Interesting facts about soccer in Spain
Football in Spain is more than just a game. It's part of life, perhaps, every Spaniard. Every time there's a match of your favorite team, obsessed fans occupy not only the stadiums, but also many outdoor bars, where from time to time screaming in the street during dangerous moments of the game. Play ball the Spaniards start with the smallest years on sports fields, on the beach, in the yard, and on the walls of businesses or ancient buildings, you can often see a sign with a crossed-out soccer ball with the caption that the wall of the ball to beat should not be.
the Amateur football clubs are there at every step, they can consist of friends and employees of some small cafe in a residential area, and friendly matches between the clubs “Bar Pedro” and “cafeteria La Granja” are almost daily. The popularity of football of Spain is so great that in Catalonia there is even a separate TV channel «Barca TV”, dedicated to the club «Barcelona». Tell me more about the history of football in Spain and the major football tournaments. By the way, to review the results of the Spanish championship on football you can .
theHistory of soccer in Spain: the stage of the origin
As you know, professional football is about the form in which it now exists, was born in the mid-nineteenth century in England, where he became very popular. The fascination of the British eventually went beyond England and the football quickly began to acquire chalone popularity on the European continent.
History of soccer in Spain originated in the late XIX - in the Basque Country. Bilbao in those days was a major port and a major industrial center of Spain, where he arrived migrants from Europe, including from England. It was British workers opened the history of Spanish football, bringing here this game. In the early 1890-ies, these workers came together and created a “Football Club Bilbao”, which today is called “athletic Bilbao” and is 1 of the most renowned clubs in Spain. The official founding date of the club is July 18, 1898.
However, the actual history of Spain football originated with the formation of the football club "Recreativo" from the Andalusian city of Huelva is the oldest in the country. “Recreativo” founded on 23 December 1889 2 Scottish doctors Russell G. Ross and O. McKay, who worked in the mines of the Spanish Rio Tinto company. They founded the club "Huelva Recreation Club".
FC «Barcelona» («Leopard») is the 1st of the best football clubs of Spanish football, but worldwide. «Barcelona» was founded in 29.11.1899 group G. Catalan, British, the Swiss, the Spanish players headed by joana Ampera.
In Madrid, a football originated in 1896, when he created the FC «Football; sky”, which is the ancestor of the famous FC "real Madrid". The official founding date of the club of Madrid is considered to be March 6, 1902, when 2-VA brothers Julian and Padres Palacios founded FC "Madrid Football Club". On June 29, 1920, Alfonso XIII (king of Spain) awarded the club the title "Royal" (Real), hence the modern name of this football club «real Madrid”.
the Main competition of professional football of Spain has three of the tournament:
the- La Liga (Spanish League);
- King's Cup (Copa del Rey);
- Spanish super Cup.
in a number of other competitions such as the Cup of Catalonia, the Spanish championship among the teams of the Segunda Division "B" championship teams of the third division Tercera or friendly tournaments.
theEl Classico
Interesting phenomenon of football in Spain is the confrontation between the two strongest clubs - the ‘real Madrid» and «Barcelona», which is called the El Classico or “Derby in Spain”. Struggle arose with the emergence of clubs that also represent the largest city of Spain - Madrid and Barcelona. Most meetings El Clasico held at home stadiums of the clubs that became the most famous in Spain. Native stadium «Barcelona» is the largest by capacity in Europe five-star stadium "camp Nou", the home arena of the “real” is also the owner of five star Madrid stadium "Santiago Bernabeu".
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