Joan Gamper - Goal Machine

The Joan Gamper we usually see is the bespectacled, avuncular elder statesmen of Barcelona, but when he founded that eminent club he was still a player first and foremost.
In 1901-02 Barcelona enjoyed a glut of goals. They played 26 matches, losing only one, and scored in every game. They scored 146 goals in total, an average of over 5 a game.

Goals scored	Number of games
1	3
2	2
3	3
4	6
5	1
6	1
7	3
8	2
9	1
10	1
12	2
15	1

At the forefront of this goal rush was 24 year old Gamper:

Joan Gamper / Hans Camper	Switzerland	29
Bernat Lassaleta	Spain	24
Lluís d'Ossó	Catalunya	20
Udo Steinberg	Germany	19
Paul Viderkher	Switzerland	6
Joaquín García	Catalunya
George Noble	Catalunya	5
Alfonso Albéniz	Catalunya
John Parsons	Catalunya	4
James Albert Eckes	England
Stanley Harris	England
Josep Llobet	Catalunya
Arthur Leask	Catalunya	3
Henry Morris	England /Basque/Philippines	2
? Chown	?
? Catala	Catalunya
Own Goals
Josep Quirante	Catalunya	1
Josep Vidal	Catalunya
? Conarre	?
? Gener	?

The only team to defeat Barcelona's only defeat came in the final of Copa de la Coronació, beaten 2-1 by Athletic Club Bilbao in the guise of Bizcaya.

Argentina v Atlético Madrid, 1928

We have seen that Argentina stopped off in Portugal for a  friendly international en route to the 1928 Olympic tounament. They also played 2 matches in Spain.
On 08.04.28 Atlético Madrid were beaten 2-0, and on 22.04.28 Barcelona beat the visitors 4-1.
 Here is a rather novel team photograph from the Atletico match:

Ángel Bossio	Club Atlético Talleres
Ludovico Bidoglio	Boca Juniors
Fernando Paternoster	Racing Club de Avellaneda
Ángel Segundo Médici	Boca Juniors
Adolfo Zumelzú	Club Sportivo Palermo
Luis Monti	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Natalio Perinetti	Racing Club de Avellaneda
Pedro Ochoa	Racing Club de Avellaneda
Manuel Ferreira	Estudiantes de La Plata
Roberto Cherro	Boca Juniors
Raimundo Orsi	Independiente

Campionat De Catalunya

Hispània AC 1901

Club Español de Fútbol 1904

F.C. España 1913

CE Europa 1923

CS Sabadell FC 1934

			P	W		D		L	F				A
1900-01	Copa Macaya The original Catalan championship was named after Alfons Macaya, 22-year-old president of Hispania AC	Hispània AC	6	5		1		0	37				2
		Club Español de Fútbol withdrew in protest claiming that referees were favouring Hispània. Barcelona backed these claims.
1901-02		Barcelona	8		8	0	0		60			2
1902-03		Club Español de Fútbol	4		3	0	1		9			2
		After finishing level on points, Español defeated Hispània 3-1 in a playoff.
	Copa Barcelona	Barcelona	14		12	2	0		45			10
		After being deducted points for fielding an ineligible player in the Copa Macaya, Barcelona withdrew and started their own tournament. The clubs who contested the Copa Macaya also featured in this competition!
1903-04	Campionat De Catalunya	Club Español de Fútbol	16		15	1	0		82			15
1904-05		Barcelona	8		5	2	1		21			12
1905-06		X Sporting Club	6		5	0	1		7			4
		X benefitted from an influx of players following the demise of Club Español de Fútbol.
1906-07		X Sporting Club	3		2	0	1		7			3
		X won after a chaotic situation- their final game with Barcelona saw the referee belatedly changing his mind after awarding Barca a penalty which they had scored! This took the score back from 3-3 (Barca as champions) to 3-2 (X as champions). The dispute was resolved by the arrangement of a winner takes all playoff match that X won by 3-1.
1907-08		X Sporting Club	6		5	0	1		14			6
1908-09		Barcelona	7		4	3	0		16			7
1909-10		Barcelona	10		10	0	0		46			3
1910-11		Barcelona	7		7	0	0		25			7
1911-12		Club Deportivo Español	10		8	1	1		35			5
		The champions were a reincarnation of Club Español de Fútbol.
1912-13	FCCF	Espanya	10		9	1	0		19			5
	FAC	Barcelona	4		3	0	1		24			9
		Federació Catalana de Clubs de Foot-ball was the official championship. Football Associació de Catalunya was a dissident league. It must be considered a failure as Barcelona FC provided 3 of the 6 teams and then the season was not completed.
1913-14		Espanya	8		8	0	0		12			2
1914-15		Club Deportivo Español	9		8	0	1		38			5
1915-16		Barcelona	21		21	0	0		110			18
		The league split into championship and relegation groups mid-season.
1916-17		Espanya	11		8	1	2		26			9
		Barcelona finished 3rd having had 4 results annulled for fielding the Filipino Juan de Garchitorena – there was some convoluted scandal around his nationality.
1917-18		Club Deportivo Español	10		7	2	1		34			8
1918-19		Barcelona	10		8	1	1		31			6
1919-20		Barcelona	10		9	1	0		28			7
1920-21		Barcelona	10		6	3	1		17			8
1921-22		Barcelona	10		9	1	0		63	8
1922-23		CE Europa	10		8	1	1		31		11
		Europa and Barcelona finished level on points. Europa won the playoff 1-0.
1923-24		Barcelona	10		10	0	0		28		7
1924-25		Barcelona	14		9	2	3		25		9
1925-26		Barcelona	14		9	2	3		35		11
1926-27		Barcelona	14		11	1	2		64		20
1927-28		Barcelona	14		12	0	2		56		11
		Barcelona and Europa finished level on points. Barca won the play off 1-0.
1928-29		Club Deportivo Español	10		9	1	0		32		4
1929-30		Barcelona	10		8	0	2		33		6
1930-31		Barcelona	10		8	1	1		34		10
1931-32		Barcelona	14		11	1	2		43		11
1932-33		Club Esportiu Espanyol	14		12	1	1		42		14
		Espanyol and Barcelona finished equal on points- the championship was decided on the results of the league fixtures between the 2. Espanyol won 3-2 and the return was a 1-1 draw.
1933-34		CS Sabadell FC	14		11	1	2		34		19
1934-35		Barcelona	10		8	1	1		36		10
1935-36		Barcelona	10		9	1	0		41		9
1936-37		Club Esportiu Espanyol	10		7	0	3		29		23

Titles
Barcelona	22
Club Español de Fútbol /Club Deportivo Español /Club Esportiu Espanyol	8
X Sporting Club	3
Espanya	3
CE Europa	1
CS Sabadell FC Hispània AC	1 1

Barcelona 1902