Report FC Barcelona 2013_14 English by FC Barcelona

REPORT 2013/2014

report 2013/2014

Summary

Sports Social Area Area 06 - 95 96 - 121

Institutional Communications Economic Area Area Area 122 - 131 132 - 143 144 - 174

Board of directors

Josep Maria Bartomeu Floreta President (as of 23 January 2014) Javier Faus Santasusana First Vice president Economic area Jordi Cardoner Casaus Second Vice president Social area Carles Vilarrubí Carrió Third Vice president Institutional and International area Jordi Mestre Masdeu Fourth Vice president Sports area. Football Manel Arroyo Pérez Fifth Vice president Media and Communications area

Football

Susana Monje Gutiérrez Director Economic area. Treasury. Responsible for Handball

Sports Area

Antoni Freixa Martín Director Secretary of the Governing Board and president of the Disciplinary Commission Jordi Moix Latas Director Economic area. Responsible for Patrimony Jordi Monés Carilla Director Medical and performance area. Responsible for Athletics section

Ramon Pont Amenós Director First Vice president of the FCB Foundation Joan Bladé Marsal Director Sports area of the professional sections. Responsible for Basketball Javier Bordas de Togores Director Sports area of the professional sections. Responsible for Futsal. Representative of the RFEF and relations with national football federations to which the FCB professionals belong Silvio Elías Marimón Director Economic area, member of the Statutory Economic Commission. Football sports area, responsible for Barça B and Juvenil A Dídac Lee Hsing Director Media and Communications area. Responsible for New Technologies Josep Ramon Vidal-Abarca Armengol Director Sports area of professional sections, responsible for roller hockey. Responsible for Security Area Ramon Cierco Noguer Director Sports Area of Football, responsible for youth teams. Vice president of the FCB Foundation Pau Vilanova Vila-Abadal* Director Social area. Responsible for fan clubs *Joined the Board on 27 May 2014

Sandro Rosell Feliu* President *Left the board on 23 January 2014. Eduard Coll Poblet* Director Sports area of professional sections, responsible for handball. Vice president and secretary of the FCB Foundation *Left the Board on 16 June 2014 Pilar Guinovart Masip* Director Social area, responsible for the OAE (office of special needs), Travel and the amateur sections *Left the Board on 16 June 2014.

Greetings from the president

Dear members, This activity report provides information about everything that has taken place during the 2013/14 season. This was a season of contrasts and one marked by a series of negative incidents, many not sports-related and some that we will never be able to forget. As these events all occurred practically at the same time, it became difficult to manage the Governing Board over which I have the honour to preside. In the space of very few months certain situations arose that put our institution to the test: the departure of the president Sandro Rosell, the court cases of Messi and Neymar, sanctions by FIFA, provisionally postponed, Víctor Valdés’s unfortunate injury and the departure of the captain Carles Puyol, to name a few. And lastly, the worst of all news, the passing away of Tito Vilanova, an irreparable loss that united all Barça fans. If FC Barcelona managed to overcome all these unfortunate episodes in these few months it was only possible due to the institution’s maturity and the extraordinary fortitude of its members. Undoubtedly, Barça is now stronger than ever before. The sporting results of the season have been brilliant in all professional sections with a total of 14 titles, the highest number ever for this sections. The last, the ACB league, was won against Madrid amid enthusiastic support from a packed Palau. Another highlight is Barça B, Juvenil and the youth teams, who had the best year to date. Yet the season was clouded by the fact that the first football team did not manage to obtain the desired results, despite fighting hard right to the end. The Club is enjoying an extraordinarily healthy membership base, with 153,458 members, 1,267 fan clubs and 130 million followers on social media. A great demonstration of the force of our members was the massive approval in a referendum of the New Espai Barça. The Espai Barça will be the home to Barcelonism for the next 50 years as well as boosting our heritage. The completion of the membership list update and the reform of our Statutes has modernised and reinforced our uniqueness as a club. We are giving the Club a healthy set of finances by reducing debt. For the third financial year running we have consolidated gain and achieved record income thanks to the extraordinary potential of the Barça brand. The Governing Board, however, is aware that neither sporting success nor healthy finances are enough to make Barça a model institution. We therefore need satisfied members who are strong, proud of belonging to Barça and all it represents and who know that the club belongs to its members; they feel welcomed, they are involved in important decisions that affect our future and they can take an active role in the life of the institution. We need to look to the future and approach all our goals for the next two years with high hopes. We have a clear road map. I want to transform Barça. I want to make it more effective. And to do this I want to enhance the sports, managerial and executive areas. Members of FC Barcelona, let’s leave this chapter behind us: we know we have to improve and that we are now ready to face the future with determination and wisdom, applying the necessary tools to improve management of the Institution and tackle the sporting, financial, social and patrimonial challenges ahead to ensure that Barça remains the best club in the world. Visca el Barça! Josep Maria Bartomeu i Floreta President of FC Barcelona

Sports Area

FC Barcelona

Tito Vilanova/ Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino* Coach * from 23 July 2013 Assistant coach Jorge Pautasso Goalkeeper Coach José Ramón de la Fuente Physical preparers Elvio Paolorosso Aureli Altimira Edu Pons Francesc Cos Paco Seirul·lo

Football

Assistants Jordi Roura Joan Francesc Ferrer Rubi

Sports Area

Rival team analysis Àlex Garcia Jaume Torras Jordi Melero Medical team Doctors Ricard Pruna Daniel Medina

Goalkeeper 14.01.82 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona)

Defender 14.04.91 Barcelona

Defender 02.02.87 Barcelona

Midfielder 04.05.87 Arenys de Mar (Barcelona)

Forward 24.06.87 Santa Fe (Argentina)

Forward 05.02.92 Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Midfielder 26.04.90 Monterrey (Mexico)

Goalkeeper 08.11.75 Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz)

Midfielder 02.04.86 Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Forward 11.08.91 Sabadell (Barcelona)

Defender 20.10.84 Curitiba (Brazil)

Defender 06.05.83 Juazeiro (Brazil)

Víctor VALDÉS

Physiotherapist Juanjo Brau Roger Gironès Jaume Munill Yon Álvarez Carles Pérez Sebastià Salas Auxiliaries Manager Carles Naval

Lionel MESSI

Material Josep Maria Corbella José Antonio Ibarz Gabri Galán Signed NEYMAR da Silva Ibrahim AFELLAY Isaac CUENCA SERGI ROBERTO Oier OLAZÁBAL

FC Santos Schalke 04 Ajax Amsterdam Barça B Barça B

Dropped THIAGO Alcántara David VILLA Éric ABIDAL Marc MUNIESA

Bayern Munich Atlético de Madrid Monaco Stoke City

Director Football Sports Area Andoni Zubizarreta

Ibrahim AFELLAY

Martín MONTOYA

NEYMAR da Silva

Cristian TELLO

Gerard PIQUÉ

Francesc FÀBREGAS

Jonathan DOS SANTOS José Manuel PINTO

ADRIANO Correia

Daniel ALVES

Spanish Super Cup

Catalonia Cup

2013/14

Video of Barça presentation 2013/14

Defender 13.04.78 La Pobla de Segur (Lleida)

Midfielder 25.01.80 Terrassa (Barcelona)

Forward 28.07.87 Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Midfielder 11.05.84 Fuentealbilla (Albacete)

Forward 19.12.88 Tocopilla (Chile)

Defender 08.06.84 San Lorenzo (Argentina)

Defender 15.01.91 Sant Jaume dels Domenys (Tarragona)

Midfielder 16.07.88 Sabadell (Barcelona)

Midfielder 09.09.87 Douala (Cameroon)

Defender 21.03.89 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona)

Forward 27.04.91 Reus (Tarragona)

Midfielder 07.02.92 Reus (Tarragona)

Goalkeeper 14.09.89 Irun (Guipúzcoa)

Carles PUYOL

XAVI Hernández

Javier MASCHERANO Marc BARTRA

Isaac CUENCA

SERGI ROBERTO

PEDRO Rodríguez

Sergio Busquets

Oier OLAZÁBAL

Andrés INIESTA

Alexandre SONG

ALEXIS Sánchez

JORDI ALBA

BBVA League

Football

The league eludes us in the last match

Sports Area

EFC Barcelona was unable to reclaim the League title won last season 2013/14 after a closely fought battle with Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid that went on until the last moment. Martino’s team enjoyed a spectacular outset by winning the first eight matches, establishing a new record in the Club’s history as the best start to a competition. After the first draw on Osasuna’s home ground, Barça faced Real Madrid on day 10. In a fantastic atmosphere, including a mosaic dedicated to Tito Vilanova, the Barça team beat its rival 2-1, with goals from Neymar and Alexis, who put in a masterful chip shot. Barça continued its positive streak of results until the end of the first round and only lost one match, to Athletic, and drew another, at the Calderón stadium. This excellent track record meant that in the middle of the tournament Barça were leaders with 50 points, tied with Atlético de Madrid and three more than Real Madrid. In the end, the second round was marked by irregularity, with unexpected defeats against Valencia at the Camp Nou and against Real Sociedad and Valladolid. Martino’s team picked up again with a great victory at the Bernabeu of 3-4, with a hat-trick by Messi that set them back on course. However, a defeat against Granada and a draw with Getafe at the Camp Nou, with two days to go before the final, left Barça pretty much out of options. Slip-ups by the Madrid rivals then gave hope when noone expected it, and after another draw with Elx, the last day arrived whereby if FC Barcelona beat Atlético they would become league champions. The dream was still within reach. A great goal by Alexis at the end of the first half gave Barça the advantage, but Godín, finishing off a corner, made it 1-1 at the start of the second half. Despite efforts to break the draw, the scoreboard didn’t move and the chance to take away what would have been the fifth League title in six years slipped away. Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Date 18.08.13 25.08.13 01.09.13 14.09.13 21.09.13 24.09.13 28.09.13 05.10.13 19.10.13 26.10.13 29.10.13 01.11.13 10.11.13 23.11.13 01.12.13 14.12.13 22.12.13 05.01.14 11.01.14 19.01.14 26.01.14 01.02.14 09.02.14 15.02.14 22.02.14 02.03.14 08.03.14 16.03.14 23.03.14 26.03.14 29.03.14 05.04.14 12.04.14 20.04.14 27.04.14 03.05.14 11.05.14 17.05.14

Match FC Barcelona - Llevant UD Màlaga - FC Barcelona València FC - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Sevilla FC Rayo Vallecano - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Reial Societat Almeria - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Valladolid Osasuna - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Reial Madrid Celta de Vigo - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Espanyol Betis - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Granada CF Athletic Club - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Vila-real Getafe - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Elx At. Madrid - FC Barcelona Llevant UD - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Màlaga FC Barcelona - València Sevilla - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Rayo Vallecano Reial Societat - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Almeria Valladolid - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Osasuna Reial Madrid - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Celta de Vigo Espanyol - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Betis Granada CF - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Athletic Club Vila-real - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Getafe Elx - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - At. Madrid

Result 7-0 0-1 2-3 3-2 0-4 4-1 0-2 4-1 0-0 2-1 0-3 1-0 1-4 4-0 1-0 2-1 2-5 4-0 0-0 1-1 3-0 2-3 1-4 6-0 3-1 4-1 1-0 7-0 3-4 3-0 0-1 3-1 1-0 2-1 2-3 2-2 0-0 1-1

Goal Scorers Alexis, Messi (2), Alves, Pedro (2), Xavi Adriano Messi (3) Alves, Messi, Alexis Pedro (3), Fàbregas Neymar, Messi, Busquets, Bartra Messi, Adriano Alexis (2), Xavi, Neymar Neymar, Alexis Alexis, Yoel (pp), Fàbregas Alexis Neymar, Pedro, Fàbregas (2) Iniesta (p), Fàbregas (p), Alexis, Pedro Neymar (2, 1 p) Pedro (3), Fàbregas (2, 1, p) Alexis (3), Pedro Piqué Piqué, Pedro, Alexis Alexis, Messi (p) Alexis, Messi (2), Fàbregas Adriano, Messi (2), Alexis, Pedro, Neymar Messi

Messi (3), Alexis, Iniesta, Tello, Pedro Iniesta, Messi (3, 2 p) Neymar (2), Messi Messi (p) Messi (2, 1 p), Jordi Figueras (pp) Pedro, Messi Gabriel (pp), Musacchio (pp), Messi Messi, Alexis Alexis

Goals Goal Scorers 28 Messi 19 Alexis 15 Pedro 9 Neymar 8 Fàbregas 3 Adriano 3 Xavi 3 Iniesta 2 Alves 2 Piqué 1 Busquets 1 Bartra 1 Puyol 1 Tello

Champions League

Atlético steals away Barça’s seventh consecutive semifinal

Football

FC Barcelona was knocked out of the quarterfinals of the Champions’ League by Atlético de Madrid, meaning it was unable to play in what would have been the seventh consecutive semifinal in this top European competition. During the first phase of the tournament Barça finished leaders of its group, which included Ajax, Celtic and Milan, with an overall score of four wins, one draw and one defeat. In the last 16, Barça faced its strongest rival: Manchester City. Martino’s men left the qualifying round with a decisive result after the first match by defeating Pellegrini’s team 0-2, with goals from Messi (penalty) and Alves, in the final moments of the match. During the return match, FC Barcelona ratified its place in the quarterfinals with another 2-1 triumph again with Messi and Alves as scorers. The rivals were Atlético de Madrid, who took the lead during the first match played at the Camp Nou with a spectacular goal by Diego in minute 56. Barça reacted well and in minute 71 a great pass by Iniesta was finished off into the back of the net by Neymar. The final score 1-1 left it all open for the return match. The match at the Calderón stadium started with an early goal by Koke, making it 1-0 in minute 4. Although the Barcelona team tried its best and had several chances to force extra time, the scoreboard didn’t move and the road to the final in Lisbon remained blocked.

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Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 Round-of-sixteen Round-of-sixteen Quarter-finals Quarter-finals

Goals Goal Scorers 8 Messi 4 Neymar 2 Piqué 2 Alves 1 Fàbregas 1 Pedro 1 Busquets 1 Xavi 1 Tello

Date 18.09.13 01.10.13 22.10.13 06.11.13 26.11.13 11.12.13 18.02.14 12.03.14 01.04.14 09.04.14

Match FC Barcelona - Ajax Celtic - FC Barcelona Milan - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Milan Ajax - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Celtic Manchester City – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Manchester City FC Barcelona – At. Madrid At. Madrid – FC Barcelona

Result 4-0 0-1 1-1 3-1 2-1 6-1 0-2 2-1 1-1 1-0

Goal Scorers Messi (3), Piqué Fàbregas Messi Messi (2, 1p), Busquets Xavi (p) Piqué, Pedro, Neymar (3), Tello Messi (p), Alves Messi, Alves Neymar

King’s Cup

The title slips away in a cruel final

Football

Barça was unable to win the King’s Cup by losing at the end to Real Madrid. Martino’s team easily came through the first rounds against Cartagena, Getafe and Llevant. In the semifinals, FC Barcelona faced Real Sociedad. In the first match, played at the Camp Nou, goals by Busquets and Zubikarai (own goal) left the qualifying round quite comfortable for Barça. On the return match, Barça played an excellent first half and Messi, with half an hour to go, made it 0-1 guaranteeing a place in the final. In the last moments of the match Griezmann scored the definitive 1-1. The rivals in the final, held in Valencia, were Real Madrid. The whites got onto the scoreboard with a goal by Di María in their first shot at goal and the score was still 0-1 at half time. In the middle of the second half Marc Bartra equalised the match with a splendid header after a corner throw-in by Xavi. This 1-1 gave the Barça team a boost and they began to dominate the pace of the game. Finally, with just five minutes to go until the end of the match a rapid counter attack by Bale made it 1-2 to the whites. The reaction by Martino’s men, in desperation, almost came to fruition. A shot at goal by Neymar Jr alone in front of Casillas was tipped to the left by the whites’ goalkeeper while the ball then came back into his hands after hitting the post. Extra time was denied by this piece of bad luck and the title went to the Madrid team.

Sports Area

Day 1/16 1/16 1/8 1/8 1/4 1/4 Semifinals Semifinals Final

Date 06.12.13 17.12.13 08.01.14 16.01.14 22.01.14 29.01.14 05.02.14 12.02.14 16.04.14

Match FC Cartagena - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - FC Cartagena FC Barcelona - Getafe Getafe - FC Barcelona Llevant - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Llevant FC Barcelona - R. Societat R. Societat - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - R. Madrid

Result 1-4 3-0 4-0 0-2 1-4 5-1 2-0 1-1 1-2

Goal Scorers Pedro (2), Fàbregas, Dongou Pedro, Mariano (pp), Neymar Fàbregas (2, 1 p), Messi (2) Messi (2) Juanfran (pp), Tello (3) Adriano, Puyol, Alexis (2), Fàbregas Busquets, Zubikarai (pp) Messi Bartra

Goals Goal Scorers 5 Messi 4 Fàbregas 3 Pedro 3 Tello 2 Alexis 1 Neymar 1 Dongou 1 Adriano 1 Puyol 1 Busquets 1 Bartra

Spanish Super Cup

The eleventh Super Cup

Football

The Barça first team, playing against Atlético de Madrid, won the eleventh Spanish Super Cup in its history. This was the first title of the season. In the first match, played at the Vicente Calderón stadium, Atlético took the lead with a great goal by Villa after a deft counterattack that the former Barça player completed with a volley. In the second half, a header by Neymar gave the equaliser after Alves fed him the ball. This was the first official goal with Barça by the Brazilian star. This equaliser left it all open for the return match at the Camp Nou, which was rather disjointed due to the constant fouls and protests by the visiting team. In the first half, Martino’s side had a few chances to change the scoreboard, although Atlètico de Madrid could also have scored with a shot by Arda that was saved by an opportune Víctor Valdés. In the final moments of the match Filipe Luis received a yellow card for a foul against Alves and Pedro provoked a penalty that Messi sent wide. The scoreboard remained the same and Barça won the title from the double value of the goals scored away.

Sports Area

Date 21.08.13 28.08.13

Match At. Madrid - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - At. Madrid

Result 1-1 0-0

Goal Scorers Neymar

Joan Gamper Trophy and Catalonia Cup

Party and goals The 48th Joan Gamper Trophy was marked by two main attractions: the debut of the new coach, the Argentinian Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, and the newly signed Neymar Jr, who was playing the club he came from, Santos. After an afternoon of activities and fun on the Camp Nou esplanade and the official presentation of the Barça squad, Barça members and fans enjoyed a spectacular set of goals. The match was decided half an hour into the game with goals by Messi, Léo (own goal), Alexis and Pedro. Even though the scoreboard marked 4-0 at half time, Barça continued to show its superiority through goals and fair play. Cesc scored the fifth goal just after Neymar came on to replace Pedro and before the end there were still three goals to be scored: a second by Cesc, one by Adriano and the last by Dongou, who came on to replace Messi. The match was also played in tribute to Antoni Ramallets, the legendary Barça goalkeeper in the 50s, who died a few days before the match. Match FC Barcelona - Santos

Result 8-0

Goal Scorers Messi, Léo (pp), Alexis, Pedro, Fàbregas (2), Adriano, Dongou

Football

Date 02.08.13

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Gamper goals

A very young Barça wins the second consecutive Catalonia Cup FC Barcelona won the Catalonia Cup for the second year running at the final match played at the Montilivi stadium in Girona. At the semifinals, the Barça team, made up of players from Barça B with Isaac Cuenca from the first team, beat Girona by 3 to 2, with goals by Babunski, Cuenca -penalty- and the captain Ilie Sánchez. The final against Espanyol was a repeat of the match played in the 2012/13 season. Barça, trained by Eusebio, put forward an eleven mainly made up of players from Barça B and some from Juvenil A, while the Espanyol team was also completely made up of players from their affiliate. After the 90 minutes ended 0-0, the title was decided on penalties. The Barça goalkeeper Adrià Ortolà became a star by saving three of the five shots by the Espanyol team. Munir ratified the title by putting in the fifth and definitive penalty, which gave them their eighth Catalonia Cup in the history of this competition.

Day Semifinals Final

Date 13-05-14 21-05-14

Match Girona - FC Barcelona Espanyol - FC Barcelona (pp)

Score 2-3 0-0

Goal Scorers Babunski, Cuenca (p), Ilie

Asian Tour and Friendlies

Asian Tour 2013 The Asian continent provided the backdrop for the pre-season tour by the first team. The first stop was Thailand, where FC Barcelona faced the country’s national team. The match, played in Bangkok, ended with a resounding set of Barça goals (1-7) by Neymar, his first goal for Barça, Messi (2), Pedro (3) and Alexis. The second part of the trip took them to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), where Martino’s team beat the Malaysian team 1-3, with goals by Fàbregas, Neymar and Piqué. The trip to Asia also included various institutional events. The first was in Bangkok, where the FC Barcelona Foundation and Unicef organised a celebration of inclusive sport. Leo Messi and José Manuel Pinto took part in the event, which included twenty children with learnings difficulties who played with the two players on a mini football pitch. In Kuala Lumpur, on behalf of the FC Barcelona Foundation, the players from the first team gave out sports material to the organisation Dignity for Children before around sixty children. In Bangkok too, Ramon Pont, first vice president of the Foundation, took part in a social event sponsored by the brand H&S.

Date 07.08.13 10.08.13

Match Thailand - FC Barcelona Malaysia XI – FC Barcelona

Result 1-7 1-3

Goal Scorers Neymar, Messi (2), Pedro (3), Alexis Fàbregas, Neymar, Piqué

Goals Goal Scorers 3 Pedro 2 Messi 2 Neymar 1 Alexis 1 Fàbregas 1 Piqué

The pre-season friendlies

Barça played three friendly matches during the pre-season. In the first, our team played against Pep Guardiola’s Bayern de Munich. The local team, with more supporters, won 2-0. The first goal was scored by Lahm in minute 13 and in the second half, played mainly with players from the Barça affiliate, Mandzukic scored the second, five minutes before the end. Oslo was the setting for the second pre-season match, where Barça had a comfortable win over Valerenga. Goals by Alexis, Tello, Messi and Dos Santos in the first half and two by Dongou and one from Joan Román in the second, gave them an easy victory of 0-7. Tata Martino, FC Barcelona’s new coach, followed the match from La Llotja. The last of the pre-season friendlies was against Lechia in Gdansk in a match in which Neymar Jr. played for the first time. The Polish team got onto the scoreboard at the start of the match, but Sergi Roberto equalised after a pass from Montoya. Again, at the start of the second half Lechia put the score at 2-1, but only six minutes later Leo Messi made it a two goal draw, which is how the match ended.

Date 24.07.13

Match Bayern Munic - FC Barcelona

Result 2-0

27.07.13

Valerenga – FC Barcelona

0-7

30.07.13

Lechia Gdansk – FC Barcelona

2-2

Goal Scorers Alexis, Tello, Messi, Dos Santos, Dongou (2), Joan Román Sergi Roberto, Messi

Goals Goal Scorers 2 Messi 2 Dongou 1 Alexis 1 Tello 1 Dos Santos 1 Sergi Roberto 1 Joan Román Video of all of the preseason goals

Prizes

Tribute to Xavi for his 700 official matches with FC Barcelona

Football

FC Barcelona paid tribute to Xavi Hernández for the 700 official matches he has played wearing the Barça shirt. To coincide with the League match at the Camp Nou against Malaga, members and fans cheered the midfielder, who on 16 January, in the round-of- sixteen of the King’s Cup against Getafe, completed this round figure that consolidates him as the player in the Club’s history who has played the most matches. During the tribute, the speaker Manel Vich devoted a few words to the Terrassa-born player, and a video was projected onto a screen across the stadium of the midfielder’s finest moments throughout these 700 matches, in which Valdés, Puyol, Messi, Sergio Busquets and Iniesta also featured and, on behalf of the team, praised their colleague and wished him all the best.

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president Carles Rexach, on behalf of the Club. Rexach, with the president Rosell, awarded the prize to Tito Vilanova at a private event. Tito Vilanova was awarded the trophy in recognition of the League title Barça won during 2012/13, with a total of 100 points and 15 points ahead of the second team. At the same gala event, Leo Messi was acknowledged as the top scorer of the season with the Pitxitxi trophy.

The third Golden Boot for Messi At an event held in the former Damm beer factor in Barcelona, the FC Barcelona player Leo Messi was awarded his third Golden Boot as the top goal scorer in the European leagues during the 2012/13 season. The Barça forward scored 46 goals in 32 matches, with an average of 1.43 per match. Messi was awarded the trophy by another famous winner, the former Barça player Hristo Stòitxkov. The event, presented by the journalist Olga Viza, was attended by members of the Governing Board, headed by the president Sandro Rosell, the technical secretary Andoni Zubizarreta, the coach Tata Martino, club and team-mates, family members and important personalities from Catalan society and the sporting world. Leo Messi, who has already won this prestigious award in the 2009/10 season, with 34 goals, and the 2011/12 season with 50 goals, has now become the first footballer in history to win three Golden Boots.

Xavi 700 appearances

Tito Vilanova, best coach of the 2012/13 season At the Trophy Gala by the sports paper ‘Marca’, Tito Vilanova was awarded the Miguel Muñoz trophy for the best coach of the 2012/13season. His award was collected by the advisor to the

Messi Ballon d’Or

Leo Messi, second in the FIFA Golden Ball 2013 Leo Messi finished second in the FIFA Golden Ball 2013. The Barça player, winner of the prize in the previous four years and among the three finalists in the last seven, was beaten by the Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentinian legend obtained 24.72% of the total votes,

while Ronaldo obtained 27.99% and Ribéry, who came third, had 23.36%. This percentage for Messi is the highest score for second place since the FIFA World Player and the Golden Ball France Football merged in 2010. Despite this second place, Leo Messi is the player with the most Golden Balls in history, beating the three obtained by Michel Platini and Johan Cruyff. The other Barça players Neymar Jr and Andrés Iniesta were awarded fifth and sixth positions respectively. In fact Iniesta, along with Dani Alves, Xavi Hernández and Leo Messi, was part of the FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2013, a team selected by votes from over 50,000 footballers from around the world. With four players out of the eleven, Barça, for the eighth year running, was the club with the most representatives.

Leo Messi beats Paulino Alcántara Leo Messi has beaten Paulino Alcántara as the absolute maximum Barça goal scorer. The Argentinian player totalled 371 goals in official and friendly matches wearing the Barça shirt, scoring three goals in the League match against Osasuna at the Camp Nou. That day, Messi beat the record of 369 goals with the Barça shirt that Paulino Alcántara had held for over 80 years. This great legend played for Barça between 1912 and1927, with a break of two seasons, and scored a total of 142 official goals and 227 in friendly matches. At the end of the season, Messi had scored 381 goals, of which 354 were in official matches.

Tito Vilanova

Heartfelt and multitudinous farewell to Tito Vilanova Tito Vilanova (Bellcaire d’Empordà, 17/09/1968 - Barcelona, 25/04/2014), the universally loved and admired Barcelona coach, passed away on 25 April aged 45 after finally succumbing to the illness that forced him to give up the first team bench in July. His death was a heavy blow for FC Barcelona, for its players and all its fans. The Club declared three days of mourning in order to say goodbye to “a human and footballing legend”, in the words of the president Josep Maria Bartomeu. Words of sympathy flooded in from all around the world. Fans from all football colours came together in profound sadness at his death. FCB set up a memorial area at the stand entrance of the Camp Nou where fans were able to say goodbye to Tito by signing a book of condolences, lighting a candle or leaving a souvenir in his memory. The popular homage exceeded all expectations. The multitudinous farewell demonstrated how much of a mark the Catalan coach had left, not just on the world of football and sport, but also on society in general. A total of 52,999 people came to the FC Barcelona facilities at the Camp Nou to pay their final respects. Various institutional personalities, such as the president of the Catalan Regional Government, Artur Mas, the mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, and people

from the world of sport and society also took part in the popular homage in the condolences area of the Club. The final public farewell to Tito Vilanova took place in Barcelona cathedral. The religious ceremony, presided over by the Archbishop of Barcelona, Lluís Martínez Sistach, was the most solemn time during the three days of pain and sadness. The Basilica was too small for the act, meaning its capacity had to be extended from 900 to 1500 people, while many people had to stay outside. It was an important event that brought together the Barça family and the former presidents Agustí Montal, Josep Lluís Núñez, Joan Gaspart, Enric Reyna, Joan Laporta and Sandro Rosell. Raimon Carrasco was unable to attend for health reasons. The president of FC Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, opened the speeches with the special words: “We are saying goodbye to a much loved person. A good and young man. A man of integrity, a humble and honest man who always looked ahead and who became known for his personal culture of hard work, fight and triumph”. Tito Vilanova’s wife, Montse Chaure, listened with emotion to the unforgettable speeches by their children, Carlota and Adrià, (a player in Barça’s Juvenil B), and their close friend, Jordi Roura.

Tito, forever remembered

Valdés farewell

Víctor Valdés says goodbye to fans

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Víctor Valdés suffered a broken anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee on 26 March in a match against Celta. In this cruel manner the career of the best goalkeeper in the history of Barça came to an end. Valdés, who a year before had publicly renounced renewing his contract, which was to end on 30 June, was unable to say goodbye to Barça fans on the pitch and did so through a letter in which he expressed his gratitude to everyone who had helped him throughout his time at FC Barcelona. Valdés bade farewell with a special mention for the fans: “Of course I can’t forget the people who have meant so much to me over these twelve years as a professional, wearing this shirt and these are the people who have followed me faithfully. The people who, whatever happens, are always there to give the boost any fighter may need at any time, who are proud to see me at every celebration, giving support at every match, sending out this positive energy that I have always felt, which kept me going the whole time because without this, I would not have been able to do it alone. Thank you, thank you and a thousand times thank you. And I ask you to please never stop supporting me”. Valdés wore the Barça shirt for 12 years as a professional player. He arrived at the Barça 22 Masia in 1991 and debuted with the first team on 14 August 2002. During his time in the first team he played 535 matches and overall helped to win 21 titles, which includes the Champions in Paris 2006, Rome 2009 and Wembley 2011, in which he played a vital role in the finals; six Leagues, two King’s Cups, six Spanish Super Cups, two European Super Cups and two Club World Cups.

Puyol farewell

Carles Puyol hangs up his boots, but will stay at Barça The legendary captain of Barça, after 15 seasons in the first team, bade farewell as a player on 15 May at an emotional event held in the 1899 Auditorium, accompanied by family members, colleagues, friends and many of the personalities from football who have been by his side throughout his career. Puyol thanked all the entities that form part of FC Barcelona for their help and support. He will stay linked to the club as assistant to the sports director Andoni Zubizarreta in the Football Area. Puyol made a heartfelt speech in which he explained: “As I told you a few months ago, my knee problems have not cleared up. I’ve tried everything. This is why as of 30 June my time as a player in Barça is over. I’d like to thank all the doctors and physios in the Club and also all the external doctors and physios who have helped me throughout the process. We’ve tried to find a solution, so far unsuccessfully, but I’m not just sitting back – I’ll keep trying without the pressure of having to play”. The heroic captain confessed: “If, when I was a little boy in Pobla, playing with my brother or my friend Javi Pérez, they’d told me I would have this career I wouldn’t have believed it. I’ve lived the dream of a lot of children. I know I’ve been very privileged because for 19 years I’ve got up every morning and gone to do what I love doing most, which is training and playing football”. Lastly, Puyol had words of thanks for the fans. He also remembered certain people who unfortunately are no longer with us and who were very important to him: Antonio Oliveres, his father, Miki Roqué, Luis Aragonés and Tito Vilanova.

Good bye to a great captain

Barça B

Historic season for Barça B

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The Barça affiliate team equalled the top ranking in history in the Second Division and finished third with 66 points. Eusebio Sacristán’s side made great progress during the season and finished in great shape at just 3 points from the second team, Deportivo, and five from the Champions, Eibar. Meanwhile, for the fourth year running Barça B were awarded the Fair Play prize as the team with the fewest cards in the category. Although 24 initially hesitant, and even being in relegation position in November, Eusebio Sacristán’s side made a determined effort and ended the last 10 days in play-off positions with a game that identified fully with Barça’s philosophy, sharing the limelight and goals amongst all players. The affiliate team also finished as the team with the most victories in the Adelante League, with a total of 20 winning matches, and as the fourth team with the most points in the Ministadium and the third with most points away. The 66 points came from 20 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. The affiliate ended as the second highest scoring team in the Second Division, behind Sporting, with 60 goals scored and 47 conceded. Lastly, other highlights include victories achieved in great settings at important moments of the season such as Zaragoza, Mallorca, Córdoba and Vitoria. At the end of the season, Adama was included in the perfect eleven of the Second Division by the LFP.

Position Goal keeper Defender

Midfielder

Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Miguel Bañuz, Jordi Masip and Adrián Ortolá. Sergi Gómez, Patricio Gabarrón, Carles Planas, Alejandro Grimaldo, Edgar Ié, Frank Bagnack, Sergio Juste and Lucas Gafarot Ilie Sánchez, Agostinho Cá, Javier Espinosa, David Babunski, Sergi Samper, Denis Suárez, Pol Calvet and Edu Bedia. Joan Román*, Jean Marie Dongou, Antonio Sanabria*, Daniel Nieto and Sandro Ramírez. Eusebio Sacristán Joan Babarbarà

* Part of the Barça B squad until January.

