INJURED: Only 5 players have avoided the Barça infirmary this season

The FC Barcelona squad returned to work on Monday after the Christmas break with only three players on the injury list, not counting Pedri González (out as a precaution against Villarreal) and Ronald Araujo, who has been sidelined for the past month due to low morale. Only Dani Olmo, Andreas Christensen, and Pablo Gavi remain in the infirmary

Of the three, only the Andalusian midfielder and the Danish center-back are long-term absentees. However, injuries have been the biggest headache for Barça in the first half of the 2025/26 season, where Hansi Flick's team has played 25 official matches, including 18 league games, 6 Champions League games, and 1 Copa del Rey tie.

20 injuries have affected Barça in the first half of the season

In total, the first-team players have suffered 20 muscle injuries in the first four months of the season. **17 footballers have suffered some muscular setback**, while another 4 missed some matches due to health problems (fever, gastroenteritis, colds...).

Gavi has been the second player to miss the most matches so far (18) due to a right meniscus injury that required surgery. Ter Stegen also had back surgery in July and missed the first 22 matches of 25/26.

Christensen, for his part, risks missing the rest of the season due to a partial cruciate ligament tear, although there is no exact prognosis for now because the Dane prefers to undergo conservative treatment

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**Raphinha**, on the other hand, was out for two months with a right thigh injury from which he relapsed. **Pedri**, **Robert Lewandowski**, and **Dani Olmo** have each suffered two injuries, none of them serious so far, although the '8' and the '20' were sidelined for a month as part of their recovery.

The same happened with **Joan García**, who also spent two months out due to knee surgery. **Lamine Yamal** missed five games due to osteitis pubis, from which he is still recovering. Fermín López, Ferran Torres, Frenkie de Jong, Alejandro Balde, Marc Bernal, (started the season injured) Marc Casadó, and Dro Fernández have also suffered at least one physical setback so far.

**Marcus Rashford** and **Wojciech Szczesny**, on the other hand, were only absent for one match due to health issues. The Englishman and the Pole, in that regard, join five other footballers as the only ones free of injuries so far in 25/26

Eric García, the only one capable of playing every match in 25/26

This is the case of **Eric García**, **Pau Cubarsí**, **Gerard Martín**, **Jules Koundé**, and **Roony Bardghji**. The Frenchman left the match against Villarreal (0-2) with some hamstring discomfort, but on Monday he trained normally at the Johan Cruyff Stadium and will be available next Saturday against Espanyol.

Eric, for his part, is the only player who has seen minutes in all 25 of Barcelona's matches this season. **The Martorell native was only a substitute on three occasions and has accumulated 1,927 minutes of action** (team leader). Cubarsí, on the other hand, was rested in four league matchdays and completes the podium of minutes played alongside Koundé.