2. The FC Barcelona nowadays
1899.
President: Josep Maria
Bartomeu.
140.000 members (“socis”).
1.343 fan groups (“penyes”).
Budget: 500 M€.
Professional sports: soccer,
basketball, handball,
hockey and futsal).
11 amateurs sports.
3. JOAN GAMPER, the founder
b. 1877 Switzerland- d. 1930
Barcelona.
He was sportman in Switzerland
also.
1899: He arrived in Barcelona
He wasn’t admited in Català FC.
He founded FC Barcelona (ad in
newspaper).
5 times president:
1908-1909, 1910-1913, 1917-19, 1921-
1923, 1924-25.
4. El Barça until 1930s
Mixed team: catalans + foreigners.
1909 first field in propierty:
The nickname "culer” appeared
you could see the bottom of the
fans.
1920-30: first golden era.
Paulino Alcántara, Ricard Zamora,
Josep Samitier.
Grow from 3.000 to 11.000 members.
1922 "Camp de les Corts" was builded
(30.000 spectators).
El Barça was the most important club
in spanish soccer in these days.
Troubles with the dictatorship of
Primo de Rivera.
Ricard Zamora & Josep Samitier
5. Josep Sunyol, the president assassinated
b. 1898 -d. killed 1936.
Member of ERC (Esquerra
(Left) Republicana de
Catalunya) and member of
Congress.
President of Catalan Soccer
Federation and president of FC
Barcelona (since 1934).
Owner of the catalan
newspaper "La Rambla. Esport i
Ciutadania“.
It was in Canaletes, where fans
celebrate Barça victories .
He nominated the first
executive woman in FCB : Anna
Maria Martínez Sagi.
He was killed by fascists during
the civil war.
6. The civil war (1936 – 1939)
La liga was suspended.
Clubs organized “Liga
Mediterránea” (only with
clubs from republican
zone).
1937 Barça played friendly
matches in America
(México, USA...).
The Club was directed by
workers.
7. Francoism (1939 – 1975)
1939 just 2.500 members.
Executives and soccer players
was judged by Franco.
After 1939, executives was
members of fascist party
(Movimiento Nacional).
They said: no more a symbol of
"antiespaña”.
1944-45: Samitier coach, won la
Liga for first time since 1929.
1949, 50th aniversary:
Won Copa Latina (predecessor
of Champions League).
25.000 members.
8. “El Barça de las 5 copas”
During 1950s Barça
dominated spanish soccer.
Season 1951-52 won 5 Cups:
Liga, Copa del Rey, Copa
Latina, Copa Eva Duarte y
Copa Martini Rossi.
Ladislau Kubala was the
best player of this moment.
1957 Camp Nou (”New
Camp”) was build.
9. Kubala, a myth
b. 1927 - d. 2002.
A soccer star in 1950s.
Club grow: from 26.300 to
52.791 members.
The legend says: Camp Nou
was builded to see him.
Won 4 Ligas, 5 Copas
España, 2 Copas de Ferias
(antigua UEFA) and 1 Copa
Latina.
After he was Barça coach.
Franco used story of Kubala
to make politic propaganda
(anti-comunism).
10. Helenio Herrera, a different coach
Coach: 1958-1960.
Won: 2 ligas, 1 Copa, 2
Copa Ferias.
He “reinvented” the
soccer.
Rivalrity with Kubala: HH
and Luis Suárez (striker)
signed for Inter Milán (2
Champions League).
During the 60s FCB
always the 2nd team
behind del R. Madrid.
11. Johan Cruyff,
the best player of the world
Holland, 1947.
1 of the 4 best players of 20th century
with Pelé, Maradona and Di Stéfano.
1964-73 Ajax Amsterdam
3 Champions League, 1
Interncontiental Cup, 9 dutch
leagues...
1973-78 FC Barcelona
1 Liga, 1 Copa.
1979-81 USA: Los Angeles Aztecs y
Washington Diplomats.
He was retired in 1984.
He won 3 gold balls : 1971-3-4.
Coach in Ajax and Barça.
One of the most important person in
the history of FCB.
El Club llega a los 80.000 socios.
12. La Recopa de Basilea, more than a cup
Final against Anderlecht
(Belgium), 1979.
A big moment of Barça
history.
25.000 fans traveled to
see the final (with bus)
It was an historic event.
It was a politic moment.
FBC won 4-3 in the extra
time. Video from the final:
http://youtu.be/2uBu4uaKwtk
13. Maradona, the argentinian star
The best player in the
world durind de 1980s.
Seriously injured.
After he played in Naples
After Maradona, in 1986
lost the final of
Champions League
A deep crisis started.
14. The Dream Team
1988: total crisis, players against president.
Cruyff: new coach.
A new golden era.
FCB won:
4 ligas, 3 supercups, 1 Copa del Rey, 1
Europe Supercup, 1 Recopa y 1
Champions League (1992)
A sentence very typical in 1992: ”Son
remember this moment, we won’t see
never more”
Cruyff created a new soccer style: ball
possession, playing to goal, r.
The “brain” of the team was Pep Guardiola.
A new crisis: 1994 lost the Champions
League against Milan (4-0).
Culers divided between "cruyfistas" and
"nuñistas”.
A dark era started.
Final de Wembley:
http://youtu.be/jRp_V7Ck12s
15. 1996 – 2003: trouble years
Bobby Robson, new coach.
Assistant: J. Mourinho.
The big name: Ronaldo.
Won:
Supercopa de España, Recopa
de Europa y Copa del Rey.
Fans weren’t happy because the
team didn’t play well.
New coach: Louis Van Gaal,
won Liga 1998-99 but troubles
still.
2000: president Nuñez (23
years).
2001-2003: the last years of an
era.
Best goals of Ronaldo:
http://youtu.be/xDCjsxrGy5U
16. 2003: a new era
New president: Joan Laporta.
New project:
Coach: Frank Rijkaard
Star: Ronaldinho.
The values of Barça of nowadays:
Catalanity + Universality
“Show time”.
Hooligans were expulsed of the
stadium ("Boixos nois”: “crazy
boys”, very violent people).
2003-2006: won Liga and
Champions League.
2006-2008: A little crisis.
Goals of Ronaldinho:
http://youtu.be/POEtU-QA6hA
17. Barça of Pep Guardiola,
the best team in the world
Transform the team: new
players, new coach style…
He was a perfeccionist
(follow the idea of J.
Cruyff and F. Rijkaard).
2009 won 6 title. The first
time of the history of
soccer.
Uno de los mejores partidos, Madrid 2 – Barça 6:
http://youtu.be/5LAuKWxZfQw
18. VALUES
5 principal ideas:
1. Young teams (la Masia) young players learn the special
Barça soccer philosophy and also values.
2. Barça is more than soccer: basketball and others sports.
3. Catalanity: during dictatorships (Primo de Rivera (1923-30)
and Franco (1939-75) matches were political expression.
4. Democracy the presidente is elected by the members
(socis),.
5. Solidarity and Values:
Sponsorship UNICEF & Qatar Foundation (Qatar was polemic
because isn’t a democratic country).
Campaigns about health, reading, no smoke.
