The start of the league season is fast approaching and Barcelona has revealed the squad numbers to be worn by the 25 members of the first team, barring any arrivals or departures between now and the closure of the transfer window on 31st August.

The Catalan club's only signing so far this summer, former Valencia full-back Jordi Alba, will wear number 18, as he did at Euro 2012, while there was no place in the first-team squad for winger Cristian Tello, who crowned a breakout season last year by being named in Luis Milla’s Olympics squad.

The youth team players who have been given squad numbers are Martín Montoya (19), Marc Bartra (15), Jonathan Dos Santos (12) and Marc Muniesa (25).

The rest of the squad has a familiar look about it: Valdés (1), Alves (2), Piqué (3), Fábregas (4), Puyol (5), Xavi (6), Villa (7), Iniesta (8), Alexis (9), Messi (10), Thiago (11), Pinto (13), Mascherano (14), Busquets (16), Pedro (17), Afellay (20), Adriano (21), Abidal (22), Cuenca (23) and Fontás (24).