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| Full name | Futbol Club Barcelona Atlètic | ||
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| Nickname(s) | L’Atlètic Barça B  | ||
| Founded | 12 June 1970 as Barcelona Atlètic  | ||
| Ground | Johan Cruyff Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| President | Jordi Casals | ||
| Head coach | Rafael Márquez | ||
| League | Primera Federación – Group 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Primera Federación – Group 2, 4th of 20 | ||
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Futbol Club Barcelona Atlètic, commonly referred to as Barça Atlètic or Barça B, is a football team based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in Primera Federación – Group 2, the third tier of the Spanish league system. Founded in 1970, it is the reserve team of FC Barcelona and it plays its home fixtures at Johan Cruyff Stadium.
Reserve teams in Spain play in the same league system as the senior team, rather than in a reserve team league. They must play at least one level below their main side and they are not eligible to play in the Copa del Rey.
History
Espanya Industrial
Founded on 1 August 1934 as Societat Esportiva Industrial Espanya, the club was originally the sports team of the factory with the same name, and its shirt featured blue and white vertical stripes. The company was owned by the family of Josep Antoni de Albert, who was briefly president of FC Barcelona in 1943; during Albert's presidency the club, now known as Club Deportivo Espanya Industrial, became Barcelona's reserve team and began to play home games at Camp de Les Corts.
Initially, Industrial played in the local regional leagues but, in 1950, it was promoted to Tercera División, reaching Segunda División two years later. In 1953 the club finished as runners-up in both the league and the promotion play-off but, being a nursery club of Barcelona, it was unable to move up a division.
CD Condal
After winning another promotion play-off in 1956, Espanya Industrial became independent of FC Barcelona and was renamed Club Deportivo Condal. The club wore blue shirts with two white diagonals stripes.
Condal competed once in La Liga, in the 1956–57 season, being relegated as 16th and last. In 1968 the club rejoined the Barcelona family as its reserve team, and adopted the blaugrana colours.
Barcelona Atlètic/Barcelona B


In 1970, Barcelona president Agustí Montal decided to merge Condal with another junior club, Atlètic Catalunya, and formed Barcelona Atlètic. Atlètic was founded in 1965 as a result of the merger of two other teams: UE Catalunya de Les Corts (founded in 1918 as Catalunya Sporting Club) and CD Fabra Coats (1926).
Under the new denomination the B-team played a total of ten seasons in the second level. At the end of 1988–89 the side returned to Segunda División B – the new third level created in 1977 – after ranking 17th.
In 1990 the team was renamed Barcelona B, but club president Joan Laporta changed the name back to Barcelona Atlètic in 2008. Two years later, his successor Sandro Rosell returned to the previous denomination,[1] until Laporta changed again the name back to Barcelona Atlètic during his second presidential term in 2022.[2]
Former club player Luis Enrique succeeded Pep Guardiola as team manager in the summer of 2008, as the latter was appointed main squad coach.[3] In 2009–10 the club finished second in Group III and returned to division two after an absence of 11 years; this was followed by a third-place in the following campaign, but the team was not eligible for promotion.
Season to season
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- 23 seasons in Segunda División
 - 2 seasons in Primera Federación
 - 23 seasons in Segunda División B
 - 4 seasons in Tercera División
 - 1 season in Categorías Regionales
 
Honours
- Costa Brava Trophy
 
- Winners (2): 1985, 2010
 
Players
Current squad
- As of 3 September 2023[4]
 
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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From Youth Academy
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Personnel
Current technical staff
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| Goalkeeping coach | |
| Doctor | |
| Fitness coach | |
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| Juvenil A (U19 A) coach | 
Last updated: 14 July 2022
Source: FC Barcelona B
Former coaches
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Records
- Players in bold are still active with club.
 
