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Spanish Clubs FC Barcelona 2011/12, Goodbye Keiteeee!!

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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:11 AM, updated 14y ago Return to original view \| Post #1
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Fixtures and result » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « July Friendly - Sat 23 Jul 20:30 Hajduk Split 0 - 0 FC Barcelona Friendly - Tue 26 Jul 18:15 FC Barcelona 2 - 2 Internacional Friendly - Wed 27 Jul 20:45 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 Bayern M. Friendly - Sun 31 Jul 01:00 FC Barcelona 1 - 2 Manchester U. August Friendly - Thu 04 Aug FC Barcelona 1 - 4 Chivas Friendly - Sat 06 Aug 22:00 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 Club América CC - Mon 08 Aug 21:45 Girona 1 - 2 FC Barcelona CC - Tue 09 Aug 21:45 RCD Espanyol 3 - 0 FC Barcelona SSC - Sun 14 Aug 22:00 Real Madrid 2 - 2 FC Barcelona SSC - Wed 17 Aug 23:00 FC Barcelona 3 - 2 Real Madrid Gamper - Mon 22 Aug 20:30 FC Barcelona 5 - 0 SSC Napoli USC - Fri 26 Aug 20:45 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 Porto LL - Mon 29 Aug 21:00 FC Barcelona 5 - 0 Villarreal CF September LL Sun 11 Sep --:-- R.Sociedad 2 - 2 FC Barcelona UCL Tue 13 Sep 20:45 FC Barcelona 2 - 2 Milan LL Sun 18 Sep --:-- FC Barcelona 8 - 0 Osasuna LL Wed 21 Sep --:-- Valencia CF 2 - 2 FC Barcelona LL Sun 25 Sep --:-- FC Barcelona 5 - 0 At.Madrid UCL Wed 28 Sep 20:45 FC Bate 0 - 5 FC Barcelona October LL Sun 02 Oct --:-- Sporting Gijón 0 - 1 FC Barcelona LL Sun 16 Oct --:-- FC Barcelona 3 - 0 Racing UCL Wed 19 Oct 20:45 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 FC Viktoria LL Sun 23 Oct --:-- FC Barcelona 0 - 0 Sevilla FC LL Wed 26 Oct --:-- Granada 0 - 1 FC Barcelona LL Sun 30 Oct --:-- FC Barcelona 5 - 0 RCD Mallorca November UCL Tue 01 Nov 20:45 FC Viktoria 0 - 4 FC Barcelona LL Sun 06 Nov --:-- Athletic Club 2 - 2 FC Barcelona CDR Wed 9 Nov --:-- L'Hospoitalet 0 - 1 FC Barcelona LL Sun 20 Nov --:-- FC Barcelona 4 - 0 Zaragoza UCL Wed 23 Nov 20:45 Milan 2 - 3 FC Barcelona LL Sun 27 Nov --:-- Getafe CF 1 - 0 FC Barcelona LL Sun 30 Nov --:-- FC Barcelona 4 - 0 Rayo Vallecano December LL Sun 04 Dec --:-- FC Barcelona 5 - 0 Levante UD UCL Tue 06 Dec 20:45 FC Barcelona 4 - 0 FC Bate LL Sun 11 Dec --:-- Real Madrid 1 - 3 FC Barcelona CWC Thu 15 Dec --:-- FC Barcelona 4 - 0 Al Sadd CWC Sun 18 Dec --:-- FC Barcelona 4 - 0 Santos CDR Thu 22 Dec --:-- FC Barcelona 9 - 0 L'Hospitalet January CDR Wed 4 Jan --:-- FC Barcelona 4 - 0 Osasuna LL Sun 08 Jan --:-- RCD Espanyol 1 - 1 FC Barcelona CDR Wed 12 Jan --:-- Osasuna 1 - 2 FC Barcelona LL Sun 15 Jan --:-- FC Barcelona 4 - 2 Real Betis CDR Wed 12 Jan --:-- Real Madrid 1 - 2 FC Barcelona LL Sun 22 Jan 20:00 Málaga CF - FC Barcelona LL Sun 29 Jan --:-- Villarreal CF - FC Barcelona February LL Sun 05 Feb --:-- FC Barcelona - R.Sociedad LL Sun 12 Feb --:-- Osasuna - FC Barcelona LL Sun 19 Feb --:-- FC Barcelona - Valencia CF LL Sun 26 Feb --:-- At.Madrid - FC Barcelona March LL Sun 04 Mar --:-- FC Barcelona - Sporting Gijón LL Sun 11 Mar --:-- Racing - FC Barcelona LL Sun 18 Mar --:-- Sevilla FC - FC Barcelona LL Wed 21 Mar --:-- FC Barcelona - Granada LL Sun 25 Mar --:-- RCD Mallorca - FC Barcelona April LL Sun 01 Apr --:-- FC Barcelona - Athletic Club LL Sun 08 Apr --:-- Zaragoza - FC Barcelona LL Wed 11 Apr --:-- FC Barcelona - Getafe CF LL Sun 15 Apr --:-- Levante UD - FC Barcelona LL Sun 22 Apr --:-- FC Barcelona - Real Madrid LL Sun 29 Apr --:-- Rayo Vallecano - FC Barcelona May LL Wed 02 May --:-- FC Barcelona - Málaga CF LL Sun 06 May --:-- FC Barcelona - RCD Espanyol LL Sun 13 May --:-- Real Betis - FC Barcelona Scorers » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Overall 33 Messi 14 Fabregas 9 Villa 9 Xavi 7 Alexis 6 Pedro 4 Iniesta 4 Cuenca 3 Adriano 3 Thiago 2 Tello 2 Puyol 2 Sergi Roberto 1 Maxwell 1 Alves 1 Pique 1 Montoya 1 Keita 1 Abidal La Liga 19 Messi 9 Fabregas 6 Alexis 6 Xavi 5 Villa 2 Cuenca 1 Pedro 1 Thiago 1 Adriano 1 Alves 1 Puyol 1 Pique Champions League 6 Messi 4 Pedro 3 Villa 1 Fabregas 1 Iniesta 1 Xavi 1 Montoya 1 Sergi Roberto UEFA Super Cup 1 Messi 1 Fabregas Spanish Super Cup 3 Messi 1 Villa 1 Iniesta Cope del Rey 2 Iniesta 2 Thiago 2 Tello 2 Cuenca 2 Messi 2 Fabregas 1 Puyol 1 Abidal 1 Alexis 1 Sergi Roberto 1 Pedro 1 Xavi Club World Cup Championship 2 Adriano 2 Messi 1 Xavi 1 Fabregas 1 Keita 1 Maxwell This post has been edited by matyrze: Jul 9 2012, 05:43 PM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:12 AM Return to original view \| Post #2
