barcelona Villa Park, Birmingham
Report
Attendance: 46,619
Referee: César Correia (Portugal)
15 March 1978 FC Barcelona 2–1 Aston Villa Camp Nou, Barcelona
Report Little 57' Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Semifinals

29 March 1978 PSV Eindhoven 3–0 Barcelona Eindhoven
Olmo 9' (o.g.)
Lubse 21'
Postuma 70'
Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
12 April 1978 FC Barcelona 3–1
(3–4 agg.)
PSV Eindhoven Barcelona
Rexach 9' (pen.), 66' (pen.)
Fortes 19'
Report 47' Deacy Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

18 January 1978 Getafe 3-3 FC Barcelona
08 February 1978 FC Barcelona 8-0 Getafe Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

Quarterfinals

15 February 1978 Deportivo Alaves 1-0 FC Barcelona
22 February 1978 FC Barcelona 2-0 Deportivo Alaves Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

Semifinals

08 March 1978 Real Sociedad 0-0 FC Barcelona
22 March 1978 FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

Final

19 April 1978 FC Barcelona 3-1 UD Las Palmas Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga UEFA Copa
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ESP Pedro María Artola 44 -43 29 -25 9 -13 6 -5
DF  ESP Jesús Antonio de la Cruz 50 2 34 2 9 0 7 0
DF  ESP Antoni Olmo 50 2 34 2 10 0 6 0
DF  ESP Migueli 49 4 33 2 10 1 6 1
DF  ESP Pepito Ramos 36 0 24 0 6 0 6 0
MF  NED Johan Neeskens 27 3 17+1 2 6+1 1 2 0
MF  ESP Tente Sánchez 37 2 23+2 1 6+1 1 4+1 0
MF  ESP Juan Manuel Asensi 48 17 32 9 10 2 6 6
FW  ARG Rafael Zuviría 48 11 31+2 6 9 2 6 3
FW  NED Johan Cruyff 42 11 25 5 10 5 7 1
FW  ESP Carles Rexach 35 18 22 9 6+1 4 6 5
GK  ESP Pere Valentí Mora 7 -6 5 -4 1 -1 1 -1
FW  ESP Paco Fortes 27 5 12+5 2 5 1 5 2
DF  ESP Quique Costas 21 2 11+4 2 1+1 0 4 0
FW  ARG Juan Carlos Heredia 15 4 10 2 5 2 0 0
MF  ESP Esteban Vigo 17 1 9+4 1 1+2 0 1+0 0
FW  ESP Manuel Clares 24 2 8+10 1 1+3 1 0+2 0
DF  ESP Juanjo 20 0 5+8 0 1+4 0 1+1 0
FW  BRA Williams Silvio Modesto Bio 5 3 4+1 3 0 0 0 0
MF  ESP Joan Vilà 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
MF  ESP José Cirilo Macizo 10 0 2+2 0 2+1 0 1+2 0
MF  URU Alfredo Amarillo 9 0 1+2 0 2+1 0 1+2 0
MF  ESP Jordi Carreño 12 0 1+4 0 0+2 0 1+4 0
FW  ESP Miquel Mir 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
GK  ESP Andreu Blay
MF  ESP Paco Martínez
FW  ESP José Botella
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