The 1899-1900 season was the first season for FC Barcelona. During this season, the club only played friendly matches against local clubs.
| 1899-1900 season | |||
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| President | Walter Wild | ||
| Manager | No manager | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: No league All: Joan Gamper (8 goals) | ||
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Events edit
On 22 October 1899, a sports weekly printed in Barcelona, Los Deportes, published an advert in which Hans Gamper, a 21-year-old German-speaking Swiss, called for football fans.
Football Club Barcelona was created on 29 November of the same year, after a meeting held at Gimnasio Solé, a gym located at number 5 Montjuïc del Carme Street, in Barcelona's El Raval. Walter Wild, Luis de Ossó, Bartomeu Terradas, Otto Künzli, Otto Maier, Enric Ducay, Pere Cabot, Carles Puyol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons, William Parsons, and Joan Gamper signed the record.
On 8 December, Barcelona played their first match, at the former Velódromo de la Bonanova, against some Englishmen who had settled in the city. Both teams played with 10-men squads. The English Colony won 0–1 thanks to a goal from Arthur Witty.[1]
The first board of directors was established on 14 December. Walter Wild was elected chairman since he was the oldest of the members. Terrades was appointed treasurer, Ossó as secretary, Gamper as the team's first-ever captain, and the Parsons brothers as vice-president and vice-captain respectively. Dark blue and garnet were the chosen colours for the uniform, the same colours of Gamper's former Swiss team, FC Basel. The badge was to be the same as the coat of arms of the city. The membership fee was set at two pesetas.[2][3]
On 11 February, the Englishman Stanley Harris becomes the first player in the history of the club to be sent off in the match played against Català FC, which was using 6 members of Escocès FC. In addition to Harris, Willie Gold, the Scottish player who had received the foul, returned with a punch and was also sent off. The incident caused a fight between players of both teams and as a result, Joan Gamper, Barça's captain in this match, resigned from the position.[4]
On 14 February, Barcelona's third assembly completed the board of directors with Ernest Witty (sub-captain) (replacing William Parsons) and Joan Millet (sub-secretary). In this meeting, Gamper is urged to withdraw his resignation, not considering the incidents of the previous match sufficient. Barcelona refused to play any team with Scottish players in their ranks for a year if an apology was not received, but both Català and Escocès refused to do so, stating that those Scots are members of Català, and therefore, the rest of the 1899–1900 Catalan season was just confrontations between Escocès and Català.[5] Following a 3-month hiatus without playing (Feb - May), Barcelona finally played again on 24 May against Team Rojo, a team formed by a group of dissident players of Català, their established city rivals.[6]
Squad edit
Source:[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Losses 1899–1900 | Destination |
 Otto Künzli |
Retired |
 Eduardo Schilling |
Retired |
 Juan de Urruela |
Retired |
 William Parsons |
Work reasons |
 Henry W. Brown |
Català FC |
Results edit
Friendly matches edit
| 8 December 1899 | FC Barcelona | 0 – 1 | Team Anglès | Barcelona |
| 15:00 | La Vanguardia | A. Witty |
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Referee: Arthur Leask |
| 24 December 1899 | FC Barcelona | 3 – 1 | Català FC | Barcelona |
| 15:00 | Gamper  E. Witty |
webdelcule La Vanguardia |
Paniagua Ortiz, Mir J.A. Busquets, V.J. González, Joan García G. Busquets, Valdés, Artús, L. Valls, F. Valls |
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Attendance: 100 Referee: Arthur Leask Assistant referees: Adolfo López Fermín Lomba |
| 26 December 1899 | FC Barcelona + Català FC | 2 – 1 | Team Anglès | Barcelona |
| 15:00 | Gamper |
webdelcule La Vanguardia |
J. Parsons F. Ball, Brown Morrison, Fitzmaurice, J. Ball E. Witty, A. Witty, W. Parsons, J.A. Ball, Bastow |
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Referee: (1ª half) Jaime Vila |
| 6 January 1900 Combined | FC Barcelona + Català FC | 0 – 3 | Team Anglès | Barcelona |
| 15:00 Borrowed from Escocès FC [1] Last match for Barcelona [2] |
webdelcule (1) Los Deportes (2) La Vanguardia |
Urruela o.g.' ? Hamilton1 Jim Dykes,1 Brown H. Morris, A. Witty, Morrison W. Parsons,2 J. Parsons, Fitzmaurice, E. Witty, Bastow |
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Referee: (1ª half) J. Candwell (2ª half) Alberto Serra |
| 28 January 1900 Training | FC Barcelona | 6 – 0 | Català FC | Barcelona |
| 15:00 Borrowed from Escocès FC [1] |
Los Deportes La Vanguardia |
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova |
| 2 February 1900 | FC Barcelona | 2 – 0 | Escocès FC | Barcelona |
| 15:00 | Gamper |
webdelcule La Vanguardia |
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Referee: J. Candwell Assistant referees: Luis de Ossó William Mauchan |
| 11 February 1900 | FC Barcelona | 4 – 0 | Català FC + Escocès FC | Barcelona |
| 15:00 Sent off [1] |
E. Witty Gamper |
webdelcule La Vanguardia Mundo Deportivo |
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Referee: William Mauchan Assistant referees: Gordon Bastow Manuel Planells |
| 24 May 1900 | Team Roig | 1 – 2 | FC Barcelona | Barcelona |
| 16:30 | webdelcule La Vanguardia |
López Gamper |
Stadium: Hipòdromo de Barcelona Referee: (1ª half) John Parsons (2ª half) Alberto Serra Assistant referees: Jaume Torres |
External links edit
- Official Site at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 23 August 2010)
References edit
- ^ "FC Barcelona 0–1 Team Anglès" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 9 December 1899. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ (in Spanish) http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/1899/12/09/pagina-3/33401273/pdf.html
- ^ "Orígenes, nacimiento y consolidación del FC Barcelona (1875-1903)" [Origins, birth and consolidation of FC Barcelona (1875-1903)] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Barcelona 4–0 Català FC". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 25 May 1900. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "A voltes amb l'Escocès (FC)" [Around with Escocès FC]. memoriesfutbolcatala.com (in Spanish). 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Team Roig 1–2 Barcelona" [Team Rojo 1–2 Barcelona]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 25 May 1900. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Resumen estadístico de todas las temporadas del FC Barcelona - Temporada 1899-1900" [Statistical summary of all seasons of FC Barcelona - Season 1899-1900] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.