The 1901–02 season was the third season for FC Barcelona.

Events

The first game of the season was a friendly against Hispania AC which ended in a 1–0 victory thanks to a goal from

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. The following game was the first at camp de la Carretera d'Horta, and Gamper contributed decisively once again with a

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to help his side to a 4–0 win over the crew of

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. A few months later, Barça won the first official piece of silverware, the

1901–02 Copa Macaya The 1901–02 Copa Macaya was the 2nd staging of the Copa Macaya. This tournament is best known for being the very first trophy won by the Spanish club FC Barcelona. The competition was held on the road between 22 December 1901 and ended on 12 Marc ...

. In the eight games played in the tournament, Barça only conceded two goals, in a 2–4 win over Hispania on 6 January 1902, and scored a resounding 60 goals, 15 of which came on the final matchday in a 15–0 victory over Català SC on 23 March 1902, with Udo Steinberg netting 6 goals, and Joan Gamper and Arthur Leask clutching a hat-trick each. Coinciding with the festivities of the coronation of King

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, the president of the recently established

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, the Catalan

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. It was contested in Madrid, and five teams participated: Barça, Club Español (now

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), Madrid FC (now Real Madrid),

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and

Club Vizcaya Bizcaya, also known as Bizcaya FC or Club Bizcaya (Vizcaya in Spanish) was an association football representative team from Bilbao, Spain, which participated in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación and the 1907 Copa del Rey, winning the former. In ...

. The competition featured the first recorded game between Barcelona and Madrid FC on 13 May 1902, with the Blaugrana emerging as 3–1 winners, courtesy of goals from Steinberg and Gamper. Barça reached the final of the championship, where they were defeated by Bizcaya 2–1.

Squad

Matches

* 1 Eckes, played his last game for the club as a

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. * 2 Second match for Barcelona on the same day.

External links

* Official Site

References

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