125TH ANNIVERSARY OF FC BARCELONA
FC Barcelona presents the poster for its 125th anniversary
Published:16/10/2024 - 00:11h
Updated:16/10/2024 - 00:11h
FC Barcelona has presented the poster for the club's 125th anniversary, the work of the Mallorcan artist Miquel Barceló
Barcelona Football Club has presented the poster for the club's 125th anniversary, the work of the Mallorcan artist Miquel Barceló. The event took place at the Auditori 1899 and was attended by the president Joan Laporta and the commissioner of the 125th anniversary, David Carabén.
The poster features the figure of a player dressed in the blue and red colours, representing, according to the artist, the Club's own playing system. Inside, the player includes many other human figures, a whole team, with its starters and substitutes. This footballer is also presented in a dynamic way and decorated with various plant, mineral and animal figures, especially marine ones, which are also elements that can be connected to football.
The event was attended by Joan Laporta, the vice presidents Rafa Yuste, Elena Fort, Antoni Escudero and Juli Guiu as well as the directors Xavier Puig, Josep Cubells, Xavier Barbany, Josep Ignasi Macià, Aureli Mas, Ángel Riudalbas and Joan Solé, members of the family Gamper, Danny Cruyff and also sports representatives of the club, such as Hansi Flick, Ronald Araújo, Frenkie De Jong, Salma Paralluelo, Sergio Lozano or Joel Parra.
The public also included members of the entity, sponsors of the Club and some of the Penyes that this year celebrate 50 years such as PB Agramunt i Comarca, PB Montgrí i Comarca and PB d’Arbúcies.
FC Barcelona commemorative posters
The Mallorcan painter and sculptor takes over from artists such as Josep Segrelles (25th anniversary), Sebastián Rey Padilla (50th anniversary), Joan Miró (75th anniversary) and Antoni Tàpies (centenary of the club), creators of the iconic commemorative posters for the club's anniversaries.
Gala at the Gran Teatro del Liceu on November 29
On the day the Club celebrates its 125th anniversary, FC Barcelona will bring together some of the most famous faces of Barcelona fans in the solemn celebration of the Blaugrana anniversary at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. It will be the most institutional event of the anniversary in which the Club will pay tribute to all the generations of culés who for 125 years have made the initiative of 12 pioneers gathered on November 29 at the Gimnàs Solé become a passion that moves millions of people around the world.
ONCE special issue on November 30, 2024
As a result of the collaboration between FC Barcelona and the ONCE Social Group, the coupon for the draw on Saturday 30 November will pay tribute to the Club's anniversary. This tribute, in the form of a coupon, will be distributed from 13 November in Catalonia and from 20 November in Spain through the Organisation's more than 20,000 sales agents. On 23 May, FC Barcelona and the ONCE Social Group signed an agreement that aims to define a general and stable framework for collaboration to develop communication, physical and technological elements that make the new Spotify Camp Nou a benchmark space in terms of accessibility and equality for all people.
The Barça model of excellence, the protagonist of Sports Tomorrow 2025 (March 3 and 4, 2025)
The great annual Barça event with the future of sport, the Sports Tomorrow Congress, will focus on the Club's sporting model, a world-renowned model for training athletes. Promoted by the Barça Innovation HUB and within the framework of the Mobile World Congress, the Club's Centre of Sporting Excellence will showcase some of the formulas that have made La Masia an inexhaustible source of talent and one of the Club's most recognised pillars at an international level.
Popular hike to Montserrat
Next Saturday, March 22, the Club will organize a popular walk between the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper and Montserrat. As part of the Millennium of the Benedictine monastery, FC Barcelona will carry out this action for members to pay tribute to one of the most important institutions in Catalonia. Beforehand, the Club will make an institutional visit to the Pare Abat de Montserrat to consolidate the ties between the two entities within the framework of their respective anniversaries, the Millennium of the Abbey of Montserrat and the 125th anniversary of the Club.
The 125th Anniversary Olive Tree
During this anniversary season and as part of the return of matches to the Spotify Camp Nou, FC Barcelona will adopt an olive tree that is exactly 125 years old. A symbol of longevity and resilience, the olive tree is one of the quintessential trees of sustainable Mediterranean culture, a spirit with which the stadium is being remodelled and a universal symbol of the culture of peace and sport, aspects indisputably associated with the values of FC Barcelona.
Audiovisual twinning of culers of the world
“Whether we come from the south or the north, it’s worth it…” goes the Cant del Barça by Josep M. Espinàs and Jaume Picas from 1974. And to make this statement true, the Club gives a voice to culers from all over the world with an audiovisual chain made up of videos from the blue and red Penyes and students from the Barça Academies from all over the world. A true demonstration of Barcelonaism lived with all possible accents.
Charity dinner for the 30th anniversary of the Barça Foundation
At the end of the season, the Barça Foundation will organise a charity dinner with the aim of raising funds for the activities organised around the world by the Club's corporate social responsibility entity, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary. During this special birthday season, the Barça Foundation will carry out a series of local and international actions with the aim of continuing to use sport as a tool for social transformation.
