Joan Laporta

Also known as: Laporta

Jurisdiction: Spain

FC Barcelona president (2003–2010, 2021–). Briefly imputed in the Negreira matter in October 2023 and then exculpated by the Audiencia Provincial on 31 May 2024.

Roles

  • President, FC Barcelona — from 2003 to 2010
  • President, FC Barcelona — from 2021

Legal and procedural status

Legal status: Investigado · Spain · 2023-10-18

Briefly imputed over 2008–2010 payments in October 2023.

Legal status: Sobreseimiento · Spain · 2024-05-31

Investigado status revoked on 31 May 2024: each president answers only for payments during his own tenure, and pre-2010 conduct was unreachable by prescription.

Timeline appearances

  1. 2006-09Barcelona business & personal taxClassification: Confirmed fact
    FC Barcelona agrees UNICEF shirt arrangement under which the club pays the charity

    Role at the time: President, FC Barcelona from 2003 to 2010

  2. 2016-06-13Barcelona business & personal taxClassification: Confirmed fact
    FC Barcelona board approves settlement paying €5.5 million fine to close Neymar-transfer tax case
  3. 2023-03-10Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Prosecutors file complaint over Negreira payments

    Role at the time: President, FC Barcelona from 2021

  4. 2023-09-27Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Judge adds bribery charge and imputes Laporta

    Role at the time: President, FC Barcelona from 2021

  5. 2024-05-23Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Audiencia Provincial dismisses bribery charge

    Role at the time: President, FC Barcelona from 2021

  6. 2024-05-31Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Audiencia exculpates Laporta and 2003–2010 board by prescription

    Role at the time: President, FC Barcelona from 2021

Sources

Independent sources:
2
Total references:
2

Court or judicial record

Autos of the Juzgado de Instrucción nº 1 de Barcelona of 27 September and 18 October 2023

Juzgado de Instrucción nº 1 de Barcelona (Joaquín Aguirre López) · 2023-10-18

Registry entry onlyLanguage: esIndependent source

Supports

  • e8e92603-f9ab-5d02-98a2-6b9ee876c188
  • b42dfe59-8ef5-5e05-bf71-276752b649b3

Full text available only through the Spanish court registry; quoted via El Español and El Tiempo. The "corrupción sistémica" reasoning was explicitly framed "por inferencia lógica" pending Guardia Civil confirmation that never came.

Retrieved 2026-07-17

Court or judicial record

La Audiencia de Barcelona archiva los delitos por los que se investigaba a Joan Laporta y a su Junta Directiva

Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona, Sección 21ª (via CGPJ) · 2024-05-31

RetrievedLanguage: esIndependent source
acuerda la extinción de toda responsabilidad penal relacionada con los pagos a Negreira durante su primer mandato
Translationorders the extinction of all criminal liability related to the payments to Negreira during his first term[Claude translation]

Supports

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  • e55c349f-98ed-51cd-9c1f-fa2d8f0a4f3d

Explicit limitations

  • Full querella text not retrieved.
  • Whether cassation pursued (none established).