1930–31 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona
1930–31 season
President	Gaspar Rosés
Manager	Jim Bellamy
Stadium	Les Corts
La Liga	4th
Catalan League	Winners
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Ángel Arocha (16); All: Ángel Arocha (24)
	← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 season is FC Barcelona's 32nd in existence, and was their third year in the Primera División. It covers the period from 1930-08-01 to 1931-07-31.

FC Barcelona won the Catalan league for the 17th time, the 2nd in a row, their only title in the season.

First-team squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Ramón Llorens
—	GK	ESP	Juan Uriach
—	GK	ESP	Juan José Nogués
—	DF	ESP	Esteban Pedrol
—	DF	ESP	Ramón Zabalo
—	DF	ESP	Patricio Arnau
—	DF	ESP	Cristóbal Martí
—	DF	ESP	Enrique Mas
—	DF	ESP	Joaquín Roig
—	DF	GER	Emil Walter
—	DF	ESP	Manuel Oro
—	DF	ESP	Conrad Portas
—	DF	ESP	José Saló
—	MF	ESP	Fernando Diego


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	José Sastre
—	MF	ESP	Juan Font
—	MF	ESP	Severiano Goiburu
—	MF	ESP	Ramón Guzmán
—	MF	ESP	Vicente Piera
—	MF	ESP	José Carlos Castillo
—	MF	ESP	Carlos Bestit
—	FW	ESP	Josep Samitier
—	FW	ESP	Manuel Parera
—	FW	ESP	Juan Ramón
—	FW	ESP	Ángel Arocha
—	FW	ESP	Emilio Sagi Liñán
—	FW	ESP	Manuel García

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Juan José Nogués
—	FW	ESP	Emilio Sagi Liñán
—	DF	ESP	Joaquín Roig
—	DF	ESP	Manuel Oro
—	DF	ESP	Conrad Portas (from Espanyol)
—	DF	ESP	José Saló

Out[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	HUN	Ferenc Plattkó
—	DF	ESP	Vicente Saura
—	FW	ESP	Antonio García
—	MF	ESP	Domingo Carulla
—	GK	ESP	Cristóbal Solà (to Racing de Santander)

Competitions[edit]

La Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Racing Santander	18	10	2	6	49	37	+12	22^[a]
3	Real Sociedad	18	10	2	6	42	39	+3	22^[a]
4	Barcelona	18	7	7	4	40	43	−3	21
5	Arenas	18	8	2	8	35	38	−3	18^[b]
6	Real Madrid	18	7	4	7	24	32	−8	18^[b]

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Racing Santander and Real Sociedad on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao +7, Racing Santander –3, Real Sociedad –4
^ ^a ^b Arenas finished ahead of Real Madrid on head-to-head points: Arenas–Real Madrid 4–1, Real Madrid–Arenas 1–2.

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	1	1	3	7	10	6	4	4	5	8	8	8	6	4	5	4	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

7 December 1930 1	Barcelona	6–3	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
	Diego 10', 57', 58' Arocha 17', 46' Bestit 28'	Report	Iraragorri 15', 52' Gorostiza 89'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Escartín Morán

14 December 1930 2	Europa	2–2	Barcelona	Barcelona
	Calvet 38' Obiols 51'	Report	Bestit 9' Arocha 43'	Stadium: El Ginardó Referee: Coll

21 December 1930 3	Real Sociedad	4–1	Barcelona	San Sebastián
	Cholín 10' Bienzobas 16', 37' Mariscal 31'	Report	Arocha 28'	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Balaguer García

28 December 1930 4	Barcelona	1–1	Racing de Santander	Barcelona
	Diego 67'	Report	Cisco 14'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Escartín Morán

4 January 1931 5	Arenas	5–0	Barcelona	Getxo
	Yermo 19', 24' Calero 23' Emilín 53', 63'	Report		Stadium: Ibaiondo Referee: Escartín Morán

11 January 1931 6	Barcelona	6–2	Espanyol	Barcelona
	Arocha 10', 20', 69' Bestit 16', 25' Roig 81'	Report	Edelmiro 14', 48'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Ledesma