Gols Goal Scorers 8 Dongou 7 Denis Suárez 7 Edu Bedia 7 Espinosa 7 Sandro 6 D. Nieto 5 Adama 4 Munir 3 Sanabria 2 Joan Román 1 Babunski 1 D. Patric 1 Planas

Final ranking 3rd position Adelante League

All Barça B’s goals of the 2013/14 season

Juvenil A (U-19)

U-19 Kings of Europe

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Barça’s Juvenil A completed a historic season once again by winning the youth league Divisió d’Honor and the first of the UEFA Youth Leagues, the youth Champions. The side, trained by Jordi Vinyals, gave a solid performance throughout the season in the youth Divisió d’Honor league when they were declared champions with one day to go after beating Damm (3-1). At the end of the League, Barça led by 10 points over the second team, Espanyol. Also, Vinyals’s side were the top scorers (83 goals) with the fewest goals conceded (23 goals) in the competition. The icing on the cake in this great season was winning the title of the 26 first UEFA Youth League in Nyon. The team, coached by Jordi Vinyals, beat Benfica in the final by 0-3, with goals by Tarín and two by Munir, the last one from mid field. In the King’s Cup, Barça were eliminated in the semifinals by Seville and just missed playing in the final. All in all, a fantastic season by Barça’s Juvenil A.

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Joseph Fabrice Ondoa, José Aurelio Suárez and André Onana Francisco Javier Álvarez, Godswill Ekpolo, Roger Riera, Xavier Quintillà, Juan Manuel Garcia, Sergi Palencia, Rodrigo Tarín and Joan Campins Zacharie Lionel Enguene, Àlex Corredera, Wilfrid Kaptoum, Jordi Ortega, Joel Huertas, Juan Antonio Ros and Aitor Cantalapiedra Alain Richard Ebwelle, Maximiliano Rolón, Munir El Haddadi, Pedro Godoy and Adama Traoré Jordi Vinyals Josep Muñoz

Final ranking Champions of the Youth Divisió d’Honor League Champions of the UEFA Youth League Semifinalists of the King’s Cup UEFA Youth League’s Final

Academy football

Juvenil B (U-18)

Cadet A (U-16)

Position Goalkeeper

Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Segon entrenador

First Name and Surname Andreu Cases i Guillermo Lara Julen Arellano, Carlos Blanco, Daniel Segura, Roger Marcé, Ivan Rodríguez and Adrià Vilanova Theo Chendri, Ayoub Abou, Adrià Arjona, Roger Figueras, Joan Inés, Ferran Sarsanedas and Àlex Carbonell Enric Franquesa, Alexis Yves, Miquel Poveda i Steven Prieto Francesc Xavier Garcia Pimienta Andrés Martín

Final ranking Champions of the Youth National League group 7 Quarterfinalists of the Catalonia Cup

For another year, the Juvenil B team corroborated its National League title. Garcia Pimienta’s team had to overcome several obstacles and improved as they went along with an exorbitant League final that led to the title. Four days away from the final, the Juvenil B team had a tricky road ahead as they were 6 points from the leaders, Lleida Esportiu, who had everything in their favour. Luck and consistency by Barça however meant the Lleida team suffered two consecutive defeats, one of them against Garcia Pimienta’s team on home ground (1-3). With just one day to go before the final, the Lleida team suffered a further defeat and Barça, thrashing Cornellà, managed to take away the League title. What’s more, they were also the top scoring team, (71 goals) with the fewest conceded (24 goals). Lastly, in the Catalonia Cup they were eliminated in the quarterfinals against Blanca Subur in penalties.

Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Sergi Puig, Dennis Otto and Javier Romero Manuel Jesús Alemán, Marc Cucurella, Adrià Guerrero, Alejandro Martínez, Jordi Mola, Èric Montes, Carles Puig, Oriol Rey and Carles Torrents Carles Aleñá, Oriol Busquets, Sergi Caballero, Braima Fati, Daniel Morer, Georgios Spanoudakis Jang Gyeolhee, Seung Woo Lee, Gerard Nolla, Daniel Olmo, Carles Pérez and Javier Ruiz. Quique Álvarez Xavier Franquesa

Final ranking Champions of the U16 Divisió d’Honor League Quarterfinalists of the Catalonia Cup

Quique Álvarez’s team were declared champions of the U16 Divisió d’Honor four days before the final after beating Girona. The boys in the Cadet A team finished the League unbeaten and only conceding four draws, as well as winning 26 matches in 30 days. Barça led the second team, Espanyol, by 14 points. Once again, Quique Álvarez’s side finished as the highest scoring team (95 goals) with the fewest conceded (23 goals). Meanwhile, in the Catalonia Cup they were eliminated in the quarterfinals against Damm during penalties after the match ended in a draw.

Academy football

Cadet B (U-16)

Infantil A (U-14)

Position Goalkeeper

Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Lucas Manso and Ignacio Peña Erick Steven Ferigra, Jesús Del Amo, Maoudo Diallo, David Isiert, Guillem Jaime, Óscar Mingueza and Martí Vilà Juli Berenguer, Álex Collado, Miquel Puerto, Ramón Rodríguez and Alejandro Viedma ‘Bobby’ Adekanye, Valery Fernández, Edgar Fernández, Jordi Mboula, Ricard Puig, Joel Quero, Patrice Sousia, Xavier Toldrà, Omar El Farsi and Tandasi Fombutu Franc Artiga Carlos López

Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Adrià Rojas, Ángel Bermejo and Rubén Sánchez Joan Altamira, Arnau Comas, Imad El Kabbaou, Víctor Gómez, Alejandro Marcos, Pere Mogente, Joan Rojas and Ignasi Domínguez Lucas De Vega, Labinot Kabashi, Ben Lederman, Enric Martínez, Daniel Molina and Xavier Vedell Sergio Gómez, Pau Martínez, Yanis Núñez, Albert Portas, Abel Ruiz and Ricard Sánchez Denis Silva Òscar Jorquera

Final ranking Final ranking Champions of the Preferent League U16 group 1

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The Cadet B team had an almost perfect league, of which they were declared champions three days before the final after beating Reus and making the most of the defeat of Cornellà, who were second, by Hospitalet. Franc Artiga’s boys were spectacular: 27 victories, two draws and only one defeat. They were also the top scoring team by far (123 goals) with the 28 fewest conceded (19 goals). In the last days the difference between the second team increased and in the end they led by 17 points.

Champions of the Preferent Youth League group 1 Champions of the Youth Catalonia Cup

Denis Silva’s team had a solid season. First of all they won the youth Championship League Divisió d’ Honor, 10 points ahead of Cornellà, who were second, and 30 points ahead of Jàbac Terrassa, who came third. Over the 30 days, Denis Silva’s team won 26 matches, drew two and lost two. The Barça youth team only conceded 14 goals in the whole League and scored 88, topping all the classifications. They were also declared winners of the Youth Catalonia Cup after beating Cornellà in the final at Sant Feliu de Llobregat (2-0).

Infantil B (U-14)

Aleví A (U-12)

Position Goalkeeper Defender

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Arnau Tenas i David Troya Salcedo José David Álvarez, Ivan Bravo, Eric Garcia, Sergi Rosanas, Alex Sala and Arnau Vilamitjana Sergi Altimira, Guillermo Amor, Adrià Bernabé, Nil Fabregó, Nicolás González, Miguel Vega and Marco Villa Adrià Altimira, Guillem Cabot, Konrad De La Fuente, Anssumane Fati, Takefusa Kubo, Nils Mortimer, Miguel Ángel Ramírez and Roger Vegas Marcel Sans Isaac García

Final ranking

First Name and Surname Eric Mourin and Ramon Vila Marc Alegre, Ricard Cartañá and Biel Farrés Fode Fofana, Moriba Kourouma, José Martínez, Robert Navarro and Kais Ruiz Haitam Abaida, Pablo Moreno and Antonio Roca Marc Serra Daniel Horcas

Final ranking Champions of the Aleví Preferent League group 1 Champions of the Aleví Catalonia Cup

Champions of the Preferent League U14 group 1

Marcel Sans’s team became champions of the League on the last day thanks to a draw with Escola Gavà at Tortosa. The Infantil B boys performed excellently throughout the season despite it being a year of change from football 7 to football 11, which is always a difficult step. In the last days they managed to catch up with Escola Gavà at 82 points. In the last match, Escola Gavà were unable to break away from the draw but with the goal average Barça won the League title. They were the highest scoring team with 119 goals and finished the season unbeaten with 26 victories and four draws.

The Aleví A team coached by Marc Serra and Dani Horcas was one of the most brilliant teams in the Barça establishment this season. The Barça team won the League 12 points ahead of Cornellà, winning all 30 matches played and proving themselves unstoppable. Furthermore, they managed to score 233 goals and only let in 28, spectacular figures that made them top scorers with the fewest goals conceded. As well as winning many tournaments during the year, at the end of the season they also won the Catalonia Cup (4-1) against Espanyol.

Academy football

Aleví B (U-12)

Aleví C (U-12)

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Pol Tristán and Pol Cordero Joel López and Victor Carmona Albert Garrido, Joan González, Iker González, Matías Rafael, Álex Rico and Martí Riera Raül Martínez, Jan Reixach, Òscar Romero and Gerard Urbina Jordi Font Alexis Pintó

Final ranking

Champions of the Preferent League U12 group 2

Campió de la Lliga Primera Divisió Aleví grup 1

Football

The Barça Aleví B team won the league with its spectacular players and after a great duel with Espanyol A. Jordi Font’s boys actually won the League title three days before the final by winning against Mollet del Vallès. That weekend, however, was one of the saddest for Barça as it was the weekend of the passing away of Tito Vilanova. At the end of the championship, Barça finished 30 with 85 points, 12 more than the second team, Espanyol, and with a record 28 victories, one draw and one defeat. They were also the top scoring team (149 goals) with the fewest conceded (27 goals).

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First Name and Surname Nicolás Krucza and Héctor Hurtado Johnny Aghayedo, Arnau Martínez, Arnau Ollé and Xavier Pleguezuelo Mamadou Saidou, Sergi Berjano, Marc Pelaz and Xavi Quentin Alejandro Balde and Arnau Farnós Cristian Catena Josep Ramón Olivé

The Aleví C team were declared League champions after beating Cornellà 8-2. With this victory, the Aleví C team obtained 79 points, 9 more than Cornellà, at just two days before the end. In the final, 9 points separated them from the second team. At the end of the League, Cristian Catena’s boys scored 175 goals with 18 conceded in 30 days to become the highest scorers with the fewest conceded.

Aleví D (U-12)

Benjamí A (U-10)

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Iker Bartolomé and Pau Sánchez Sicu Camara, Gabriel Martínez, Nicolás Fasika Samuelson and Otger Sastre Marc Angles, Hugo García, Álvaro Martí and Pau Servat Nadir Louah, Xavier Pérez and Eric Vega Xavi Bravo Miguel Ángel Calderón

First Name and Surname Álvaro Aljama and Alain Martínez Diego Almeida, Pablo López and Iker Merino. Adrià Capdevila, Antonio Caravaca, Aleix Garrido and Marc Jurado Álvaro Millán and Pau Segarra Sergi Milà Rafa Rodríguez

Final ranking

Champions of the First Division U12 League group 2

Champions of the Benjamí Preferent League group 1 Champions of the Benjamí Catalonia Cup

The Barça Aleví D team experienced a fairly close league until the final. The boys, coached by Òscar Jorquera, had a resounding victory against Castelldefels, 8-1, and were guaranteed the title with one day to go by gaining a 5 point lead over Vila Olímpica, the second team when there were just 3 points in play, thus avoiding a final on the last day on Vila Olímpica’s home ground. In the end, they finished the season with 78 points: 25 victories, three draws and two defeats. By scoring 140 goals they were the second highest scorers and also the team that conceded the fewest; just 35 goals.

The Benjamí A team repeated its success of last season 2012/13. Sergi Milà’s team won the Benjamí Preferent League 21 points ahead of the second team, Sant Cugat Esport. Also, Milà’s boys won all their League matches with 273 goals for and only 12 against, meaning they were the top scorers with the fewest goals conceded. The excellent year was culminated by winning the Catalonia Cup, beating Cornellà in the final (6-1).

Academy football

Benjamí B (U-10)

Benjamí C (U-10)

Position Goalkeeper Defender

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Àlex Garcia and Òscar Medina Iker Almena, Alexandre Amate and Marc Olmo Jordi Osaro Aghayedo, Ilias Akhomach, Pau Garcia, Joan Gázquez, Roger Martínez, Pablo Meléndez and Sergi Oriol Jordi Pérez David Sánchez

First Name and Surname Sergio Borrego and Gerard Moreno Pau Ortega Elliot Cervellera, Llorenç Ferres, Arnau Gracia, Gerard Hernández and Pol Vila Iker Bravo and Izan Sánchez Òscar Hernández Juan Antonio Gil

Final ranking Final ranking

Champions of the First Division League U10 group 1

Champions of the Preferent League U 10 group 2

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The Benjamí B team dominated the League and managed a 4 point lead over the second team; Espanyol A. Jordi Pérez’s boys completed the competition with a faultless track record and were declared champions a day before the final. Barça managed 27 victories, one draw and only two defeats. They were the top scorers too (149 goals) and also the most solid 32 in defence (27 goals conceded).

The Barça Benjamí C team won the League title after the penultimate match against the team that came second, Sitges. Òscar Hernández’s boys responded well and won the title in a decisive match as the two teams were just 1 point apart. The Barça boys put on their best show and thrashed their opponents by 5 to 0. On the last day they also beat Atlètic Sant Just and finished the League with 82 points, 4 more than Sitges. 185 goals scored and 32 conceded were the final fantastic figures of the Barça Benjamí C team that managed 27 victories, one draw and two defeats in the 30 league matches.

Benjamí D (U-10) Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Iker Sánchez and Àlex Sans Xavier Muñoz and Iker Sánchez Iker Blázquez, Marc Bombardo, Àlex Castany and Jaume Jove Iván Fernández and Izan Sarmiento Albert Puig Alejandro Urrestarazu

Final ranking Runners-up of the First Division League U10 group 2

The Barça Benjamí D team was the only team in the entire boy’s training football to not manage a title. Despite this, they did get to the final and had many chances right up until the last day to win the League. In the end, they finished 3 points behind Horta, the champions. In the 30 matches they managed 25 victories, two draws and three defeats, as well as scoring 119 goals and conceding 48.

Prebenjamí (U-8)

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Erik Cava Nicolás Expósito Héctor Fort, Alexis Olmedo, Pau Prim, Jan Quiles Marc Guiu, Dereck López, Arnau Pradas, David Castelló David Sánchez Sandor Kocsis

FCBEscola The FCBEscola closes another successful season with further expansion around the world. Barça’s working methodology educates boys and girls aged between 6 and 12 and is divided into three categories: Introduction, with players aged between 6 and 8; Pre-training, between 8 and 10; and Training, aged between 10 and 12; for a total of 370 students. Over the last four months over 90,000 young players have benefited from the Barça experience in different points around the globe in academies, summer schools and other activities. Some of the countries where FCBEscola has participated this season include the United States, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy, India, Croatia, Slovenia, China, Japan and Brazil. One of the best moments in the season was the third FCBEscola International Tournament, attended by 800 children from eleven different countries and in which over 200 matches were played. The closing ceremony, which was held in the Ministadium, brought over 2,000 people to the stands. Meanwhile, the season ended with a closing day at the Camp Nou where the 370 young footballers were awarded graduation photos and diplomas in recognition of their hard work throughout the season.

Final ranking Champions of the Second Division League U10 group 5

The Barça Prebenjamí team won the league after competing in the Second Division Benjamí against boys older than them. David Sánchez’s side learnt how to compete during the League and at just two days before the final they faced Escola Gavà, their maximum rivals, to play for the League title. The Prebenjamí boys won by 5 to 2 and rounded off their fantastic progress during the season. They were also the top scoring team (195 goals) with the fewest conceded (39 goals).

Women’s A

Spectacular double

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The Women’s A team exceeded themselves in another season when it seemed as if they had reached their peak. Xavi Llorens’s side repeated the double from last season and won the league and the Queen’s Cup and also reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, where they were defeated by the champions Wolfsburg. In the League, Barça were declared champions three days before the end after beating Atlético Women’s team on their home ground (0-3) , thus winning their third consecutive League. Also, they only lost one match on the penultimate day 34 when they had already won the title. In the Women’s Champions, Xavi Llorens’s girls gave a great performance until finally succumbing in the quarterfinals to the team that later became champions, Wolfsburg Germany. Overall, Barça repeated the double of last year by winning the Queen’s Cup in an agonising final that went to penalties against Athletic Club after a draw in extra time. In the eleven metre shots, Barça did not miss and Laura Ràfols saved one to give them their fourth Queen’s Cup and the second double title running.

History of Barça’s women’s football

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Laura Ràfols i Chelsea Ashurst. Laura Gómez, Marta Unzué, Melanie Serrano, Kenti Robles, Ruth Garcia, Marta Torrejón. Ester Romero, Vicky Losada, Míriam Diéguez, Alexia Putellas, Virginia Torrecilla, Gemma Gili. Sonia Bermúdez, Carol Férez, Marta Corredera, Ana María Romero, Jelena Cankovic, Jennifer Hermoso, Cristina Baudet, Sandra Hernández. Xavi Llorens Berta Carles

Final ranking Champions of the Women’s First Division Champions of the Queen’s Cup Quarterfinalists of the UEFA Women’s Champions League

Academy football

Girls B

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

Girls Juvenil-Cadet (U-16)

First Name and Surname Alba Moreno, Noelia Vizcaíno Xènia Royo, Marta Turmó, Carla Moyano, Núria Garrote, Queralt Gómez, Marina Gama Carola Garcia, Nerea Valeriano, Queralt Torradeflot, Pilar Garrote Carla Puiggrós, Judith Fernández, Judit Rivero, Gemma Sala, Andrea Sánchez, Arola Aparicio Jordi Ventura David Forcat

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Aida Mendoza, Gemma Font Judith Mas, Ariadna Rovirola, Ona Batlle, Paula Navas, Laia Aleixandri Aitana Bonmatí, Andrea Cortés, Laura Martínez, Abril Moreno, Paula Fernández Laia Castilla, Maria González, Carla Armengol, Elena Benítez, Laia Muñoz, Naiara Caballero, Carla Niubó. Zoe García Carles Blanco

Final ranking

7th in the Women’s Second Division group 3

Champions of the First Division Girl’s U16 League group 1

The Barça Girls team B completed another season of learnings in the state’s Women’s Second Division. The Barça team finished seventh in a championship in which they won 10 matches, drew 5 and lost 10. In terms of goal scoring, they were better at defence – only conceding 30 goals – than in attack (39 goals throughout the tournament). Meanwhile, many of Jordi Ventura’s players participated actively during the season with the first team squad, champions of the First Division.

The Barça Girls Juvenil Cadet team won the Women’s First Division of the category with a clear 90 point victory, 21 points ahead of Sant Gabriel and having won all their matches in the championship. Furthermore, Barça were the top scorers with 157 goals and the fewest goals conceded - just 5 in the whole league, two in the last match of the season against Sant Gabriel, even though they still won (4-2). In the Catalonia Cup, however, they lost to Sant Gabriel in penalties after a no goal draw. 35

Girls Infantil-Aleví (U-12) Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach Second coach

First Name and Surname Judith González i Anna Reina Berta Pujadas, Sandra Carrasco, Anna Torrodà, Laura Ariza Maria Llompart, Candela Andújar, Mireia Carrasco, Mariona Segalés, Andrea Martínez, Yaiza Navarro Claudia Pina, Ainoa Marín, Carla Aceituno Albert Tausté Carles Llanes

Final ranking Champions of the Girl’s U12 First Division League group 1 Champions of the Girls U12 Catalonia Cup

Barça’s Girls Infantil-Aleví team were declared champions of the First Division Girl’s U12 with a five point advantage over Espanyol. Of the 22 matches played, the young Barça players won 21 and only drew 1. The Barça team were the highest scorers with 298 goals and the fewest goals conceded: 19. At the end of the season, Albert Tausté’s girls won the championship title of the Catalonia Cup after beating Mercantil by 3 goals to 0.

The Masia. Oriol Tort training centre

Coaching and dialogue

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Football

For another season, the Masia continued its principal aim of training the young players who live there. As well as their formal education, the training and cultural plan this year was based around two sections: training discussions and an area for dialogue, and the teaching projects themselves. At the beginning of the season the Masia residents received a visit from the entrepreneur Albert Riba. Riba is associate lecturer at the EADA business school and the Salle URL and author of the book Mamut o SĂ piens. Les 10 inquietuds vitals per adaptar-se i emprendre. (Mammoth or Sapiens. 10 vital concerns for adapting and engaging). The discussion included how to face failure and learn from mistakes as well as the frustration of not reaching our goals and learning from errors in order to be better tomorrow. A second discussion was held with the synchronised swimming Olympic runnersup in London and the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water polo team, Barcelona World champions in the summer of 2013. This was a unique experience for the residents of the Masia to experience the tremendous effort put in by 36 these sportspeople in terms of hours dedicated to a sport in which they may not be professionals but are no less high level sports people. One of the highlights of the teaching projects was The 12 Pillars coaching exercise in individual and small group formats, aimed at establishing a bridge between the trainers and the sporting youth. The 12 Pillar method includes habits and skills that are useful for the youngsters to guide them when taking decisions and for learning to be accountable for their actions. After an assessment of the workshops last year, this season the reading club was continued. Eleven boys from 10 to 13 years were involved every week from November until March. This activity is carried out completely in Catalan and includes a combination of reading and oral activities focused on enhancing expression and resources for speaking in public. A new feature this season was the starting up of a mental arithmetic workshop lasting sixteen sessions, in which the youngest members of the residence learnt to do sums using an abacus and performed other academic and mental arithmetic exercises. There was also a photography and video course for BarĂ§a B football players. The aim of the course was to familiarise participants with the computer tools around them through audiovisual production.

This is the New Masia

Masia residents FOOTBALL Aleví A Infantil B Infantil A

Pablo Moreno, Ilaix Moriba Kourouma Anssumani Fati, Miguel Vega, ‘Miguelete’ Miguel A. Ramírez, Nils Mortimer Angel Bermejo, Abel Ruiz, Imad El Kabou Alejandro Viedma, Bobby Adekanye, Ramon Rodríguez ‘Monchu’, David Isierte, Eric Steven, Iñaki Peña, Patrice Sousia, Maoudo, Valery Fernández, Jesús Del Amo, Tandasi Fombutu Jang Gyeolhee, Lee Seung Woo, Giorgios Spanoudakis, Brahima Fati, Alejandro Martínez, Javi Romero, Oriol Busquets, Dani Olmo, Carles Aleñá, Eric Montes, Dennis Otto, Manu Alemán Julen Arellano, Alexis Meva, Theo Chendri, Ferran Sarsanedas, Guillermo Lara, Adrià Arjona, Dani Segura, Steven Prieto, Roger Figueras, Micky Poveda Juanma Garcia, Munir el Haddadi, Rodrigo Tarín, Fran Álvarez, Àlex Corredera, Kaptoum, José A. Suárez, Lionel Enguene, Xavi Quintillà, André Onana, Joseph Ondoa, Allain Richard Ebwelle, Moha el Ouariachi, Juan Antonio Ros

Cadet B Cadet A Juvenil B Juvenil A

BASKETBALL Infantil Cadet Júnior Júnior/Barça B

Joan Sorolla, Guillem Fàbregas Eric Martínez, Hugo Bartolomé, Pol Vives, Antoumane Diagne, Pol Figueras Adnan Omeragic, Alejandro Mazaira, Jaume Sorolla Lude Hakansson, Marc Garcia, Adrià Cantenys

ROLLER HOCKEY Infantil Juvenil Júnior

Pablo Nájera Gerard Miquel Ignacio Alabart

FUTSAL Cadet Juvenil

Lluís A. Garcia Juan Emilio, Guillermo Pérez

HANDBALL Júnior Barça B

Josep Folqués, Pepe Oliver, Xavi Castro Joao Pedro

ORIGIN Catalonia Germany Andalusia Andorra Asturias Brazil Cameroon Cartagena Autonomous Region of Valencia Korea Ecuador France Galicia Guinea Bissau The Netherlands Balearic Islands Canary Islands Madrid Morocco Navarra Senegal Sweden TOTAL

FOOTBALL BASKETBALL ROLLER HOCKEY HANDBALL 14 8 1 2 8 1 1 2 1 8 1 7

FUTSAL 1 2

2 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 79

2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 56

1 1

1 1 13

TOTAL 24 2 10 2 2 1 8 1

FC Barcelona Basketball

Xavier Pascual Coach Assistants Íñigo Zorzano David Garcia Oriol Pagès Manager Xavier Montolio Doctor Gil Rodas Physical preparer Toni Caparrós

Basketball

Physiotherapists Toni Bové Francesc Guilanyà

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Masseur Eduard Torrent Material supervisor Miquel Font Signed Joey DORSEY Gaziantep Kostas PAPANIKOLAOU Olympiacos Mario HEZONJA FC Barcelona B Maciej Boleslaw LAMPE Laboral Kutxa Bostjan NACHBAR Brose Baskets Jacob Everse PULLEN Oknoplast Bolonya Dropped Sarunas JASIKEVICIUS Zalgiris Kaunas Charles Judson WALLACE Olimpia Milano Joe INGLES Maccabi Tel Aviv Loukas MAVROKEFALIDIS Panathinaikos Xavi RABASEDA Estudiantes Nathan JAWAI Galatasaray Pete MICKEAL Múrcia / Cangrejeros de Saturce (Puerto Rico)

Joey DORSEY

Víctor SADA

MARCELINHO Huertas Àlex ABRINES

Centre 16.12.83 Baltimore (USA)

Point guard 08.03.84 Badalona (Barcelona)

Point guard 25.05.83 Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Shooting guard 01.08.93 Palma (Mallorca)

Technical secretary Joan Creus

Erazem LORBEK

Maciej LAMPE

Bostjan NACHBAR

Ante TOMIC

Power forward 21.02.84 Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Centre 05.02.85 Lodz (Poland)

Power forward 07.03.80 Slovenj Gradec (Slovenia)

Centre 17.02.87 Dubrovnik (Croatia)

ACB League

Catalan League

2013/14

Juan Carlos NAVARRO Marko TODOROVIC

Kostas PAPANIKOLAOU

Mario HEZONJA

Brad OLESON

Shooting guard 13.06.80 Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Barcelona)

Power forward 19.04.92 Podgorica (Montenegro)

Small forward 31.07.90 Trikala (Greece)

Small forward 25.02.95 Duvrovnik (Croatia)

Shooting guard 11.04.83 Anchorage (USA)

Jacob Everse PULLEN Point guard 11.10.89 Maywood (USA)

Endesa League

Real Madrid defeated. Champions!

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Basketball

After two years, the basketball team has won the Endesa League again. Xavi Pascual’s team made terrific progress throughout the competition and won the title after coming through two qualifying rounds with the court factor against them, as they had just finished third in the normal League (with an overall score of 27 wins and 7 defeats). In the quarterfinals Barça beat Laboral Kutxa by two wins to zero. In a tough first match Barça, with Navarro and Oleson playing splendidly and together totalling 53 points, beat the Basque team in the Palau by 92-87. In the second match, playing in Vitoria, Xavi Pascual’s team were clearly superior and guaranteed themselves a place in the next round with a great victory: 71-95. The semifinals were complete madness. Barça seemed to have sealed its place in the final after the two wins at La Fonteta: 58-77 in the first match and 59-60 in the second with a thrilling final and a decisive shot by Tomic in the final moments of the match. Surprisingly and when everything seemed to be clear-cut, the Valencia team came back with two consecutive wins at the Palau by 70-74 and 63-81. In the fifth and final match, played in Valencia, Barça won by 75-77 thanks to a great shot in the last second by a magnificent Marcelinho Huertas, who scored 22 points. With this nail-biting victory, Barça went through to the League final for the eighth year running. The first match, played in Madrid, was critical in the qualifying round process. Xavi Pascual’s team won spectacularly, 93-98, in a match in which success in the three-pointers and free shots were emphatic. Real Madrid came back in the second to equalise in the qualifying round. In the third, played to a packed Palau, FC Barcelona managed a second victory of 94-79, with a true demonstration of excellent play and magnificent work by Navarro, Nachbar and Oleson. Barça was just one step away from winning the title and in a magical night at the Palau they managed it. Pascual’s team had kept ahead on the scoreboard but the whites drew even in the 40 last stretch. A three-pointer by Lampe with 21 seconds to go and free shots by Abrines and Oleson in the final seconds gave them the 83-81 victory in a match in which Tomic was a star with 22 points and 9 rebounds. The captain, Navarro, who was awarded MVP, held up the 18th League trophy to the euphoric spectators.

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Play-off Quarter-finals 1st match Play-off Quarter-finals second match Play-off Semifinals 1st match Play-off Semifinals 2nd match Play-off Semifinals 3rd match Play-off Semifinals 4th match Play-off Semifinals 5è partit Play-off Final 1r partit Play-off Final 2n partit Play-off Final 3r partit Play-off Final 4t partit

Date 13.10.13 20.10.13 27.10.13 03.11.13 10.11.13 17.11.13 23.11.13 01.12.13 08.12.13 15.12.13 22.12.13 27.12.13 29.12.13 04.01.14 12.01.14 19.01.14 26.01.14 02.02.14 16.02.14 23.02.14 02.03.14 08.03.14 16.03.14 23.03.14 30.03.14 06.04.14 12.04.14 01.05.14 27.04.14 04.05.14 07.05.14 10.05.14 21.05.14 25.05.14 29.05.14 31.05.14 05.06.14 07.06.14 10.06.14 12.06.14 15.06.14 19.06.14 21.06.14 24.06.14 26.06.14

Match FC Barcelona – València Basket Fiatc Joventut – FC Barcelona La Bruixa d’Or – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Guipuzkoa Basket FC Barcelona – CB Canàries Bilbao Basket – FC Barcelona Río Natura Monbus – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – CAI Saragossa FC Barcelona – Unicaja FC Barcelona – Blancos R. Valladolid Baloncesto Fuenlabrada – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Herbalife Gran Canària Reial Madrid – FC Barcelona Laboral Kutxa – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – UCAM Múrcia FC Barcelona – Estudiantes Cajasol – FC Barcelona València Basket – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Fiatc Joventut CB Canàries – FC Barcelona Unicaja – FC Barcelona Blancos R. Valladolid – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – La Bruixa d’Or Guipuzkoa Basket – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Bilbao Basket CAI Saragossa – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Río Natura Monbus Herbalife Gran Canària – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Baloncesto Fuenlabrada FC Barcelona – Laboral Kutxa UCAM Múrcia – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Reial Madrid Estudiantes – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Cajasol FC Barcelona – Laboral Kutxa Laboral Kutxa – FC Barcelona València Basket – FC Barcelona València Basket – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – València Basket FC Barcelona – València Basket València Basket – FC Barcelona Reial Madrid – FC Barcelona Reial Madrid – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Reial Madrid FC Barcelona – Reial Madrid

Result 76-75 80-83 71-81 81-74 89-71 80-72 77-60 73-50 67-74 109-50 73-77 62-52 98-84 76-72 96-63 73-56 57-62 95-93 88-79 56-78 69-74 66-111 91-63 75-86 104-75 85-79 77-62 74-82 81-63 91-75 72-84 86-75 51-77 88-70 92-87 71-95 58-77 59-60 70-74 63-81 75-77 93-98 87-78 94-79 83-81

Champions of the Endesa League

Euroleague

Basketball

Magnificent build-up but disappointment in the semifinals

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After fantastic progress throughout the competition, Barça’s basketball team was knocked out in the semifinals of the Final Four. In the first stage of the tournament, Barça finished third, with an overall score of seven wins and three defeats, behind the powerful Turkish Fenerbahçe and Russian CSKA. In the Top-16, Xavi Pascual’s team clearly dominated its group and won the first 12 matches, playing at an extremely high level. It was especially difficult to win at the Fenerbahçe, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Caja Laboral, Efes Pielsen and Unicaja stadiums. With first place of the Top 16 guaranteed and the court factor in their favour for the quarterfinals, they suffered two inconsequential defeats in the last two matches. In the quarterfinals, Barça beat the Turkish Galatasaray unequivocally by three to zero and for the fifth time in the last six years gained a place for the Final Four in Milan. In the semifinals, against Real Madrid, Barça got off to an excellent start (12-4) but then paid a high price for errors made in free shots and a bad second half in which Madrid took the lead (37-45). In the third period, a negative partial score of 11-28 knocked Barça out and they threw in the towel in a match they ended up losing by 62 to 100. In the consolation final Barça emphatically beat CSKA from Moscow by 93 to 78, with a great match by Juan Carlos Navarro, who scored 20 points.

