Rivera, Republic and Civil War (1923–1957)
On 14 June 1925, the gathering in the stadium jeered the nationwide anthem in a spontaneous dispute contrary to Miguel Primo de Rivera's dictatorship. The ground was shut for six months as a retaliation, and Gamper was compelled to relinquish the association presidency. This coincided with the club's transition to professionalism; in 1926 the controllers of Barcelona publicly announced Barcelona a expert edge for the first time. The club's 1928 triumph in the Spanish Cup was commemorated with a verse titled "Oda a Platko", in writing by a constituent of the Generation of '27, bard Rafael Alberti, who was motivated by the "heroic performance" of the Barcelona keeper. On 30 July 1930, Gamper pledged suicide after a time span of despondency conveyed on by individual and economic problems.
Although they proceeded to have players of the standing of Josep Escolà, the association went into a time span of down turn in which political confrontation overshadowed games all through society. Although the group won the Campionat de Catalunya in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, and 1938, achievement at a nationwide grade (with the exclusion of a argued name in 1937) avoided them. A month after the Spanish Civil War started in 1936, some players from Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao recruited in the ranks of those who battled contrary to the infantry uprising. On 6 August, Josep Sunyol, the association leader and agent of a pro-independence political party, was killed by Falangist fighters beside Guadarrama. Dubbed the martyrdom of barcelonisme, the killing was a characterizing instant in the annals of FC Barcelona. In the summer of 1937, the squad went on trip in Mexico and the United States, where it was obtained as an ambassador of the Second Spanish Republic. That trip protected the association financially, but furthermore produced in half the group searching asylum in Mexico and France. On 16 March 1938, Barcelona came under aerial bombardment, producing in over 3,000 deaths; one of the blasting apparatus strike the club's offices. Catalonia came under occupation a couple of months later. As a emblem of 'undisciplined' Catalanism, the association, down to just 3,486 constituents, faced several restrictions. After the Civil War, the Catalan flag was ostracized and football associations were prohibited from utilizing non-Spanish names. These assesses compelled the association to change its title to Club de Fútbol Barcelona and to eliminate the Catalan flag from its association shield.
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