History

1899 -1909 Foundation and Survival Gamper, the founder, conceived a sports club in Barcelona, with assistance from Catalans and foreigners FC Barcelona, founded in 1899 by a group of young foreigners living in Barcelona, was the result of the increasing popularity of football, and other British sports, across Europe. These origins have conferred upon the Club its intercultural identity, multi-sport focus and its deeply-rooted allegiance to Barcelona and Catalonia.