Official: Barcelona Champions League squad for second half of the season, three new players registered

Coming off a rather disappointing first half of the season, Barcelona’s goal for the second half of the campaign is to go as far as they can in the Champions League, while staying competitive and stable in La Liga.

They will face Napoli in the round of 16 of the competition, with the first leg at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples on 21st February. The return fixture, in Barcelona, is scheduled for 12th March.

For this game, and others in the competition moving forward, Barça have registered three new players to the the squad list, including Vitor Roque, who completed his move to the club in the winter.

Unai Hernandez and Pau Victor have also been registered to the senior team despite not having made their senior team debut for the club.

Meanwhile, Barcelona have had to register Fermin Lopez on their ‘B list’. The Spaniard will continue wearing #32 despite being promoted to the senior team, as the UCL does not allow mid-season jersey number changes.

The Champions League B list, comes into play when a team wants to register a player born on, or after, January 1 2002, and has been eligible to play for the club for any uninterrupted period of two years since his 15th birthday.

The B list does not interrupt spots in the main team, which is why Barcelona have chosen to register Fermin as part of the B list alongside several others, including Lamine Yamal, Marc Casado, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Guiu, and Hector Fort.

Gavi and Alejandro Balde will continue to be a part of the squad list despite being ruled out for the rest of the season with injury.