1989-1990:
The season begins with
the additions of Koeman and Laudrup but the team does not improve in the
league. Lose the first three movements (with some controversial Cruyff, such as
making play young Lucendo) and Real Madrid take advantage. When Barcelona
looked up positions in the league, a grim arbitration in a Barcelona-Sevilla
arbitrated by the canary Brito Arceo, where outside the area missing to Sevilla
was Polster gives a penalty occurs. Finally the team ranks third 11 points
behind Real Madrid.
In the Recopa falls in
the second round, eliminated in overtime by Anderlecht, but it is surpassing
Cup qualifiers to reach the final in Valencia against Real Madrid. Barcelona
wins 2-0 with goals from Love and Salinas.
During the season
explodes Milla matter. The young player wants a substantial improvement in his
contract but Cruyff finds exaggerated. Milla would end up signing for Real
Madrid.
1990-1991:
Barcelona continues to strengthen, now with
Stoichkov, Nando and Goikoetxea. League starts with a 0-1 win against Espanyol
and begins to be felt from the first days clear barcelonista domain. Despite
the serious injury in the ninth round Koeman and Stoichkov in the expulsion of
the Super Cup and subsequent passing of two months without playing by stepping
on the Referee Urizar Azpitarte, Barça proclaimed champions with 10 points
ahead of the runner , Atletico Madrid. In the final stretch arrive sounded like
a 0-6 win against Athletic Bilbao with four goals from Stoichkov.
The February 26, 1991 Cruyff suffered a
coronary failure and has to undergo surgery. Replaced by his second, Carles
Rexach.
In the Cup the Barcelona falls in semifinals
by Atletico Madrid at the Calderon, a game in which they are expelled Nando,
Ferrer, Koeman and Cruyff himself. In the Recopa team reaches the final but low
Zubizarreta, Stoichkov and Love weaken the team that lost 2-1 to Manchester
United.
1991-1992:
Witschge reach, Nadal, and Juan Carlos joins
the team and the young squad Josep Guardiola, revelation of the season.
Barcelona starts badly the League and in the first five days can only add 4
points, leaving 6 of Real Madrid, who had won the first five games. But the
team is slowly reaching to Real Madrid, and in the last day takes the stunning
defeat of whites in Tenerife 3-2 to win the league title.
Barcelona win Super Cup after defeating Spain
Atletico Madrid over two legs (0-1 and 1-1). In the Cup, however, the team
falls in shootout, eliminated by Valencia in the second round.
The European Cup is the big goal and are
overcome playoffs (with goal "in extremis" Bakero in Kaiserslautern).
The May 20, 1992 the Barcelona dispute the final at Wembley Stadium and English
is imposed on the Italian Sampdoria 1-0 in overtime, with a historic goal in
Ronald Koeman free kick.
The Generalitat de Catalunya awarded the
Cross of Sant Jordi in Barcelona Football Club.
1992-1993:
With very few changes in the team compared to
last season, Barcelona won the league again in a duel with Real Madrid and
Deportivo La Coruña. The controversial defeat again in Tenerife from Madrid
team 2-0 in the final round proved decisive.
Barcelona also won the Supercopa of Spain by
beating Atletico de Madrid for the first time win the European Super Cup against
German Werden Bremen 1-1 and 2-1. Disappointments come in the European Cup,
where the team can not beat CSKA Moscow in the second round, the
Intercontinental Cup, losing to Sao Paulo, and the Copa del Rey, where Madrid
eliminated Barcelona in semifinals.
Without opposition, on January 7, 1993 is
reelected president Josep Lluís Núñez, which has 18,522 guarantors
1993-1994:
Barcelona is reinforced with the signing of
Brazilian Romario and gets its fourth consecutive league title.
Despite the many ups and downs, the team has
just proclaimed league champions, tied on points with Deportivo La Coruna. In
the last minute of the last day Galicians lost the title when Djukic misses a
penalty shot that stops González Valencia. Romario is the top scorer in the
league with 30 goals and works brilliantly in a clear 5-0 win over Real Madrid
at the Camp Nou on January 8, 1994.
In the Cup Betis, Second Division team,
surprisingly eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-final and the European Cup in
the team and the fans are a big blow. Barcelona reached the final brilliantly
but falls miserably 4-0 to AC Milan match played in Athens.
1994-1995:
The defeat in Athens leads to serious
consequences; Cruyff longer desires Zubizarreta, Laudrup, Goikoetxea and
Salinas. The "Dream Team" cracks and their substitutes, as Hagi,
Eskurza and Busquets, do not forget the figures of the team that won four years
of success. The Spaniard Abelardo is one of the few signings that demonstrates
a good performance.
Romario, who champion global EE proclaimed
during the summer. UU. Brazil, comes with 23 days late and the club sanctioned.
