FC Barcelona officially announced their new captains.

Xavier Hernández is Barcelona's new captain.

The Spanish FC Barcelona has announced today that they have chosen Xavi Hernández , Andres Iniesta , Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets to be Barcelona's captains this seasons.

As was expected , Xavi was chosen to be the first captain to replace Carles Puyol who retired at the end of Last season , on the other hand , Iniesta was chosen to be the vice-captain , to replace Victor Valdes who refused to renew his contract at the end of last season , got injured and is currently a free agent , while Messi and Busquets have been selected to be the 3rd and 4th captain.

It is worth mentioning that Luis Enrique has announced that he will not choose the team's captains , and that he will make the team vote for their captain in a democratic election , it is notable that many coaches started using this method to avoid personal disagreement.

Carles Puyol , who joined La Masia in 1995 , was promoted to Barcelona's 1st team in 1999 , where he spent his entire career , played 597 games , scored 18 goals and won the Spanish La Liga six times (2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13) , two Spanish Cup (2008–09, 2011–12) , six Spanish Supercup (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) , three Champions Leagues (2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11) , two UEFA Supercup ( 2009, 2011) and two Club World Cup ( 2009, 2011).

At the national Level , the Spanish Center Back played 100 games with the national team , where he won the silver summer olympic games medal in 2000 , the European Championship in 2008 , as well as a World Cup in 2010 .

#photo These will be the four captains in the 2014/15 season pic.twitter.com/6KTVbYEpgN
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) 7 Août 2014