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    The History of FC Barcelona

    The History of FC Barcelona

    Presidents
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    Joan Laporta i Estruch (2021-...)
    Laporta (Barcelona, 1962) returns to the FC Barcelona presidency after winning the elections on 7 March 2021 with 30,184 votes (54.28%)
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    Managing Commission (2020-21)
    Following the resignation of president Josep Maria Bartomeu on 28 October 2020, a Managing Commission was constituted to oversee operations ahead of the election of a new president
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    Josep Maria Bartomeu i Floreta (2014-2020)
    Josep Maria Bartomeu i Floreta became president of FC Barcelona on 23 January 2014 after the resignation of Sandro Rosell and in 2015 he won the presidential elections with a comfortable majority
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    Management Committee (2015)
    On 9 June 2015 a Management Committee was appointed to prepare the elections on 18 July
    Sandro Rosell i Feliu
    Sandro Rosell i Feliu (2010-2014)
    Sandro Rosell (6 March 1964) assumed the role of president of the Club after enjoying an overwhelming victory in the elections in 2010 where he secured a record level of support
    Joan Laporta i Estruch
    Joan Laporta i Estruch (2003-2010)
    Joan Laporta i Estruch (Barcelona, 1962) became president after a clear victory in the elections held on June 15, 2003. He received 27,138 votes (52.6%)
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    Management Committee (2006)
    A judicial sentence reached the verdict that the mandate of the Board of Directors led by Joan Laporta had expired on June 30, 2006. Therefore, the Barça board resigned and constituted a Management Committee
    Joan Trayter
    Management Committee (2003)
    After the collective resignation of the Board of Directors presided by Enric Reyna on 6 May, an interim Management Committee, headed by the president of the Statutory-Economic Commission, took over the management of the Club as indicated by the Club Statutes
    Enric Reyna i Martínez
    Enric Reyna i Martínez (2003)
    Enric Reyna Martínez became president of FC Barcelona on February 12, 2003, after Joan Gaspart had publicly announced that he was resigning from the position
    Joan Gaspart i Solves
    Joan Gaspart i Solves (2000-2003)
    Joan Gaspart i Solves became president of FC Barcelona on July 23, 2000, following an election with an extraordinarily high turnout, with 45,888 votes cast (almost half of eligible voters)
    Josep Lluís Núñez
    Josep Lluís Núñez (1978-2000)
    On May 6, 1978, Josep Lluís Núñez (Barakaldo, 1931-Barcelona 2018) won the presidential elections by a narrow margin
    Raimon Carrasco i Azemar
    Raimon Carrasco i Azemar (1977-1978)
    He was the Club’s interim president from December 18, 1977 to July 1, 1978, the day Josep Lluís Núñez ascended to the presidency
    Agustí Montal i Costa
    Agustí Montal i Costa (1969-1977)
    Agustí Montal i Costa (Barcelona, 1934 – Barcelona 2017), son of ex-president Agustí Montal i Galobart (1946-1952), was vice president of the board under Narcís de Carreras and following his resignation decided to stand for the post himself
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    Narcís de Carreras (1968-1969)
    Narcís de Carreras (La Bisbal d'Empordà, 1905- Barcelona, 1991) became president of FC Barcelona on January 17, 1968 after standing in the name of a united front. That day, he said “Barça is more than a club” during his acceptance speech.
    Enric Llaudet
    Enric Llaudet (1961-1968)
    After Miró-Sans resigned, new elections for the presidency of FC Barcelona were called in June 1961
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    Antoni Julià de Capmany (1961)
    Once president Francesc Miró-Sans had resigned, on 1 March 1961 a Managing Commission chaired by Antoni Julià de Capmany took over the club’s presidency internally
    Francesc Miró-Sans
    Francesc Miró-Sans (1953-1961)
    After Enric Martí resigned, presidential elections in which only men could vote were called
    Enric Martí Carreto
    Enric Martí Carreto (1952-1953)
    Enric Martí had been vice president under Agustí Montal, becoming his right hand man, and was therefore his logical successor
    Agustí Montal i Galobart
    Agustí Montal i Galobart (1946-1952)
    In November 1945, Agustí Montal i Galobart (Barcelona, 1904-1964), presented a motion requesting an end to be put to the provisional nature that the club management had been working under for the last few years
    Josep Vendrell
    Josep Vendrell (1943-1946)
    The twenty-eighth chairman in FC Barcelona’s history was Josep Vendrell, an army colonel who fought on the Francoist side in the Civil War and at the time was the Government Delegate for Public Order in La Coruña
    Josep Antoni de Albert
    Josep Antoni de Albert (1943)
    Josep Antoni de Albert took over from the Marqués de la Mesa de Asta after his definitive resignation on 20 August 1943
    Josep Vidal-Ribas
    Josep Vidal-Ribas (1942)
    Josep Vidal Ribas was the President of FC Barcelona during the very brief gap that existed between the Marqués de la Mesa de Asta's two terms in office
    Enrique Piñeyro
    Enrique Piñeyro (Marquès de la Mesa de Asta) (1940-1942 / / 1942-1943)
    Enrique Piñeyro de Queralt (Barcelona, 1883-1960), an aristocrat who was closely connected to the Franco regime, was named President of FC Barcelona by the authorities
    Joan Soler
    Managing Commission (1939-1940)
    After the Civil War, the Franco regime ordered the creation of another Management Committee to take charge of the running of FC Barcelona.
