The youngest Barcelona squad in a decade

The youngest Barcelona squad in a decade

Pedri Rodríguez y Ansu Fati, los nuevos valores del FC Barcelona
Pedri Rodríguez y Ansu Fati, los nuevos valores del FC Barcelona | AFP

The avreage age of the squad is 25.33 years and 12 players are under the age of 25

FC Barcelona are renewing their squad. It started in the summer with the arrival of players like Pedri and Trincao, plus the official promotion of Ansu Fati, while the likes of Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic and Arturo Vidal were moved on. 

One of the consequences of these changes is that the average age of Ronald Koeman's squad has dropped to 25.33 years per player. 

It is the youngest squad Barça have had in the last decade. The squad is almost a year younger than last year's, which registered an average age of 26.28 years per player. 

GENERATIONAL CHANGE 

The generational exchange is clear to see and of the 24 players in the first team, 12 are now either 25 or younger. They are Clément Lenglet (25), Junior Firpo (24), Frenkie De Jong (23), Ousmane Dembélé (23), Carles Aleñá (22), Matheus Fernandes (22), Ronald Araújo (21), Riqui Puig (21), Francisco Trincao (20), Sergiño Dest (20), Ansu Fati (18) and Pedri Rodríguez (17).

The players aged above 30 are: Miralem Pjanic (30), Neto Murara (31), Jordi Alba (31), Sergio Busquets (32), Leo Messi (33) and Gerard Piqué (33).

It's the first time in a decade the average age of the squad has dropped below 26: 

(Season · squad size · average age)

2011/12 · 21 players · 26,71 years

2012/13 · 22 players · 26,50 years

2013/14 · 25 players · 26,16 years

2014/15 · 23 players · 26,39 years

2015/16 · 24 players · 26,87 years

2016/17 · 22 players · 26,31 years

2017/18 · 24 players · 26,66 years

2018/19 · 23 players · 26,04 years

2019/20 · 21 players · 26,28 years

2020/21 · 24 players · 25,33 years

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