UEFA: Four members of Barcelona's first team ARE NOT Champions League winners

UEFA: Four members of Barcelona's first team ARE NOT Champions League winners

Of the 23 players in the FC Barceloan first team squad, four did not play a single minute in the Champions League in 2014-15, which ended with Luis Enrique's side winning the trophy in Berlin at the weekend. As a consequence of this, UEFA do not consider them champions

Claudio Bravo, Douglas, Thomas Vermaelen and Jordi Masip are the players that have not played in the competition this season. For one reason or another (injuries, rotations, left out), the manager has not used them in any of the 13 matches. 

So say UEFA

And, due to these statistics, UEFA do not consider them Champions League winners. They specify quite clearly on their website that winners are "players that have played in a winning team in the Champions League. Substitutes or unused squad players do not count." 

It's one way of discriminating against players that, despire being in the squad, have not had the opportunity to play or be called up for any of the Champions League winner's matches.