Barcelona beat Newcastle United 7-2 at the Nou Camp in the Champions League last-16 return leg on 18 March 2026. Barcelona won the tie 8-3 on aggregate against Newcastle United in the Champions League last-16.

Lamine Yamal scored a penalty to give Barcelona a 3-2 lead before half-time in the match. Jacob Ramsey slipped and passed the ball to Raphinha inside his own penalty area, leading to a Barcelona goal. Raphinha controlled the ball and scored past Newcastle United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

Newcastle United reached the Champions League last 16 for only the second time in the club's history. The club lost three of their twelve Champions League fixtures in the season. Newcastle United drew 1-1 with Barcelona and 1-1 with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League that season.

Eddie Howe, Newcastle United head coach, said after the match: "Even changing to play lower and deeper and compact space didn't really help us in our efforts." Anthony Elanga said: "It's just a shame that we lost in the manner we did. We could have played even better. It was just a game of errors."

Newcastle United were ninth in the Premier League table at the time of the Champions League exit. The team were seven points behind Liverpool, who were in fifth place, with eight Premier League games remaining. Newcastle United had won recent Premier League matches against Chelsea and Manchester United.

Newcastle United were scheduled to play a Tyne-Wear derby at St James' Park following the Champions League exit. Newcastle United lost 1-0 at the Stadium of Light in December. Eddie Howe said: "We have got to play like our lives depend on it."

In separate business matters, David Hopkinson, chief executive officer of Newcastle United, set a target for the club to compete for major honours by 2030. Sandro Tonali's agent Giuseppe Riso made comments on the eve of the match that prompted questions about Tonali's future at Newcastle United. Aaron Ramsdale was the goalkeeper for Newcastle United in the match against Barcelona at the Nou Camp.