FC Barcelona Atlètic

History

Espanya Industrial

Main article: CD Condal

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

Initially, Industrial played in the local regional leagues but, in 1950, it was promoted to Tercera División, reaching Segunda División two years later. In 1953 the club finished as runners-up in both the league and the promotion play-off but, being a nursery club of Barcelona, it was unable to move up a division.

Condal

Main article: CD Condal

After winning another promotion play-off in 1956, Espanya Industrial became independent of Barcelona and was renamed Club Deportivo Condal. The club wore blue shirts with two white diagonals stripes.

Condal competed once in La Liga, in the 1956–57 season, being relegated as 16th and last. In 1968, the club rejoined the Barcelona family as its reserve team, and adopted the blaugrana colours.

Barcelona Atlètic/Barcelona B

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

Under the new denomination the B-team played a total of ten seasons in the second level. At the end of 1988–89 the side returned to Segunda División B – the new third level created in 1977 – after ranking 17th.

In 1990, the team was renamed Barcelona B, but club president Joan Laporta changed the name back to Barcelona Atlètic in 2008. Two years later, his successor Sandro Rosell returned to the previous denomination, until Laporta changed again the name back to Barcelona Atlètic during his second presidential term in 2022.

Former club player Luis Enrique succeeded Pep Guardiola as team manager in the summer of 2008, as the latter was appointed main squad coach. In 2009–10 the team finished second in Group III and returned to the second tier after an absence of 11 years; this was followed by a third-place finish the following campaign, however the team was not eligible for promotion due to its status as a reserve side. They remained in Segunda División for 5 years until their relegation in the 2014–15 season. In 2016–17, Barça B achieved promotion and returned to Segunda División, however, the Catalan side was relegated back to the third division after only one season.

In 2020–21, the team finished as runner-ups in their group and reached the promotion play-offs. Despite an unsuccessful bid for promotion, the team achieved a place in the newly created third division of Spanish football, Primera División RFEF. In 2024–25, the club was relegated to the newly fourth division, Segunda Federación, after 18 years at between the second and third divisions.

Season to season

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• 23 seasons in Segunda División
• 4 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
• 23 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 4 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Categorías Regionales

Honours

• Segunda División B
  • Winners (5): 1981–82, 1990–91, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2016–17
• Tercera División
  • Winners (2): 1973–74, 2007–08
• Primera Catalana
  • Winners (1): 1972–73

Players

Current squad

From [[FC Barcelona (youth)|Youth Academy]]

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Personnel

Current technical staff

ESP Marc Guitart

Former coaches

Records

:Players in bold are still active with club.

Most appearances

;All competitions

;League matches (2ª and 2ª B)

Top scorers

;All competitions

;League matches (2ª and 2ª B)

Stadium

Main article: Johan Cruyff Stadium

On 23 September 1982 the Mini Estadi was inaugurated by Barcelona president Josep Lluís Núñez. Next to the ground there are two training pitches, pitch 3 and 4, which have artificial turf – the latter has a regulation size of 100 x 70 metres and has seating for 1,000 spectators.

Mini Estadi has also hosted games for the Andorra national football team, and the Barcelona Dragons of American football.

As a part of the Espai Barça project, the Mini Estadi was demolished and the Estadi Johan Cruyff was opened to take its place starting in the 2019–20 season. Also, as part of this project the Camp Nou underwent renovation.

La Masia

Main article: La Masia

Inaugurated on 26 September 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 the city. In the following decades the academy forged several players that would later appear for both the main squad and the Spain national team, Guillermo Amor, Albert Ferrer, Iván de la Peña, Josep Guardiola, Carles Puyol, Gerard López, Xavi, Víctor Valdés, and Andrés Iniesta being amongst the most prominent. Lionel Messi is also an alumnus of La Masia and is one of the most famous players to play for Barcelona as well as the Argentina national football team.

Notable players

Note: This list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 top league games, have represented their countries in international level, or both.

