OFFICIAL: The starting lineups for Hansi Flick's Barcelona and José Luis Mendilivar's Olympiacos are now confirmed for today's match, Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM.

Hansi Flick is making two changes compared to the last La Liga starting XI. Dro Fernández returns to the midfield alongside Pedri and Casadó, giving Frenkie de Jong a rest. Meanwhile, Fermín López replaces Toni Fernández in the attacking trident. Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford complete the Barça attack.

Next, we review the starting elevens, the benches with the substitutes, and the injured and suspended players of FC Barcelona and Olympiacos FC for the match of the third round of the UEFA Champions League 2025-2026.

Starting Lineup for FC Barcelona vs. Olympiacos

Hansi Flick introduces up to 2 changes with respect to the XI that faced Girona.

Barça's starting XI (OFFICIAL):

  1. (#25, P) Szczesny
  2. (#23) Jules Koundé
  3. (#24) Eric García
  4. (#05) Pau Cubarsí
  5. (#03) Alejandro Balde
  6. (#17) Marc Casadó
  7. (#08) Pedri
  8. (#27) Dro Fernández
  9. (#16). Fermín López
  10. (#10). Lamine Yamal
  11. (#14) Marcus Rashford

Bench (substitute players):

  1. (#31, GK) Diego Kochen
  2. (#33, GK) Eder Aller
  3. (#04) Ronald Araujo
  4. (#07) Ferran Torres
  5. (#18) Gerard Martín
  6. (#21) Frenkie de Jong
  7. (#22) Marc Bernal
  8. (#26) Jofre Torrents
  9. (#28) Roony
  10. (#29) Toni Fernández
  11. (#42) Xavi Espart
  12. (#41) Juan Hernández

Out (injured players):

  1. (#01). Marc André ter Stegen
  2. (#06). Pablo Gavi
  3. (#09) Robert Lewandowski
  4. (#11). Raphinha
  5. (#13). Joan García
  6. (#15) Christensen
  7. (#20) Dani Olmo

Sanctioned Players:

  1. None (there are no Barça players sanctioned for this match)

Starting Lineup for Olympiacos vs. FC Barcelona

  • Olympiacos Starting XI: Tzolakis; Costinha, Retsos, Pirola, Ortega; Hezze, Dani García; Gelson Martins, Chiquinho, Podence; El Kaabi.
  • Olympiacos Bench: Paschalakis (GK), Biancone, Scipioni, Vezo, Mouzakitis, Kalogeropoulos, Kouraklis, Onyemaechi, Taremi, Yaremchuk, Nascimento.

Olympiacos, meanwhile, starts with Tzolakis in goal. The full-backs will be Costinha and Ortega. Retsos and Pirola appear in the center, with Hezze and former Athletic player Dani García in the double defensive pivot. Chiquinho is the team's attacking midfielder, while Gelson Martins and Podence appear as wingers.

The Greeks' goal scorer and area reference is the Moroccan Ayoub El Kaabi, who comes from scoring a double last weekend and has 5 goals in 10 games. Other experienced names, such as Mehdi Taremi and Roman Yaremchuk should also have minutes in the second half with José Mendilivar's team in Montjuïc.