rovel sang gibol: més que un club ~ FC Barcelona 2010/2011

Information

Full name
Futbol Club Barcelona

Nickname(s)
L'equip blaugrana (team), Culers or Culés (supporters), Blaugranes or Azulgranas (supporters)

Founded
29 November 1899 (as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona)

Ground
Camp Nou, Barcelona (Capacity: 98,772)

President
Sandro Rosell

Head Coach
Josep Guardiola

History

Quote:

on 22 october 1899, joan gamper placed an advert in los deportes declaring his wish to form a football club. A positive response resulted in a meeting at the gimnasio solé on november 29. Eleven players attended, walter wild, lluís d'ossó, bartomeu terradas, otto kunzle, otto maier, enric ducal, pere cabot, carles pujol, josep llobet, john parsons and william parsons. As a result foot-ball club barcelona was born. Several other spanish football clubs, most notably real madrid and athletic bilbao, also had british founders, and as a result they initially adopted english-style names.

Legend says that gamper was inspired to choose the club colours, blaugrana, by fc basel's crest. However, the other swiss teams gamper played for, his home canton of zürich, and merchant taylors' school in crosby, england have all been credited with or claimed to be the inspiration. Fc barcelona quickly emerged as one of the leading clubs in spain, competing in the campeonato de cataluña and the copa del rey. In 1902, the club won its first trophy, the copa macaya, and also played in the first copa del rey final, losing 2–1 to bizcaya.

In 1908, Joan Gamper became club president for the first time. Gamper took over the presidency as the club was on the verge of folding. The club had not won anything since the Campeonato de Cataluña of 1905 and its finances suffered as a result. Gamper was subsequently club president on five separate occasions between 1908 and 1925 and spent 25 years at the helm. One of his main achievements was to help Barça acquire its own stadium.

On March 14, 1909, the team moved into the Carrer Indústria, a stadium with a capacity of 8,000. Gamper also launched a campaign to recruit more club members and by 1922, the club had over 10,000. This led to the club moving again, this time to Las Cortes, which inaugurated in the same year. This stadium had an initial capacity of 22,000, later expanded to an impressive 60,000.

Gamper also recruited Jack Greenwell as manager. This saw the club's fortunes begin to improve on the field. During the Gamper era FC Barcelona won eleven Campeonato de Cataluña, six Copa del Rey and four Coupe de Pyrenées and enjoyed its first "golden age."

Source.

Lyrics (in Catalan):

Tot el camp
és un clam
som la gent blaugrana
Tant se val d’on venim
si del sud o del nord
ara estem d’acord, ara estem d’acord,
una bandera ens agermana.
Blaugrana al vent
un crit valent
tenim un nom el sap tothom:
Barça, Barça, Baaarça!

Jugadors, seguidors,
tots units fem força.
Son molt anys plens d’afanys,
son molts gols que hem cridat
i s’ha demostrat, i s’ha demostrat,
que mai ningú no ens podrà tòrcer.
Blaugrana al vent
un crit valent
tenim un nom el sap tothom:
Barça, Barça, Baaarça!

English Translation:

The whole stadium
loudly cheers
We’re the blue and claret supporters
It matters not where we hail from
Whether it’s the south or the north
Now we all agree, we all agree,
One flag unites us in brotherhood.
Blue and claret blowing in the wind
One valiant cry
We’ve got a name that everyone knows:
Barça, Barça, Baaarça!

Players, Supporters
United we are strong.
We’ve worked so hard over the years,
We’ve shouted many goals
And we have shown, we have shown,
That no one can ever break us.
Blue and claret blowing in the wind
One valiant cry
We’ve got a name that everyone knows:
Barça, Barça, Baaarça!
This song, written in 1974, has been an important part of club tradition since it was first performed on Novermber 24th of that year, as part of the club’s 75th Anniversary. The words were written by Josep Maria Espinàs and Jaume Picas, while Manuel Valls composed the music. According to the official website,

“The fans loved the fact that they could clap their hands in time to its catchy rhythm, and the words perfectly depicted the values of supporting Barça, especially the spirit of welcoming outsiders into Catalan society, a spirit that is reflected all the way through the club membership.”

