Barça opens the procedure to become a member via digital

The FC Barcelona activated the procedure registration of partners via digital, which allows anyone from all over the world to become a member of the club, easily and remotely, electronically, through a form located on the website. With this measure, the Barça It opens to welcome all those fans who want to share the feeling of belonging to Barcelona.

“We want to make the Barcelona family much bigger still. It was an objective and a commitment of this Board, which was ratified by a majority in the Assembly. What we want is for Barça to grow and reach the whole world, so that many people join us in making a much bigger Barça in this 21st century”, stated the vice-president Elena Fort after confirming the news.

The board of directors of Joan Laporta It fulfills the electoral commitment acquired to be able to associate with the club, making Barça a more open and democratic entity. Until last June, in addition to those under 14 years of age, only those who had a first or second degree relationship with a partner could be registered as new partners, and in person; those that, previously, had already been for two consecutive years; and those who had a seniority of three years as a penyista or with the commitment card.

In June 2021, the board of directors of the Barça decided to remove the restrictions and agreed that any Barça fan could become a member in person at the Barcelona Fan Service Office (OAB)but the Statutes made it impossible for this management to be carried out remotely and digitally.

In the general Assembly held last October, the board of directors introduced the option of being able to register as a partner electronically in the proposal for modification of the Club Statutes, and had broad support from the delegates. Thus, in article 12, it is specified that “the member’s entry must be made through a face-to-face or telematic request, with a digital signature or similar security element of the interested party.”

The possibility of becoming a member ‘online’ responds to all those fans who have shown their willingness to be members of the club, but because of the distance it was impossible for them to register in person, and at the same time, strengthens the global image of the FC Barcelonawith a mass of followers and groups of supporters clubs and academies that can contribute to the growth of the entity and spread its motto ‘Més que un Club’.

It should be remembered that, according to the latest official data of June 30, 2021, the Barça has 137,514 membersof which 55.010 are registered in Barcelona, 72.389 in the rest of Catalonia Y 10.115 are spread over the rest of the world. As for the 1,259 Supporters Clubs, 436 are in Catalonia, 667 in the rest of the State and 156 throughout the world. As far as fans are concerned, studies estimate that the club has more than 300 million, and also has more than 426 million followers on social networks.

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