18 January 1931 7	Real Unión	1–1	Barcelona	Irun
	Sagarzazu 26'	Report	Arocha 40'	Stadium: Gal Referee: Hernández Areces

25 January 1931 8	Barcelona	1–1	Alavés	Barcelona
	Arnau 17'	Report	Quincoces II 41'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Melcón Bartolomé

1 February 1931 9	Real Madrid	0–0	Barcelona	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Insausti

8 February 1931 10	Athletic Bilbao	12–1	Barcelona	Bilbao
	Bata 2', 8', 24', 37', 57', 60', 68' Gorostiza 27' Lafuente 36' Garizurieta 55' Sastre 71' (o.g.) Iraragorri 83'	Report	Goiburu 10'	Stadium: San Mámés Referee: Balaguer García

15 February 1931 11	Barcelona	0–2	Europa	Barcelona
		Report	Bestit II 3', 33'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Arribas Seijas

22 February 1931 12	Barcelona	5–1	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Arocha 16', 23', 40' Sastre 34' Piera 89'	Report	Cholín 37'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Balaguer García

1 March 1931 13	Racing de Santander	0–1	Barcelona	Santander
		Report	Sagi 44'	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Melcón Bartolomé

8 March 1931 14	Barcelona	2–0	Arenas	Barcelona
	Goiburu 18' Arocha 47'	Report		Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Ostalé Gómez

17 March 1931 15	Espanyol	4–4	Barcelona	Barcelona
	Edelmiro 13' Bonal 21' Solé 26' (pen.) Besolí 81'	Report	Sastre 7' Arocha 16', 44', 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Sarrià Referee: Balaguer García

22 March 1931 16	Barcelona	5–3	Real Unión	Barcelona
	Sastre 14' Bestit 21', 62', 77' Arocha 38'	Report	Elícegui 47' Regueiro 54' Urtizberea 87'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Ostalé Gómez

29 March 1931 17	Alavés	1–1	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
	Albéniz 22'	Report	Goiburu 74'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Insausti

30 March 1930 18	Barcelona	3–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Ramón 12', 35', 73'	Report	Eugenio 38'	Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Vallana Jeanguenat

Copa del Rey[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

12 April 1931 First leg	Barcelona	9–0	Don Benito	Barcelona
	Goiburu Arocha Sagi Samitier Castillo			Stadium: Les Corts

3 May 1931 Second leg	Don Benito	1–3	Barcelona	Don Benito
			Goiburu Samitier	Stadium: Vicente Sanz

Round of 16[edit]

10 May 1931 First leg	Valencia	2–2	Barcelona	Valencia
			Ramón Goiburu	Stadium: Mestalla

17 May 1931 Second leg	Barcelona	1–2	Valencia	Barcelona
	Ramón			Stadium: Les Corts

Catalan football championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	10	8	1	1	34	10	+24	17
2	Sabadell	10	5	2	3	18	15	+3	12
3	Badalona	10	5	1	4	19	14	+5	11

Matches[edit]

21 September 1930 1	Barcelona	2–1	Sabadell	Barcelona
	Samitier Pedrol			Stadium: Les Corts

28 September 1930 2	Júpiter	1–9	Barcelona	Barcelona
			Bestit Goiburu Arocha Sagi	Stadium: La Vernenda

5 October 1930 3	Europa	1–4	Barcelona	Barcelona
			Goiburu Samitier Arocha

12 October 1930 4	Barcelona	5–1	Badalona	Barcelona
	Goiburu Arocha Arnau Sagi			Stadium: Les Corts

19 October 1930 5	Espanyol	2–3	Barcelona	Barcelona
			Goiburu Piera Solé (o.g.)	Stadium: Sarrià

26 October 1930 6	Sabadell	1–1	Barcelona	Sabadell
			Arocha	Stadium: Creu Alta

2 November 1930 7	Barcelona	4–2	Júpiter	Barcelona
	Arnau Arocha Diego Samitier			Stadium: Les Corts

9 November 1930 8	Barcelona	1–0	Europa	Barcelona
	Goiburu			Stadium: Les Corts

16 November 1930 9

Badalona

1–0

Barcelona

Badalona

23 November 1930 10	Barcelona	5–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
	Samitier Goiburu Sagi Arnau			Stadium: Les Corts

