FC Barcelona: more than soccer,

not just a sport club

Ses 11a

Sports&SocietyXavier Carmaniu Mainadé

The FC Barcelona nowadays1899.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.

JOAN GAMPER, the founderb. 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.

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

Josep Sunyol, the president assassinatedb. 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.

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.

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.

“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.

Kubala, a mythb. 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).

Helenio Herrera, a different coachCoach: 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.

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.

La Recopa de Basilea, more than a cupFinal 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

Maradona, the argentinian starThe 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.

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

1996 – 2003: trouble yearsBobby 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

2003: a new eraNew president: Joan Laporta.New project:

Coach: Frank RijkaardStar: 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

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

VALUES5 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.