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 theCopa del Rey.
Founded on 1 August 1934 asSocietat 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 ofBarcelona in 1943; during Albert's presidency the club, now known asClub Deportivo Espanya Industrial, became Barcelona'sreserve team and began to play home games atCamp de Les Corts.
Initially, Industrial played in the local regional leagues but, in 1950, it was promoted toTercera División, reachingSegunda División two years later. In1953 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.
After winning another promotion play-off in 1956, Espanya Industrial became independent of Barcelona and was renamed Club Deportivo Condal. The club wore blue shirts with two white diagonals stripes.
Condal competed once inLa Liga, in the1956–57 season, being relegated as 16th and last. In 1968, the club rejoined the Barcelona family as its reserve team, and adopted theblaugrana colours.
Barcelona Atlètic crestThe Mini Estadi during a match
In 1970, Barcelona president Agustí Montal decided tomerge Condal with another club,Atlètic Catalunya, and formed Barcelona Atlètic. Atlètic was founded in 1965 as a result of the merger of two other teams: Catalunya de Les Corts (founded in 1918 as Catalunya Sporting Club) and Fabra Coats (1926).
Under the new denomination the B-team played a total of ten seasons in the second level. At the end of1988–89 the side returned toSegunda División B – the new third level created in 1977 – after ranking 17th.
In 1990, the team was renamed Barcelona B, but club presidentJoan Laporta changed the name back to Barcelona Atlètic in 2008. Two years later, his successorSandro Rosell returned to the previous denomination,[1] until Laporta changed again the name back to Barcelona Atlètic during his second presidential term in 2022.[2]
Former club playerLuis Enrique succeededPep Guardiola as team manager in the summer of 2008, as the latter was appointed main squad coach.[3] In2009–10 the team finished second in Group III and returned to the second tier after an absence of 11 years; this was followed by a third-place finishthe following campaign, however the team was not eligible for promotion due to its status as a reserve side. They remained in Segunda División for 5 years until their relegation in the2014–15 season. In2016–17, Barça B achieved promotion and returned to Segunda División, however, the Catalan side was relegated back to the third division after only one season.
In2020–21, the team finished as runner-ups in their group and reached the promotion play-offs. Despite an unsuccessful bid for promotion, the team achieved a place in the newly created third division of Spanish football,Primera División RFEF. In2024–25, the club was relegated to the newly fourth division,Segunda Federación, after 18 years at between the second and third divisions.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
On 23 September 1982 theMini Estadi was inaugurated by Barcelona presidentJosep 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.
As a part of the Espai Barça project, the Mini Estadi was demolished and theEstadi Johan Cruyff was opened to take its place starting in the 2019–20 season. Also, as part of this project theCamp Nou underwent renovation.[10]
Inaugurated on 26 September 1966,La Masia is the name given to Barcelona's training facilities located near the Camp Nou in theLes 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.
Note: This list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 top league games, have represented their countries in international level, or both.
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Juliano Belletti[5]
Fran Sánchez[6]
Jérôme Bigot
Iván Balliu
Marc Bernaus
Sergio Araujo
Srđan Pecelj
Macky Bagnack
Ballou Tabla
Merveil Ndockyt
Alen Halilović
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
Lazar Carević
Ilias Akhomach
Jordi Cruyff
Haruna Babangida
David Babunski
Antonio Sanabria
Igor Korneev
Steve Archibald
Diawandou Diagne
Goran Drulić
Alfi Conteh-Lacalle
Lee Seung-woo
Konrad de la Fuente
Ronald Araújo
Alejandro Marqués
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