• Albania Iván Balliu
• Albania Rey Manaj
• Andorra Marc Bernaus
• Argentina Sergio Araujo
• Argentina José Raúl Iglesias
• Argentina Lionel Messi
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Srđan Pecelj
• Brazil Marlon
• Brazil Rafinha
• Cameroon Macky Bagnack
• Cameroon Martin Hongla
• Cameroon Fabrice Ondoa
• Cameroon Patrick Suffo
• Canada Ballou Tabla
• Congo Merveil Ndockyt
• Croatia Alen Halilović
• Croatia Goran Vučević
• Cyprus Urko Pardo
• Ecuador Diego Almeida
• Gambia Alasana Manneh
• Guinea Ilaix Moriba
• Guinea-Bissau Edgar Ié
• Honduras Anthony Lozano
• Hungary Ottó Vincze
• Israel Gai Assulin
• Italy Thiago Motta
• Japan Hiroki Abe
• Jordan Tha'er Bawab
• Mexico Giovani dos Santos
• Mexico Jonathan dos Santos
• Mexico Santiago Fernández
• Mexico Efraín Juárez
• Montenegro Lazar Carević
• Morocco Ilias Akhomach
• Morocco Munir El Haddadi
• Morocco Moha El Yaagoubi
• Morocco Abde Ezzalzouli
• Morocco Chadi Riad
• Netherlands Jordi Cruyff
• Nigeria Haruna Babangida
• Nigeria Ezekiel Bassey
• Nigeria Samuel Okunowo
• North Macedonia David Babunski
• Paraguay Antonio Sanabria
• Russia Igor Korneev
• Scotland Steve Archibald
• Senegal Diawandou Diagne
• Senegal Moussa Wagué
• Serbia Goran Drulić
• Sierra Leone Alfi Conteh-Lacalle
• South Korea Lee Seung-woo
• South Korea Paik Seung-ho
• Spain Damià Abella
• Spain José Joaquín Albaladejo
• Spain Luis Alberto
• Spain Albert Albesa
• Spain Thiago Alcântara
• Spain Carles Aleñá
• Spain Quique Álvarez
• Spain Guillermo Amor
• Spain Francesc Arnau
• Spain Óscar Arpón
• Spain Esteban Areta
• Spain Mikel Arteta
• Spain Alejandro Balde
• Spain Sergi Barjuán
• Spain Marc Bartra
• Spain Alberto Botía
• Spain Sergio Busquets
• Spain Ramón Calderé
• Spain Lobo Carrasco
• Spain Lluís Carreras
• Spain Marc Casadó
• Spain Albert Celades
• Spain Luis Cembranos
• Spain Thomas Christiansen
• Spain Paco Clos
• Spain Miquel Corominas
• Spain Marc Cucurella
• Spain Iván de la Peña
• Spain Gerard Deulofeu
• Spain Martín Domínguez
• Spain Juan José Estella
• Spain Kiko Femenía
• Spain Albert Ferrer
• Spain Chico Flores
• Spain Andreu Fontàs
• Spain Paco Fortes
• Spain Esteve Fradera
• Spain Sergio García
• Spain Gabri García
• Spain Óscar García
• Spain Roger García
• Spain Luis García
• Spain Salva García
• Spain Sergio García
• Spain Gavi
• Spain Delfí Geli
• Spain José Gil
• Spain Jordi Gómez
• Spain Sergi Gómez
• Spain Nico González
• Spain Álex Grimaldo
• Spain Pep Guardiola
• Spain Dani Güiza
• Spain Gerard Gumbau
• Spain Xavi Hernández
• Spain Sebastián Herrera
• Spain Alejo Indias
• Spain Andrés Iniesta
• Spain Juan Luis Irazusta
• Spain Ferran Jutglà
• Spain Bojan Krkić
• Spain Gerard López
• Spain David Lombán
• Spain Miguel Ángel Lozano
• Spain Manolo
• Spain Quique Martín
• Spain Nacho Martín
• Spain Rubén Martínez
• Spain Paco Martínez
• Spain Josep Martínez
• Spain Jordi Masip
• Spain Luis Milla
• Spain Mingo
• Spain Óscar Mingueza
• Spain Juan Miranda
• Spain Martín Montoya
• Spain Josep Moratalla
• Spain Pepe Moré
• Spain Javi Moreno
• Spain Carlos Muñoz
• Spain Fernando Navarro
• Spain Nayim
• Spain Nolito
• Spain Antonio Olmo
• Spain Cristóbal Parralo
• Spain Patric
• Spain Ángel Pedraza
• Spain Pedro
• Spain Carles Pérez
• Spain Antonio Pinilla
• Spain Oleguer Presas
• Spain Riqui Puig
• Spain Carles Puyol
• Spain Sandro Ramírez
• Spain Pepe Reina
• Spain Oriol Riera
• Spain Sergi Roberto
• Spain Rubén Rochina
• Spain Juan Carlos Rojo
• Spain Oriol Romeu
• Spain Mikel Roteta
• Spain Francisco Rufete
• Spain Abel Ruiz
• Spain Ilie Sánchez
• Spain Tente Sánchez
• Spain Onésimo Sánchez
• Spain Víctor Sánchez
• Spain Pepe Serer
• Spain Adjutori Serrat
• Spain Jonathan Soriano
• Spain Denis Suárez
• Spain Cristian Tello
• Spain Xavi Torres
• Spain Adama Traoré
• Spain Roberto Trashorras
• Spain Víctor Valdés
• Spain Toni Velamazán
• Spain Joan Verdú
• Spain Paqui Veza
• Spain Javier Villena
• Spain Jordi Vinyals
• Spain Lamine Yamal
• United States of America Konrad de la Fuente
• Uruguay Ronald Araújo
• Venezuela Alejandro Marqués
• Venezuela Jeffrén Suárez

References

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