1912-13 : The Barcelona abandons the Catalonian Confederacy and case the Catalonian Association of Clubs.
Victory in the Championship of Catalonia and also, by fourth consecutive year, in the Cup Pyrenees.
In the Spanish Confederacy also a split is produced. The Barcelona becomes a part of the Spanish Union of Clubs of Soccer, that organizes its tournament of Cup. The Barcelona earns it, surpassing in the end, in three exciting parties, to the Real Company of San Sebastián. After drawing to two and to zero in the two first parties, the Barcelona is imposed for 2-1 in the third.
Gamper, enough of so many problems from the federation, leaves the presidency and substitutes it, from June 30, 1913, Francesc of Moxó i of Sentmenat.
1913-14 : A year without titles in the sports balance.
The board of directors invites for the first time to an English professional team, the Notts County, that plays three parties in Barcelona. It earns the two first (0-2 and 0-4) and the Catalonian press says that they are "incapable" to do him more than five goals al Barcelona. June 7, 1914 is played the last party and in five minutes the azulgranas are situated for 3-0. But the Notts County begins to play "truly" and in less than half an hour does 10 goals. All a lesson.
June 30, 1914 takes the presidency Àlvar I Lend.
1914-15 : Another year without sports successes.
Immersed in an internal crisis, the club is in the hands of the vice president Peris of Vargas until, June 29, 1915, arrives at the presidency Rafael Llopart and carries out a renewal of charges.
The Philippine one Paulino Alcántara is the great figure of the team and becomes the maximum high-scoring for the first time.
1915-16 : After two years without titles, the Barcelona be imposed again in the Championship of Catalonia, gaining all the parties. In one of the last it disputed against the university Student, exceed him a young goalkeeper: Ricardo Zamora.
In the Championship of Spain, first friction with the Madrid, where played of forward Santiago Bernabeu. The Barcelona conquers for 1-2, but in the second parted, also in Madrid, they gain the white (4-1). The third party finishes 6-6 with three penalties beeped against the Barcelona. Finally, in the overtime of the room parted, the Barcelona withdraws for understanding bias in the arbitration.
It resigns the president Llopart and substitutes it Gaspar Rosés June 25, 1916.
1916-17 : They debut two players that will mark epoch: Agustí Sancho and Emili Sagi. It exploits the case Garchitorena, a player that the Barcelona aligns in the Championship of Catalonia, where cannot intervene foreigners. The Espanyol discovers that is Argentine and he denounces him after losing with the Barcelona by (3-0). The repetition of the parties he is ordered that has played the Argentine, but the club he prefers to be withdrawn. The player finished being dedicated al movies and he lived adventures sounded, like the one that related him to the actress Myrna Loy.
June 17, 1917 Gamper returns to the presidency of the club by third time.
1917-18 : For the first time thinks about the figure of a coach, someone that be dedicated exclusively to the preparation and the direction of the team, functions that up till then assumed the captain. After an intent frustrated with the English one Mr. Barrow (that only lasted four months because of its fondness to the beverage) takes charge of the team the former-player, also English, Jack Greenwell, to whom one must consider as the first official coach of the history of the Barcelona. It will be seven years al front of the team and al will carry it triumph in five Championships of Catalonia and two of Spain. Grenwell even played some friendly occasionally. Al to leave the Barcelona coached al Espanyol and Champion of Catalonia and from Spain did it the season 1928-29.
The sports balance of the season is well poor, without no notable triumph.
1918-19 : The Barcelona earns the Championship of Catalonia, in which only loses a party, in the country of the Espanyol for 4-1, in consequence of a genius of Greenwell, that caused played Alcántara of defense.
In the Championship from Spain the Barcelona loses the end before the Sands of Guecho by a clear one 5-2.
In a friendly one of ends of season they debut with the Barcelona Josep Samitier and Ricardo Zamora. Samitier, that is 17 years old, the International one stems from. Zamora, that emphasized in the university Student with only 15 years, put on file for the Espanyol in the 1916 and subsequently by the Barcelona.
June 19, 1919 Ricard Graells is elected president, in replacement of Joan Gamper, discontent with the appearance increasingly more professional than was taking the soccer.
1919-1929: Samitier, "Them Corts" and the first League
1919-20 : With the last incorporations the Barcelona has managed to form an extraordinary block that this season is judged the Championships of Catalonia and of Spain without losing no party. In the end of the Cup conquers al Athletic of Bilbao, in Gijón, for 2-0. The team base they form it Zamora in the entrance, Comma and Galicia in the defense; Torralba, Sancho and Samitier in the middle and a front formed by Vinyals, Gràcia, Martínez, Alcántara and Sesúmaga.
The year 1919 the club grazes the 3.000 associates and itself about al beginning of the call "Age of gold".
June 27, 1920 an important assembly is celebrated in which new statutes are approved, enlarges the membership fee from two to three pesetas and is spoken, for the first time, of the purchase of some lands to do a new field. Gaspar Rosés is elected new president in substitución of Ricard Graells.