Football Club Barcelona Atlètic

The Fútbol Club Barcelona Atlètic, abbreviated as Barça Atlètic, is the subsidiary team of the Fútbol Club Barcelona. It was founded in 1970, after the merger of Club Deportivo Condal and Atlético Cataluña Club de Fútbol, under the name of Club de Fútbol Barcelona Atlético, although prior to its constitution other clubs performed that function of filiality. Sometimes it is also cited by its old nickname in force until 2022, Fútbol Club Barcelona «B», due to the character of the entity's "second team", and the usual name for subsidiary teams. from Spain.

It has been active since 2021 in the First Federation, the third category of Spanish football, replacing the defunct Second Division "B". Unlike other European and world football leagues, in Spain the regulations and regulations that affect subsidiary teams allow them to act as professional clubs for all purposes - being able to compete in the same League system as the rest of the teams., instead of playing a separate League of subsidiary teams. Barça Atlètic cannot be promoted to a higher or equal category of Spanish football than the first team, this being the First Division.

Some of the most outstanding players who have come to the first team from the Barcelona youth academy have passed through the discipline of the subsidiary: Lobo Carrasco, Ramón Calderé, Tente Sánchez, Guillermo Amor, Albert Ferrer, Pep Guardiola, Sergi Barjuan, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Víctor Valdés, Xavi Hernández or Lionel Messi, as well as footballers who have developed the bulk of their careers in other important teams such as Nayim, Luis García, Iván de la Peña, Sergio García, Pepe Reina or Thiago Alcântara. It is also worth highlighting Thomas Christiansen and Munir El Haddadi, who, although they did not play a leading role in the first team, are the only ones who were full internationals with the Spanish team and were part of the reserve team.

History

Origins and background

After the Civil War, FC Barcelona signed a affiliation agreement with the team of the textile company La España Industrial, located in the Barcelona neighborhood of Hostafrancs. Thanks to this agreement, the factory team began to be nourished by the players who had no place in the Barcelona first team, essentially its young promises. In 1953, the La España Industrial Sports Section achieved promotion to the First Division, changing its name to Club Deportivo Condal and interrupting its affiliation with F. C. Barcelona. After a single year in the top category, CD Condal resumed its affiliation with FC Barcelona, playing for 15 years between the Second and Third Divisions. In 1968, due to the crisis in the textile industry, La España Industrial resigned from maintaining the football team, which remained fully under the control of F. C. Barcelona. Starting with the 1968/69 season, Condal changed its traditional blue and white uniform for the blue stripes, and began to wear a new shield with the symbols of F. C. Barcelona.

At the same time, in 1965 FC Barcelona assumed control of another club of factory origin, the Club Deportivo Fabra y Coats. This team had been founded in 1922, initially as Club Deportivo Hiladuras, by workers from the Fabra y Coats textile factory, in the San Andrés neighborhood of Barcelona. After being separated from the factory, it became a Barcelona subsidiary under the name of Atlético Cataluña Club de Fútbol, changing its historical black and white colors for blue and scarlet and starting to sport a new shield with the symbols of F. C. Barcelona.

For three seasons, CD Condal and Atlético Cataluña CF competed fratricidally in the Third Division, without either achieving promotion to the Second Division. With the aim of reducing costs and joining forces in a more competitive team, in July 1970 the board of directors of F. C. Barcelona chaired by Agustí Montal Costa, at the request of the first team coach Vic Buckingham, agreed to the merger of Condal and Atlético Cataluña in a single subsidiary. This new club, initially called C. F. Barcelona Atléticomaintained the Barça colors in the uniform and adopted the shield worn by CD Condal, adopted in turn from F. C. Barcelona. Originally, Barcelona Atlético had its own legal personality, so it had its own partners and had its own president, a position initially held by Pere Viladomiu, director of the Montal board. Joaquín Labuena, former president of Condal and founder of SD España Industrial, assumed the vice presidency.

1960s-70s

Barcelona Atlético began its journey in the Third Division, under the orders of Josep Seguer. Although the objective of the merger was to achieve a more powerful team, only two years after its creation the subsidiary was downgraded. A new stage then began, with Luis Aloy on the bench, who achieved two consecutive promotions, leading the team to debut in the Second Division. In the 1975/76 season, the subsidiary managed to finish sixth, a position that for a long time was its historical ceiling. The players included Antonio Olmo, Tente Sánchez and Paco Martínez, who would later win several national and international titles with the first team; The first two, in addition, were World Cup players with the Spanish team. That season Pepe Moré and Rusky also played in the reserve team, who later had a long career in the First Division with Real Valladolid.