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Top 16 Day 1 Top 16 Day 2 Top 16 Day 3 Top 16 Day 4 Top 16 Day 5 Top 16 Day 6 Top 16 Day 7 Top 16 Day 8 Top 16 Day 9 Top 16 Day10 Top 16 Day 11 Top 16 Day 12 Top 16 Day 13 Top 16 Day 14 Quarter-finals 1st match Quarter-finals 2nd match Quarter- finals 3rd match Semifinal 3rd and 4th place

Date 17.10.13 25.10.13 31.10.13 08.11.13 14.11.13 21.11.13 29.11.13 06.12.13 12.12.13 19.12.13 02.01.14 09.01.14 16.01.14 23.01.14 31.01.14 14.02.14 20.02.14 27.02.14 06.03.14 14.03.14 21.03.14 28.03.14 02.04.14 10.04.14 15.04.14 17.04.14 20.04.14 16.05.14 18.05.14

Match FC Barcelona - Partizan Fenerbahçe Ulker - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - JSF Nanterre FC Barcelona - CSKA Moscou Budivelnik Kiev - FC Barcelona Partizan - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Fenerbahçe Ulker JSF Nanterre - FC Barcelona CSKA Moscou - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Budivelnik Kiev FC Barcelona - Efes Pilsen Fenerbahçe Ulker - FC Barcelona Olympiacos – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Unicaja Panathinaikos – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – EA7 Emporio Armani Caja Laboral – FC Barcelona Efes Pilsen – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Fenherbahçe Ulker FC Barcelona - Olympiacos Unicaja – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Panathinaikos EA7 Emporio Armani - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Caja Laboral FC Barcelona - Galatasaray FC Barcelona - Galatasaray Galatasaray – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – R. Madrid FC Barcelona – CSKA Moscou

Result 67-60 75-70 67-71 79-70 74-84 64-82 94-81 78-82 79-65 96-77 84-65 73-76 72-81 83-79 56-63 80-70 68-80 84-89 93-73 70-58 61-77 84-62 91-63 86-97 88-61 84-63 75-78 62-100 93-78

King’s Cup

Basketball

The Cup slips through our fingers

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Barça was unable to win back the King’s Cup in basketball after losing in a nail-biting final played in Malaga. The quarterfinals match against Iberostar Tenerife gave Barça a runaway victory. Marcelinho Huertas, top scorer with 13 points and Àlex Abrines, who scored 12, were the most outstanding players in the unequivocal victory over the Canary Island team, with a win of over 40 points (102-60). In the semifinals, the Catalan team eradicated Valencia by 89 to 81 in another serious match by Xavi Pascual’s men. FC Barcelona, led by captain Joan Carles Navarro, who scored 20 points, dominated the match from start to finish. The rivals in the final were Real Madrid. After the first two quarters Barça left for the break four points ahead (42-38). In the second half, the match stayed even and was not decided until the last quarter, in which with two minutes to go, the Madrid team managed to go seven points ahead (64-71). When everything seemed to be lost, a threepointer by Oleson followed by a basket by Marcelinho closed the gap to two points with 23 seconds to go. The fight paid off for Barcelona who managed to recover a ball and Oleson managed a two plus one that shifted the final. Finally, in the last possession, luck went to the whites who, with a shot by Sergi Llull in the last second, gave them the Cup (77-76)

Day Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Date Match 07.02.14 FC Barcelona- Iberostar Tenerife 08.02.14 FC Barcelona - València Basket 09.02. 14 Reial Madrid - FC Barcelona

Result 102-60 89-81 77-76

Endesa Super Cup

Conditioned by absences

Basketball

In the first official competition of the season, FC Barcelona reached the final of the Super Cup but didn’t manage victory by losing to Real Madrid. In the semifinals, Xavi Pascual’s team faced the host team Laboral Kutxa. The match outcome became clear in the first two quarters as Barça went to the break with a runaway advantage: 38-54. These 54 points in the middle of the match set a new record for the competition. One of the five new signings, the Slovenian Bostjan Nachbar, who scored 22 points in 19 minutes, was the best Barcelona player in the Buesa Arena in Vitoria in a match that ended at a decisive 73-98. Real Madrid awaited in the final, in a repeat of the one lost in the 2012/13 season. Barça sought revenge but it was not to be. Even though the Barcelona team was still in the adaptation phase with the five new players and with Navarro and Lorbek not playing, they still put up a good fight. In the end, Laso’s team proved more consistent in the final moments of the match and won 83-79. Ante Tomic’s 21 points and the 17 points and 10 assists by Huertas for Barcelona were outstanding.

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Day Semifinal Final

Date 04.10.13 05.10.13

Match Laboral Kutxa – FC Barcelona Reial Madrid – FC Barcelona

Result 73-98 83-79

Catalan League and Navarro’s testimonial

The fifth consecutive Catalan League FC Barcelona won its fifth Catalan League title running by beating FIATC Joventut in the final in Girona. The match began with a dazzling start by the Badalona team, who managed a surprising partial score of 2-14 in the first minutes. Pascual’s team reacted quickly and managed to move the scoreboard to just two points difference at the end of the first quarter (18-20). The second quarter was dominated by the young Abrines. The Barcelona shooting guard, who was nominated most valuable player at the end, scored 14 points in seven minutes and enabled Barça to establish a gap at the break (52-40). The final was decided in the third quarter, when a successful Nachbar –with 8 points and 2 three-pointers-, for a partial score of 15-4, put an emphatic 67-44 on the scoreboard. In the last 10 minutes the Badalona team closed the gap to 85-73 at the end. The captain, Juan Carlos Navarro, held up the first title of the season, the seventeenth Catalan League in the history of the section. Day Final

Date 10.10.13

Match FC Barcelona – FIATC Joventut

Result 85-73

Tribute to Navarro for his match record in the Euroleague Juan Carlos Navarro received a tribute from the public at the Palau Blaugrana on the day he became the highest match player in the history of the Euroleague. On day 10 of the Top 16, against Olympiacos, the Barcelona captain played his 253rd match in the top European competition and set a new record. Navarro was given an award by the Greek player Papaloukas, the previous holder of this milestone, and Joan Bladé, head of the basketball section, presented him with a commemorative photo.

Basketball

Basketball academy

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Senior B

Junior

Position Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Centre Coach

First Name and Surname Ludde Hakanson, Josep Pérez Marc Garcia, Xavi Moix, Ferran Laviña Oriol Paulí, Adrià Cantenys Emir Sulejmanovic, Alexandr Zhigulin Papa Abdoulaye, Milovan Draskovic Aleix Duran

First Name and Surname Stefan Peno, Pau Camí, Ludde Hakanson Marc Garcia Adnan Omeragic, Nedim Dedovic, Arnau Triginer Álex Mazaira Jaume Sorolla , David Martínez, Ramon Vilà, Atoumane Diagne Joan Braulio

Final ranking

13th place Adecco Or

Champions of the Catalonia Championship 5th place in the Spanish Championship

In the second year in the Second Division of basketball, Barça B achieved its main goal of training players for the first team in the future. Aleix Duran’s team competed in all the Adecco Or matches of the season but lack of experience was a determining factor as the Barça team finished in penultimate position. The growth of the juniors Hakanson and Marc Garcia was the best news for a Senior B who demonstrated its potential by beating the Adecco Or champions (Andorra) and who finished with an overall score of 5 victories and 21 defeats.

Joan Braulio and his team completed a good season by obtaining the Catalonia Championship against Joventut. In the Spanish Championship held in Marín (Galicia), Barça were eliminated in the quarterfinals and finished fifth. One highlight of this season 2013/14 was the inclusion of Dedovic, Peno, Marc Garcia, Hakanson, Omeragic, Martínez and Vilà in the prestigious Mannheim Tournament –the equivalent to the World Cup of the category. Barça was the European team with the most players called up.

Infantil A Position Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Centre Coach

First Name and Surname Héctor Aza Isaac Jose Garcia, Víctor González Àlex Esteban, Miquel Puig de Gràcia, David Corella, Eric Fernández Àlex Miralles, Nicolau Matarrodona Joan Sorolla, David Font Rubén Muñoz

Final ranking Champions of Catalonia 4th place in the Championship of Spain

For the third season running the Infantil A team became champions of Catalonia after beating Hospitalet in the final with a decisive 64-85. Rubén Muñoz’s team were not so lucky in the Minicup however, held in Malaga during the basketball King’s Cup, and were knocked out in the quarterfinals. In the Spanish Championship, the Infantil A team came fourth after being beaten in the semifinals by Estudiantes, who went on to become champions.

Cadet A

Cadet B

Position Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Centre Coach

First Name and Surname Oriol Tres, Pol Figueras Gabriel Santiver, Aleix Font Eric Martínez, Màxim Esteban, Pol Vives, Hugo Bartolomé Adrià Martínez Albert Simon, Atoumane Diagne Marc Calderón

First Name and Surname Marc Tubau, Raimon Carrasco Carlos Rubira Dídac Aguilera, Iván Campoy, Víctor Fernández, Adrià Arqué, Dino Radoncic Guillem Corral, Sergi Martínez Marcel Ramon Xavi Pardina

Final ranking

Champions of Catalonia Champions of Spain

Champions of Group 4 Preferent

Marc Calderón’s season in the Cadet A was spectacular. At the Preferent Championship of Catalonia the score could not be better, with a total of 28 victories and no defeats and winning the Championship by beating Joventut Badalona in the final. Barcelona also won the Spanish Championship, held in Zaragoza, by beating Real Madrid in the final by 73-68. Barcelona had the perfect season in terms of titles obtained as well as its learning experience.

The team led by Xavi Pardina completed a season in which they made significant progress. In the first phase they finished sixth and were in the same group as the Cadet A team. In the second phase however they managed to overcome the category adaptation process and had an excellent second round, with 14 victories and no defeats, finishing in first place in group 4 of the junior preferent.

Infantil B Position Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Centre Coach

First Name and Surname Toni Liria, Sergi Estany Pol Brualla, Adrià Rodríguez, Mauro Abad Isaac Mayo, Sergio Quintana, Guillem Fàbregas Marc Valderrama Sergi Salvador, Josep Alessandro Crespo Xavi Mas

Final ranking 1st Level A2 - Group 3

After an initial phase when they reached third position, the youngest of the basketball training teams found their feet in a second phase in which they dominated level A2 Infantil. With a final score of 12 wins and 2 defeats, Xavi Mas’s team finished the season as champions of group 3 having seized every opportunity in every match.

FC Barcelona Handball

Xavier Pascual Coach Assistant coach Toni Rubiella Third coach Oliver Roy Goalkeeper coach Roger Font Doctor Josep Antoni Gutiérrez Physiotherapist Adrià Vilà

Handball

Scouting Jordi Rosell

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Material supervisor Pablo Lescay Team delegate Marta Yebra Signed Kiril LAZAROV Atlètic de Madrid Nikola KARABATIC Pays d’Aix Université Club Handball Joan SAUBICH Naturhouse La Rioja Aitor ARIÑO FC Barcelona B Mickaël ROBIN* Montpeller * Joined on 19 February 2014 Dropped Ángel MONTORO Fenix Toulouse Handball (cessió)/Orlen Wisla Plock MIKEL Aguirrezabalaga HC Dinamo Minsk Albert ROCAS KIF Kolding Copenhaguen Magnus JERNEMYR LUGI Handball

Arpad STERBIK

Jesper NODDESBO

JUANÍN García

Víctor TOMÁS

Goalkeeper 20.10.79 Senta (Serbia)

Pivot 23.10.80 Herning (Denmark)

Back 28.08.77 León

Back 15.02.85 Barcelona

Technical secretary Xavier Pascual Manager Xavier O’Callaghan

Eduardo GURBINDO Siarhei RUTENKA

Mickaël ROBIN

Martin STRANOVSKY

Winger 08.11.87 Pamplona

Winger 29.08.81 Minsk (Belarus)

Goalkeeper 28.05.85 Estrasburg (France)

Back 12.09.85 Nove Zamky (Slovakia)

Asobal League

King’s Cup

Asobal Super Cup

World Club

2013/14

Asobal Cup

Centre 12.02.81 Gijón

Pivot 07.06.84 Trinité (Martinique)

Centre 25.08.83 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Goalkeeper 27.06.77 Doboj (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

Back 10.05.92 Penarth (UK)

Nikola KARABATIC

Joan SAUBICH

Winger 18.12.83 Barcelona

Centre 11.04.84 Nis (Serbia)

Back 11.07.89 Sarrià de Ter (Girona)

Winger 10.05.80 Sveti Nikole (Macedonia)

Raúl ENTRERRÍOS

VIRAN Morros

Cedric SORHAINDO

Daniel SARMIENTO

Daniel SARIC

Kiril LAZAROV

Aitor ARIÑO

Asobal League

A perfect League

Handball

Barça made history in the Asobal League by winning all its matches, a milestone that had only been achieved by BM Ciudad Real in the 2009/10 season. Xavi Pascual’s team managed 30 victories in the 30 matches played and won their fourth consecutive League, the 21st in the history of the section. The total superiority that Barça showed throughout the tournament was demonstrated by winning all the matches played at Barcelona’s Palau by a minimum of eleven goals’ difference and all the matches away by a minimum of five goals. As well as finishing as victors of the competition, Barça established a new record in the Asobal League with 1,146 goals, comfortably beating the goal record set by BM Atlético de Madrid of 1,047. The title was won mathematically five days before the end of the competition when they beat BM Aragó by 48-22. This tremendous result was the best in the season, not only for the number of goals but also the difference. The last match held in the Palau, against Osca, enabled Barça fans to pay tribute to Juanín García, who, after nine years and 27 titles won, left Barça at the end of the season. Barça’s supremacy in the league in recent years is overwhelming: for example, in the last four seasons, when Barcelona have been declared champions, they played a total of 120 matches of which they won 117.

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Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Date 14.09.13 18.09.13 24.09.13 02.10.13 06.10.13 08.10.13 15.10.13 25.10.13 09.11.13 17.11.13 19.11.13 26.11.13 03.12.13 07.12.13 14.12.13 01.02.14 04.02.14 12.02.14 19.02.14 28.02.14 08.03.14 15.03.14 18.03.14 25.03.14 11.04.14 15.04.14 29.04.14 10.05.14 17.05.14 23.05.14

Match FC Barcelona - Ciudad Encantada BM Villa de Aranda - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Reale Ademar Lleó Quabit BM Guadalajara - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Ángel Ximénez -Puente Gil Fraikin BM Granollers - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Helvetia Anaitasuna Bidasoa Irun - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Frigoríficos Morrazo Cangas BM Aragó - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Cuatro Rayas BM Valladolid Gijón Jovellanos - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Alser Port Sagunt Osca - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Naturhouse La Rioja Ciudad Encantada - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - BM Villa de Aranda Reale Ademar Lleó - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Quabit BM Guadalajara Ángel Ximénez-Puente Gil - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Fraikin BM Granollers Helvetia Anaitasuna - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Bidasoa Irun Frigoríficos Morrazo Cangas - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - BM Aragó Cuatro Rayas BM Valladolid - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Gijón Jovellanos Alser Port Sagunt - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Osca Naturhouse La Rioja - FC Barcelona

Champions of the Liga Asobal

Result 41-21 20-44 38-24 28-35 39-23 20-34 34-23 22-34 33-21 19-30 42-26 21-45 43-20 30-36 33-16 22-33 42-24 26-40 37-25 25-32 41-29 25-39 47-28 24-37 48-22 25-35 38-25 28-44 41-21 26-31

Champions League

Handball

Disappointing outcome in the semifinals

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FC Barcelona was unable to make it to the final of the Champions League by being cruelly knocked out by Flensburg. Xavi Pascual’s team finished leaders of their group with a magnificent score of eight victories, one draw and just a single defeat on the last day. At the round-of-sixteen Barça knocked out the Danish Aalborg by comfortably winning both matches. In the quarterfinals, Barça were the stars of an epic comeback against Rhein Neckar Löwen. The Germans had won the first match 38-31, but the magic of the Palau, goals by Karabatic, saves by Sterbik and tremendous courage by Víctor Tomàs and determination by the whole team paid off. The final score of 31-24, due to the double value of the goals in the away court, put them through to the Final Four in Cologne once again. The rivals at the semifinals were El Flensburg. After a very close first half, the German team managed a three goal lead at the start of the second half but Barça, with a splendid Saric, reacted well and a partial of 8-1 turned the match around. Barça had half a foot in the final when, with just eight minutes to go and winning 32-26, they suffered an inexplicable collapse and a bad partial score of 0-6 that meant extra time. The extra time started evenly and even though Karabatic had a last shot at victory, the match ended in a draw at 36. A place in the final was decided on penalties, in which Karabatic missed his shot and the Germans managed all five. With no time to digest the defeat, Barça played the match for third and fourth place, in which they beat Veszprem by 26-25. Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Round-of-sixteen Round-of-sixteen Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semifinals 3rd and 4th place

Date 21.09.13 28.09.13 12.10.13 20.10.13 14.11.13 23.11.13 30.11.13 08.02.14 15.02.14 23.02.14 23.03.14 29.03.14 20.04.14 26.04.14 31.05.14 01.06.14

Match HC Vardar PRO - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Wacker Thun FC Barcelona - HC Metalurg Skopje París Saint-Germain Handball - FC Barcelona HC Dinamo Minsk - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - HC Dinamo Minsk FC Barcelona - HC Vardar PRO Wacker Thun - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - París Saint-Germain Handball HC Metalurg Skopje - FC Barcelona Aalborg - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Aalborg Rhein Neckar Löwen - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Rhein Neckar Löwen FC Barcelona - SG Flensburg-Handewitt FC Barcelona - MKB-MVM Veszprém

Result 29-29 45-26 35-17 29-33 25-35 35-25 30-23 23-39 38-28 31-29 22-29 31-20 38-31 31-24 39-41 26-25

King’s Cup

Four years later, Champions again!

Handball

Barça won the 18th King’s Cup, a title that had eluded it since 2010. After comfortably beating Illa de Aranda and Puerto Sagunto, in the round-of-sixteen and quarterfinals respectively, Xavi Pascual’s team reached the Final Four held in Pamplona as favourites. In the semifinals, Barça faced the host team, Helvetia Anaitasuna, and the match was sewn up in the first half with a clear 10-17. In the second half, FC Barcelona kept its lead and the match ended at 28-36. The rivals in the final were another Catalan team, Fraikin BM Granollers. The match began quite evenly but towards the middle of the first half Barça improved its defence and goals by Noddesbo and Sarmiento gave it a leading score at the break (22-17). On their return, Barça managed to increase the difference and despite the Granollers team reacting strongly and managing to close the gap to just three goals, Barça gave them no chances and won by ten goals (42-32) in a match in which Sarmiento (7 goals), Lazarov (6), Noddesbo and Juanín (5) were the top Barcelona scorers.

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Day Round-of-sixteen Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semifinals Final

Date 10.12.13 26.02.14 04.03.14 03.05.14 04.05.14

Match BM Villa de Aranda – FC Barcelona Port Sagunt – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Port Sagunt Helvetia Anaitasuna – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Fraikin BM Granollers

Result 26-39 21-42 44-27 28-36 42-32

World Club - Super Globe

World champions!

Handball

Barcelona handball team made history by winning for the first time the Super Globe, the handball World Club title now in its seventh year and played at Doha (Qatar). Xavi Pascual’s team, who were playing in this tournament for the first time, comfortably beat the Qatar team Al Rayan in the first phase and the Brazilian Taubate and Etoile Sportive du Sahel from Tunisia. In the semifinals, Barça faced the Qatari team El Jaish. After the first half when Barcelona enjoyed a comfortable lead, El Jaish, spurred on by local supporters, managed to catch up to make it just one goal apart at minute 40. In the end, the Barcelona attack worked again and an inspired Saric in goal made victory possible by 40-31. The final was a repeat of the Champions League in the 2012/13 season, as the rival was Hamburg. After a start dominated by the Germans, Barça turned the score around, thanks to a determined Juanín, and they went to the break with a lead of 15-13. In the second half, goals by Karabatic and Saric’s saving skill meant they were able to maintain the gap on the scoreboard and reached the end with a 27-25 win. This meant the only title missing from the section’s display was now in the bag.

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Day 1 2 3 Semifinal Final

Date 25.08.13 26.08.13 27.08.13 29.08.13 30.08.13

Match FC Barcelona – Al Rayan Taubate – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Etoile Sportive du Sahel El Jaish - FC Barcelona HSV Hamburg - FC Barcelona

Result 21-14 18-32 34-27 31-40 25-27

Asobal Cup

The ninth! FC Barcelona had a brilliant victory in the Asobal Cup final, played at the Palau Blaugrana. In the semifinals, Xavi Pascual’s team comfortably beat BM Osca by 39-25. After a close start Barça stepped on the gas and left the match fairly well -decided by reaching the break with a lead of eight goals (20-12). The final against Fraikin Granollers was a top quality Catalan derby. The first half remained equal until a partial score of 4-0 in the last minutes enabled Barça to leave for the break 20-15 up. On their return, FC Barcelona managed to keep the lead of four and five goals throughout the whole second half until the end, winning 34-28. The team captain, Víctor Tomàs, top scorer in the match with 9 goals and nominated most valuable player, held up the fourth title of the season. With this award, Xavi Pascual’s team increased their superiority in the Asobal Cup, as this is their ninth title in the competition.

Handball

Day Semifinal Final

Sports Area

Date 21.12.13 22.12.13

Match FC Barcelona Intersport - Osca FC Barcelona Intersport – Fraikin BM Granollers

Result 39-25 34-28

Asobal Super Cup

The upper hand at the Super Cup Barça handball regained the title of the Asobal Super Cup won in the previous season when they beat Naturhouse La Rioja by 40-31 in the final held in the Pisuerga stadium in Valladolid. The duel got underway with Víctor Tomás and Dani Sarmiento playing enthusiastically, scoring six of the first seven Barcelona goals and a triumphant Saric in goal who managed to open up an early gap on the scoreboard (9-4). The gap widened to 19-12 at the break. The potential of Barcelona’s attack became clear with excellent contributions from the two star signings of the season, Karabatic and Lazarov, who ended the match with six and seven goals respectively. In the second half, FC Barcelona was able to leverage its advantage and the final scoreboard read 40 to 31 to the Barcelona team. Karabatic was nominated best player; Lazarov received the prize for highest scorer and Saric, best goalkeeper. This award gave FC Barcelona its sixteenth title in its history in this competition.

Date 06.09.13

Match FC Barcelona – Naturhouse La Rioja

Result 40-31

Handball academy

Barça B

Juvenil (U-18)

Position Goalkeeper Centre Wing Back Pivot Coach

First Name & Surname Ignacio Biosca, Ignasi Admella, Francisco Revuelta Joao Francisco da Silva, Víctor Montoya Pol Vilaplana, Michal Kasal, Florian Baugmgartner, Joan Amigó Víctor Sáez, David Balaguer, Alberto Miralles, Guillem Lozano Adrià Figueras, Johny Medina, Oriol Rey Toni Gerona

First Name & Surname Alexis Manzano, Gerard Esparza, Joan Costa Marc López, Xavi Castro, Jordi Altés Ruben Cabello, Daniel Duixebàev, Oriol Prat, Sergi Cazalla, Aleix Gómez Sergi Gumà, Edgar Sans, Marc Abadía, Gerard Carmona, Matias Galan, Josep Folqués Carles Asensio, Pepe Oliver Llorenç Rueda

Final Ranking

Champions of the Silver Divisió d’Honor Quarter finalists of the King’s Cup

Champions of Catalonia Champions of Spain

Handball

Final Ranking

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For the third consecutive year the Barcelona affiliate won the silver Divisió d’Honor, regional handball second category. Toni Gerona’s players gained the title three days before the end of the competition. Despite the fact that this title implied moving up to the Asobal League, the fact that they are a 62 Barcelona affiliate prevented it. Also, Barça B played the King’s Cup, beating in the round-of-thirty-two the Asobal league team Bidasoa d’Irun and Naturhouse La Rioja, who play in the European League, in the round-of-sixteen. BM Osca, in the quarterfinals, eliminated Barça B at the Final Four. Affiliate players such as Balaguer, Kasal and Biosca alternated training and call ups with the first team.

The Barcelona youth team managed a double victory by winning the Championship of Catalonia and Championship of Spain. First of all, Llorenç Rueda’s team were declared champions of Catalonia after beating the Girona team UE Sarrià de Ter by 25 to 23. The youth team classified for the final phase of the Championship of Spain, by coming through the sector round played at Port Sagunt. At Alcobendas, which hosted the final phase of the State title, after beating Gijón, the Barcelona players Carabanchel and Ángel Ximénez put away UE Sarrià de Ter in the semifinals by 33 to 24 and in the final BM Carabanchel by 22 to 19. This mean they finally recovered the title having not won it for five years.

Infantil (U-14) Position Goalkeeper 1St Line 2Nd line Coach

First Name & Surname Xavier Gesa, Aleix Climent, Guillem Mampel Daniel Gallardo, Pablo Vela, Joan Roc Saball, Arnau Serra, Jan Flores, Eduardo Calle, Joan Solé, Àlex Meinhardt, David Roca Àlex Rubiño, Víctor Vilanova, Sergi Alà, Izan Alonso, Christian López, Marc Rovira Àlex Barbeito

Final Ranking Champions of Spain Champions of Catalonia

An unforgettable year by this team who managed a double victory proving that Barcelona handball has a safe future. The youngest in the training handball team won the Catalonia Championship by beating BM La Roca in the final by 27 to 28. In the final phase of the Championship of Spain, played in Roca del Vallès, Àlex Barbeito’s team were declared champions of Spain by beating BM Carabanchel in the final 23 to 22.

Cadet A (U-16)

Cadet B (U-16)

Position Goalkeeper Centre Wing Back Pivot Coach

First Name & Surname Guillem Pérez, Guillem Coll, Gerard Robles Guillem Cornellà, Ferran Cisneros Pau Martínez, Raúl Madrid, Rafa Sánchez Carlos Jiménez, Pau Rodríguez, Xavier Tua, Pablo Elena, Martí Villoria Ivan Cerezo, Marc Romero, Javier Pedrosa Andrei Xepkin

First Name & Surname Raúl Giménez, Enric González Jordi Sancho, Oscar Mainar Ricard Abellan, Aniol Picola, Gerard Izquierdo, David Heredia, Arnau Titos Oriol Vallribera, Sergi Franco, Roger Manzano, Àlex Pascual Guillem Correro, Xavier Bogas, Pau Abad Jordi Giralt

Final Ranking

Champions of Spain Runners-up of Catalonia Runners-up of the Minicup

Fifth in the Catalonia Championship

A great season for the Barcelona cadet team as they won the Championship of Spain against their eternal rivals, BM Granollers. As for the Championship of Catalonia, Andrei Txepkin and Ruben Piñol’s boys beat BM La Roca by 39 to 37 in the semifinals. The final, however, they lost to BM Granollers by 31 to 26. In the Minicup, Barça also fell in the final to the same team by 21 to 18. Barça’s revenge came in the Championship of Spain, which was played in León. After beating the Maristes Màlaga in the semifinals by 25-33, Barça once again faced BM Granollers in the final. In a very close game Barça won by 26 to 25.

Made up of first year players, Barcelona’s Cadet B team underwent an adaptation process this 2013/14 season to the new category. As it was the first year in the category, the boys trained by Jordi Giralt did a great job. They classified for the Catalan League phase and finished fifth. They were just two points away from reaching the Top 4, in which the Catalonia Championship is played in the cadet category.

FC Barcelona Roller Hockey

Ricard Muñoz Coach Assistant coaches Eduard Castro Carles Folguera Physical preparer Ramon Riverola Doctor Xavier Valle Physiotherapist Vicenç Rizo

Roller Hockey

Delegate Jordi Martínez Material supervisors Albert Roig Paco Martínez

Coinasa Liceo Reus Deportiu Moritz Vendrell (return assignment)

Dropped Mia ORDEIG Marc JULIÀ Sergi MIRAS

CP Vic CE Noia (assigned) Moritz Vendrell

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Signed Matías PASCUAL 64 Raül MARÍN Xavier BARROSO

Technical secretary Ricard Muñoz Manager Xavier O’Callaghan

Marc GUAL

Matías PASCUAL

Goalkeeper 24.06.80 Barcelona

Midfielder 13.12.80 Sant Sadurní d’Anoia (Barcelona)

Defender-midfielder 12.07.89 San Juan (Argentina)

Forward 15.10.86 Reus (Tarragona)

Aitor EGURROLA

Best of the roller hockey season

Raül MARÍN

League

European League

Spanish Super Cup

2013/14

Forward 30.09.86 San Juan (Argentina)

Forward 15.09.84 Tordera (Barcelona)

Midfielder 26.04.82 Vic (Barcelona)

Goalkeeper 25.02.85 Calvià (Palma de Mallorca)

Midfielder 14.11.92 Caldes de Montbui (Barcelona)

Defender-midfielder 15.01.83 San Juan (Argentina)

Pablo ÁLVAREZ

Marc TORRA

Sergi PANADERO

Sergio FERNÁNDEZ Xavier BARROSO

REINALDO García

OK League

Roller Hockey

The twenty-fifth league title!

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Ricard Muñoz’s Barça once again dominated in this competition, after just missing out in the 2012/13 season, and managed to win back the 25th League title in the section’s history. Barça demonstrated constancy throughout the tournament and were declared Champions four days before the end, making them the earliest winning team since the OK League recovered its format as a regular League in the 2009/10 season. The title first came into sight after a practically perfect first round, as of the fifteen matches played FC Barcelona won fourteen and drew one. Although Barça encountered Igualada in the Palau on day 20, their winning streak continued until they won the title mathematically four days before the end with an 8-4 victory against Reus, with two goals from Pablo Álvarez, two from Reinaldo, two from Marc Torra, one from Gual and one from Marín. Ricard Muñoz’s men completed the season with a spectacular score of 27 wins, two draws and one defeat and a total score of 207 goals, an unprecedented figure since the creation of the OK League in the year 2002/03. This makes an average of around seven goals per match. Pablo Álvarez was also awarded the Pitxitxi for top scorer in the history of the OK League for his total of 56 goals.

Day

Date

Match

Result

12.10.13

CP Voltregà – FC Barcelona

4-8

19.10.13

FC Barcelona – CP Tordera

8-3

25.10.13

Sather Blanes – FC Barcelona

3-10

02.11.13

FC Barcelona – CP Vilanova

10-5

05.11.13

Igualada HC – FC Barcelona

2-8

16.11.13

FC Barcelona – Vilafranca Capital del Vi

6-2

19.11.13

CH Lloret – FC Barcelona

2-6

01.12.13

FC Barcelona – CP Cerceda

9-2

07.12.13

CE Noia Freixenet – FC Barcelona

1-1

10.12.13

FC Barcelona – Lleida Llista Blava

7-1

22.12.13

Tecnol Reus - FC Barcelona

2-7

04.01.14

FC Barcelona – CP Calafell

6-1

11.01.14

FC Barcelona – HC Coinasa Liceo

4-2

14.01.14

Moritz CE Vendrell - FC Barcelona

3-8

25.01.14

FC Barcelona – Club Patí Vic

4-1

31.01.14

FC Barcelona – CP Voltregà

6-3

04.02.14

CP Tordera – FC Barcelona

1-9

13.02.14

FC Barcelona – Sather Blanes

5-1

10.02.14

CP Vilanova – FC Barcelona

1-11

09.03.14

FC Barcelona – Igualada HC

4-5

14.03.14

Capital del Vi Vilafranca – FC Barcelona

2-7

22.03.14

FC Barcelona – CH Lloret

12-2

25.03.14

CP Cerceda – FC Barcelona

2-5

09.04.14

FC Barcelona – CE Noia Freixenet

6-2

27.04.14

Lleida Llista Blava – FC Barcelona

0-7

09.05.14

FC Barcelona – Tecnol Reus

8-4

16.05.14

CP Calafell – FC Barcelona

1-8

24.05.14

HC Coinasa Liceo – FC Barcelona

5-4

30.05.14

FC Barcelona – Moritz CE Vendrell

5-1

07.06.14

Club Patí Vic – FC Barcelona

2-8

European League

Roller Hockey

The twentieth! After a dearth of three seasons, FC Barcelona at last won back the European League, the twentieth in the section’s history. In the first stage, Barça finished top of the group with five wins and one defeat. This first place was achieved in the last match after a resounding victory of 7-0 against Porto. In the quarterfinals Barça knocked out the Portuguese team Valongo with a final score of 10-3. Ricard Muñoz’s team was now in the Final Four, which was held at the Palau Blaugrana. In the semifinals FC Barcelona defeated the champions of the 2012/13 season, Benfica. The Portuguese team got ahead with a goal by Rodrigues at the start of the match but goals by Matías Pascual and Pablo Álvarez before the break turned the scoreboard around. Five minutes after coming back, Marc Torra made it 3-1 and even though another goal by Rodrigues added to the excitement with three minutes to go before the end, the scoreboard stayed as it was and Barça went through to the final, where they faced Porto. Marc Torra was the first to score with a long shot and this 1-0 did not change until the break. At the start of the second half Hélder Nunes equalised with a free shot. Even though the scores were equal, Ricard Muñoz’s team were not demoralised and kept trying for goals. A powerful shot by Xavi Barroso and a deft deflection by Torra slipped in the definitive 3-1. A triumphant Egurrola lifted his first European league title as captain and his ninth in goal before an exuberant Palau.