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	History » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « On November 29, 1899, Hans Gamper founded Futbol Club Barcelona, along with eleven other enthusiasts of 'foot-ball', a game that was still largely unknown in this part of the world. He could never have imagined the magnitude of what that initiative would eventually develop into. Over more than one hundred years of history, FC Barcelona has grown spectacularly in every area and has progressed into something much greater than a mere sports club, turning Barça’s ‘more than a club’ slogan into a reality. Barça has become, for millions of people all around the world, a symbol of their identity, and not just in a sporting sense, but also in terms of society, politics and culture. Throughout the most difficult of times, Barça was the standard that represented Catalonia and the Catalan people's desire for freedom, a symbolism that has continued to be closely linked to the idiosyncrasy of the Club and its members to this day. Within the context of Spain, Barça is seen as an open and democratic club. And all around the world, Barça is identified with caring causes, and most especially children through its sponsorship agreement with Unicef. For a whole century, FC Barcelona has passed through moments of glory and pain, periods of brilliance and other less successful ones, epic victories and humbling defeats. But all these different moments have helped define the personality of a Club that, due to its peculiar nature, is considered unique in the world. With over one hundred years of history, there have naturally been many different periods, both in a social and a sporting sense. In the early years (1899-1922) , from the foundation of the club to the construction of Les Corts stadium, Barça was a club that had to distinguish itself from all the other football teams in Barcelona, to the point that it would come to be identified with the city as a whole. Barça soon became the leading club in Catalonia, and also associated itself with the increasingly growing sense of Catalan national identity. From Les Corts to the Camp Nou (1922-1957), the club went through contrasting periods. Its membership reached 10,000 for the first time, while football developed into a mass phenomenon and turned professional, and these were the years of such legendary figures as Alcántara and Samitier. But due to material difficulties and the political troubles of the Spanish Civil War and post-war period, the club was forced to overcome several adverse circumstances, including the assassination of president Josep Sunyol in 1936, the very person who had propagated the slogan ‘sport and citizenship'. But the club survived, and a period of social and sporting recovery materialised in the form of the Camp Nou, coinciding with the arrival of the hugely influential Ladislau Kubala. From the construction of the Camp Nou to the 75th anniversary (1957-1974) , Barça suffered mediocre results but was consolidated as an entity, with a constantly increasing membership and the slow but steady recovery, in the face of adversity, of its identity. A very clear sensation that was manifested for the first time ever in the words ‘Barça, more than a club’ proclaimed by president Narcís de Carreras. The board presided by Agustí Montal brought a player to Barcelona who would change the history of the club, Johan Cruyff. From the 7th anniversary to the European Cup (1974-1992) the club saw the conversion of football clubs to democracy, the start of Josep Lluís Núñez’s long presidency, the extension of the Camp Nou on occasion of the 1982 World Cup and the Cup Winners Cup triumph in Basle (1979), a major success not just in a sporting sense but also in a social one, with an enormous and exemplary expedition of Barça supporters demonstrating to Europe the unity of the Barcelona and Catalan flags. Cruyff returned, this time as coach, and created what would come to be known as the 'Dream Team' (1990-1994), whose crowning glory was the conquest of the European Cup at Wembley (1992), thanks to Koeman’s famous goal. International Dominance. From Wembley to Abu Dhabi (1992-2009) was when the club’s most recent developments occurred in between its three greatest achievements, becoming champions of Europe. Josep Lluís Núñez’s long presidency came to an end, and the club displayed its finest potential during the