BARCELONA FUTSAL TEAM

In football, Barcelona football club is known as a great football club in Spain and rest of the world.Otherwise, Barcelona FC have a club in other sport like Futsal, basketball, handball, and hockey.
Now, i'll tell you about The futsal team of Barcelona.

HISTORY OF THE FUTSAL SECTION

The futsal section was officially founded in September 1978. But there had already been a team wearing the Barça strip since two years before that.

They were a group of former professional footballers that had started getting together to play futsal matches. This was just when the sport was starting to gain in popularity around Catalonia, in the late 1970s. The first official tournament was the ‘Christmas Cup’, of which Barça was proclaimed champion.

A great start

In September 1978, FC Barcelona officially inaugurated the new section, and joined the Catalan Third Division. The team got off to a spectacular start, winning promotion in its first season. Progress was rapid from there on. The team was promoted from the Second to the First Division in 1979-80. And once in the top flight, things continued to go well, and in one of its first two years among the elite, Barça won the championship.

Major restructure

The following season, the Board of Directors decided to dissolve the Futsal section. Four years later, following the changes to the national league structure and the creation of the Division of Honour, the section was reconstituted. Things once again got off to a positive start. In the 1987-88 season, Barça won the Copa del Rey, and retained it the year after. The next season, 1989-90, FC Barcelona won its first continental title, the European Cup Winners Cup. In the final in the Palau Blaugrana, Barça defeated Italian champions AC Roma 3-1.

Hard times

After three years of great results (Barça finished third in the following two seasons and reached the 1993-94 semi finals) the side started sliding down the table. This had a lot to do with financial factors, with the club severely cutting its futsal budget and the team being made up of players developed through the youth system. Despite the gallant efforts of the youngsters, Barça were relegated in 1997-98. After two seasons in the division below, they bounced back up, but only held their place for three seasons before dropping back down in the 2002-03 season.

Third time lucky

This time, Barça struggled to get back into the top flight. With Xavi Closas on the bench, the team finished second in the regular season, and despite beating Arenas Gáldar in the first round of the play offs, eventually lost out to Muebles Caloto. Things went worse the year after. Although ending an excellent season at the top of Group B, Closas’ side suffered shock elimination at the hands of Gestesa Guadalajara. It was the season after that, 2005-06, when Barça finally made it back into the Division of Honour, winning the decisive play off against Canary Islanders Galdar.

Promotion and professionalisation

But it had not been easy. With former Barça player, Catalonia manager and Barça technical secretary Marc Carmona coaching the side, Barça had made it as far as the play offs after finishing runners-up in their group. In the first round of end-season matches, Barça comfortably overcame Grupo Pinar Cordoba, but found things considerably harder in the following round against Colegios Arenas Galdar. The first leg in Catalonia ended 2-2, and Barça had it all to play for in the difficult return leg in the Canaries. Barça had to deal with an extraordinarily hostile atmosphere, and did so in style, to win by a dramatic 5-4 scoreline that secured promotion.

With the side back in the highest division, the Board of Directors it was time to take the team into the elite of the sport, one of the items that had figured on the new leadership’s manifesto ever since they had come to power. The section was immediately turned professional, and a new sponsor was brought in to help finance operations, Senseit, the brand name used by mobile telecommunications company Laiwa. The club opted to bring in some of the biggest names in the sport, including Javi Rodríguez. The finest player in Spanish futsal, and captain of the national team, Rodríguez was attracted by the new challenge and left the club he had represented for nine years, Playas de Castellón to lead a project that promised so much. The objective for the first season was to consolidate the club’s position in the top category of the Spanish game, although adaptation to futsal at the highest level was never going to be easy.

