2021–22 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona
2021–22 season
President	Joan Laporta
Manager	Ronald Koeman
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	Pre-season
Copa del Rey	Pre-season
Supercopa de España	Pre-season
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season will be the 122nd season in the existence of FC Barcelona and the club's 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Barcelona will participate in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, and the UEFA Champions League.

Season overview

May

On 31 May, Barcelona announced the signing of Sergio Agüero from Manchester City F.C. on a free transfer.^[1]

June

On 1 June, Barcelona announced the signing of Eric García from Manchester City on a free transfer.^[2]

Players

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Marc-André ter Stegen	32	EU	2014	278	0	2025	€12M
2	DF	Sergiño Dest	23	EU	2020	41	3	2025	€21M	Second nationality: The Netherlands
3	DF	Gerard Piqué (3rd captain)	37	EU	2008	566	49	2024	€5M	Originally from Youth system
4	DF	Ronald Araújo	25	Non-EU	2019	40	2	2023	€1.7M
5	MF	Sergio Busquets (vice-captain)	35	EU	2008	629	15	2023	Youth system
7	FW	Antoine Griezmann	33	EU	2019	99	35	2024	€120M
8	MF	Miralem Pjanić	34	EU	2020	30	0	2024	€60M	Second nationality: Luxembourg
9	FW	Martin Braithwaite	33	EU	2020 (Winter)	53	8	2024	€18M
10	FW	Lionel Messi (captain)	36	EU	2004	778	672	2021	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
11	FW	Ousmane Dembélé	27	EU	2017	118	30	2022	€105M
12	MF	Riqui Puig	24	EU	2018	39	1	2023	Youth system
13	GK	Neto	34	EU	2019	17	0	2023	€26M	Second nationality: Italy
14	MF	Philippe Coutinho	31	EU	2018 (Winter)	90	24	2023	€120M	Second nationality: Portugal
15	DF	Clément Lenglet	29	EU	2018	133	7	2026	€35.9M
16	MF	Pedri	21	EU	2020	52	4	2022	€5M
17	FW	Francisco Trincão	24	EU	2020	42	3	2025	€31M
18	DF	Jordi Alba	35	EU	2012	385	22	2024	€14M	Originally from Youth system
19	MF	Matheus Fernandes	25	Non-EU	2020	1	0	2025	€7M
20	DF	Sergi Roberto (4th captain)	32	EU	2010	304	10	2022	Youth system
21	MF	Frenkie de Jong	27	EU	2019	93	9	2026	€75M
22	FW	Ansu Fati	21	EU	2019	43	13	2022	Youth system
23	DF	Samuel Umtiti	30	EU	2016	132	2	2023	€25M
24	DF	Junior Firpo	27	EU	2019	41	2	2024	€18M
—	DF	Eric García	23	EU	2021	0	0	2026	Free	Originally from Youth system
—	FW	Sergio Agüero	36	EU	2021	0	0	2023	Free	Second nationality: Spain

Last updated: 1 June 2021
Source: FCBarcelona.com, LaLiga.es, Players in/out, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

From Barcelona B and Youth Academy

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: FCBarcelona.com and UEFA.com

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
–	FW	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Free transfer	31 May 2021	^[1]
–	DF	Eric García	Manchester City	Free transfer	1 June 2021	^[2]
Total					€00,000,000

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
–	DF	Juan Miranda	Real Betis	Free transfer	1 June 2021	^[3]
Total					€00,000,000

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	13 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa del Rey	TBD		Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Supercopa de España	January 2022		Semi-finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	14–15 September 2021		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2021
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	26	8	4	80	31	+49	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	21	10	7	68	38	+30	73
3	Atlético Madrid	38	21	8	9	65	43	+22	71
4	Sevilla	38	18	16	4	53	30	+23	70
5	Real Betis	38	19	8	11	62	40	+22	65	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

Source: LaLiga Santander
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Real Betis, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Copa del Rey

Supercopa de España

UEFA Champions League

References

^ ^a ^b "FC Barcelona sign Sergio 'Kun' Agüero". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Eric Garcia is FC Barcelona's second signing". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Miranda to stay at Betis". FC Barcelona. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.34776616252389-4] Since the winners of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Real Betis, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[Agüero-1] "FC Barcelona sign Sergio 'Kun' Agüero". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[García-2] "Eric Garcia is FC Barcelona's second signing". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[3] "Miranda to stay at Betis". FC Barcelona. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[5] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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