1939-1940:
The May 13, 1940 Enrique Pineyro, Marquis de la Mesa de Asta, is appointed new president.
The new coach is Josep Planas. Barcelona finishes ninth in the league and avoided relegation by just three points. In the latest edition of the Championship of Catalonia is imposed on the same team Espanyol and Barcelona eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Cup.
The new regime forces a modification of the club crest, which loses two bars of the Catalan flag and the name that henceforth renamed "Football Club Barcelona".
They
begin to play two of the great figures of the postwar period: Caesar and
Martin.
After one year ban for playing in France, become Raich, Escola and Pedrol. A year later so will Balmanya. They start playing young Gonzalvo III and Seguer.
The team is recovering and the number of partners as well. In late 1940 the club had 4,760 members and over 1941 reached ten thousand.
In the league in fourth place finishes in the Cup again is who eliminated Espanyol Barcelona.
A first
expansion study Les Corts and the club offices move to a villa passage Méndez
Vigo, headquarters of the company until the late sixties handles.
Barcelona
won the Cup (4-3 in Ath. Iriondo and Zarra Bilbao) and a week later saves
promotion relegation to the Second Division against Murcia 5-1.
The July 10, 1942 President Pineyro resigns and takes care of Josep Vidal-Ribas entity, but for the period of one month, since August 13 Pineyro returns to the presidency.
Josep Nogues continues to lead the team after replacing Ramon Guzman late last season.
In the League the Barcelona finishes third and Mariano Martin won the Pichichi with 32 goals in 26 games, an average not yet overcome.
In the
semifinals of Cup a resounding defeat occurs. In the area of Les Corts
Barcelona beats Real Madrid 3-0 in the second leg but played in Madrid mature
white 11-1. The Barcelona Arbitration understood favoritism in the crash. There
was the mass resignation of the board of Enrique Pineyro and resignation not
accepted by the leaders of the Catalan Federation.
After the short-lived presidency of Josep Antoni Albert (one month), on September 20, 1943 General appoints Colonel Moscardo Josep Vendrell (which at that time held the Directorate of Public Order of La Coruña), to lead the club.
The season is pretty poor as far as titles are concerned, with a sixth place in the league and in the elimination round of the Cup. Severe injury of striker Martin was decisive.
Among
the players who retired this season highlights the name Lluis Miro, goalkeeper,
deeply marked by the defeat of 11-1 the previous season.
Josep Samitier is the new coach of Barcelona and leads to success in the league, second in the club's history. Caesar begins to establish itself as one of the greatest scorers of the time. In the Cup, the Barcelona falls eliminated again in the second round.
The
number of members is increasing and now exceeds the number of 20,000. At the
end of this season the new grandstand opens at Les Corts.
Barcelona lost the league on the final day to tie in the Nou Camp stadium in Seville, who was the leader with a one point advantage. That same day Bishop Sabate dies, the priest who blessed the first stone of Les Corts. He was a tireless supporter of Barcelona, very popular at the time, shortly before his death and asked for the decider. They said that Barcelona had won 2-0.
Shortly after it was learned that six games into Sevilla midfielder lined Antunez without having provided federal tab, but everything was fine.
In the
Cup the Barcelona Sevilla falls to the same with a score of 8-0 in the first
leg. The match was grueling and ended seven Barcelona players.
A timid liberalization of the Franco regime allows the president to appoint directors. Thus it becomes the September 20, 1946 by the club Agusti Montal i Galobart entrepreneur cotton. Among his first decisions is that of recovering the Joan Gamper bust and get a municipal permit to restore the name of the founder of the street was dedicated in 1934.
In
sport, the team is fourth in the League Cup and surprisingly falls against
Gimnastic de Tarragona.
Former
Uruguayan Enrique Fernandez player is the new coach and the team gets the
league title in a tough battle with Valencia. Goals from striker Cesar
nicknamed "wigs" for years before that Barcelona had paid the
thousand pesetas for his transfer, give the third league.
The July 28, 1948 the first meeting of members held since 1936 It is called "partners commissioners" 210 in total, a figure of about 20,704 subscribers. At that time the club with the most members was the Real Madrid, with 43,000, followed by Atletico Madrid, with 35,000, and Barcelona.
With a team in which include the goalkeeper Velasco, the Gonzalvo brothers César and Basra front, the Barcelona defended its league title again against Valencia.
Champions League in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain face in the first edition of the Copa America. The Barcelona crowned champions in winning the final against Sporting Lisbon 2-1. Eva Duarte Cup, Spanish Super Cup precedent is also achieved.
The
club is preparing for the acts of its fiftieth anniversary.
