At 21.30, this year’s World Supporters Clubs Meeting got under way, which will go on at the Camp Nou until August 22. Supporters club from Spain and the rest of the world have gathered on the Festa Barça grounds at the stadium and have been offered all kinds of training. The vice president of the FC Barcelona Social Area, Jordi Cardoner i Casaus, was there to open the XXXIV World Supporters Clubs Meeting, where there was also a Basque dance and a human tower made by the Castellers de Barcelona. According to the vice president, this is a great time to bring everyone together because “we can take advantage of August to bring people to Barcelona from many places, and we hope that from now on supporters clubs and members will see attendance as an obligation”. Cardoner also said that “during the first day of the Festa Barça, about 2,500 have been here, and we are very happy with this social space”.

An institutional representation of the club has also enjoyed a supper with the Barça supporters, including director Pilar Guinovart, Director General, Antoni Rossich, the Head of the Social Commission, Pau Vilanova, and the directors of the FC Barcelona Social and Supporters Clubs Commission, including Josep M. Barnils.

100% Barça setting

The inauguration supper for the World Supporters Clubs Meeting was held in a unique venue where the FCB sentiment was everywhere to be seen, the grounds of the Festa Barça. The club has provided its members with facilities where they can play fussball, mini-football, board games, go up in a hot air balloon and also visit spaces dedicated to the FC Barcelona or simply enjoy some rest with refreshments provided courtesy of the club.

Congress to start on Sunday

Tomorrow morning is the first day of the XXXII World Supporters Clubs Congress in the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya. A total of 732 supporters clubs members will meet to share their main concerns and experiences regarding the supporters clubs movement, all of which will end with a gala dinner. On Monday, more than 1,000 supporters clubs have registered for the second session of the Congress.