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FC Barcelona

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.

FC Barcelona
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/FC_Barcelona_%28crest%29.svg
Full nameFutbol Club Barcelona
Nickname(s)Barça or FC Barca (team)
Culers or Barcelonistes (supporters)
Blaugranes or Azulgranas (supporters)
Founded29 November 1899 (1899-11-29) (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago)
as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona
GroundEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
(capacity: 55,926[1])
PresidentJoan Laporta
Head coachHansi Flick
LeagueLa Liga
2024-25ESL
WebsiteClub home page
33px 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 103 official titles. They are the most successful club in Spain, with 81 titles. Those domestic titles are 32 Copa del Rey, 29 La Liga, 15 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
2020–21 La Liga 3rd
2021-22 La Liga 2nd
2022-23 La Liga Champions

Honours

Domestic Competitions[4]

  • La Liga
    • Winners (29): 1928/29, 1936/37, 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, 2022-23, 2024-25
    • Runners-up (28): 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, 2021-22, 2023-24
  • Copa del Rey
    • Winners (32): 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, 2024-25
    • 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 (15): 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025
    • 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]

File:Celebrando la Copa de Campeones 2008-09.jpg
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 April 2024[5]
No. Position Player
1 23x15px GK Marc-André ter Stegen
13 23x15px GK Iñaki Peña
25 23x15px GK Wojciech Szczesny
4 23x15px DF Ronald Araujo
23 23x15px DF Jules Kounde
6 23x15px MF Gavi
11 23x15px FW Raphinha
8 23x15px MF Pedri
7 23x15px FW Ferran Torres
2 23x15px DF Pau Cubarsi
9 23x15px FW Robert, Lewandowski
15 23x15px DF Andreas, Christensen
No. Position Player
16 23x15px MF Fermin Lopez
18 23x15px MF Oriol Romeu
21 23x15px MF Frenkie De Jong
5 23x15px DF Inigo Martinez
3 23x15px DF Alejandro Balde
20 23x15px MF Dani Olmo
19 23x15px FW Lamine Yamal
18 23x15px FW Pau Victor
14 23x15px MF Pablo Torre
28 23x15px MF Marc Bernal
24 23x15px DF Eric Garcia
35 23x15px DF Gerard Martin

Barcelona B and Youth Academy

Main pages: FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona (youth)
No. Position Player
7 23x15px FW Giovanni
17 23x15px MF Anderson
27 23x15px GK Lazar Carević
5 23x15px Cameron Carter-Vickers
28 23x15px MF Nico González
29 23x15px FW Ferran Jutglà
30 23x15px MF Gavi
3 23x15px DF Alejandro Balde
27 23x15px FW Abde
11 23x15px FW Mareen-Hailey Selassie
6 23x15px MF Eugenio, Pizzuto
34 23x15px MF Álvaro Sanz
No. Position Player
35 23x15px DF Arnau Comas
36 GK
37 23x15px FW Ilias Akhomach
38 23x15px DF Guillem Jaime
39 23x15px FW Estanis Pedrola
40 23x15px MF Lucas de Vega
41 23x15px DF Mika Màrmol

Other players under contract

No. Position Player
23x15px DF Moussa Wagué

Out on loan

No. Position Player
23x15px MF Álex Collado (at Granada until 30 June 2022)
23x15px MF Philippe Coutinho (at Aston Villa until 30 June 2022)
23x15px MF Miralem Pjanić (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2022)
No. Position Player
23x15px FW Antoine Griezmann (at Atlético Madrid until 30 June 2022)
23x15px FW Rey Manaj (at Spezia until 30 June 2022)
Portugal 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 providing Barça with its first home ground.

  • Futbol club barcelona - notas de sport.jpg

    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."

  • Vitrina-1.v1311695239.jpg

    A formation of FC Barcelona in 1903

  • Barcelona fc lamina elgrafico.jpg

    Team of FC Barcelona, published on El Gráfico, 1926

  • Kubala.jpg

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

  • LuisSuarezMiramontes1960.webp

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

  • La Masia (Can Planas) (Barcelona) - 1.jpg

    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.

  • Maradona Barcelona shirt.jpg

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

  • Cruyff a la banqueta del Camp Nou.jpg

    As coach of the "Dream Team", Johan Cruyff won four consecutive league titles with Barcelona.

  • Ronaldinho 11feb2007.jpg

    Ronaldinho's arrival in 2003 revitalized the club.

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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