They won the league twice in 1958/59 and 1959/60 and the Fairs Cup in 1957/58 and 1959/60. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBarcelona reached their first UEFA Champions League final in 1961 by beating AC Milan at the San Siro, but lost 3-2 to Benfica FC of Portugal.

In the 1968 Spanish Cup final, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 at the Bernabeu and won the game, and a few minutes before the end, the audience threw glass bottles at the Barcelona players, so this game is also called the "glass bottle final". [8]

Cruyff period (1969-1978)

Cruyff signed

Cruyff signed

In 1969, Muntal won the election and became president of the club. His plan was to insist on universal participation, and he instilled a philosophy that all members could reflect their ideas through their ballots.

In 1972, Catalan was broadcast over loudspeakers at the Camp Nou, and club news began to be in Catalan. In 1973, the club reverted to its original name: FC Barcelona

In 1973, Muntal was re-elected as president and campaigned under the slogan "Barça is more than just a club".

In 1973, Barcelona signed Dutch football legend Cruyff.

Barcelona won the league title in 1973/74 and celebrated the club's 75th anniversary. At this time, Barcelona had 69,566 members, making it the most influential football club in the world at that time.

On 17 February 1974, Barcelona beat Real Madrid 5-0 at the Bernabeu and won the 1973/74 La Liga title, which can be said to be the end of a 14-year slump.

Dream Dynasty (1978-1995)

In 1978, Barcelona won the Spanish Copa del Rey.

Finals in Basel

Finals in Basel

On 6 May 1978, Josip Lewis Nunez was elected President of Barcelona, making him the longest-serving President of Barcelona. [10]

On 16 May 1979, Barcelona and Fortuna Dusseldorf met in the final in an epic match that lasted until extra time, with Barcelona winning 4-3 to win the Cup Winners' Cup. It was Nunez's first title under the presidency.

On March 1, 1981, the team's top scorer, Enrique Castro, "Gini", was kidnapped on his doorstep. He was locked up for 25 days, during which time the whole team was united. Gini's kidnapping had a huge psychological impact on the team. Despite the loss of the striker, the team is still required to continue playing in the league, but the possibility of competing for the title has been lost. Barça supporters organized a grand demonstration to demand Gini's release, which he eventually released on March 25.

Maradona joined Barcelona in 1982, but due to hepatitis and a series of injuries, Maradona did not achieve the expected results at Barcelona.

Barcelona in the nineties was still doing great things. Barcelona under Cruyff won four consecutive league titles since 1991, and won the club's first Champions League title with Koeman's goal over Sendoria in 1992. At that time, there were many famous players in the team, from Koeman and Russell on the defensive to Romario and Sabonis on the offensive. The only fly in the ointment was the team's 4-0 defeat to Fabio Capello's AC Milan in the 1994 Champions League final, and the team was unable to win another Champions League title.

Flat period (1995-2002)

Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho

The following years were lacklustre for Barça, but when the team was taken over by Dutchman Louis van Gaal in the summer of 1997, the team won the league title in 1998 and 1999. At that time, Van Gaal introduced a large number of Dutch players, from the defensive Cocu to the forwards Kluivert and Van Fonjo, all of whom were star Dutchmen and were known as the "Dutch team". Unfortunately, Van Gaal was unable to go further for the club, as Van Gaal was involved in a constant dispute with the players over tactical issues, which affected the team's morale. The discord with some of the stars has also made Van Gaal very soft on the players. When Barcelona finished second after winning the La Liga title in 2000 and Barcelona finished second, Van Gaal announced his resignation and even slammed the players at a press conference for their lack of quality and ability to achieve good results. Since then, Barcelona has entered a period of decline, and the league has fallen to 15th place for a time, and even the Champions League seat has been lost many times.

Yumeji Dynasty (2003-2007)

FC Barcelona poster

FC Barcelona poster

In the summer of 2003, Barcelona overhauled, Laporta became the club's president, hired Dutchman Rijkaard as head coach and bought Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho. This marked a resurgence for Barcelona, which rebounded to second place in the 2003-04 season, and won two consecutive league titles with the addition of Deco, Eto'o, Giuli and Larsson. In 2006, Barcelona defeated rivals Arsenal in the final of the UEFA Champions League, winning the trophy for the second time since 1992. But as the locker room conflict escalated step by step, Barcelona did not win a championship in the next two seasons, and the Dream II dynasty fell deeper and deeper in the whirlpool of the dressing room.

Since the day Barcelona was founded, the club has had its own crest. The team was founded with the city of Barcelona crest, but they added a laurel wreath to the emblem, a laurel wreath symbolizing the champion, and a bat, and the name and date of the club were written around the design.

In 1910, Barcelona held an open competition to design the crest, and Carlos Comamara became the designer of the club's emblem, and he designed the crest for Barça that is still used today. The crest resembles a pot, and later it was thought that some symbols of Catalonia should be added to the club crest, so yellow and red stripes were added; On the upper left side of the crest, the cross of the patron saint of Barcelona, the Tempo, is added to symbolize the city of Barcelona; The blue and red stripe below the crest symbolizes the club's colours, and finally a football is added between the red and blue stripes. After 1910, the design of the crest changed very little. In 1949, when the club celebrated its 50th anniversary, the dark stripe in the upper right corner was restored; In 1974, the emblem was largely restored to its 1910 design. In 2002, the new crest was unveiled, designed by designer Serraima, who eliminated the dot in the middle and the number on the side of the F.C.B. in order to make it simpler and brighter.

Team song

"El Cant del Bar?a" is the name of the official anthem of FC Barcelona. The first time the Barça anthem was heard at the Camp Nou in 1974 at the club's 75th anniversary celebrations, with lyrics written by Yomé Picas and José Maria and composed by Manuel Vals Grena. (To be continued.) )