BARCELONA HOST GETAFE WITH SIX SPAIN INTERNATIONALS BACK

Barcelona host Getafe at Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in La Liga Matchday 8, and Hansi Flick gets most of his squad back from the international break to do it. Raphinha, the league's best player of September, is at the front of that group. Three days later the team travels to Galatasaray for Champions League Matchday 2 on Tuesday, October 13, which gives Flick three days between the two games.

Six Barcelona Players Went Out With Spain

The club counted six of its players in Spain's win over Croatia: Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsí, Pedri, Rodri, Dani Olmo and Fermín López, with Olmo supplying an assist. Spain also beat the Czech Republic 3 1 earlier in the window, with Yamal and Rodri scoring and Olmo again setting up a goal. "Lamine & Pedri broke the game," the club wrote on October 3.

That is the biggest block of the squad, and it is not the only one. Jules Koundé started for France in a 4 1 win over Belgium in the Nations League. João Cancelo scored in Portugal's 2 1 Nations League win over Norway. Hamza Abdelkarim played for Egypt in a 1 0 friendly defeat to South Africa. Barcelona had signed the 18 year old striker to a contract through 2030 in September.

The academy side of the window is just as full. Marc Bernal played for Spain's Under 21 team in a 7 1 win over Romania in European Championship qualifying, and Xavi Espart featured in the 13 0 win over San Marino. Cubarsí, Bernal and Espart are all among the 25 finalists for the 2026 Golden Boy, so three of the 25 names on that list come from one club.

Raphinha Arrives as September's Best Player in La Liga

Raphinha was named La Liga's best player of September, the club announced on October 2, and he comes into Saturday off a scoring run. He scored in each of Barcelona's first three league games this season, five goals in all against Elche, Athletic Club and Rayo Vallecano, one more than Kylian Mbappé's four, as covered in Raphinha's five goals. That start earned him the August Player of the Month award as well.

September added two hat tricks in four days. He scored three in a 7 2 win over Racing Santander on September 16, then came from behind to score three again in a 3 1 win over Sevilla on September 19, the two hat tricks in four days behind the September award. He is also the primary captain in the five man group Flick announced around September 5, with Pedri as vice captain and Eric García, Frenkie de Jong and Yamal completing it.

Getafe is the next test of that run, and the club calendar lists the match for Saturday, October 10. The club's October 5 post on Raphinha called his last touch "pure class".

Frenkie Is Back in the Group and Yamal Wears the Armband

Frenkie de Jong returned to full training with the group on October 6, the day after the squad resumed work on October 5. The club's post announcing it read "Frenkie returns to training!" and welcomed him back in Catalan and Spanish as well. The midfielder is one of the three captains chosen by player vote, and his return gives Flick another option beside Pedri before the Galatasaray trip.

Yamal, 19, is the youngest captain in club history. In the Champions League opener against Feyenoord on September 9, Barcelona won 5 1 at Camp Nou and he had a hand in four goals. He then scored for Spain against the Czech Republic and now has Getafe on Saturday and Galatasaray on Tuesday, October 13, at 21:00.

El Clásico Sits Behind Both Games

The Getafe and Galatasaray games sit in front of El Clásico at Camp Nou, which one schedule lists for October 25. The club's own pages give the Clásico date as October 24 or 25, so the day is not settled. The shirt for that match is already a subject: Tyler, The Creator was reported as a strong candidate for the Clásico shirt to put the GOLF name where the Spotify logo normally sits, and Barcelona had not confirmed it when that report ran on September 30. Galatasaray is the second game of the Champions League league phase after the Feyenoord win, and both fixtures come first.