Luis de Ossó

Founding FC Barcelona

On 29 November 1899, Ossó was one of the twelve men who founded Futbol Club Barcelona in the historic meeting held at the Gimnasio Solé, in which the 22-year-old Ossó was elected as the club's first secretary, a position that he held for two years, until 1901, a notable feat back when changes in the board were very constant. His presence in the meeting was most likely a result of his connection with the gym's owner, Manuel Solé, who was also from the south of Tarragona. He is considered the first patron of the club because he made Barça's very first economic investments, such as securing a lease for a piece of land next to the Hotel Casanovas (where today the Hospital de Sant Pau stands), which served as the club's second playing field between 1900 and 1901. Ten days later, on 8 December, Ossó went down in history as one of the ten footballers who played in Barcelona's official debut at the Velódromo de la Bonanova, which ended in a 0–1 loss to a team known as Team Anglès, which consisted of members of the British colony living in Barcelona. The owner of a printing press, Ossó was a contributor to the weekly newspaper Los Deportes, where he published the news of Barça and chronicles of its first matches, always under the pseudonym Un delantero ("A striker"). In the first issue of the year 1900, he wrote a article asking what football should be called, since he did not like the term juego de pelota, but no one was able to answer him, so he…

Luis de Ossó was born in the Catalonian town of Barcelona in 1877, as the son of Jaume de Ossó Cervelló and Teresa Serra Sandiumenge, both originally from Vinebre in the south of Tarragona. His father's brother, Saint Enrique de Ossó i Cervelló, was the founding priest of the Congregation of the Teresianas, being canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1993. He lived for a few years at Carrer del Duc.

FC Barcelona

Copa Macaya: Champions: 1901–02 Runner-up: 1900–01 Copa Barcelona: Champions: 1903 Catalan championship Champions (1): 1904–05 FC Barcelona B

Concurso Pergamí Champions: 1902 Medalla del Ayuntamiento Champions: 1902