Full name | Futbol Club Barcelona | |||
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Nickname(s) | Barça C | |||
Founded | 1967 | |||
Dissolved | 2 July 2007 | |||
Ground | Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | |||
Capacity | 15,276 | |||
League | 3ª – Group 5 | |||
2006–07 | 3ª – Group 5, 13th | |||
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Closed departments of FC Barcelona | ||||||||
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Fútbol Club Barcelona C was a Spanish football team that folded on 2 July 2007. The youth team of FC Barcelona, it played its home games at the Mini Estadi.
Founded in 1967 as Barcelona Amateur, it adopted the name FC Barcelona C in 1993. Unlike the English League, youth teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However youth and reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior teams. FC Barcelona C played its matches at the Mini Estadi, a stadium located within the club's facilities on Diagonal, attached to Camp Nou, with a capacity for 15,276 spectators.
FC Barcelona last played in the fourth division. They were ineligible for promotion to the third level, as FC Barcelona B were playing in that category. Club president Joan Laporta chose not to inscribe the team in Primera Catalana for 2007–08, after the B team dropped to the fourth level.[1]