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1901–02 FC Barcelona Season
The 1901–02 season was the third season for FC Barcelona. Events The first game of the season was a Exhibition game, friendly against Hispania Athletic Club, Hispania AC which ended in a 1–0 victory thanks to a goal from Joan Gamper. The following game was the first at camp de la Carretera d'Horta, and Gamper contributed decisively once again with a hat-trick#Association football, hat-trick to help his side to a 4–0 win over the crew of HMS Calliope (1884), Calliope. A few months later, Barça won the first official piece of silverware, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya. In the eight games played in the tournament, Barça only conceded two goals, in a 2–4 win over Hispania on 6 January 1902, and scored a resounding 60 goals, 15 of which came on the final matchday in a 15–0 victory over Català SC on 23 March 1902, with Udo Steinberg netting 6 goals, and Joan Gamper and Arthur Leask clutching a hat-trick each. Coinciding with the festivities of the coronation of King Alfonso XII ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football league system, Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto ''"Més que un club"'' (''"More than a club"''). Unlike many other football clubs, Supporters of FC Barcelona, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable football club in the world, worth $5.6 billion, and the Deloitte Football Money League, world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €800.1 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by :ca:Jaume Picas i Guiu, Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Padrós
Juan Padrós Rubió (1 December 1869 – 11 May 1932) was a Spanish businessman who was recognised as the 2nd official President of Real Madrid. He first took office on 6 March 1902, about 2 years after Real Madrid was created. Real Madrid C.F. Retrieved 12 February 2010. He remained as president until January 1904, when he was succeeded by his brother, Carlos Padrós. Both of them were Catalan businessmen from who had moved to Madrid
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Otto Maier (footballer)
Otto Karl Christian Maier Zeuner (2 September 1877 – 6 October 1965) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona. He was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of FC Barcelona, being among the 12 founders of the club in 1899, and then serving the club as a midfielder for three years, where he played a role in the conquest of Barça's first ever piece of silverware, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya. Biography Otto was born on 2 September 1877 in Heidenheim, as the son of Johann Maier, a merchant, and Regine Zeuner. Maier was named after Otto von Bismarck, the architect of German unification. In 1907, he married Anna Elizabeth Müller, from Berlin, with whom he had three children, Rosario and the tennis players María Isabel and Enrique Maier, the first Spanish player to win the Wimbledon title, in the 1932 mixed doubles, and he also won at the 1935 US Open. He worked in the Hartmann company since 1891 and he was the one chosen by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Valdés (footballer)
Miguel Valdés Padró (13 October 1867 - 5 May 1951) was a Spanish gymnast and footballer who played as a midfielder for Català FC and FC Barcelona. He was one of the founding members of Català FC in 1899, but immediately moved to city rivals FC Barcelona, which he helped to a win the 1901–02 Copa Macaya, the club's very first piece of silverware. Besides football, he was also an outstanding athlete who also performed in other modalities such as boxing, rowing and gymnastics in the specialty of weightlifting and athletics. He was also a Spanish businessman, founder, and owner of ''Lotería Valdés'', considered one of the most emblematic and popular lottery administrations in Barcelona and FC Barcelona's first unofficial meeting point. Early life Born in Barcelona, he began his gymnastics career somewhere in the early 1890s, when he joined the Tolosa gymnasium, which was popular at the time for its innovative system created by Jaime Vila, a native of Lleida who worked at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Widerkehr
Paul Widerkehr (12 September 1880 – unknown) was a Swiss footballer who played as a midfielder for Barcelona in the 1901–02 season, helping the club win its first-ever trophy, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya. Biography Born in Zurich on 12 September 1880, Widerkehr began his career at his hometown club FC Zürich, where he played alongside his friends Joan Gamper and George Meyer, with whom he later played at Barcelona. He was registered at the Swiss consulate in Barcelona in 1901. In the 1901–02 season, Widerkehr played six official matches for Barça, all in the 1901–02 Copa Macaya, scoring six goals, all of which came in a 12–0 win over Català FC on 16 February 1902, making him the tournament's third-highest scorer behind teammates Gamper (19) and Udo Steinberg (17). He was thus a member of the Barça team that won the 1901–02 Copa Macaya, the club's first-ever trophy. Despite some encouraging first steps at Barça, he was forced to retire early due to health problems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Meyer (footballer)