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Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Date 09.11.13 23.11.13 14.12.13 18.01.14 08.02.14 22.02.14 29.03.14 12.04.14 03.05.14 04.05.14

Match FC Barcelona - SK Herringen Porto - FC Barcelona Viareggio - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Viareggio SK Herringen - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Porto Valongo – FC Barcelona FC Barcelona - Valongo SL Benfica – FC Barcelona Porto – FC Barcelona

Result 14-4 6-2 1-4 5-0 4-10 7-0 2-3 7-1 2-3 1-3

King’s Cup

The Cup stays out of sight

Roller Hockey

FC Barcelona missed out on the King’s Cup by losing in the final to Moritz Vendrell. In the quarterfinals, Ricard Muñoz’s team beat the host team ICG Software Lleida by 3-6 with goals by Panadero, Torra, Pascual (2), Álvarez and Reinaldo. In the semifinals, Barça played a resounding match against Club Patí Vic to win 1 to 5, with goals by Torra, Marín, Barroso, Álvarez and Gual. The final against Moritz Vendrell was a repeat of the Cup semifinal match in the 2012/13 season, but Barça did not manage to avenge the defeat by the Tarragona team. El Vendrell got straight onto the scoreboard with a goal by Miras and even though Barça had several chances to equalise, then came a second Tarragona goal from a shot by Cortijo. In the second half, El Vendrell once again demonstrated their efficacy with a goal by Eloi Albesa, setting the score at 3-0. Yet Barça kept going and goals by Panadero and Reinaldo kept hope alive (3-2). Despite a goal by Ángel Rodríguez making it 4-2, a penalty converted by Torra added to the match’s excitement (4-3). In the final moments, Barça had several chances to equalise, but luck was not on their side and goals by Ángel Rodríguez and Jordi Creus determined the match (6-3).

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Day Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Date 28.02.14 01.03.14 02.03.14

Match ICG Software Lleida – FC Barcelona Club Patí Vic – FC Barcelona Moritz CE Vendrell - FC Barcelona

Result 3-6 1-5 6-3

Spanish Super Cup

Third consecutive Super Cup For the third year running Barça won the Spanish Super Cup. This season the competition had a new format (Final Four) which was played between FC Barcelona, Reus Deportiu, HC Liceo and the host team, Moritz Vendrell. Barça faced the local team in the semifinals. Ricard Muñoz’s men demonstrated their superiority by winning 3-6, with goals by Torra, Panadero, Álvarez, Gual, Reinaldo and Marín, who was debuting as a new member of the Barça team. The final against Reus was thrilling. Barça kept up a constant lead with goals by Torra, Álvarez and Marín, but the Reus team kept managing to equalise. The match ended with a three goal draw, meaning it went into extra time. Even then the scoreboard stayed the same and the title was decided on penalties, when Egurrola and Gual became the stars. The Barça goalkeeper saved all five shots from the rivals and the forward managed the only goal, which was enough to give them their seventh Super Cup in the section’s history.

Day Semifinal Final

Date 05.10.13 06.10.13

Match Moritz CE Vendrell - FC Barcelona FC Barcelona – Reus Deportiu

Result 3-6 3 (pp) - 3

Roller Hockey academy

FC Barcelona B

Under-23s

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder

Name and Surname Octavi Tarrés, Guillem Fox Jordi Gabarra, David Martínez, Marc Palau Adrià Salvadó, Ignacio Alabart Pol Macià, Ignasi López, Joan Farnés Àlex Segura

Forward Coach

Name and Surname Guillem Fox, Blai Roca i Esteve Leal Jordi Gabarra, Marc Palau, David Martínez, Marc Palazón Ignacio Alabart, Nil Roca, Gerard Miquel Pol Macià, Adrià Salvadó, Joan Farnés, Llorenç Miquel, Ignasi López, Sergi Llorca, Oriol Garcia, Rubén Ferrer, Joan Leal Eduard Castro

Ranking Final

Sixth in First Division Semifinalists in the Prince’s Cup

Champions of the ACHP League Semifinalists of the ACHP Cup

Roller Hockey

Ranking Final

Sports Area

Àlex Segura’s team once again achieved a hard-earned sixth position as in the previous season 2012/13 in the highly demanding First Division. This was the Barça affiliate’s second year in the category and the young players took on the season with just three seniors: Octavi Tarrés, Jordi Gabarra and Pol Macià. Barça B managed to classify to play for the first time in the 72 Prince’s Cups, held in Alcoi, in which they were knocked out in the semifinals by Mataró. The season also included the debut of first year U18s such as Sergi Llorca, Nil Roca and Blai Roca and the consolidation of Ignacio Alabart, a second year U18 player.

The Under-23s coached by Eduard Castro were declared champions in the regular phase of the ACHP league, a newly created competition set up by the OK League Clubs’ Association. Barça played many matches with U18 and junior age players so this title was an ever worthier success for the Barça squad. Eduard Castro’s team made strong progress and were declared champions a day before the end of the League. In the ACHP Cup, Barça were knocked out in the semifinals after an intense battle with Voltregà (7-8).

Infantil (U-14) Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach

Name and Surname Xavier Arcas Dídac Llobet, Manel Román Ferran García, Pablo Nájera Pol Manrubia, Adrià Losada, Aleix Borregán Òscar González

Ranking Final Champions of Catalonia Champions of Spain

Oscar González’s team won back the titles of Champions of Catalonia and Spain. The team was completely new compared to the previous year – only one player was the same- but they were just as successful. The youngest Barça training roller hockey players beat Manlleu in the final of the Championship of Catalonia held in Girona and triumphed against Alcobendas in the final of the Championship of Spain held in Alcobendas (1-7). Winning the title again in Spain is a great achievement as the rivals come from top level clubs with highly experienced players.

Junior

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach

Juvenil (U-18)

Name and Surname Guillem Fox Marc Palau, David Martínez, Llorenç Miquel Adrià Salvadó, Ignacio Alabart Ignasi López, Joan Farnés Àlex Segura

Position Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward Coach

Name and Surname Esteve Leal i Blai Roca Marc Palazón Oriol García, Joan Galbas, Nil Roca Ruben Ferrer, Joan Leal, Sergi Llorca, Gerard Miquel Francesc Linares

Ranking Final

Fourth in the Championship of Catalonia

Third in the Championship of Catalonia

Àlex Segura’s team continued with their important training tasks. They were unable to bring home their eighth consecutive Championship of Catalonia as they were knocked out in the semifinals by Noia, a team that had just been declared Champions of Catalonia and Spain. The junior team paid for having played a very competitive season with Barça B and were unable to perform to their best in their category. The players competed with the Junior team, the Under-23s and Barça B and therefore gained valuable experience against more experienced players.

The Juvenil team came third in Catalonia and just missed out on qualifying for the Championship of Spain. The majority of the team coached by Francesc Linares was made up of first year players. Only Marc Palazón and Oriol García were second year U18 players. Despite their youth many of the players had been regulars in the Barça first team training sessions, coached by Ricard Muñoz. In the Championship of Catalonia held in Vendrell, Barça lost in the semifinals to Manlleu.

FC Barcelona Alusport Futsal

Marc Carmona Coach Second coach Albert Canillas Physical preparer Ismael Camenforte Goalkeeper coach Mario Salamanca Team delegate Paco Arjona Doctor Daniel Florit

Futsal

Physiotherapist Juan Carlos Pérez

Sports Area

Recovery Marcel Moreno Material supervisor Javier Fernández Signed DYEGO Henrique Zuffo* Krona Joinville * Joined on 7 January 2014

Technical secretary Marc Carmona Manager Xavier O’Callaghan

CRISTIAN Domínguez

Jesús Nazaret AICARDO Jordi TORRAS

Goalkeeper 27.08.82 Madrid

Defender 04.12.88 Cádiz

Wing Defender 24.09.80 Sant Vicenç dels Horts (Barcelona)

Defender 06.03.82 Sao Paulo (Brazil)

SAAD Assis

WILDE Gomes

Wing 09.11.88 Madrid

Wing 02.08.84 Fortaleza (Brazil)

Wing 26.10.79 Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Pivot 14.04.81 Oros Ceará (Brazil)

Sergio LOZANO

IGOR Raphael Lima

ARI Santos

Spanish Super Cup

King’s Cup

UEFA Futsal Cup

Catalonia Cup

2013/14

GABRIEL da Silva

Fernando Maciel ‘FERNANDAO’ DYEGO Henrique Zuffo

Ángel Velasco ‘LIN’

Wing 17.11.80 Pelotas (Brazil)

Pivot 16.08.80 Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Wing 05.08.89 Palmitos (Brazil)

Wing 16.05.86 Segovia

Francisco Sedano ‘PACO SEDANO’

Goalkeeper 02.12.79 Madrid

League

Futsal

El Pozo blocks the way in the final

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FC Barcelona, who had won the previous three Leagues, went out in the semifinals of the play of to ElPozo and were therefore not able to win back the title. Carmona’s team va acusar en excés les ensopegades of the first round at the Palau playing Santiago, Benicarló and Ríos Renovables, and the defeat in the second round against Marfil Santa Coloma. These lost points meant that Barça finished third at the end of the regular League with a total of 21 wins, five draws and two defeats. In the quarterfinals, FC Barcelona knocked out Montesinos Jumilla by beating them in both matches. ElPozo Murcia awaited them in the semifinals in a repeat of the 2012/13 season but this time with the court factor against them, which was determining. In the first match, played at the Palau Blaugrana, Barça beat the Murcia team in a fantastic match. Carmona’s team came back after the initial goal by Raúl Campos with goals by Fernandao, Torras and Wilde (2). The captain Jordi Torras i Fernandao, along with Igor, were the stars of the evening when they received tributes as they would be leaving the Club at the end of the season. They were given a t-shirt of everyone and Javier Bordas, the director responsible for the futsal section awarded them a commemorative photo. In the second match, Barça lost 2-0 and the place for the final was played again in Murcia. After a goal-less first half, ElPozo took the lead at the beginning of the second half and despite all their efforts right up until the last second Barça did not manage to score and said goodbye to the League.

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Quarterfinals 1st match Quarterfinals 2nd match Semifinals 1st match Semifinals 2nd match Semifinals 3rd match

Date 14.09.13 21.09.13 27.09.13 06.10.13 13.10.13 16.10.13 19.10.13 25.10.13 01.11.13 09.11.13 15.11.13 12.11.13 28.11.13 06.12.13 20.12.13 28.12.13 03.01.14 10.01.14 17.01.14 15.02.14 22.02.14 01.03.14 07.03.14 23.03.14 27.03.14 05.04.14 12.04.14 18.04.14 09.05.14 17.05.12 23.05.14 31.05.14 01.06.14

Match Gáldar Gran Canària – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Jaén Paraíso Interior Inter Movistar – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Santiago Futsal Marfil Santa Coloma – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport - Benicarló CD Burela – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – ElPozo Múrcia Azkar Lugo F.S – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Fisiomedia Manacor Umacon Saragossa – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Magna Navarra FC Barcelona Alusport – Ríos Renovables FS Montesinos Jumilla – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Gáldar Gran Canària Jaén Paraíso Interior – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Inter Movistar Santiago Futsal – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Marfil Santa Coloma Benicarló – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – CD Burela ElPozo Múrcia – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Azkar Lugo F.S Fisiomedia Manacor – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Umacon Saragossa Magna Navarra – FC Barcelona Alusport Ríos Renovables – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport - Montesinos Jumilla Montesinos Jumilla – FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport - Montesinos Jumilla FC Barcelona Alusport – ElPozo Múrcia ElPozo Múrcia – FC Barcelona Alusport ElPozo Múrcia – FC Barcelona Alusport

Result 1-4 5-0 2-2 2-2 2-3 3-3 2-2 2-1 2-6 6-0 2-3 6-1 2-2 1-5 3-2 0-4 5-3 3-7 4-6 0-6 3-0 2-1 7-1 3-4 7-2 2-5 0-3 5-1 3-5 9-2 4-1 2-0 1-0

UEFA Futsal Cup

The second in history!

Futsal

Barça Alusport made history in Bakú, capital of Azerbaijan, by winning the second UEFA Futsal Cup, the sport’s most prestigious European title. Barça went through comfortably to the Final Four after achieving first place in the Elite Round. The semifinal against the host team, Araz Naxçivan, was breathtaking. The local team gained the lead at the start of the match but Igor and Aicardo turned things around before half time. After the break, Aicardo scored to make it 1-3, but not long afterwards Araz then made it 2-3 and at fifteen seconds before the end forced extra time. During the extra time, Dyego made it 3-4, but in the last minute Araz equalised to 4-4. Classification for the final was decided on penalties, in which Paco Sedano was the star by making two saves while the captain Jordi Torras put in the winning penalty. The final against Dinamo de Moscou was also nail-biting. The Russians were first on the scoreboard, but at the start of the second half Gabriel equalised. A Barça goal by Dyego put the score at 1-2, but the Russian team managed to equalise and the match ended 2-2. At the start of extra time Fernandao made it 2-3 and the Russian team gave it their all using their goalkeeper. Two goals by Sergio Lozano and the goalkeeper Paco Sedano from his own area clinched the final and this 2-5 gave them their second UEFA Futsal Cup in the section’s history.

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Day Elite Round Day 1 Elite Round Day 2 Elite Round Day 3 Semifinals Final

Date 20.11.13 21.11.13 23.11.13 24.04.14 26.04.14

Match FC Barcelona Alusport - MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv City’US Târgu Mures - FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport - FK Era-Pack Chrudim Araz Naxçivan - FC Barcelona Alusport MFK Dinamo Moscou - FC Barcelona Alusport

Result 6-1 1-10 4-1 4-4 (pp) 2-5

UEFA Futsal Cup celebration

King’s Cup

The fourth consecutive Cup!

Futsal

Barça Alusport was declared champions of the King’s Cup for the fourth time running. After comfortably beating Fonononós Gomerón in the first round, Barça won against Inter Movistar in an electrifying round-of-sixteen. The qualifying round, the only match played at the Palau Blaugrana, was decided in extra time with a timely goal by Wilde. In the semifinals, Marc Carmona’s team easily dispatched Umacon Zaragoza with a final score of 12-4. The final, held in Bilbao, was a repeat of the match in the 2012/13 season. Even though the Murcia team got ahead three times, FC Barcelona Alusport managed to equalise and turn the match around in extra time. The match started with a goal by Javi Ruiz in minute 11 and with this 0-1 they went to the break. In the second half, Aicardo scored the equaliser and a second Barça goal nearly made it but the Murcia team then made it 2-1. Not long after, a fantastic goal by Igor put the score at 2-2. With three minutes to go, El Pozo once again turned on the pressure but a miraculous goal by Lozano at just 31 seconds before the whistle forced extra time with the score at 3-3. During extra time, Fernandao, with just over a minute to go, put in the definitive goal (4-3) to give Barça its fourth Cup.

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Day Round-of-thirty-two Round-of-sixteen Semifinals Semifinals Final

Date 05.11.13 12.12.13 31.03.14 08.04.14 04.05.14

Match Fonononós Gomera - FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Inter Movistar Umacon Saragossa - FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona Alusport – Umacon Saragossa FC Barcelona Alusport – ElPozo Múrcia

Result 1-9 4-3 2-6 6-2 4-3

Spanish Cup

Knocked out by Inter in the semifinals

Futsal

Barça Alusport was unfortunately unable to keep the Spanish Cup title for a fourth consecutive year. They came through the quarterfinal match against Ríos Renovables comfortably. Three goals by Wilde in the first ten minutes decided the qualifying round early on for Barça. At the start of the second half Marc Carmona’s men increased their lead and the match ended with a spectacular 7 to 1. In the semifinals the reigning champions were to meet Inter Movistar. Despite the numerous chances for Barça it was the much more effective Madrid team that took the lead with a goal by Ricardinho, later on making it 2-0 with a lucky goal by Bateria. In the second half Inter made it 3 to 0 with another goal by Ricardinho and Marc Carmona decided to go for it using the goalkeeper as player twelve minutes before the end. Barça tried their best, but Inter sealed it with a goal by Pola from his area. Barça Alusport didn’t give up and a goal by Aicardo put them at 1 to 4, although in the end Bateria and Rivillos wound it up 1-6.

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Day

Date

Match

Result

Quarterfinals

13.03.14

Rios Renovables FS - FCB Alusport

1-7

Semifinals

15.03.14

Inter Movistar - FCB Alusport

1-6

Spanish Super Cup and Catalonia Cup

The first Super Cup in history! FC Barcelona’s futsal team managed to win the only title that still eluded it, the Spanish Super Cup. The first title in the section’s history in this competition was won when they defeated ElPozo Murcia in an electrifying final. At the first match played at the Murcia Sports Stadium, Barça Alusport managed to just defeat the local team thanks to a goal by Fernandao in minute 31. The return match at the Palau Blaugrana was a treat. Wilde was the first to score in the first minute, Adri equalised two minutes later and almost immediately again Ari made it 2-1. Next, Sergio Lozano took the limelight with a hat-trick in just five minutes. This 5-1 on the scoreboard seemed to seal the match. However, a goal by Juanpi before the break and three more goals by Murcia in the second half meant they reached the last minute with a 5-5 draw. Although the scoreboard remained the same Carmona’s team were able to celebrate the first Super Cup before an enthusiastic Palau Blaugrana.

Day Semifinal Final

Date 03.09.13 10.09.13

Match ElPozo Múrcia - FC Barcelona Alusport FC Barcelona – ElPozo Múrcia

Result 0-1 5-5

The fifth Catalonia Cup The futsal team began the 2013/14 season by beating Santa Coloma to win the Catalonia Cup. This makes it the fifth trophy for Barça in this tournament, avenging their defeat in the previous 2012/13 season against the same team. In the semifinals, Marc Carmona’s team overcame a strong Hospitalet Bellsport by 2-6. In the final, played at Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barça Alusport defeated the local team by 4-3 in a nail-biting match. After an own goal by Aicardo, two goals by Igor turned the score around but Salgado equalised for Marfil a few seconds later. However, this equal score was not to last as Ari Santos and Lin made it 4-2 to Barça. Once again Salgado heightened the excitement with another goal (4-3) at just ten minutes to go. In the final stint, Sedano made sure they held on to the lead to enable FC Barcelona to take away the title.

Day Semifinal Final

Date 28.08.13 29.08.13

Match Result Hospitalet Bellsport - FC Barcelona Alusport 2-6 FC Barcelona Alusport – Marfil Santa Coloma 4-3

Futsal academy

Senior B

Juvenil (U-18)

Position Goalkeeper Defender Winger-Defender Winger Pivot Coach

Position Goalkeeper Defender Winger-Defender Winger Winger -Pivot Pivot Coach

First Name & Surname José María Mella, Joan Miñano Francisco Conde, Josep Oriol Serreno, Adrián Ortego Marc Mármol, Alejandro Bustelo Roger Serrano, Alejandro Constantino, Ferran Plana Pol Pacheco, Esteban Cejudo, Raúl Gómez Andreu Plaza

First Name & Surname Miquel Feixas, Yeray Guardia Ignacio Caño, José Guillermo Pérez Oriol Miquel, Aleix Besalduch Ferran Plana, Daniel Portillo, Daniel Loinaz, Sergio Parra, Marc Xavier Armengol Juan Emilio Gil Esteban Cejudo, Raúl Gómez, Oussama Chefraou, Alex Aguilar José Fernández Cortina

Ranking Final

4th in the Second Division

Champions of the National League Champions of the Catalonia Cup Champions of the Spanish cup

Futsal

Ranking Final

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The team coached by Andreu Plaza ended the 2013/14 season with a hard-earned fourth place in the LNFS Second Division. Once again the affiliate team provided players for the first team throughout the season. 84 Three of these, Chema Mella, Fran Conde and Adrián Ortego, regulars at the first team training sessions, debuted at the UEFA Futsal Cup. The Senior B team made good progress throughout the season and Roger Serrano came back in the last stretch and became their top scorer with 25 goals.

This 2013/14 season the Barcelona youth team repeated their tremendous success obtained in the 2012/13 season and again managed the triple. José Fernández’s team were declared champions of the National League, the Catalonia Cup –they beat by 5-2 UBAE Les Corts- and the Spanish Cup, against Las Rozas Boadilla. In this match, Barça won resoundedly by 8-1 in the final held in Pinseque (Zaragoza) and were awarded the third consecutive Spanish Cup.

Aleví (U-12) Position Goalkeeper Defender Winger-Defender Winger Pivot Winger -Pivot Coach

First Name & Surname Oscar Plamadeala, David Carrasco, Marc Grané Sergi Viedma Álvaro Cerón, Aitor Molina German Escudero, Pere Corbera, Juan Casas, Victor Cecilia, Enrique Arnaiz Raül Marin, Adrià Sánchez Martí Graells

Ranking Final Runners-up in the National League Runners-up in the Catalonia Cup

The youngest of the futsal section had a very good season but were not lucky enough to win a title. Martí Graells’s team fought until the end to match the previous season’s success but they just missed out on both the National League and the Catalonia Cup, which was fought in the final against Acció Sant Martí.

Cadet (U-16)

Infantil (U-14)

Position Goalkeeper Defender Winger-Defender Winger Winger -Pivot Coach

First Name & Surname Santiago Sahuquillo, Yeray Guardia, David Palma Alan del Río, Jordi Mayor, Juan José Caro, Mario Silva Xavier Cols Khalid Bouzid, Luis Antonio García, Pau Boladeras Andreas Eigenbauer, Eduard Lobera Miguel Tablado

First Name & Surname Carlos Martínez, Ismael Souibi Dani Cabello, Bernat Trias, Ignasi Domènech José Ángel Amaya Marc Ramón Caveller, Alejandro Cerón, Christian Rodríguez, Joan Lobera Bernat Povill Josep Albert Ruiz

Ranking Final

Champions of the National League Champions of the Catalonia Cup Champions of the Spanish cup

Runners-up in the National League Champions of the Spanish Minicup Runners-up in the Catalonia Cup

The futsal Cadet team closed a successful season when they managed an historic triple. They were declared Champions of the League – in the previous season they were runners-up- , Champions of the Catalonia Cup – with a clear 3-14 against Club Manresa- and Champions of Spain against the favourites, Aljucer Murcia, in a match that Barça won 4-2. Miguel Tablado’s team therefore achieved an unprecedented triumph in the U16 futsal category, echoing the U18’s success.

Even though the FC Barcelona team didn’t manage to match the titles they won in the previous season, the team coached by Josep Albert Ruiz still performed magnificently. Barça’s U14 team were declared champions of the Spanish Minicup by beating Inter Movistar with an emphatic 5 to 1 at the final in Logroño. In the other two championships Barça were runners-up in the League and the Catalonia Cup, where they were knocked out of the final by Futsal Mataró by 3-1.

Athletics

Champions of the King’s Cup

Amateur sports sections

FC Barcelona’s athletics section improved its results globally compared to the 2012/13 season as, besides winning all the most important Catalan titles again (cross country, indoor and outdoor), the first men’s team won the indoor King’s Cup championship title. The Barça athletics section won the men’s title in Valencia with a total of 95 points, five more than Playas de Castelló, champions in the previous two years. This title was the 13th in the section’s history. In the outdoor sector, the men’s team finished second in the athletics Championship of Spain in the category Divisió d’Honor, while the women’s section came third. Individually, the team maintained international level athletes and reinforced the men’s and women’s teams in order to be able to compete for the Spanish league. A large number of athletes in the first team will take part in the European Championships to be held in Zurich in August. There is also a notable number of younger athletes who have strongly improved; the under-20s teams were indoor champions of Spain in the women’s category and third in the men’s. Furthermore, the U16 men’s team came first in the Catalonia indoor championship title and third in the outdoor. Furthermore, Barça athlete Ana Peleteiro received the HRH Princess Letizia National Princess of Asturias Award given to the sportswoman under 18 who has shown the most outstanding sporting progress.

Sports Area

Team Men’s Senior

Women’s Senior

Men’s Under-20s

Women’s Under-20s

Ranking 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 5th 1st 1st 1st

Championship Championship of Spain Cross Country Championship of Catalonia Outdoor Clubs Championship of Catalonia Indoor Clubs Divisió d’Honor Outdoor League King’s Cup Indoor Championship of Catalonia Indoor Clubs Championship of Catalonia Outdoor Clubs Queen’s Cup Indoor Championship of Spain Cross Country Divisió d’Honor Outdoor League Championship of Catalonia Cross Country Championship of Catalonia Indoor Championship of Spain Indoor Championship of Catalonia Outdoor Championship of Catalonia Cross Country Championship of Spain Cross Country Championship of Catalonia Indoor Championship of Spain Indoor Championship of Catalonia Outdoor

Rugby

Promotion to Premier League

The Football Club Barcelona rugby section achieved the goal they set two years ago: promotion to the highest category in Spanish rugby, the Premier League. The first team, coached by Ricardo Martinena, reached the end of the first phase as leaders of the East group in the Premier League B with a score of 13 wins and 3 defeats. In the promotional play-off league, in which Barça played against Alcobendas and Uribealdea, they sealed their top position after winning two matches at home and one in Uribealdea. The coveted promotion to the Divisió d’Honor was decided in the final match against Sant Cugat. Even though Barça started the match 6-14 down, they managed a resounding comeback to bring off a final victory (40-21) and achieve promotion. The Barça project, coached for two years by Paco Peña, is based around training and players from a young age. The average age of the first team is one of the lowest in the category and is a therefore a reflection of Barça’s training

Team Senior A Senior B Juvenil Cadet Infantil Aleví Benjamí Prebenjamí

Ranking 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 6th 7th 7th

Championship Divisió d’ Honor B 1st Catalan Division 1st Catalan Division 2nd Catalan Division 1st Catalan Division Silver Cup Championship of Spain Silver Cup Championship of Spain Silver Cup Championship of Spain

success. From the youngest to the first team, all the categories of the section work with the same philosophy and system of play that changes according to their age. Other activities of a social nature include Barça promoting rugby in many schools in the city. 87

Volleyball

Amateur sports sections

Close to promotion to the Super League

Sports Area

The first team faced the second season in the Spanish Silver Division, the Mens 2 Super League, and finished in sixth position. The team, coached by Sergi Bosch, were two victories away from being able to go up to the highest national category. Barça achieved 22 points with an overall score 88 of 22 points from 6 wins and 10 defeats in a very close League in which they had a surprising and tremendous victory (3-0) against the leaders, CyL Palencia 2014, who only lost two matches throughout the championship. The youth of the team means the technicians expect a very good future for the Barça first team. The second team, promoted to the Catalan First Division, had to maintain its category and Sergi Gamboa’s boys had an excellent season, in the end managing to win the league championship. The Juvenil team had a dream year as they won every match in the season. The team, led by Bea Gil, were declared champions of Catalonia two days before the League final and totalled the maximum points possible in the season.

Team First team (Senior A) Sènior B Juvenil A Cadet A Infantil A

Ranking Sixth in regular stage Second Fifth in regular stage First in regular stage Third in regular stage Fourth in regular stage

Competition Mens 2 Super League Catalonia cup Catalan First Division Catalan First Division Catalan First Division Catalan First Division

Field Hockey

One step away from promotion The men’s field hockey first team just missed out on being promoted to the category Divisió d’Honor A. The team, a mixture of players with more experience and those from the school’s teams, managed fifth place in the regular League achieving 13 points with a score of 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The women’s team left the national category and went down to the Second Division, which will mean competing in Catalonia in the 2014/15 season. In the coming years hard work will be required within the Hockey Dona initiative to achieve reinforcements from our school so we can return to the national category. Barça continues to work with the Pau Negre playing field school in Montjuïc, in schools in Barcelona and in the Open Environment project with the Hospitalet Town Council, which brings together around 90 boys and girls in 6 different teams to be trained in field hockey. On the more social side, Hockey+ can now be added to Hockey Dona and Hockey d’Integració as an initiative that enables 120 sportspeople with learning difficulties to play hockey with no restrictions.

Team Divisió d’Honor B Women’s first division Men’s First Division Women’s second division Men’s Second Division Veterans Juvenil Cadet Infantil Girls Infantil Boys Infantil Boys B

Ranking Fifth Ninth Eleventh Ninth Eleventh Fourth Eighth Ninth Sixth Fifth Fourth

Competition National League National League Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia

Aleví Girls

Fifth

Championship of Catalonia

Aleví Boys

Third

Championship of Catalonia

Aleví Boys B

Fifth

Championship of Catalonia

Benjamí 5x5 Boys

Seventh

Championship of Catalonia

Benjamí 5x5 Boys B

Fourth

Championship of Catalonia

Benjamí 5x5 Boys C

Eighth

Championship of Catalonia

Benjamí 3x3 Girls

Fifth

Championship of Catalonia

Ice Hockey

Amateur sports sections

Excellent results come from good training

Sports Area

This 2013/14 season the reward for hard work finally arrived for the Barça ice hockey team. The first team core, all well-trained young players, finished the National League in fifth place with 21 points and an overall score of 8 wins and 12 defeats. In the King’s Cup, Barça went through to the Final Four after beating CH Jaca in the quarterfinals in the best of three matches. Danilo Didkovskyy’s team were knocked out in the semifinals against CG Puigcerdà by 5-3. Meanwhile, the juniors won the Prince’s Cup after beating Jaca and Puigcerdà under-20s. However, the under-15s just missed out on the Spanish Cup after losing in the final to penalties. This year it was clear that the ice hockey section has its own playing style and that the values instilled in each of the players right from a young age enable them to achieve sporting success.

Team Senior A Under-18s (Junior) Under-15s Under-13s Under-11s Under-11s Under-11s Under-9s Under-9s

Ranking 5th Semifinals 3rd Champions 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd

Championship 1st Division King’s Cup 1st Division Prince’s Cup National League Championship of Spain National League National League Championship of Spain InterTolosa Tournament Championship of Spain InterTolosa Tournament

Ice Figure-Skating

Champions of Spain and Catalonia In the 2013/14 season the ice figure-skating achieved tremendous success. In the Championship of Spain, Aleix Gabara was the winner of the category Novice Advanced and the pair Mónica Carratalà and Ton Consul became champions of Spain. In this competition, in the child’s category, Arnau Joly and Cristina Manzanera were also declared champions of Spain. In the Catalan league podium positions were achieved in all categories and many of the Barça sportspeople finished first. In the Championship of Catalonia 23 skaters reached the podium and 11 were declared Champions of Catalonia in their different categories. Overall, evolution in all categories was excellent and expectations are very high for the youngest members of the school in the future.

Team Mónica Carratalà Aleix Gabara Ton Consul Marta Joly Arnau Joly Cristina Manzaera Mónica Carratalà/Ton Consul Julia Rodríguez Alexandra Martínez Lluís Garcia Janna Bernadó Àlex Abad Marta Joly Mónica Carratalà Aleix Gabara Ton Consul Mónica Carratalà/Ton Consul

Ranking Championship of Spain Championship of Spain Championship of Spain Championship of Spain Infantil Championship of Spain Infantil Championship of Spain Infantil Championship of Spain Infantil Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia Championship of Catalonia

Championship Third First Third Third First First First First First First First First First First First First First

The Ice Rink The Ice Rink this year welcomed around 60,000 skaters from various groups and the Ice Skating School had a total of 1,200 students. There were courses for all ages and classes were also initiated for students with learning difficulties. The Ice Rink was also the scene for the figure skating Barcelona Cup, the City of Barcelona ice ballet championship, the final of the ice hockey King’s Cup (televised for the first time by TVE), the two ice hockey veterans’ International Tournaments and the season’s end of course party, at which around 300 skaters took part.

Wheelchair Basketball

Amateur sports sections

Champions of the Catalonia Cup

Sports Area

This 2013/14 season, FC Barcelona UNES Sant Feliu were declared champions of the Catalonia Cup for the second year running. The wheelchair basketball team won the title by beating Sant Nicolau de Sabadell in the final held in Cervera by 54-48. In the regular League, Benito Alberola’s team finished second with 17 points and an overall score of 7 wins and only 3 defeats, having played an excellent season in which only Joventut were superior to Barça. This season three young players were consolidated who came up from the 92 youth team and three more joined the AFA school where they are trained for the first team. In terms of solidarity, the Barça team collaborated once again with the fundraising Marató on the television channel TV3 with an official match against Mifas Girona in the charity tournament organised in Cervera. Also, the AFA school, linked to the FC Barcelona Foundation, continued to sign agreements with important hospitals such as the Vall d’Hebron, Sant Joan de Déu, Germans Trias i Pujol and Hospital de Bellvitge in order to continue training boys and girls with physical and mental disabilities and to promote adapted sports.

Women’s basketball - CVB Barça

Catalonia Cup relegation

This 2013/14 season, Barça CBS was unable to maintain the category and went down from the LF2 to the Catalonia Cup. With an amateur team, the Barça team was beaten by other more powerful teams and finished in twelfth position with 25 points and an overall score of 3 wins and 19 defeats. In terms of the lower level categories, the Junior A team made outstanding progress, where many players also managed to play with the Senior A team. The teams under training, from Premini to Junior, competed at the highest level and the Mini and Cadet teams reached the final phases of Catalonia. Also outstanding were the Senior Granas, who were declared League champions and went up to Second Catalonia. Some of the players in the first team were pre-selected for the Spanish national team: Irene Lahuerta, Marta Montoliu, Andrea Antón and Mireia Daura. The Catalan selection also called up a large number of players in different categories: Andrea Antón, Mireia Daura, Andrea Arias, Lula Roig, Laura Moya, Andrea Aragón, Emma Taule, Clàudia López, Alba Castaño, Paola Abad and Júlia Rueda.

Team Senior A Senior Blau Senior Grana Junior A Junior Blau Junior Grana Cadet A Cadet B Infantil A Infantil Blau Infantil Grana Preinfantil Mini A Mini Blau Mini B Premini A Premini B

Ranking First Stage Twelfth Eighth First First Thirteenth Seventh Sixth Second Third Sixth Second Sixth Second Third Second Fifth Fifth

Ranking Regular Stage Relegated to Catalonia Cup

Team 1st Team Divisió d’Honor SFV

Category

Ranking

SFV 1st 2nd 3rd.

