Yamal, Pedri and coach Hansi Flick win LaLiga's top player and coach awards

LALIGA said on May 24 that Barcelona swept three of its top individual honors for the 2025-26 season, with Lamine Yamal named Best U-23 Player, Pedri named Best Player and Hansi Flick named Best Coach. The awards capped a domestic season in which Barcelona finished as league champion and placed several players among the competition’s statistical leaders. The announcements were reported on Saturday by outlets including Yahoo Sports and Football España, which cited the league’s season-end awards. Barcelona’s final league match came the same day, a 3-1 defeat at Valencia. ### Which Barcelona figures were recognized by LALIGA? Lamine Yamal, Pedri and Hansi Flick were the three Barcelona names attached to the headline awards on May 24. Yahoo Sports and Football España reported that Yamal took the Best U-23 prize, Pedri was chosen as the league’s Best Player and Flick won Best Coach. Hansi Flick had already led Barcelona through a title-winning campaign, and the individual coaching award followed that finish. Pedri’s selection put a midfielder rather than a top scorer at the center of the league’s player voting, while Yamal added another season honor after emerging as one of Barcelona’s most productive attacking players. ### What did Yamal and Pedri produce in league play? Lamine Yamal recorded 16 goals and 11 assists in 28 LALIGA matches in 2025-26, according to his player statistics page on the league’s website. The same page lists 2,268 minutes played and 26 starts. Pedri posted 2 goals and 9 assists in 29 league appearances, according to his LALIGA player page. The league statistics also show 2,107 minutes and 23 starts for the Barcelona midfielder, whose role was less about scoring volume than controlling matches and supplying chances. ### Was there another award tied to Barcelona’s season? Football España reported that Yamal and Ferran Torres were also set to share the Zarra Trophy, which goes to the top-scoring Spanish player in LALIGA, after each finished on 16 goals. The report said that tally left them one ahead of Mikel Oyarzabal. Barcelona’s broader presence in the awards reflected how much of the season’s individual recognition went to the title winners. Separate reports also said multiple Barcelona players were included in the league’s team of the season. ### How did the season end on the field? Valencia beat Barcelona 3-1 at Mestalla on May 24 in the final round of the season. Yahoo Sports said Robert Lewandowski scored Barcelona’s goal in the 61st minute. Yahoo Sports described the appearance as Lewandowski’s final one for Barcelona. The result did not alter the title picture, but it closed the campaign on a losing note for Flick’s side on the same day the post-season awards were reported. ### What official league data underpins the awards? LALIGA’s player pages list Yamal among the league’s most productive forwards and Pedri as one of Barcelona’s most-used midfielders in the 2025-26 campaign. Yamal’s page shows 16 goals, 11 assists and 85 shots, while Pedri’s shows 9 assists and 29 appearances. Those figures do not by themselves explain the voting criteria for the awards, and LALIGA’s public player pages do not set out the full selection methodology. They do, however, show the statistical base for two of the three Barcelona winners named on May 24. ### What comes next for the award winners? Spain’s next major milestone for several of the players comes this summer, with Football España noting that Yamal and other Barcelona award winners will now turn toward the 2026 World Cup. Barcelona’s 2025-26 league campaign is complete, and the next official updates for Yamal, Pedri and Flick are likely to come through club and LALIGA preseason announcements ahead of the 2026-27 season.