2018–19 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona 2018–19
Club information
Manager	Ernesto Valverde
League Season information
Final League position	TBC in La Liga
Cup placements
Copa del Rey	Final
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi (33)
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The 2018–19 season is Football Club Barcelona's 119th season in existence and the club's 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Barcelona will be involved in four competitions after winning the double of La Liga and Copa del Rey during the previous season.

Squad information

First team squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	GER	Ter Stegen	32	EU	2014	185	0	2022	&0000000000000012.000000€12M
2	DF	POR	N. Semedo	31	EU	2017	74	1	2021	&0000000000000030.000000€30M
3	DF	ESP	Piqué (3rd captain)	38	EU	2008	490	46	2022	&0000000000000005.000000€5M	Originally from Youth system
4	MF	CRO	I. Rakitić	36	EU	2014	261	35	2021	&0000000000000018.000000€18M
5	MF	ESP	Sergio (vice-captain)	36	EU	2008	528	13	2023	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system
6	DF	FRA	Todibo	25	EU	2019	1	0	2023	&0000000000000002.000000€1M
7	FW	BRA	Coutinho	32	EU	2018	69	22	2023	&0000000000000120.000000€120M	Second nationality: Portugal
8	MF	BRA	Arthur	28	Non-EU	2018	38	0	2024	&0000000000000031.000000€31M
9	FW	URU	Suárez	38	EU	2014	242	175	2021	&0000000000000081.000000€81M	Second nationality: Italy
10	FW	ARG	Messi (captain)	37	EU	2004	679	597	2024	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
11	FW	FRA	O. Dembélé	27	EU	2017	60	18	2021	&0000000000000105.000000€105M
12	MF	BRA	Rafinha	32	EU	2011	87	12	2020	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000La Masia	Second nationality: Spain
13	GK	NED	Cillessen	35	EU	2016	27	0	2021	&0000000000000013.000000€13M
14	FW	BRA	Malcom	28	Non-EU	2018	18	4	2023	&0000000000000041.000000€41M
15	DF	FRA	Lenglet	29	EU	2018	37	1	2023	&0000000000000035.900000€35.9M
17	DF	COL	Murillo	32	EU	2019	2	0	2019	&0000000000000001.200000€2M (loan)	Second nationality: Spain
18	DF	ESP	Jordi Alba	35	EU	2012	292	14	2024	&0000000000000014.000000€14M	Originally from Youth system
19	FW	GHA	Prince	38	EU	2019	2	0	2019	&0000000000000001.000000€1M (loan)	Second nationality: Germany
20	DF	ESP	S. Roberto (4th captain)	33	EU	2010	237	8	2022	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system
21	MF	ESP	Aleñá	27	EU	2016	28	2	2022	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Youth system
22	MF	CHI	Vidal	37	Non-EU	2018	44	2	2021	&0000000000000018.000000€18M
23	DF	FRA	Umtiti	31	EU	2016	95	2	2023	&0000000000000025.000000€25M
24	DF	BEL	Vermaelen	39	EU	2014	52	1	2019	&0000000000000015.000000€15M

Last updated: 4 March 2019
Source: FCBarcelona.com, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)

From youth squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF Juan Miranda 28 MF Riqui Puig 29 FW Abel Ruiz 30 GK Iñaki Peña 31 GK Jokin Ezkieta 32 MF Monchu 33 DF Jorge Cuenca

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 MF Álex Collado 35 MF Oriol Busquets 36 DF Chumi 37 DF Óscar Mingueza 38 DF Guillem Jaime 40 DF Moussa Wagué

Source:Champions League 2018/19 numbers

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee
9 July 2018	MF	8	Arthur Melo	Grêmio	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€31,000,000
12 July 2018	DF	15	Clément Lenglet	Sevilla	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€35,900,000
24 July 2018	FW	14	Malcom	Bordeaux	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€41,000,000
3 August 2018	MF	22	Arturo Vidal	Bayern Munich	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Undisclosed
31 January 2019	DF	6	Jean-Clair Todibo	Toulouse	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€1,000,000
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€108,900,000

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee
1 July 2018	MF	8	Andrés Iniesta	Vissel Kobe	Free
1 July 2018	FW	—	Gerard Deulofeu	Watford	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€13,000,000
1 August 2018	DF	19	Lucas Digne	Everton	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€20,200,000
4 August 2018	DF	22	Aleix Vidal	Sevilla	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€8,500,000
9 August 2018	DF	24	Yerry Mina	Everton	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€30,250,000
16 August 2018	DF	—	Marlon	Sassuolo	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€6,000,000
11 January 2019	FW	23	Munir	Sevilla	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€1,050,000
15 January 2019	MF	15	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000Undisclosed
1 February 2019	FW	17	Paco Alcácer	Borussia Dortmund	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€23,000,000
4 March 2019	MF	16	Sergi Samper	Vissel Kobe	Free
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€102,000,000

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee
20 December 2018	End of season	DF	17	Jeison Murillo	Valencia	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€2,000,000
21 January 2019	End of season	FW	19	Kevin-Prince Boateng	Sassuolo	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€1,000,000

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee
15 July 2018	End of season	MF	15	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000None
23 July 2018	End of season	DF	—	Douglas	Sivasspor	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000None
24 July 2018	End of season	GK	—	Adrián Ortolá	Deportivo La Coruña	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000None
9 August 2018	End of season	MF	21	André Gomes	Everton	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€2,250,000
28 August 2018	End of season	FW	17	Paco Alcácer	Borussia Dortmund	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000€2,000,000
31 January 2019	End of season	MF	6	Denis Suárez	Arsenal	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000None

Transfer summary

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

Expenditure Summer: €107,900,000 Winter: €4,000,000 Total: €111,900,000

Income Summer: €82,200,000 Winter: €24,050,000 Total: €106,250,000

Net totals Summer: €25,700,000 Winter: €20,050,000 Total: €5,650,000

External links

• Official website

FC Barcelona matches - 2018-19

2018-19 La Liga

Alavés (h) · Valladolid (a) · Huesca (h) · Real Sociedad (a) · Girona (h) · Leganés (a) · Athletic Bilbao (h) · Valencia (a) · Sevilla (h) · Real Madrid (h) · Rayo Vallecano (a) · Real Betis (h) · Atlético Madrid (a) · Villarreal (h) · Espanyol (a) · Levante (a) · Celta Vigo (h) · Getafe (a) · Eibar (h) · Leganés (h) · Girona (a) · Valencia (h) · Athletic Bilbao (a) · Valladolid (h) · Sevilla (a) · Real Madrid (a) · Rayo Vallecano (h) · Real Betis (a) · Espanyol (h) · Villarreal (a) · Atlético Madrid (h) · Huesca (a) · Real Sociedad (h) · Alavés (a) · Levante (h) · Celta Vigo (a) · Getafe (h) · Eibar (a)

2018-19 Copa del Rey

Cultural Leonesa (a) · Cultural Leonesa (h) · Levante (a) · Levante (h) · Sevilla (a) · Sevilla (h) · Real Madrid (h) · Real Madrid (a) · Valencia (n)

2018 Supercopa de España

Sevilla (n)

2018-19 Champions League

PSV Eindhoven (h) · Tottenham Hotspur (a) · Internazionale (h) · Internazionale (a) · PSV Eindhoven (a) · Tottenham Hotspur (h) · Lyon (a) · Lyon (h) · Manchester United (a) · Manchester United (h) · Liverpool (h) · Liverpool (a)