It’s a disgrace. "On 11 November, vice-president Joan Franquesa handed in his resignation for "personal reasons". La saison 2008-2009 du FC Barcelone est la 110 e depuis la fondation du club. C'est une saison marquée par l'arrivée d'un nouvel entraîneur, Pep Guardiola en remplacement de Frank Rijkaard qui a été à la tête de l'équipe durant cinq ans. The most recent of these had come only the season before, when Manchester United beat Both teams went into the match as the champions of their respective countries – the first time that the final had been contested by domestic champions since Barcelona's UEFA coefficient placed them in the top eight seeds for the draw, meaning that they would avoid having to play against Four wins and a draw at home to Basel placed Barcelona on top of their group with a game to spare, and despite defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk on Matchday 6, they still had the third-best record amongst the qualifiers for the first knockout round.In the quarter-finals, Barcelona were drawn against their fellow leading-scorers in the competition, Bayern Munich, who had beaten Barcelona's group stage opposition, Sporting CP, 12–1 on aggregate in the previous round.The quarter-final draw also determined the teams' routes to the final, with Barcelona facing the prospect of meeting either Chelsea or Liverpool in the semi-finals.As the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, Manchester United began their title defence at the group stage, for which they were given the top seed. On 6 November, director general Joan Oliver confirmed that Barcelona would play a friendly in Kuwait on 21 December against On 19 December, Barcelona was crowned FIFA Club World Cup champion with a 1–2 win over As in nine out of the last ten seasons, Barcelona is going to be present in all major competitions: Special kit worn during Joan Gamper Trophy match vs. Manchester City Over the summer of 2009, along with Ibrahimović, Barcelona reinforced their squad with the signings of Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola stated that "he has shielded the squad from the scandal of the investigation" and that "the subject has not been spoken of in the locker room and even the captains have not mentioned it, there's total concentration. They contested for the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Copa del Rey, La Liga, and the UEFA Champions League.During the summer transfer window, the club swapped their top league goal scorer during the treble … 'My son was watching with his friends from school and I was embarrassed by my behaviour,' he said. 'I told him never to do what I did. This primarily focused on an apparent knock to manager Guus Hiddink as Barcelona celebrated the goal that would take them to the final — and be key to Pep Guardiola picking up a treble in his first season as a manager.Petr Cech can only dive in vain as Iniesta's rocket flies past him during added time in 2009Iniesta's goal was not the last moment of drama in the match. This weekend, Ovrebo spoke to the Spanish press about the game: 'It was not my best day, really. L'équipe marque plus de 3 buts par match de moyenne en championnat (65 buts en 21 matchs). 28/04/2009 Chelsea fans still despise the infamous official, who was the subject of Didier Drogba’s “Are you watching this? Ovrebo refused to give a decision amid the appeals, which included Ballack chasing him up the pitch, anger etched on his face, having to restrain his outstretched arms from grabbing the ref and shaking the decision out of him. He achieved the feat by scoring a On 13 January, the International Federation of Football History & Statistic named Xavi the 2009 World's Best Playmaker and both teammates Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta received second and fourth place respectively.