George Meyer was a Swiss-born footballer who played as a defender and midfielder for Spanish club FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol in the early 1900s. He was regarded as the best player of Barcelona's early years, playing a pivotal role in the club's first-ever piece of silverware, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya. He was also the vice president of the club and a referee. Biography Meyer was born in 1879 in Winterthur, Switzerland, and he began his football career in 1894, aged 15, at Excelsior Zürich, where he played for two years until 1896, when he moved to FC Zürich, becoming its second captain in 1898. Joan Gamper also played for both of those teams roughly at the same time, although it remains unclear if Meyer met him during those days or later at Barcelona. He also practiced other sports in Switzerland, excelling in skating. Meyer moved to Barcelona in 1901 under unknown circumstances since he was never registered at the Swiss Consulate in Barcelona. He soon joined FC Barcelona, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Witty
Arthur Witty Cotton, also known as Don Arturo, was a footballer, club president and businessman. Witty played for FC Barcelona in the first Copa del Rey final and later served as club president between 1903 and 1905. He was also a successful trader and his family company, the Witty Group, continues to operate today. He was the older brother of Ernest Witty. Biography Early years Witty was the son of Frederick Witty, a British entrepreneur, who settled in Barcelona. Frederick, who belonged to a Yorkshire family, initially intended to emigrate to Argentina but was persuaded to go to Spain by friends. In 1873 he founded his own shipping agency under the name of F. Witty, subsequently establishing business links between Spain and the United Kingdom. Arthur and his brother, Ernest, were educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Merseyside, where sport was regarded as a major part of a young man's development. While at Merchant Taylors, Arthur played as a forward for the local ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Morris (footballer)
Samuel Alfredo Morris de Olea (1870 – 23 August 1935), was an Anglo-Filipino football pioneer who played as a goalkeeper and midfielder for some of the earliest Catalan clubs in existence. His younger brothers, Enrique and Miguel, followed him every step through, and together with them, he was one of the first pioneers of football in Catalonia, participating in some of the first football matches of the city and playing for several experimental teams in the 1890s such as ''Barcelona Football Club'' and ''Sociedad de Foot-Ball de Barcelona''. During the second half of his career in the early 1900s, he played for Hispania AC and FC Barcelona, being a member of the Hispania side that won the 1900–01 Copa Macaya, which was the very first football competition played on the Iberian Peninsula, and a member of the Barça side that reached the final of the 1902 Copa de la Coronación. In addition to being a footballer, he also practiced cricket, athletics, cycling, rugby, tennis, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Puelles
Luis Puelles Pàmies (1877 – after 1902) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper and defender for FC Barcelona. He played an important role in the conquest of Barça's first official titles, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya, which was the club's first-ever piece of silverware, and the 1902–03 Copa Barcelona. Puelles was also an outstanding Basque pelota player. The date of his death is unknown. Career Early career Born in the Catalonian town of Barcelona in 1877, Puelles was introduced to football during his time as a student in Marseille. When he returned to Barcelona, he joined the ranks of FC Barcelona, becoming a member of the reserve/second team, which was mainly made up of Catalans, where he featured alongside the likes of Alfonso Albéniz, Josep Llobet, and Luis de Ossó. He was a member of the Barça B team that won lesser tournaments organized by the Spanish Gymnastics Federation, such as the 1902 Medalla del Ayuntamiento between February and June 1902. Pue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Reig
Vicente Reig Falomir (1866 – 18 December 1918) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for FC Barcelona, and most notably, he was the 7th President of the said club in 1908, holding the position for 22 days, the shortest term in the history of the entity. The exact day of his birth remains uncertain, given that the parish archive of Borriol where he was born was burned at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Playing career In his twenties, Reig practiced cycling and Basque football. He joined FC Barcelona in the autumn of 1900, and despite his already advanced age of 33 or 34 years old, he was Barça's undisputed goalkeeper during the three seasons he remained at the club between 1900 and 1903 (although he also occasionally played in defence), and Reig was thus part of the side that competed in the inaugural edition of the Copa Macaya, the very first football competition played on the Iberian Peninsula, starting in the decisive match against Hispania AC which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. Website The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors. It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information. This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Big 8 (Usenet)#Hierarchies, Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
