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A Guide to the RCD Espanyol Football Club

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RCD Espanyol or the Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a Catalan football club, which was formed in 1900; it boasts an incredible record in the Spanish La Liga over the past few decades. RCD Espanyol’s strengths have been in the youth academy and the club is extremely popular for spotting and nurturing young Spanish talent. The team is based in Barcelona and their home ground is Estadi Cornellà-El Prat, which has a capacity of seating 40,000. The team has won the Spanish league three times and was considered …

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Espanyol Football Club

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1. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is said to be the sixth most successful football team in Spain, despite being continually overshadowed by the ever-popular FC Barcelona. 2. This was the first club to be formed exclusively by Spanish fans, unlike clubs like FC Barcelona, which were founded by immigrants. Ángel Rodríguez founded the club with the help of his school mates from the University of Barcelona. 3. The blue and white stripes on the shirt colors that were adopted in 1910 were inspired by the colors on the Catalan Admiral …

Barcelona Football Club – The New Line Up For 2007-2008

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Players in: Thierry Henry, Arsenal (£16.1m) Yaya Toure, Monaco (£6.1m) Eric Abidal, Lyon (£10m) Gabi Milito, Real Zaragoza (£12.1m) Players Out: Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, Feyenoord (Free) Maxi Lopez, FC Moscow (£1.3m) Javier Saviola, Real Madrid (Free) Ludovic Giuly, Roma (£2m) Belletti, Chelsea (£3.7m) Motta, Atletico Madrid (undisclosed) The summer transfer window saw some interesting activity for Barcelona, including the signing of Thierry Henry from Arsenal after months of speculation. This addition to Barcelona’s strike force should create a wealth of opportunities up front, although Henry has admitted to finding it …

History & Progress of FC Barcelona Football Club

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You can visit the fantastic city of Barcelona, if you want to have wonderful football vacation in Europe. The fabulous capital of Catalonia certainly is one of the top venues to enjoy football in Europe. Located on the mouths of Llobregat & Besòs Rivers on the Mediterranean coast, Barcelona surely is a perfect destination for football. Football is the first passion for the Catalan People. Probably that was the reason that FIFA chose Barcelona as venue for several matches of the 1982 Football World Cup. The magnificent city is widely …

FC Barcelona Players: Carles Puyol

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With thighs the size of tree trunks and spirals of uncontrollably spiralling hair, Carles Puyol has the very last attributes you would imagine if you were thinking about Barcelona legends. He’s not a forward player; he doesn’t possess silky skills; he’s certainly not in the least flamboyant, despite his hairstyle. And yet a legend is exactly what Carles Puyol has become in his time in the Barcelona first team. It does seem, perhaps, that Puyol has been around for an eternity but it was only at the end of 1999 …

FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Matches through a Cules Eyes

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Fondly called the “El Classico”, the matches between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in Spain is one of the fiercest clashes between rivals. To understand the importance of these matches, one should understand the history behind both these clubs. It is not simply a clash between two of the biggest clubs in Spain; but to many it is still a clash between the oppressor and the suppressor. FC Barcelona is iconic for every Catalan. Barcelona might be in Spain but the Catalans prefer to be out of the fold. If …

FC Barcelona Players: Thierry Henry

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Thierry Henry, who was born in Les Ulis, France in August of 1977, is a star footballer for FC Barcelona as well as the French national team. All well-known sporting face, he has fronted ad campaigns for some of the biggest sportswear manufacturers on the planet. Not content to be merely a sports superstar he is also an ardent activist, raising awareness about children and poverty and combating racism in football and the world. Some of his most well known appearances have taken place during the Nike “‘Stand Up, Speak …