Friendlies[edit]

Friendlies
Kick Off	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
September 7, 1930	Bruxelles	H	5–0	Samitier (4), Sagi-Barba
September 8, 1930	Bruxelles	H	10–1	Ramón (4), Goiburu (2), Guzmán, Pedrol, Arocha, Castillo
September 15, 1930	Valencia	H	5–2	Costa (o.g.), Arocha (3), Bestit
November 1, 1930	Benfica	H	5–1	Pedrol (2), Sastre, Diego, Arocha
November 30, 1930	Athletic Bilbao	A	3–3	Bestit, Ramón, Arocha
December 8, 1930	Sabadell	H	3–2	Sastre (2), M. García
December 25, 1930	Austria Wien	H	6–3	Samiter (2), Sastre (2), Parera, Arnau
December 26, 1930	Austria Wien	H	4–2	Samiter (2), Arocha, Pedrol
January 1, 1931	Logroño	H	3–1	García (2), Buj
January 6, 1931	Gimnasia y Esgrima	H	1–2	Arocha
March 19, 1931	Sète	H	2–0	Ramón (2)
March 25, 1931	Gimnasia y Esgrima	H	3–0	Goiburu (2), Ramón
April 6, 1931	Europa	A	1–5	Arocha (2), Diego, Samitier, Goiburu
April 19, 1931	Badalona	H	3–1	Goiburu (2), Ramón
May 24, 1931	Atlético Madrid	H	3–3	Samitier, Ramón, Piera
May 25, 1931	Atlético Madrid	H	5–3	Guzmán (3), Goiburu, Arocha
May 31, 1931	Valladolid	H	10–0	Arocha (5), Ramón (3), Goiburu (2)
May 31, 1931	Terrassa	H	9–1	Roig (3), Cambra (2), Sastre (2), Vilaseca, Arnau
June 14, 1931	Castellón	H	4–1	Sastre, Samitier, Castillo, Piera
June 14, 1931	Granollers	H	3–2	Arocha (2), Campa
June 21, 1931	Zaragoza	H	4–0	Goiburu (2), Sastre, Samitier
June 24, 1931	Racing de Santander	H	3–4	Samitier (2), Sastre
June 28, 1931	Vasco da Gama	H	3–2	Samitier, Goiburu, Piera
June 29, 1931	Vasco da Gama	H	1–2	Samitier
July 7, 1931	Castellón	A	2–4	Arocha (2), Goiburu, Ramón
July 12, 1931	Badalona	H	1–0	Goiburu

Results[edit]

Friendly

7 September 1930	FC Barcelona	5–0	Entente Brusel-les	Barcelona
	Samitier 4' 43' 59' 89' Sagi 75'	[1]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Vilalta

8 September 1930	FC Barcelona	10–1	Entente Brusel-les	Barcelona
	Ramon Goiburu Guzman Pedrol Arocha Castillo	[2]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Arribas

8 September 1930	FC Gràcia	1–2	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[3]	A.Garcia M.Garcia	Stadium: Gracia Referee: Palomera

14 September 1930	FC Barcelona	5–2	València CF	Barcelona
	Costa equip contrari Arocha Bestit	[4]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Llovera

1 November 1930	FC Barcelona	5–1	Benfica	Barcelona
	Pedrol 4' 67' Sastre 5' Diego 74' Arocha 79'	[5]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Boada

30 November 1930	Athletic Club	3–3	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
		[6]	Parera 6' 74' Arocha 65'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Saracho

8 December 1930	FC Barcelona	3–2	CE Sabadell FC	Barcelona
	Sastre 18' 80' M.Garcia 35'	[7]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Sojo