3rd Super League Eleventh Twelfth Seventeenth

Infantil Infantil Infantil Cadet Cadet Cadet Juvenil Juvenil Juvenil

First First Fifth Third First Second Second Second First

Promoted to second Seventh in Preferent A

First in Preferent First in Preferent stages Fourth in stages Sixth Sixth Second Third in stages Sixth First First Fifth

Europe: a dream come true

CVB Barça had an excellent 2013/14 season in which it won third place in the Super League, meaning it classified for the second consecutive year for a place in the play-offs for the League title. Barça were knocked out in the semifinals against GH Leadernet. They lost the first two matches in Navarra with a final score of 3-1. The Barcelona team made a comeback at home with two consecutive victories of 3-1 and 3-2 respectively. Even so, Marta Gens’s team were not able to complete their comeback and lost 3-2 in the fifth match played in Navarra. CVB Barça were also unlucky in the Queen’s Cup when they lost to Valeriano Allés Menorca Volley by 3-1. As a result of their position, CVB Barça will play in the Challenge Cup, played by the best women’s volleyball teams in Europe. In their first appearance in the European Competition, Barça will face the champions of the Belgian league, Asterix Kieldrecht. Meanwhile, the players María Segura Pallarés, Nerea Sanchez Rodríguez and Sara Esteban Calvo were particularly outstanding and were called up to the

Federate A Blau Grana A Blau Grana A Blau Grana Schools A B C D School School

Aleví Aleví Aleví Aleví Infantil Cadet

Spanish national team during the 2013/14 season. The Club’s training team once again had a great season and obtained good results in and outside Catalonia. Meanwhile, CVB Barça played and organised the first International Women’s Volleyball Tournament at the end of the season.

Medical Services

In the best hands

Sports Area

Medical Services

Confidence in the Medical Services is a fundamental aspect and one that must therefore be monitored, as it is difficult to maintain and very easy to lose. This is why a pledge to increase expertise in sports medicine applied to the Club’s sports must be solid and structured at all times. Over the course of this 2013/14 season a series of activities has been carried out to enhance expertise and increase sports medicine courses for all professionals in the Medical Services with participation from national and international experts. They also worked with one of the most prestigious physiology institutes in the world, Gatorade Sports Science Institute, to agree on and draw up Guidelines for Nutrition and Supplements for sportspeople. Next season 2014/15 work will start on a new organisation based not only on resource management but also on knowledge management, to develop an area of clinical expertise and assessment of results, a physiology area, an area of football expertise and a research area. The latter will be linked to the project Muscle Tech Network, which the Club and other public and private bodies is promoting for research into muscles and tendons. The annual meeting of the MuscleTech Network took place in October 2013 in the Club’s Auditorium 1899. These meetings are global reference points as a 94 forum for researchers and doctors to exchange and discuss latest trends and innovations in skeletal muscle and tendon areas. The meetings are organised by FC Barcelona and the Leitat Technology Centre with collaboration from the FC Barcelona Foundation and the Leo Messi and Egarsat Foundation. This coming season 2013/14 the workshop will take place in collaboration with Aspetar (Doha centre for sports medicine, one of the current cornerstones of expertise in the discipline). This last season there were also various courses on how to act in sports medicine emergency situations, which will continue for the next two seasons. Professionals from the Medical Services took part in these structured courses and in the future sports professionals (technicians, ‘staff’...) will also participate. It will be a theory and practical course culminating in drills in the various sports areas of the Club.

13/14 season stats Medical check-ups

Surgeries performed

1.768

Social Area

Referendum New Espai Barça

The New Espai Barça receives majority support from members

Exhibitions and briefing sessions

Social Area

One of the major communication tools in response to the Governing Board’s commitment to providing maximum information about the New Espai Barça to members before the Referendum were the exhibitions made about the proposal and the briefing sessions with various member groups. During the briefing campaign, from 6 March to 2 April (three days before the Referendum), a total of 50,704 people received information about the New Espai Barça in person at the briefing sessions as well as the touring and permanent exhibitions located at the Camp Nou. The exhibition presented the New Espai Barça, the proposal to construct the best sporting complex in the world in the heart of a great city and based on the Stadium’s current structure, which will lead it into the future with a set of transformations that aim to guarantee excellence in the quality of its services and that will project its life beyond the 21st century. The permanent exhibition was installed in the area adjacent to the FCBotiga Megastore in the Camp Nou and consisted of a multimedia sample of the proposal, in a space of over 400 m². Further to the interest it arose among members and fans, the Club decided to reopen the permanent exhibition the day after the Referendum, on 6 April until 30 June. During the period between 6 March, the day it was opened, until 27 June, the exhibition was visited by a total of 169,692 people. An adaptation of this permanent exhibition of the New Espai Barça could be seen in the FC Barcelona Museum from the first week of July. Meanwhile, the touring exhibitions that were taken around the country meant the proposal could be shown to members and fans from different points of the country. From 6 March to 2 April, the last day of the exhibition, a total of 6,135 people visited the 26 visiting exhibitions and the two presentations made in Madrid and Andorra. The exhibitions were at all times accompanied by a speech by a member of the Governing Board and a question and answer session by those attending. The briefing sessions carried out in the Club’s facilities brought the proposal directly to various collectives (senate, fan clubs, Casal de l’Avi, OAE advisory table, Barça Players Association, members on the waiting list for the Camp Nou and members of the Palau Blaugrana).

The New Espai Barça stopped being a proposal and became a project when FC Barcelona members voted ‘Yes’ on 5 April by a vast majority. The project will get underway in May 2017, which is when work will start. This will last three seasons and four summers, until March 2021, and will turn the Camp Nou into a cutting-edge stadium with every facility. Barça members gave the green light to an exciting project. Of the 37,535 members who used their right to vote, a total of 27,161 (72.36% of the total) voted ‘Yes’ to the proposal, very much higher than the 9,589 members who voted ‘No’ ( 25.55%). The president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, indicated that Barcelonism had undergone “ a democratic celebration, an històric episode that the new generations of Barça fans will celebrate”. The president acknowledged that throughout the entire voting day many members came up to him to tell them what they thought about the New Espai Barça proposal: “they told me that they were voting in favour of a project that most probably, due to their age, they may not even see, but that they had come to vote to guarantee a better Camp Nou and a better Barça for their grandchildren”. Bartomeu, however, also thanked members who decided to vote ‘No’. “I have to thank you for your vote and tell you that we will prove that what we are doing is good for the Club

and you will be proud. We are working for a better club”. The New Espai Barça includes the construction of a New Camp Nou that takes advantage of the present structure, a new Palau with 10,000 seats in order to be able to compete in the basketball Euroleague and a Minipalau annex, as well as buildings for complementary activities and a garden area that will blend the complex into the city’s neighbouring area. The Club is facing a very exciting future challenge with a dual objective: firstly, to improve FC Barcelona’s assets with facilities that will put it on a par with the top clubs in the world and secondly to enhance member comfort. In this sense, the New Espai Barça project focuses on NO ABSTENTIONS YES 25,5% 2% 72,3% the Stadium’s 9.589 751 27.161 practicality, Turnout: 31,65% Members / 37.535 Votes comfort and enjoyment. The

project therefore anticipates improving access for cars and pedestrians, faster seat access (it will take five minutes to reach or leave the third stands), removal of architectural barriers and replacing steps with ramps, lifts and escalators. Climatic comfort will also improve substantially as the Stadium will be covered. Furthermore, the car park capacity will be extended to 5,000 spaces. Services will be improved in quantity and quality (more and better toilets and eateries, elimination of smells in the Stadium). The extension of the capacity of the stadium to 105,000 seats will enable a large part of the new seats to be allocated to members on the waiting list. Financing the New Espai Barça will not require any extra payments by members. Nor will the quota be increased. Regarding the New Palau, members will also enjoy a wider range of services, shops, eating and leisure areas. The site will have no architectural barriers and visual obstacles will also be removed. Members will not be affected by the works as the new pavilion will be built on the current site of the Ministadium. Referendum. Evaluation of yes vote

New Espai Barça

A unique space that will blend in with the Les Corts neighbourhood The 20 hectares of land owned by Barça in the Les Corts neighbourhood will be completely remodelled and enjoy an enhanced structure with the New Espai Barça. In 2021, when the project will have been completed, Barça will have the best sports complex in the world in the centre of a great city. The estimated total cost is 600 million Euro, with a finance plan that anticipates funding the project through own resources, sponsors and a bank loan. Apart from the sports buildings (New Camp Nou, New Palau and Palau annex), the proposal includes a series of urban planning improvements to upgrade the surroundings and develop the area as a whole. The entire project anticipates energy efficiency and environmental sustainability criteria. At the moment the Barça complex is surrounded by fences and the intention is that the whole area should form part of the neighbourhood,

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with open areas that can be accessed freely and enjoyed by residents and visitors. The underground car park with 5000 spaces is the key factor in eliminating as far as possible the traffic surrounding the esplanade to be created between the Stadium and the Palau (which will be built on the current Ministadium grounds) and to generate a large green area for leisure. The complementary buildings for members and fan clubs will be constructed here, along with the new modern and centralised Club offices. It will also be important for economic exploitation of the site to have a new Museum and an FCB Botiga Megastore, even bigger than the current shop. Another pending issue that will be addressed by the New Espai Barça is an improvement of restaurant services with a broader and more varied offer for the over three million people who visit the Barça facilities every year.

General view of Espai Barรงa

The transformation of a dream

Entrance to first tier of the new Camp Nou

Entrance to third tier of the new Camp Nou

Camp Nou exposition

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The New Camp Nou A new and modern Camp Nou with the latest facilities for 105,000 spectators The stadium might be new, but it should retain the emotional and collective memory of the original Camp Nou. This is the aspiration for the profound transformation of the Stadium proposed in the New Espai Barça. The New Camp Nou anticipates the building of over 100,000 m2 covered and 50,000 m2 outdoor areas. Practicality, comfort and enjoyment in the Stadium are the keys to a successful transformation of the Camp Nou, which will afford considerable benefits for members. The Stadium will guarantee optimum conditions for enjoying matches. It will be a covered stadium, with excellent visibility from any seat and with a set of measures that will improve comfort for everyone. Reaching the New Camp Nou will also be easier by car and on foot- meaning it will be quicker to get there and quicker to leave. Inside, too, it will be easier to move about. Areas will be wider and more open to ensure a fast and easy flow of people and accesses will be more

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practical with no architectural barriers. The steps will be removed and replaced by ramps, lifts and escalators. It will be much easier to access the venue and also to leave. It will be possible to reach or leave the third stand in five minutes. Climatic comfort is guaranteed. All seats will be covered, providing shelter. There will be no more rain or wind at the Stadium. The New Camp Nou will also substantially improve its services: more and better toilets and eateries. This will eliminate smells from the Stadium and aid cleaning services. The expanding of the Stadium’s capacity will enable the member waiting list to be closed. A part of the extension of the new capacity will be devoted to the people on the list. During the works period, members will still be able to access all matches throughout the season as the works will last three seasons and four summers, from 2017 to 2021 and will be carried out in stages. In the summer work will take place on the stands and during the season work will take place on the interiors.

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The New Palau On a par with top sports pavilions in Europe The new Palau will be one of the most modern and functional in Europe and will satisfy every standard and requirement for all competitions. Works will start in the summer of 2017 and go on until 2019. The capacity of the New Palau will be for 10,000 people, which could be increased to 12,000. The facilities will also have an annex pavilion that will include an ice rink. At the moment, and for several years, the FC Barcelona basketball team has a moratorium from the Euroleague regarding their pavilion. The minimum requirements for a team with licence A - which are roughly teams that have a fixed position â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are a pavilion for at least 10,000 people. Therefore, the new Palau is vital for being able to continue competing among the top European teams and also for improving conditions for Palau members. There are currently 1,000 seats with reduced visibility, there are architectural barriers, there are no service points for medical attention for visitors and its restaurant service is also insufficient. A key point of the new home to the BarĂ§a sections is better service for the spectator. The New Palau will meet all the standards set by current regulations in terms of the number and distribution of washrooms. Meanwhile, there will also be a fully equipped clinic for spectators, merchandise points of sales and information services. There will also be a varied selection of places to eat equipped with all the necessary facilities and equipment.

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An economically sustainable New Espai Barça The project financing plan anticipates paying the 600 million Euro for the whole project through own resources, sponsors and a bank loan. The New Espai Barça complies with all the requirements for economic sustainability that the Governing Board set out in order for it to be considered feasible. This is an obligatory requirement, as the very nature of the Club (owned by its members and not a millionaire who injects money or by a board of directors that can inject increases of capital, which is the case for other clubs) means that a third of the total cost of 600 million Euro is paid by own resources. The other third will be paid by funding from

banks, thanks to the fact that the Club has been able to reduce its current debt to 200 million Euro in 2016. The third part will be financed by a sponsor who will have their brand name after the Camp Nou name. This is known as ‘title rights’ – putting a surname on the Stadium without losing the name Camp Nou. Members will not have to make any extra contributions to the funding of the New Espai Barça, or advance their membership fees. Nor does the funding plan for the new stadium anticipate a compulsory increase in quotas.

Internal funding The Club remains committed to investing in players but every year will generate additional cash flow to invest in the project. Bank loan After cancelling the current bank loan in 2015, the Club will be in a very healthy financial position to be able to fund itself through a new syndicate credit facility for the sole purpose of the project.

Bank loan 200 M€

‘Title rights’ Work will start when the advance of approximately €200M has been received in exchange for placing a surname on the Stadium (Camp Nou + Company/ Commercial name).

Title rights 200 M€

Internal funding 200 M€

Financing the total

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new Espai Barça proposal

600 M€

NEW STADIUM 420 M€

Urban planning and new MINIESTADIUM 20 M€ eSPAI BARÇA 30 M€ 20 M€ CAR PARKS 30 M€ AND MOBILITY 40 M€ 40 M€

90 M€ NEW STADIUM

420 M€

Summary of costs

New Palau 90 M€

Reform of the Statutes

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On 17 January 2011, the Governing Board appointed members of the external and independent Commission to work on and present a reform proposal for the Club’s Statutes. This was the start of a process that came to an end on 5 October with the approval of the new FC Barcelona Carta Magna by delegates. This was the most important moment of the Ordinary General Assembly 2013, held in the Palau Blaugrana. Approval was required by two thirds of attending voters and after a long and informative discussion, in the end the result of the vote was 320 votes for, 65 against and 35 blank. The vice president Jordi Cardoner called the vote “historic”, as it confirmed approval of new Statutes that would “bring the Club closer to members” , one of the main objectives of the Social Area for which he is responsible. The secretary and spokesperson of the Board, Toni Freixa, explained to members the principal keystones of the reform, splitting the modifications into four categories according to the reasons that determine the changes: an improved text, better adaptation to reality, better adaptation to current legislation and new legislation. The new Statutes include important social regulations to encourage participation by members and bolster the Club’s democratic operating along with a feeling of belonging. Therefore, among other new features, they state that the day of the Assembly should coincide with an official match at the Stadium, that people can vote electronically and that members who wish to renounce being delegates can do so in order that other members can take their place. It also anticipates publishing delegates’ data. The

Result of vote on reform of Statutes

For 320

Against 65

Assembly should give authorisation to potential sponsors of the Stadium and the Palau, as well as the sponsor of the first team’s shirt. The new Statutes also state that the electoral census will be available to all candidates, which has been a long-standing claim. In order to be elected president, the candidate must have at least ten years’ seniority as member, while directors must have five. In order to adapt to the Sports Law in the event of a vote of no confidence a quorum of 15% of members will be required or 50% of delegates. Also, the right of the Board to appoint these 25 delegates will be removed, as already applied in this Assembly. The other major changes refer to the financial control mechanisms as explained by the vice president for the economic area Javier Faus. The principal change is the prohibiting of closing financial years with losses by the Governing Board and a maximum limit of net debt, in accordance with objective criteria. If this occurs, a period of two years is granted to become profitable again and if losses continue, the Governing Board will be terminated early. The president for the statutes reform commission, Joan Manuel Trayter, highlighted in his final report that lawyers who carried out the project worked “with complete autonomy” and opted for a more democratic model at the expense of a more presidential model “which a rival club has adopted”.

Abstentions 35 Reform of the Statutes

Distribution of members Total members

Distribution by sexes

153,458

113,981

39,477

80,130

13,380

74,27%

25,73%

Geographic distribution

59,948

107

Barcelona city

Rest of Catalonia

Outside of Catalonia

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6>14

15>25

26>35

36>45

46>55

27087 18857

22102

16014

10678

13096

20.621

25003

Distribution by ages

56>65

+ de 65

Total 153,458

Members

Activities and projects

Social events and projects

Institutional

Social Area

Assembly of delegates The General Assembly of delegates, held in the Palau Blaugrana, approved comfortably the three main points to be discussed: financial year-end 2012/13, the budget for the 2013/14 season and the Club 108 Statutes reform proposal. The financial year-end for the 2012/13 season, with 32.5 million Euro profit was approved unanimously with 523 votes in favour, 12 against and 13 in blank. Meanwhile, with 511 votes in favour, 12 against and 19 in blank, the delegates approved the 2013/14 budget, which anticipates an income of 508.5 million Euro and expenses of 457.7 million. The Statutes reform needed 2/3 of the votes and the result was

Senate Meetings Extraordinary meeting (5 March) The Senate extraordinary meeting was held in the Auditorium 1899, with the sole aim of reporting in the first instance on the New Espai Barça project presented for referendum by members on 5 April 2014. The informative campaign of the New Espai Barça got underway after the presentation of the permanent exhibition to the 194 senators who attended, with significant representation by the Governing Board and headed by president Bartomeu, who explained the details of the project. The FC Barcelona senate is an advisory collegiate and honorary body made up of the thousand longest serving club members. Ordinary meeting (11 June) The president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, accompanied by the Governing Board, had a meeting with the senators and was therefore able to meet the longest-serving members of the Club. This was the ordinary meeting of the Senate of FC Barcelona, within the framework of the Statute regulation, which is held in the second quarter of each natural year by this important part of the Club. The event was held in the Auditorium 1899. The Barça president presented the agenda with an overview of the Club’s situation to a total of 131 senators - the number of members in the advisory body who attended.

clearly pro the new text with 320 votes in favour, 65 against and 35 in blank. The changes mainly affect the economic and social areas, such as prohibiting year-end closures with losses by a Governing Board or the assigning of more competences to the Assembly, which will have to approve any issue relating to the Stadium or Palau, and the shirt of the football first team. A few days before the Assembly, the Club arranged briefing sessions in the Auditorium 1899 about the Statutes’ Reform proposal and other points on the agenda. All members were invited to attend the sessions.

Presenting of loyalty badges Gold badge presentation On 24 September, to coincide with the 56th anniversary of the inauguration of the Camp Nou and on the Mercè Saint’s Day the traditional presentation act took place of gold badges to members who have been loyal to the Club for 50 years. This important event was held for the first time in the Auditorium 1899. The president and the vice president Jordi Cardoner awarded the badges and the diploma to a total of 106 members of the 146 who were invited. Silver badge presentation In December the silver badges were given out to members who had been loyal to the Club for 25 years. Due to the number of members this year, a total of 1,012, the Club decided to hold 3 events on the 10th, 12th and 13th of December. The acts were held in the Auditorium 1899 and presided over by the vice president Jordi Cardoner, accompanied by the directors Pilar Guinovart, Eduard Coll and Josep Ramon Vidal-Abarca.

Accessibility – Sensitivity– Specialsation OAE (Specialised Service Office)

The OAE, whose purpose is to demonstrate FC Barcelona’s sensitivity to people who suffer from any kind of disability or reduced mobility, continued to provide special and personal care. Personal attention and the number of mails and phone calls handled have increased enormously. With help from the Advisory Table the OAE also coordinated several actions to improve access to the Stadium and the adapting of facilities as well as improving ticket sale management in areas set up for wheelchairs, which contributed to increasing the number of ticket sales and the use of the Free Seat service by members of these areas of the Stadium.

Accessible website On 3 December the Club’s new accessible website was presented. Through the OAE, FC Barcelona is now more accessible to Barcelona members and sympathisers and to people with impaired hearing. Sign language users can now see information in the web’s video texts. All the videos are subtitled to ensure complete accessibility for people with impaired hearing. Some of the FC Barcelona web contents are now adapted to Catalan sign language, Spanish sign language and the international sign language. All the texts are marked with an icon indicating whether they are accessible in sign language. The text in Catalan has Catalan sign language. Spanish texts have Spanish sign language and content in English is adapted to the international sign language. All the files in sign languages are also stored at the FC Barcelona Sign Channel so they can also be accessed through FC Barcelona YouTube. One of the most ambitious objectives for this season in the Social Area has now therefore been achieved. It is a global benchmark, the only team in the world, further to being audited, to receive the Double A (AA) certificate. 109

‘We’re with you’ This season the ‘We’re with you’ service was consolidated and the number of services compared to the 2012/13 season has increased. The special service provided 112 services on the day of the referendum alone. The quality of the service is improving and every day we receive indications of satisfaction. Access staff is aware of the service and always cooperate, which helps the volunteers and improves the Club’s image. From the start of the 2013/14 season, the OAE managed tickets for wheelchair access areas in the Stadium and almost 300 were sold. Exchanges were coordinated for members with temporary mobility problems and the specialised service managed to answer every question asked by users who may have mobility problems but who do not need a wheelchair and they were given the best solution for their problem.

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Joan Manuel Trayter, new member ombudsman The Governing Board of FC Barcelona agreed to the appointment of Joan Manuel Trayter as new member ombudsman to replace Agustí Bassols, who has completed his mandate. The board would like to thank Mr Bassols for his contributions over the last five years. Joan Manuel Trayter Jiménez, who was president of the Club Statutes’ Reform Commission (2010-2013) and vice president of the Catalan Sports Tribunal is a professor of Administrative Law at the University of Girona and has a PhD in Law from the University of Barcelona.

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Adapted transport

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Members

Solidarity

3rd Member Solidarity Day

Activities and projects

For the third year running, and on the first Cup qualifying round against FC Cartagena, the Club organized the 3rd Club Member Solidarity Day. The match was held in the Stadium on Tuesday 17 December at 10pm. A large number of spectators who went to the Stadium were able to do so thanks to acts of charity by members who offered up their seats totally free to entities and associations for disadvantaged social groups around Catalonia. The Club carried out various actions to encourage collaboration by members in giving up their seats and as a result of this campaign a total of 45,492 invitations were sent out, 29,959 by the Club Foundation and 15,533 by the Social Area. The awarding of the 45,492 tickets considered the main associations all around Catalonia: children’s homes, care homes, hospitals, disability centres, centres for the elderly, occupational and training workshops and the entire institutional network, such as local councils, the Catalan government committee, charity organisations such as the ONCE, the Red Cross, not-for-profit organisations and foundations. A raffle was also held for 10 presidential watches and a t-shirt signed by the first team players. The winner was the member Montserrat Acuña

To coincide with the last match of the League at the Camp Nou a charity appeal was made to gather funds to help children in vulnerable situations. The president of the Red Cross, Josep Marquès, was welcomed by president Bartomeu in the Presidential Box of the Camp Nou through the alliance between FC Barcelona and the Red Cross for helping hungry children. The purpose of the Humanitarian Alliance for feeding children is to collect funds in order to obtain up to 100,000 aids and distribute them among children at risk. This action aims to collect a million Euro in order to be able to give out this food aid through various Red Cross projects. FC Barcelona helped boost this action by offering communication channels and spreading the word in the last League match at the Stadium.

Campaigns and projects

Updating the Membership List 2012/13

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Members’ Day for feeding children at risk – Red Cross

Manteca, who was given the shirt by the vice president Jordi Cardoner before the match. The traditional photo with children at the beginning of the match was taken with a group of children from the Catalan Down’s Syndrome Foundation, who had their dreams come true by being photographed with their idols. Afterwards, an event took place to thank all the entities and associations who collaborated on the day and on sending out the tickets to the different associations. The event was held in the Auditorium 1899 and chaired by the vice president Jordi Cardoner and the director Pilar Guinovart. It was also attended by Ramon Terrassa, head of the general directorate of Civic and Community Action for the Catalan Regional Government.

In October 2013 the updating process of the membership list 2012/13 was completed and at a press release the director Jordi Cardoner presented the results of the updating process, which lasted a year. This process, which started on 22 October 2012, was closed on 31 October 2013, although members who had not updated their status were still able to do so. On 30 June, a total of 139,573 had been recorded, of whom 103,125 are men and 36,448 are women.

Open Box

Waiting list and new memberships for the Stadium

The Open Box is a special benefit that provides the possibility for members to be able to enjoy the match from the most privileged position of the Stadium: the Presidential Box. These lucky members are chosen from the entire membership list who are over eighteen in a draw in the presence of the vice president Jordi Cardoner. As in the 2012/13 season, there were five winning members for each match, who were allowed to bring a companion. One of the five members is always a senator (the first thousand members of the Club) in recognition of the longest-standing members of the Club.

New memberships were generated for the Stadium in accordance with cancelled memberships during the season. For the third consecutive year, the Governing Board decided to make available to members on a waiting list all the cancelled memberships further to the updating process. In the 2013/14 season there were 319 full members. Invitations were given out in strict chronological order of the waiting list and 219 memberships were allocated initially and 48 memberships during March. On 7 January the annual process was completed to ratify registration on the waiting list for members to the Stadium, and in total 7,850 went to the OAB office to confirm registration.

Barça party

Open Box Palau

The second Barça party, held from 31July to 2 August, was opened by the vice president Jordi Cardoner. One of the most popular attractions was the visit to the old Masia, which was opened up especially for this event. Visitors were able to look round the facilities where many of our players were trained. To help access, the Club provided shuttle coaches and during the journey a guide gave a short history of the Masia. The former player and previous resident of the Masia Guillermo Amor presided over the opening of the building. The Barça Party, which was free for all members, fan clubs and companions, was attended by 14,385 people and 3,417 visited the former Masia.

The Open Box in the Palau enables members to be able to enjoy a match from the Presidential Box. This season 2013/14 a form was drawn up and interested members were able to sign up. A draw was made from all members before a notary for the winners. This gave more chances to everyone of being able to attend the Box. Like the Stadium Box, there were 5 winners per match who were able to bring a companion. It was a phenomenal success and the initiative will continue next season in order to include as many members as possible.

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Youth Open Box The Open Box for the Camp Nou Stadium for young members is held once a year. It usually coincides with a match near Christmas to make it easier for younger members to attend and because these are dates that invite these kinds of activities for the youngest Club members. This year it took place on 14 December 2013, to coincide with the match against Villarreal.

Once again the FC Barcelona members were able to wear the Barça shirt in another edition of the Football League for Members played at the Sports City facilities. The finalist teams played the last matches at the Camp Nou, coming out onto the pitch to the Barça anthem in the background. The social and sporting nature of the competition meant that over 500 members were able to meet up and use the FC Barcelona sports facilities. For the first time too a prize was awarded for the best goalkeeper, the Ramallets Trophy, to pay tribute to the goalkeeper’s job and the skill and responsibility involved in defending the goal. The youngest members also enjoyed football training days and played a friendly in the Camp Nou, enabling them to realize their dreams of playing on the same pitch as their idols.

Members

9th Barça Christmas Pictures

Barça is all about running is a league of ten 10km races around the Barcelona city area. Barça is all about running encourages non-competitive running in popular races to encourage a healthy lifestyle. These races are a meeting point for members and form a link between Barça fans and a love of running. To take part in Barça is all about running you need to be a member, friend of the Palau, fan club member or Futbol Club Barcelona employee and be over 16. In the second race 900 runners, members, employees, FC Barcelona fan club members took part in the ten races wearing the FC Barcelona colours. Taking part in Barça is all about running is free; runners just have to pay a registration fee for the races. On Sunday 25 May at 10.45am the Barça is all about running trophies were awarded to all the winners in the different categories. The event was coordinated by the director Jordi Monés i Carilla as Director of the Medical and Performance area and Responsible for the Athletics Section jointly with Josep Maria Mir, director of the Athletics sporting commission.

Over a thousand drawings were sent by Barça member children to say Happy Christmas from around the world. This time the illustrator Mariona Cabassa was given the task of selecting which one best represented Barça Christmas. The title this year was ‘Barça’s Christmas flag’. An exhibition of all the drawings was set up in the Club’s Museum and all members were able to visit it during the Christmas holidays. All the winning children, with their families, were able to celebrate Christmas in an unforgettable atmosphere in the FC Barcelona Museum during the prize-giving event in December 2013.

Activities and projects

Barça is all about running

New projects

Children’s passport

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Activities for children All the young members received extra attention from the Club with special activities and benefits, a calendar of family events with special prices and festivities in the facilities for the whole family. In the 2013/14 season young members whose birthdays were on the same day as the Champions matches when Barça played Milan, Manchester City or Ajax were given a special and unforgettable present: the Club rewarded the families’ loyalty by inviting the 22 children who were eight on the day of the match, who had been longest in the Club, to come out onto the pitch holding hands with the players as the Champions’ anthem was played.

This is a new social activity approved by the Governing Board that enables free access to the Camp Nou for member’s children who are not members and under the age of eight. What is the children’s passport? It’s a document that will allow children under eight to go to the Stadium without having to have an invitation. To go into the Camp Nou all you have to do is activate the passport. As the document has a barcode, the child will go through a turnstile. Access will be valid for one season. For the 2014/15 season the Member Child’s Passport will be created, which is a new social activity approved by the Governing Board that will provide free access to the Camp Nou for members’ children, who are not members, and aged under eight. How does it work? The passport will be linked to a mobile phone application. From six days before the match the adult accompanying the child will quickly be able to activate membership for the match they wish to see. The application will assign them an entry door, which will be the one closest to the adult’s seat. However, access is also possible from any of the doors enabled for child entrance. If the smart phone is not compatible with the mobile application the passport can also be activated through the club’s website.

Museum

Museum –popular highlight The Camp Nou Experience, which includes a visit to the Museum, the Tour of the Camp Nou and the Multimedia area was consolidated as one of the highlights for all visitors to Barcelona. This has meant that for ten years it has topped the list of museums most visited in Catalonia and the third most popular in Spain. In 2013 the Museum received 1,506,022 visitors. In the 2013/14 season, the Museum received its 25 millionth visitor. Àlex Jiménez and his two children, Estanis and Dídac, aged 10 and 7 respectively, were the lucky winners. All three, FC Barcelona members, were greeted by the vice president and the head of the Social Area, Jordi Cardoner, and by the Museum director, Jordi Penas and were given an exclusive tour of the Museum. They were also able to touch the pitch in the Stadium, knock about with a ball and enjoy a private visit to the first team’s changing room. Estanis and Dídac were both also given commemorative shirts.

Special new features – New access hall to the Museum. To coincide with the extension of the FCBotiga the access hall was completely refurbished with a new reception area and entrance control with automatic turnstiles. In this area all visitors to the Camp Nou Experience can now hire an audioguide service in 9 languages as an essential accessory in order to find out in more detail the history and stories about FC Barcelona. – The content of the area devoted to the FC Barcelona Foundation has been updated to adapt it to projects currently underway. – The new area dedicated to Lionel Messi, opened last season, was consolidated as the most photographed by the thousands of visitors who go through the first floor of the Museum every day. This space has a replica of the four Golden Balls and the three Golden Boots he was awarded as the top goal scorer in Europe.

– Since June the Museum has had a new area devoted to women’s football, which was instigated by the Edelmira Calvetó Group, led by the director Susana Monje. This area includes the eleven official trophies the section has won since it was started up, as well as the shirt and boots of Marta Corredera, scorer of the first goal at the women’s Champions and a video that tells the history of Barça women’s football since the 70s.

– In the summer of 2014 the tour included the Camp Nou Lounge, an area that enables people to enjoy a top quality meal like never before, with privileged panoramic views over the Stadium. This proposal forms part of the new features that FC Barcelona has prepared so that every visitor to the Club this 113 summer can enjoy a fantastic leisure and gastronomic experience. The restaurant gives visitors to the Camp Nou Tour Experience the chance to have a break and enjoy the tranquillity of the Camp Nou stands when there is no sporting activity. There is a quality selection of food and drinks. – On the second floor of the Museum the area devoted to legendary members and players has been refurbished and there are now three new areas: – An area devoted to the sponsor Qatar Airways where you can see the ‘making of’ the advert ‘A team that brings the world together’ as well as other objects used in the advertisement. – An area devoted to the application FCB Trivia Fans. This app is a free Q&A game with six categories: Players, Coaches, History, Matches, Trophies and Interesting facts. – A new area where you can see a sample of the remodelling project of the New Espai Barça, which was approved in a referendum by the Club members. This model gives an idea of the remodelling project for the Camp Nou, the Palau Blaugrana and the adjacent facilities.

