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| 1898-1922 |
| Barça is born |
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Hans Gamper set up a club that gradually wound its way into
Catalan society. This section explains more about the early days of the Club, it
pilgrimage through different football grounds and the earliest symbols of FC
Barcelona, such as the club crest and the shirt. |
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Origins |
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Businessman Hans Gamper, born in Winterthur on 22 November
1877, was the man who decided to start a football club in Barcelona, by putting
a note in a local sports magazine on 22nd October 1899, calling for players.
Gamper, known in Barcelona as Joan, had moved to the Catalan capital in 1898 for
business reasons and just over a month after placing his ad, on 29th November
1899 he preside over the first club meting at the Gimnas Sole. Together with
Gamper, Gualteri Wild, Lluís d'Ossó, Bartomeu Terradas, Otto Kunzle, Otto Maier,
Enric Ducal, Pere Cabot, Carles Pujol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons and William
Parsons attended that historic gathering. The meeting established the club and
Englishman Gualteri Wild became the first President, combining his executive
duties with his playing skills, since Wild, like the rest of the founders, was
first and foremost a player. |
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The first kit |
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From the start, the players wore the famous blue and claret
colours, half the shirt one colour and half the other with the sleeves the
opposite colour and white shorts. |
| The first club
coat of arms |
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At the beginning of its history the club shared the citys coat
of arms, as a demonstration of its commitment to the city. Later, in 1910 the
board decided that the club needed its own coat of arms and organized a
competition to find the best design which was won by an anonymous member who
produced the present model. |
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The first game |
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In their firstever match, Barca played a team made up of
English expatriates in Bonanova(now known as Turo Park). The English team, which
actually included a number of Barca players, won 1-0. |
| The first
grounds |
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Barca's early search for a permanent home saw them playing at
the Hotel Casanovas (1900), la carretera d'Horta (1901), el carrer Muntaner
(1905) and carrer Indústria, which was the first ground owned by the club and
had a capacity of 6,000 with a two tier stand, unique for its time. The ground
was officially opened on 14th March 19 1909, by which time the club had already
begun to collect titles, having won the Copa Macaya in 1901-02 and the Catalan
Championships of 1904-05 and 1908-09. Spurred on by their new surroundings, the
club went on to win the Catalan Championships of 1909-10, 1910-11, 1912-13,
1915-16, 1918-19 1919-20, 1920-21 and 1921-22, and the Spanish Championships of
1909-10, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1919-20 and 1921-22, as they enjoyed their first big
period of sporting and social expansion. |
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