celebrations of the club Centenary. Following on from Joan Gaspart (2000-2003), the June 2003 election brought Joan Laporta into office, and the start of new social expansion, reaching 172,938 members, and more successes on the pitch, including four league titles, the Champions League titles won in Paris and Rome and the FIFA Club World Cup. In the season 2008-09 the arrival of Josep Guardiola as first team coach brought new energy to the club and they recorded the most successful season in their entire history winning the six titles that will be forever burned into the memories of all Barça fans. Success on the field has helped the club expand its social role and heighten its media profile. In the 2009/10 season, Guardiola’s second in charge, the Liga title was won for the second year in a row, and the twentieth on club history, setting a new record of 99 points in the process. The title was not decided until the very last day, with a game against Valladolid, and the celebrations went ahead that very same evening in the company of the fans at the Camp Nou. The grandeur of Futbol Club Barcelona is explained, among many other factors, by its impressive honours list. Very few clubs anywhere in the world have won so many titles. The Intercontinental Cup is the only major football trophy that has never made its way into the club museum, where the club's greatest pride and joy remain the three European Cup titles won in Wembley (1992) Paris (2006), Rome (2009) and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009. Apart from winning Europe’s top title,, the Club also has the honour of being the only one to have appeared in every single edition of European club competition since the tournaments were first created back in 1955. Barcelona's many achievements in Europe include being considered 'King of the Cup Winners Cup', having won that title a record four times In addition, FC Barcelona also won three Fairs Cups (the tournament now known as the UEFA Cup) in 1958, 1960 and 1966. In 1971, Barça won that trophy outright in a match played between themselves, as the first ever winners of the competition, and Leeds United, as the last. Source: fcbarcelona.cat The Crest » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « There are few elements that symbolise an organised group more than its crest. From the very moment Barça was founded, the club had its own emblem that the players proudly wore on their shirts. It was the coat of arms of the city of Barcelona, a diamond shape divided into four quarters, with a crown and a bat on top, and surrounded by two branches, one of a laurel tree and the other a palm. This, even at such an early stage, was a way of expressing the club's link to the city in which it was born. This crest remained unchanged until 1910. Shortly after Gamper had saved the club from serious crisis in 1908, a decision was made to give the club its own differentiated crest. In 1910, the club held a competition between all the members interested in presenting proposals. The winner was Carles Comamala, who played for the club between 1903 and 1912, and was a medicine student at the time, as well as being a fine artist. And so the crest that the club wears to this day was created, although there have been a few variations. It is a bowl-shaped design, in which the two upper quarters maintain the St George Cross and the red and yellow bars of the original, which are the most representative symbols of Barcelona and Catalonia. The club initials FCB appear on a strip across the centre, and below are the Barça colours and a ball. So, what we have is a crest that honours the sporting dimension of the club as well as its connection to its city and country. Since 1910, the changes made to the design have been minimal, generally just modifying the aesthetics and the patterns used for the outline. The biggest changes came about as a result of political obligations. When Franco came to power, the letters FCB were replaced by CFB, to reflect the way the club was forced to use the Spanish version of its name. The dictatorship also obliged the club to remove two of the four bars from one of the upper quarters, thus excluding the Catalan flag from the crest. On occasion of the club's 50th anniversary in 1949, the four bars returned. The original letters were not recovered until late 1974, when the crest reverted to the original 1910 design. The present crest is based on an adaptation made by designer Claret Serrahima in 2002, in which the lines are a little more stylised, the