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Futbol Club Barcelona (also renowned as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça) is a Spanish expert football association, founded in Barcelona, Spain. They play in La Liga, and is one of the only three associations to have not ever been relegated, along with Athletic Bilbao and competitor Real Madrid. They are the present Spanish and European football champions.
Founded as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona in 1899 by a assembly of Swiss, English and Spanish footballers directed by Joan Gamper, the association has become a emblem of Catalan heritage and Catalanism, therefore the motto "Més que un club" (English: More than a club). The authorized Barça anthem is the "Cant del Barça" in writing by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Unlike numerous other football associations, the supporters own and function Barcelona. It is the world's second most rich football association in periods of income, with an yearly turn-over of €398 million. The association retains a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid, and agrees between the two groups are mentioned to as "El Clásico".
FC Barcelona is the second most thriving association in Spanish football in periods of general trophies, having won 21 La Liga names, a record 25 Spanish Cups, nine Spanish Super Cups and two League Cups. It is furthermore one of most thriving associations in European football, having won 11 UEFA competitions. It is the only European association to have performed continental football every time of the year since 1955. In 2009, Barcelona became the first association in Spain to win the treble comprising of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. That identical year, it furthermore became the first football association ever to win six out of six affrays in a lone year, therefore accomplishing the sextuple, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
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Birth of FC Barcelona (1899–1922)
On 22 October 1899, Hans Kamper put an promotion in Los Deportes affirming his desire to pattern a football club; a affirmative answer produced in a gathering at the Gimnasio Solé on 29 November. Eleven players attended—Walter Wild (the first controller of the club), Lluís d'Ossó, Bartomeu Terradas, Otto Kunzle, Otto Maier, Enric Ducal, Pere Cabot, Carles Pujol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons, and William Parsons—and Foot-Ball Club Barcelona was born.
FC Barcelona had a thriving start in local and nationwide cups, vying in the Campionat de Catalunya and the Copa del Rey. In 1902, the association won its first trophy, the Copa Macaya, and took part in the first Copa del Rey, mislaying 1–2 to Bizcaya in the final. Gamper became association leader in 1908, the association in economic adversity after not triumphant a affray since the Campionat de Catalunya in 1905. Club leader on five distinct events between 1908 and 1925, he expended 25 years in total at the helm. One of his major achievements was double-checking Barça come by its own stadium and therefore develop a steady income.
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Birth of FC Barcelona (1899–1922)
On 14 March 1909, the group shifted into the Camp de la Indústria, a bigger stadium with a seating capability of 8,000 people. From 1910 to 1914 Barcelona took part in the Pyrenees Cup, which comprised of the best groups of Languedoc, Midi, Aquitaine (Southern France), the Basque Country, and Catalonia. At that time it was advised the finest affray open for participation. During the identical time span, the association altered its authorized dialect from Castilian to Catalan and step-by-step developed into an significant emblem of Catalan identity. For numerous followers, carrying the association had less to manage with the game itself and more with being a part of the club's collective identity.
Gamper commenced a crusade to employ more association constituents, and by 1922 the association had over 20,000 constituents and was adept to investment a new stadium. The association to shifted to the new Les Corts, inaugurated the identical year. Les Corts had an primary capability of 22,000, which was subsequent amplified to 60,000. Jack Greenwell was employed as the first full-time supervisor, and the club's treasures started to advance on the field. During the Gamper era, FC Barcelona won eleven Campionat de Catalunya, six Copas del Rey, and four Pyrenees Cups, its first "golden age".
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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.
Read more: Barcelona Soccer Club (Part 05)
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Rivera, Republic and Civil War (1923–1957)
In 1943, Barcelona faced competitors Real Madrid in the semi-finals of Copa del Generalísimo. Their first agree at Les Corts was won by Barcelona 3–0. Before the second leg, Barcelona's players had a altering room visit from Franco's controller of state security. He "reminded" them that they were only playing due to the "generosity of the regime". Real Madrid overridden the agree, triumphant 11–1. Despite the tough political position, CF Barcelona relished substantial achievement throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In 1945, with Josep Samitier as managers and players like César, Ramallets, and Velasco, they won La Liga for the first time since 1929. They supplemented to this total in 1948 and afresh in 1949. They furthermore won the first Copa Latina that year. In June 1950, Barcelona marked Ladislao Kubala, who was to be an influential number at the club.
On a rainy Sunday in 1951, the gathering left Les Corts stadium after a 2–1 win contrary to Santander on base, denying to apprehend any trams and astonishing the Francoist authorities. A tram hit was taking location in Barcelona, which obtained the support of blaugrana fans. Events for example this made the association comprise much more than just Catalonia; numerous progressive Spaniards glimpsed the association as a staunch protector of privileges and freedoms.
Managers Ferdinand Daučík and László Kubala directed the group to five distinct trophies encompassing La Liga, the Copa del Generalísimo (now the Copa del Rey), the Copa Latina, the Copa Eva Duarte, and the Copa Martini Rossi in 1952. In 1953, the association won La Liga and the Copa del Generalísimo again.
