FC Barcelona Atlètic

FC Barcelona Atlètic
Futbol Club Barcelona Atlètic, commonly referred to as Barça Atlètic or Barça B, is a football team based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in Primera Federación – Group 2, the third tier of the Spanish league system. Founded in 1970, it is the reserve team of FC Barcelona and it plays its home fixtures at Johan Cruyff Stadium.
Reserve teams in Spain play in the same league system as the senior team, rather than in a reserve team league. They must play at least one level below their main side and they are not eligible to play in the Copa del Rey.
History
Espanya Industrial
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 FC 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.
CD Condal
After winning another promotion play-off in 1956, Espanya Industrial became independent of FC 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 junior club, Atlètic Catalunya, and formed Barcelona Atlètic. Atlètic was founded in 1965 as a result of the merger of two other teams: UE Catalunya de Les Corts (founded in 1918 as Catalunya Sporting Club) and CD 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 club finished second in Group III and returned to division two after an absence of 11 years; this was followed by a third-place in the following campaign, but the team was not eligible for promotion.
Season to season
23 seasons in Segunda División
2 seasons in Primera Federación
23 seasons in Segunda División B
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
Costa Brava Trophy
Winners (2): 1985, 2010
Players
Current squad
From Youth Academy
Out on loan
Personnel
Current technical staff
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
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 will undergo renovation.
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 and/or have reached international status.
Iván Balliu
Rey Manaj
Marc Bernaus
Sergio Araujo
José Raúl Iglesias
Lionel Messi
Srđan Pecelj
Marlon
Rafinha
Macky Bagnack
Martin Hongla
Fabrice Ondoa
Patrick Suffo
Ballou Tabla
Merveil Ndockyt
Alen Halilović
Goran Vučević
Urko Pardo
Diego Almeida
Alasana Manneh
Ilaix Moriba
Edgar Ié
Anthony Lozano
Ottó Vincze
Gai Assulin
Thiago Motta
Hiroki Abe
Tha'er Bawab
Giovani dos Santos
Jonathan dos Santos
Santiago Fernández
Lazar Carević
Munir El Haddadi
Moha El Yaagoubi
Abde Ezzalzouli
Jordi Cruyff
Haruna Babangida
Ezekiel Bassey
Samuel Okunowo
David Babunski
Antonio Sanabria
Igor Korneev
Steve Archibald
Diawandou Diagne
Moussa Wagué
Goran Drulić
Alfi Conteh-Lacalle
Lee Seung-woo
Paik Seung-ho
Damià Abella
José Joaquín Albaladejo
Luis Alberto
Albert Albesa
Thiago Alcântara
Carles Aleñá
Quique Álvarez
Guillermo Amor
Francesc Arnau
Óscar Arpón
Esteban Areta
Mikel Arteta
Alejandro Balde
Sergi Barjuán
Marc Bartra
Alberto Botía
Sergio Busquets
Ramón Calderé
Lobo Carrasco
Lluís Carreras
Albert Celades
Luis Cembranos
Thomas Christiansen
Paco Clos
Miquel Corominas
Marc Cucurella
Iván de la Peña
Gerard Deulofeu
Martín Domínguez
Juan José Estella
Kiko Femenía
Albert Ferrer
Chico Flores
Andreu Fontàs
Paco Fortes
Esteve Fradera
Sergio García
Gabri García
Óscar García
Roger García
Luis García
Salva García
Sergio García
Gavi
Delfí Geli
José Gil
Jordi Gómez
Sergi Gómez
Álex Grimaldo
Pep Guardiola
Dani Güiza
Gerard Gumbau
Xavi Hernández
Sebastián Herrera
Alejo Indias
Andrés Iniesta
Juan Luis Irazusta
Bojan Krkić
Gerard López
David Lombán
Miguel Ángel Lozano
Manolo
Quique Martín
Nacho Martín
Rubén Martínez
Paco Martínez
Josep Martínez
Jordi Masip
Luis Milla
Mingo
Óscar Mingueza
Juan Miranda
Martín Montoya
Josep Moratalla
Pepe Moré
Javi Moreno
Carlos Muñoz
Fernando Navarro
Nayim
Nolito
Antonio Olmo
Cristóbal Parralo
Patric
Ángel Pedraza
Pedro
Carles Pérez
Antonio Pinilla
Oleguer Presas
Carles Puyol
Sandro Ramírez
Pepe Reina
Oriol Riera
Sergi Roberto
Rubén Rochina
Juan Carlos Rojo
Oriol Romeu
Mikel Roteta
Francisco Rufete
Abel Ruiz
Ilie Sánchez
Tente Sánchez
Onésimo Sánchez
Víctor Sánchez
Pepe Serer
Adjutori Serrat
Jonathan Soriano
Denis Suárez
Cristian Tello
Xavi Torres
Adama Traoré
Roberto Trashorras
Víctor Valdés
Toni Velamazán
Joan Verdú
Paqui Veza
Javier Villena
Jordi Vinyals
Lamine Yamal
Konrad de la Fuente
Ronald Araújo
Alejandro Marqués
Jeffrén Suárez
References
External links
Futbolme team profile
BDFutbol team profile
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Spanish reserve football teams
Football clubs in Barcelona
Association football clubs established in 1970
1970 establishments in Spain
Segunda División clubs
Primera Federación clubs