dots between the letters have been taken away, the name has been made smaller, and there are fewer pointed edges. The lines in this latest design are somewhat simpler, to make it easier for the crest and the club's corporate identity to be reproduced in all the different formats. Official Hymn W1_XM6MKZ88 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Cant del Barça ("Barça chant") is the official hymn of FC Barcelona. It was commissioned in 1974 to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary. The words were written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs and the music was composed by Manuel Valls. The hymn was given its official debut on 27 November 1974 at the Camp Nou before a game between FC Barcelona and East Germany. A 3,500 strong choir was conducted by Oriol Martorell. On 28 November 1998, during the clubs’ Centenary, it was performed by Catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat at the end of a festival at the Camp Nou. Since 2008-09 el Cant del Barça has been printed on official Barcelona replica jerseys. Source: wiki This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 29 2011, 02:44 AM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:13 AM Return to original view \| Post #3
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	The Stadium Camp Nou Capacity: 99.354 Dimensions: 105x68 m. Opened: 24th Setember 1957 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « You can tell a lot about the success or decadence of a sports club from the type of facilities it uses. In terms of FC Barcelona, the club’s history can be clearly be divided into three main stages. In the early days, the club constantly switched between different grounds. In the second stage, the club was consolidated by finding a permanent home at Les Corts. And the third stage, and the construction of the Camp Nou, reflects the expansion and grandeur of the club on a global scale. The old Les Corts ground, inaugurated in 1922, was remodelled several times in order to find room for Barça’s constantly growing fan base. After the Spanish Civil War, the club started attracting more and more members every year, which also meant a considerably larger number of spectators at matches. This increased support was the inspiration for several expansion projects, of the south goal (1946), the north goal (1950), and the grandstand’s capacity (1944). But it was becoming patently evident that what the club really needed to do was build a completely new stadium, and therefore the board of directors combined these improvements to Les Corts with plans to make the dream of a new stadium a reality. The need for a new stadium From 1948, people were more and more keen on the idea of building a completely new ground, but this was not an easy thing to do, and it was necessary to convince the local authorities that a new stadium would be able to fit in with the plans at the time to develop the upper area of the Diagonal. It is often said that what finally convinced the board that there was no other option than the construction of a new ground was the arrival of the now legendary Ladislau Kubala, one of the finest players ever to appear for FC Barcelona. And although there can be no doubting that Kubala attracted more interest than ever in the team and meant the club’s spirits hit a new high, the decision to build was inspired just as much by the two League titles won in 1947-48 and 1948-49, which was before the great Hungarian had signed for the club. In fact, the first solid step towards a new stadium came in September 1950, fifteen days before Kubala played his first friendly match wearing his new Barça colours. It was then that the president of the time, Agustí Montal y Galobart, signed an option to purchase a site in the area known as La Maternidad, an option that was to be taken up just two months later. What followed was a turbulent period, as the Camp Nou commission decided on February 9, 1951 to change the location of the future stadium to the area at the top of the Diagonal, and this led to a series of sterile negotiations with the Authorities that did not seem to be getting anywhere. The matter seemed to have been shelved for good when Francesc Miró-Sans won the FC Barcelona presidential elections on November 14, 1953. The new president was a fervent supporter of the idea of building a new stadium as soon as possible and one of the first things he did after coming into office on February 18, 1954 was to locate the future stadium on the