Chapter 4 – What happened to Penya Esportiva Esquerra?

The mystery of this supporters’ club has survived to the present day due to its great creation and momentum, but short-lived. What happened? Initially, in April 1923, to celebrate the Club’s silver jubilee, the Penya Esportiva Esquerra was founded, made up only of “independent-minded” members. A year and a half later, on the eve of … Read more

Chapter 3 – Penya Ardèvol: the first radical penya

It is sometimes said, with quite convincing arguments, that in football everything has already been invented. In the sphere of FC Barcelona’s most radical supporters’ clubs or groups, these seem to have emerged in the late eighties or early nineties, but in reality they go back much further. The reason: the sporting and political rivalry … Read more

Chapter 2 – The fourth teams. Nova Germanor and Apàtics

If we analyse some of the events of the second decade of FC Barcelona’s twentieth century, we could come to the conclusion that there is a certain relationship between the appearance of the supporters’ clubs and the first political division in Barcelona, which has lasted until the present day. And that is when we ask … Read more

Chapter 1 – The origin of the “Penya del Barça” concept

In 2019, the Confederació Mundial de Penyes del FC Barcelona celebrated the Centenary of the first official FC Barcelona supporters’ club. It was 100 years of an official one, but where does this need for associationism among FC Barcelona members come from unofficially? Where is the big bang, the starting spark, the place where supporters … Read more