Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barça was founded in 1899 by Joan Gamper. It is one of the best teams in Europe.
Although F.C.Barcelona is mainly known because of its football team, it has several professional and amateur sports teams such as football, basketball, handball, futsal, roller hockey, rugby, athletics, baseball, …,
As a curiosity, F.C.Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid are there only three teams that never been relegated from the Spanish First division (La Liga).
The Camp Nou is F.C.Barcelona’s main stadium, with a capacity of 98.000 it is the biggest stadiums in Europe.
The number of members exceeds (150,000) exceeds by far the capacity of the stadium (98,787), therefore it is quite difficult for newer members to get season-tickets, although they have preference over non-members when trying to get tickets for individual games.
Domestic Competitions
21 Spanish League titles:
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
26 Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) titles:
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, 2012
8 Spanish Super Cup titles:
1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009
European Competitions
4 UEFA Champions League titles:
1992, 2006, 2009, 2011
4 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup titles:
1979, 1982, 1989, 1997
3 European Super Cup titles:
1992, 1997, 2009
2 Intercontinental Cup title:
2009, 2011
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