25 December 1930	FC Barcelona	6–3	Austria Wien	Barcelona
	Parera 4' Samitier 12' 60' Arnau 13' Sastre 30' 85'	[8]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

26 December 1930	FC Barcelona	4–2	Austria Wien	Barcelona
	Samitier 43' 63' Arocha 58' Pedrol 72'	[9]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Peris

1 January 1931	FC Barcelona	3–1	Logronyo	Barcelona
	A.Garcia 20' 22' Buj 51'	[10]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

6 January 1931	FC Barcelona	1–2	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Barcelona
	Arocha 55'	[11]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

19 March 1931	FC Barcelona	2–0	Sète	Barcelona
	Ramon 50' 67'	[12]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

25 March 1931	FC Barcelona	3–0	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Barcelona
	Ramon 10' Goiburu 30' 65'	[13]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

6 April 1931	CE Europa	1–5	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[14]	Arocha Samitier Diego Goiburu	Stadium: Gracia Referee: Arribas

19 April 1931	FC Barcelona	3–1	CF Badalona	Barcelona
	Goiburu 35' 80' Ramon 65'	[15]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

3 May 1931	UE Figueres	4–3	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[16]	Sastre Arnau	Stadium: Figueres Referee: Rovira

4 May 1931	UE Figueres	0–13	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[17]	Cambra Sastre Bestit Roig	Stadium: Figueres Referee: Pujol

14 May 1931	FC Barcelona	5–1	Sevilla FC	Barcelona
	Arocha 22' 29' 50' 84' Roig 62'	[18]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

24 May 1931	FC Barcelona	3–3	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Samitier Ramon Piera	[19]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

25 May 1931	FC Barcelona	5–3	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Guzman Goiburu Arocha	[20]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

31 May 1931	FC Barcelona	10–0	Real Valladolid	Barcelona
	Ramon Goiburu Arocha	[21]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Boada

31 May 1931 Copa Macia	FC Barcelona	9–1	Terrassa FC	Barcelona
	Roig Cambra Sastre Vilaseca Arnau	[22]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Sojo

7 June 1931 Copa Macia	Terrassa FC	2–3	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[23]	Bestit Sastre	Stadium: Terrassa Referee: Ouchy

14 June 1931	FC Barcelona	4–1	CD Castelló	Barcelona
	Sastre Samitier Castillo Piera	[24]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

14 June 1931 Copa Macia	FC Barcelona	3–2	EC Granollers	Barcelona
	Arocha Cambra	[25]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Vilalta

21 June 1931	FC Barcelona	4–0	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
	Goiburu Sastre Samitier	[26]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Llovera

21 June 1931 Copa Macia	EC Granollers	1–1	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[27]	Ramon	Stadium: Granollers Referee: Santiago

24 June 1931	FC Barcelona	3–4	Racing de Santander	Barcelona
	Samitier Sastre	[28]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Espelta

28 June 1931	FC Barcelona	3–2	Vasco da Gama	Barcelona
	Samitier 10' Goiburu 37' Goiburu 90'	[29]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Llovera

29 June 1931	FC Barcelona	1–2	Vasco da Gama	Barcelona
	Samitier	[30]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Comorera

7 July 1931	CD Castelló	2–4	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[31]	Arocha Goiburu Ramon	Stadium: Castelló Referee: Cosin

12 July 1931 Copa Macia Final	FC Barcelona	1–0	CF Badalona	Barcelona
	Goiburu	[32]		Stadium: Camp de les Corts Referee: Arribas

20 July 1931	FC Palafrugell	2–2	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[33]		Stadium: Palafrugell Referee: Comorera

21 July 1931	FC Palafrugell	3–3	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		[34]		Stadium: Palafrugell Referee: Vilalta

[table_hth_ATH0.62276352319064-1] Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Racing Santander and Real Sociedad on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao +7, Racing Santander –3, Real Sociedad –4

[table_hth_ARE0.62276352319064-2] Arenas finished ahead of Real Madrid on head-to-head points: Arenas–Real Madrid 4–1, Real Madrid–Arenas 1–2.

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