site purchased in 1950, rather than at the top end of the Diagonal. And so, on March 28, before a crowd of 60,000 Barça fans, the first stone of the future Camp Nou was laid in place under the presidency of civil governor Felipe Acedo Colunga and with the blessing of the Archbishop of Barcelona, Gregorio Modrego. The construction (1954-1957) The architects of the new stadium were Francesc Mitjans Miró, cousin of Miró-Sans, and Josep Soteras Mauri, with the collaboration of Lorenzo García Barbón. More than a year later, on July 11, 1955, the club commissioned the construction work to the INGAR SA company, who estimated the project at 66,620,000 pesetas, claiming it would take 18 months to complete. However, the stadium would eventually cost an awful lot more than the original estimate, eventually totalling around 288 million pesetas, an amount that would need to be covered by successive issues of mortgage obligations ((100 million pesetas) and short term bonds (60 million pesetas). This measure meant the construction of the stadium could be financed, but would leave the club in heavy debt for many years after. The inauguration The date on which the stadium was to be inaugurated was September 24, 1957. A special commission was organised whose task was to organise the kind of opening ceremony that the occasion warranted, with two people in charge of the operation: Aleix Buxeres (public relations) and Nicolau Casaus (organisation). In the Barcelona City Council’s Salón de las Crónicas, on Saturday September 21, José María de Cossío, a member of the Real Academia Española, solemnly declared the celebrations of the inauguration of the new stadium open. That same September weekend, a series of international matches were played at Les Corts and the Palacio Municipal de Deportes involving the club’s different sports teams. Those days will go down in club history, and were set to words by the great poet Josep M. de Sagarra in his sonnet titled 'Azul Grana', while an anthem was written in honour of the new FC Barcelona stadium, with Josep Badia putting the words to Adolf Cabané’s music. On the day of the 1957 Mercè Festival, the city was decked out in the FC Barcelona colours. The celebrations continued with the holding of a solemn mass and the blessing of the stadium by the Archbishop of Barcelona, Gregorio Modrego. The Orfeón Graciense choir then performed Händel’s ‘Hallelujah’ while the image of the Virgin of Montserrat was exalted. The president’s box was packed with the most important personages of the sporting and political worlds of the period, including club president Francesc Miró-Sans; José Solís Ruiz, general secretary for Movement, which was the equivalent of the ministry of sport at the time; José Antonio Elola Olaso, head of the National Delegation of Sportspeople; Felipe Acedo, civil governor of Barcelona, and Josep M. de Porcioles, Mayor of Barcelona. Although work on the stadium was not yet complete, more than 90,000 spectators were able to witness the event, which continued with representatives of all the major football clubs in Catalonia parading on the pitch, as well as members of the club’s other sports teams and the supporters clubs. The new Stadium Anthem was then performed and the first game to be played at the Camp Nou kicked off at half past four in the afternoon. FC Barcelona played a friendly against Polish side Warsaw. The first Barça line-up ever to appear at the Camp Nou featured: Ramallets, Olivella, Brugué, Segarra, Vergés, Gensana, Basora, Villaverde, Martínez, Kubala and Tejada. A different eleven took to the field in the second half: Ramallets, Segarra, Brugué, Gràcia, Flotados, Bosch, Hermes, Ribelles, Tejada, Sampedro and Evaristo. Barça won the match 4-2 with goals from Eulogio Martínez (whose 11th minute strike was the first goal ever at the Camp Nou), Tejada, Sampedro and Evaristo. At half time, 1,500 members of the Agrupación Cultural Folclórica de Barcelona danced a huge sardana and freed 10,000 doves. And so it was that a brand new period in the history of FC Barcelona had begun. Source: fcbarcelona.cat Barca Territory
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:16 AM Return to original view \| Post #4
