The international break means that a number of first team players will be absent from training this week. The national teams of Spain, Turkey and Belgium, which include Gerard Piqué, Marc Bartra, Jordi Alba,Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Arda Turan and Thomas Vermaelen, will each play two friendlies in preparation for the 2016 European Championships. Munir El Haddadi will also compete in two Euro 2017 qualifiers for Spain U21.

Neymar Jr and Dani Alves (Brazil), Javier Mascherano (Argentina) and Claudio Bravo (Chile) have two2018 World Cup qualifiers, as does Barça B goalkeeper Ondoa (Cameroon).

Below is the full list of the dates and times of the Barça contingent’s international matches (all times in CET):

ANDRÉS INIESTA, SERGIO BUSQUETS, GERARD PIQUÉ, JORDI ALBA & MARC BARTRA

13/11/15 (8.45pm) Spain – England (Alicante)
17/11/15 (8.45pm) Belgium – Spain (Brussels)

ARDA TURAN

13/11/15 (6.30pm) Qatar - Turkey (Doha)
17/11/15 (7.15pm) Turkey – Greece (Istanbul)

THOMAS VERMAELEN 

13/11/15 (8.45pm) Belgium – Italy (Brussels)
17/11/15 (8.45pm) Belgium – Spain (Brussels)

MUNIR EL HADDADI

12/11/15 (6.45pm) Spain U21 – Georgia (Almeria)
17/11/15 (6.45pm) Croatia – Spain U21 (Rijeka)

JAVIER MASCHERANO

13/11/15 (1.00am) Argentina – Brazil (Buenos Aires)
17/11/15 (9.30pm) Colombia – Argentina (Barranquilla)

CLAUDIO BRAVO

13/11/15 (00.30am) Chile – Colombia (Ñuñoa)
18/11/15 (00.00am) Uruguay – Chile (Montevideo)

NEYMAR JR & DANI ALVES

13/11/15 (01.00am) Argentina – Brazil (Buenos Aires)
18/11/15 (00.00am) Brazil – Peru (Salvador Bahía)

ONDOA

13/11/15 (4.00pm) Niger – Camerun (Niamey)
17/11/15 (3.00pm) Camerun – Niger (Yaoundé)