Club de Futbol Barceloneta is a football club from the Barceloneta district of the Catalan city of Barcelona, who were formed in 1930. The club went into hibernation during the Spanish Civil War before it was reformed as Penya Barcelonista Barceloneta in 1947.
The club competed regularly against local rivals Sant Carlos and Atlàntic Marítim, before merging in 1972 to become Club de Futbol Barceloneta. This led to the team rising to the first regional league and then the Preferente, as the Primera Catalana was called at the time.
The club played at several venues close to the sea, while their youth sides continued to develop. In 1979-80, the youth team progressed and picked up national honours, playing Real Zaragoza at Estadi Romadera.
Barceloneta benefited from the legacy of Barcelona’s staging of the 1992 Olympic Games as the local authorities built the new Parc de la Catalana, which was inaugurated on October 5th, 1994, by the Honourable Mayor of Barcelona, Mr. Pascual Maragall.
The opening of the new ground coincided with a fine spell on the pitch as the team continued playing in Primera Catalana, the highest level of regional football. The run came to an end with relegation at the conclusion of the 1998-99 campaign.
The club continued to compete in the higher reaches of Catalan regional football for the following decade or more, before records emerge of the club playing in Tercera Catalana Grupo 11 in the 2014-15 season.
Barceloneta finished in the relegation places in 2015-16 but were reprieved from demotion. However, the side went down to Quarta Catalana after finishing second bottom of the table of Grupo X in 2016-17. Nino Jiménez Martín looked to plan a return as coach in the 2017-18 campaign.
The league title was won in magnificent style, with the team scoring an astonishing 139 goals in just 29 games before settling in mid-table in Tercera Catalana Grupo XI the following season. Fifth place was achieved in 2012-22 before the appointment of Salva Romero as manager. An improved third place was to follow.
Moved to Grupo IX for the 2023-24 campaign, Barceloneta won the league title and advanced to the Segunda Catalana, as Romero continued to lead the side in a forward trajectory, finishing as they did in sixth place in Grupo III.
CF Barceloneta will play in Segunda Catalana Grupo III in the 2025-26 season.
My visit
Monday 22nd January 2018
I’d enjoyed some fine sightseeing on the final full day of my long weekend in Barcelona, as well as visiting football venues from opposite ends of the spectrum in the Camp Nou and UD Gramanet’s venue as tenants in Besòs.
Following a look at Sagrada Familia and the old bullring at Plaça de Braus de la Monumental, I took a bus down to the waterfront at Port Olímpic. A very pleasant walk on the Passeig Marítim promenade brought me to Parc de la Barceloneta.
The area had been beautifully landscaped where the old gasworks once stood, with Torre de les Aigües, a remnant of the old works in the background. A public path gave me an initial view inside the Club de Futbol La Catalana ground.
The main entrance on Passeig de Salvat Papasseit was open to allow me excellent photo opportunities of the ground, dominated by a raised open spectator section on the far side. Both ends had a small area of open flat standing, with the roadside out of bounds to fans.
Once complete, I reflected on a job well done, and had a wander around the narrow street community, with occasional open squares, before setting down in The Fastnet pub to enjoy a nice cold beer with a view of the yachts in OneOcean marina across the road.