Over the last year, The Barcelona Podcast has been creating a compendium of videos exploring the history of FC Barcelona. This list is still growing as we tackle new and old topics, but it’s a great place to start!
Begin with the man that started it all, Joan Gamper, and the trophy that bears his name.
With trophies on the brain, here is the history of The Spanish Super Cup.
The Copa del Rey has a bit more history and deserved a deep dive.
Barcelona didn’t have a regular ground for its first few years, but Gamper’s work in finding a permanent home saved the club. FC Barcelona has called three stadiums home since then.
Starting with Gamper, the history of FC Barcelona’s Presidents does have a bit of tragedy, especially the story of Josep Sunyol.
The relationship between Barcelona and the dictatorship was riddled with controversy and tension, particularly in the case of Alfredo Di Stéfano.
While the club missed out on Di Stéfano, FC Barcelona still boasted some of the top players in the world in the 1950s, including László Kubala and other Hungarian legends.
The late 1950s saw the success of Helenio Herrera as manager, and his ending draws parallels to Ernesto Valverde’s final season.
The 1970s were a dark decade for the club, until Johan Cruyff arrived and thus began the strong connection between FC Barcelona and The Netherlands.
From Johan Cruyff to Ernesto Valverde, check out how each manager since the Dutchman saw their time at the club end.
The early 2000s saw a carousel of managers and some tough results on the field, but some at the club were hard at work to secure the team’s future by signing a teenager from Argentina.
Ansu Fati followed in Lionel Messi’s footsteps with a debut as a a teenager, but teenage debuts for FC Barcelona have had mixed results.
Lionel Messi did have some help doing all that winning under Pep Guardiola, with some of those players coming from France.
The 2010s saw the transfer market explode, and FC Barcelona was at the center of it.
Many of the most hated individual opponents that Barcelona has had are recent additions, maybe due to the sheer number of times that rivals now play each other across different competitions. It’s not all Real Madrid though, but it’s close.
The players at a club define its history, and the same is true for FC Barcelona. Here is the playlist for our countdown of the 50 Greatest Players in Barcelona history.