TRANSFER PLAYER FC BARCELONA 2010-2011

TRANSFER IN

David Villa
(Valencia >> Barcelona)

Adriano
(Sevilla >> Barcelona)

Javier Mascherano
(Liverpool >> Barcelona)

TRANSFER OUT

Marquez
(Barcelona >> New York Red Bulls)

Henry
(Barcelona >> New York Red Bulls)

Chygrynskiy
(Barcelona >> Shakhtar Donetsk)

Touré Yaya
(Barcelona >> Manchester City)

Botía
(Barcelona >> Sporting de Gijón)

FC BARCELONA 2010/2011 COACHING STAFF

Manager
Josep Guardiola

Assistant manager
Tito Vilanova

Goalkeeping coach
Carles Busquets

Fitness coach
Lorenzo Buenaventura
Paco Seirul•lo
Aureli Altimira
Francesc Cos

Doctors
Ricard Pruna / Daniel Medina

Representative
Carles Naval

Podiatrist
Martín Rueda

Physiotherapists
Roger Gironès
Jaume Munill
Emili Ricart
Juanjo Brau

Scouting and Tactical Analysis
Domènec Torrent
Carles Planchart
Jordi Roura

Kit Managers
Chema Corbella
José Antonio Ibarz
Gabriel Galan

Player Liaison
Pepe Costa

FULL FIXTURES FC BARCELONA SEASON 2010/2011

AGUSTUS

15 Sevilla 3 - 1 Barcelona (Ibrahimovic) HIGHLIGHT

22 Barcelona 4 - 0 Sevilla (Konko (O.G), Messi [3]) HIGHLIGHT

29 Racing 0 - 3 FC Barcelona (Messi, Iniesta, Villa) HIGHLIGHT

SEPTEMBER

12 FC Barcelona 0 - 2 Hercules HIGHLIGHT

14 FC Barcelona 5 – 1 Panathinaikos FC (Messi [2], Villa, Pedro, Alves) HIGHLIGHT

19 At.Madrid 1 - 2 FC Barcelona (Messi, Pique) HIGHLIGHT

22 FC Barcelona 1 - 0 Sporting Gijón (Villa) HIGHLIGHT

26 Athletic Club 1 - 3 FC Barcelona (Keita, Xavi, Busquets) HIGHLIGHT

29 FC Rubin Kazan 1 – 1 FC Barcelona (Villa) HIGHLIGHT

OKTOBER

03 FC Barcelona 1 - 1 RCD Mallorca (Messi) HIGHLIGHT

17 FC Barcelona 2 - 1 Valencia CF (Iniesta, Puyol) HIGHLIGHT

20 FC Barcelona 2 – 0 FC København (Messi[2]) HIGHLIGHT

24 Zaragoza 0 - 2 FC Barcelona (Messi[2]) HIGHLIGHT

31 FC Barcelona - Sevilla FC

NOVEMBER

02 FC København – FC Barcelona

07 Getafe CF - FC Barcelona

14 FC Barcelona - Villarreal CF

21 UD Almería - FC Barcelona

24 Panathinaikos FC – FC Barcelona

28 FC Barcelona - Real Madrid

DESEMBER

05 Osasuna - FC Barcelona

07 FC Barcelona – FC Rubin Kazan

12 FC Barcelona - R.Sociedad

19 RCD Espanyol - FC Barcelona

2011

JANUARI

02 FC Barcelona - Levante UD

09 Deportivo - FC Barcelona

16 FC Barcelona - Málaga CF

23 FC Barcelona - Racing

30 Hercules - FC Barcelona

FEBRUARI

06 FC Barcelona - At.Madrid

13 Sporting Gijón - FC Barcelona

20 FC Barcelona - Athletic Club

27 RCD Mallorca - FC Barcelona

MARET

02 Valencia CF - FC Barcelona

06 FC Barcelona - Zaragoza

13 Sevilla FC - FC Barcelona

20 FC Barcelona - Getafe CF

APRIL

03 Villarreal CF - FC Barcelona

10 FC Barcelona - UD Almería

17 Real Madrid - FC Barcelona

24 FC Barcelona - Osasuna

MEI

01 R.Sociedad - FC Barcelona

08 FC Barcelona - RCD Espanyol

11 Levante UD - FC Barcelona

15 FC Barcelona - Deportivo

22 Málaga CF - FC Barcelona

1. VALDES

2. ALVES

3. PIQUE

5. PUYOL

6. XAVI

7. VILLA

8. INIESTA

9. BOJAN

10. MESSI

11. JEFFREN

13. PINTO

14. MASCHERANO

15. KEITA

16. BUSQUETS

17. PEDRO

18. MILITTO

19. MAXWELL

21. ADRIANO

22. ABIDAL

FC BARCELONA PLAYERS SEASON 2010/2011

Bojan,Messi,Iniesta,Xavi,Adriano
Villa,Piqué,Alves,Puyol,Abidal
Busquets,Maxwell,Gaby Milito,Pedro,Jeffrén
Ibrahimovic,Keita,Pinto,Valdés, Pep Guardiola