On this day in 1899, a Swiss football enthusiast by the name of Joan Gamper placed an advertisement in Los Deportes to form a football club. That club would go on to become FC Barcelona.
A month later, after a positive response by many likeminded individuals, Gamper arranged a meeting and Barca were formed. Walter Wild, a Swiss tradesman, presided as the club’s first president. In 1900, Barcelona wore the legendary blaugrana shirts, inspired from FC Basel, for the first time in a match against Hispania.
The rest as they say, is history.