2020–21 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona
2020–21 season
President	Josep Maria Bartomeu
Head coach	vacant
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	Preseason
Copa del Rey	Preseason
Supercopa de España	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Futbol Club Barcelona season is the club's 121st season season in existence and the 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Barcelona will participate in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, and the UEFA Champions League. This season covers the period from 1 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Marc-Andre ter Stegen	32	EU	2014	233	0	2022	€12M
2	DF	Nelson Semedo	30	EU	2017	120	1	2022	€30M
3	DF	Gerard Piqué (3rd captain)	37	EU	2008	540	47	2022	€5M	Originally from Youth system
4	MF	Ivan Rakitić	36	EU	2014	308	36	2021	€18M
5	MF	Sergio Busquets (vice-captain)	36	EU	2008	576	15	2023	Youth system
9	FW	Luis Suárez	37	EU	2014	279	195	2021	€81M	Second nationality: Italy
10	FW	Lionel Messi (captain)	37	EU	2004	727	630	2021	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
11	FW	Ousmane Dembélé	27	EU	2017	74	19	2022	€105M
13	GK	Neto	35	EU	2019	4	0	2023	€26M	Second nationality: Italy
15	DF	Clément Lenglet	29	EU	2018	81	5	2023	€35.9M
17	FW	Antoine Griezmann	33	EU	2019	46	15	2024	€120M
18	DF	Jordi Alba	35	EU	2012	332	17	2024	€14M	Originally from Youth system
19	FW	Martin Braithwaite	33	EU	2020	9	1	2024	€18M
20	MF	Sergi Roberto (4th captain)	32	EU	2010	280	9	2022	Youth system
21	MF	Frenkie de Jong	27	EU	2019	38	2	2024	€75M
22	MF	Arturo Vidal	37	Non-EU	2018	93	11	2021	€18M
23	DF	Samuel Umtiti	30	EU	2016	116	2	2023	€25M
24	DF	Junior Firpo	28	EU	2019	21	1	2024	€18M
28	MF	Riqui Puig	25	EU	2018	15	0	2023	Youth system
31	FW	Ansu Fati	21	EU	2019	32	8	2022	Youth system
33	DF	Ronald Araújo	25	Non-EU	2019	6	0	2023	€1.7M
–	DF	Jean-Clair Todibo	24	EU	2019	5	0	2023	€1M
–	DF	Moussa Wagué	25	Non-EU	2019	7	0	2023	€5M
–	DF	Juan Miranda	24	EU	2018	3	0	2023	Youth system
–	MF	Philippe Coutinho	32	EU	2018	75	22	2023	€120M	Second nationality: Portugal
–	MF	Rafinha	31	EU	2011	90	12	2021	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
–	MF	Carles Aleñá	26	EU	2016	39	3	2022	Youth system
–	MF	Oriol Busquets	25	EU	2017	2	0	2021	Youth system
–	MF	Miralem Pjanić	34	EU	2020	0	0	2024	€60M	Second nationality: Luxembourg
–	MF	Matheus Fernandes	26	Non-EU	2020	0	0	2025	€7M
–	MF	Pedri	21	EU	2020	0	0	2022	€5M
–	FW	Francisco Trincão	24	EU	2020	0	0	2025	€31M

Last updated: 17 July 2020
Source: FCBarcelona.com, LaLiga.es, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
–	MF	Oriol Busquets	Twente	Loan return	1 July 2020	^[1]
–	DF	Juan Miranda	Schalke 04	Loan return	1 July 2020	^[2]
–	MF	Philippe Coutinho	Bayern Munich	Loan return	End of season	^[3]
–	MF	Rafinha	Celta Vigo	Loan return	End of season	^[4]
–	MF	Carles Aleñá	Real Betis	Loan return	End of season	^[5]
–	DF	Jean-Clair Todibo	Schalke 04	Loan return	1 July 2020	^[6]
–	DF	Moussa Wagué	Nice	Loan return	1 July 2020	^[7]
–	MF	Pedri	Las Palmas	€5,000,000	End of season	^[8]
–	FW	Francisco Trincão	Braga	€31,000,000	End of season	^[9]
–	MF	Matheus Fernandes	Palmeiras	€7,000,000	End of season	^[10]
–	MF	Miralem Pjanić	Juventus	€60,000,000^[a]	End of season^[b]	^[11]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
–	MF	Arda Turan	Galatasaray	Free transfer	5 August 2020	^[12]
8	MF	Arthur	Juventus	€72,000,000^[c]	End of season^[d]	^[13]
–	FW	Carles Pérez	Roma	€11,000,000	End of season^[e]	^[14]
–	FW	Abel Ruiz	Braga	€8,000,000	End of season^[f]	^[15]
–	MF	Marc Cucurella	Getafe	€10,000,000	End of season	^[16]

