Barcelona ended their season with a home defeat against Villarreal as they finished on their lowest La Liga points total in 14 years.
Villarreal, this season’s Champions League semi-finalists, booked a Europa Conference League spot with their victory in the Nou Camp.
Alfonso Pedraza ran onto Dani Parejo’s pass to give them the lead.
Moi Gomez made it 2-0 after a terrible pass across his own box by Barcelona’s on-loan winger Adama Traore.
Frenkie de Jong thought he had pulled one back but his header was disallowed for offside.
Barca finish second on 73 points, 13 behind champions Real Madrid, and without a trophy. Results picked up after Xavi replaced Ronald Koeman as manager but they were too far behind to compete.
The last time they got fewer points was in 2007-08, when they finished third on 67 points.
Elsewhere, fourth-placed Sevilla won 1-0 against Athletic Bilbao, who miss out on European football next season.
Atletico Madrid, who finished third, won 2-1 at sixth-placed Real Sociedad.
Line-ups
Barcelona
Formation 4-3-3
- 1ter Stegen
- 8Alves da SilvaSubstituted forMinguezaat 81′minutes
- 4Araújo
- 15Lenglet
- 18AlbaBooked at 65mins
- 21de Jong
- 5BusquetsBooked at 59mins
- 30PáezBooked at 45minsSubstituted forPuig Martíat 71′minutes
- 11TraoréSubstituted forDembéléat 57′minutes
- 25AubameyangSubstituted forFati Vieiraat 57′minutes
- 19TorresSubstituted forDepayat 71′minutes
Substitutes
- 6Puig Martí
- 7Dembélé
- 9Depay
- 10Fati Vieira
- 12Braithwaite
- 17de Jong
- 22Mingueza
- 23Umtiti
- 27Carevic
- 31Balde Martínez
- 36Tenas
- 43Orellana Gómez
Villarreal
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Rulli
- 2Pérez MartínezSubstituted forJacksonat 67′minutes
- 3Albiol
- 4Torres
- 24PedrazaSubstituted forPeñaat 83′minutes
- 23Gómez BardonadoSubstituted forChukwuezeat 83′minutes
- 6Capoue
- 5ParejoBooked at 45mins
- 14Trigueros MuñozSubstituted forAurierat 67′minutes
- 17Lo Celso
- 9AlcácerSubstituted forEstupiñánat 67′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Asenjo
- 7Moreno
- 10Iborra
- 11Chukwueze
- 12Estupiñán
- 16Dia
- 20Peña
- 22Mandi
- 25Aurier
- 26Jackson
- 31Álvarez de Eulate Molne
- Referee:
- José Luis Munuera Montero
- Attendance:
- 54,850
Live Text
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Match ends, Barcelona 0, Villarreal 2.
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Second Half ends, Barcelona 0, Villarreal 2.
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Attempt blocked. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
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Offside, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets tries a through ball, but Jordi Alba is caught offside.
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Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Sergio Busquets.
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Riqui Puig (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Etienne Capoue (Villarreal).
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Serge Aurier.
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Attempt missed. Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán with a cross.
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Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
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Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, Villarreal. Rubén Peña replaces Alfonso Pedraza.
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Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Moi Gómez.
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Substitution, Barcelona. Óscar Mingueza replaces Dani Alves.
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Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona).
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Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
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Foul by Memphis Depay (Barcelona).
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Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Barcelona. Dani Alves tries a through ball, but Ansu Fati is caught offside.
