Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund facts

Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund meet for the second time in this season's UEFA Champions League at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the first leg of their quarter-final.

The Spanish side were 3-2 winners in Germany on their way to finishing second in the league phase, and reached the last eight for the second season in succession with a 4-1 aggregate victory against Benfica in the round of 16.

Runners-up in 2023/24, Dortmund were 3-2 aggregate winners against LOSC Lille in the last 16 and have won their last four two-legged Champions League ties, also beating Sporting CP 3-0 on aggregate in this season's knockout phase play-offs.

Previous meetings

Matches 5
Barcelona wins 3
Dortmund wins 0
Draws 2
Barcelona 9
Dortmund goals 4

1997 UEFA Super Cup
Barcelona 2-0 Dortmund
Dortmund 1-1 Barcelona
First-leg goals from Luis Enrique and Rivaldo, a penalty, earned UEFA Cup Winners' Cup holders Barcelona a 2-0 first-leg victory at the Camp Nou, Giovanni extending that advantage at the Westfalenstadion; a Jörg Heinrich goal was all Dortmund, then Champions League holders, could muster.

2019/20 Champions League group stage
Dortmund 0-0 Barcelona
Barcelona 3-1 Dortmund
Barcelona only left Dortmund with a point thanks to Marc-André ter Stegen's penalty save from Marco Reus but triumphed at the Camp Nou thanks to goals from Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann; Jadon Sancho's late consolation was Dortmund's sole reply.

2024/25 Champions League league phase
Dortmund 2-3 Barcelona
Ferran Torres scored twice after coming off the bench to earn Barcelona a victory which guaranteed their place in the knockout rounds. After a goalless first half, Raphinha's low drive gave the visitors a 53rd-minuted lead before Serhou Guirassy equalised from the penalty spot after being fouled by Pau Cubarsí (60). The Dortmund striker restored parity again three minutes after Torres' first of the evening, but with five minutes left the Barcelona forward raced onto Lamine Yamal's pass and beat Gregor Kobel for a second time.

Form guide

Barcelona

Record vs German clubs: W36 D14 L20 F126 A90
Home record vs German clubs: W23 D1 L9

The Matchday 6 win in Dortmund was Barça's second game against German opposition this season; they had beaten Bayern München 4-1 in Spain on Matchday 3.

Barcelona were without a win in seven games against German opponents, losing six, before overcoming Bayern.

The Catalan club had lost their previous three home games against Bundesliga visitors having won 14 of the previous 15.

Barcelona have won 14 of their 21 two-legged ties with German teams but have lost the last two, most recently a 3-4 aggregate defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2021/22 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (1-1 a, 2-3 h).

Barcelona's record in European Cup quarter-finals is W15 L8, with six of those defeats coming in the past eight ties. They were eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain last season (3-2 a, 1-4 h).

A 2-8 defeat by Bayern in a one-off tie in 2019/20 was Barcelona's 13th successive Champions League quarter-final, a competition record. They had previously failed to reach the last eight in 2006/07.

Barcelona have won only ten of their last 22 home European games, losing six, but have scored 17 goals in their five fixtures this season (W4 D1).

Borussia Dortmund

Record vs Spanish clubs: W12 D12 L17 F60 A65
Away record vs Spanish clubs: W3 D5 L12

Dortmund went down 5-2 at Real Madrid on Matchday 3 – a game in which they had led 2-0 – in a repeat of last season's final, which ended in a 2-0 defeat at Wembley.

BVB beat Madrid's City rivals Atlético in last season's quarter-finals (1-2 a, 4-2 h), making their record in two-legged ties against Spanish clubs W7 L3.

That second-leg win is one of only four in Dortmund's last 17 matches against Liga clubs (D5 L8).

Dortmund's record in European Cup quarter-finals is W5 L5, last season's victory ending a run of three successive defeats.

Before beating Atleti in last season's second leg, Dortmund had lost five successive quarter-final matches; they have been defeated in six of the last eight.

Wins at Sporting CP (3-0) and Lille (2-1) in this season's knockout phase have made it 15 victories in BVB's last 32 away European matches (D3 L14). This season they have won four and lost two.

European champions in 1997 and runners-up in 2013 and 2024, Dortmund have been eliminated in the last 16 in three of their last six Champions League campaigns.

Links and trivia

Hansi Flick replaced Niko Kovač as Bayern coach on 3 November 2019, going on to guide the team to a treble in his first season.

Kovač was Robert Lewandowski's coach at Bayern from July 2018 to November 2019.

Lewandowski was a Dortmund player between 2010 and 2014, scoring 103 goals in 187 games. He won the Bundesliga in 2010/11 and 2011/12, adding the DFB-Pokal in the latter campaign, and scored ten times as BVB reached the 2012/13 Champions League final.

