Barcelona vs Athletic: confirmed lineups - Spanish Super Cup 2026

The starting lineups for Hansi Flick's Barça and Ernesto Valverde's Athletic for today's match, Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at 8:00 PM, have now been confirmed.

Below, we review the starting elevens, the benches with the substitutes, and the injured and suspended players for FC Barcelona and Athletic Club for the 2026 Spanish Super Cup semi-final.

FC Barcelona Starting Lineup

Hansi Flick makes four changes from the league derby against Espanyol. Fermín López returns to the XI in place of Marcus Rashford, with Raphinha moving to left wing. Lamine Yamal is a substitute and Roony Bardghji will take his place on the right flank of the attack, with Ferran Torres as the '9'.

Deep down, everything remains the same, except for the presence of Eric García in the center alongside Pau Cubarsí. Gerard Martín will be a substitute, while Joan García remains in goal, as do Balde and Koundé as full-backs. Frenkie de Jong remains as the defensive pivot, today accompanied by Pedri González.

Barça XI (OFFICIAL):

1. (#13, P) Joan García
2. (#23) Jules Koundé
3. (#24) Eric García
4. (#05) Pau Cubarsí
5. (#03) Alejandro Balde
6. (#21) Frenkie de Jong 
7. (#08) Pedri
8. (#16) Fermín López
9. (#28) Roony Bardghji
10. (#11) Raphinha
11. (#07) Ferran Torres

FC Barcelona Bench (substitute players)

1. (#25, P) Szczesny
2. (#31, P) Diego Kochen
3. (#09) Robert Lewandowski
4. (#10) Lamine Yamal
5. (#14) Marcus Rashford
6. (#17) Marc Casadó
7. (#18) Gerard Martín
8. (#20) Dani Olmo
9. (#22) Marc Bernal
10. (#26) Jofre Torrents
11. (#27) Dro Fernández
12. (#43) Tommy Marqués

Injured Barça Players

1. (#01, P) Marc-André ter Stegen
2. (#04) Ronald Araujo.
3. (#06) Gavi
4. (#15) Andreas Christensen

Sanctioned Barça players:

1.  None.

Athletic's starting lineup against Barcelona

• Athletic XI: Unai Simón; Areso, Dani Vivian, Paredes, Adama Boiro; Rego, Jauregizar; Oihan Sancet, Álex Berenguer, Navarro; Iñaki Williams.
• Athletic Bench: Padilla (GK), Santos (GK), Gorosabel, Lekue, Monreal, Ruiz de Galarreta, Vesga, Unai Gómez, Rego, Sánchez, García, Izeta, Nico Williams, Gorka Guruzeta.

The Athletic, for their part, will field Unai Simón in goal and a 4-2-3-1 formation to try and contain Barça with a compact block and the speed of their wingers in attack. Jesús Areso and Adama Boiro are the full-backs, while the Vivian-Paredes pairing will be fixed in the center.

As defensive double pivots will be Mikel Jauregizar and Iñigo Rego, while Oihan Sancet will be the attacking midfielder. Up front, Álex Berenguer and Robert Navarro will accompany Iñaki Williams to try and hurt the blaugrana defense. Nico Williams is a substitute.

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