Rosengård vs Barcelona match facts

Edged out on Matchday 1, Rosengård continue their first group stage campaign against Barcelona, who ended the Swedish side's campaign in 2016/17 and kicked off the current UEFA Women's Champions League season in ominous fashion.

The Damallsvenskan club took a surprise Matchday 1 lead against Bayern in Munich thanks to Loreta Kullashi's 25th-minute header, although goals either side of half-time from Carolin Simon and Linda Dallmann turned the match in the two-time semi-finalists' favour. Rosengård's Mia Persson rattled the woodwork with just over 15 minutes remaining, but the hosts held on.

Barcelona earned a club-record European victory on Matchday 1 with a 9-0 success at home to Benfica, seven players getting on the scoresheet. Asisat Oshoala scored two goals and set up two more to win the Player of the Match award, substitute Geyse coming off the bench to also score twice.

Barcelona won both legs of their quarter-final against Rosengård in March 2017, progressing 3-0 on aggregate to reach the UEFA Women's Champions League last four for the first time. Leila Ouahabi struck the only goal of the first leg in Malmö in first-half added time; seven days later, Jenni Hermoso's 52nd-minute header and substitute Mariona Caldentey's 90th-minute strike ensured Barça's aggregate success.

Current Blaugrana players Sandra Paños, Marta Torrejón and Alexia Putellas all started both legs of that 2016/17 tie against Rosengård, Patricia Guijarro coming off the bench in each match.

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Emma Berglund

The 33-year-old played 90 minutes in both legs of the March 2017 tie between the sides.

The defender helped Rosengård reach the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals in three successive campaigns between 2015 and 2017, and was part of the side that were beaten in the last eight by Bayern in 2020/21.

Berglund also reached the last eight of this tournament with Paris Saint-Germain in 2018/19.

Her goal in Rosengård's 3-0 Damallsvenskan win away to former side Umeå in May was her first in the league since scoring for Paris in December 2017.

The centre-back missed just two Damallsvenskan matches in the 2021 campaign as Rosengård regained the title; that was the fifth Swedish championship success of her career, having also lifted the Swedish top-flight trophy with Umeå twice and BK Häcken in 2020 in addition to her 2015 success with Rosengård.

The Swedish international rejoined Rosengård in December 2020, having won the league title and Swedish Cup in her first spell with the club ahead of a move to Paris in July 2017.

Mariona Caldentey 

The 26-year-old came off the bench to score in added time in the last encounter between these teams, Barça's 2-0 home win in the quarter-final second leg in March 2017.

The striker scored Barcelona's fourth goal on Matchday 1, a fine solo effort, before supplying two assists in the club-record 9-0 win against Benfica on 19 October.

Caldentey's only UEFA Women's Champions League goal last term was Barça's first of the inaugural group stage, in the 4-1 Matchday 1 home victory against Arsenal.

The forward scored the Blaugrana's third goal in their 3-0 league win at Athletic Club on 15 October having struck her first goals of the season with a double in the 7-0 home success against Madrid CFF two weeks earlier.

Caldentey is in her ninth campaign with Barcelona having joined from UD Collerense in July 2014.

Last season's league and cup double took Caldentey's tally of major honours with the Blaugrana to ten, including the 2020/21 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Key facts

Rosengård have won only one of their last seven UEFA Women's Champions League matches (D2 L4).

The Swedish side are unbeaten in their last 21 home games in all competitions (W19 D2), scoring in every game.

Barcelona have won their last seven UEFA Women's Champions League group stage matches, the last six without conceding a goal.

Barça have won 12 of their last 14 UEFA Women's Champions League matches (L2).

The Catalan club have failed to score in only two of their last 36 European games.