3. November 29, 1899 Foundation
In 1902 First trophy Copa Macaya
Joan Gamper Founder Won
Copa Barcelona
First president & manager
John Barrow First official manager
4. • Michael Laudrup: The Danish striker (Frederiksberg, 1964) arrived at
Barça in 1989 from Juventus, where he had failed to impress. Everything
changed when he came to the Camp Nou. He seemed able to effortlessly and
seamlessly produce skilful play after skilful play.
• Johan Cryuff: Cruyff (Amsterdam, Holland, 1947) is one of the best
players in the world of all time and in his time, he was considered number 1.
His immense quality saw him win worldwide recognition and he won the
Golden ball award three times (1971, 1973 and 1974).
• Rivaldo: Rivaldo (Recife, Brazil, 1972) was signed from Deportivo la Coruña
at the start of the 1997-98 season as a direct replacement for his compatriot
Ronaldo, who had left for Inter Milan after an exceptional year in Catalonia.
rack up an incredible tally of goals in his time at Barça: 136 in 253 games. He
was a serious and discrete footballer, who preferred to do his talking on the
pitch and was rewarded in style for his achievements with the Balon d’Or in
1999.
• Ronaldinho: The Brazilian striker was born at Porto Alegre (Brazil) in
1980. In his five seasons at the club he became one its greatest ever footballers
and made a decisive contribution to winning two League titles and the
Champions League.
5. maximum height is 48 metres
it covers a surface area of 55,000 square metres
Inauguration: 24th September 1957
Capacity: 99.534
1998-99: five star status.
biggest stadium in Europe
6.
7. Nickname: el cerebro
Won 6 titles in a year
Debut: 2002
Won 2010 FIFA
World Cup
Midfielder
Number 8 Spanish
Importants trophies: 2008/09
Copa del Rey, 2009/10 World
Club Cup, 2010/11 Champions
League
8. Important trophies: 05-06, 08-09 & 10-11
Champion’s League and 2009 FIFA Club
World Club
Spanish
Midfielder Number 6 he guides the team with an extraordinarily
cool head
Debut: 18/08/1998
9. has speed, dribbling and shooting skills but
One of the best football
despite so many individual virtues, he is
players of his generation
also a remarkable team player.
Argentinian
Nickname: Won 2 Ballon
La pulga d’Or awards
(2009 & 2010)
and 1 Golden
Boot (09/10)
With 194 goals he is
Debut: 16/10/2004 the second top scorer
Won 3 Champion’s League:
of FC Barcelona
05-06, 08-09 & 10-11