THE BEST OF FUTSAL GOAL KEEPER

Who became the best goalkeeper futsal now?
I think that Luis Amado is the best futsal goal keeper.
Futsal goalkeeper born in Madrid, Spain on May 4, 1976 It has a relatively proportional posture, which is 186 cm high and weighs 86 Kg.
Luis Amado started his professional career at the Caja Segovia FS team 95-96 on the season but due to the less comfortable with the coach Amado moved to Atletico de Madrid Leganes 96-97 on the season and only for one season.
In 1997 Luis Amado returned to Caja Segovia FS, and of course "after a change of coaches' quote that the reason he wanted to move back there who is on his official website.

Thing I remember about Amado is because he's a futsal goalkeeper who barehand , and only rely on taping to protect the fingers and wrist.

He was in the Caja Segovia FS until 2001, during the four years there, he won many titles ranging from the Copa de España won three times in a row (97-98, 98-99, 99-00).
Spanish futsal league titles (División de Honor) won in 1999, the European Clubs Championship Futsal (indoor soccer league champions version) in the 1999-00 season, the Intercontinental Futsal Cup in 2000, the Supercopa de España, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Amado then in 2001 moved to Spanish futsal club, Inter Movistar. Here he re-add to his trophy cabinet with the Spanish futsal league titles (División de Honor) season, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2007-08, won the Copa de España in 2000-01 season , 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2001-02 Supercopa de España, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09, and many more that I just got tired edit edit it.
Various personal awards he had already got, to a peak in nobatkan he became the Best version of Umbro Futsal Goalkeeper 2 years in a row, in 2003 and 2004.
His debut with the Spanish national team happens to match the International Tournament in Porto (Portugal) on 25/01/1998, Portugal vs Spain in the final score 1-5 victory for Spain.
Here's a list of titles and awards he won:

• 135 appearances for the national Futsal Spain
• 6 División de Honor (98/99, 01/02, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05, 07/08)
• 7 Copa de España (97/98, 98/99, 99/00, 03/04, 04/05, 06/07, 08/09)
• 9 Supercopa de España (98/99, 99/00, 00/01, 01/02, 02/03, 03/04, 05/06, 07/08, 08/09)
• 3 UEFA Futsal Cup (99/00, 03/04, 05/06)
• 5 Intercontinental Cups (2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• 1 Recopa of Europe (2008)
• 2 cups Iberian (03/04, 05/06)
• 2 World Championships (00 Guatemala, China Taipei 04)
• 1 runner World Cup (Brazil 2008)
• 5 UEFA Futsal Championship (2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012)
• Runner Euro (Spain 99)
• FIFA Tournament Champion (Singapore 01)
• Centenary Tournament Champion R. Madrid (Torrejon 02)
• Voted Best European Goalkeeper Picks (Russia 01)
• 1 times selected as Player of the Spanish Futsal League (07/08)
• 7 times selected as the Best Goalkeeper Spanish Futsal League (98/99, 99/00, 00/01, 03/04, 04/05, 06/07, 07/08)

• World's Best Goalkeeper in 2003 and 2004 versions of Umbro  

The Goalkeeper Futsal

Goal Keeper is a important position in futsal.Goal keeper in futsal are different with football.
 
In futsal things are different. The pitch is small there are only 10 players on it and the goalkeeper can throw the ball in front of the opposite goal which means that a team can play very low defense and make counter attacks with their goalkeeper throwing the ball on the other side of the pitch. Some experts say that a very good goalkeeper is half of the team in futsal.
A goalkeeper is a very special position and has to be trained different than other futsal players. Back in days a goalkeeper role was to preventing the ball entering into the goal. In modern futsal a goalkeeper needs to be much more than that. He has to be good with his feet too, he has to act like a fifth defender when it comes to long balls and he has to even participate in some attacking plays. Today if we look at a futsal match we see that the goalkeeper is actively taking part in the game.
As we can see a goalkeeper has to be good with his hands for keeping the ball away from the goal and he has to be good with his feet for helping his teammates in defense or when setting up an attack. And there is something else a good futsal goalkeeper has to do and that is helping positioning players in defense. That is because he can see all players on the pitch in front of him.
Achieving all above mentioned skills is very difficult and demands a lot of training. It is important that trainings consist in exercises that improve different goalkeeping skills. But I will recommend that at the beginning we make more emphasis on proper positioning on the pitch and stopping the ball with his arms and when achieving the basics we start introducing passes (with hands and feet) and defense play. But we must not forget that even after achieving some level of goalkeeping skills we have to train them constantly in order retain or improve them.
Some goalkeeper drills:

