You, the fans, have decided. The vote to choose the best FC Barcelona players of the first quarter of the 21st century has ended and today we can announce the final results. After several days of voting via the club’s official app, the selected squad reflects a blend of undisputed legends, key figures from glorious eras, and stars spanning Barça’s past, present and future.

To bid farewell to 2025, also marking the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, on 23 December we invited fans to choose the best first-team players from 2000 to 2025. The vote, which concluded on 2 January, was run on the club’s official app and the idea was to build an ideal squad by shirt numbers, from 1 to 25

Real pedigree

In total, 100 footballers who wore the blaugrana shirt during this period were divided into groups of four candidates for each shirt number. Only one winner emerged for each number. This, then, is the definitive blaugrana squad of the first quarter of the 21st century:

  1. Víctor Valdés 
  2. Dani Alves 
  3. Gerard Piqué 
  4. Ivan Rakitić 
  5. Puyol 
  6. Xavi 
  7. David Villa 
  8. Iniesta 
  9. Luis Suárez 
  10. Messi 
  11. Neymar 
  12. Rafinha 
  13. Joan Garcia
  14. Henry 
  15. Keita
  16. Fermín 
  17. Pedro
  18. Jordi Alba
  19. Lamine Yamal
  20. Sergi Roberto
  21. Frenkie De Jong
  22. Abidal
  23. Kounde
  24. Yaya Touré
  25. Szczesny 
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As many as six members of the 2025/26 squad feature on this high-quality list, where La Masia is also strongly represented through names such as Víctor Valdés, Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta, Leo Messi, Lamine Yamal and Sergi Roberto. Home-grown talent blending with world-class stars who have helped build an extraordinary trophy haul and some hugely successful chapters over these 25 years.

And within this team of sublime players, there are also names for the future, such as Lamine Yamal, Fermín Lopez and Joan Garcia, symbols of a new generation that is filling the Barça faithful with optimism.

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