FC Barcelona arrive in Bilbao to kick off the league season

The 18 players named in the squad are in Bilbao for the opening game of the campaign in San Mamés

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• Flight to Bilbao

Ten days after the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, the FC Barcelona first team return to San Mamés. The 18 man squad selected by Luis Enrique landed on Sunday in the Basque Country just after 11.00am CET. After resting and having lunch at the hotel, the blaugrana squad will make their way to the stadium where they will face Athletic Club Bilbao at 6.30pm CET.
This will be the third game in a row against the Basque club and therefore a good opportunity to put the Spanish Super Cup defeat behind and start off the new league campaign on a winnning note.

The dressing room ready

Barça's dressing room at San Mamés is now waiting for the team. In contrast to the Super Cup game, today FC Barcelona will wear their first strip for their first league game of 2015/16. There are three changes to the squad numbers: Sandro will now wear the number 19 and Cámara and Gumbau will wear 26 and 27 respectively.