^ Fee may eventually rise to €65,000,000.
^ Deal agreed 29 June 2020.
^ Fee may eventually rise to €82,000,000.
^ Deal agreed 29 June 2020.
^ Deal agreed 30 January 2020. Roma was obligated to buy Pérez after his loan spell ended
^ Deal agreed 31 January 2020. Braga was obligated to buy Ruiz after his loan spell ended

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

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	12 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa del Rey	2020		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Supercopa de España	2021		Semi-finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	20–21 October 2020		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: September 2020
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Template:2020–21 La Liga table

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: September 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa del Rey

UEFA Champions League

The group stage draw will be held on 1 October 2020.^[17]

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "Agreement with FC Twente for the loan of Oriol Busquets". FC Barcelona. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.
^ "Bayern Munich extend Philippe Coutinho loan until end of the season". 18 June 2020.
^ "Rafinha extends deal with Barça, goes to Celta on loan". 2 September 2019.
^ "Agreement with Betis for the loan of Carles Aleñá". 28 December 2019.
^ "Barcelona Defender Jean-Clair Todibo Will Not Join Schalke Permanently". heavy.com. 1 June 2020.
^ "Moussa Wague set for FC Barcelona return". Kick Off. 6 May 2020.
^ "Barça i Las Palmas arriben a un acord per al traspàs de Pedri" [Barça and Las Palmas reach an agreement for the transfer of Pedri]. www.fcbarcelona.cat. 2 September 2019.
^ "Agreement with SC Braga for the transfer of Trincão". www.fcbarcelona.com. 31 January 2020.
^ "Agreement with Palmeiras for the transfer of Matheus Fernandes". FC Barcelona. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "FC Barcelona sign Miralem Pjanić". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ "Yuvana hoş geldin Arda Turan" [Welcome home Arda Turan]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Arthur". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ "Agreement with AS Roma for the loan of Carles Pérez". FC Barcelona. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Abel Ruiz leaves for SC Braga". FC Barcelona. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ "Getafe exercise option to purchase Marc Cucurella". www.fcbarcelona.com.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Champions League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[11] Fee may eventually rise to €65,000,000.

[12] Deal agreed 29 June 2020.

[15] Fee may eventually rise to €82,000,000.

[16] Deal agreed 29 June 2020.

[18] Deal agreed 30 January 2020. Roma was obligated to buy Pérez after his loan spell ended

[20] Deal agreed 31 January 2020. Braga was obligated to buy Ruiz after his loan spell ended

[1] "Agreement with FC Twente for the loan of Oriol Busquets". FC Barcelona. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[2] "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.

[3] "Bayern Munich extend Philippe Coutinho loan until end of the season". 18 June 2020.

[4] "Rafinha extends deal with Barça, goes to Celta on loan". 2 September 2019.

[5] "Agreement with Betis for the loan of Carles Aleñá". 28 December 2019.

[6] "Barcelona Defender Jean-Clair Todibo Will Not Join Schalke Permanently". heavy.com. 1 June 2020.

[7] "Moussa Wague set for FC Barcelona return". Kick Off. 6 May 2020.

[8] "Barça i Las Palmas arriben a un acord per al traspàs de Pedri" [Barça and Las Palmas reach an agreement for the transfer of Pedri]. www.fcbarcelona.cat. 2 September 2019.

[9] "Agreement with SC Braga for the transfer of Trincão". www.fcbarcelona.com. 31 January 2020.

[10] "Agreement with Palmeiras for the transfer of Matheus Fernandes". FC Barcelona. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[13] "FC Barcelona sign Miralem Pjanić". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[14] "Yuvana hoş geldin Arda Turan" [Welcome home Arda Turan]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[17] "Agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Arthur". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[19] "Agreement with AS Roma for the loan of Carles Pérez". FC Barcelona. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[21] "Abel Ruiz leaves for SC Braga". FC Barcelona. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[22] "Getafe exercise option to purchase Marc Cucurella". www.fcbarcelona.com.

[23] "2020/21 UEFA Champions League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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