When was barcelona fc formed

Barcelona Football Club became the only place where large groups of people could gather and speak in their native language and the claret and blue of Barcelona became a recognisable substitute for the red and yellow of Catalonia. They did, in fact, lose the match by 11 goals to 1 in protest — and then saw their goalkeeper banned from football for the rest of his life. During the s and s Barcelona were somewhat overshadowed by the famous Real Madrid team of Puskas, Di Stefano et al, but they still managed to win the league four times in the fifties.

In the legend that was Johan Cruyff joined the club from Ajax stating that he chose Barcelona in preference to Real Madrid because he could never play for a club associated with Franco. His iconic status was forever assured. To this day few Barcelona tickets are available to the general public as there are more club members than there are seats available. It was he who brought great financial stability and supreme overseas players to the Nou Camp. Three seasons of decline both on and off the pitch under Gaspart called for a major shake-up at the Nou Camp.

In a new, young and politically astute president, Joan Laporta, took the helm at Barcelona and with his appointment of Frank Rijkaard as manager the club enjoyed a time of great success. Highlights of this exciting era were the Larsson inspired victory over Arsenal and an amazing evening in Madrid when, after as comprehensive a away win as you could ever see, the Real Madrid fans rose in unison to acclaim the unbelievable Ronaldinho. Internal divisions which began to emerge during — really came to the fore during the following season leading to the departure of Rijkaard and the break up of his squad.

Former player Pep Guardiola took charge in June and led the club into a period of unprecedented history. He would later return to management with Bayern Munich and Manchester City. The period surrounding the Spanish Civil War was a time of decline and trouble for the club, with many of its players and supporters either involved directly or indirectly with the events of the war.

Many of the key figures of FC Barcelona at the time were openly against the Falangist movement and in a remarkable attack, the pro-independence club president Josep Sunyol was murdered by Falangist soldiers. However, even under political duress, the team and its supporters continued to represent a pro-independence, anti-Franco spirit, captured by events such as one day in when the thousands of supporters who had watched the match refused to take the tram back to the city, preferring to walk in the rain instead in support of the local tram-workers who had staged a strike against the authorities.

Despite the political and social instability of the time, the team enjoyed national success during the s but suffered in the s, owing to the fact that they had recently paid for the construction of the emblematic Camp Nou stadium.

This left them with little funds with which to acquire new players. Arguably, no era was more significant for the club than the s and the moment Johan Cruyff returned to the team as manager. This team, guided by Cruyff revolutionized the way Barcelona would play football. Don't Miss.

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The era of the 'Dream Team'. More members, more stars. Cruyff and democracy. Gualteri Wild was appointed President. The 1st match contested was at the Bonanova Cycle Track and they played against a group of English expatriates who were living in Barcelona.

The Englishmen won At that time, the Barcelona FC obtained their first victories: The Catalan Championships: , , , , , , and the Spanish Championships: , , , and That stadium had an initial capacity of 30, spectators but later doubled to 60, In the Club had already 12, members and a big number of supporters laid the foundations of the current social mass. Joan Gamper died on the 30th of July The decade which was about to start had a fatal beginning and the Club entered a period of decline: institutional crisis, many members left the Club, bad sports results and the Franco's supporters political pressure.

In , the Franco's troops created many problems to the Club because it had already become a symbol to the Catalan people. The number of members also dropped to 3, Better times were to come. The new stadium had a capacity of 90, The 60's were a period of crisis they won the Spanish Cups and and the Fairs' Cup , only.

However, it was then that the sentence "more than a Club" was born. In , the signing of Dutch Johan Cruyff put the finishing touches to a golden forward line of Rexach, Asensi, Cruyff, Sotil and Marcial, who led the league winning side of Coinciding with the Club's 75th anniversary, there were now 69, members, making it the most powerful sporting club in the World.

The Club then began a considerable period of social and financial expansion.