Robert Lewandowski leaving FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona said on May 16 that Robert Lewandowski will leave the club at the end of the 2025-26 season, ending a four-year spell in which the Poland striker became one of the team’s main scorers and senior figures. The club said Lewandowski announced the decision through his own social media channels before Barcelona published a statement confirming his departure. Lewandowski called his time at the club “the most incredible chapter” of his career. Barcelona’s official player page lists him with 119 goals in 191 appearances for the club. ### When did Barcelona confirm Lewandowski’s departure? Barcelona published the announcement in the early hours of May 16 on its official website, saying Lewandowski would leave “at the close of the season.” The statement said the striker’s four seasons at the club would come to an end after he first disclosed the move on social media. (fcbarcelona.com) The club’s first-team news page on May 17 then framed Sunday’s home match against Real Betis as a farewell occasion, saying Hansi Flick’s side were “ready to say farewell to the departing Robert Lewandowski.” That places the send-off in Barcelona’s final home league fixture of the campaign. ### What did Lewandowski say about leaving? (fcbarcelona.com) Lewandowski said in the club statement that his four seasons at Barcelona were “the most incredible chapter” of his career. Barcelona’s report described the message as an emotional farewell posted on his social media accounts. (fcbarcelona.com) The wording matched the tone of a departure after a decorated run. Barcelona did not say in the statement where Lewandowski will play next, and the club’s announcement focused on his record and farewell rather than a future destination. ### What numbers define his time at Barcelona? (fcbarcelona.com) Barcelona’s official player page lists Lewandowski with 191 appearances, 119 goals and 22 assists for the club across the 2022-2026 period. The same page says he scored 18 goals in 44 appearances in the 2025-26 season. Another Barcelona statistics page lists him with three league titles, one Copa del Rey and three Spanish Super Cups during his time at the club, though the club’s departure story highlighted the four-year span rather than a full honors list. (fcbarcelona.com) Barcelona also said he spent four seasons with the first team from 2022 to 2026. (fcbarcelona.com) An April club article said Lewandowski had already moved into the top 14 of Barcelona’s all-time scorers with 117 goals after three seasons, underlining how quickly he climbed the club’s scoring charts before the final weeks of his fourth year. (players.fcbarcelona.com) ### How productive was he in each season? Barcelona’s official statistics page breaks Lewandowski’s spell into four campaigns: 33 goals in 47 matches in 2022-23, 26 in 49 in 2023-24, 38 in 48 in 2024-25 and 18 in 44 in 2025-26. Those figures add up to 115 goals in official matches on that page, while his current player profile lists 119 goals overall in 191 appearances, suggesting the club’s live profile includes a broader or updated total. (fcbarcelona.com) La Liga’s player page shows Lewandowski still recorded double-digit league goals in 2025-26. The league site listed him with 13 goals and 28 league appearances in one English-language profile crawled this week, while a Spanish-language version showed 12 goals in 25 matches, indicating the league data was being updated across versions. (players.fcbarcelona.com) ### What comes next for Barcelona and Lewandowski? Barcelona’s official news page said the club host Real Betis on Sunday, May 17, in their final home league match of the season, with Lewandowski set for a farewell at Spotify Camp Nou. Coach Hansi Flick was also quoted by the club as saying Lewandowski “deserves a big farewell.” (laliga.com) Barcelona’s May 16 announcement did not identify Lewandowski’s next club or give terms for his exit. The next concrete step in the story is Sunday’s matchday farewell, which the club has already placed at the center of its pregame coverage. (fcbarcelona.com 1) (fcbarcelona.com 2)