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Club de Fútbol Barcelona (1957–1978)
With Helenio Herrera as supervisor, a juvenile Luis Suárez, the European Footballer of the Year in 1960, and two influential Hungarians suggested by Kubala, Sándor Kocsis and Zoltán Czibor, the group won another nationwide twice in 1959 and a La Liga and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice in 1960. In 1961 they became the first association to trounce Real Madrid in European Cup affray, but lost 3–2 to Benfica in the final.
The 1960s were less thriving for the association, with Real Madrid monopolising La Liga. The construction of the Camp Nou, accomplished in 1957, intended the association had little cash to spend on new players. On the affirmative edge, the ten years glimpsed the emergence of Josep Maria Fusté and Carles Rexach, and the association won the Copa del Generalísimo in 1963 and the Fairs Cup in 1966. Barça refurbished some of its previous dignity by drubbing Real Madrid 1–0 in the 1968 Copa del Generalísimo last at the Bernabéu, in front of Franco, with previous republican navigate Salvador Artigas as manager. The end of Franco's dictatorship in 1974 glimpsed the association altering its authorized title back to Futbol Club Barcelona and reverting the crest to its initial conceive, afresh encompassing the initial letters.
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Club de Fútbol Barcelona (1957–1978)
The 1973–74 time of the year glimpsed the appearance of Johan Cruyff, who was acquired for a world record £920,000 from Ajax. Already an established contestant in Holland, Cruyff rapidly won over the Barça followers when he notified the European press he chose Barça over Real Madrid because he could not play for a association affiliated with Franco. He farther endeared himself when he chose the Catalan title Jordi, after the localized saint, for his son. Next to players of value like Juan Manuel Asensi, Carles Rexach, and Hugo Sotil, he assisted the association win the La Liga name in 1973–74 for the first time since 1960, beating Real Madrid 5–0 at the Bernabéu along the way. He was crested European Footballer of the Year in 1973 throughout his first time of the year with Barcelona (his second Ballon d'Or win; he won his first while playing for Ajax in 1971). Cruyff obtained this prestigious accolade a third time (the first contestant ever to manage so) in 1974 while he was still with Barcelona.
Read more: Barcelona Soccer Club (Part 08)
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Núñez and the stabilisation years (1978–2000)
Beginning with Josep Lluís Núñez in 1978, the leader of FC Barcelona has been voted into agency by the association members. This conclusion was nearly joined to Spain's transition to democracy in 1974 and the end of Franco's dictatorship. Núñez's major target was to evolve Barça into a world-class association by giving it steadiness both on and off the pitch. On recommendation from Cruyff, Núñez inaugurated La Masia as Barcelona's youth academy on 20 October 1979. His presidency was to last for 22 years and it profoundly influenced the likeness of Barcelona, as Núñez held to a firm principle considering salaries and control and esteem, letting players for example Diego Maradona, Romário and Ronaldo proceed other than gathering their demands.
On 16 May 1979, the association won its first UEFA Cup Winners' Cup by drubbing Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–3 in Basel in a last that was observed by more than 30,000 journeying blaugrana fans. In June 1982 Maradona was marked for a then-world record charge of £5 million from Boca Juniors. In the next time of the year, under supervisor Menotti, Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, drubbing Real Madrid. Maradona's time with Barça was short-lived; he shortly left for Napoli. At the start of the 1984–85 time of the year Terry Venables was chartered as supervisor, and he won La Liga with prominent exhibitions by German midfielder Bernd Schuster. The next time of the year Venables took the group to their second European Cup last, only to misplace on punishments to Steaua Bucureşti throughout a spectacular night in Seville. After the 1986 FIFA World Cup, English peak scorer Gary Lineker was marked along with goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta, but the group could not accomplish achievement as Schuster was omitted from the team. Venables was discharged at the starting of the 1987–88 time of the year and restored with Luis Aragonés. The players rebelled contrary to leader Núñez in an happening that became renowned as the Hesperia mutiny, and a 1–0 triumph at the Copa del Rey last contrary to Real Sociedad completed out the season.
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Núñez and the stabilisation years (1978–2000)
In 1988, Johan Cruyff returned to the association as supervisor and he gathered the so-called Dream Team. He utilized a blend of Spanish players like Josep Guardiola, José Mari Bakero, and Txiki Begiristain while marking worldwide stars for example Ronald Koeman, Michael Laudrup, Romário, and Hristo Stoichkov. Under his guidance, Barcelona won four successive La Liga names from 1991 to 1994. They trounce Sampdoria in both the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup last and the 1992 European Cup last at Wembley. They furthermore won a Copa del Rey in 1990, the European Super Cup in 1992, and three Supercopa de España. With 11 trophies, Cruyff became the club's most thriving supervisor to date. He furthermore became the club's longest successive assisting supervisor, assisting 8 years. Cruyff's treasure altered in his last two times of the year, when he failed to win any trophies and dropped out with leader Núñez, producing in his departure.
