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1899–1900 FC Barcelona season

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FC Barcelona
1899-1900 season
PresidentWalter Wild
ManagerNo manager
Top goalscorerLeague: No league
All: Joan Gamper (8 goals)

The 1899–1900 season was the first season for FC Barcelona. During this season, the club only played friendly matches against local clubs.

Events

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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

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Source:[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Catalonia CAT Juan de Urruela (First club)
GK England ENG A. J. Smart (First club)
DF Switzerland SUI Walter Wild (First club)
DF England ENG Henry W. Brown (Team Anglès)
DF England ENG A. Fitzmaurice (Team Anglès)
MF Catalonia CAT Bartomeu Terradas (FC Mulhouse)
MF Catalonia CAT Luis de Ossó (First club)
MF England ENG Arthur Witty (Team Anglès)
MF Catalonia CAT Josep Llobet (First club)
FW Catalonia CAT Pere Cabot (First club)
FW Catalonia CAT Adolfo López (First club)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Germany GER Otto Maier (FC Britannia)
FW Switzerland SUI Otto Künzli (First club)
FW Germany GER Eduardo Schilling (First club)
FW England ENG Gordon Bastow (Team Anglès)
FW Catalonia CAT Francisco Cruzate (First club)
FW Catalonia CAT Ernest Witty (Team Anglès)
FW Catalonia CAT Miguel Valdés (Català FC)
FW England ENG Stanley Harris (Team Anglès)
FW Catalonia CAT William Parsons (Team Anglès)
FW Catalonia CAT John Parsons (Team Anglès)
FW Switzerland SUI Hans Gamper (FC Lyon)
FW England ENG James Gillespie (First club)
Losses 1899–1900 Destination
Switzerland Otto Künzli Retired
Germany Eduardo Schilling Retired
Guatemala Juan de Urruela Retired
Catalonia William Parsons Work reasons
England Henry W. Brown Català FC

Results

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Friendly matches

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8 December 1899 FC Barcelona 0 – 1 Team Anglès Barcelona
15:00

Urruela
Wild, J. Lomba
Terradas, Ossó, Llobet
Künzli, Gamper, López, Schilling
La Vanguardia A. Witty
Raintree
Wamaurice
Webb, A. Witty, Morrison
W. Parsons, J. Parsons, E. Witty, Harris
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova
Referee: Arthur Leask
24 December 1899 FC Barcelona 3 – 1 Català FC Barcelona
15:00 Gamper
E. Witty
Urruela
Wild, Brown
Terradas, Ossó, Llobet
E. Witty, A. Witty, Gamper, J. Parsons, Cruzate
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
Assistant referees: Fermín Lomba
26 December 1899 FC Barcelona + Català FC 2 – 1 Team Anglès Barcelona
15:00 Gamper
Urruela
Wild, F. Lomba
Valdés, Ossó, Llobet
Mir, Artús, Gamper, Planells, Soley
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]


Urruela
Wild, F. Lomba
Terradas, Ossó, Llobet
G. Busquets, J.A. Busquets, Gamper, Soley
webdelcule (1)
Los Deportes (2)
La Vanguardia
Urruela o.g.'
 ?
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]
A. J. Smart
Wild, Brown
Terradas, Ossó, Llobet
E. Witty, Maier, Gamper, J. Parsons, Bastow
Los Deportes
La Vanguardia
J. Lomba
Vila, J. Soler
Joan García, G. Ríos, Garcés
Mir, Soley, Wishart,1
Valdés, F. Lomba
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova
2 February 1900 FC Barcelona 2 – 0 Escocès FC Barcelona
15:00 Gamper
Smart
Wild, Fitzmaurice
Terradas, A. Witty, Llobet
Gillespie, Maier, Gamper, E. Witty, Bastow
webdelcule
La Vanguardia

Hamilton
Wallace, Fallon
Denniston, Wishart, Dykes
A. Black, Gold, J. Black, Mauchan, Girvan
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova
Referee: J. Candwell
Assistant referees: Luis de Ossó
Assistant referees: William Mauchan
24 May 1900 Team Roig 1 – 2 FC Barcelona Barcelona
16:30

Planells
Ortiz, J. Soler
J.A. Busquets, Soley, Joan García
L. Valls, Julià García, Green, Sanmartín, F. Lomba
webdelcule
La Vanguardia
López
Gamper
Smart
Wild, Gillespie
Terradas, Ossó, Llobet
Valdés, Maier, Gamper, López, Cabot
Stadium: Hipòdromo de Barcelona
Referee: (1ª half) John Parsons
(2ª half) Alberto Serra
Assistant referees: Jaume Torres
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References

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  1. ^ "FC Barcelona 0–1 Team Anglès" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 9 December 1899. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/1899/12/09/pagina-3/33401273/pdf.html
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Barcelona 4–0 Català FC". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 25 May 1900. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.