Chapters on the history of the supporters clubs and FC Barcelona
The Penya Blaugrana d’Igualada was born in January 1959, the result of the concern of a group of Igualada residents who wanted to crystallize their Barça sentiment by founding a penya culer; one of the first that FC Barcelona ever had. Behind was the Penya Germanor, which had been established before the War in this … Read more
If in the previous chapter we talked about an emblematic penya from the Bages region, today we travel further south, specifically to the Federació Anoia, Alt Penedès i Garraf, to learn about another historic one: the Penya Barcelonista de Vilanova i la Geltrú. It should be clarified that the founding year of a supporters’ club … Read more
On November 26, 1957, the Penya Blaugrana de Manresa was officially founded thanks to the enthusiasm and good management of a group of Barça-supporting friends, led by David Invers. To establish it, they sought the support of FC Barcelona player Estanislau Basora, who had strong ties to the Bages region. When the 15th anniversary arrived, … Read more
The Maresme region is one of the closest to Barcelona, so one might assume it would be among the first to experience the push of penyes expansion from the nerve center that was Barcelona. But it didn’t quite happen that way. We’ve already written about this region in relation to the oldest penya, the Solera … Read more
Talking about the Penya Solera Barcelonista de Calella is talking about the history of FC Barcelona, which is why we’ve enlisted the help of three members of the supporters’ club to explain some unique aspects of this organization and its region. They are the president Isidre Argelés i Rodríguez, the historian and writer Josep Maria … Read more
The Penya Barcelonista de Cardedeu can be considered one of the emblematic organizations of a town where culture and tourism have flourished for years. A supporters’ club that, shortly after its founding in 1959, organized for many years “L’envelat,” a key event of the town’s Festa Major. Today, it remains active at its headquarters, located … Read more
The first area to experience the great boost that the Barça de les Cinc Copes and those intense years of the 1950s meant was the Vallès. We have already seen how other penyes were springing up in this area, many of them of a social nature, but without arousing any suspicion among the Francoist authorities. … Read more
We move again to the Vallès region. We have already talked about the oldest existing supporters’ club, the Penya Solera Barcelonista de Castellar del Vallès, but in this area there are three more that have been created in this decade of blaugrana growth. Today, it is time to talk about Penya Barcelonista 1900 of Terrassa. … Read more
On 20 April, the first exclusive book on the history of the FC Barcelona penyes was published. Under the ‘Ambaixades’ title, this work will consist of three parts, the first of which was presented on Tuesday 22 April at the headquarters of the Confederació with more than 100 attendees. We have already talked about that … Read more
The Unió Barcelonista Catalonia was founded on 19 March 1950 by Mr. Eduard Compte Bosch , and initially its name was CF Cadells, as explained by the penya itself: ‘The anecdote arose when registering the team at the police station, where the official on duty did not accept the first name because it was written … Read more