This season's Champions League is about to kick off, and Barcelona will go away to challenge Monaco. It is worth mentioning that Barcelona's record in the first round of the Champions League in the past 15 years is very good.
In the past 15 years, starting from the 2008-2009 season, their record in the first group stage was 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. Among them, 12 games were played at home (10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss), and the other 3 away games ended in draws.
In the last tournament, Barcelona defeated Antwerp 5-0 under the leadership of Xavi and successfully opened the group stage. In the 2016-2017 season, Barcelona defeated Celtic 7-0 under the leadership of Enrique.
Barça also had several other big wins in the first round of the group stage: 4-0 against Wisla Krakow in the 2008-2009 season; 4-0 at home against Ajax; 4-0 at home against PSV Eindhoven; 5-1 against Ferencvaros; and 5-0 against Antwerp.
The four draws occurred against Inter Milan (0-0), AC Milan (2-2), Roma (1-1) and Dortmund (0-0), with the draw against AC Milan occurring at home. The only loss was against Bayern Munich in the 2021-2022 season, losing 0-3.