    Francesc Xavier Casals
    Francesc Xavier Casals (1937-1939)
    Francesc Xavier Casals became president of Barça after the Employees Committee ceased its duties in November 1937.
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    Employees' Committee (1936-1937)
    After the assassination of Josep Suñol, an Employees' Committee was created to manage the Club and ensure that nobody could take it over during the Civil War
    Josep Suñol
    Josep Suñol (1935-1936)
    Josep Suñol has gone down in FC Barcelona history as the ‘martyr president’ as a result of his tragic death when he was in charge of the Club in the early days of the Civil War and was shot by Franco’s troops in the summer of 1936
    Esteve Sala
    Esteve Sala (1934-1935)
    Esteve Sala became the twenty-first president of FC Barcelona on 16 July 1934, with the principal aim of sorting out the critical situation which the Club was going through. As president he was faced with two main problems; one, financial and the other, sporting
    Joan Coma
    Joan Coma (1925/1931-1934)
    Joan Coma (Barcelona, 1877-1959) presided over FC Barcelona over two separate mandates. The first was interim, in the second half of 1925, when the Club was closed for six months due to a government order.
    Antoni Oliver
    Antoni Oliver (1931)
    Antoni Oliver was elected President of FC Barcelona on 22 October 1931, after a stormy meeting during which Gaspar Rosés resigned
    Tomàs Rosés
    Tomàs Rosés (1929-1930)
    This prestigious banker became the nineteenth president in the history of the club on March 23, 1929. He will be remembered most of all for being the president in the year that Barça won the first ever edition of the League Championship
    Arcadi Balaguer
    Arcadi Balaguer (1925-1929)
    President of FC Barcelona from 17 December 1925 until 25 March 1929
    Enric Cardona
    Enric Cardona (1923-1924)
    The fifteenth president in the history of FC Barcelona began his term on 29 July 1923, taking over from Joan Gamper, who was stepping down after his fourth period running the Club
    Ricard Graells
    Ricard Graells (1919-1920)
    Ricard Graells took over from Joan Gamper when the founder of FC Barcelona stood down for the third time, on 10 June 1919
    Gaspar Rosés
    Gaspar Rosés (1916-1917 / / 1920-1921 / / 1930-1931)
    Gaspar Rosés presided over FC Barcelona on three separate occasions. He first took up the presidency on 25 June 1916, when he replaced Rafael Llopart on his resignation
    Rafael Llopart
    Rafael Llopart (1915-1916)
    Rafael Llopart was elected at a meeting held on 29 June 1915 at the ground on Carrer Indústria
    Joaquim Peris de Vargas
    Joaquim Peris de Vargas (1914-1915)
    Military man Joaquim Peris de Vargas was one of the most controversial characters in the entire history of the club
    Àlvar Presta
    Àlvar Presta (1914)
    There was major internal division at the club following the resignation of Francesc de Moxó. Many of the members wanted to see vice president Joaquim Peris de Vargas take over the club, but many others were fiercely opposed to the idea
    Francesc de Moxó
    Francesc de Moxó (1913-1914)
    Francesc de Moxó was elected as President of Barcelona Football Club on 30 June 1913 at a meeting held in the Condal College, which was attended by 700 people at which Gamper left the Club to attend to personal matters
    Otto Gmelin
    Otto Gmelin (1909-1910)
    Otto Gmelin became president of Futbol Club Barcelona on October 14, 1909. He arrived after Joan Gamper’s first presidential term, in which he had saved the club from extinction
    Joan Gamper
    Joan Gamper (1908-1909 / / 1910-1913 / / 1917-1919 / / 1921-1923 / / 1924-1925)
    The founder of FC Barcelona was unable to become president of the Club when it was founded because he was a minor, but he saw himself obliged to take the reins at various points in its history
    Vicenç Reig
    Vicenç Reig (1908)
    Vicenç Reig held the shortest presidency in the history of Futbol Club Barcelona
    Juli Marial
    Juli Marial (1906-1908)
    Juli Marial (1885-1963) took over as president of FC Barcelona on 1 October, 1906, and like his predecessor Josep Soler, had to steer the club through difficult times in both social and sporting terms
    Josep Soler
    Josep Soler (1905-1906)
    Josep Soler was president of a Club in decline for just one year
    Arthur Witty
    Arthur Witty (1903-1905)
    Arthur Witty (1878-1969), a member of an important English family residing in Barcelona at the time, came to Futbol Club Barcelona shortly after it had been founded
    Paul Haas
    Paul Haas (1902-1903)
    Paul Haas was the first president of Futbol Club Barcelona who had not been involved in the foundation of the club, and also the first who never actually played for the team
    Bartomeu Terradas
    Bartomeu Terrades (1901-1902)
    Bartomeu Terrades was one of the most multi-talented people in the entire history of Futbol Club Barcelona
    Walter Wild
    Walter Wild (1899-1901)
    Walter Wild had the honour of being the first ever president of FC Barcelona
    La Liga 27 Titles
    UEFA Champions League 5 Trophies
    FIFA Club World Cup 3 Trophies
    Copa Del Rey 31 Trophies
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