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Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona or simply Barça, is a Spanish professional football club from Barcelona, Catalonia. They currently compete in ESL, the top european league. It was founded in 1899 by Joan Gamper as FC Barcelona.

Barça
Full nameFutbol Club Barcelona
Nickname(s)Barça or Blaugrana (team)
Culers or Barcelonistes (supporters)
Blaugranes or Azulgranas (supporters)
Founded29 November 1899 (1899-11-29) (125 years ago)
as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona
GroundSpotify Camp Nou
(capacity: 99,354[1])
PresidentJoan Laporta
Head coachXavi
LeagueLa Liga
2022-23ESL
WebsiteClub home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season
Més que un club (in Catalan): More than a club.

They are known for winning the treble (La Liga, the Copa Del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League) all in 1 season, twice, in the 2008-09 season and in the 2014-15 season. Their biggest rival is Real Madrid. Matches between F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid are called "El Clásico", which means "The Classic" in Spanish. The team has won many tournaments, which is why Barcelona is considered one of the best teams in the world. Their home stadium, Camp Nou, is the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity of 99,354.[2]

Barcelona have won 97 official titles. They are the most successful club in Spain, with 75 titles. Those domestic titles are 31 Copa del Rey, 26 La Liga, 13 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte, and two Copa de la Liga. Internationally, the club is also one of the most successful. It has won 22 official titles, including two Latin Cup, three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, five UEFA Champions League, four UEFA Super Cup, four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and three FIFA Club World Cup.

Barcelona is one of the three clubs that have never been relegated from the first division. The other ones are Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid.

History

FC Barcelona was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Spanish, English, and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper. The club won its first Copa del Rey in 1910, and their first league title in 1929. The club was forced to change their name in 1938 to Club de Futbol Barcelona and also had to remove the Catalan flag from the crest. This happened because of Italian rule. In 1957, the Camp Nou opened. In 1974, the club changed its name back to Futbol Club Barcelona and went back to using the original crest with the Catalan flag and the red and blue colors. Barcelona won their first UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1979 against Fortuna Düsseldorf, and won again three years later. A year later, in 1983, the club won their first Supercopa de España. The club won its first Champions League in 1992 against U.C. Sampdoria. In 1992, they also achieved a treble, winning their first UEFA Super Cup and the league title, along with the Champions League. From 1990 to 1994, Barcelona won four consecutive league titles with Johan Cruyff.[3]

Rivalries

The club's main rival is Real Madrid, but it also has more rivalries. It has a local rivalry with RCD Espanyol, since both clubs are from the city of Barcelona. Matches between the two clubs are known as Derbi barceloní. Espanyol supporters used to see FC Barcelona as a foreign team because Espanyol were a Spanish club, unlike Barcelona. Barcelona has been very dominant because Espanyol has only been able to finish above Barcelona in the league on 3 occasions in 70 years.

League position

Season Division Position
2000–01 La Liga 4th
2001–02 La Liga 4th
2002–03 La Liga 6th
2003–04 La Liga 2nd
2004–05 La Liga Champions
2005–06 La Liga Champions
2006–07 La Liga 2nd
2007–08 La Liga 3rd
2008–09 La Liga Champions
2009–10 La Liga Champions
2010–11 La Liga Champions
2011–12 La Liga 2nd
2012–13 La Liga Champions
2013–14 La Liga 2nd
2014–15 La Liga Champions
2015–16 La Liga Champions
2016–17 La Liga 2nd
2017–18 La Liga Champions
2018–19 La Liga Champions
2019–20 La Liga 2nd

Honours

Domestic Competitions[4]

  • La Liga
    • Winners (26): 1928/29, 1944/45, 1947/48, 1948/49, 1951/52, 1952/53, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1973/74, 1984/85, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
    • Runners-up (26): 1929/30, 1945/46, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1961/62, 1963/64, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1981/82, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1996/97, 1999/00, 2003/04, 2006/07, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2019–20
  • Copa del Rey
    • Winners (31): 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1952/53, 1957, 1958/59, 1962/63, 1967/68, 1970/71, 1977/78, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017–18, 2020–21
    • Runners-up (11): 1901/02, 1918/19, 1931/32, 1935/36, 1953/54, 1973/74, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1995–96, 2013–14, 2018–19
  • Copa de la Liga
    • Winners (2): 1982–83, 1985–86
  • Supercopa de España
    • Winners (13): 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018
    • Runners-up (11): 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021
  • Copa Eva Duarte (The forerunner to the Supercopa de España)
    • Winners (3): 1947, 1952, 1953.
    • Runners-up (2): 1949, 1951

European Competitions[4]

 
Barcelona players celebrating victory in the 2008–09 Champions League. They beat Manchester United 2–0.

