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Barcelona will play an A-League All Stars team in Sydney the same week as the A-League Men's grand final in their first tour to Australia.

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The Spanish five-time European champions will wrap up a season of revival under Xavi Hernández with a visit to Sydney.

The All Stars coach and team selection process will be announced in the coming days. The All Stars concept was introduced in 2013 for a match against Manchester United at Stadium Australia. A team was again assembled in 2014 when Juventus toured but there has not been another since. Five-time European champions Barcelona will pay their first visit to Australia to play an A-League All Stars team in a friendly in Sydney next month, the club announced on Wednesday.

World football giant FC Barcelona will visit Australia for the first time next month to take on the A-League All Stars in Sydney.

“One of the world’s best teams taking on the best of the A-League just days before the men’s grand final is going to deliver a feast of football for fans in Australia during grand final week.” The match against the A-League All Stars will also be part of the A-League men’s grand final week celebrations. World football giant FC Barcelona will visit Australia for the first time next month to take on the A-League All Stars in Sydney.

FC Barcelona - one of the biggest football clubs in the world - is coming to Sydney to play an exclusive match against the A-League All Stars at Accor ...

The A-Leagues All Stars return after an eight-year hiatus, bringing together a team of A-League Men’s players. Barca are used to playing in front of massive crowds. He played 767 games for the club from 1998-2015. “One of the world’s best teams taking on the best of the A-League just days before the men’s Grand Final is going to deliver a feast of football for fans in Australia during Grand Final Week.” FC Barcelona – one of the biggest football clubs in the world – is coming to Sydney to play an exclusive match against the A-League All Stars at Accor Stadium on Wednesday 25 May. “Being able to play this match will give us the opportunity to bring the Club and its values closer to our fans and will also give us the opportunity for new audiences to get to know FC Barcelona and all that it represents, which has made it a reference entity on and off the pitch.”

One of the most iconic clubs in world football is bound for Australia in a huge coup that will bring some of the game's biggest stars to our shores.

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