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Players 1. Víctor Valdés Arribas Position: Goalkeeper DOB: 14-01-1982 Debut: FC Barcelona-At. Madrid (2-2, League), 01/09/2002 2. Daniel Alves da Silva Position: Right back DOB: 6-5-1983 Debut: FC Barcelona-Wisla (4-0, Champions League), 13/08/2008 3. Gerard Piqué Bernabeu Position: Defender DOB: 02-02-1987 Debut: FC Barcelona-Wisla (4-0, Champions League), 13/08/2008 4. Francesc Fàbregas i Soler Position: Midfielder DOB: May 4, 1987 Debut: FCB-Real Madrid (3-2, Spanish Super Cup), 17/08/2011 5. Carles Puyol Saforcada Position: Defender DOB: 13-04-1978 Debut: R.Valladolid-FC Barcelona (2-2, League), 02/10/1999 6. Xavier Hernández Creus Position: Midfielder DOB: 25-01-1980 Debut: RCD Mallorca-FC Barcelona (2-1, Spanish Super Cup), 18/08/1998 7. David Villa Sanchez Position: Forward DOB: 03-12-1981 Debut: FC Barcelona-Sevilla FC (4-0, Spanish Super Cup), 21/08/2010 8. Andrés Iniesta Luján Position: Midfielder DOB: 11-05-1984 Debut: Brujas-FC Barcelona (0-1, Champions League), 29/10/2002 9. Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Position: Forward Date: 16-12-1988 Debut: Real Madrid-FCB (2-2, Spanish Super Cup), 14/08/2011 10. Lionel Andrés Messi Position: Forward DOB: 24-06-1987 Debut: RCD Espanyol-FC Barcelona (0-1, League), 16/10/2004 11. Thiago Alcántara do Nascimiento Position: Midfielder DOB: 11-04-1991 First-team debut: RCD Mallorca-FCB (League), 17-05-2009 13. José Manuel Pinto Colorado Position: Goalkeeper DOB: 08-11-1975 Debut: Deportivo-FC Barcelona (2-0, League), 26/04/2008 14. Javier Alejandro Mascherano Position: Midfield DOB: 08-06-1984 Debut: FC Barcelona-Hercules (0-2, League), 11/09/2010 15. Seydou Keita Position: Midfielder DOB: 16-01-1980 Debut: FCBarcelona– Wisla (4-0, Champions League), 13/08/2008 16. Sergi Busquets Burgos Position: Midfielder DOB: 16-07-1988 Debut: FC Barcelona-Racing (1-1, League), 13/09/2008 17. Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma Position: forward DOB: 28-07-1987 Debut: FC Barcelona-R.Murcia (4-0, League), 12/01/2008 19. Maxwell Scherrer Cabelino Andrade Position: defender DOB: 27 August 1981 Debut: FC Barcelona-Athletic Club (3-0, Spanish Super Cup), 23/08/2009 20. Ibrahim Afellay Position: Midfield DOB: 2 April, 1986 Debut: FC Barcelona-Athletic Club (1-1, Copa Del Rey), 05/01/2011 21. Adriano Correia Claro Position: defender DOB: 26-10-1984 Debut: Sevilla FC-FC Barcelona (3-1, Spanish Super Cup), 14/08/2010 22. Éric Abidal Position: defense DOB: 11-9-1979 Debut: Racing-FC Barcelona (0-0, League), 26/08/2007 24. Andreu Fontàs Prat Position: Defensa DOB: 14-11-1989 Debut: FCB-Sporting Gijón (Lliga), 31-08-09 Background Staffs Head Coach: Pep Guardiola Assistant Coach: Tito Vilanova Goalkeeping coach: Juan Carlos Unzué Fitness coach: Lorenzo Buenaventura / Paco Seirul•lo / Aureli Altimira / Francesc Cos Doctors: Ricard Pruna / Daniel Medina Representative: Carles Naval Podiatrist: Martín Rueda Physiotherapists: Roger Gironès / Jaume Munill / Emili Ricart / Juanjo Brau Scouting and Tactical Analysis: Domènec Torrent, Carles Planchart and Jordi Roura Kit Managers: Chema Corbella / José Antonio Ibarz / Gabriel Galan Player Liaison: Pepe Costa Transfer Dealings In Cesc Fabregas - €34M, Arsenal Alexis Sanchez - €26M, Udinese Out Bojan Krkić - €12M, Roma Jeffrén Suárez - €3.75M, Sporting CP Gabriel Milito - Free, Indepediente Henrique - Loan, Palmeiras Keirrison - Loan, Cruzeiro Zlatan Ibrahimović - €24M, Milan Martín Cáceres - €3M, Sevilla Víctor Sánchez - Free, Neuchâtel Xamax This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 29 2011, 02:34 AM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:17 AM Return to original view \| Post #5
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Club Legends This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 29 2011, 02:27 AM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:18 AM Return to original view \| Post #6
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Honours and Records Champions League Winners (4): 1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11 FIFA Club World Cup Winners (1): 2009-10 European Cup Winners Cup Winners (4): 1978-79, 1981-82, 1988-89, 1996-97 Fair Cup Winners (3): 1957-58, 1959-60, 1965-66 European Super Cup Winners (4): 1992-93, 1997-98, 2009-10, 2011-12 Latin Cup Winners (2): 1948-49, 1951-52 Pyrenees Cup Winners (4): 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13 Spanish League Championship Winners (21): 1928-29, 1944-45, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 Spanish Cup Winners (25): 1909-10, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1941-42, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1962-63, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2008-09 Spanish Supercup Winners (10): 1983-84, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 Spanish League Cup Winners (2): 1982-83, 1985-86 Mediterranian League Winners (1): 1937 Catalan League Winners (1): 1937-38 Catalan League Championship Winners (23): 1901-1902, 1902-03, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1915-16, 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38 (including the Copa Macaya (1901-02) and the Copa Barcelona (1902-03) Catalan Cup Winners (6): 1990-91, 1992-93, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07 This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 29 2011, 02:27 AM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:35 AM Return to original view \| Post #7
