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HISTORY OF FOOTBALL CLUB BARCELONA


Barcelona was founded the 29´th of november 1899 by a sportsman from Switzerland named
JOAN GAMPER
He worked in a french bank in Barcelona.Gamper choose the colours blue and garnet, from the
swiss canton, to remember where he belonged.
The first founder of the club, besides Joan Gamper, was W. Parson, Schilling (2 englishman).
Kunzle (a swiss), Adolfo Lopez, Llobet, Lombat and Urruela.

The First Official Team of F.C. Barcelona, the year 1901.

The 20´th of may 1922 Barça inaugurated the stadium of "Les Corts" with a friendly game.
Barça against the scottish team Saint Mirren, witch Barça won 2-1.

The year 1951-52, Barça won 5 cups (Spanish League, Spanish Cup, Latin Cup,
Martini & Rossi Cup and Duward Cup). With This Team.

The 24´th of september 1954 Barça inaugurated a new stadium "Nou Camp" with a friendly game.
Barça against Poland, witch Barça won 4-2.

The year 1973 Barça get a new player named JOHAN CRUYFF and for the fist time in many year,
Barça won the Spanish League.

The 20´th of may 1992 in the mythical english stadium Wembley, Barça played against the Italian
team Sampdoria in the European Cup, witch Barça won 1-0.
 At last they won the long desired european trophy.
The goal was made by the dutchman KOEMAN in the 110´th minute.
There was a Free Kick. Stoichkov The bulgarian made a short pass. Bakero stopped the ball, and
Koeman kicked it hard in the net, from outside the italian area.


In may 1994, Barça won for the first time in history the Spanish League 4 years in a row.
By winning the last game over Sevilla with 4-2.
And Coruña only make 0-0 with Valencia in there home field. Were it not for Djukic, whom failed
a penalty, in the last minute of the game, Coruña would have won the Spanish League.

F. C. Barcelona is the only team in Europa,that has never stopped playing in eropean competitions
since UEFA (European Footbal Association Union) established them.

Barcelona won the Spanish League and Kings Cup, obtained the quarter 'double'
in the history (1952, 53, 59, and 98) and equals to the Real Madrid, that optained it in 1989.
Louis Van Gaal enters the history of Barcelona, since it was 39 years ago, that Barcelona won the
boths national titles, in the same season.


Thursday the 14´th of may 1998
Barcelona have presented the T-shirts that will shine their equipment the next season,
a work that remembers the T-shirt the show in the thirties.
 Mainly useing tonalities and the width of the bands.
The design was made by the American multinational company ' Nike ', that reached an agreement
with Barcelona, by wicth the Catalan organization will receive about 21.000 millones de pesetas,
in the next ten years.
One of the new development will be the location of the shield. It is located in the center of the T-shirts.
''The shield is in the center, so is more close to the heart'', said the president of the club, Jose Luis
Nuñez, during the presentation act, in witch Louis van Gaal, and some players and a good part of
the board of diretors was present.

Saturday the 28´th November 1998 in Camp Nou.
The beginning of Barcelonas centenary had a bitter taste. The celebration, that assumed by all, to
be fantastic, had a touching start.
This inaugural ceremony, dedicated to all the partners and all the fan club, through the last 100
year for their support, reached its culminting points in a magnificent mosaic and the interpretation
of the hymn, by Joan Manuel Serrat.
After that, started the bad thing, Barça against At. Madrid wicht Barça loose 0 - 1.
The fans was angry and wave a handkerchiefs and screaming: "Out with Van Gaal!!"



Wednesday the 28´th of April 1999 in Camp Nou.
One evening with intense rain.
F.C.Barcelona and the Brazil national team played 2 - 2 .
From Brasil: Ronaldo ( min 28 ), Rivaldo ( min 41 ),
And from Barça: L. Enrique ( min 34 ), Cocu ( min 62 ),
In the most important act in the centenary of Barcelona,
And as guest was the king Juan Carlos.

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13-11 / 1999 The Fans of  F.C.Barcelona, choose Ladislao Kubala
as the best player in the 100 year of Barcelona´s history.
The sekund place was Johan Cruyff, and the third place was Diego Armando Maradona.

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Monday  20-12 / 1999  The Brazilian player of Barcelona Rivaldo, was reward with
the golden football 1999 From the French newspaper " France-Football",
as the best player in Europe.

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Friday 24-12 / 1999.
From yesterday Jose Mari Bakero is helper for Van Gaal 
The exBarça is taking the place of  Ronald Koeman, whoom live the club for a month ago, to
be the new coach of  the club Vitesse in Holland.
Bakero has not the licence of coaching, but he have signed the contract to 30 june 2000, with options
to get 2 years more.

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Monday 24-1 / 2000.
The player Rivaldo from F. C. Barcelona have been choose by FIFA as the best player in the world of
the year 1999.
Rivaldo won the voting by 543 vote.

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Wednesday 15-3 / 2000.
Barça returned to write history.
Barça is now the club .

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Thursday 11-5 / 2000.
The president of  F. C. Barcelona Josep Lluis Nuñez decide to leaves the chair of the club
in July after  22 years as  president with a good record of trophy,
Fooball 29  trophys
European Cup - 1
European Cup Winners´Cup - 4
Spanish League - 7
King´s Cup - 6
European Supercup - 2
Spanish Supercup - 6
League Cup - 2
Catalunya Cup - 1


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 Saturday  20-5 / 2000
VAN GAAL QUITS AS BARCELONA COACH
Louis Van Gaal, as resign how coach of  Barcelona after  3 years in charge of the Spanish  club.
Van Gaal leaves Barcelona with a good record.
 Two Spanish league titles, a Spanish Cup  a European Supercup
and one Catalunya Cup in three seasons.

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Monday 24 -7 / 2000
Joan Gaspart is new Barcelona chief.
Joan Gaspart is the new president of Barcelona after cruising to victory in club elletions.
Gaspart gained 25.181 votes against 19.791 for his opponent Lluis Bassat.
" All my life I´ve been dreaming of this moment " said the 55 year old  president.


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