Romà Forns

Romà Forns was a Spanish football player and coach.

Career

In his playing days as a football player he was from 1904 to 1913 a striker for FC Barcelona. This Forns played alongside players like Francisco Bru, Paulino Alcántara or Jack Greenwell and won five championships and a Catalan Spanish Cup with Barcelona.

In addition, Forns denied 1910-1912 at least four games for the Catalan football team. On 12 December 1912 he participated in Catalonia first game against a foreign team, the 0:7 against France, with.

Before he became the first Spanish coach of FC Barcelona in 1927, he was a member of the board of FC Barcelona until December 1926. Forns In Barcelona coached among others Josep Samitier and Ferenc Plattkó. In 1928 he won with Barcelona the Spanish Cup and the Catalan Championship. In March 1929, the president of FC Barcelona, ​​Arcadi Balaguer had to resign, which meant that even Forns had to go as a coach. He was replaced by James Bellamy, but remained assistant coach of FC Barcelona. So he could help to lead FC Barcelona to the first discharged Spanish Championship in the 1928/29 season.

Achievements

Players:

• Copa del Rey: 1910
• Catalan Championships: 1905, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913

Coach:

• Spanish Cup: 1929
• Copa del Rey: 1928
• Catalan Championship: 1928