FC Barcelona, one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in the world, with a global outreach of members, supporters and fans, recently announced the establishment of seven new branches of its worldwide supporter’s club platforms known as Penyes, with one Penya berthing in Lagos, Nigeria.

Penya Barca de Lagos Club with Licence no 2081 received official recognition as a member of FC BARCELONA Penyes worldwide on January 23, 2012 through a letter from Jordi Cardona Casaus, vice president, Head of Social Area, FC Barcelona which was made public recently, along six other franchises by Barcelona spokesperson in Barcelona, Spain.

In a congratulatory letter addressed to the President of the Club’s Board of trustees Mr Leslie Oghomienor, Mr Casaus encouraged him to maintain the same enthusiasm in spreading the historic values that makes the club the toast of football fans world wide.

With this development, Nigeria has officially joined FC Barcelona Football Club worldwide membership base - a long journey that took over two years since the idea was first mooted.

Penya Barca de Lagos would be modelled as a frontline international non - profit, non - Governmental and – non-racial club devoted to the promotion, monitoring and administration of a solid membership and fan support base for FC Barcelona in Nigeria while serving as link between the club and its teeming support base in Nigeria.

Miss Nkechi Nneka Obi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer. To underscore its seriousness, Penya Barca de Lagos has already rolled out quarterly events and activities for the next two years starting from August 2012 with the season opening SPANISH SUPER CUP 1st leg match between 2012 Copa Del Rey holders FCBARCELONA and 2012 La Liga Champions REAL MADRID.

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