As Bayern coach Flick faced Borussia Dortmund five times between 2019 and 2021, winning all five including a 3-2 victory in the 2020 German Super Cup.

Lewandowski scored six goals against Dortmund in those five games under Flick including a hat-trick in a 4-2 home win on 6 March 2021.

In total, Lewandowski played 26 games for Bayern against Dortmund (W19 D1 L6), scoring 27 goals.

Have also played in Germany:
Marc-André ter Stegen (Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–14)
Andreas Christensen (Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015–17)
Dani Olmo (Leipzig 2020–24)

Has played in Spain:
Yan Couto (Girona 2020/21 loan, 2022–24 loan)

Have played together:
Wojciech Szczęsny & Emre Can (Juventus 2018–20)
Eric García & Felix Nmecha (Manchester City 2018–21)
Dani Olmo & Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig 2020–21)
Robert Lewandowski & Niklas Süle (Bayern 2017–22)
Robert Lewandowski & Marcel Sabitzer (Bayern 2021/22)
Ansu Fati & Pascal Gross (Brighton 2023/24)
Pablo Torre & Yan Couto (Girona 2023/24)
Ferran Torres & Felix Nmecha (Manchester City 2020–21)

International team-mates:
Marc-André ter Stegen & Waldemar Anton, Emre Can, Nico Schlotterbeck, Niklas Süle, Julian Brandt, Pascal Gross, Felix Nmecha, Karim Adeyemi, Maximilian Beier (Germany)
Raphinha & Yan Couto (Brazil)

Torres scored past Gregor Kobel in Spain's 4-1 UEFA Nations League win against Switzerland on 8 September.

Latest news

Barcelona

Barcelona moved four points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday despite being held to a 1-1 home draw by Real Betis.

Gavi gave Hansi Flick's side an early lead with his first league goal since 27 August 2023.

Barça had won their previous nine Liga matches, and have 12 victories in their last 14 games in all competitions (D2).

Robert Lewandowski scored twice in a 4-1 home win against Girona on 30 March and has nine goals in his last ten league appearances. The Pole has 15 in 19 games in 2025 and 38 in 44 this season, more than any player in Europe's big five leagues and his most prolific campaign with Barcelona, surpassing his 33 in 2022/23.

Barça are 22 games unbeaten in all competitions (W18 D4).

Wojciech Szczęsny has kept ten clean sheets in 20 games in all competitions.

Barcelona have scored 141 goals in 47 matches this season. They have scored five or more goals in 11 games and four in nine others.

On 2 April a Ferran Torres goal – his 16th of the season in all competitions, nine of them as a substitute – earned a 1-0 victory at Atlético de Madrid in the Copa del Rey semi-final second leg and a 5-4 aggregate triumph. Barcelona will play Real Madrid in the final in Seville on 26 April.

Dani Olmo has been sidelined since 28 March with a muscle injury.

Marc Casadó injured his right knee in a 4-2 league win at Atleti on 16 March and is expected to be out for two months.

Marc Bernal (out since 27 August) and Marc-André ter Stegen (22 September) are not expected to play again this season after suffering serious knee injuries.

Andreas Christensen has not played since 17 August due Achilles and muscular injuries, although he was on the bench on Saturday.

Dortmund

On Saturday Dortmund made it successive Bundesliga victories for only the second time this season with a 4-1 victory at Freiburg, Carney Chukwuemeka scoring his first goal for the club and Karim Adeyemi and Jamie Gittens also on target, the latter for the first time since 14 January.

Serhou Guirassy, who has 31 goals in 43 games for club and country this season, scored 12 in his last 17 games including the third as a substitute on Saturday.

Dortmund have won only four of their last eight Bundesliga games, losing the other four.

BVB have lost seven of their last 13 league games (W5 D1); their 11 Bundesliga defeats in 2024/25 is their most for a season since 14 in 2014/15.

On 22 February Niko Kovač recorded his first league win as Dortmund coach in his third game – a 6-0 defeat of Union Berlin in which Guirassy scored four times and Pascal Gross provided four assists.

Guirassy's hat-trick against Union was timed at eight minutes, the seventh fastest in Bundesliga history.

Guirassy missed the 3-1 home win against Mainz on 30 March due to muscular problems before coming on at the weekend.

Felix Nmecha also came on on Saturday having been out since 25 January with a knee injury.

Marcel Sabitzer has been on the sidelines since 15 March, also due to a knee injury.

On Monday Dortmund confirmed that Nico Schlotterbeck will miss the rest of the season with a meniscus tear in his left knee.