Laporta Begins Fourth Barcelona Term With Largely Continuous Board

Overview

• Joan Laporta has taken office for a fourth term with a board that preserves most vice-presidencies and formally names Rafa Yuste as sporting vice president.
• The new administration lists finishing the Spotify Camp Nou works, building a new Palau Blaugrana and consolidating the club’s finances as its immediate priorities.
• The leadership transition follows a productive interim under Rafa Yuste that the club credits with multiple section trophies and recent European success for the women’s team.
• LaLiga president Javier Tebas attended the ceremony and publicly praised Barcelona’s stadium reform, while Laporta used his speech to criticize Real Madrid and signal a combative posture.
• The board has called an extraordinary socios assembly to report Espai Barça accounts and propose statutory reforms, and Yuste has said he may run for president in 2031, framing a possible planned succession.