Alves takes Xavi’s No 6 shirt at Barcelona

Alves takes Xavi’s number and vacates the No 22 he wore previously, that slot remaining empty. Douglas takes over the No 2 from Martin Montoya, who joined Inter, having worn No 16 last year.

Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan haven’t been given squad numbers as Barca are unable to register the summer signings until January due to the terms of their transfer embargo, but Nos 19 and 22 remain free.

Youngsters Sandro Ramirez and Munir El Haddadi take 16 and 17 respectively.

1. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen

2. Douglas

3. Gerard Pique

4. Ivan Rakitic

5. Sergio Busquets

6. Dani Alves

7. Pedro Rodriguez.

8. Andres Iniesta

9. Luis Suarez

10. Lionel Messi

11. Neymar

12. Rafinha

13. Claudio Bravo

14. Javier Mascherano

15. Marc Bartra

16. Sandro Ramirez

17. Munir El Haddadi

18. Jordi Alba

20. Sergi Roberto

21. Adriano

23. Thomas Vermaelen

24. Jeremy Mathieu

25. Jordi Masip

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