FC Barcelona pre-season schedule in 2014-2015

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Barcelona‘s is coming into the 2014-15 pre-season with their bag full of hopes. The club switched coaches at the end of last season, as Tato Martino left the Blaugranas to be replaced by a former player and a relatively inexperienced manager, Luis Enrique.

The 2014-2015 pre-season trainings have started on July 14 and Barça will already have their first friendly of this new adventure this Saturday (July 19), when they take on Recreativo de Huelva. Without many of the first team players available, Luis Enrique will be forced to start testing things out with many youngsters from “La Masía” (Barça‘s cantera/youth system).

In terms of signings, this summer has been quite productive for Barcelona. The Blaugranas already signed the former Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitic, as well as the controversial Liverpool and Uruguay striker, Luis Suárez. It’s true that a few key players have also gone the opposite way in the club, but the club and the fans seem to be very confident as we approach this new season.

Barcelona‘s first official game this season will be in La Liga‘s opening round, in a fixture scheduled for August 23. Before that, Luis Enrique‘s men will go through a total of 5 friendlies in Europe, where they’ll be playing in 4 different countries: Spain, France, Switzerland and Finland.

FC Barcelona pre-season schedule in 2014-2015 – Friendlies/fixtures dates

Date Home Team Away Team Location Stadium
July 19, 2014 Recreativo Huelva FC Barcelona Spain, Huelva Nuevo Colombino
August 2, 2014 Nice FC Barcelona France, Nice Allianz Riviera
August 6, 2014 Napoli FC Barcelona Switzerland, Geneva Stade de Genève
August 9, 2014 HJK Helsinki FC Barcelona Finland, Helsinki Sonera Stadium
August 18, 2014 FC Barcelona
León Spain, Barcelona Camp Nou

Sources: neymarjr.net

Luis Suárez - FC Barcelona new striker wallpaper

Luis Suárez – FC Barcelona new striker wallpaper

Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi and Neymar - FC Barcelona wallpaper 2014-2015

Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi and Neymar – FC Barcelona wallpaper 2014-2015

FC Barcelona wallpaper - Neymar, Messi and Luis Suárez

FC Barcelona wallpaper – Neymar, Messi and Luis Suárez

Ivan Rakitic in his FC Barcelona presentation day for the 2014-15 season

Ivan Rakitic in his FC Barcelona presentation day for the 2014-15 season

Lionel Messi ready for FC Barcelona 2014-15 version

Lionel Messi ready for FC Barcelona 2014-15 version

Andoni Zubizarreta and Luis Enrique, in FC Barcelona 2014-15

Andoni Zubizarreta and Luis Enrique, in FC Barcelona 2014-15

Lionel Messi biting his FC Barcelona jersey

Lionel Messi biting his FC Barcelona jersey