Most appearances
 
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Top scorers
 
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Stadium

On 23 September 1982 the Mini Estadi was inaugurated by Barcelona president Josep Lluís Núñez. Next to the ground there are two training pitches, pitch 3 and 4, which have artificial turf – the latter has a regulation size of 100 x 70 metres and has seating for 1,000 spectators.
Mini Estadi has also hosted games for the Andorra national football team, and the Barcelona Dragons of American football.
As a part of the Espai Barça project, the Mini Estadi was demolished and the Estadi Johan Cruyff was opened to take its place starting in the 2019–20 season. Also, as part of this project the Camp Nou will undergo renovation.[10]
La Masia
Inaugurated on 26 September 1966, La Masia is the name given to Barcelona's training facilities located near the Camp Nou in the Les Corts district of Barcelona. It is an ancient country residence built in 1702 and once Camp Nou was inaugurated in 1957, the building was remodelled and extended for use as the club's social headquarters.
In 1979, La Masia became the residence of young players from outside of the city. In the following decades the academy forged several players that would later appear for both the main squad and the Spain national team, Guillermo Amor, Albert Ferrer, Iván de la Peña, Josep Guardiola, Carles Puyol, Gerard López, Xavi, Víctor Valdés, and Andrés Iniesta being amongst the most prominent. Lionel Messi is also an alumnus of La Masia and is one of the most famous players to play for Barcelona as well as the Argentina national football team.[11][12][13]
Notable players
Note: This list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 top league games and/or have reached international status.
 Iván Balliu
 Rey Manaj
 Marc Bernaus
 Sergio Araujo
 José Raúl Iglesias
 Lionel Messi
 Srđan Pecelj
 Marlon
 Rafinha
 Macky Bagnack
 Martin Hongla
 Fabrice Ondoa
 Patrick Suffo
 Ballou Tabla
 Merveil Ndockyt
 Alen Halilović
 Goran Vučević
 Urko Pardo
 Diego Almeida
 Alasana Manneh
 Ilaix Moriba
 Edgar Ié
 Anthony Lozano
 Ottó Vincze
 Gai Assulin
 Thiago Motta
 Hiroki Abe
 Tha'er Bawab
 Giovani dos Santos
 Jonathan dos Santos
 Santiago Fernández
 Lazar Carević
 Munir El Haddadi
 Moha El Yaagoubi
 Abde Ezzalzouli
 Jordi Cruyff
 Haruna Babangida
 Ezekiel Bassey
 Samuel Okunowo
 David Babunski
 Antonio Sanabria
 Igor Korneev
 Steve Archibald
 Diawandou Diagne
 Moussa Wagué
 Goran Drulić
 Alfi Conteh-Lacalle
 Lee Seung-woo
 Paik Seung-ho
 Damià Abella
 José Joaquín Albaladejo
 Luis Alberto
 Albert Albesa
 Thiago Alcântara
 Carles Aleñá
 Quique Álvarez
 Guillermo Amor
 Francesc Arnau
 Óscar Arpón
 Esteban Areta
 Mikel Arteta
 Alejandro Balde
 Sergi Barjuán
 Marc Bartra
 Alberto Botía
 Sergio Busquets
 Ramón Calderé
 Lobo Carrasco
 Lluís Carreras
 Albert Celades
 Luis Cembranos
 Thomas Christiansen
 Paco Clos
 Miquel Corominas
 Marc Cucurella
 Iván de la Peña
 Gerard Deulofeu
 Martín Domínguez
 Juan José Estella
 Kiko Femenía
 Albert Ferrer
 Chico Flores
 Andreu Fontàs
 Paco Fortes
 Esteve Fradera
 Sergio García
 Gabri García
 Óscar García
 Roger García
 Luis García
 Salva García
 Sergio García
 Gavi
 Delfí Geli
 José Gil
 Jordi Gómez
 Sergi Gómez
 Álex Grimaldo
 Pep Guardiola
 Dani Güiza
 Gerard Gumbau
 Xavi Hernández
 Sebastián Herrera
 Alejo Indias
 Andrés Iniesta
 Juan Luis Irazusta
 Bojan Krkić
 Gerard López
 David Lombán
 Miguel Ángel Lozano
 Manolo
 Quique Martín
 Nacho Martín
 Rubén Martínez
 Paco Martínez
 Josep Martínez
 Jordi Masip
 Luis Milla
 Mingo
 Óscar Mingueza
 Juan Miranda
 Martín Montoya
 Josep Moratalla
 Pepe Moré
 Javi Moreno
 Carlos Muñoz
 Fernando Navarro
 Nayim
 Nolito
 Antonio Olmo
 Cristóbal Parralo
 Patric
 Ángel Pedraza
 Pedro
 Carles Pérez
 Antonio Pinilla
 Oleguer Presas
 Carles Puyol
 Sandro Ramírez
 Pepe Reina
 Oriol Riera
 Sergi Roberto
 Rubén Rochina
 Juan Carlos Rojo
 Oriol Romeu
 Mikel Roteta
 Francisco Rufete
 Abel Ruiz
 Ilie Sánchez
 Tente Sánchez
 Onésimo Sánchez
 Víctor Sánchez
 Pepe Serer
 Adjutori Serrat
 Jonathan Soriano
 Denis Suárez
 Cristian Tello
 Xavi Torres
 Adama Traoré
 Roberto Trashorras
 Víctor Valdés
 Toni Velamazán
 Joan Verdú
 Paqui Veza
 Javier Villena
 Jordi Vinyals
 Lamine Yamal
 Konrad de la Fuente
 Ronald Araújo
 Alejandro Marqués
 Jeffrén Suárez
References
- ↑ El Barça Atlètic volverá a llamarse Barça B (Barça Atlètic to be called Barça B again) Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine; El Mundo Deportivo, 3 July 2010 (in Spanish)
 - ↑ "El filial volverá a llamarse Barça Atlètic" [The reserves will be called Barça Atlètic again] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
 - ↑ Luis Enrique, nuevo entrenador del Barcelona B (Luis Enrique, new Barcelona B coach); El País, 26 May 2008 (in Spanish)
 - ↑ "Barça Atlètic". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
 - ↑ "Rafa Márquez appointed coach of Barça Atlètic". FC Barcelona. 14 July 2022.
 - ↑ "Albert Sánchez, segundo entrenador del Barça Atlétic" [Albert Sánchez, second coach of Barça Athletic]. FC Barcelona. 16 July 2022.
 - ↑ "Juliano Belletti se incorpora al cuerpo técnico del Barça Atlètic" [Juliano Belletti joins the Barça Atlètic coaching staff]. FC Barcelona. 11 January 2024.
 - 1 2 "Players list of Barcelona Atlètic". BDFutbol.
 - 1 2 "Players list of Barcelona Atlètic - Liga (2° + 2°B)". BDFutbol.
 - ↑ Johan Cruyff was opened to take its place starting in the 2019–20 season.
 - ↑ La Masia history; Barcelona's official website
 - ↑ La Masia – A footballing factory par excellence; Total Barça, 22 April 2010
 - ↑ La Masia graduates have scored more goals this season than in any other season in the Club's history; Barcelona's official website, 18 March 2012
 
External links
- Official website 

 - Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
 - BDFutbol team profile
 
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