Domingo Espelta

Domingo Espelta Mussons (12 June 1893 – 17 December 1940) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for FC Barcelona between 1909 and 1918, winning two Catalan Championships (1910 and 1911) and the Pyrenees Cup in 1911. He later worked as a referee.

Biography He was born in Barcelona on 12 June 1893, as the son of Carolina Mussons and Domingo Espelta Guasch, a football referee who died in 1904.

Espelta joined the ranks of his hometown club FC Barcelona in 1909, aged 16. starting in the latter's final as Barça defeated Stade Bordelais 4–2 in extra-time.

In addition to football, he also stood out as an athlete, especially in the 100-meter dash,

After retiring from playing, Espelta became a member of the Catalan Referees' Association in 1926, and after officiating several regional matches in the Catalan second category during the late 1920s and early 1930s, he made his debut in the first division in 1936, where he refereed a total of five matches until the 1940–41 season.

Honours FC Barcelona Catalan football championship Champions (2): 1909–10 and 1910–11

Pyrenees Cup Champions (1): 1911