Barcelona vs Bayern München facts

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys stages the latest chapter in one of European football's most high-profile rivalries as Barcelona take on Bayern München on Matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League with the German side having won the last six matches between the clubs.

Both teams have three points, Barça bouncing back from an opening 2-1 defeat at Monaco with a 5-0 home win against Young Boys. Bayern were 9-2 victors against GNK Dinamo in Munich on Matchday 1 – the first time a team had scored nine in a Champions League game – but then went down 1-0 at Aston Villa.

Previous meetings

Matches 15
Barcelona wins 2
Bayern wins 11
Draws 2
Barcelona goals 16
Bayern goals 37

2022/23 Champions League group stage
Bayern 2-0 Barcelona
Barcelona 0-3 Bayern
Bayern made it six successive victories, second-half strikes from Lucas Hernández and Leroy Sané securing a Matchday 2 win in Munich before Sadio Mané, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Benjamin Pavard struck at the Camp Nou on Matchday 5.

2021/22 Champions League group stage
Barcelona 0-3 Bayern
Bayern 3-0 Barcelona
Bayern beat Barcelona both away – Robert Lewandowski scoring twice – and home as the Spanish side failed to progress from their section for the first time in 21 years. There was also a goal in each game from Thomas Müller and one apiece in Munich from Sané and Jamal Musiala.

2019/20 Champions League quarter-finals
Barcelona 2-8 Bayern
Hansi Flick's Bayern romped to victory in Lisbon en route to their sixth European Cup with Müller scoring twice and Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich and Lewandowski also on target. It was the first time Bayern had scored eight in a Champions League match and the first time Barça had conceded eight since 1946.

2014/15 Champions League semi-finals
Barcelona 3-0 Bayern
Bayern 3-2 Barcelona
Late first-leg goals from Lionel Messi (2) and Neymar put Barcelona in control; Lewandowski and Müller were on target in Munich, Barça going on to their most recent Champions League final victory.

2012/13 Champions League semi-finals
Bayern 4-0 Barcelona
Barcelona 0-3 Bayern
Müller scored twice in Munich and once in Barcelona as Bayern claimed an emphatic victory en route to their fifth European Cup.

2008/09 Champions League quarter-finals
Barcelona 4-0 Bayern
Bayern 1-1 Barcelona
Messi scored twice and Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry once each in the first half of the first leg; after drawing in Munich, Barça went on to beat Manchester United in the final.

1998/99 Champions League group stage
Bayern 1-0 Barcelona
Barcelona 1-2 Bayern
Stefan Effenberg got the only goal in Munich while Hasan Salihamidžić scored an 87th-minute winner as Bayern came from behind at the Camp Nou.

1995/96 UEFA Cup semi-finals
Bayern 2-2 Barcelona
Barcelona 1-2 Bayern
Despite Gheorghe Hagi's late equaliser in Germany, Bayern went through with an 83rd-minute Marcel Witeczek winner in Barcelona and beat Bordeaux in the final.

Form guide

Barcelona

Record vs German clubs: W34 D14 L20 F119 A87
Home record vs German clubs: W22 D1 L9

Barça are without a win in seven games against German opponents, losing six.

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

This is Barcelona's 29th campaign in the Champions League proper, a competition record they share with Real Madrid. They have featured every season since 2003/04.

The five-time European champions reached the quarter-finals or better every season between 2007/08 and 2019/20, winning the title in 2009, 2011 and 2015, but reached the round of 16 for the first time in three campaigns in 2023/24.

Under Xavi Hernández, Barcelona finished top of their section last season and then beat Napoli in the round of 16 (1-1 a, 3-1 h). They won 3-2 at Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-final first leg and went 1-0 up in the return, but ultimately lost 1-4.

Barcelona have won only seven of their last 18 home European games, losing six.

The Catalan club were second to Real Madrid in the 2023/24 Liga.

Barcelona replaced Xavi with former Bayern and Germany coach Flick in the summer.

Bayern

Record vs Spanish clubs: W33 D17 L21 F118 A89
Away record vs Spanish clubs: W9 D7 L17

Bayern's 2023/24 Champions League campaign ended in Spain, Real Madrid scoring in the 88th and 91st minutes to snatch a 2-1 win in the semi-final second leg and a 4-3 aggregate victory.

That ended Bayern's four-match unbeaten run against Spanish sides (W2 D2) and was their second defeat in the last 13 (W7 D4).

The German side have lost two of their last three games in Spain – the 2022 win at Barcelona the other – having been unbeaten in the previous five (W3 D2).