Barcelona Atlético lost the category after three seasons, going down to the newly created Second Division B.

Years 1980-90

In the 1980s, Barcelona Atlètic consolidated itself in the Second Division, chaining seven consecutive seasons in this category (1982-1989), its record to date. However, few players who came through the reserve team at this time managed to establish themselves in the first team, highlighting the cases of Rojo, Clos and Calderé, all of them absolute internationals for Spain, as well as Pedraza, the first resident of La Masía to arrive at the first team.

Due to the Sports Law 10/1990, the Royal Spanish Football Federation forced all subsidiaries to join their parent club, adopting the same name and identity, and were also excluded from participating in the Copa del Rey.. Along these lines, the Barcelona subsidiary was assimilated as a dependent team and in 1991 it was renamed F. C. Barcelona "B".

During the 1990s, the Barça reserve team, led by Quique Costas, played in the Second Division, until it was relegated in 1997 with Juande Ramos on the bench.

Years 2000-10

Quique Costas returned to Barça "B" in 2005, but his third spell at the club was not successful, as the team ended up being relegated to the Third Division in the 2006/07 season.

In the 2007-08 season, Pep Guardiola made his debut as a coach with Barcelona B, becoming Third Division champion to be promoted to the Second Division "B". From that team, footballers such as Sergio Busquets stand out., Pedro, Jeffren Suárez, Alberto Botía, Víctor Sánchez or Chico.

In July 2008 it recovered the name of F. C. Barcelona Atlètic with Joan Laporta as President of the club.

Years 2010-present

In July 2010, after promotion to the Second Division, it changed its name again to F. C. Barcelona "B" with Sandro Rosell as president.

On June 20, 2010, Barcelona "B" by Luis Enrique achieves promotion to the Second Division 11 years later after beating the U.E. Sant Andreu by an aggregate of 1-0.

In the 2010-11 season, the Barcelona reserve team completed its best campaign in history, finishing in 3rd position in the Second Division. The team, led again by Luis Enrique, was the highest scoring team (along with Real Betis Balompié) and had the Pichichi, Jonathan Soriano, in its ranks.

For the 2011-12 season, there were several changes in the team, starting with the coach: Eusebio Sacristán replaced Luis Enrique who signed for A.S. Roma, while several key players such as Nolito, Thiago Alcántara, Andreu Fontàs or Edu Oriol move to the first team or leave the club. This affected the team, which ended the 2011-12 season in 8th position, although very far from relegation.

These ups and downs were repeated in the 2012-13 season, in which the team finished 9th after men like Marc Bartra and Martín Montoya rose to the first team.

The 2013-14 season was presented as a challenge for the reserve team, as it would have to overcome the losses of key players such as Gerard Deulofeu, Sergi Roberto and Rafinha, who were called up for the first team or loaned to other teams. At first, the young squad began in a hopeful manner with good performances, but this did not last long as they found themselves involved in a bad streak of 8 defeats in 10 games, taking them to the relegation spots in the first round. Despite the adversities, the players demonstrated their quality and thanks to a great final stretch of the championship, the subsidiary equaled its best classification, achieving a creditable 3.er placed with 66 points. Players such as Denis Suárez, Javier Espinosa, Edu Bedia and Planas stood out.

However, in the 2014-15 season, the Barça reserve team went from strength to strength and ended up in the relegation zone in the second round. Jordi Vinyals took over from Eusebio Sacristán, but that did not help to avoid relegation to the bronze category. After this failure, the club opted to terminate Jordi Vinyals' contract and Gerard López was named the new coach.

In 2017 the reserve team achieved the biggest win in the history of the 2nd B, beating Club Deportivo Eldense 12-0 in a match with suspicions of fixing due to illegal bets by the visiting team.

Relegation to Second Division B

After the dismissal of coach Gerard López for a terrible season, a man from the house, García Pimienta, took charge in order to save the Blaugrana subsidiary from relegation. Despite obtaining 2 consecutive victories against Sporting de Gijón and Cádiz, on May 27 the relegation to Second Division B was consumed by drawing 0-0 against Albacete and with one matchday remaining.

