Tomàs Rosés was a banker and president of
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
from 1929 to 1930.
A banker by trade, Rosés became the 17th president of FC Barcelona on 23 March 1929, and presided over the club as they won a
Catalan Championship and the inaugural edition of
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...
, as the team won the
1929 La Liga
The 1929 Primera División season was the inaugural season of the Primera División. It started on 10 February 1929 and finished on 23 June 1929. A total of 10 teams participated in the league.
After the failure to create a national league in 1 ...
.
However, despite the team success, the players refused to play until future president
Josep Sunyol was able to defuse the situation. On 30 June 1930 he resigned as president, leaving the club in the hands of
Gaspar Rosés
Gaspar Rosés i Arus was a Catalan politician. He was MP for the Regionalist League in Arenys de Mar in the Spanish general election, 1918. He later became President of FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelon ...
who became president for the third time.
References
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FC Barcelona presidents
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