When it comes to Spanish football, FC Barcelona is a club that has always been on the top of the table, know its ownership structure and net worth of the owner
121-year-old FC Barcelona has been at the forefront of Spanish and European football for ages. Let us get to know about the history and the owners of FC Barcelona.
History Of FC Barcelona And La Liga Titles
FC Barcelona is famous for its generally talented and alluring brand of football.
1899: FC Barcelona was established in 1899 by financial specialist Joan Gamper, who promoted players in a neighborhood Barcelona sports magazine.
1902: The club’s first title was the Copa Macaya also known as the Catalan championship in 1902.
1910: In 1910, Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, which is an important tournament in Spanish football. At present, Barca has won the Copa Del Rey 31 times, thus being the club with the most Copa del Rey titles.
1929: La Liga, the top Spanish football league, was started in 1929. Barca was victorious in LaLiga’s debut season.
Barcelona played its home matches from 1922 to 1957 at the Camp de Les Corts. The club later moved its home ground to Camp Nou in 1957. An arena record 120,000 fans watched the 1986 European Cup quarterfinal among Barcelona and Juventus.
Barca has won 26 LaLiga so far and it has never been demoted to a lower division. Barcelona has won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1979, 1982, 1989, and 1997, the Champions League in 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, and 2015, and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Super Cup in 1992, 1997, and 2009. In 2008–09 it won the La Liga title, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League to win a treble.
Barcelona’s greatest opponent in Spain is Real Madrid. Games between the two groups are known as El Clásico and draw in the significant interest all through Spain, in a huge part because the different sides represent for some the continuous political and social troubles between Catalonians and Castilian Spain. Notwithstanding a long history of the football world’s greatest names like Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Luis Figo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o, Xavi, and Lionel Messi.
A large number of the club’s players have added to the Spanish public group’s most prominent triumphs, including catching the 2008 and 2012 European Championships and the 2010 World Cup. In the 2010 World Cup last, 7 of Spain’s 11 starters were from Barça.
FC Barcelona Ownership And Owner Net Worth
FC Barcelona is a public registered club. So no one can buy or sell shares in the club. Socios is a group of fans cum members of FC Barcelona is a body that manages the club. At present, there are around 142,000 socios supporting Barca.
The current president of FC Barcelona is Joan Laporta. Josep Maria Bartomeu was the previous president of the club, but he resigned in October 2020. This resignation paved way for Joan Laporta as he took over in March 2021. Apart from being the president of Barca, Laporta is also a Spanish politician and a lawyer.
On July 1, 2021, Ferran Reverter became the new CEO of FC Barcelona after the previous CEO Oscar Grau was fired for alleged fraud.
At present, FC Barcelona is the fourth richest club in the world with a $4.06 billion net worth. Apart from the net worth, Barca’s estimated annual turnover is around €840.8 million.
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