In June 2022 it recovered the name of F. C. Barcelona Atlètic, during Joan Laporta's second term as President of the club.

Stadium

Since the 2019-20 season, the reserve team has been playing at the Johan Cruyff Stadium at the Joan Gamper Sports City. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 spectators and dimensions of 105 x 68 m.

The previous stadium of F. C. Barcelona Atlètic was the Mini Estadi and was located on Av. Arístides Maillol s/n in the Les Corts neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia. It was inaugurated on September 23, 1982, coinciding with the vigil of the Merced festivities, patron saint of the city of Barcelona. It has a capacity for 15,276 spectators. The stadium was designed by the architect Josep Casals and the surveyor Ramón Domènech and was built in just 9 months. The dimensions of the playing field were 103 meters long by 65 meters wide. Next to the 'Mini', the popular name for it, there were two training fields, fields 3 and 4, with artificial grass.

Previously, since the founding of the club on June 12, 1970, the subsidiary played its home games at the Camp de la Fabra i Coats, located between Paseo de Fabra i Puig and the Hispano-Automobiles factory. Switzerland in the San Andrés de Palomar neighborhood of Barcelona, where the facilities of the Sant Andreu Swimming Club are today. The playing field had dimensions of 93 x 50 meters and a capacity for 4,700 spectators (800 seated and 3. 900 standing).

Data

Statistics in the Spanish League

• Seasons in 2.a: 23
• Seasons in 1st Federation: 2
• Seasons in 2.a B: 21
• Seasons in 3.a4
• Seasons in Regional: 1
• Best historical classification in the League: 3.o in Second Division of Spain (2010/11 and 2013/14)

Records and statistics in the Second Division of Spain

• Debut in the Second Division: 1974/75
• Best rankings in Second Division: 3.o (2 times: 2010/11 and 2013/14)
• Worse classification in Second Division: 22nd (2014/15)
• Increased number of goals scored in one season: 85 goals in 42 matches (Temporada 2010/11).
• Lower number of goals marked in one season: 36 goals in 38 matches (Temporada 1984/85).
• Increased number of goals fit in a season: 83 goals in 42 matches (Temporada 2014/15).
• Less number of goals fit in a season: 40 goals in 38 games (Temporada 1982/83).
• Outcomes:
  • Greatest home goleada in 2.a Division: F. C. Barcelona “B” 8 – Villarreal C.F. 1 (Temporada 1992/93) and F. C. Barcelona “B” 7 – CD Ourense 0 (Temporada 1994/95).
  • Greatest goleada out of house in 2.a Division: Xerez CD 0 – F. C. Barcelona “B” 6 (Temporada 2011/12).
  • Major goleada fits home in 2.a Division: Barcelona Atlético Club 1 – CD Malaga 6 (Temporada 1975/76).
  • Major goleada fitted out from home in 2.a Division: Racing de Santander 7 – Barcelona Atlètic 0 (Temporada 1988/89) and Real Valladolid 7– F. C. Barcelona “B” 0 (Temporada 2014/15).
• Player Records:
  • Maximum historical scorer in 2.a Division: Jonathan Soriano. 37 goals in 47 games.
  • More matches in history in 2nd Division: Albert Albesa. 141 matches.
  • Player who has won the 2nd Division Pichichi Trophy: Jonathan Soriano (Temporada 2010/11). 32 goals in 37 matches.
  • Youngest player in history to debut in 2nd Division party: Alejandro Grimaldo (Temporada 2011/12). 15 years and 349 days.

