Profile and History Barcelona Football Club :
Founded: 1899
Address : Avenida Aristides Maillol 8020 Spain
Telephone : ( +34 ) 93 496 36 00
Fax : ( +34 ) 93 496 37 67
Electronic Mail : atenciosoci@fcbarcelona.com
Official Page : http://www.fcbarcelona.com
Chair: Sandro Rosell
Director : Antoni Rossich
Stadium : Camp Nou , Barcelona
A Brief History
Sole Gimnasio Stadium , 29 November 1899 . Eleven men of various nationalities attending a meeting . They intend to answer the previous month ad Joan Gamper who want to set up a football club in Barcelona. Influence of some British figures make the club chose the name Foot - Ball Club Barcelona . Red and blue color selected supposedly because Gamper was inspired to use a similar color Swiss club FC Basel . Clubs that too then incarnated as one of the leading clubs in Spain .
Under the control Gamper as president , Barcelona thrive . The first title in 1902 enfolded in the Copa Macaya . However , after winning the 1905 Campeonato de Cataluña , Barcelona difficulty degree . To 1925 , Gamper became club president in five different periods . One of the achievements are not forgotten during the Gamper leadership is the ability Barça has its own stadium . In 1922 , Barcelona occupies Las Cortes , with a capacity of 22 thousand spectators . Later , it evolved again into the stadium with a capacity of 60 thousand spectators . Stadiums in use today , Camp Nou , began to be used in 1957 and is the largest in Europe because capable of accommodating 98,772 spectators .
Period of at least Barça triumph achievement clearly recorded in the 1950s and early 1990s . The first period covers the regime of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship that forced the club to change its name to CF Barcelona . Together with coach Fernando Daucik and Ladislao Kubala , Barcelona successfully won five different title . Since 1955 , Barcelona holds an impressive record for being the only club that always appear in the European club championships . In the early 1990s , an era marked by the dominance of Barça coach Johan Cruyff , former players and talent development foundation stone of the Catalan club 's young players . Cruyff successfully brought Barça won the first Champions League title in 1992 by conquering Sampdoria , 1-0 . Thanks to the win, Barcelona became one of the team that had won three European club competition , having previously won the Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Cup .
Season 2008 / 09 , continue writing history when students Cruyff , Pep Guardiola , Barcelona bring success scooped three titles at once.