Cruyff was succinctly restored by Bobby Robson, who took ascribe of the association for a lone time of the year in 1996–97. He employed Ronaldo from PSV and consigned a cup treble, triumphant the Copa del Rey, Cup Winners Cup, and the Supercopa de España. Despite his achievement Robson was only ever glimpsed as a short-term answer while the association remained for Louis van Gaal to become available. Like Maradona, Ronaldo only resided a short time as he left for Internazionale. However, new champions for example Luís Figo, Patrick Kluivert, Luis Enrique, and Rivaldo appeared and the group won a Copa del Rey and La Liga twice in 1998. In 1999 the association commemorated its 'centenari', triumphant the Primera División title. Rivaldo became the fourth Barça contestant to be bestowed European Footballer of the Year. Despite this household achievement, the malfunction to emulate Real Madrid in the Champions League directed to van Gaal and Núñez relinquishing in 2000.
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Exit Núñez, go in Laporta (2000–2010)
The departures of Núñez and van Gaal were not anything in evaluation to that of Luís Figo. As well as association vice-captain, Figo had become a cult champion and was advised by Catalans to be one of their own. Barça followers were distraught by Figo's conclusion to connect arch-rivals Real Madrid, and throughout later visits to the Camp Nou, he was granted an exceedingly hostile reception. Upon his first come back a piglet's head and a full container of whiskey were hurled at him from the crowd. President Núñez was restored by Joan Gaspart in 2000, and the three years he was in ascribe, glimpsed the association down turn and managers came and went; van Gaal assisted a second term. Gaspart did not motivate self-assurance off the area either and in 2003, he and van Gaal resigned.
After the frustration of the Gaspart era, the association rebound back with the blend of a new juvenile leader, Joan Laporta, and a juvenile new supervisor, previous Dutch contestant Frank Rijkaard. On the area, an influx of worldwide players blended with home-grown Spanish players directed to the club's come back to success. Barça won La Liga and the Supercopa de España in 2004–05, and the team's midfielder, Ronaldinho, won the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
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Exit Núñez, go in Laporta (2000–2010)
In the 2005–06 time of the year, Barcelona recurring their association and Supercup successes. In the Champions League, Barça trounce English association Arsenal 2–1 in the final. Trailing 1–0 to a 10-man Arsenal and with less than 15 minutes left, they came back to win 2–1 for the club's first European Cup triumph in 14 years. They took part in the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup, but were struck by a late aim in the last contrary to Brazilian edge Internacional. Despite being the favourites and beginning powerfully, Barcelona completed the 2006–07 time of the year without trophies. A pre-season U.S. trip and open feud between the contestant Samuel Eto'o and Rijkaard was subsequent accused for the need of trophies. In La Liga, Barça were in first location for much of the time of the year, but their inconsistency in the new year permitted Real Madrid to overtake them to become champions. The 2007–08 time of the year was failed, and as Barça failed to emulate the achievement of preceding years Barça B youth supervisor Josep Guardiola took over Rijkaard's obligations at the deduction of the season.
Josep Guardiola conveyed with him the now well renowned tiki-taka method of play which he had been educated throughout his time in the Barcelona youth teams. This is shown by the dominance of ownership and overtake correctness that his group reaches.
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Exit Núñez, go in Laporta (2000–2010)
Barça trounce Athletic Bilbao 4–1 in the 2009 Copa del Rey Final, triumphant the affray for a record-breaking 25th time. A beat for Real Madrid three days subsequent double-checked that Barcelona were La Liga champions for the 2008–09 season. Barça completed the time of the year by drubbing last year's Champions League victors Manchester United 2–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome to win their third Champions League name and entire the first ever treble won by a Spanish side. The group went on to win the 2009 Supercopa de España contrary to Athletic Bilbao and the 2009 UEFA Super Cup contrary to Shakhtar Donetsk, evolving the first European association to win both household and European Super Cups next a treble. In December 2009, Barcelona won the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, and became the first group ever to complete the sextuple. Barcelona noted two new notes in Spanish football in 2010 as they kept the La Liga trophy with 99 points and triumphant the Spanish Super Cup trophy for a ninth time.
Exit Laporta, go in Rosell (2010–present)
After Laporta's exodus from the association in June 2010, Sandro Rosell was shortly voted into agency as the new president. The elections were held on June 13, where he got 61.35% (57,088 votes, a record) of total votes. Rosell marked David Villa from Valencia for €40M and Javier Mascherano from Liverpool for €19M along with two other secondary transfers. In November 2010, Barcelona beaten their major competitor, Real Madrid 5–0 in El Clásico. In the 2010–11 time of the year, Barcelona kept the La Liga trophy, their third name in succession, completing with 96 points. In April 2011, the association come to the Copa del Rey last, mislaying 1–0 to Real Madrid at the Mestalla in Valencia. In May, Barcelona beaten Manchester United in the 2011 Champions League Final 3–1 held at Wembley Stadium, a replicate of the 2009 last, triumphant their fourth European Cup.
Read more: Barcelona Soccer Club (Part 1)
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