Fan Clubs

News

Teamwork

The Fan Club movement, at a historic moment The supportersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; club movement is currently at a turning point in its history. All the hard work carried out since 2010 came to fruition this season. So much so, that the 2013/14 year got underway with two major organisational changes in the fan club association. First of all, the census of fan clubs was completed, which provided the total of fan clubs around the world. Almost 150,000 supporter clubs globally formed part of the movement as at 1 July 2013. Furthermore, this season a new working method was started up successfully. The previous 35 areas, each represented by a delegate, became 30 territorial federations. Each federation has a team, a board of directors who work for the fan clubs in the territory, coordinating and promoting fan club activities in their area as well as conveying any concerns or proposals. The Fan Club Council is therefore made up of a representative of each of the federations, and has gone from an advisory role to an executive body. This is mainly a result of a representative body that stems from the movement. Thus, it was the fan clubs themselves who at the time decided how they wanted to proceed with these new features, raising the fan club brand and carrying out and firmly consolidating the project Penyes Segle XXI, (fan clubs in the 21st Century). One of the major changes in the 2013/14 season was in the statutesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reform. Since last October, with the approval of the new statutes by the Assembly of Delegates, the movement is now recognised by the Club and special mention was made of the number of clubs around the territory. And this is not all; the movement was also granted representation at the top governing body of FC Barcelona, as the territorial federation presidents are now delegates, with voice and vote at the Assembly.

Better Together In recent years teamwork has been the prevailing recipe for the success of all the projects arising from the fan club movement. This method of working together is preferred, as consensus brings rewards and encourages self-management. Four commissions that continue to make progress The four themed commissions that were set up at one time during the Fan Club Council are also working tirelessly for the movement and proposing all kinds of projects in their field. This season, the Camp Nou, Tickets and Travel Commission played an especially important role in terms of the New Espai BarĂ§a. The members of this commission collected in their territories suggestions to ensure the project approved by members in the referendum contains all the proposals and special features possible.

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From the moment when the thirty territorial federations were first set up, the Communication and Marketing Commission began working on the possibility of drawing up a sponsorship plan for the federations to make sure fans are the final beneficiaries, either directly or indirectly. With regards to communication, this commission established the guidelines for projecting the force of the movement abroad, in order to raise the fan club brand awareness. Meanwhile, the Acts and Activities Commission continues to mark the protocols for events that represent the Club, and the various activities organised by the fan clubs. For its part, the Standards Commission aims to keep adapting the rules for fan clubs, in accordance with the progress and agreements they assume.

Global Fan Club Meeting Solidarity, the movement’s mainstay The movement also has a Solidarity Council, devoted to coordinating all activities of a solidarity nature. Whether these are events organised by the fan clubs or longer-standing projects led by the Club, the Solidarity Council takes part in logistics, promotion and coordination to ensure their success.

The Fan Club’s World Congress The Fan Clubs world congress is the top representative body of the movement and is where the fan clubs democratically decided on the direction the movement should take and to which they should belong. This season the 34th Edition was held on 1 and 2 August in the Catalan Congress Centre to coincide with the Joan Gamper Trophy. From suggestions and decisions taken by each commission, the Fan Club Council discusses which direction to take, and has the authority to ratify them or reject them. The aim is that sound decisions from each area are presented, in line with the World Fan Club Congress presentation, which then aims to discuss, as important issues, the representative model of the territorial federations in the Congress and the resulting adapting of the fan club regulations. The new coefficients of ticket allocation was also established, from the recently completed census of fan clubs.

The global meeting continues at home For the third year running, and to coincide with the Gamper, the Global Barcelona Fan Club Meeting was held at home in the FC Barcelona facilities. As one of the events in the Barça Party, the fan clubs added colour to the area reserved for members and fan clubs. The Card Game Tournament reached its second year with great momentum. Its success was spectacular, with a total of 80 pairs who finished the evening with a popular dinner in the Fan Club marquee in the site. Children also had their moment, with the second Fan Club’s Football Games, the football videogame tournament that was played on the same day as the Gamper. The most institutional touch was the event that kicked off the Global Meeting, the first day of the Barça Party. This was the presentation dinner of the directors of the territorial federations. At the setting up of this new organisation, it was a good way to start working on synergies among each of the areas.

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Sport Fostering values among the youth One of the principal objectives of the Penyes Segle XXI project is to reach the youngest fans. Success in the future of the enormous amount of work being carried out nowadays for a solid and constantly growing movement in terms of quality and quality will depend on them. This is why two large projects got underway in which the youngest fans learn about values inherent to sport, such as hard work, sacrifice and teamwork, as well as healthy diet and hygiene habits .

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Success at the 8th Football 7 Tournament The movement’s excellent social tournament returned to the ministadium annexes for what is now its eight year. Eleven U12 twelve teams and ten U10s compete in this tournament, where the most important thing is being able to enjoy two days with other fan clubs. Eleven of the 30 areas were represented. Over 300 boys and girls came from all over, from Tarragona to Venezuela, from Galicia and the Canary Islands, to be able to enjoy the Club’s facilities and the Gamper, while they added colour to the Barça party.

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A Club and Group project If there is one pioneer group in youth sport in the fan club world, it is the FC Barcelona Football Group of Clubs and Fan Clubs. With a history and recognition by the Club dating back 60 years and over 20 fan clubs and 3,000 players in almost 300 teams from the school to the U18 categories, its stability is more than demonstrated. This 2013/14 season the Group and the Club started an encouraging project aimed at fostering partnership among fan clubs as well as values amongst younger members. In March, the Selection of Fan Clubs of FC Barcelona was set up: and the U12 team made up of players from all the

fan clubs in the Group. The main aim of this team is to foster the values of the Club wherever they go and to correctly represent the Club on the pitches, in tournaments or friendly matches under the institutional representation of the former player Paco Clos. The opening was held in April at an international friendly, in which the Fan Club Selection received in the annexes of the Ministadium the soccer team from the Barcelona Fan Club in New York. The match result was not important, as the winners in any case were the players, and also the fan clubs. In June, the Selection, also in both categories, took part in the 1st Manel Montalbán Memorial tournament, which is a triangular tournament held in Mont-ras as part of the events for the anniversary of the Palafrugell Barcelona Fan Club. Social days Also headed by Paco Clos, and in close collaboration with various trainers of the youth section, another project for younger members was also set up: the Social Days. These are for children aged between 8 and 12; through sport emphasis is placed on the importance of healthy habits. Ontinyent, La Granada, Collsuspina and Vidreres attended these sporting cohabiting days. The disadvantaged areas of Badalona, Montcada i Reixac and Canovelles also attended, under the premises of the Solidarity Council and tireless cooperation by the local fan club and the corresponding territorial federation.

Events The Fan Clubs, more alive than ever Once again the fan clubs proved themselves worthy ambassadors of FC Barcelona in the area, representing Barça wherever they go. A total of 529 events took place: anniversaries, meetings, popular celebrations, charity events and others. Of these events, 234 were represented by officials from FC Barcelona. The president Josep M. Bartomeu attended the 50th Anniversary of the Montillana Barcelona Fan Club. Vice presidents Jordi Cardoner i Casaus, Jordi Mestre, Javier Faus and Manel Arroyo also attended various fan club events along with the directors Pau Vilanova and Josep-RamonVidal-Abarca and the members of the Social and Fan Club Commission, members of the Barça Players Association and other Club commissions such as Sports.

Presence at the Club’s facilities In addition, a total of 21 shields were inaugurated at the Camp Nou. The fan clubs still feel the emotion of leaving their mark at the home of all Barça fans and the trend remains of coming on a match day to draw back the curtain on their shield before the match. But in the long-term, the movement is concerned for the Barça facilities. Almost 1,000 supporters, in representation of 400 fan clubs, attended the three briefing sessions before the referendum for the New Espai Barça, thus showing their commitment to future projects, while at the same time strengthening the Governing Board’s commitment to listen to every suggestion so that, once updated, the Club’s facilities will be as functional as possible.

A solidarity movement Led by the Solidarity Council, solidarity acts are increasing and expanding throughout the group. Solidarity has been local and intense, especially during the Christmas festivities. Activities were carried out that were widely reported, showing the world that the fan clubs also know how to make Barça through solidarity. Thus, at the end of the season, the East Barcelona Fan Club Federation organised a football 7 tournament for research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The Fanatiek FC Barcelona Limburg supporters’ club brought over a Beetle from Belgium to help a young fan aged 7 with Dravet’s syndrome. For each kilometre, sponsors donated between 0. 5 and 1. 5 Euro. Also, they also offered €150 for each signature on the car’s boot. The Governing Board naturally took part in this initiative. The Knokke-Heist Barcelona Fan Club, from Belgium, thanks to public donations, collected enough money to build three drinking water wells in Cambodia, which currently serve five families in the area. The Barça Fan Club Polska hung up a giant poster in Gdansk for the friendly against Lechia on 30 July. In December they brought it to the Camp Nou, where it was cut up into de 50 x 50 cm pieces to be sold. The collection went to needy children in the country.

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Service Care

Communication

An office worthy of our movement If in the 2012/13 season the Fan Club Service Office moved to the new Social Headquarters, during December a series of improvements were carried out to achieve excellence in customer care. During the 2013/14 season over 14,000 emails were managed, 8,000 phone calls were received and 5,200 fans were attended in person. Opening hours were linked to the OAP’s service hours: from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 8pm non-stop or until 15 minutes after the start of a game at the Camp Nou. On Saturday matches, it opens at 10am until 15 minutes after kick-off, while on Sundays or holidays it opens from two hours before and 15 minutes after kick-off.

We continue to improve in communication The fan clubs will remember the 2013/14 season as the one in which the made great progress in communication. They exceeded a million and a half fans on supporters’ club Facebook, and also 100,000 followers on Twitter. This proves the tremendous interest the fan clubs generate on social media.

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Information: easier to access The changes made to the fan club website enable general information to be accessed more easily and at any time. It is divided into four large blocks: the ‘carousel’ of news, general information about the movement, the movement’s entities and the OAP, and specific information about tickets, etc. This enables the user to access useful information such as speeches from the Global Congress, the advantages of the Fan Club Passport, or how to apply for the Commitment Passport for fan club presidents simply and directly.

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4th ‘what a fan club! season Llucià Ferrer’s team is still travelling the country to find the best fan club for her nephew, getting to know them in –depth and informally. Every week, the programme goes out on Barça TV.

Ticket procedures Furthermore, a large number of tickets were handled, in particular for people who have to travel, close to 20,000 locations, including purchasing made through the fan club website, and also the final of the King’s Cup. Around 500 solidarity tickets were also managed for local institutions the fan clubs had requested as part of the Free Seat solidarity initiative for home matches in the first round of the King’s Cup. The youngest fans were also able to enjoy promotional tickets at €1 for fans under the age of 14. Over 1,700 tickets were sold. OAP Online, a significant leap towards self-management The OAP Online was consolidated this season. The fan clubs manage the fan club census and convey any changes of address, governing board, etc. Over 200 changes of management and more than 300 changes of headquarters were notified and the census of each of the official fan clubs was updated.

Fans’ corner Undoubtedly, in terms of communication, the major news this season was start-up of the sections ‘the fans’ corner’ and ‘find your fan club’ in the BARÇA MAGAZINE, which comes out bimonthly. In the first section the large projects being carried out in the movement are explained while the second is a monographic of a specific area, so the member can find out in more detail and feel closer to the fan club in their area, and make it their own too. This is a historical claim by the movement and states the Club’s commitment to give more visibility to fan clubs and recognise the work they do in their territories.

New Fan Clubs Name Penya Barcelonista La Pobla de Massaluca Penya Blaugrana Börsungar Penya Barcelonista Riudecanyes Peña Barcelonista Elche de la Sierra Penya Barcelonista de Roosendaal Peña Barcelonista Castillo de Olite Penya Blaugrana de Toronto Peña Barcelonista Cultural Deportiva de Alconchel Peña Barcelonista de Valderhornillos Penya Barcelonista Campredó Penya Barcelonista Addictes al Barça de Vinaròs Penya Blaugrana de Montán Penya Barcelonista Chicas del Barça Penya Barcelonista L’estelada Blaugrana de L’Hospitalet Penya Barcelonista Vallvidrera Penya Barcelonista Casal Català de Caracas Barça Fan Club Bucarest Istanbul Barcelona Spor Kulübü Dernegi Peña Barcelonista El triplete de Lobón Penya Barcelona Municipi de Palol Penya Blaugrana de Peramola i Comarca Barça Supporters Club Melbourne Penya Barcelonista Montseny Penya Blaugrana St. Salvador de Guardiola i Salelles Penya Barcelonista Mashariki Peña Barcelonista Perla de Arousa Penya Barcelonista de Pasaia “La bahia” Penya Blaugrana Almogavers Empordà Penya Barcelonista Indobarça Jakarta Penya Barcelonista Colivenca Penya Blaugrana Sta. Maria Montbui Peña Barcelonista Bronchales Penya Diplomàcia Blaugrana

Countries La Pobla de Massaluca Reykjavík Riudecanyes Elche de la Sierra Rosendaal Olite Toronto Alconchel Valdehornillos Campredó Vinaròs Montán Barcelona L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Barcelona Caracas Bucarest Istanbul Lobón Palol de Revardit Peramola Melbourne Montseny St. Salvador de Guardiola i Salelles Nairobi Vilagarcia de Arousa Pasaia Figueres Jakarta Onil Sta. Maria Montbui Bronchales Madrid

Province/County/ Country Tarragona Islàndia Tarragona Albacete Holanda Navarra Canadà Badajoz Badajoz Tarragona Castelló Castelló Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Venezuela Romania Turquia Badajoz - Extremadura Girona Lleida Austràlia Barcelona Barcelona Kènia Pontevedra Guipúzcoa Girona Indonèsia Alacant Barcelona Terol Madrid

Area

Catalan lands Rest of Spain Rest of world Totals

Supporters clubs

Supporters club members

619 98,574 560 39,407 88 14,023 1,267 152,004

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Keeping their boots on For another season, the Association of Barça Players (ABJ) performed their activity of providing service to former players of FC Barcelona and helping the Club spread Barcelonism through sports activities in the various teams and institutions. For the second consecutive season an increase of their activity was possible thanks to the 0.5% contribution that a large part of the Club’s professional football members give to the Association. In this regard, the organisation’s leaders had the chance to thank them personally for this donation and to inform players of the First Team, Barça B and Juvenil A of the activities carried out by the ABJ. Last season the headquarters of the Association was renovated and adapted to members’ needs, updating its image.

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Closing the circle The Association gave out periodic financial aid to 43 former Club players during the 2013/14 season, a figure that had increased compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, in order to provide resources and new skills to veterans who need them, the Association offered in-class courses on technical sports training, (scouting, use of video in sport, nutritional guidelines for sportspeople) and other transverse training such as English and computers. To help all former players access the training an online training platform was also started up. In total there were 173 former players registered on the Association’s courses in the different modes.

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Close to the Club The 2013/2014 season saw a dramatic increase in participation by the Association in events organised by the FCB fan clubs. Thus, former Club players were present at 99 fan club activities, in addition to the directors 120 and contributing added value to the most important events. Another highlight was their collaboration in the final stage of the programme Youth Solidarity, promoted by the FC Barcelona Foundation and the Association’s involvement in the briefing campaign about the New Espai Barça, which took place during March and required their active participation in 28 of the sessions organised to disseminate the Espai Barça proposal initiated by the Club and that was subjected to referendum in early April. On another institutional note, the Association once again organised the campaign Get hooked on sport, aimed at promoting sports and preventing risk behaviour among young people, with days in Salou, Calella and Sant Celoni. Towards the end of the season another project was started up in collaboration with the IESE business school, in which two groups of students from the centre shared a sporting and technical morning with former Club players to identify and experience common values between business and sport.

Also active on the pitch The Association’s sporting activity also focused on maintaining weekly training sessions for former FC Barcelona players, which were held on the Ministadium’s training pitches. They also took part in a total of 26 fun matches with around 200 former players of all different ages and categories. Qualitatively, involvement by the Medical Services was outstanding in monitoring the condition of the former players taking part in the sports activity. Apart from the celebratory matches or matches to commemorate centenaries of Catalan clubs, the Association’s main commitments abroad took place in Oman, where in March the Legends team won the Oman Legends Match playing against veterans from Real Madrid (2-1); in Berlin, where the indoor football trophy was played before a large and enthusiastic public, Istanbul, where a friendly match was organised with veterans from Galatasaray and lastly in Dubai where for the third time the Association took part in the International Football Tournament.

Social Activities For increasingly more former players the Association has become a reference point that connects them directly to their era as Barça footballers. Thus, organising sporting but also social activities enables them to maintain ties and keep up with old and new colleagues. The two most intense moments of the Association last season were the Annual Dinner, which was presided over by the president of FC Barcelona, Sandro Rosell, and the Players’ Meeting, which was held in Calonge and Palamós with huge attendance. Other activities included the Folga 65 for former first team players over 65, matches and the season’s final dinner, the presentation of books about Rodri and Paulino Alcántara, a trip to Verona, a cruise around the Greek islands and other leisure and cultural activities.

A double by Xavi at the Barça Players Award Xavi Hernández was the winner of the 4th Barça Players Award, organised by the Association and sponsored by Estrella Damm beer, to acknowledge the cleanest play by the FC Barcelona Player in the 2012/2013 season. Xavi, who also won the previous year, collected the award at an event held at the beginning of the year in the Auditorium 1899. At the end of the League the campaign was started for the fifth year of the Award, which went on until June. Later on a jury will decide which of the six players with the most support in the popular voting campaign will receive the award.

‘We’re still playing’, a new window for the Association on Barça TV In October the programme We’re still playing went out for the first time on Barça TV. It is dedicated to the Association today and to remember those who have made the Club’s great history. In each episode, which lasts half an hour and goes out monthly, a description is given about the main sporting, social and institutional activities of the Association along with reports on the various areas of activity and also on former players in the history of Barça.

Casal de l’Avi Barça Members of the Barça Casal de l’Avi (club for retired members) held a party on 10 April in the Auditorium 1899 as part of the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of its inauguration. The event was attended by the president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the vice president Jordi Cardoner, who made opening speeches. Bartomeu devoted words of praise to the more than 250 Casal members at the Auditorium and spoke of their undertaking to “create Barcelonism”. The president also reminded everyone that currently “FC Barcelona has around 27,000 members who are aged over 65” and that thanks to the New Espai Barça project their association’s facilities “will be improved”. “We are keen for the Casal to become even more popular”, Bartomeu added. Martí Dalmases, president of the Casal, had a very well-kept secret for everyone attending. At the end of the event Joan Manel Serrat appeared. By just walking onto the stage he received tremendous applause. The singer songwriter from the Poble Sec area of Barcelona was eager to take part in the celebrations and enjoy the final part of the event with the association’s members.

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Presidential changeover

Josep Maria Bartomeu, new president

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On 23 January 2014 Josep Maria Bartomeu i Floreta took on the presidency of FC Barcelona until the end of the mandate, 2016, due to the resignation of Sandro Rosell after three and a half years in the position. Bartomeu, previously vice president of sports, became president number 44 in the history of the Club and the new leader of the project that won the elections in 2010. The new president of FC Barcelona assumed this new chapter as a continuation to the Governing Board’s management, while marking it from the beginning with his own profile. “The Statutes indicate that we follow the Governing Board and also say that if the president resigns the vice president takes over. I formed part of a candidature with the most votes in the history of the Club. I believe the project has not been completed, there are still very important challenges to be undertaken and we are very excited about moving forward”. In his first parliament as president he explained his road map. “All our challenges and goals remain in force. The football first team and our sections will continue to receive our utmost support and the resources necessary so we can keep aspiring to the top. This is a club owned by its members and we will do all we can to consolidate it and reach our destination, at the most difficult time in its history”.

Extensive directorship experience Josep Maria Bartomeu (Barcelona, 6 February 1963) has been Barça member 16836 since 1974. He has been a member of the Governing Board since 2010, when the candidature led by Sandro Rosell imposed the elections held on 13 June. Since then, until his nomination for Club president, he had been first vice president responsible for the Sports Area, participating actively in the sports planning of Barça football and in all the signings, transfers and renewal operations jointly with the sports director Andoni Zubizarreta. With a wide range of experience as a director, Bartomeu also formed part of the FC Barcelona Governing Board from 2003 to 2005 responsible for the basketball section and he became the Palau man. Married with two children, he is a partner and CEO of the companies ADELTE Group (engineering for ports and airports, world leaders in boarding solutions and in the design of transport vehicles for large loads) and EFS, Equipo Facility Services (a group of service companies for comprehensive maintenance of terminals and electro-mechanic equipment).

Titles and economic recovery, Sandro Rosell’s legacy Sandro Rosell, in accordance with the Statutes, presented his irrevocable resignation as president of FC Barcelona before the Governing Board on 23 January 2014. From then on, the first vice president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, immediately took on the presidency effective until the end of the mandate. 125 Rosell had won the elections on 13 June 2010 with 35,021 votes (61.35%), a record amount of support. As president, he started up a project marked by four main objectives: maintaining the sporting excellence the football team had enjoyed since 2008; promoting youth football; a financial austerity policy due to the economic circumstances and encouraging social participation. Sports-wise, under his presidency, a total of 60 titles were won, 53 of the professional sections (10 in football, 10 in basketball, 13 in handball, 7 in roller hockey and 13 in futsal and 7 awards achieved by the women’s football). One particular highlight of these titles is the fourth Champion’s League (2010/11) and the second Club World Cup (2011/12) in the history of FC Barcelona. As an outstanding achievement, the 17 official titles won by the professional sections in the 2011/12 season set a new record in the history of Barça. In terms of formative football, another highlight was the inauguration on 20 October 2011 of the new Masia, Oriol Tort Training Centre, the facilities in the Joan Gamper Sports City. The financial aspect was crucial. He applied austerity measures aimed at reducing the Club’s debt, which went from being 430 million Euros net in 2010 to 331 million three years later. Thus, the 2011/12 season achieved record profits of 49 million Euros and the 2012/13 season closed the year with a surplus of 32 million. In the Social Area, members were reinforced as owners of the Club with a statute reform that provides more power to members, encourages participation and establishes the mechanisms to guarantee financial control of the Club. Meanwhile, he also set up the member census and updating of the waiting list.

New Governing Board Organisation Chart Susana Monje i Gutiérrez Member 97227

New Governing Board Organisation Chart

Antoni Freixa i Martín Member 64397

Javier Faus i Santasusana First Vice president. Economic area Member 12589

Institutional Area

Jordi Moix i Latas Member 43686

Jordi Monés i Carilla Member 74870

Jordi Cardoner i Casaus Second Vice president. Social area Member 5607

Institutional Events

The Governing Board underwent changes during the financial year 2013/14 further to the change of presidency, which resulted in a correlation of positions. Javier Faus is now the first vice president; Jordi Cardoner, the second and Carles Vilarrubí the third vice president responsible for the Institutional Area and also International. Jordi Mestre was appointed fourth vice president and is responsible for the Football Sports Area. The board gained a fifth vice president, a position held by Manel Arroyo, who is responsible for the Media and Communications Area. The new organisation has also been modified. While Pau Vilanova joined as the new director of the Social Area and head of the fan clubs, Eduard Coll and Pilar Guinovart departed. Coll, who was responsible for handball, presented his irrevocable resignation and his position as head of the section will be taken over by Susana Monje. Guinovart, meanwhile, will stay at the Club as senior director of the OAE (Specialised Services Office). 126 Within the board itself there were also changes. The appointment of Jordi Mestre as vice president meant that two directors took on responsibilities for the Club’s lower level categories. Silvio Elías is responsible for Barça B and Juvenil A, while Ramon Cierco –up to now roller hockey– is the new director of formative football. Josep Ramon Vidal-Abarca continues in the Security Area, a position that he combines with responsibility for the roller hockey team. Toni Freixa continues as secretary of the Governing Board and is also president of the Disciplinary Commission. Javier Bordas, as well as director of futsal and the FC Barcelona representative in the RFEF, is responsible for relations with the national football federations to which the Club’s professionals belong.

Ramon Pont i Amenós Member 73045

Joan Bladé i Marsal Member 58294

Josep Maria Bartomeu i Floreta President Member 16836

Carles Vilarrubí i Carrió Third Vice president. Institutional and International area Member 46656

Javier Bordas de Togores Member 13793

Silvio Elías i Marimón Member 3466

Jordi Mestre i Masdeu Fourth Vice president. Sports area. Football Member 77659

Dídac Lee i Hsing Member 103270

Josep Ramon Vidal-Abarca i Armengol Member 106100

Manel Arroyo i Pérez Fifth Vice president. Media and Communications area Member 113454

Ramon Cierco i Noguer Member 60175

Pau Vilanova i Vila-Abadal Member 43030

Ceremonies

Institutional Events Peace Tour FC Barcelona travelled to Palestine and Israel on a historic trip to strengthen institutional ties with the leaders of the two communities and establish dialogue for peace, as well as enjoy direct contact with many Barça fans around the Middle East. The first stop on the Peace Tour was Palestine, where the Barça delegation was welcomed by the president Mahmoud Abbas, visited the Basilica of the Nativity and received people at the Dura stadium, which was attended by 24,000 people. The next day they visited the Wailing Wall and held an official reception with the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the president of Israel, Simon Peres, at the presidential residence. The day ended with a second reception at the Bloomfield stadium in Tel Aviv, attended by 15,000 people.

Barça celebrates Catalan National Day A Barça committee led by the vice presidents Vilarrubí and Cardoner and including other directors and trainers of the professional sections, members of commissions, representatives of the youth football, as well as the Association of Barça Players made the traditional floral offering to the Rafael Casanova monument. The Camp Nou was also the crossing point for the Via Catalana organised by the Catalan National Assembly (ANC).

FC Barcelona receives National Sport Award FC Barcelona received the Stadium Cup, which rewards the association or person who has stood out for their special contribution throughout the year in promoting sport. The Barça president, Sandro Rosell, accompanied by the vice president Carles Vilarrubí and the directors Eduard Coll and Manel Arroyo collected the award –corresponding to the year 2012– at a ceremony held at the Prado Palace in Madrid and presided over by the Royal family. This is the fifth time that FC Barcelona has been awarded the Stadium Cup. It also received it in 1925, 1941, 1957 and 1997.

The Edelmira Calvetó Group instigates a women’s football area in the Museum The Edelmira Calvetó Group, which is led by the director and treasurer Susana Monje and includes the director of the Social Commission, Pilar Guinovart, as well as the Foundation patrons Lola Bou, Rosa M. Lleal and Marta de Llauder, was created in 2011 to vindicate the role of women and sportswomen in FC Barcelona. It is named after the first female member of the Club in 1913. This working group has brought about the creation of an area in the Museum devoted to women’s football. The inauguration event was attended by the president Josep Maria Bartomeu, the vice presidents Jordi Cardoner and Jordi Mestre, the director Pau Vilanova, the Edelmira Calvetó Group and a hundred guests, including representatives of the pioneers in the 70s, players who won the first trophy of the section, the Queen’s Cup in the 1993/94 season, and the current women’s team A, coached by Xavi Llorens.

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FC Barcelona, recognised by the European Lung Foundation The European Lung Foundation (ELF) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) acknowledged the joint campaign by FC Barcelona and the European Commission Quit Smoking with Barça-Deixa de Fumar amb el Barça with the ELF Award 2013 at the Annual Congress of the ERS. The campaign, which aimed to help millions of smokers around Europe give it up and enjoy the benefits of a smoke-free life, is the first initiative of this kind between a large public institution and a top global sports club. ‘Quit Smoking with Barça-Deixa de Fumar amb el Barça’ was well-received by the media and scientific community as it emphasises the long-term benefits of stopping smoking.

Institutional ceremonies

Adherence to Diplocat FC Barcelona now forms part of the plenary board of trustees for the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DiploCat), where it will be represented by the vice president Carles Vilarrubí, responsible for the Institutional Area. The Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia is an institute created in November 2012 as a public-private consortium aimed at explaining Catalonia to the world and inciting International public opinion in order to reinforce the image and prestige of the country abroad, creating ties and relationships among citizens and institutions of Catalonia with those from other countries.

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Promoting Barça and Catalonia in Manchester To coincide with the Champions League match against Manchester City, FC Barcelona promoted Catalan culture and Catalonia as a tourist destination through various events in the British city. The main event took place at the Faculty for Languages, Linguistics and Culture at the University of Manchester where a meeting was held, jointly with the Ramon Llull institute, about Barça and the Catalan culture around the principal conference theme ‘Barça, Sport, Culture and Education’ given by the vice president of the Institutional and International Area, Carles Vilarrubí. In another event organised jointly with the Catalan Tourism Agency and the Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona, Catalonia was presented as a tourist destination through a speech by the director of the Club’s Economic Area, responsible for Patrimony, Jordi Moix.

The Aldo Rovira award for Leo Messi Leo Messi received the Aldo Rovira award for the 2012/13 season. This is the third time Leo Messi has won the award, having been awarded it previously in the 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons. This prize, which was given by the father of Aldo Rovira, Josep Lluís, his widow Sílvia, and his children Clàudia, Aldo and Lucas, is given out annually and is awarded by a jury made up of directors and heads of Catalan sports media.

New delegates chosen through a draw The draw for FC Barcelona delegates who will have a vote in the Club’s General Assemblies for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons was carried out through a computer process. A total of 8,060 numbers was extracted, of which the first 4,030 that satisfy the conditions according to Article 23.1f of the FC Barcelona Statutes, will be designated delegates as of 1 July until 30 June 2016. The act was chaired by the vice president for the Social Area, Jordi Cardoner, and the secretary of the Governing Body, Antoni Freixa.

Institutional visit to the Joan Gamper Training Complex The Minister for Planning and Sustainability, Santi Vila, and the mayor of Sant Joan Despí, Antoni Poveda, accompanied by the president of FC Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and the director responsible for Patrimony, Jordi Moix, made a visit to the Joan Gamper Training Complex in reference to the future urban transformation of the area. The Training Complex site occupies a surface area of 129,308 m², which will be extended by 20% with the recent acquisition of the adjacent site that belonged to the Tennis El Forn, where the new Ministadium will be built.

Reinforcing commitment against cancer To coincide with World Cancer Day the president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the director Jordi Monés during the League match against Valencia received representatives from various hospitals and patient associations.

Meeting with the president of the Red Cross To coincide with the last League match at the Camp Nou, the president of the Red Cross, Josep Marquès, attended the Presidential Box and held a meeting with the president Josep M. Bartomeu about the alliance between FC Barcelona and the Red Cross for feeding needy children. The event was also attended by the vice president Jordi Cardoner and the director Pilar Guinovart.

Another award for the ‘Smoke-free Barça’ project FC Barcelona was recognised by the AECC-Catalonia against Cancer in Barcelona for its social care aspect in the fight against cancer and the implementation of the project Smoke-free Barça and its success. The director responsible for the Medical Services, Jordi Monés, collected the award.

The Roller Hockey Veterans Association is created The aim of the Barça roller hockey veterans association is to bring together everyone who has been linked to the section throughout its history, which includes former players, trainers, delegates, assistants or managers.

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Institutional ceremonies

FC Barcelona welcomes the Global Editors Network Summit To coincide with the annual congress of the GEN (Global Editors Network), the Camp Nou was chosen as the venue to close the summit. The president of FC Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, hosted this meeting for the extensive but select representation of the media from around the world that had met in Barcelona for the congress. The GEN is a nongovernmental and not-for- profit organisation led by Ricardo Kirschbaum, managing editor of the Clarín group in Argentina. The 24 members that constitute the Board of Directors come from leading global media such as the BBC, Le Monde, CNN, El País, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Guardian and India Today, among others.

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Protagonists at the Homage to Catalonian Clubs Gala At the Homage to Catalonian Clubs Gala, FC Barcelona collected 19 awards in the football, basketball, futsal, handball and athletics disciplines.

Tito Vilanova and Barça handball receive awards FC Barcelona was one of the protagonists at the 17th Catalan Sports Festival. The coach Tito Vilanova received the Sporting Spirit Award and the Barça handball section won the prize for Best Men’s Team.

The Ernest Lluch conference on Economy and Football Further to the agreement established between FC Barcelona and the Ernest Lluch Foundation, the 2nd Ernest Lluch Conference on Economy and Football was held in the Roma room at the Camp Nou. The event was chaired by the FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the president of the Ernest Lluch Foundation, Joan Majó. It was focused on football statistics and an analysis of the influence on objective assessment of players in the market and on the structuring of financial and sports strategies by clubs through the use of statistics packages through new technologies that parameterise the elements that constitute football.

Deceased

Rest in peace FC Barcelona would like to extend its condolences to the families and friends of all members who have passed away. The Club also regrets the deaths of outstanding personalities in the Barça world: the former first team football players Antoni Ramallets, Cayetano Re, Josep Seguer, Pedro Aicart, Isidre Flotats, Enric Ribelles; the former first team football coach Luis Aragonés; the former basketball technician Jaume Berenguer; the former director and presidency candidate Ferran Ariño; the former assistant general manager and former general manager of the Club Foundation Joan Lacueva and the employees Ferran Arnedo, nurse and physiotherapist in the Medical Services and Anna Marco, in the Ticketing Department.