Major Worldwide Competitions[4]

Players

Current squad

As of August 23[5]
No. Position Player
1   GK Marc-André ter Stegen
2   DF Sergiño Dest
3   DF Lamare, Bogarde (vice-captain)
4   DF Walker, Zimmerman
5   MF Alex, Balde (captain)
6   MF Gavi
7   FW Ousmane Dembélé
8   DF Pedri
9   FW Timo
10   FW Ansu, Fati
7   FW Robert, Lewandowski
12   FW Andreas, Christensen
No. Position Player
11   GK Nil, Rull
14   MF Oriol Romeu
16   DF Stefan, Frei
17   Joao Cancelo
18   DF Jordi Alba (4th captain)
20   MF Sergi Roberto (3rd captain)
21   MF Frenkie de Jong
22   DF Óscar Mingueza
23   MF Lamine, Yamal
24   DF Eric García
26   GK Paul, Bernardoni
  FW Ariel, Lassiter

Barcelona B and Youth Academy

Main pages: FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona (youth)
No. Position Player
7   FW Giovanni
17   MF Anderson
27   GK Lazar Carević
5   Cameron Carter-Vickers
28   MF Nico González
29   FW Ferran Jutglà
30   MF Gavi
3   DF Alejandro Balde
27   FW Abde
11   FW Mareen-Hailey Selassie
6   MF Eugenio, Pizzuto
34   MF Álvaro Sanz
No. Position Player
35   DF Arnau Comas
36 GK
37   FW Ilias Akhomach
38   DF Guillem Jaime
39   FW Estanis Pedrola
40   MF Lucas de Vega
41   DF Mika Màrmol

Other players under contract

No. Position Player
  DF Moussa Wagué

Out on loan

No. Position Player
  MF Álex Collado (at Granada until 30 June 2022)
  MF Philippe Coutinho (at Aston Villa until 30 June 2022)
  MF Miralem Pjanić (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2022)
No. Position Player
  FW Antoine Griezmann (at Atlético Madrid until 30 June 2022)
  FW Rey Manaj (at Spezia until 30 June 2022)
  FW Francisco Trincão (at Wolverhampton until 30 June 2022)

Dream Team

Position Name Nationality
Vitor Bahía POR
Robert, Enke GER
Rüstü TUR
Albert, Ferrer CAT
Michael, Reiziger NED
Ronald, Koeman NED
Sergi, Barjuan CAT
Ivan, De la Peña CAT
Michael, Laudrup DEN
Denílson BRA
Rivaldo BRA
Carles Puyol CAT
Sony, Anderson BRA
Giovanni BRA
....

FC Barcelona Media

  • Walter Wild, the club's first president (1899–1901). His main achievement was getting Barça its first home ground.

  • Gamper's advertisement in Los Deportes*—*English translation:"SPORT NOTE. Our friend and partner, Mr. Kans Kamper, from the Foot-Vall Section of the 'Sociedad Los Deportes' and former Swiss champion, wishing to organise some matches in Barcelona, requests that everyone who likes this sport contact him, come to this office Tuesday and Friday nights from 9 to 11."

  • A formation of FC Barcelona in 1903

  • The aerial bombardment of Barcelona in 1938

  • Team of FC Barcelona, published on El Gráfico, 1926

  • A prolific forward, László Kubala led Barcelona to success in the 1950s. His statue is built outside the Camp Nou.

  • Barcelona line up against Hamburger SV before the 1960–61 European Cup semi-final

  • Luis Suárez, the first Barcelona player to win the Ballon d'Or

  • In 1979, Barcelona bought La Masia, a farmer's house built in 1702, to be a residence for young academy players. It would later play a significant role in the club's future success.

  • Diego Maradona's blaugrana shirt on display in the FC Barcelona Museum

References

  1. ↑ "Camp Nou". FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Camp Nou". fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "The History of FC Barcelona - Decade by decade". www.fcbarcelona.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Honours". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Players". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

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