FC Barcelona is one of the greatest teams if not the greatest team of all time Real Madrid is the best just shut up I'm going to explain the entire history of FC Barcelona in about 10 minutes so let the lesson begin this area right here is called Catalonia and what we need is its capital Barcelona the city was founded by Romans why because they basically wanted the entire world the Romans set up a colony called barino at the end of the first century BC and then for over 200 years Barcelona was under Muslim rule but following the Christian reconquest it became a count of the carolingian Empire and the medieval period really helped this city evolve which made it the economic and political center of the Western Mediterranean but we are talking about the club now yes just be patient the 17th and 18th centuries were a very bad period for Barcelona they struggled to keep their political and economic independence oh they have a savior who the textile industry because of it a period of cultural recovery in the mid 19th century began well enough history about the city let's talk about the club in 18 89 the football Pioneer Jean gumer decided that he wanted to form a new club and after 11 other enthusiasts responded to his newspaper advert the dream became a reality and FC Barcelona was born so the new club started its Journey successfully after they lost to bisaya in the final of Copa del In 1902 Barcelona bounced back and won the competition eight times between then and 1928 eight but the club's Golden Era took place in the 1920s Barca dominated the cion de Catalonia and kopa Del re with their first big goal scorer being Paulino Alcantara in 1929 Barcelona won La Liga and after that it went all downhill there were ongoing conflicts in the country which eventually led to the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of Franco's regime gamper time in Barcelona ended abruptly after he was deported from Spain because of political reasons a few years later he committed suicide hosep Sunol had become the new director of FC Barcelona he was a left-wing politician and this would finally lead to his death he was executed by the frankist regime in 1938 the situation was actually pretty bad under his regime so much so that Barcelona had to change their name to a less catalani sounding Barcelona Club the football also the Catalan colors were removed from their Crest the next two decades were reasonably successful for the club and in the period from 1942 to 1957 Barcelona claimed five La Liga titles and five Copa del trophies and here comes the worst decade for Barcelona the 60s the Stefano was in his prime at that time and Real Madrid was just too strong for Barcelona and in 10 years Barca have only won two Copa del reays but all of that was going to change because of one very special player the player who changed Barcelona forever joined the club I'm of course talking about Johan kru if you want to know more about his career then check out this video I made now Johan K was so good that he was one of the main reasons Barcelona won a La Liga title in 1974 it was the first one in 10 years but that was it Barca didn't win a league title for the next 10 years with this in mind this era was still not composed of only Sadness the trophy collection would still grow rapidly since Barca was better in Cup competitions so in this period they have won four copad Del re and two Cup winners cups but Yan C's influence for Barcelona doesn't stop here not at all in 1979 criff came up with the idea of founding a football Academy that would work like the Ajax one and his proposal was accepted so an old building called laasia was converted into the academy headquarters and his idea was just incredible as the academy was one of the best in the world and I can easily prove it here are only a few players that have passed through laasia Carles puol Gerard P CES Fabregas Pep Guardiola Leonel Messi I could go on all day that's how great laasia actually is the year 1988 is really important for Barcelona's history as Johan K returned to the club but this time as a manager he made a Dream Team he had players like Pep Guardiola Michael lrop Romario and kristo stov but what's more important is the philosophy Johan brought to the club the so-called tikit taka system I think you all know what this is about this is the style based on retaining and circulating possession of the ball and I have to say for me this is the most beautiful way of playing football and the results were coming as well under CR Barcelona won four consecutive La Liga titles two Copa del re trophies One World Cup winners cup and their first year European trophy but silverware was not enough for Johan as he opened the club's door for other Dutch players and that's when Barcelona's Dutch connection appeared and it picked in the '90s and early 2000s with Ronald Kuman Patrick lver and joavan Van bonor leaving a big Mark at the club but the Dutch connection didn't end with players just after K's departure from the club in 1996 Luis vangal took took over as manager and he continued the streak of good results he won two La Liga titles two Copa del R trophies and one cup winners cup in the 2000s a new era began for Barca they have lost L Figo their best player and the hero for the fans to their biggest Rivals Real Madrid the early 2000s so many changes but not exactly for the better until a new Dutch man arrived in 200 five Frank Reichard much like the others before him he formed a team with expensive signings like Ronaldinho and players from laasia caros pool Chavi Messi and Andre Siesta with rard Barcelona won two La Liga titles and one champions league but then the most dominant period for a football club in the history of the game arrived in 2008 Pep Guardiola took over as the club's manager previously being the Barca B manager he was not only a coach he was someone who understood the philosophy of Barcelona he was a player at this club and he was the leader who was going to make this team unbeaten guardiola's methods were focused on tikit taka and dominance of possession soon enough this playing style became so iconic that it was the absolute highest standard for any football club and if you watched football during that period you surely know that there was no team in the world that could have beaten Prime Barca the level of play was just too high it was not normal and don't get me started on Lionel Messi this guy was an alien in the 2011 UCL final he got a 10 out of 10 rating and that was against Manchester United Prime Manchester United and if I still didn't convince you then I will let the trophy speak for themselves from 2008 to 2012 Barcelona won three La lias two Copa del re and two champions leagues this successful period continued until 2015 when Luis Enrique came in as a manager and led the club to another treble with Messi Suarez and Neymar also known as the MSN being in top form and since that Champions League final win in 2015 this team was just never the same in the competition now the reason is actually tied to the new president BTO he destroyed this club in every way possible and to prove that I will just say that he is the one that brought coutinho demele and antoan Griezmann to the club he is the one that made the three worst transfers in football history possible now he's not the president anymore but the damage he left behind is irrecoverable in 2020 because of the pandemic and other bad financial decisions the club was in dep with over1 billion EUR and until this very day Barcelona have not repaid it should I also add that 2020 was when Barca lost 82 to Bayern Munich finished the season trophy L and Messi turned against the club I think not but in 2021 a glimpse of Hope appeared when Juan laporta was elected as the new president of FC Barcelona and since then the club has been on the right path but that doesn't mean that there are no problems Barcelona still have problems registering players in La Liga they have demolished the comp no and have to renovate it while still being in dep and the only way Barca can get out of this situation is to perform in the Champions League and La Liga so what do you think will Barcelona ever get back to being the best club in the world or will it go down is the club that lost the all