Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona or simply Barça, is a Spanish professional football club from Barcelona, Catalonia. They currently compete in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It was founded in 1899 by Joan Gamper as FBC Barcelona. 

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. They are also the only European club to have won a treble twice. 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.                                                                                                                         

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.

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 

 1929: La Liga - Champions
 1929/30: La Liga - 2nd
 1930/31: La Liga - 4th
 1931/32: La Liga - 3rd
 1932/33: La Liga - 4th
 1933/34: La Liga - 9th
 1934/35: La Liga - 6th
 1935/36: La Liga - 5th
 1939/40: La Liga - 9th
 1940/41: La Liga - 4th
 1941/42: La Liga - 12th
 1942/43: La Liga - 3rd
 1943/44: La Liga - 6th
 1944/45: La Liga - Champions
 1945/46: La Liga - 2nd
 1946/47: La Liga - 4th
 1947/48: La Liga - Champions
 1948/49: La Liga - Champions
 1949/50: La Liga - 5th
 1950/51: La Liga - 4th
 1951/52: La Liga - Champions
 1952/53: La Liga - Champions
 1953/54: La Liga - 2nd
 1954/55: La Liga - 2nd
 1955/56: La Liga - 2nd
 1956/57: La Liga - 3rd
 1957/58: La Liga - 3rd
 1958/59: La Liga - Champions
 1959/60: La Liga - Champions
 1960/61: La Liga - 4th
 1961/62: La Liga - 2nd
 1962/63: La Liga - 6th
 1963/64: La Liga - 2nd
 1964/65: La Liga - 6th
 1965/66: La Liga - 3rd
 1966/67: La Liga - 2nd
 1967/68: La Liga - 2nd
 1968/69: La Liga - 3rd
 1969/70: La Liga - 4th
 1970/71: La Liga - 2nd
 1971/72: La Liga - 3rd
 1972/73: La Liga - 2nd
 1973/74: La Liga - Champions
 1974/75: La Liga - 3rd
 1975/76: La Liga - 2nd
 1976/77: La Liga - 2nd
 1977/78: La Liga - 2nd
 1978/79: La Liga - 5th
 1979/80: La Liga - 4th
 1980/81: La Liga - 5th
 1981/82: La Liga - 2nd
 1982/83: La Liga - 4th
 1983/84: La Liga - 3rd
 1984/85: La Liga - Champions
 1985/86: La Liga - 2nd
 1986/87: La Liga - 2nd
 1987/88: La Liga - 6th
 1988/89: La Liga - 2nd
 1989/90: La Liga - 3rd
 1990/91: La Liga - Champions
 1991/92: La Liga - Champions
 1992/93: La Liga - Champions
 1993/94: La Liga - Champions
 1994/95: La Liga - 4th
 1995/96: La Liga - 3rd
 1996/97: La Liga - 2nd
 1997/98: La Liga - Champions
 1998/99: La Liga - Champions
 1999–00: La Liga - 2nd

Honours

Domestic Competitions 

 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 
 

 European Cup/ UEFA Champions League
Winners (5): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
Runners-up (3): 1960–61, 1985–86, 1993–94.
 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Winners (4): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1996–97.
Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 1990–91
 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (The tournament before the UEFA Europa League)
Winners (3): 1955/58, 1958/60, 1965/66.
Runners-up (1): 1961/62
 UEFA Super Cup
Winners (5): 1992, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2015
Runners-up (4): 1979, 1982, 1989, 2006

Major Worldwide Competitions 

 FIFA Club World Cup
Winners (3): 2009, 2011, 2015
Runners-up (1): 2006

Players

Current squad

Barcelona B and Youth Academy

Other players under contract

Out on loan

References

Related pages 
 Camp Nou
 FC Barcelona B
 Mini Estadi
 Barcelona
 Catalonia

Other websites 
 FC Barcelona official website

Spanish football clubs
Barcelona
Camp Nou
1899 establishments in Europe
1890s establishments in Spain