Official: Two Barcelona players included in UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Team of the Season | OneFootball

As the season comes to an end, it is perhaps fair to deduce that Barcelona’s Champions League campaign has been quite tragic, to say the least.

The Catalans were one of the best performers in the competition up until their semi-final clash against Inter Milan.

Barcelona didn’t particularly play badly against Inter either, but lost out marginally due to various factors, including some shoddy refereeing.

Nonetheless, despite Barcelona’s exit in the semifinal stage, the efforts of their players have not gone unnoticed this season.

Two Barça players in UCL TOTS

That is why two Barcelona players have been selected in the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Team of the Season – a lineup that often favours the winning team.

The two players in question are Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, forwards who have given their all this season and, unsurprisingly, qualify among the major candidates for the Ballon d’Or title this year.

Yamal and Raphinha play as wide attackers in the official TOTS, which features former Barcelona superstar Ousmane Dembele as the leading frontman alongside two of his PSG teammates in Desire Doue and Achraf Hakimi.

It is a slightly bizarre lineup that has only three proper defenders and five attackers, one of which is Hakimi.

Nevertheless, some key exclusions from the TOTS include Barcelona’s midfield star Pedri and Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy, who ended the season as the joint-top scorer in the UCL alongside Raphinha.

Interestingly, Guirassy has been linked with a move to Barcelona earlier, though it appears the former Koln striker is not leaving Dortmund anytime soon.