Trials from Barcelona FCB Escola for 2014/2015 are available

Trials will be held on March 29th and April 12th on the pitches next to the Miniestadi and are for children born between 2003 and 2008

The Barcelona FCB Escola has begun the application process for trials for next season. Boys and girls born between 2003 and 2008 must apply only via the form on the Club’s official website and applications will be accepted until all places available have been filled.

The trials will take place on the pitches next to the Miniestadi on Saturday March 29th and Saturday April 12th at four separate times between three and six in the afternoon, with a maximum of 24 players at each time and for each age group. Specific trials will be held for outfield players and keepers.

If you are interested in a trail, the form you should complete the form at:

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/fcbescola/searcher?tag=FCBEscola

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FC Barcelona, classified for the Spanish Cup Final

FC Barcelona has classified for the Spanish Cup Final, after knocking out Real Sociedad. 

On April 19^th , Tata Martino's team will try to win their 27th Spanish Cup Final in the history of the Club and reaffirm themselves, even more, as the team that has dominated this competition.

Barça will play their 37th Final against Real Madrid.

Barça will go into their fourth final in the last six years. In the 2008/09 season, they became Champions against Athletic Club Bilbao in Mestalla (1-4), in 2010/11 they lost to Real Madrid, in extra time (1-0) and in 2011/12 they repeated their triumph over Bilbao at the Vicente Calderón (3-0).

In these last six years they only failed to reach the Cup Final in 2010, when Sevilla knocked them out in the last 16 round, and last season, when they lost to Real Madrid in the semi.final.

So, Barça once again will face Real Madrid, two years after the last Cup Final played against each other. In the six Barça vs Madrid finals, each team have won 3 times. 

The first Clasico in a Cup Final goes back to the 1935/36 season, and the latest, the 2010/11 season. Curiously, both Finals were played in Valencia. On April 19^th,  the equality will be broken. More about FC barcelona spring camps in Canada.

Zubizarreta has confidence in Barça

Andoni Zubizarreta, who travelled with the 23 man squad, spoke to the media shortly before boarding the flight to Manchester. 

He declared: “The first knockout match is never an easy game, and given the quality of the opponent this year, this promises to be a top quality match”. 

The FC Barcelona sports director added that “teams of this level are outstanding not just because of what they can do as a unit, but also because of the capacity of individual players to solve situations”.

According to him, “we have to sense that we are Barça and that we have our own way of  nderstanding and playing football. We have never lost our confidence in Messi and he has proved himself time and again both in training and in matches.”

Zubizarreta was also asked about how much Barça’s whole season depends on the outcome of this match, and answered that “people forget that we have already won the Spanish Supercup this season. If we hadn’t won it, then that may have affected our whole season.

Our position in the league, qualifying for the cup final, all these things affect the outcome of the season, not just this match”. More about FC Barcelona summer camps.

100 million fans for Barça on social networks

100 million followers on social networks is a number to be celebrated, and today the fans who came to the Camp for the Barça-Rayo game did just that. 

Outside the stadium, two spaces were set up where members and fans could be photographed in front of a mural that read 'We are # FCB100M' with the logos of all the social networks where FC Barcelona is represented. 

Many people took part in the celebration and published the photos on their personal profiles on social networking sites. 

Inside the stadium, more than 74,000 spectators watched, on the main scoreboards, the video prepared by the Club to show it’s gratitude to the fans all over the world, who can continue to participate in the celebrations by publishing their Barça photos with the hashtag # FCB100M.

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Mingma Sherpa visits the Barça’s Museum

Mingma Sherpa, the first sherpa to climb the 14 mountains that climb above 8,000 meters, visited  FC Barcelona Museum and went on the Tour Experience, where he got the chance to revisit the biggest moments in FC Barcelona history and see the Camp Nou. Mingma Sherpa is a known Barça fan and he’s a big admirer of Leo Messi.

“Messi is a fantastic player and he’s very well known throughout the world. He’s very lucky to play for Barça and Barça is very lucky to have him,” explained Mingma Sherpa, who was very pleased with his Museum experience: “I never could have imagined a museum like this one, not even in my dreams. Barça is a very big club. Coming here and seeing this museum is very surprising for someone like me.”

In May 2011, Mingma Sherpa became the first sherpa to scale the 14 mountains that climb above 8,000 meters when he summited the Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), the third highest mountain in the world. On that occasion,  he was accompanied by the Catalan alpinist Óscar Cadiach, who was unable to complete his journey due to technical difficulties. Read more about FC Barcelona Spring camp in Montreal.

Cadiach defines Mingma Sherpa as a “respected man in his village. They support him and they praise him for being their hero. He’s a different kind of Sherpa and very intelligent. At the age of 12, he lost his father and he started working by carrying 25 kilo packs up mountains. 

After that, he got involved in expeditions, later he became a guide and finally he became a sherpa. His charisma is unique. I admire his simplicity and humility.”

A sad day for football

Luis Aragonés died this Saturday morning in Madrid. He was 75 years old. 

He was manager of FC Barcelona from the 5th match of the 1987/88 season in replacement for Englishman Terry Venables. 

Previously, he had managed Atlético Madrid (1974-80 and 1982-87) and Betis (1981-82). 

Assisted by Carles Rexach, the season ended with FC Barcelona in 6th place in the league, and knocked out the UEFA Cup in the quarter finals, but the season ended in joy when Barça lifted the Spanish Cup, beating Real Sociedad 1-0 in the final. Luis Aragones died on February 1, 2014, a victim of leukemia.

In all three competitions, he ended with a record of 23 wins, 13 draws and 14 defeats.

He would go on afterwards to manage Espanyol, Atlético Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, Betis, Oviedo, Atlético Madrid again, Mallorca, the Spanish national team and Fenerbahçe. 

As Spanish national coach, he led his country to the Euro 2008 title in Austria and Switzerland.

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