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Barcelona B
Full nameFutbol Club Barcelona B
Nickname(s)Barça B
Founded1970
GroundMini Estadi
Barcelona, Catalonia
Spain
Capacity15,276
ChairmanJacint Borràs
CoachLuis Enrique
LeagueSegunda División
2009-102ªB - Group 3, 2nd (promoted as Play-off winner)

Futbol Club Barcelona B (formerly Futbol Club Barcelona Atlètic until 2009–10 season) is a Spanish football team. They are the reserve team of FC Barcelona. Reserve teams in the Spanish football league system play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore the team is ineligible for promotion to the Primera Division. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. In the past the reserve teams of both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid have blurred the lines between being a reserve team and a separate entity.

The team has a history distinct from the senior team and only became known as Barcelona B in the 1990s. Previously the club has been known as Club Deportivo Espanya Industrial, Club Deportivo Condal and Barcelona Atlètic. From 1993 to 2007, there was also a FC Barcelona C, founded in 1967 as Barcelona Amateur. Although FC Barcelona is traditionally regarded as being a very cosmopolitan club, it also has a history of producing players from the cantera barcelonista. Numerous senior players have graduated through the ranks of these junior teams.

Barcelona B play their home games at the Mini Estadi, next door to the Camp Nou. The Mini Estadi is one of the most impressive reserve team stadiums in the world. It opened in 1982 and has also hosted the Barcelona Dragons and Andorra internationals.

Starting in 2008, Barcelona B became known as Barcelona Atlètic. Luis Enrique took over in the summer of 2008 when Josep Guardiola was promoted to first team coach. In summer 2010, the team's name was reverted back to Barcelona B.[1]

History

SD España Industrial

Main article: CD Condal

Founded on 1 August 1934 as Societat Esportiva Industrial Espanya, the club was originally the sports club of the factory with the same name. The club shirt featured blue and white vertical stripes. The company was owned by the family of Josep Antoni de Albert who was briefly president of FC Barcelona in 1943. During Alberts’ presidency the club, now known as Club Deportivo Espanya Industrial, became the FC Barcelona reserve team and began to play their home games at Les Corts.

Initially the club played in the local regional leagues but in 1950 they were promoted to the Tercera División and by 1952 they had been promoted to the Segunda División. In 1953 they finished as runners-up in both the Segunda División, Group I and the subsequent promotion play-off but because they were a nursery club of FC Barcelona, they were unable to move up a division.

CD Condal

Main article: CD Condal

After winning another promotion play-off in 1956, Espanya Industrial became independent of FC Barcelona and were renamed Club Deportivo Condal. The club wore blue shirts with two white diagonals stripes. The club were now able to be promoted to the Primera División. However they survived only one season and were relegated in 1957. In 1968 the club rejoined the FC Barcelona family as the reserve team and adopted the blaugrana.

Barcelona Atlètic

Barcelona Atlètic Crest

In 1970, FC Barcelona president Agustí Montal decided to merge CD Condal with another junior club, Atlètic Catalunya, and formed Barcelona Atlètic. Atlètic Catalunya was formed in 1965 as a result of the merger of two other clubs: UE Catalunya de Les Corts, founded in 1918 as Catalunya Sporting Club, and CD Fabra Coats, founded in 1926.

Barcelona B

In 1990, Barcelona Atlètic was renamed Barcelona B. In 2008, president Joan Laporta changed the name back to Barcelona Atlètic. In 2010, president Sandro Rosell reverted the name to Barcelona B.

La Masia

Inaugurated in 1966, La Masia is the name given to Barcelona's training facilities located near the Camp Nou in the Les Corts district of Barcelona. It is an ancient country residence built in 1702 and once Camp Nou was inaugurated in 1957, the building was remodelled and extended for use as the club's social headquarters. In 1979 La Masia became the residence of young players from outside of Barcelona.

Stadium

Main article: Mini Estadi
The Mini Estadi

On 23 September 1982, the Mini Estadi was inaugurated at the City of Barcelona by the former president Josep Lluís Núñez.