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Userbar Wallpaper Download your hero wallpaper, Barca Best Moment and Barca Toon here This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 29 2011, 02:37 AM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 02:42 AM Return to original view \| Post #8
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	~Reserved~ This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 29 2011, 03:03 AM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 03:04 AM Return to original view \| Post #9
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	OK guys, you may start posting now I've got some ideas to improve our front page so that it'll be more informative, and we can visit the first page from time to time. But probably because of these ideas, it causes the first page to be a bit messy But whatever, if you guys have some ideas to share, or you guys have something untuk disumbangkan, please be free to share, or you can PM me. Especially in Club Legend section. It really can tell us and other forumers about what exactly is FC Barcelona. I don't know why but not many people know our Legends. Guardiola is now famous because he is our first team coach. But not many know Kubala, Amor, Luis Suarez etc. etc. So I think our first page should have some notes about our legends. Oh, and one more thing, should we have our LYN Fan List? This post has been edited by matyrze: Aug 29 2011, 03:05 AM
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TSmatyrze	Aug 29 2011, 03:19 AM Return to original view \| Post #10
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	OK bro, later. Gonna watch RM game first
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TSmatyrze	Aug 31 2011, 08:45 PM Return to original view \| Post #11
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	QUOTE(barca96 @ Aug 30 2011, 01:42 PM) I really thought we were gonna lose the match when I saw our line-up. 3 defenders??? 2 of which were midfielders... Thiago and Keita in midfield who are both not the ones you wanna play to protect the back 4 as they lose the ball more often than Xavi-Iniesta. What on earth was Pep thinking? Now I really believe we have time for every player. You know how nice it was to see Xavi, Villa coming off the bench? Compare that to the previous seasons when we had Bojan or Jeffren to come on in the match. It never excited me haha As I said, Pep is fond to rotate players around, even if meant to reposition several players. Yeah for us its a bit odd, because we are so accustomed for players to have their position to be fixed throughout a season, or even in their career. But not with Pep. Messi as false 9, Eto'o and Henry played out wide on the flank, Iniesta on the left wing, Yaya as CB, Abidal as CB, Masch as CB, Keita as pivot, Busquets as CB. Even Cesc was played as false 9 ala Messi against Napoli. Plenty of evidence showing Pep's ideas on effective rotation. Not to say that I was not nervous when I saw Busquets-Masch-Abi defensive line for the first time I fully expected that either Montoya or Fontas would step in. But his final decision has surprised me as well. But Pep has proven that he is right, AGAIN.
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TSmatyrze	Sep 1 2011, 03:01 AM Return to original view \| Post #12
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Actually I do think that Pep is looking to apply 3-4-3 as permanent formation in the future. No reason in particular, just my feeling. But for now 4-3-3 is our optimum formation, mainly because we still have Alves bombing down the right wing. Puyol is expected to play in the next match. That's a good news. Oh, and since no one mentioned it in previous thread, Barca now has NINE (9) representatives in Spanish NT squad. Even Montoya received the call up. LOL even Pep was surprised.
