Barça Atlètic have more internationals than eight teams in LaLiga!

Barça Atlètic find themselves in a unique situation whenever there are FIFA dates. On the one hand, the satisfaction of seeing how several of their players count for the national teams, and not just in the youth teams. But on the other hand, the difficulty that comes with preparing for the weekend's match with significant absences, as is the case for Rafa Márquez's team, who will play this Saturday (7pm) in Sabadell without Arnau Tenas (Spain U-21), Chadi Riad (Morocco senior), Alpha Diounkou (Senegal U-23), and Víctor Barberá and Ilias Akhomach, both with Spain U-19.

Barça Atlètic are not only the team from the Primera RFEF with the most internationals, but up to eight teams in LaLiga have fewer players in their respective national teams than the Catalan club's reserve side. They are Elche, with one international, Cádiz (2), Getafe and Almería (3), and Espanyol, Girona, Osasuna and Valladolid, with 4 internationals each.

Rayo Vallecano have the same number of players (5), meaning that only 11 teams in the top flight outnumber Rafa Márquez's team.

Real Madrid, with 13 players, are suffering the biggest diaspora this time around, followed by Atlético, with 12, and Valencia (10, despite their difficult situation in La Liga).

Barça's first team has seven players in its different national teams, although it is true that in principle there nine, but Ronald Araujo and Frenkie de Jong both have injuries.

The list

• LaLiga teams with most internationals:Real Madrid (13): Nacho, Carvajal, Ceballos (Spain); Vinicius, Rodrygo, Militao (Brazil); Tchouaméni, Camavinga (France); Courtois (Belgium); Valverde (Uruguay); Alaba (Austria), Modric (Croatia); Lunin (Ukraine).
• Atlético (12): Morata (Spain); Barrios (Spain U21), Nahuel Molina, De Paul, Correa (Argentina); Grbic (Croatia); Doherty (Ireland); Savic (Montenegro); Kondogbia (Central African Republic); Carrasco (Belgium); Griezmann (France); Memphis (Netherlands)
• Valencia (10): Gayà (Spain); Guillamón and Nico (Spain U21); André Almeida (Portugal); Ilaix and Diakhaby (Guinea); Mamardashvili (Georgia); Cenk (Turkey); Cömert (Switzerland); Musah (USA).
• Real Sociedad (8): Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Oyarzabal (Spain); Jon Pacheco, Barrenetxea (Spain U21); Kubo (Japan); Sörloth (Norway); Cho (France U20).
• Sevilla (8): Montiel, Acuña (Argentina); Bryan Gil (Spain U21); En-Nesyri, Bono (Morocco); Telles (Brazil); Gudelj (Serbia); Gueye (Senegal).
• Villarreal (8): Yeremy (Spain); Baena (Spain U21); Iker Álvarez (Andorra); Foyth, Lo Celso (Argentina); Mojica (Colombia); Chukwueze (Nigeria); Mandi (Algeria).
• FC Barcelona (7): Balde, Gavi (Spain); Ter Stegen (Germany); Christensen (Denmark); Kounde (France); Lewandowski (Poland); Kessie (Ivory Coast).
• Mallorca (7): Leo Román (Spain U21); Rajkovic (Serbia); Giovanni (Uruguay); Augustinsson (Sweden); Muriqi (Kosovo); Hadzikadunic (Bosnia); Kang In (South Korea).
• Celta (6): Iago Aspas (Spain); Tapia (Perú); Larsen (Norway); Luca de la Torre (USA); Aidoo (Ghana); Swedberg (Sweden U21).
• Athletic (6): Iñigo, Nico Williams (Spain); Julen Agirrezabala, Paredes, Sancet (Spain U21); Iñaki Williams (Ghana).
• Betis (6): Borja Iglesias (Spain); Miranda, Rodri (Spain U21); Guido, Pezzella (Argentina); Sabaly (Senegal); Bravo (Chile).
• LaLiga teams with same amount as Barça Atletico:Rayo Vallecano (5): Camello (Spain U21); Dimitrievski (Macedonia); Balliu (Albania); Pathé Ciss (Senegal); Falcao (Colombia).
• LaLiga teams with fewer internationals than Barça Atlètic:Girona (4): Arnau y Riquelme (Spain U21); Tsygankov (Ukraine); Santi Bueno (Uruguay).
• Espanyol (4): Joselu (Spain); Braithwaite (Denmark); Omar (Morocco U23); Koleosho (Canada).
• Osasuna (4): David García (Spain); Manu Sánchez, Aimar (Spain U21); Abde (Morocco).
• Valladolid (4): Fresneda (Spain U19); El Yamik (Morocco); Hongla (Cameroon); Larin (Canada).
• Almería (3): Samu Costa (Portugal U21); Ramazani (Belgium U21); Suidersky (Slovakia U21).
• Getafe (3): Djené (Togo); Alderete (Paraguay); Enes Ünal (Turkey).
• Cádiz (2): Bongonda (RD Congo); 'Choco' Lozano (Honduras).
• Elche (1): Lautaro Blanco (Argentina).