History Of Barcelona

Full name : Fútbol Club Barcelona
Nickname(s) Barça (team)
L'equip blaugrana (team)
Culers or Culés (supporters)
Blaugranes (supporters)
Founded : November 29, 1899 (as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona)
Ground :Camp Nou, Barcelona (Capacity: 98,772)
Chairman : Joan Laporta
Manager : Josep Guardiola
League :La Liga

Fútbol Club Barcelona also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is best known for its football team, which was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). The official Barça's anthem is El Cant del Barça by Josep Maria Espinàs.

FC Barcelona is one of the only three clubs that have never been relegated from La Liga and the second most successful club in Spanish football after Real Madrid, having won nineteen La Liga titles, a record twenty-five Spanish Cups, seven Spanish Super Cups and two League Cups. They are also one of the most successful clubs in European football having won nine official major European trophies in total. They have won three UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups and two UEFA Super Cups. They also have a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. In 2009, Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League.

Domestic competitions

La Liga

* Winners (19 + 1): 1929, 1937 (unofficial), 1945, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009

Copa del Rey (record)

* Winners (25): 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2009

Copa de la Liga (record)

* Winners (2): 1983, 1986

Supercopa de España

* Winners (7): 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006

Copa Eva Duarte (record)

* Winners (4): 1945, 1948, 1952, 1953


European Cup/UEFA Champions League

* Winners (3): 1992, 2006, 2009

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (record)

* Winners (4): 1979, 1982, 1989, 1997
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the forerunner to the UEFA Cup) (record)

* Winners (3): 1958, 1960, 1966

European Super Cup
* Winners (2): 1992, 1997


Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-Off

* Winners (1): 1971

Latin Cup (record)

* Winners (2): 1949, 1952

Campionat de Catalunya (record)

* Copa Macaya (1) : 1902
* Copa Barcelona (1) : 1903
* Campionat de Catalunya (21) : 1905, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938

Liga Catalana

* Winners (1) : 1938

Catalan Cup (record)

* Winners (6) : 1991, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007

Joan Gamper Cup (record)

* Winners (33) : 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977,1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

Small World Cup

* Winners (1): 1957

Current squad