FC Barcelona

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"Bara" redirects here. For other uses, see Barca (disambiguation).

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see FC Barcelona
(women). For the reserve team, see FC Barcelona B. For the futsal team, seeFC Barcelona Futsal.
For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Barcelona Sporting Club.

Barcelona

Full name

Futbol Club Barcelona

Nickname(s)

Bara or Blaugrana (team)

Culs or Barcelonistas (supporters)
Blaugranes or Azulgranas (supporters)

Founded

29 November 1899; 114 years ago

as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona

Ground

Camp Nou

Capacity

99,786

President

Josep Maria Bartomeu

Head Coach

Luis Enrique

League

La Liga

201314

La Liga, 2nd

Website

Club home page

Away colours

Third colours

Home colours

Current season

Active departments of FC Barcelona

Football (Men's)

Football B (Men's)

Football A (Men's)

Football (Women's)

Futsal

Beach soccer

Handball

Roller hockey

Ice hockey

Basketball

Basketball B

Wheelchair basketball

Rugby union

Rugby league

Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubb kub brson] ( listen)), also known
as Barcelona and familiarly asBara,[note 1] is a professional football club, based in Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain.
Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club
has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Ms que un club" (More
than a club). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is
the second most valuable sports team on the globe, worth $3.2 billion, and the world's secondrichest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of $613 million.[1][2] The official
Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Bara", written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espins.[3]
Barcelona is the most successful club in Spain, in terms of overall official titles won (81). Barcelona
was ranked first in the 'All-Time Club World Ranking' by IFFHS, on 31 December 2009,[4] and was
placed on top of the 2012/13 UEFA club rankings.[5] It has won 22 La Liga, 26 Copa del Rey,
11 Supercopa de Espaa, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Ligatrophies, as well as being the
record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football, Barcelona has won
four UEFA Champions League, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, four UEFA Super Cup, a
record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[note 2] and a record two FIFA Club World Cup trophies.[6] The club
has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid; matches between the two teams are referred to as "El
Clsico".

Barcelona is one of the most supported teams in the world, and has the largest fan base among all
sports teams on all major social networks.[7][8] Barcelona's players have won a record number
of Ballon d'Or awards (10), as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards (7).
In 2010, the club created history when three players who came through its youth academy
(Messi, Iniesta & Xavi) were chosen as the three best players in the world, having bagged the top
spots at the FIFA Ballon d'Or, an unprecedented feat for players from the same football school.
Barcelona was one of the founding members of La Liga, and is one of three clubs which have never
been relegated from the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona
became the first Spanish club to win thecontinental treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and
the Champions League. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win six out of
six competitions in a single year, thus completing the sextuple, comprising the aforementioned treble
and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.[9] In 2011, the Blaugrana
again became European champions and won a total of five titles, missing out only on the Copa del
Rey (in which they finished runners-up). This Barcelona team, which reached a record six
consecutive Champions League semi-finals and won 14 trophies in just four years under Guardiola's
charge, is considered by some managers, players and experts to be the greatest team of all
time.[10][11][12]
Contents
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1 History
o 1.1 Beginnings of FC Barcelona (18991922)
o 1.2 Rivera, Republic and Civil War (19231957)
o 1.3 Club de Ftbol Barcelona (19571978)
o 1.4 Nez and the stabilisation years (19782000)
1.4.1 Dream Team
o 1.5 Exit Nez, enter Laporta (20002008)
o 1.6 Guardiola era (20082012)
o 1.7 Recent history (2012)
2 Support
3 Club rivalries
o 3.1 El Clsico
o 3.2 El derbi Barcelon
4 Finances and ownership
5 Records
6 Crest and shirt
7 Stadiums
8 Honours
o 8.1 Domestic competitions
o 8.2 European competitions
o 8.3 Worldwide competitions
9 Players
o 9.1 Current squad
o 9.2 Out on loan
10 Personnel
o 10.1 Current technical staff
11 Management
o 11.1 Board members
12 See also

13 Notes
14 References
15 Further reading
16 Filmography
17 External links

History