BARCELONA, Spain — FC Barcelona don play 46 matches dis season, and dem still get at least 12 more matches to play, including nine league games, two Champions League quarter-final matches, and possibly the Copa del Rey final. Dis season go be one of di most intensive wey Barcelona don experience for di last five years.
As di season dey progress, di number of minutes Barcelona players don spend on pitch dey set to break plenty records. With two months remaining for di season, three players don already surpass dia own personal bests for club minutes played in one season, excluding national team matches.
Pau Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal don join Pedri González for dis achievement. Cubarsí don accumulate 3,262 minutes, dat na 506 minutes more than for last season, while Yamal don reach 3,358 minutes, which be 401 more than di previous year. Pedri also join dem wit 3,552 minutes, wey don exceed di 3,529 minutes wey he played during di 2020/21 season.
Minutaje records don dey set by players for e be clearer as dey push to bring home di remaining trophies. Marc-André ter Stegen don play 4,470 minutes in di 2021/22 season, di highest for any goalkeeper in Barcelona’s recent history.
As of di 2024/25 season, di top players’ minutes include:
- Ter Stegen: 585 minutes out of a total of 4,470 minutes (21/22 season)
- Cubarsí: 3,262 minutes (23/24 season)
- Balde: 3,055 minutes (22/23 season)
- Araujo: 907 minutes (21/22 season)
- Pedri: 3,552 minutes (20/21 season)
Several players still get chance to break dia own records before di season finish. Balde dey close to surpass im best season with just 55 minutes needed against Betis. Others like Raphinha, Iñigo Martínez, Lewandowski, and Koundé still need more effort to catch up.
Dis players dey significant for di team’s core structure. Ter Stegen and di goalkeeping position dey shared between Iñaki Peña and Wojciech Szczesny, while di pivot position dey mix between Casadó and Frenkie de Jong. Di attack features players like Dani Olmo, Gavi, and Fermín, who also get rotation due to di team’s flexibility.
Iñaki Peña dey just 45 minutes away from beating im own record from di 2019/20 season wit di B team, but unless any injury happen, Szczesny go still remain di first choice goalkeeper, and Ter Stegen fit return in a month.
In terms of injuries, players like Ter Stegen, Araujo, Gavi, Ansu Fati, Christensen, Casadó, Olmo, De Jong, Eric Garcia, and Marc Bernal don dey miss plenty playtime because of fitness issues. Young talents like Ferran Torres, Pablo Torre, Fermín, Pau Víctor, Héctor Fort, and Gerard Martín also face stiff competition for playing minutes.
