Eintracht, Barça’s 19th German rival in the tournaments

The FC Barcelonawhich has not lost since January 20 in San Mamés against Athletic in the Cup (3-2), will debut this Thursday its European history against Eintracht Frankfurtwhich will become the 19th German club they have faced in continental competition.

The Bayern Munich It is the team that has faced the most times (13) with only two wins in history: 4-0 in the first leg of the 2008-09 Champions League quarter-finals and 3-0 in the first leg of the 2014 Champions League semi-finals. fifteen. In both editions Barça was proclaimed champion. The Bavarians are followed in the ranking by Bayer Leverkusen (10), which was precisely the one that kicked him out in the quarterfinals of the 1987-88 UEFA Cup that the ‘aspirin team’ ended up winning against Spanish in the penalty shootout.

Just a single match final

The Hamburgnext to Werder Bremenis the third German rival with more precedents and with whom Barça played for the first time in the ‘semis’ of the 1960-61 European Cup, resolved in the playoff in Heysel (Brussels) with a goal (1-0) from Evaristowhich sealed the ticket to the unfortunate end of the sticks in Bern before him Benfica. Apart from the European Super Cups won at Werder and to Borussia Dortmund In 1992 and 1998, the only single-game final was the mythical Recopa de Basel before him Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1979. Another unforgettable day was in Kaiserslautern in the Champions League 1991-92 with the goal of Bakero who kept alive the road to the glorious finale of Wembley.

Altogether, the Barça He has played 31 European matches in Germany with a balance of 10 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses.

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