Bayern have featured in the Champions League proper in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout rounds in each one of those campaigns.

This is Bayern's 28th campaign in the Champions League proper, level with Porto and fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 29).

Defeat at Villa Park on Matchday 2 ended Bayern's record unbeaten run of 41 Champions League group/league phase matches (W37 D4).

After winning five of their six games in the 2023/24 group stage, Bayern edged past Lazio (3-1 aggregate) and Arsenal (2-2 a, 1-0 h) before that late semi-final turnaround in Madrid.

The six-time European champions have reached the quarter-finals or better in 12 of their last 13 Champions League campaigns, the exception a last-16 elimination by Liverpool in 2018/19.

Defeat at Villa was only Bayern's fifth in 36 away Champions League matches (W24 D7) but a second in succession. They have never lost three away European games in a row.

A side coached by Thomas Tuchel were third behind Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart in the 2023/24 Bundesliga. It was the first time Bayern had failed to win the title since 2011/12 and their lowest league placing since 2010/11, when they were also third.

Tuchel was replaced by Vincent Kompany in the summer.

Links and trivia

Flick was Bayern coach between November 2019 and June 2021, winning the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League in 2019/20 and retaining the league title in the following campaign, when Bayern also won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Flick scored five goals in 104 appearances as a Bayern player from 1985 to 1990, winning four league titles; he was in the side that reached the 1987 European Cup final.

Lewandowski left Bayern for Barcelona in 2022 after eight seasons in which he scored 344 goals in 375 matches in all competitions, winning eight league titles, three German Cups and, in 2020, the Champions League, Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

Lewandowski hit 103 goals in 187 games for Dortmund from 2010 to 2014, winning two Bundesliga titles and the 2011/12 DFB-Pokal, scoring a hat-trick in the final against Bayern (5-2). The following season his side reached the Champions League final, losing 2-1 to Bayern at Wembley.

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

Have played together:
Dani Olmo & Dayot Upamecano (Leipzig 2020/21)
Dani Olmo & Konrad Laimer (Leipzig 2020–23)
Eric García & Vincent Kompany (Manchester City 2018/19)
Eric García & Leroy Sané (Manchester City 2019/20)
Raphinha & Sacha Boey (Rennes 2019/20)
Iñaki Peña & Sacha Boey (Galatasaray 2021/22)

International team-mates:
Marc-André ter Stegen & Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané (Germany)
Jules Koundé & Kingsley Coman, Dayot Upamecano, Michael Olise (France)

Olmo scored Spain's first goal past Neuer in a 2-1 win in the UEFA EURO 2024 quarter-finals.

Latest news

Barcelona

On Sunday Robert Lewandowski and substitute Pablo Torre both scored twice in a 5-1 home win against Sevilla.

Lewandowski hit a hat-trick in a 3-0 win against Alavés on 6 October and has 12 goals in ten La Liga appearances this season, the most at this stage since Lionel Messi in 2019/20.

Lamine Yamal provided his sixth Liga assist of the campaign on Sunday.

On 2 October, Barça announced the signing of former Poland and Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny.

Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen tore the patellar tendon in his right knee in a 5-1 win at Villarreal on 22 September and is likely to be out for several months.

Andreas Christensen (out since 17 August, Achilles) has also been sidelined while Fermín López came on on Sunday having been out with a muscle injury since 31 August.

Marc Bernal is not expected to play against this season after suffering a serious knee injury against Rayo Vallecano on 27 August.

Barcelona's long-term absentees include Gavi (19 November 2023, knee) – who was on the bench on Sunday – and Ronald Araújo (6 July, muscular).

Ferran Torres suffered a muscle injury against Alavés and has not played since.

Raphinha scored two penalties in Brazil's 4-0 win against Peru in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying on 15 October.

Bayern

Vincent Kompany's men were three games without a win after victories in their first six games, scoring 29 goals – a new club record – before a 4-0 victory at home to Stuttgart on Saturday.

Harry Kane scored a hat-trick to make it eight goals in this season's Bundesliga.

Kane's strike in a 5-0 win in Bremen on 21 September was his 41st in the Bundesliga, surpassing Jadon Sancho's record to become the competition's most prolific Englishman. He has 15 in 13 games for club and country this season.

Joshua Kimmich made his 400th Bayern appearance against Stuttgart.

Michael Olise has six goals in his last seven Bayern appearances.

Jamal Musiala has not played since 2 October due to a hip injury.

Sacha Boey (out since 15 September, knee) and new signing Hiroki Ito (28 July, broken metatarsal) have resumed light training.

Josip Stanišić has been sidelined since 19 August by a knee injury.