Next to the 'Mini Estadi' there are two training pitches, called pitch 3 and 4, which have artificial turf. This last pitch, of regulation size, is 100 metres by 70 metres and has seating for 1000 spectators. The Mini Estadi normally hosts Barcelona B and Barcelona C matches.

The stadium holds 15.276 people and is FC Barcelona B's home ground. It is a ground used only by Barca's reserve teams.

Awarded

Season to season

Season Division Place
1970–71 3ª 4th
1971–72 3ª 19th
1972–73 Regional 1st
1973–74 3ª 1st
1974–75 2ª 10th
1975–76 2ª 6th
1976–77 2ª 20th
1977–78 2ªB 5th
1978–79 2ªB 4th
1979–80 2ªB 14th
1980–81 2ªB 3rd
1981–82 2ªB 1st
1982–83 2ª 11th
1983–84 2ª 7th
1984–85 2ª 9th
1985–86 2ª 13th
1986–87 2ª 13th
1987–88 2ª 8th
1988–89 2ª 17th
1989–90 2ªB 2nd
1990–91 2ªB 1st
Season Division Place
1991–92 2ª 6th
1992–93 2ª 8th
1993–94 2ª 8th
1994–95 2ª 6th
1995–96 2ª 14th
1996–97 2ª 19th
1997–98 2ªB 1st
1998–99 2ª 20th
1999–00 2ªB 11th
2000–01 2ªB 9th
2001–02 2ªB 1st
2002–03 2ªB 2nd
2003–04 2ªB 8th
2004–05 2ªB 11th
2005–06 2ªB 6th
2006–07 2ªB 19th
2007–08 3ª 1st
2008–09 2ªB 5th
2009–10 2ªB 2nd
2010–11 2ª —

Current players

As of 7 January 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Oier Olazábal
2 DF Spain ESP Martín Montoya
3 DF Spain ESP Marc Bartra
4 MF Spain ESP Thiago Alcântara
5 DF Spain ESP Andreu Fontàs (3rd captain)
6 MF Spain ESP Oriol Romeu
7 FW Spain ESP Cristian Tello
8 FW Spain ESP Eduard Oriol
9 FW Spain ESP Nolito
10 MF Spain ESP Víctor Vázquez (captain)
11 FW Spain ESP Jonathan Soriano (4th captain)
12 FW Spain ESP Saúl Berjón
13 GK Spain ESP Jordi Masip
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Spain ESP Ilie Sánchez
15 MF Spain ESP Carlos Carmona
16 DF Spain ESP Armando Lozano (vice-captain)
17 DF Spain ESP Carles Planas
18 MF Spain ESP Sergi Roberto
19 DF Spain ESP Abraham Minero
20 MF Mexico MEX Jonathan dos Santos
21 FW Spain ESP Benja
23 FW Spain ESP Rubén Rochina
24 DF Spain ESP Marc Muniesa
25 GK Spain ESP Rubén Miño
30 MF Spain ESP Rafa Alcântara
33 DF Spain ESP Sergi Gómez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Spain ESP Martí Riverola (at Vitesse)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Spain ESP Isaac Cuenca (to Sabadell)

Former players

See also: Category:FC Barcelona Atlètic footballers

This is a list of former Barcelona Atlètic players, who have played at least 30 games for the first team.

Name Nationality Position[NB] Barcelona career Appearances Goals
Xavi Hernández  Spain Midfielder 1998– ¤ 352 35
Carles Puyol  Spain Defender 1999– ¤ 331 6
Oleguer Presas  Spain Defender 2001–2008 127 1
Josep Guardiola  Spain Midfielder 1990–2001 263 6
Víctor Valdés  Spain Goalkeeper 2002– ¤ 262 0
Andrés Iniesta  Spain Midfielder 2002– ¤ 210 17
Lionel Messi  Argentina Forward 2004– ¤ 154 104
Bojan Krkić  Spain Forward 2007– ¤ 77 20
Pedro Rodríguez  Spain Forward 2007– ¤ 42 12

Former managers

References

  1. ^ El Barça Atlètic volverá a llamarse Barça B
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