{"id":7166,"date":"2026-03-06T17:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/?p=7166"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:09:58","slug":"joan-laporta-officially-presents-the-defend-the-barca-candidacy-and-its-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/joan-laporta-officially-presents-the-defend-the-barca-candidacy-and-its-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Laporta officially presents the \u201cDefend the Bar\u00e7a\u201d candidacy and its members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The candidate reaffirms that \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a\u201d is about preserving the identity and independence of FC Barcelona <strong>\u201cto prevent it from being changed,\u201d<\/strong> and promotes <strong>\u201ca unique way of doing things.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joan Laporta officially announced the \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a\u201d candidacy this morning, following the validation of the signatures submitted to the Club on <strong>Monday, March 2.<\/strong> The candidate introduced the members of his team, with whom he aims to renew the trust of the club\u2019s members in the elections on March 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his speech, Laporta emphasized that \u201cdefending Bar\u00e7a is about preserving the identity and independence of the Club so that no one changes it,\u201d and highlighted<strong> \u201ca unique way of doing things, faithful to Bar\u00e7a\u2019s values.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The candidate also highlighted the experience and commitment of the people on the team, many of whom hold responsibilities in the current Board of Directors, and others who are joining to further <strong>strengthen the sporting, economic, and institutional project<\/strong> of FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presentation of the candidacy members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation of the \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a\u201d candidacy officially introduced the members of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second row, from left to right: <strong>Josep Maria Alber<\/strong>t, entrepreneur in the consumer electronics sector and retail consultant; <strong>Miquel Camps<\/strong>, former deputy spokesperson of the Board and entrepreneur in the installations sector; <strong>Jaume Nicol\u00e0s<\/strong>, entrepreneur in the automotive sector and owner of the Nima Group; <strong>Carles Ayats,<\/strong> managing partner of Grupo Ayats with over three decades of experience in real estate development;<strong> Carme Hortal\u00e0,<\/strong> former president of the FC Barcelona Economic Commission; <strong>Jaume Santiveri,<\/strong> entrepreneur in the real estate sector specialized in tourism and residential; <strong>Xavier Barniol<\/strong>, co-owner of Berga Resort and Berga Residencial; <strong>Xavier Barbany, <\/strong>former executive responsible for FC Barcelona roller hockey and president of Infinita Holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first row, from left to right, the team is completed by: <strong>Antonio Escudero<\/strong>, former vice president of the Club\u2019s Social Area; <strong>Ferran Oliv\u00e9<\/strong>, former treasurer of the Club; <strong>Maria Elena Fort, <\/strong>former vice president of the Institutional Area and spokesperson of FC Barcelona; <strong>Joan Laporta<\/strong>, candidate for re-election; <strong>Xavier Puig,<\/strong> former executive responsible for women\u2019s football;<strong> Joan Soler,<\/strong> former executive responsible for youth football; <strong>Aureli Mas, <\/strong>former executive responsible for futsal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laporta stressed that all members of the team <strong>\u201care people who love the Club, with clear ideas, personality, and judgment, and with a special sensitivity when it comes to defending Bar\u00e7a.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The candidate concluded by assuring that, if members renew their trust in the project, the Club will continue working to consolidate economic stability, complete the Espai Bar\u00e7a, strengthen institutional prestige, and achieve new sporting milestones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The candidate reaffirms that \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a\u201d is about preserving the identity and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7702,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions\/7702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}