But in the first game of the season, at the low Hagi and Stoichkov, Cruyff is
forced to play him.
The Barcelona finishes fourth in the league
nine points behind Real Madrid, getting a place in the UEFA Cup on the last
day. Win the Super Cup against Real Zaragoza, but falls eliminated from the
Copa del Rey in the second round by Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals and
the European Cup against Paris Saint-Germain.
Romario back from the Christmas break with
the determination to leave Flamengo and just getting it, but before
participating in the league win Real Madrid 5-0 at the Bernabeu.
The "Dream Team" continuous
decomposing. Stoichkov gets the Golden Ball but has a serious clash with
Cruyff. At the end of the season would sign for the Italian Parma AC. Ronald
Koeman announces his desire to return to Holland and Begiristain Eusebio and
also advertise his farewell.
1995-1996:
Johan Cruyff tries to rebuild a championship
team and incorporates a new block of foreigners Prosinecki, Meho Kodro, Popescu
and Figo. Provides opportunities for new players of the quarry, as Celades,
Roger and De la Peña, along with his son Jordi, who had excelled in the final
stretch of last season.
Results do not come and for the first time
since 1988, the team earns no official title. The Barcelona finishes third in
the league, lost the final of the Copa del Rey against Atletico Madrid and is
one step away from the final of the UEFA Cup losing to Bayer Munich.
The various clashes between Cruyff and
explode directive 18 May 1996 The President Josep Lluís Núñez announced the
immediate dismissal of the technical with just two games left in the league.
The protests in favor of the Dutch and against the policy are evident in the
last league match at the Camp Nou. Your place is Carles Rexach, awaiting the
arrival of new coach for next season, the English Bobby Robson.
1996-1997:
With the opening of the European market and Bobby
Robson on the bench, the team is reinforced with players like Luis Enrique
determinants, Pizzi, Vitor Baia, Couto, Giovanni, Blanc and, above all, that of
Brazilian Ronaldo, who soon becomes good 2,500 million pesetas the policy paid
to PSV Eindhoven for his signing. The player becomes the top scorer in the
league with 34 goals and is instrumental in the victory of the three titles
won.
The Barcelona finishes second in the league,
two points behind Real Madrid is the winner with 92 points. The team gets the
double Supercup Spain match against Atletico Madrid, and the Cup Winners Cup
against Paris Saint-Germain, in the final of the Rotterdam disputed May 14,
1997 (1-0). On June 28, the final of the Copa del Rey takes place at the
Bernabeu, where Barcelona gets its 23rd Cup in extra time to beat Betis 3-2
after an exciting match.
Another big game this season is the dramatic
comeback against Atletico Madrid in the Copa. Manages to overcome Barcelona 0-3
against the first half with a great second half culminating in the final 5-4.
Bakero leaves the club in November and in an
emotional farewell league match against Real Valladolid (6-1), in which to
score a goal. Later, the Mexican ficharía Veracruz.
1997-1998:
The season begins with Louis Van Gaal as new coach.
Ronaldo Portugal had astonished everyone with his game in his first season, was
one of the most significant casualties, after much negotiation I did not come
to an agreement and the Brazilian emigrated to Inter Milan by four billion,
double what in his day payment Barca. His absence was covered by Rivaldo,
another Brazilian who came to succeed Deportivo La Coruna a great player and
after showed, also entered the Hesp and Reiziger Dutch, Brazilian Anderson as
more importantes.La season did not start well because it was lost Super Cup
final against Real Madrid of Spain, Champion League and failed to qualify for
the finals, but things changed and end the season with three Títulos.A balance
despite the "reviews" which received the coach and the team in the
early days, the fact is that had its best start in league history. He
maintained closely with Madrid, but after the match at Camp Nou (3-0) to
whites, Barca left nearly sentenced Liguero Football Championship and absence
of 4 days and was Champion. More aligned Player: Hesp (35partidos). Top scorer:
19 goals Rivaldo.
1998-1999
The 98-99 seasons will be remembered as one
of the most comprehensive in the history of FC Barcelona Spain in terms of
titles won among the most important sections of the Club, where they managed!! 7
Titles: 1 in Football, Basketball 2, 3 and 1 Handball Hockey skates. The
addition of these trophies 06.10.98, The Camp Nou was chosen by UEFA:
"Stage Five Stars" as one of the best stadiums in Europe. The
06/30/98 FC Barcelona receives from King's "Cup Stadium" for the work
in the promotion and development of sport basis. And all this does coincide
with the acts and conduct of the Centenary. The season did not start too well
in Cup, were eliminated from the football Champions League and the Copa del
Rey, in the league football championship came within 5 points of the promotion,
that broke the camel and the fans demanded the resignation of coach and
President Nunez, but this continued and further affirm its confidence in the
technical thinking it was best for the club, from here things changed
completely, and in a sensational second round, the Catalans win La Liga