Antoni Ramallets

Cayetano Re

Josep Seguer

Pedro Aicart

Isidre Flotats

Enric Ribelles

Luis Aragonés

Ferran Ariño

Joan Lacueva

Ferran Arnedo

Anna Marco

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Communications Area

Media

Worldwide Media coverage The global media once again consistently monitored information relating to FC Barcelona during the 2013/14 season. Coverage by hundreds of Catalan, Spanish and foreign media was once again exhaustive, as has been the norm for many years. Once again, follow-up was not only limited to information about the football first team but it also focused on the professional and amateur sections of the Club, as well as information about FC Barcelona in finance, social and cultural areas. International and often well-known and prestigious media continued to be advocates with an extensive presence of special reporters and correspondents who came to cover matches, follow-up press releases and write a huge number of articles. In terms of football in the Camp Nou, once again the figure of 10,000 match accreditations in one season was exceeded, in addition to season passes already held by many media. Thus, there was in excess of 500 media professionals per match. The record of accreditations in a single match was 805 professionals - for the final League match against Atletico de Madrid.

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barça magazine and Documentation Centre

From the arrival of Neymar to the arrival of Luis Enrique The 2013/14 season was dominated by the star signing of the summer, Neymar Jr, one of the most coveted assets in the global market. The magazine devoted the first pages to explaining the inside story of the Brazilian signing. Tito Vilanova had started the pre-season as trainer but had to give it up to devote all his energies to fighting the illness with which he had been diagnosed a year and a half previously. Edition 64 of the magazine published the open letter from Tito to fans explaining the reasons why he was standing down and expressing his thanks to everyone who had expressed concern for his condition. The second edition of the six bi-monthly magazines focused mainly on Tata Martino, Vilanova’s replacement on the bench and who took over the team after the pre-season had already started. The issue in December explained in-depth the member census updating process and gave an example of a family of long-standing Barcelona tradition, that of Gerard Piqué and his grandfather Amador Bernabeu, who make up four generations of Barça members. The February-March 2014 edition was dedicated to the handing-over of the presidency between Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, after the latter resigned. This issue also included the figures about the signing of Neymar in an unprecedented exercise of transparency in the world of football. The next issue focused on the Referendum of the New Espai Barça and the project’s content, which was then approved by 72% of members who voted. This number included all the information about the new Camp Nou, the new Palau, the construction phases and the financing plan. The last publication of the season contained a picture of Luis Enrique on the front cover, who will be responsible for constructing the new Barça. Inside, the technician from Asturias explained his ideas on taking on his third Barça stage during his journey from player to technician of the affiliate.

Documentation Centre The Club’s Centre for Documentation and Studies continued its mission to facilitate the history of FC Barcelona to interested parties. The media, individuals, fan clubs or the Club’s internal departments themselves receive any information requested about the history of FC Barcelona . In fact, Barça TV, the barça magazine and the FC Barcelona website use the Centre as a fundamental support tool. Nowadays, any in-depth research about Barça’s past must be backed up by the powerful document source represented by the Centre for Documentation. Furthermore, during the 2013/14 season the Centre for Documentation increased the volume of its library by including 76 new works. This makes a total of 926 monographs and 247 titles of journals related to FC Barcelona and sport. Also this year the multimedia archive became fully operation. This is a new working tool for cataloguing all images generated within the club. The project’s ultimate aim is to ensure this material is preserved and can be recovered, as well as overseeing its proper distribution. During the 2013/14 season 48,000 images were catalogued.

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Barça TV celebrates 15 years consolidated as the club’s audiovisual flagship Barça TV achieved its objective of becoming a benchmark medium for Barcelonism during 2013/14. After 15 years of broadcasting, the official FC Barcelona television channel consolidated its TV project, in which quality, accuracy and entertainment are combined with a clear vocation to address members and Barça fans. Last year the Barça TV listings continued to include historically popular programmes such as Barça Notícies, El Marcador, ADN Barça, Porta 104, Quina Penya!, Promeses and +Club. It has also gradually added further programmes such as Som-hi Palau!, Tot Barça and El 9. The first team were the protagonists of most of the Barça TV shows. Repeats of all the season’s matches continued to be broadcast; both official matches and friendlies. Information is given about the team’s everyday events in terms of training and travel, and live and repeated press releases with players and the coach are also broadcast. The programme El Marcador continues to be extremely popular on match day and is the programme with the highest audience on the channel. Other popular programmes are those specially devoted to new signings, such as Benvingut... Interviews with Carles Puyol on his retirement and Leo Messi’s interview in which they looked back over their years in Barça’s youth training team also had high ratings. Once again, Barça TV has continued to show its solid commitment to live sport and, more specifically, youth football and women’s football. Over 100 live and repeated matches have gone out and of special note are the matches played between the Juvenil A team in the UEFA Youth League, the live broadcasting of the historic final won against Benfica and the brilliant progress of the women’s first team in the League and in the Women’s Champions League.

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The professional sections have received particular attention on Barça TV this season. More live matches than ever have been broadcast than in the 15 years of the channel’s history. Once again, the futsal team were the stars of the weekend listings with live or repeated broadcasting of official competition matches. Barça TV has also paid special attention to other sections. This season 15 matches of the handball first team were broadcast live, another 15 of roller hockey and 14 of Barça B basketball. A commitment to live matches and daily follow-up of the teams’ activities has made Barça TV an informative reference point of the Club’s sections. As in every season, Barça TV has continued to make special programmes about all the professional section teams whenever there is a title in play. More than ever, Barça TV has been a showcase for FC Barcelona’s institutional activity. The programme +Club is the informative reference point of the Club’s social activities. The Delegates’ Assembly, the Global Fan Club Congress, sessions of the Foundation Forum etc. were broadcast live. This year, the New Espai Barça project featured highly in Barça TV’s listings. Information capsules have gone out explaining the project’s main features, a daily monitoring throughout Catalonia has been made of the New Espai Barça touring exhibitions and in particular an extensive rollout of information on the day of the referendum in which Barça TV viewers were kept up to date hourly about how this historic day was unfolding. Barça TV therefore completes 15 years of history. On 27 July 1999 a new, innovative and pioneering television experience came into being: a football club’s themed channel that year after year has grown in scope and quality and that is now a mandatory reference point not just for Barça fans but also for sports lovers in general.

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Web

Web platform Barça’s digital leadership FC Barcelona’s digital platform has been consolidated as the essential reference point for latest news and entertainment by all Barça fans. Its 68 million users certify this, in a season in which the number of languages to access Barça content has been increased to nine. The arrival of Neymar Jr was accompanied by the first version in Portuguese, which can be seen at www.fcbarcelona.com.br, and which is added to the versions in Catalan, Spanish, English, Chinese, Japonese, Indonesian, Arabic and French. The club’s global vocation was reinforced with more content adapted to the characteristics of each country and re-designing of the home page. Aimed at becoming a meeting point for Barça fans around the world the project ‘Barça fans’ also got underway. This space (www.fcbfans.com) offers exclusive content, the chance to take part in promotions and enjoy benefits. To access, you just have to register free of charge.

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A commitment to audiovisual content in the local day-to-day of the first team’s footballers was one of the most popular new trends. This can be seen by the 87 million reproductions on YouTube about FC Barcelona in the last 12 months. Particularly popular was the video that showed inside events at a League Classic at the Camp Nou, which received over two million visits. Also, new multimedia narratives were included, with infographs and the use of content curation tools, in particular from social media. This is because FC Barcelona is still the number one in the world in this area, with over 126 million followers in all platforms. It continued to be a leader among the sports clubs around the world, including the North American franchises, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, to name a few. This growth was encouraged by the presence of Line and Sina Weibo, two social media networks originating in Asia. In this season, FC Barcelona, which aims to guarantee universal access to

its information by all users, became the first European sports club to obtain the AA accessibility certificate. The home page was optimised to enhance access for disabled groups who find it difficult to access information. For people with hearing conditions, the main videos about the Club’s history and services were translated into sign language. The Club’s website has been guaranteed to be compatible with web interpretation programmes for visually impaired people and keyboard browsing was improved for people with physical disabilities and/or reduced mobility issues. In parallel to all these changes the Club worked hard and applied the principles of ‘web responsive’ design whereby the website can also be adapted into all the languages in which it is published in any kind of device: mobile phones, computers or tablets. This progress is particularly important when considering recent shifts in digital consumption habits: in the 2013/14 season 44% of users accessed the website via smart phones or

tablets, much higher than the 24% of the previous season. Bearing in mind this trend, the Club developed a new application (in Catalan, Spanish and English) that enables optimum managing of the Free Seat service. This app enables members to free up their seat in the Camp Nou and also the Palau (basketball) easily and quickly. If plans change, the application also enables the seat to be recovered. In the first weeks of use, 15% of seats released were managed through this new channel. Likewise, ticket sales via mobile phones were also popular: as of April the interface was much better and had been adapted for new uses. Another growth was that of Barça member use of the website for Club relations and sorting out procedures (changes of name, address, bank account...) online. 31% of these procedures are now dealt with online, rather than going in person to the OAB. This trend has also increased compared to the previous season 2012/13 (23%).

68.1 M

126.4 M

Single users (13/14 season) (66.8 12/13 season)

Fans on networks (13/14 season) (68.6M 12/13 season)

Web

Social networks

44%

87 M

Mobile and tablet access (13/14 season) (24% 12/13 season)

Videos views (13/14 season) (69M 12/13 season)

Mobile website

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History of audience by devices Computer

Mobile

88% 75% 56% 38% 11% 11/12

*Percentage single users

20% 6%

2% 12/13

13/14

Tablet

Social networks

10-11

Communications Area

12-13

+1,91%

68.100.000

167.565.510 +1,94%

@fcbarcelona

@fcbarcelona_id

11.936.743

150.018

@fcbarcelona_es

@fcbarcelona_ara

6.653.768

114.207

@fcbarcelona_cat

@fcbpenyes

3.461.386

4.356.980

112.432

Barรงa TV

@FCBBasket

@fcbarcelona_br

380.187

97.501

@fcbmasia

@fcbarcelona_jap

298.705

82.205

@FCBFutbolsala

@fcbtv

213.023

80.876

@FCBHandbol

@fcbarcelona_fra

203.350

76.828

@FCBHoquei

66.813.386

123.575.087

11-12

FCB Penyes

CB Handbol

Friends of Barรงa B

FCB Hoquei

FC Barcelona Foundation

3.275.748

3.287.498

Website (visits)

Instagram

FC Barcelona

68.082.250

Website (Single users)

13-14

Facebook

Twitter

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54.023.100

100.090.795

40.003.400

FC Barcelona website audience

170.700.000

Audience and network figures

2.398.524

1.770.564 528.411

526.876

Google+

6.673.896 Youtube

1.381.127

FCBBasket

2.568.135 Total

86.907.275

Sina

1.444.881 Tencent

3.201.149

153.006

Line

Total

24.909.829

ENG ESP ID CAT BR Total

11.413.758 4.038.060 3.917.491 869.035 232.020 229.842

20.745.206 Pinterest

6.250

Over 100 million fans around the world

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Barça has become the first football club in the world to exceed 100 million fans in the social media in which it is present. It is the first sports club in the world to achieve this record, which reinforces its leadership in the 2.0 environment. The hashtag #FCB100M was used to celebrate this historic milestone with all Barça fans on the planet. Players, members, employees and fans

from all around the globe celebrated the 100 million with exclusive photos that went viral on the Club’s social networks. One figure sums up the magnitude of this centenary milestone: Barça every day gains over 100,000 new followers on its pages and official accounts on social media. Barça is the sports club with the most followers in the leading social media around the world. 100 million fans on social networks

FCB Social During the season the FCB social website was set up (http://www. fcbarcelona.cat/club/barca-2-0/fcbsocial) on which you can find information in real time about all the Club’s social profiles, as well as sharing all events occurring on the FC Barcelona social networks.

Social networks

Facebook, over 67 million The official FC Barcelona page on Facebook exceeded 67 million fans on this leading social network. In the last season, the number of followers increased by 25.9 million, ratifying its leadership position in the global world of clubs and sports associations, which includes the NBA, the UEFA and the Premier League. Meanwhile, in the 2013/14 season geolocalised messages were further promoted for countries around the world in order to accommodate the social and cultural sensitivities of Barça followers. Another highlight is that Barça has become the first club in the world to use a ‘Questions and Answers’ (digital conversation in real time) on Facebook. This enabled Barça fans to interact with the first team player Cesc Fàbregas. The conversation between the player and fans generated over 230,000 likes. This 2.0 interview was recorded under the formula #CampNouLive to interact with followers all around the globe. In March, after the Real Madrid-FC Barcelona match at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, a record number of likes was generated for an article on Facebook, with over a million.

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YouTube, more views than ever This is the season with the most views on the channel YouTube. There were over 87,827,591, which is 25.74% more than in the previous season. Audiovisual content is becoming more popular and this season we were able to enjoy exclusive content in pre and post matches, as well as the most incredible ball command and goals by the youth teams. Gradually, during the season we exceeded a million subscribers to the official YouTube channel and the season closed with around 1.4 million subscribers. More specifically, the promotional video by Qatar Airways as the new Barça sponsors was the most viewed video in the history of the FC Barcelona YouTube channel with 4.4 million views.

Instagram, over 2 million Instagram was consolidated as one of the most interactive social media among Barça fans. This season there were over two million fans and the Club led various initiatives such as the website #igersFCB, where you can see all the players’ Instagram profiles, or a competition ‘ one anthem, one feeling’ by which fans around the world completed the Barça anthem with their own photos.

Twitter With 24.5 million followers this social network (with figures increasing compared to the previous season by 33.1 %) presence on Twitter was consolidated with accounts in Catalan (@fcbarcelona_cat); Spanish (@ fcbarcelona_es); English (@fcbarcelona); Arabic (@fcbarcelona_ara); French (@fcbarcelona_fra); Japanese (@fcbarcelona_jap); Indonesian (@ fcbarcelona_id) and Brazilian (@fcbarcelona_br). The Twitter in English account obtained 12 million followers and the three main accounts (Catalan, Spanish and English) totalled over 22.9 million. The combination of last minute information about Club events and the minute by minute experience of the first team matches means the number of fans keen to stay up-to-date through this social network is increasing every season. Meanwhile, multi-sport presence is also popular with @fcbbasket, @ fcbhandol, @fcbfutbolsala and @fcbhoquei; the accounts @fcbpenyes, @ fcbmasia and @fcbescola complete the global offer of FC Barcelona on Twitter.

Social platforms for smart phones Consumption in social media is increasing dramatically through smart phones and tablets. Thus, this season the strategy on social networks was transformed to reinforce their multi-platforms. First, FC Barcelona appeared on the instant messaging application LINE, opening English, Catalan, Spanish and Japanese, Brazilian and Indonesian profiles. In all these profiles there are around 14 million users in these accounts, of which the most popular is the English account, with over 8.5 million followers. In parallel, the personalising of the user experience on LINE was encouraged with first team player stickers and the use of Barça motifs through the application for smart phones LINE Camera. The Club inaugurated an official account on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) (available in Catalan, Spanish and English) to share all its contents on one of the fastest growing platforms in the world.

2.0 expansion in China FC Barcelona now has 3.1 million followers on Tencent Weibo and has expanded its presence in China with over 2 million more on the other microblogging network in the country, Sina Weibo. By reinforcing the audience of the Chinese version of the Club’s website, the specific content created for the Chinese New Year and the Catalan Tourism Competition in China has enhanced communication with Barça’s Chinese fans.

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FCBotiga Megastore

The best Barça shop in the world

Economic Area

Commercial

The new FCBotiga Megastore, opened in late 2013, provides customers with a unique innovation and technology experience. Located in the Camp Nou premises, it offers a technological and digital yet at the same time personal experience with services that make it the best Barça shop in the world. The new Megastore gained 500 m2 from the former Paris room and now covers 2,100m2 spread over three floors. It now contains the best collection of official FC Barcelona and Nike Football products and clothing, shoes and accessories. One of the main new features of the new Megastore is the spectacular 16 metre led light screen over the entrance and the traditional stands in the form of the stadium. Another innovation is the tactile digital screen on all three floors, on which the customer can personalise his/her Barça shirt and then, practically without having to wait, pick it up at the Engraving Workshop. Another new feature is the Megastore’s exclusive service ‘Make it Barça’, whereby fans can choose their favourite Nike product and Barça personalise it. This option can be complemented by sharing the design from the Megastore itself on social media and publishing it on the Social Wall. The new FCBotiga store offers all these new features while still keeping the services it already offered such as personalising football boots and the unique area for Barça’s professional sections of basketball, handball, futsal and roller hockey. Also, it is linked up to the museum by a walkway so you can enjoy a completely unique Barça experience. 146 The FCBotiga Megastore receives around four million visitors every year and its refurbishment, fifteen years after it was first opened, has afforded it more space and a significant improvement to the quality of service, where customer

experience has been enhanced and the best product collection is available. Meanwhile, another important event in recent months was the starting up of the official online FC Barcelona shop, integrated in the platform nike.com (nike.com / fcb), with its own collection and exclusive products. As part of the partnership between Nike and the Club the FCBotiga online offers the best digital purchasing experience for fans all around the world. Also importantly, the licensing business continues the strong international expansion it has enjoyed in recent seasons, guaranteeing greater presence of official FC Barcelona products around the world. Indonesia has now joined the list of countries with official FC Barcelona products. Some of the most significant growths were experienced in Mexico and Central America, the USA, Turkey, the Nordic countries, the Middle East, South Korea and China.

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Debut of shirt with Catalan flag in the FCB Megastore

Sponsorship

New Additions Qatar Airways. Change of beneficiary On 1 July 2011 the agreement that Qatar Sports Investment signed with FC Barcelona came into effect. As of 1 July 2013 QSI agreed on a change of beneficiary from Qatar Foundation to Qatar Airways. The airline has increased the level of its sponsorship activity and began resolutely by broadcasting an advert that revolutionised the sector.

Gatorade FC Barcelona and Gatorade have reached an agreement by which Gatorade has become sponsors of sports nutrition of the football first team. Gatorade will provide isotonic drinks to the Club for the next three seasons and also places its products on the Camp Nou benches, in the team’s changing rooms and the press rooms. Furthermore, the Club has access to the prestigious laboratory, the Gatorade Institute of Sports Sciences, where all kinds of tests can be performed to provide nutritional support and advice to the Barça players.

Economic Area

Beko FC Barcelona and Beko reached an agreement by which the international white domestic appliance brand became the Club’s global sponsor for the next four years. Through this agreement, the Beko logo will appear on the sleeve of the official shirt the first team players wear in State competitions, the League and the King’s Cup, as well as friendly matches and tours. Beko has therefore become the first commercial brand to be 148 present on the shirt sleeve permanently.

The partnership spirit between the two entities is reflected on the FC Barcelona playing shirt, which carries the Intel logo inside.

Replay The prestigious Italian clothes brand has been dressing the first team in almost all their season’s trips with different formal outfits that make sure they don’t go unnoticed and as part of the global sponsorship deal that will last until June 2017.

Intel FC Barcelona reached an agreement with Intel, the world famous computer multinational, to become the Club’s global sponsor until June 2018, which will mean that FC Barcelona is one of the most technologically advanced clubs in the world.

Maurice Lacroix FC Barcelona has reached an agreement with Maurice Lacroix by which the Swiss watch manufacturers will become the Club’s official sponsors for the next three years. During the agreement, Maurice Lacroix will be present on various advertising supports, one highlight being the marker of the fourth referee. Also, they will design exclusive watches for the players of the football first team.

Stanley Black & Decker A sponsorship deal has been signed with Stanley Black & Decker by which the global tool suppliers become official Club sponsors. The agreement, which will be in force until June 2017, will be reflected through the electric, manual and safety tools of the group’s brands such as STANLEY, BLACK+DECKER, DEWALT and FACOM.

Castle Lager FC Barcelona gets close to its followers in Africa with a new regional sponsorship deal with Castle Lager. The agreement includes promotions to be able to visit Barcelona and attend matches in the Camp Nou.

Suning FC Barcelona signed the first sponsorship agreement in history with a Chinese partner. Since the 2013/14 season and up to the end of October 2015 Suning has been the regional partner of FCB in China as FCB Official Electrical Retailer. The presentation event, which was widely reported by the Chinese media, took place in Nanjing with the presence of the Club’s general manager, Mr Antoni Rossich. 149

Tecate The recognised Mexican brand of beer has become a regional partner of FC Barcelona for the next five seasons in Mexico, one of the countries with the most Barça supporters.

Samba Is the new banking sector partner in the Saudi Arabian territory, which will develop association, marketing, digital and promotional rights in the country until 30 June 2016. In the Camp Nou they can offer hospitality to their guests in VIP seats throughout the season. United Arab Bank Is a new partner for the United Arab Emirates for retail banking. The agreement, which in theory will be in force until 30 June 2016, enables United Arab Bank to associate its brand with that of FC Barcelona, something that has a high impact in the territory. Meanwhile, they can also offer their guests two VIP boxes in the Stadium. IronFX Global FC Barcelona and IronFX Global signed a partnership agreement by which IronFX Global becomes an official Club partner globally, except in Spain. Until 2017, the global Trading Online company is the beneficiary of various rights of association and marketing and promotional rights.

Sponsorship

Renewals Allianz The insurance sector giant signed a new agreement to complement the one held locally, giving it worldwide outreach until 30 June 2015. The new partner took advantage of the Club’s assets to give further notoriety to its campaigns “Football for Life” and “Something that matters”.

Coca-Cola The Club and Coca-Cola have renewed their partnership agreement in which the drinks brand is associated as Official Partner of FC Barcelona until the 2014/15 season. Thanks to this agreement Coca-Cola will continue to be the Club’s official drink in Spain.

Comercial

Avea Avea, Official Telecom Partner for Turkey, which had been an FCB partner since 2011, renewed its ties with the Club from 2013 to 2017, and almost tripled its investment in order to guarantee its most precious assets, the FCB Campuses in Turkey. Our Turkish partner in the telecommunications sector complemented the renewal of its prior agreement with a new agreement to implement two new FCBEscola centres in Istanbul. This agreement will last officially until 30/6/2016.

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Serveto FC Barcelona and Serveto reached a sponsorship agreement by which the logistics company becomes an official partner of the Club’s professional 150 sections. Serveto becomes the first partner, after Nike, with presence in all the Club’s professional sections at the same time (basketball, handball, futsal and roller hockey). Procter & Gamble FC Barcelona and Procter&Gamble, the company that owns Head&Shoulders, made effective their option to extend their partnership agreement until March 2015. With this contract extension, Head&Shoulders will continue to be the official shampoo of the Club in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. Freixenet The Freixenet Group renewed and will continue as Official Partner of the Club until the 2015/16 season. Morabanc The Andorran bank renewed its agreement as Regional Partner of FC Barcelona. MoraBanc established the agreement with Barça in February 2010, an agreement that enables the banking group to enjoy advantages with exclusivity in the Andorran banking sector.

Sponsorship activities Qatar Airways

Intel

FCB-Qatar Airways presentation agreement On 27 August 2013, the Auditorium 1899 held the event to celebrate the official presentation of the sponsorship agreement between FC Barcelona and Qatar Airways, which from 1 July 2013 has been the Club’s global main sponsor. The alliance will continue until 30 June 2016, when the contract signed in 2010 with Qatar Sports Investment will come to an end.

Technology in the Masia Intel, as the Club’s Technology partner, has provided the Masia with the latest technological innovation so the young sports players can enjoy the best training tools when off the training ground.

Filming the Qatar Airways advertisement: The story focuses on Julietta, a cabin crew member of Qatar Airways who lands in “the land of FC Barcelona”. She comes off a Qatar Airways 777 and takes a unique journey through FC Barcelona land until reaching the Camp Nou. During the trip, Julietta meets some of the Club’s most famous players, from past to present, and views the history of FC Barcelona until she reaches the fans, in the heart of the Club. In ten days the advert became the most viewed video in the history of the Club’s YouTube channel , the video with the most likes on the channel (22,000) and the one that was most shared (13,000 times). The general manager of Qatar Airways, Al Baker, said: “The advert gives life and personality to the partnership”. Months later a new three-minute video was presented which, under the name The land of FC Barcelona, shows in detail the ‘making of’ this sponsorship campaign.

Damm Gamper The Gamper 2013 party was once again sponsored by Estrella Damm beer, which provided the music for the event. The Estrella/ Star Gamper Player was also awarded, this time to Leo Messi.

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FCB-QR painted plane The football first team players, along with the president Josep Maria Bartomeu, the vice president of the Economic Strategic Area, Javier Faus, and the general manager, Antoni Rossich, on 14 May 2014 welcomed to the El Prat airport the Boeing 777 designed to show the association between FC Barcelona and Qatar Airways. This was the first time that the plane with the Barça colours painted on the fuselage had landed in the city of Barcelona. The captain and the crew also had the chance to be photographed with the Barça welcoming committee. This Boeing 777 currently flies around the airline’s entire global network, including Bangkok, Singapore and Bombay.

Betting on the classic Damm participated in the second classic of the season by organising a bet on the match in social media. The winner would be able to later on enjoy the experience of watching the final of the King’s Cup from the stadium’s VIP room accompanied by 14 friends. During the day they were also able to look around the Club’s facilities and access exclusive areas accompanied by former Barça players. Everyone to the stadium with Estrella Damm Once again Estrella Damm and FC Barcelona made a special offer in supermarkets. By buying €5 of Estrella Damm products the customer would receive € 15 discount when purchasing their football tickets.

Fair Play veteran players For the second time Damm sponsored the award for the season’s Fair Play Player organised by the Veterans Association. This year the trophy was won once again by Xavi Hernández.

Sponsorship

La Caixa New Barça office of ‘la Caixa’ To coincide with the opening of access 14, the Club’s new main entrance, ‘la Caixa’ renovated its branch at the Camp Nou and made it an FC Barcelona themed branch. Some new features in the office include a new ‘shootometer’ and screens that provide interesting information about the Club.

The Audi Fan Game was the latest Audi experience for FC Barcelona fans. In this online game, as well as proving their level of fans, they were able to access directly a video circuit around the Stadium and Sports City areas. With 67,524 visits and 18,979 participants in just one week, the Audi Fan Game was a resounding success.

Comercial

Audi Audi Handover 2013 Audi, Premium Partner of FC Barcelona, on 3 December 2013 gave out the new cars to the first team players. Before the handing out, members of the team had to use their heads as in the Auditorium 1899 a model circuit was set up whereby each player had to move the miniature car with their mind. This is a technological challenge known as Audi Mind Race, in which small scale vehicles are driven by energy generated by the electricity from the players’ brains. This activity, which forms part of the Corporate Social Responsibility Attitudes programme was not only for the players; they also had help from 24 children aged between 8 and 10, winner of a draw among members and children of members.

Movistar Night-time visits to the Camp Nou Thanks to Movistar, 120 people were able to enjoy a nocturnal visit to the Museum and the most symbolic sites of the Camp Nou. The promotion, which was open to Movistar customers, took place in October and May. The former FC Barcelona player, Lobo Carrasco, accompanied them on this unique experience.

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Audit Attitudes Circuit at the Barça Party The second Barça Party was held with activities of all types, including activities for young children such as the Audi area with the Attitudes for Education and road safety circuit which reproduces a stretch of road for small electric cars. The young Barça fans had a great time while learning in a 100% Barça environment.

Meet&Greet Movistar launched a promotion on its Instagram page encouraging its customers to send a photo showing their passion for football. The person with the winning photo was able to visit the Sports City with three companions, attend a first team training session and speak to some of their idols.

Youplay On 25 June Movistar rewarded some of its customers with a unique experience: playing a match at the Camp Nou. The winners travelled in the first team’s coach and realized one of their dreams: to try out the Stadium’s pitch.

Delivery of the Audi A1 The Audi Fan Game, the latest Audi challenge for FC Barcelona fans, took place at the Camp Nou as the scene for the celebration of its closure. The director of the Social Area, Pilar Guinovart, and Pepe Soler-Roig, responsible for Sponsorship and Audi Sports Events delivered an Audi A1 personalised with the FC Barcelona colours to the winner of the Audit Fan Game, Juan Santiago.

International promotions As part of the agreement with Movistar, and given the international scope of both brands, various promotional activities associated with the Club were carried out in Latin America. The activities took place in Colombia, Guatemala, Argentina, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico and Ecuador. Some of the winners, thanks to Movistar, had the chance to travel to Barcelona and watch a Classic match live, or even receive a shirt signed by a first team player.

Big Cola ‘You Play’ at the Camp Nou BIG Cola, regional partner of the FCBarcelona in Latin America, offers the chance for its consumers to take part in the promotion to be able to play a match at the Camp Nou.

EA Sports FIFA 14 Tournament The first FIFA 14 match among players from FC Barcelona’s first team was held with participation by Neymar, Tello, Fàbregas, Piqué, Alexis, Adriano, Montoya and Bartra.

Assistència Sanitària Col·legial Sponsors of the Members’ League For the second year Assistència Sanitària, the Club’s official healthcare partners, sponsored the Members League. This year there were over 500 people registered and the two finalist teams enjoyed the chance to play the final at the Camp Nou.

Replay Providing Replay clothing to the Barça first team On 26 September the Barça team received the new Replay formal clothing line they wore during the last season and that was designed exclusively for them. The presentation event generated enormous interest around the Italian company’s shop on Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia. Outside, hundreds of fans were able to see their idols close-up. Inside, the players of the Barça first team, with Tata Martino, received a surprise when they realised they would receive the clothes from two models.

Avea Avea Campus As part of the agreement between FC Barcelona and Avea in Turkey the FCBEscola Avea Campus was organised for 100 players from all different areas around Turkey. The young players were chosen by technicians who went round clubs and schools in the country. Within the Avea Corporate Social Responsibility programme and thanks to the social commitment of FC Barcelona, children from orphanages and children’s centres in Turkey also participated. It was coordinated by four technicians who went especially from Barcelona and who were in charge of teaching the methodology and values of the FCBEscola.

Llet Nostra 8th Llet Nostra children’s handball tournament Llet Nostra collaborated once again at the children’s category handball tournament, which is held in December at the Sports City. Over 300 children took part in the eighth year of the event, which demonstrates FC Barcelona’s commitment to youth handball.

Coca-Cola Personalised bottles As part of the ‘Share a Coke’ campaign that Coca-Cola launched globally, the company also performed various activities starring FC Barcelona. All the players in the professional sections received their personalised bottle and people attending the Classic with Real Madrid at Camp Nou were able to take home a glass personalised with the name of a football first team player.

Agència Catalana de Turisme Presentations As part of the partnership agreement with FCB, the Catalan Tourism Agency organised various presentations in conjunction with FCB during the 2013/14 season aimed at promoting Catalonia as an international tourist destination.

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Camp Nou Ticketing Campaign: ‘Camp Nou Live, Barça beats’’ ‘Camp Nou Live, Barça beats’ was the slogan for the Camp Nou ticket selling campaign this season. The aim was to promote attendance by Barça members and followers at the Camp Nou during the League, Cup and Champions League matches. Going to the Camp Nou to watch a match is an experience to be enjoyed live, experiencing football spectacularly. It was present in many advertising actions around the city, in the press and digital press, radio and on social media throughout the whole season.

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CGamper Campaign: ‘New season, new dreams’ The first match of the season at the Camp Nou is always a great attraction for all members and fans of FC Barcelona. The Gamper is the fantastic Barça party, in which the team is presented to the fans. With the arrival of Neymar, the great new signing of last season, the team enjoyed a full stadium and a fantastic party atmosphere. The campaign slogan was ‘New season, new dreams’ and had a very notable presence in many advertising actions around the city, in the press and digital press, radio and on social media.

King’s Cup Final: ‘#FINALCOPAFCB We’re all playing’ Sota l’eslògan #FINALCOPAFCB La juguem tots Under the slogan ‘#FINALCOPAFCB We’re all playing’ the Club carried out a campaign to promote the final of the King’s Cup between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. For this final a campaign image was created, promotional activities were performed on the days just before the final with animation activities in the Barça Zone in Valencia.

FCBEscola: “School-creating values” Under the slogan “School-creating values” FCBEscola launched the campaign and image with which it is present around the world, promoting the brand, style and values of Barça. At the moment the FCBEscola has 12 International FCBEscoles and over 100 FCBCampuses around the world. This April Barcelona hosted the 3rd International Tournament, which brings together all the schools around the world over a weekend. It was a complete success in terms of participation and impact. 15 schools took part, with around 800 children from 11 different countries.

A few days before the final two participation activities were promoted through a microsite. The first, in which over 8,000 fans from all around the world personalised their supporters’ card for the final and shared it on social media, and the second, in which an online bet was set up in which over 4,000 people took part. On the day of the final the Fan Zone was set up, with all kinds of activities for fans. This year a highlight was the 2.0 Zone, with interactive activities that could be shared with everyone on Barça Fans ready for the final. 100 million fans on social media: “We are #FCB100M” The Club prepared a series of activities to celebrate its 100M fans on social media, a fact that converted FCB into the first sports entity in the world to exceed 100 million fans on the social networks of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Tencent Weibo and YouTube. To celebrate it, the football and sections first team players joined the initiative by participating in the advert and being photographed with the logo #FCB100M, which spread across social networks and the media. Furthermore, fans around the world were able to take part by sharing their photos celebrating the 100 million with the hashtag #FCB100M To coincide with a match day at the Camp Nou various activities were organised for all ages. Also, an app was launched for the King’s Cup final with over 10,000 downloads and containing news before and during the match for fans who went to Valencia.

On the walkway gallery of the Stadium and the FCBotiga Megastore a special wall was installed with the slogan ‘We are #FCB100M’, where all fans could take photos with a giant number 100 and share them on the networks under the hashtag #FCB100M.

