Very few teams have dominated both domestic and European football at the same time over a decade like Barcelona did between the 2005/06 season and the 2014/15 season. During this period of dominance, they won 22 trophies including 6 league titles and three Champions League titles.
The key to Barcelona’s success was their fabled academy – La Masia. The most notable La Masia products that played for Barcelona during their decade of dominance feature Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Carles Puyol, Sergio Busquets, Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Pedro Rodríguez, Cesc Fabregas and Jordi Alba.
The academy constantly churned out talented youngsters but many of them couldn’t make the step up to the first team. Some of these players made the grade elsewhere and then there are few others like Gerard Pique that left the club at a young age only to return years later with a wealth of experience.
There are so many players that fall in either one of the categories mentioned above. So many that we can actually make a world-class XI of such players!