Top 10 FC Barcelona Home Shirts of All Time (Ranked)

Messi made his La Liga debut in 2004/5, aged 17, wearing number 30. Barcelona won the league that year under Frank Rijkaard, their first title in six years. Messi played 7 games and scored 1 goal. Nobody watching knew what was coming. The number 30 on the back of this shirt is from before the number 10, before the records, before everything.

This is one of the most historically specific Barcelona shirts in existence. Not a famous shirt in the traditional sense, but the one that started everything. Messi number 30 from his debut season is a shirt for collectors who know the full story. A rare Barcelona shirt worn at the very beginning of the greatest individual career the game has seen.

By 2007/8 Ronaldinho was no longer at his peak, but he was still Ronaldinho. This was his last season at the club before the move to AC Milan. Frank Rijkaard's final year as manager. A transitional moment between two great Barcelona sides. The shirt captures the end of one era and the anticipation of what Guardiola would bring next.

This shirt is also special because it celebrated 50 years since the opening of Camp Nou, which is sewn into the shirt. For collectors building a complete Ronaldinho Barcelona story, this is the companion piece. A retro Ronaldinho shirt from his farewell season at the club.

In 2012/13 Messi scored 91 goals across all competitions, a world record that still stands. He scored 46 in La Liga alone, another record. Barcelona won the league by 15 points. This is the shirt he wore doing something no player in the history of the game has ever done before or since.

The Messi number 10 from this season is a different proposition from the treble shirts, it represents an individual achievement rather than a collective one, which makes it specific to collectors who care about records. A vintage Barcelona shirt worn during the most extraordinary individual season in football history.

Louis van Gaal's first season in charge. Rivaldo had arrived and was finding his form. This is the first Nike-era Barcelona shirt, sitting between the Kappa years and the peak of what followed. The template is clean and with the old centered badge, this is the prime example of a retro Barcelona shirt.

Plain shirts from this era are more findable than player shirts, and they represent the right entry point for collectors building a complete Barcelona collection.

This shirt just screams Ronaldo. El Fenomeño spent one year at the club in 1996/97, scoring types of goals no one had ever seen. He bagged a total of 47 goals before leaving for Inter Milan. The Kappa template from this period is completely different from what followed. A broader cut, different badge construction, a different weight of fabric.

This is the shirt that predates the Nike era entirely, which makes it the anchor piece for any collector working backwards through Barcelona history. Shirts from this era tend to have more pulls in it, so finding on in mint state might not be easy.

This is the shirt that marks the 100th year of FC Barcelona's existence. Louis van Gaal's Barca side played a different kind of football. Organised, direct, Dutch. Rivaldo won the Ballon d'Or in 1999 and Kluivert was one of the most feared strikers in Europe. The shirt is from the era just before the trophies dried up and the squad started breaking apart.

The Kluivert number 9 version on this template is undervalued relative to the Messi and Ronaldinho years. The Nike template from this period looks distinct from what followed, and good condition examples are not common. A collector Barcelona shirt from a transitional era that serious collectors overlook.

Pep Guardiola's first season. Barcelona won every competition they entered: La Liga, Copa del Rey & The Champions League. The final against Manchester United in Rome. A 21-year-old Messi heading in the second goal over Van der Sar. This was the beginning of something that had never been seen before in club football.

The Messi number 10 shirt from 2008/9 is slightly harder to find than the 2010/11 equivalent, which makes it more interesting for collectors building a full Guardiola-era set. A rare Messi Barcelona shirt from the season it all started.

The 2014/15 season brought the second great Barcelona treble. Messi, Suarez & Neymar Jr were the most feared attacking trio in football. Luis Enrique's side won La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League, beating Juventus in the final in Berlin. Neymar Jr scored in that final wearing this shirt, his first Champions League medal.

The Neymar Jr number 11 version is the one collectors want from this era. It captures the Brazilian at his European peak, before injury and the move to Paris changed his career trajectory. If you want a classic Neymar Jr Barcelona shirt, this is the one.

Ronaldinho won the Ballon d'Or in 2005. In the 2005/06 season he was at the absolute height of his powers, playing football that made crowds in opposition grounds stand and applaud. Barcelona won La Liga and the Champions League that year, beating Arsenal in the final in Paris. Ronaldinho was the best player in the world and this is the shirt he wore doing it.

The number 10 on this template is one of the great player-shirt combinations in football history. Good condition examples from this season are harder to find than the later Nike-era equivalents. A proper vintage Ronaldinho Barcelona shirt from his best year at the club.

The 2010/11 season is the peak of the greatest club side ever assembled. Pep Guardiola's third year. Messi scoring 53 goals. The Champions League final in Wembley where Barcelona torn Manchester United apart. Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Villa, Pedro, a squad so deep and so technically complete that it looked like a different sport from what everyone else was playing.

The Messi number 10 shirt from this season is our most requested Barcelona shirt. The Nike template from this season is clean, the unicef sponsor is just iconic, and the shirt screams tiki-taka football. If you are after an iconic Messi Barcelona shirt, this is the one.