Farewell to Carles Puyol: #CapitaPuyol #CapitaPuyol, the ‘hashtag’ on social media A few days before his farewell an initiative got underway in which over 15,000 ‘Puyi’ fans took part. Through a microsite, fans were able to say a very special and emotional goodbye to the great captain by personalising their photo with ‘Puyi’‘s head of hair virtually and sharing it with friends through social media. The activity also included Iniesta, Cesc, Alves, Piqué and Xavi, who also took on the Barça captain’s look.

Christmas Celebration For a further year, the players from the first team Gerard Piqué, Alex Song, Andrés Iniesta, Alexis Sánchez, Xavi Hernández, Neymar and their coach Gerardo Martino celebrated Christmas with all their fans around the world with messages in five different languages: Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.

Camp Nou Experience – Tour & Museum ‘A Must in Barcelona’ This was the slogan for this season’s ticket selling campaign, a campaign addressed mainly at the tourists who visit Barcelona in the summer and at Easter. Messi, Xavi and Iniesta featured in this campaign, interacting with representative icons of the city. The aim of the campaign was to make the Tour and the Museum places people cannot miss when they visit Barcelona. The campaign was present in the conventional media, mainly in tourist areas of the city, digital media and social media.

Videos On the day of his farewell in the Auditorium 1899 and under the presence of his inseparable captain’s armband at the heart of all communication activities and images, he received 2 tributes in video format. The first video featured coaches, former colleagues and colleagues, while in the second anonymous Barça fans also wanted to say goodbye to Puyol. All those attending the event left with the captain’s armband.

‘You’ll remember it for ever’ This is the ticket selling campaign, aimed at local and surrounding Barcelona residents, which was launched in December 2013 to promote the Tour and Museum as a family leisure activity in the city. The campaign was mainly present in conventional media, radio, press and social media.

Foundation, ‘We are what we eat’ campaign ÉThis campaign aims to make young people aware of eating a proper diet and doing sport. It included players from the first team such as Cesc Fàbregas and Marc Bartra, as well as cooperation from Carme Ruscalleda, the 155 world-renowned chef, who was also keen to join the project. ‘We are what we eat’ proposes different activities such as temporary workshops for healthy diets, online courses and informative information about eating healthily through the official website: www.somelquemengemfcb.cat. The campaign was present on the televisio n, press and social networks, as well as being promoted in Barcelona’s markets. We are what we eat is a campaign promoted by

Chinese New Year: The Year of the Horse FC Barcelona celebrated New Year for Chinese people at the start of the Year of the Horse. The first team players Sergi Roberto, Neymar Junior, Gerard Piqué and Pedro Rodríguez took part in an advertisement in which they congratulated all Barça Chinese followers on their new year. In the Camp Nou match against Valencia the arrival of the New Year was celebrated with the dance of the Dragon and the Lion and the players wore a horse on the sleeve of their playing shirt.

the FC Barcelona Foundation with collaboration from the Alicia Foundation, the SHE Foundation (Science, Health and Education), The Obra Social ‘La Caixa’, The Institute for Markets in Barcelona, the Foundation for the Mediterranean Diet, The Catalan Regional Government and the Barcelona City Council.

Marketing Palau Blaugrana and Miniestadi

Creativity Campaigns “Play Palau” This season a fresh, young and very different campaign was created. Each sport had an associated colour to differentiate between the promotions of each section.

Open day training; basketball, handball and futsal To bring the sections closer and promote them as much as possible to young people is the best way to encourage these sports among young children. Barça continued, as in previous seasons, to enable the public to access the Palau by attending open day trainings and watching coaches, players and technicians in the different sections as well as taking part in games and prizes with them. The open day training sessions enabled over 9,000 people to enjoy the basketball, futsal and handball festivals in the Palau.

In total over 5,000 children from schools around Catalonia were able to enjoy these visits by the players to their schools’ sports areas and playgrounds, giving them unforgettable memories.

Commercial

Final Four Hockey Palau This season the FCB organised the Final Four of the European Hockey League at the Palau Blaugrana, played by two Catalan teams and two Portuguese teams: Barça, Moritz Vendrell, Benfica and Porto. Over 5,000 spectators enjoyed Barça’s triumph in an exceptional environment.

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Visits to schools The sections also went into schools with visits to over a dozen centres. These visits encouraged an inter-relationship between children and the Palau Blaugrana sections. Bringing the sections to schools had a dual purpose: on the one hand to promote the sports among young people and on the other to promote the Palau to increase fan presence in the stands.

The players were received by a huge gathering of children holding Barça flags while the Barça anthem played in the background. The activity included giving the students flags, t-shirts, Barça merchandising products and exclusive discounts for tickets to the Palau, which, through the presence of the media, meant the visits had a significant impact.

Seient Lliure For a further year the number of members who gave up their seats when they could not come to a match continued to increase, enabling other fans to come to the Stadium. To make it even easier, this year members were able to use the new app for mobile devices, a fast and easy way to offer up their seat from anywhere and at any time.

Barça B Let’s play Super B and This Saturday you’ll have a super B time were some of the Ministadium’s slogans this season. Being able to watch the future of Barça play is a privilege!

Hospitality/Meeting & Events

Barça, with every luxury detail Hospitality Programme: Vip Boxes and seats The hospitality department took on new challenges this 2013/14 season by gradually adopting a much more commercial aspect, not only with the VIP boxes and seats in the Camp Nou but also showing companies, agencies, channels and groups all the products FC Barcelona can offer in its facilities. Even though the current financial climate is somewhat complicated for companies, and, therefore, for FC Barcelona’s Hospitality product, its strong commercial efforts meant that it achieved a turnover of 11 million Euro this season, with 200 companies that form part of the Hospitality Programme. For match sales new complementary products were introduced on purchasing tickets, in order to enable VIP ticket holders to enjoy an even more special experience and increase turnover. In the coming season 14/15 the aim is to continue developing these commercial developments, increasing presence at trade fairs and commercial activities and continuing to improve the product, the infrastructure and service to achieve excellence in the FC Barcelona Hospitality product.

Meetings & Events The M&E department continues to grow. In the 2013/14 season it increased its functions and took on the coordination of all events (non-sporting) promoted internally in order to provide service to the various Club departments and specifically the coordinating of events for members and fan clubs, extraordinary press releases and any kind of event or institutional act, thus optimising the Club’s own resources. Throughout the season 260 events were organised, including Club events and commercial events for companies and individuals who wished to enjoy the products and services offered by FC Barcelona. Despite the increase of its functions, the commercial section of Meetings &Events once again achieved and exceeded its objectives set for the 2013/14 season, with the production and coordination of events for a total turnover exceeding 2.5 million Euro. The range of products and services is increasingly extensive and an example is the variety of events organised in the Club’s facilities: friendly matches among national teams, company incentives with over 1,500 participants, parties and large family events, weddings, large conventions and even dinners on the Camp Nou pitch during the summer months, to name a few. One of the season’s new features was the launching of the new FCB Megastore with a space to hold private corporate events outside its usual opening hours, while guests can still purchase products. Also, the Auditorium 1899, opened in the previous season and located in the new Social Area was consolidated as the area for the Club’s large events and was the venue for the seasons’ major presentations and institutional meetings.

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Ticketing

Turnover Gates takings Further to the highest turnover ever in ticketing in the 12/13 season, this season 2013/14 it was impossible to maintain the level and turnover dropped by about 5 million Euros. This decline was due to three specific matches: not playing in the semifinals of the Champions League and there were two fewer matches against Real Madrid compared to the 12/13 season. Global turnover in ticketing was 43.9 million Euros, a figure that represents a drop of 10.6% compared to the 12/13 season. Camp Nou ticketing income for tickets sales for the Camp Nou behaved very differently depending on the competition. In the League, a considerable increase of 6% was achieved after two seasons with a similar turnover level. In the Champions, despite enjoying an average income per match higher than the previous season, sales dropped by 26% due to the elimination of the team in the quarter finals. The King’s Cup was the competition with the worst behaviour, largely due to unfavourable timings and due to the lack of attractive rivals in sporting terms (the previous season there was a Barça-Madrid in the semifinals).

Sales of the Gamper doubled compared to last season, even though this did not compensate for the decline of the Super Cup (-52%) caused by the different attraction of the rival (At. Madrid 13/14 vs. R. Madrid 12/13). Income 13/14 by competition Gamper

2,6m € 6%

Super Cup

3,5m € 8% Champions

League

7,3m € 17%

28,6m € 67%

King’s Cup

0,8m € 2%

League

King’s Cup

Revenue 13/14

-26%

Gamper and SC

Graph showing Evolution of Palau Turnover

88.050 €

Sections

998.499 €

125.428 €

1.039.058 €

10/11

12/13

13/14

870.250 €

83.162 €

Basketball

11/12

134.491 €

+1%

903.815 €

Palau ticketing During the 13/14 season the Palau turnover increase achieved in the previous season was consolidated with a turnover level of 1.1 million Euros (+1% vs. 12/13). Basketball enjoyed a good level of sales throughout the season and only the fact of playing two fewer matches prevented the turnover from being higher than the 12/13 season. Sales for professional sections rose dramatically compared to the previous season with +53%, in a season in which the Palau hosted the Final Four of hockey, the final of the Asobal Cup and significant qualifying rounds of the Champions League of handball.

Revenue

6.171.891 €

8.215.119 €

4.431.157 €

Champions

8.946.580 €

-25%

7.266.925 €

9.830.604 €

7.636.046 €

792.000 €

2.887.207 €

-74%

Revenue 12/13

Revenue 11/12

5.692.446 €

Revenue 10/11

1.222.773 €

28.581.957 €

26.883.752 €

23.150.269 €

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26.656.112 €

+6%

3.029.235 €

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Graph showing Evolution of FOOTBALL turnover by Competitions

Seient Lliure The use of the Seient Lliure (Free Seats) has grown into double figures among members with season tickets and for the second season running achieved an increase of +13% compared to the previous season. During the 13/14 season over 677,000 seats were released and 57,000 more than the 12/13 season, even though there was one fewer match, meaning a new record was obtained. The average of releases during this financial year exceeded 24,000 seats per match. The King’s Cup was the competition with the highest average of seat releases while the Champions had the lowest.

Evolution of number of average seat releases per football match

16.124

24.196

21.391

18.967

+13%

Average number of seats released per competition League

King’s Cup Champions

T 13/14

T 12/13

T11/12

24.118 29.416 20.316

22.266 22.595 17.818

20.378 16.813 15.937

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

Attendance Global attendance at the Camp Nou diminished by about 5% compared to the 12/13 season, largely caused by the drop in spectators at the King’s Cup (-39% vs. 12/13). After three consecutive seasons with fewer spectators in the League, the trend was then reversed (+1% attendance vs. 12/13).

Evolution of Camp Nou attendance per competition Average attendance 11/12

Handball

1.405

Average attendance 13/14

1.112

1.767

1.472

2.041

1.839

Futsal

73.614

85.483

80.304

76.034

80.992

Champions

Evolution of Camp Nou attendance per competition

Average attendance 12/13

77.953

78.128

-39%

King’s Cup

4.072

+8%

37.659

61.354

71.392

48.388

71.988

71.235

75.069

79.191

League

4.005

Average attendance 13/14

-6%

+1%

Basketball

Average attendance 12/13

79.949

Average attendance 10/11

Hockey

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FCB APPS

FCB Àlbums Create your official FC Barcelona personalised photo album! At FCB Albums you can create photo albums from pre-designed templates with photos of Barça’s top players such as Messi, Neymar, Xavi, Piqué and Puyol and personalise them with your photos. Perfect for any occasion: birthdays, births, marriages, celebrations.. Barça’s players will help you celebrate an anniversary, celebrate the arrival of a new baby or tell whatever story you want. Also, you can choose the format you prefer: digital or printed. Platform: Web

FCB APPS

The FC Barcelona apps receive very positive assessments from users and usually obtain a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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FCB Trivia Fans How much do you know about Barça? Prove it at FCB Trivia Fans! Demonstrate who knows more about Barça with FCB Trivia Fans! Put your knowledge to the test and challenge your friends to find out who is the best FC Barcelona supporter. FCB Trivia Fans is a free question and answer game with six categories: Players, Coaches, History, Matches, Trophies and Interesting facts. Chat with your rivals as you play, collect characters and share your successes! Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android

FCB World Enjoy the Barça world on your phone! Connect to FCB World and receive all the news from your favourite club! Follow the Barça team and see the latest news, photos, videos, live match commentaries, calendar and classification of all the competitions, as well as tweets, interactive games and other innovative services. Be the first to find out the match line-up and share the FC Barcelona world with your friends! Platform: iPhone, Android

FCB Seient Lliure The easiest and fastest way to free up your seat Manage your season ticket quickly and easily from anywhere and at any time. The app also allows you to check the savings you are making and keeps you informed of the dates of the upcoming gates at the Camp Nou via exclusive Seient Lliure notifications. Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android

FCB Time Rush Win back your BarĂ§a titles! The FC Barcelona trophies have disappeared. What are you waiting for to get them back? Start a journey going back from the current season to 1899, the year the Club was founded, with this fantastic platform game. Relive the Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, find the trophies hidden in the city, discover legendary players, equip them with the best combinations from the shop and get to know the city of Barcelona in different eras. Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android

FCB Pinball Play ball! Challenge the FC Barcelona players with FCB Pinball, an action-packed pinball simulator for iPhone and iPad that offers a mountain of special modes and challenges such as Kick-Off, Attack, Football Frenzy, Penalty and Defence, as well as a great variety of extra chances of goal. Compare your score with that of the best pinball players around the world through the FCB Pinball worldwide classification tables. Get ready to play with a real ball! Platform: iPhone, iPad

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Facilities

New road access 14 and pedestrian access 15 Accesses 14 and 15 were adapted to Club requirements in order to improve pedestrian and vehicle coexistence and the second phase of the project for improving the exterior area was completed. Access 14 became a road access for vehicles going in and out of the different facilities and car parks of the Stadium. It has an extensive entrance with a large LED information screen for visitors. Access 15 became a pedestrian access to a large square covering 1,500 m2 with a replica of the Canaletes Fountain. This square has 16 changing rooms (one of which is adapted for the sensory disabled) and with the bridge and pedestrian walkway joins up the Social Space and the Commercial Axis.

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New access 14

Thanks to these changes the main accesses to the Stadium are now 14 and 15 and the Club has been opened up to the Les Corts neighbourhood, the essential idea of the Espai Barรงa project. Pedestrian crossing from the joining of access 15 with access 9 (Passeig Boulevard) The crossing for pedestrians only is the part that forms the union between the Social Space and the Commercial Axis. Differentiated from road crossings to avoid the long-standing conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles. It is marked in blue to avoid confusion by visitors and also serves as a route guide to the Zona Boulevard, where the official shop is located.

New LED Technology screens at the entrances to the changing rooms Installation of new LED Technology screens to provide information to fans and visitors to the Stadium. It has an individual screen for each of the sixteen changing rooms and three larger screens to broadcast events.

New facilities and audiovisual equipment in the Auditorium 1899 Giving the multi-purpose room the “Auditorium 1899” the permanent structure it required to cover the room’s needs in various multi-disciplinary activities that may take place there: press releases, presentations, conferences, galas, etc. The audiovisual system installed has audio systems, video, scenic lighting, a control room and centralised management. Automation and connections by mobile units.

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Rehabilitation of the Travessera front dividing building Start of the third phase of the improvement project of the outside area of the Stadium. The dividing front of the Travessera de les Corts building was refurbished so it blends in aesthetically with the Auditorium and Social Space and is included in the project.

New automatic vending machine area Construction of boxes at the Passeig Boulevard to house various elements in the premises with a unified image (automatic vending machines, cash point, information point and the Nike store).

Works and improvements

Miniestadi New restaurant outlets on the Passeig Boulevard The construction of the new eatery area on the Passeig Boulevard responds to the Club’s need to offer absolute comfort to the thousands of visitors to the Stadium during their time there. These will provide food, drink and ice-cream, among other snacks, in addition to the already existing offer.

Adaptation of the tunnel and changing-room corridor

Facilities

Filling in the Gallery trench and artificial grass finish Removal of the Gallery trench, filling it in, asphalting and covering it with artificial grass.

Economic Area

164

New Barça B changing rooms The storage room is removed and the space is used to create a new technicians’ changing room for Barça B, a video room and an office.

Heating the Stadium’s playing area Heat radiation to the Stadium’s playing area is installed through 30Km of underground piping. The boiler room is extended to accommodate the new installation. The purpose of heating the playing area is to maintain the roots and the grass at an average temperature of 12º to improve growth and maintain the grass in optimum conditions during the winter months. Refurbishing the School changing rooms

Joan Gamper Training Complex New artificial grass pitches 5 and 6 Replacement of the artificial grass of pitches 5 and 6 with cuttingedge grass.

Extension of the dining-room, the living-room, extension of technicians’ offices and refurbishment of the first team’s changing rooms Extension of the dining-room and creation of living areas, creating a new beam and slab floor in the stands. Refurbishment of the first team’s changing rooms, changing the layout of the wash room area, toilets and showers. Extension of the technicians’ offices to gain surface area over the stands.

New C6 Building Consists of creating an extra level on the current C6 building to create a floor for changing rooms and offices. The changing room programme occupies 80 metres of this floor, while the 20 remaining are technical areas and facilities. There is also a store room and public toilets.

New Handball / Futsal pavilions Construction of the new indoor pavilions for the sports sections of FC Barcelona in the Sports City complex. The two new pavilions are on two levels (one on top of the other) in a building located adjacent to the existing indoor sports pavilion and as a continuation of this building. Access to the new pavilions ( ± 0.00 level) is from inside the Sports City, at pitch level of the upper pavilion (to coincide with the pitch level of the current pavilion), while the second pavilion is located on the basement level. 165

New conference room at the Masia A conference room is created using the existing room. Three level tiers are constructed and a platform with a conference table. Includes 111 seats.

The Ciutat Esportiva from above

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES 2013/14 The summary of the annual accounts presented below is derived from the accounts audited by the company Deloitte, who have been auditors of FC Barcelona since the 2003/04 season. The audited accounts do not show any exceptions or uncertainties. Revenue

• Football Club Barcelona closes the 13/14 season with revenues of 530 million Euros, considerably higher than the 490 million from the previous year (+8%) and the 509 budgeted (+4%).

• The main deviations compared to the previous year’s figures are as follows:

• Revenue from members decreased slightly (-2%) due to a drop in renewals, in particular resulting from the updating of the member census.

• Income from the Stadium and the rest of the facilities increased by 2%. This is due basically to revenue from tickets to the King’s Cup Final (not achieved last season) and an increase of revenue from the Museum and the new rental contract for the Store. It is negatively affected by a lower ticket revenue for the different competitions (Champions and Spanish Super Cup basically).

• Marketing revenue is slightly lower (-2%), mainly due to the bonuses not paid for the titles not achieved, lower participation in income from licences and royalties of sports material and the decrease of revenue from the UEFA (quarter finals 13/14 vs semifinals in 12/13). These override the significant increase of sponsorship income for new sponsoring agreements and the significant revenues from the Asian tour in the summer 2013. There is a notable rise in income from the international area where new sponsorship agreements have been signed in the United States, in Asia, (China, Japan, Indonesia), the East (Saudi Arabia , Dubai) and Africa.

• Income from transfers has increased significantly, this being the main positive deviation, due to the sale of the players Thiago, Cesc and Sanabria.

Income growth (Millions of Euros)

490 20 +22

+58

-5 126

+40M¤ (+8%)

167

530 19

Members

128

Stadium

161

Media

169

Marketing

Transfers and others

-5% +2%

+30

385

415

473

495

162

172

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

-2%

+430%

13/14

Expenses

• Operating expenses increased to a lesser degree than income, specifically by 7%, from 443 to 472 million Euros. The most notable entries are detailed below:

• An increase of 5% in sports salaries, which would have been higher if the first football team had won the league title, as anticipated in the budget and as occurred in the real budget 2012/13. The increase includes the most important players of the first team as well as the exceptional fact of having two technical teams during the year.

• Slight increase of the non-sports salary over inflation (+3%).

• While keeping to the austerity policy initiated in 2010, management expenses have increased compared to the previous season with investments and significant expenses in the Sports City and the Les Corts facilities. Another important factor is the non-anticipated expenses deriving from the Cup Final and the New Espai Barça referendum.

• Notable elements in the Others section include provisions for potential future risks, disposal of fixed assets and the sanction of 3.6 million imposed on the Club by the National Competition Commission as it considered that the audiovisual rights transfer contract signed with Mediapro during the previous mandate (June 2010) exceeded the maximum permitted according to the law. The 12/13 season, in the Others section, highlighted the impairments of the players Villa and Femenía.

Summary of activities 2013/14

EXPENSES EVOLUTION (Millions of Euros)

443

+125

+29M¤ (+6%)

472

+4%

254

Sporting salaries

Player amortisation

Running costs

Others

-14 +2

-32

245

362

487

473

441 +8%

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

+3%

+16%

+9%

12/13

13/14

Sports costs evolution

Economic Area

168

• It must be emphasised that we consider the total salary payroll to be the total of sports salaries, which includes players’ salaries, technical staff and bonuses for titles, image rights, sports agents, social security and all the amortizations of signings.

• For a clearer analysis, we have differentiated the figures, considering the total, (football and sections) and also considering only football (first team and youth, but without the sections).

• The percentage over income of the Total Club sports salary payroll (football + sections) increased 3 points , from 62% to 65% - this bearing in mind that the League was not won, if not the ratio would have gone up to 68%. If the analysis is limited only to football, the ratio increases by 2 points, from 55% to 57%. Keeping these levels stable and above the recommended 70% is crucial for the Club’s future sustainability and special emphasis should be placed on this issue as the football market continues to be very inflationary.

SPORTS COSTS OVER REVENUE Changes in sporting salaries (salaries + amortisation) TOTAL | total club (Millions of Euros) 600

452

500 400 300

367

485

489

490 100%

399 77%

69%

67% 61%

62%

65%

200 100

252

306

301

298

305

319

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

Champions League League Spanish Cup

League

Champions League League

Spanish Cup

League

70% Maximum indicator 55% Optimum indicator

30%

Income without transfers or fixed asset income Cost of football + sections salaries and amortisations Sporting salaries (football + sections) over income

FOOTBALL SALARIES OVER REVENUE Evolution of the sporting salary total | TOTAL FOOTBALL (PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMY ) (Millions of Euros) 600

452

500 400

367

489

485

490 100%

399

70%

67%

300

Maximum indicator

60%

57%

200

54%

55%

57%

55% Optimum indicator

100

222

268

257

261

270

281

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

Champions League League Spanish Cup

League

Champions League League

Spanish Cup

League

30%

Income without transfers or fixed asset income Cost of football salaries and amortisations Sporting salaries over income

Results

â&#x20AC;˘ The year ends with an after tax profit of 41 million Euros. This is a 9 million increase compared to the 32 of the previous year and 5 million more than budget.

â&#x20AC;˘ At financial results level, the drop in interest rates and the reduction of the financial debt had a positive effect, as well as the obtaining of extraordinary financial revenues due to tax assessment interest returns in favour of the Club.

SUMMARY OF P&L YEAR END 2013/14

BALANCE 13/14 (Millions of Euros)

Real 12/13

Budget 13/14

Real 13/14

Operating income

491

509

530

Operating expenses

-443

-458

-472

Operating balance

Income and financial costs

-4

-3

Net Balance

After tax balance

EBITDA (operating balance + amortisations)

118

125

134

169

Summary of activities 2013/14 Balance sheet

170

• The results indicated above have enabled the net debt to be reduced by 44 million Euros (from 331 of the previous year to 287) despite investment in player acquisitions and the investment made into the continuous improvement of our facilities.

• It is still a high figure although it must be stressed that since the 10/11 season it has been reduced by 143 million Euros. According to the newly approved statutes, the net debt ratio over EBITDA for this season was set at a maximum of 3.0 and this has been met in full. The aim for the coming seasons is to continue reducing the debt, although for the 2014/15 season in particular and due to the exceptional investments in players in the first football team this summer, it is quite possible that the continued reduction of the last seasons might not be maintained.

• The net financial debt (loans + guarantees + deferred payment obligations for the purchase of players- liquid assets), is 76 million Euros and means the obligations derived from the syndicated loan agreement with the banks can be fully satisfied.

• At liquid assets level the Club ends the year with an available cash flow of 49 million Euros, having reduced the bank debt by 32 million (from the 104 of the previous year to 73), being up-to-date on 30 June with its obligations and having no outstanding debts to Public Administration.

• The working capital is negative but it must be remembered that in liabilities in the short-term credit policies have been included, renewable at over a year, and that at the end of June 2014 the Club has undrawn balances of these policies.

• It is also important to highlight that thanks to the profits accumulated over these last 4 financial years (113 million Euros) the Club has been able to reverse the Equity sign that has been negative since the close of 09/10 and now stands at 53 million Euros. This is a very significant point in terms of the Club’s solidity and equity image.

• The Club’s assets have been further strengthened, investing 18 million Euros in sports and social facilities, computer systems and other assets, a highlight of which is the new Sports City pavilion, the remodelling of access number 14 of the Stadium and part of the purchase of the future site for the Ministadium in Sant Joan Despí.

BALANCE 30/06/14 (Millions of Euros)

Economic Area

494 Fixed assets and property

494

145

Intangible assets (players)

175

Financial and other assets

Current assets

134

39 23

Long term debt Provisions and deferrals

111

Short term deferrals

268

Short term debt and creditors

Assets

Net equity

Liabilities

NET DEBT 30/06/14 (Millions of Euros)

Calculation of net debt

30/06/14

30/06/13

Debt to banks

104

+ Creditors – Debtors

+ 123

+ 159

+Deferrals and others

+ 140

+ 139

- Cash

- 49

- 71

Total net debt

287

331

SUMMARY BUDGET P&L 2014/15 Budget 14/15

Operating income

539

Operating expenses

-509

Operating balance

Income and financial costs

-6

Net Balance

After tax balance

EBITDA (operating balance + amortisations)

116

INCOME: Budget 14/15 vs real 13/14 (Millions of Euros)

530

+9MÂ¤

539

(+2%)

Members 0%

24%

127

Stadium -1%

161

30%

160

Media -1%

32%

169

37%

199

Marketing 18%

10%

24%

128

30%

Real 13/14

Budget 14/15

Transfers and others -34%

- Income increased by 2% to a historic maximum of 539 million Euros.

- The football sports budget, like every year, anticipates achieving the League championship, the quarter finals of the Champions League and the semifinals of the Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup.

- The revenue entry that has risen most is that of Marketing, in line with the continuous internationalisation of the brand in recent years and that anticipates a significant increase in the value of sponsorship agreements, setting a target increased figure of around 30 million Euro.

- Revenue from transfers went down as the previous season included the transfers of Thiago and Cesc while in the next season the only one recorded is that of Alexis.

- In terms of other income, there was a noteworthy reduction compared to the previous year due to not having made a summer tour (some friendlies in Europe vs Indonesia and Thailand in August 2013).

- The fact of not having won any national titles in 13/14 has a negative repercussion on income as the Spanish Super Cup was not played this summer and to a lesser degree the revenue sharing of the market pool by the UEFA to participants of the Champions League 14/15.

171

Summary of activities 2013/14 Expenses: Budget 14/15 vs real 13/14 (Millions of Euros)

+37MÂ¤

509

(+9%)

472

57%

289

15%

Amortizations 15%

Non-sporting salaries 3%

18%

Running costs -1%

Others -23%

54%

254

14%

Real 13/14

Economic Area

172

Sporting salaries 14%

Ppt 14/15

- Sports expenses increased compared to the previous year due to budgeting for the League title, the signings and renewals of the football first team and the greater cost of amortization payments of signed players.

- Non-sports salaries remained stable compared to the previous year.

- Maintaining the Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s austerity policy of the last few years, management expenses were reduced by -1% compared to the previous season.

- Contribution to the Foundation was kept at the same level as the previous season.

- Thus, the working capital budgeted for the season stands at 30 million Euros, which, including the financial result and taxes means an after tax profit of 18 million Euros.

EVOLUTION OF REVENUE AND AFTER TAX RESULTS (Millions of Euros) 08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

539

530 495

473

Ppost 14/15

490

415 385

49 7 -9 -80

Statutory Commission for Finance Ramon Adell (President) Jaume Guardiola Josep Maria Xercavins Antoni Esteve Carles Tusquets

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Companies and sponsors

ABANTIA ABERTIS ACCENTURE ACCOR ACROSS SPAIN ADECCO TT SA ADIDAS-REEBOK AGM ABOGADOS AGUAS FONT VELLA LANJARÓN ALBIO FERM ALLIANZ SEGUROS ALMAQUIM SA ANDBANK ANTHEM WORLD ANTONIO PUIG AQUALIA AROLA – ADUANAS Y CONSIGNACIONES, SL ASCENSORES GALO ASSETS 4 SPORTS-DOYEN AUFWIND AVIRAM INBAL COHEN AXA BANC SABADELL BARCELONA BUSSINESS BARNA PORTERS BASF ESPAÑOLA DISBESA CHUPA CHUPS MUNICH BRAND SPACE BIOSYSTEMS BMC BRICOKING BRITA BT ESPAÑA BUSINESS T&G CANON CAPGEMINI ESPAÑA, SL CARTONAJES DEL PENEDES CIRSA, SA 174 COFIDIS COMERCIAL ARQUE COMINTER PAPER SA COMMERCEGATE CONTANK SA CONTRACTING & TERMINAL COPISA COSCO IBERIA CRÉDITO Y CAUCIÓN DAMM DANONE

Main partners

Official partners

DELTA TECNIC SA DEUTSCHE BANK DIALYSIS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS DMG MORI SEIKI IBERICA SLU BYPHASSE DSV AIR & SEA EL CORTE INGLÉS ELECTRO STOCKS ELSAMEX EMMSA ENDESA ERNESTO VENTOS, SA ESTRUCTURAS ARQUÉ EUROFRAGANCE EUROFRED – SACHER EUROMERCAT ESCUDERO EURODETACH HOLLAND E&TB GROUP EVERIS EVERRIS EXCAVACIONS DUOCASTELLA EXCELLENCE EVENTS TRAVEL F. INICIATIVAS FCB MERCHANDISING SLU FCC CONSTRUCCION FEDEX FIDFINVEST FIGUERAS FOOTBALL & MUSIC FRIT RAVICH GARCÍA-MUNTÉ ENERGÍA GAS NATURAL GESTAMP AUTOMOCIÓN GFT GINPER SL GOALTIX GRAMMER AUTOMOTIVE ESPAÑOLA, SA GRUP CIERCO GRUPO ALDESA GRUPO EULEN GRUPO FERRER INTERNACIONAL GRUPO TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS HBS INTERNATIONAL EGYPT HCC GLOBAL HELM IBÉRICA SA HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS HOTELBEDS HOTEL PRINCESA SOFIA HP -- OMNITEL ILUMINACIÓN DISANO

IMAGE LABORATORIES, SL INDRA INOXFORMA ISSTA SPORTS ITALSAN SL JC DECAUX JETCOM INDUSTRIES LTD JIP AVIACIÓ SL JR. INVESTMENTS ROS SL JT Internacional LABORATORIOS HIPRA LC PACKAGING LFP LIBERTY SEGUROS LOTO CATALUNYA LUCTA MAJESTIC HOTEL GROUP MASTEMPO MAT HOLDING MAYSTAR MB’92 HAVAS MEDIA MESOESTETIC METALQUIMIA GUY REINERS MIGUEL TORRES MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC EUROPE MONDELEZ ESPAÑA LOGICALIS MYBCNEVENTS TICKETS & TRAVEL SL NADAL FORWARDING, SL NATIXIS NAUTALIA NECTAR SPORTS NICE BARCELONA-ONLY MANAGERS NESTLÉ ESPAÑA SA NT INCOMING ONE FOR ALL IBERIA OSBORNE CLARKE OTHER DIRECTION PANASONIC MARKETING EUROPE GmbH PASSION EVENTS PEKOS VALVES PERNORD RICARD ESPAÑA PERFORACIONS CATALANES PHIBO PHILIP MORRIS SPAIN, SA PLAYTECH POLIGRAS IBÉRICA POSTER & PANEL

PRIVALIA PROLOGIS RACC RANDSTAD EMPLEO ETT, SA ROBERLO ROCA BRUNA ROURA & CEVASA ROYAL VERD RUITENHEER SAMSIC IBERIA SANGULI SALOU SANOFI-AVENTIS SCA HYGIENE PAPER SERHS SDC LIMITED SERUNION SERVEIS FUNERARIS DE BARCELONA SILVEMOL SMURFIT KAPPA SODEXO SOLARCA SOLER & PALAU SPECIAL CHEMICALS SPORTS&TRAINING CAMPS SL SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HERMETICUM SURIS SL TECH DATA ESPAÑA SLU TECNITASA TEMPOS 21 TEPSA THE CORPORATE GYM TICKET BUREAU TICKET MANAGEMENT EVANDTI TOP TURISME TORRASPAPEL TOSHIBA TOTAL ESPAÑA, SA TRAVEL & CONNECT BARCELONA SL TRAVEL CLICK TRAVIX TRES GRIFERIA SA TUI TRAVEL PLC VENTE PRIVEE VODAFONE WILLIAM HILL YOU FIRST SPORTS ZARDOYA-OTIS, SA

Premium partners

Sports section partners

Official sports section partners

Futsal main partner

Handball official partner

Credits

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