1901–02 FC Barcelona season

The 1901–02 season was the third season for FC Barcelona.

FC Barcelona
1901–02 season
PresidentBartomeu Terradas
Copa de la CoronaciónRunner-up
Copa MacayaFirst

Events

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The first game of the season was a friendly against Hispania AC which ended in a 1–0 victory thanks to a goal from Joan Gamper. The following game was the first at camp de la Carretera d'Horta, and Gamper contributed decisively once again with a hat-trick to help his side to a 4–0 win over the crew of Calliope.[1]

A few months later, Barça won the first official piece of silverware, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya. In the eight games played in the tournament, Barça only conceded two goals, in a 2–4 win over Hispania on 6 January 1902, and scored a resounding 60 goals, 15 of which came on the final matchday in a 15–0 victory over Català SC on 23 March 1902, with Udo Steinberg netting 6 goals, and Joan Gamper and Arthur Leask clutching a hat-trick each.[2]

Coinciding with the festivities of the coronation of King Alfonso XIII, the president of the recently established Madrid FC, the Catalan Juan Padrós, had the idea of organizing the first national championship, the Copa de la Coronación. It was contested in Madrid, and five teams participated: Barça, Club Español (now RCD Espanyol), Madrid FC (now Real Madrid), New Club and Club Vizcaya.[3][4] The competition featured the first recorded game between Barcelona and Madrid FC on 13 May 1902, with the Blaugrana emerging as 3–1 winners, courtesy of goals from Steinberg and Gamper.[5] Barça reached the final of the championship, where they were defeated by Bizcaya 2–1.[3][4]

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ESP Vicente Reig
GK   ESP Luis Puelles
GK   ENG Samuel Morris
DF   ESP Arthur Witty
DF   SUI George Meyer
DF   ENG A. J. Smart
DF   ESP Artury
MF   SUI Paul Widerkehr
MF   ESP Miguel Valdés
MF   GER Otto Maier
MF   ESP Bartomeu Terradas
MF   ESP Josep Marín
MF   ESP Josep Llobet
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG James Morris
FW   ENG Henry Morris
FW   ENG Arthur Leask
FW   ESP Josep Quirante
FW   ESP Alfonso Albéniz
FW   ESP Luis de Ossó
FW   ESP Bernardo Lassaletta
FW   ESP John Parsons
FW   ESP Alfonso Almasqué
FW   ESP Gustavo Green
FW   ESP Joaquín García
FW   SUI Hans Gamper
FW   GER Udo Steinberg

Matches

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Friendly
29 September 1901 FC Barcelona1 – 0Hispania ACBarcelona
Gamper   [1] Stadium: Parc de la Ciutadella
Referee: Rodriguez
23 November 1901 FC Barcelona4 – 0CalliopeBarcelona
Gamper    
Conarre  
[2] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Referee: John Hamilton
8 December 1901 FC Barcelona4 – 1Català FCBarcelona
Gamper    
Chown    
[3] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Referee: Rodriguez
29 December 1901 Català FC0 – 8FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[4] Gamper     
Català   
Garcia  
J. Parsons  
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova
Referee: Escriche
Medal of the Spanish Gymnastics Federation
2 March 1902 Irish FC2 – 7FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[5] Lassaleta    
Eckes    
Ossó    
Harris  
Stadium: Nou Velòdrom
Referee: George Meyer
16 March 1902 FC Barcelona12 – 0FC InternacionalBarcelona
Ossó       
Lassaleta    
Harris  
Eckes  
Llobet  
[6] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Referee: Ángel Ponz
19 March 1902 Espanyol0 – 2FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[7] Lassaleta  
Noble  
Referee: E. Garcia
23 March 1902 FC Barcelona5 – 3Català FCBarcelona
Harris    
Lassaleta    
Eckes  
[8] Referee: J. Meyer
31 March 1902 Catalònia FC0 – 4FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[9] Lassaleta    
Llomet    
Referee: Alcala del Olmo
6 April 1902 FC Barcelona6 – 0Irish FCBarcelona
Lassaleta        
Ossó    
[10] Referee: Mascara
13 April 1902 FC Barcelona4 – 01Ibèria SCBarcelona
Noble    
Lassaleta  
Albéniz  
[11] Referee: Riera
13 April 1902 FC Internacional0 – 32FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[12] Ossó  
Llobeta  
Vidal  
Referee: (1º half) Gispert
(2º half) Llofriu
20 April 1902 FC Barcelona7 – 0Club EspanyolBarcelona
Lassaleta        
Ossó    
Green  
[13] Referee: Gegollada
4 May 1902 Ibèria SC1 – 2FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[15] Ossó     Referee: A. Galiardo
8 May 1902 FC Barcelona10 – 0Catalònia FCBarcelona
Lassaleta        
Noble    
Albéniz    
Ossó    
[16] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Referee: J. Mascaro
Copa Macaya
22 December 1901 Round 2FC Barcelona7 – 0Club EspañolBarcelona
Steinberg    
Gamper   
García   
[17] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Referee: Samuel Morris
1 January 1902 Round 4FC Barcelona8 – 0Club UniversitariBarcelona
Gamper    
Steinberg    
García   
[18] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Referee: Carril
6 January 1902 Round 5Hispania AC2 – 4FC BarcelonaBarcelona
J. Morris  
o.g.  
[19] Albéniz  
Gamper   
J. Parsons  
Stadium: Camp del carrer Muntaner
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Ball
19 January 1902 Round 7Club Español0 – 4FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[20] Gamper   
García  
Steinberg  
Stadium: Camp de las Arenas
Referee: A J. Smart
2 February 1902 Round 9Club Universitari0 – 9FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[21] Gamper      
Steinberg   
Ossó  
Vinyas (o.g.)  
Stadium: Camp de l'Hotel Casanovas
Referee: Quintana
16 February 1902 Round 10FC Barcelona12 – 0Català FCBarcelona
Widerkehr       
Gamper   
Steinberg  
Albéniz  
o.g.   
[22] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Referee: King
9 March 1902 Round 12FC Barcelona1 – 0Hispania ACBarcelona
15:30 Steinberg   [23] Stadium: Camp de la carretera d'Horta
Attendance: 5.500
Referee: Park
23 March 1902 Round 14Català FC0 – 15FC BarcelonaBarcelona
[24] Steinberg       
Gamper    
Leask    
J. Parsons   
Quirante  
Stadium: Velódromo de la Bonanova
Referee: Otto Gmelin
Copa de la Coronación
13 May 1902 SemifinalsMadrid FC1 – 3FC BarcelonaMadrid
11:00 Johnson   Cihefe
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Steinberg   
Gamper   -' (pen.)
Stadium: Hipódromo de la Castellana
Attendance: 2.500
Referee: Arana (Bilbao)
  • 1 Eckes, played his last game for the club as a goalkeeper.
  • 2 Second match for Barcelona on the same day.
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References

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  1. ^ "Historia del FC Barcelona, Web de los Culés" [History of the FC Barcelona, Web of the Culés]. www.webdelcule.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Barça Rewind: The first ever title". www.fcbarcelona.com. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "La Copa de 1902" [The 1902 Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Spain - Cup 1902". RSSSF. 15 September 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "FC Barcelona - Madrid FC (3 - 1) 13/05/1902". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.