FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona or simply Barca, 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.
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 Clasico", 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 Espana, 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 Dusseldorf, and won again three years later. A year later, in 1983, the club won their first Supercopa de Espana. 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 barceloni. 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 Espana
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 Espana)
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
Dream Team
References
Related pages
Camp Nou
FC Barcelona B
Mini Estadi
Barcelona
Catalonia
Other websites
FC Barcelona official website
Spanish football clubs
FC Barcelona
Camp Nou
1899 establishments in Europe
1890s establishments in Spain