Barcelona XI from last Europa League game 18 years ago - and where they are now

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Barcelona will return to the Europa League for the first time in 18 years on Thursday evening after being unceremoniously dumped out of the Champions League.And Barcelona's side will look vastly different to the team that walked out at the Camp Nou to face Celtic in 2003.After losing the first leg at Celtic Park 1-0, Barca slumped to a 0-0 draw knocking them out of the competition.However, there will be one constant between the two sides when they face Napoli, with Xavi in the dugout having also played against Celtic.And Daily Star Sport is looking at where that starting side is now.Barcelona lined up with Victor Valdes between the sticks, and he was reliable for over a decade, sweeping up a litany of awards, before a bizarre spell at Middlesbrough saw him retire in 2017.Barca opted for a three-man defence, with Michael Reiziger the first of a number of Dutchman - he is now back in the Netherlands as Erik Ten Hag's assistant at Ajax.Carlos Puyol, one of Barca's greatest ever stars, started at the heart of defence; Puyol never left Barca, and he's now a pundit.Will Barcelona win the Europa League?

Let us know in the comments sectionOleguer Presas rounded out the defence, and he famously refused to be part of the Spanish squad as he was Catalonian - he is now a youth coach.Phillip Cocu was deployed in the midfield, and he's best remembered for a poor spell in charge of Derby County before he was sacked in 2020.Current Barca boss Xavi joined Cocu in the middle of the park.

Still in his formative years Xavi wasn't quite yet the world-beater he would become.Gerard Lopes was also given the nod, and he has since vanished from football after spells in charge of Catalonia and Barcelona B.Gabri completed the midfield, and his.