1899–1900 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona

1899-1900 season
President	Walter Wild
Manager	No manager
Top goalscorer	League: No league All: Joan Gamper (8 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1899-1900 season was the first season for FC Barcelona. The club played some friendly matches against local clubs.

Events[]

On October 22, 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 soccer fans.

Football Club Barcelona was created on November 29 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, Lluís d'Ossó i Serra, Bartomeu Terrades i Brutau, Otto Künzli, Otto Maier Zeuner, Enric Ducay Aguilera, Pere Cabot Roldós, Carles Puyol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons, William Parsons, and Hans Gamper signed the record.

On December 8, Barcelona played their first match, at the former Velòdrom 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 and a report was published on the local newspaper La Vanguardia the day after.^[1]

The first board of directors was established on December 14. Walter Wild was elected chairman since he was the oldest of the members. Dark blue and garnet were the chosen colors for the uniform, the same colors 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]

Friendly matches[]

FC Barcelona v FC Català

24 December 1899	FC Barcelona	3 – 1	FC Català	Barcelona
15:00	Gamper E. Witty Urruela Wild, Brown Terrades, Ossó, Llobet E. Witty, A. Witty, Gamper, J. Parsons, Cruzate	Los Deportes 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

FC Barcelona + FC Català v Team Anglès

26 December 1899 Combined	FC Barcelona + FC Català	2 – 1	Team Anglès	Barcelona
15:00	Gamper Urruela Wild, F. Lomba Valdés, Ossó, Llobet Mir, Artús, Gamper, Planells, Soley	Los Deportes 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 part) Arthur Leask (2ª part) Albert Serra i Guixà

FC Barcelona v Escocès FC

2 February 1900	FC Barcelona	2 – 0	Escocès FC	Barcelona
15:00	Gamper Smart Wild, Gillespie Terrades, Fitzmaurice, Llobet E. Witty, A. Witty, Gamper, Maier, Bastow	Los Deportes La Vanguardia	Hamilton Wallace, Fallon Denniston, Wishart, Dykes A. Black, Gold, J. Black, Mauchan, Girvan	Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Referee: Candwell Assistant referees: Lluís d'Ossó i Serra A. Mauchan

FC Barcelona v FC Català + Escocès FC

11 February 1900	FC Barcelona	4 – 0	FC Català + Escocès FC	Barcelona
15:00 Expulsat [1]	E. Witty Gamper Smart Wild, Gillespie Terrades, Fitzmaurice, Llobet E. Witty, A. Witty, Gamper, J. Parsons, Harris1	Los Deportes La Vanguardia Mundo Deportivo	Hamilton F. Lomba, Brown Denniston, Soley, Dykes G. Busquets, Gold,1 J. Black, Mir, Girvan	Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova Referee: A. Mauchan Assistant referees: Gordon Franck Bastow Manel Planells

Team Roig v FC Barcelona

14 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	Los Deportes La Vanguardia	López Gamper Smart Wild, Gillespie Terrades, Ossó, Llobet Valdés, Maier, Gamper, López, Cabot	Stadium: Hipòdrom de Barcelona Referee: (1ª part) John Parsons (2ª part) Albert Serra i Guixà Assistant referees: Jaume Torres

External links[]

• Official Site at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2010-08-23)

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