Statistics in Copa del Generalísimo/Copa del Rey

• Participation: 17
• Best classification: Final Octavos (Temporada 1983/84)

Statistics in Second Division League Cup

• Participation: 3
• Best classification: Final Octavos (Edition 1984)

Seasons

Season	League									Generalísimo/ Copa del Rey	Coach	Chairman
	Div	Position	J	G	E	P	GF	GC	Ptos
1970/71	3. a	4.o	38	20	9	9	67	37	49	1.aRonda	Josep Seguer	Pedro Viladomiu
1971/72	3. a	19.	38	9	10	19	45	51	28	2.aRonda
1972/73	Pref	1.o	38	25	6	7	84	26	56	-	Luis Aloy
1973/74	3. a	1.o	38	20	12	6	62	32	52	4.aRonda		Ferran Ariño
1974/75	2. a	10.	38	13	12	13	46	52	38	1/8
1975/76	2. a	6.o	38	13	15	10	46	47	41	1.aRonda		Jacint Borràs
1976/77	2. a	20.	38	10	10	18	39	52	30	2.aRonda	Laureano Ruiz
1977/78	2.aB	5.o	38	18	5	15	59	43	41	1.aRonda	Ruiz and Segarra	Josep Bujons
1978/79	2.aB	4.o	38	19	11	8	68	42	49	-	Antoni Torres	Pere García Vila
1979/80	2.aB	14.o	38	11	14	13	36	35	36	2.aRonda	Joan Segarra
1980/81	2.aB	3.o	38	19	7	12	47	39	45	1.aRonda	Antoni Torres
1981/82	2.aB	1.o	38	22	11	5	75	33	55	3.aRonda
1982/83	2. a	11.	38	12	14	12	46	40	38	3.aRonda
1983/84	2. a	7.	38	14	12	12	55	48	40	1/8	José Luis Romero	Nicolau Casaus
1984/85	2. a	9.	38	13	11	14	36	47	37	3.aRonda	Joan M. Vilaseca
1985/86	2. a	13.	38	13	8	17	41	48	34	1.aRonda
1986/87	2. a	13.	38	11	10	13	42	46	32	3.aRonda
1987/88	2. a	8.	38	14	11	13	52	47	41	1/16	Lluís Pujol
1988/89	2. a	17.	38	8	12	18	42	58	28	3.aRonda
1989/90	2.aB	2.	38	22	7	9	68	36	51	2.aRonda	Quique Costas
Since the 1990/91 season, the subsidiary teams are excluded from participating in the King's Cup.

Season	League									Coach	Chairman
	Div	Position	J	G	E	P	GF	GC	Ptos
1990/91	2.aB	1.o	38	20	9	9	65	35	49	Quique Costas	José Luis Núñez
1991/92	2. a	6.o	38	17	7	14	59	53	41
1992/93	2. a	8.	38	15	9	14	59	55	39
1993/94	2. a	8.	38	11	17	10	59	51	39
1994/95	2. a	6.o	38	11	20	7	64	48	42
1995/96	2. a	14.o	38	13	5	20	55	63	44
1996/97	2. a	19.	38	7	13	18	40	63	41	Juande Ramos
1997/98	2.aB	1.o	38	22	7	9	70	39	73	Josep Maria Gonzalvo
1998/99	2. a	20.	42	13	5	24	51	68	44
1999/00	2.aB	11.	38	12	12	14	61	58	48
2000/01	2.aB	9.	38	17	5	16	53	45	56	Quique Costas	Joan Gaspart
2001/02	2.aB	1.o	38	21	8	9	73	41	71
2002/03	2.aB	2.	38	18	10	10	64	44	64
2003/04	2.aB	8.	38	16	10	12	38	27	58	Pere Gratacós	Reyna and Trayter
2004/05	2.aB	11.	38	12	13	13	42	39	49		Joan Laporta
2005/06	2.aB	6.o	38	19	6	13	60	41	63	Quique Costas
2006/07	2.aB	19.	38	7	16	15	33	47	37
2007/08	3. a	1.o	38	25	8	5	70	41	83	Josep Guardiola
2008/09	2.aB	5.o	38	15	15	8	50	38	60	Luis Enrique
2009-10	2.aB	2.	38	22	10	6	65	35	76
2010-11	2. a	3.o	42	20	11	11	85	62	71		Sandro Rosell
2011-12	2. a	8.	42	16	11	15	63	53	59	Eusebio Sacristán
2012-13	2. a	9.	42	15	12	15	76	71	57
2013-14	2. a	3.o	42	20	6	16	60	47	66		Rosell and Bartomeu
2014-15	2. a	22.	42	9	9	24	55	83	36	Eusebio and Vinyals	Josep Maria Bartomeu
2015-16	2.aB	11.	38	14	9	15	40	40	51	Gerard López
2016-17	2.aB	1.o	38	25	7	6	83	29	82
2017-18	2. a	20.	42	10	14	18	46	54	44	Gerard López and García Pimienta
2018-19	2.aB	8.	38	14	11	13	47	39	53	García Pimienta
2019-20	2.aB	8.	28	13	10	5	40	27	49
2020-21	2.aB	2.	26	15	4	7	42	27	49		Bartomeu, Tusquets and Laporta
2021-22	2.aB	9.	38	16	9	13	59	51	57	Sergi Barjuan	Joan Laporta

