Ninth Champions League quarter-final in a row

Alves, Neymar and Messi celebrating a goal against Arsenal / Miguel Ruiz-FCB
FC Barcelona knock out Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal side to make it to the last eight as their pursuit of a sixth title continues

Another Champions League season and another place in the last eight for FC Barcelona who have now reached the quarter-finals after knocking out Arsenal XXX on aggregate over two legs in the round of 16. In the two previous campaigns Barça had knocked out Manchester City at the same stage of the competition. Before that their victims during this impressive run had been AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal again, Stuttgart, Oympique Lyonnnais and Celtic.

BARÇA’S RECORD IN THE LAST FEW SEASONS
SEASON STAGE RIVAL AGGREGATE
2006/07 last 16 Liverpool 2-2
2007/08 Semi-finals Manchester United 0-1
2008/09 Final Manchester United    2-0 *
2009/10 Semi-finals Inter 2-3
2010/11 Final Manchester United    3-1 *
2011/12 Semi-finals Chelsea 2-3
2012/13 Semi-finals Bayern Munich 0-7
2013/14 Quarter-finals Atlètico Madrid 1-2
2014/15 Final Juventus 3-1
2015/16 ? ? ?

* Barça won the Champions League