http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/en/news/ ... /41815.phpBayern v Barça
Six games, three wins and one 'Waterloo'
23.04.2013
Bayern boast an extremely positive past record against Barcelona. Of six previous meetings in European competition, Germany’s most successful club have lost only one. The men from Munich won three of the other matches, with two ending in draws. On the eve of the seventh clash between FCB and FCB, fcbayern.de has dug into the archives and pulled out the salient facts and figures form the history of the fixture.
2 April 1996: UEFA Cup semi-final | Bayern 2-2 Barcelona
A 63,000 crowd at the Olympiastadion in Munich witnessed the first competitive meeting between Bayern and Barça. Oscar García handed the visitors a 15th-minute lead, but Marcel Witeczek (52) and Mehmet Scholl (57) turned the match on its head. However, Gheorghe Hagi (77) levelled the scores before the end. Barcelona boss Johan Cruyff’s line-up included former Barça and future Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, and keeper Carles Busquets, father of current Barça midfielder Sergio Busquets.
16 April 1996: UEFA Cup semi-final | Barcelona 1-2 Bayern
A 115,000 crowd packed into Camp Nou for the return, where Markus Babbel (39) and Marcel Witeczek (83) set Munich on their way to the final, Ivan De la Peña’s 88th-minute strike for the home side coming too late to change the outcome. Bayern went on to beat Girondins Bordeaux in the final.
21 October 1998: Champions League second group stage | Bayern 1-0 Barcelona
Munich also won the first Champions League meeting between the sides. Stefan Effenberg (45) scored the only goal of the game against the team coached by a future Bayern boss, Louis van Gaal. The Barcelona line-up featured an 18-year-old by the name of Xavi in his third European match.
4 November 1998: Champions League second group stage | Barcelona 1-2 Bayern
The fourth game between Bayern and Barça ended in a third win for Munich. Giovanni put the home side ahead on 29 minutes with a penalty, but the visitors came from behind through Alexander Zickler (48) and Hasan Salihamidzic (87). Bayern won the group and reached the quarter-finals, but Barcelona came third and were eliminated.
8 April 2009: Champions League quarter-final | Barcelona 4-0 Bayern
After the match, a distraught Karl-Heinz Rummenigge spoke of a “Waterloo”, “a huge disgrace”, “a shocking performance” and “a lesson”. “I saw our old friend Udo Lattek at half-time: he was weeping.” After a nightmare first half, Bayern were four goals down and beaten. Lionel Messi (9, 38), Samuel Eto'o (12) and Thierry Henry (43) scored in what remains Munich’s heaviest defeat in the Champions League.
14 April 2009: Champions League quarter-final | Bayern 1-1 Barcelona
A 66,000 full house at the Allianz Arena saw Munich bow out of Europe with their dignity intact. Franck Ribéry (47) opened the scoring, before Seydou Keita equalised 15 minutes from time. Tito Vilanova, now Barça head coach, took his seat in the dugout, as Pep Guardiola was suspended.