• Ascense. Rest.
• The Second Division B is introduced in 1977 as an intermediate category between the Second and Third Division.
• The First Federation is introduced in 2021 as a replacement for the former Second Division B, together with the Second and Third Federation. Extinct Second Division B and Third Division.

Sports organization chart

2023-24 Squad

Players with a subsidiary team record for the 2023-24 season.

Players			Technical equipment
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Ult team. End contract Porteros 1 ESP! 0BY Ander Astralaga 19 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 13 ESP! 0BY Marc Vidal 23 years F. C. Andorra 2024 41 HUN! 0BY Yaakobishvili rum 17 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 Defense 2 ESP! 1DEF Trilli 20 years R. C. D. La Coruña 2025 3 ESP! 1DEF Gerard Martín 21 years U. E. Cornellà 2025 5 ESP! 1DEF Sergi Domínguez 18 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2024 15 SEN! 1DEF Mikayil Faye 19 years NK Kustošija 2027 16 ESP! 1DEF Edu Sánchez 18 years C. D. Badajoz 2025 23 ESP! 1DEF Pelayo Fernández 20 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2024 25 ESP! 1DEF Pau Cubarsi 16 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2026 32 ESP! 1DEF Hector Fort 17 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 33 ESP! 1DEF Alvaro Cortés 18 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2024 34 ESP! 1DEF Alexis Olmedo 17 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 SEN! 1DEF Mamadou Mbacke 20 years Los Angeles F. C. 2024 Campers 6 ESP! 2MED Marc Casadó 20 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2024 8 ESP! 2MED Moha Moukhliss 23 years F. C. Andorra 2024 10 ESP! 2MED Aleix Garrido 19 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 11 ESP! 2MED Fermín López 20 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2028 20 ESP! 2MED Unai Hernández 18 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 21 GER! 2MED Noah Darvich 17 years S. C. Fribourg II 2026 26 ESP! 2MED Pau Prim 17 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 27 ESP! 2MED Marc Bernal 16 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2026 ESP! 2MED Biel Vicens 19 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 Delanteros 9 ESP! 3OF THE Diego Percan 21 years C. D. Leonesa 2025 12 ESP! 3OF THE Iker Goujón 24 years Villarreal C. F. "B." 2024 14 BOL! 3OF THE Jaume Cuéllar 22 years C. D. Lugo 2024 Absolute 18 ARG! 3OF THE Lucas Román 19 years Railway West 2026 19 ESP! 3OF THE Pau Victor 21 years Girona F. C. 2024 29 ESP! 3OF THE Marc Guiu 17 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 30 ESP! 3OF THE Dani Rodríguez 18 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2024 ESP! 3OF THE Angel Alarcón 19 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A 2025 Cessions ESP! 3OF THE Josep Cerdà 20 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil A SD Ponferradina 2024	Coach(s) Rafael Márquez Deputy(s) Albert Sánchez Coach(s) of porters Carles Busquets Delegate(s) Toni Alonso Legend Captain Mission quarry (club-trained) Training (association-trained) European passport Aliens Extracommunity without restriction Lost to the club Granted to another club Discarded / No chip Updated on 31 August 2023 Official web template		4-3-3 ESP! BY 13 DEF 32 DEF 23 DEF 33 DEF 3 MED 10 MED 27 MED 8 OF THE 9 OF THE 18 OF THE 19

Palmarés

National competition	Parts (7)	Subcamponatos (2)
Second Division "B" (4)	1981-82, 1990-91, 1997-98, 2001-02.	1989-90, 2002-03.
Third Division (2)	1973-1974, 2007-08.
Territorial Preference (1)	1972-1973.

Related links

• Club Barcelona
• Fútbol Club Barcelona "C"
• Club Barcelona Youth Club "A"