The 2025–26 season will be the 38th season in the history of FC Barcelona Femení. The team is competing in the domestic league, the Copa de la Reina, Supercopa de España Femenina and UEFA Women's Champions League as the defending champion of the first three titles after winning a domestic treble in the previous season. The team played the final of the 2024–25 Copa Catalunya Femenina after its postponement, completing the quadruple, but were unable to enter the 2025–26 edition and defend the title due to rules changes.
Season overview
Transfer market
La Liga restrictions on the men's team's spending for financial fair play also account for the women's team's budget due to this, Barcelona had a difficult 2025 transfer market. Prior to the end of the previous season, it was announced that they had signed former youth product Laia Aleixandri from Manchester City for free,[1] though they also lost Ingrid Syrstad Engen to rivals OL Lyonnes for free. The future of returning loan players was questioned, and the club asked La Liga to separate the different sections' budgets,[2] to a generally negative reception.[3]
Barcelona then terminated the contracts of Ellie Roebuck and Fridolina Rolfö,[4] to reduce the overall club's wage spending.[5] The player departures, particularly Rolfö's, and plan to only sign Aleixandri were controversial; sporting director Marc Vivés tried to quell concerns by saying that the contract renovations for 2026 would be the "biggest reinforcements".[6] However, Vivés and the club came under further criticism when they terminated the contract of Jana Fernández in August, leaving only 17 first-team players after five major player losses without generating any income, to balance player registrations in the men's team. Concerns were also raised about the eight players up for contract renovation in 2026, and whether they would all be able to continue.[7] A week later, it was reported that Fernández' transfer did command a fee, of up to €300,000, which would act as a safety margin for the team's finances ahead of renewing key players for 2026.[8]
Due to the international popularity of the team, reactions to the player exodus came from global football pundits as well as fans, criticising FC Barcelona for seeming to prioritise rapid growth of the men's team over the continuation of their profitable and iconic women's team. The downsizing occurred at the same time other clubs and brands were entering or scaling up their ventures into women's football, with Barcelona – having been the most profitable women's team in 2024 – effectively exiting a growing market. Some pundits felt that FC Barcelona's support of the women's team was secure, but cuts had to be made for the financial health of the club, while others opined that savings by cutting women's team salaries would be negligible compared to the debt load.[9][10][11]
August
Following the participation of many players at the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, in August Barcelona will have a pre-season tour in Mexico and play the 2024–25 Copa Catalunya Femenina final.[12] The 2025–26 Liga F season will also begin in August.[13]
Players
First team
Reserve team
Players from FC Barcelona Femení B and FC Barcelona Femení C who have a squad number and are eligible to play for the first team (those marked with an asterisk are in regular first team training).
- As of 19 August 2025[14][15][16]
Contract renewals
Transfers
In
Out
Transfer summary
Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.
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Expenditure 
Summer: €000,000
Winter: €000,000
Total expenditure: €000,000
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Income 
Summer: €300,000
Winter: €000,000
Total income: €300,000
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Net totals
Summer: €300,000
Winter: €000,000
Total: €300,000
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Pre-season and friendlies
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Competitions
Copa Catalunya Femenina
Barcelona played, and won, the final of the previous season's Copa Catalunya Femenina in August 2025. They were unable to take part in the 2025–26 Copa Catalunya Femenina to defend this title, due to the competition once again excluding professional teams.[43]
Liga F
UEFA Women's Champions League
League phase
Statistics
Overall
- As of 16 August 2025[44]
Goalscorers
- As of 16 August 2025[45][46]
Hat-tricks
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Against
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Minutes
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Score after goals
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Result
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Date
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Competition
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Ref
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(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral venue (final)
4 – Player scored four goals.
Assists
- As of 16 August 2025[47][48]
Hat-trick of assists
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Against
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Minutes
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Score after assists
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Competition
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(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral venue (final)
Cleansheets
- As of 16 August 2025[49][50]
Disciplinary record
- As of 16 August 2025[51]
Source: FCBarcelona.com
Ordered by 
, 
and 
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Injury record
- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: FC Barcelona
Awards
Notes
- ^ Caño will remain on loan at Barcelona until January 2026, when Boston Legacy begin their inaugural NWSL season.
- ^ This departure was variously reported as a contract termination and a fee-paying transfer for which Barcelona received at least €250,000 in different reports around the time.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
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