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TSmatyrze	Sep 2 2011, 09:17 PM Return to original view \| Post #13
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	2iN4RbiU5z8 Our legendary icon 12 trophies as coach in 3 years.
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TSmatyrze	Sep 3 2011, 02:22 AM Return to original view \| Post #14
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	QUOTE(uzary @ Sep 3 2011, 01:32 AM) wont it be too risky to our defense? so we r turning into a most midfielder team? Well we won against Villareal didn't we? If we wanna talk about risk, is our 4-3-3 system risk-free tactic? What about other tactic? English long ball tactic? Catenacio? No tactic is risk free, or can guarantee victory. What a coach can do is to devise tactics that may minimize the risk. I think our now famous pressing game is Pep's solution for minimizing it. Of course the risk is still present, but again no tactic is 100% perfect.
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TSmatyrze	Sep 5 2011, 03:16 PM Return to original view \| Post #15
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	A sad sad sad day for Cules worldwide especially who are on twitter. Barcastuff is closing For those here who doesn't know who he is, well, he (some speculated it's actually 'they') is the founder of the famous fcbtransfer blog. For me it is still the best Barca blog out there. And although the blog is now dormant, it is still the best source of documented stories during treble season. Yesterday I checked out his twitter as usual, only to find out he has already cut off his news feed, only to mention countdown to matches. Why all good things have to end?
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TSmatyrze	Sep 5 2011, 06:43 PM Return to original view \| Post #16
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	There are plenty of alternatives. But to find the good ones is another story. Definitely nobody has come close to Pep the blogger in grinding out stories, interviews, stats about Barca. Even TB as the supposedly a continuance project of fcbtransfer has not actually up to the par IMHO, although they have more people behind the scene. They lack the interviews. Maybe its only because Spanish media have done lesser interviews with Barca players nowadays, but still how did Pep get all those interviews for his twitter feeds? Surely it came from Spanish media too.
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TSmatyrze	Sep 5 2011, 11:06 PM Return to original view \| Post #17
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Haha no lah, the fcbtransfers founder registered under the name 'Pep'. So during discussion people called him 'Pep' too. In truth nobody really know his true identity, at least not in my knowledge after reading forums and other blogs.
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TSmatyrze	Sep 8 2011, 12:52 AM Return to original view \| Post #18
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Speaking of youths, we have a new youth sensation making his debut with B team. He's Grimaldo, a 15 y.o LB. Performed well in the last game, and provided a beautiful assist for Rafinha's goal.
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TSmatyrze	Sep 8 2011, 03:39 PM Return to original view \| Post #19
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	Guys, apparently Barcastuff is back, this time on facebook. I'm really glad Link
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TSmatyrze	Sep 11 2011, 02:28 PM Return to original view \| Post #20
Historical tears Senior Member 678 posts Joined: Dec 2007 From: Shah Alam	The whole team played badly. We had the opportunities to kill Sociedad off, but we didn't, and we had to pay for that. But one thing worth noting, Fontas was really shite. Hope Pep gives him some good lecture on what good workrate is. QUOTE(uzary @ Sep 11 2011, 02:14 AM) valdes almost cost like this goal pvvyVKyx2SI Ya I also when this happen. But to be fair he did save the ball QUOTE(EL Pistolero @ Sep 11 2011, 02:15 AM) Seriously villa has been played out of position for 2 YEARS! Left wing is not his natural position. Hes a goal scoring machine! Hope pep can solve this prob ASAP He's been playing there the whole last season. I didn't hear much complain back then. The whole team performed underpar, not him alone, and Villa's mistake has nothing to do with him being a LW. QUOTE(Sifha238 @ Sep 11 2011, 01:41 PM) Pep overconfidence or he underestimate Sociedad or want to rest key player for next UCL game ? Pep has never underestimated his opponents. At least that's the impression he always gave during media conference. But its inevitable that at some point during the season, Pep has to do some experiments. It turned out well against Villareal, but stumbled against Sociedad. This could happen. For me, it's the players' fault for letting the opponents a way back into the game.
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