The last time that the Barcelona played the Europe League

The Barça could not win to the Benfica and certify the pass to the eighth of final of the Champions League. With the tie, the ones of Xavi Hernández still depend on yes same to happen the phase of groups, but in the final day will have to confront to the Bayern Munich in the Allianz Sand, team that already has more than ensured his pass to eighth.

If it is deleted, the Barça can remain third and finish being remitted to the Europe League, a competition in which the team has not participated from 17 years. In that season (2003-2004) and when it still was called "Glass of the UEFA", the team that in that then was directed by Frank Rijkaard arrived to the eighth of final where finished being won by the Celtic.

The striking of that year, is that this season was the first of Joan Laporta like president of the Barça and also the first season in which Ronaldinho dressed the T-shirt blaugrana.

Chaotic season

Unlike what would be to contest the Europe League in the current context, the Barça celebrated the classification for the UEFA of 2003 like a big victory because they came of an agitated season 2002-2003 in which the team was near of not to classify for any European competition.

The format of the meetings of the Glass of the UEFA was the one of parties of gone and turn. The Barça rid of the previous round, and in the first crossing confronted to the Matador Puchov, Slovakian team that it was able of rascar a tie to one in the party of gone. But in the turn Rijkaard did not save at all and went with everything to conquer the victory winning 8-0 to said team. In this meeting Ronaldinho annotated a hat trick.

Afterwards, the Barça had to confront with the Panionios. In that eliminatory, the group of Rijkaard attained to impose by 0 - 3 in the party of gone. In the Camp Nou, the team finished in the turn with a 2 - 0 thanks to the goals of Saviola and Luis García in the first time of the referred meeting.

Dieciseisavos And eighth

In the eighth, the Catalan square measured in front of the Brondby Danish to the that won 0-1 with a so much annotated by Ronaldinho in the minute 63. In the back meeting the Barça achieved the pass to the eighth of final with another victory 2 - 1, with two goals made Luis García and Phillip Cocu. However, the end arrived in the party of turn in front of the Celtic where fell 0-1 after having taken out a tie in front of the referred team in the previous party.

Now if the Barcelona wishes to achieve a pass to the following round or empatarle to the ones of Nagelsmann have to win to the Bayern Munich in the final day, something that have not attained in the two last meetings due to the fact that the two previous results in front of the Germans were fatal for the Barcelona (2-8 and 0-3).