The current FC Barcelona Logo or Club Crest dates from 2002 but actually includes symbols and references that are consistent throughout Barça's long and illustrious history so let's take a look at what it all means.As you can see from the illustration above, from 1899 to 1910 Barça's original logo was quite different.Presumably, the branches are sporting symbols of peace and friendship whilst the bat and crown are heraldic symbols of the This logo lasted for over a decade until shortly after club founder In 1910, the FC Barcelona board organised a competition for club members to propose a FCB logo and the winner was footballer Carles Comamala, who played for the club between 1903 and 1912, and at the time was also a medicine student as well as a fine amateur artist.
The lines in this latest design are somewhat simpler in order to make it easier for the crest and the clubâs corporate image to be reproduced in all the different formats.FC Barcelona have introduced a new crest that will be used starting in the 2019-20 season, pending club membership approval.The biggest change for the Blaugrana will be the removal of the "FCB" lettering currently featured prominently on the club's shield. The flag in its current form has been official since 1776, though it (or variations on it) may have been in use since the nineteenth century. And so the FC Barcelona crest was created, although there have been a few variations, as I explain above its basic symbols remain relatively unchanged to this day.When Franco came to power in 1939, he outlawed the use of foreign words in football club names so Football Club Barcelona became As the Dictatorship also outlawed the Catalan language and symbols, the Catalan flag was replaced by the Spanish flag, which is also red and yellow but has fewer stripes.By the late 1940s, the political repression was beginning to loosen so in 1949, to mark the occasion of the clubâs 50th anniversary, the four bars were allowed to return.As Franco lay dying, the club reintroduced the FCB onto the crest although the basic design remained the same after the dictator's death in 1975.The current FC Barcelona logo is based on an adaptation made by designer Claret Serrahima in 2002, in which the lines are a little more stylised, the dots between the letters have been taken away, the name has been made smaller, and there are fewer pointed edges. It was first officially adopted in May 1906, but its use was not permitted during the rule of In 1996, after a number of different proposals, the In 2004, however, the city council "recuperated" the 1906 flag legislation, restoring the original design.