History of FC Barcelona!

November 29, 1899, Hans Gamper, along with ten other enthusiasts founded football club Barcelona. In those days, Hans Gamper, being a Swiss by birth, he played for the Zurich Club Excelsior. Club colors were chosen in such a simple way: blue and red - the colors of Excelsior, and red and yellow, respectively, in Catalonia. From the first years of its existence, the proud Catalans under the direction of his best player and the club's first president Walter Wilde began to make progress. Interestingly, his first match December 8, 1899 Barcelona lost 0-1 team with a score of British ex-patriots on the velodrome Bonanova.In 1910 takes Barca Spanish Cup, and in 1922 the club comes first own stadium Les Corts, where Barcelona won the opening match of the Scottish St Mirren 2-1. The next event in the history of Barcelona dates from the year 1929: Hector Scarone leader of world champions Uruguayans became a member of the world's first transfer from Nacional Montevideo in the red and blue. In the 30s became the symbol of anti-Franco Barcelona coalition in Spain in general, and football in particular.In the late 40's and early 50's team won five national championships in a row because of the legend of those years Kubalia Ladislav, who played for Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Spain. In 1958 she began in Barcelona, ​​the format of which we are accustomed to seeing so far.In 1957, specifically September 24th game against a team of Poland opened the famous stadium Camp Nou Camp Nou, or as they call him the proud Catalans. In this match Eulogio Martinez from Paraguay became the first player to score the ball at the new stadium. Barcelona won that match 4-2. Stadium, an unremarkable-looking gray building, located away from major attractions of Barcelona, ​​keeps the fire of several generations of fans. If there is a stadium in the world, which is called the boiler, the Camp Nou is one of them. Tribunes fit directly to the edge of the field, and for the fans is not created by an imaginary and a real sense of presence. The stadium, by the way, the biggest in Europe and second in the world after Brazil's Maracana, even an empty impression of a giant funnel, so when 120,000 fans explode with emotions, then they cry like a weird buzz like a wind tunnel effect.Barcelona's policies since the late 50's to the present day has always determined the legionnaires. As part of Barcelona during this time acted as a global star, that they would be enough for several teams in the world. In the 60 team leaders were Hungarians and Tsibarov Kochesh and Brazilian Evariste. In the 70 Barca forever glorified "Flying Dutchman" Johan Cruyff and his friend Johan Niskens. This period was the first Dutch period in team history. Over the years, a mega star Barca were all over the world, many of them, Catalonia became the prelude of a large success. Here are some names: Allan Simonsen, Diego Maradona, Gary Lineker, Michael Laudrup, Hristo Stoichkov, Ronald Koeman, Romario, Ronaldo, Hadji, Luis Figo. In addition to the legionnaires were from Nigeria, Serbia, Scotland, Wales and even the Russian Igor Korneev. In the 97-98 season, the number of foreign players has reached its peak, 17 people! We should not forget that home-grown stars Barca gave enough: Salinas, Subisareta, Enrique, etc. Naturally, with such an abundance of foreigners they are in a sort of "honor roll" of Barcelona.The only Barca won the Champions Cup only in '92 led by Cruyff and cannon strike Koemana, literally "knocking out" Sampdoria in extra-time final.