A good drill for improving players shot and goalkeeper skills. Players position their ball approximately 10m away from the goal. Players start shooting one after another (when first player shoots the next player starts to run). The goalkeeper has very little time between shot and he has to be concentrated all the time. He has to stop as many shots as he can. The drill can be done in two ways: players shot one after another from left to right (or opposite) and players shot one from left then one from right side (or opposite). The drill is more difficult when players re alternating shots from left and right.

Players are positioned on the left or right side of the pitch. They have to try to score by dribbling the goalkeeper which has to come toward them. The drill is good for improving both players and goalkeeper skills. For making the drill more difficult we can allow players to choose between shooting from distance or coming closer to the keeper so the keeper has to be prepared for both situations.

This drill is good for improving goalkeepers’ reflexes. We position two tables at the posts. When shooting on the goal we shot in the left or right table so the ball changes its direction in front of the keeper. We shot at different angles so the keeper doesn’t know where the ball will go. This drill improves keeper reactions and simulates real game situations when the ball touches someone in front of the goal and changes its direction.

How to Play As a Futsal Goalkeeper   Steps 1 Choose your gear. It's wise nowadays in futsal to wear protective padding as a goalkeeper, as quite often a save will require you to dive onto the hard ground. Knee pads, arm pads and some long pants will reduce the risk of injury, letting you play to the best of your ability. 2 Strategy. When playing as a futsal goalkeeper you are required to protect a goal roughly 8ft wide by 6 1/2ft high. When positioning yourself you should always be careful of how much of the goal you are covering or not. 3 Tactics (breakaways). When the opposition performs a breakaway there are 2 main ways to block the shot, the 1st way implies the strikers are running through onto a throughball, when this happens its best to surprise them. A fast full paced sprint to intercept or kick the ball away will surprise your opponent forcing them to shoot if they can. The 2nd way implies a pass direct to the striker leaving it between you and your opponent to battle. With this style its best to be crouched down a little with your '5 hole closed' to prevent a shot. its best to come out far enough to be able to block the goal with your feet if a low shot is taken while still being able to watch for a chip and parry/catch it. 4 Penalties. If the opportunity presents itself the opposing team might be awarded a penalty. Penalties are quite intense due to the distance between you and the taker being quite small. As with most goalkeeping penalty tactics, it's best to make yourself as big as possible. Unless you definitely know where the shot will be try to stay in the center as long as possible as most goalies can touch side to side without moving much in their goal. 5 Free kicks. Free kicks are quite dangerous as they can be right up quite close to your circle. The advantage of penalties is that free kicks allow your team to have a wall. I find its best to have a 2 person wall with a dead on free kick and a 1 person wall with a side on. The remaining players should position themselves goalside of the attackers to prevent a lay off shot. 6 Corner kicks. Corner kicks can be deadly as a quick fast paced ball into the middle can leave you stranded to make the save. However when positioning yourself its best to take charge. I find its best to be at the front post while being crouched down a little with your foot on the post to prevent a low shot on the post or a diving save to prevent a low cross in the middle. With airborne crosses that require a header shot its best to punch the ball away in mid air before anyone can touch it. 7 Overall game plan. Depending on the rest of your teams capabilities, you can push forward out of your box to take side kicks and in some cases half-field shots. Of course if you do partake in this there is a chance of an intercepted ball enabling a shot on your goal while you're halfway up the field.  Tips Be assertive! There's no use being a push over goalkeeper, futsal is fast and intense, the moment you let someone push you around you've lost. Practice! Grab a few mates to get them to hit shots at you or close by, the more practice the better the chance of saving goals. Most importantly, have fun. If you get bored or haven't seen any action take some long shots or get involved upfield