FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsə

ˈlonə] ( listen)), commonly referred to as Barcelona and Barcelona
colloquially known as Barça ([ˈbaɾsə]), is a professional football
club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top
flight of Spanish football.

Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Spanish, German and English

footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of
Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club"
("More than a club"). Unlike many other football clubs, the
supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the fourth-most valuable
sports team in the world, worth $4.76 billion, and the world's richest
football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €715.1 Full name Futbol Club Barcelona
million.[2][3] The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", Nickname(s) Barça or Blaugrana (team)
written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs.[4] Barcelona
Culers or Barcelonistes
traditionally play in dark shades of blue and red stripes, hence
(supporters)
nicknamed Blaugrana.
Blaugranes or Azulgranas
Domestically, Barcelona has won a record 75 trophies: 26 La Liga, (supporters)
31 Copa del Rey, thirteen Supercopa de España, three Copa Eva Founded 29 November 1899
Duarte, and two Copa de la Liga titles, as well as being the record as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona
holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football,
the club has won twenty European and worldwide titles: five UEFA Ground Camp Nou
Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a Capacity 99,354[1]
joint record five UEFA Super Cups, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs
President Joan Laporta
Cups, and three FIFA Club World Cups.[5] Barcelona was ranked
first in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics Head coach Xavi
Club World Ranking for 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015, and League La Liga
occupies the seventh position on the UEFA club rankings as of
2020–21 La Liga, 3rd of 20
2021.[6][7][8] The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid,
and matches between the two teams are referred to as El Clásico. Website Club website (http://www.fcbarcel
ona.com)
Barcelona is one of the most widely supported teams in the world,
and the club has one of the largest social media following in the
world among sports teams.[9][10] Barcelona players have won a
record twelve Ballon d'Or awards, with recipients including Johan
Cruyff, as well as a record seven FIFA World Player of the Year
awards, with winners including Romário, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and
Ronaldinho. In 2010, three players who came through the club's
youth academy (Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi) were chosen
as the three best players in the world in the FIFA Ballon d'Or Home colours Away colours Third/European
awards, an unprecedented feat for players from the same football colours
academy. Additionally, players representing the club have won a
record eight European Golden Shoe awards.

Barcelona is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division
since its inception in 1929, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first Spanish club
to win the continental treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League, and also became
the first Spanish football club to win six out of six competitions in a single year, by also winning the Spanish Super Cup,
UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup.[11] In 2011, the club became European champions again, winning five
trophies. This Barcelona team, which won fourteen trophies in just four years under Pep Guardiola, is considered by
some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time.[12][13][14] By winning their fifth Champions League trophy in 2015,
Barcelona became the first European football club in history to achieve the continental treble twice.
Contents
History
1899–1922: Beginnings
1923–1957: Rivera, Republic and Civil War
1957–1978: Club de Fútbol Barcelona
1978–2000: Núñez and stabilization
The Dream Team era
2000–2008: Exit Núñez, enter Laporta
2008–2012: Guardiola era
2014–2020: Bartomeu era
2021–present: Return of Laporta and departure of Messi
Support
Club rivalries
El Clásico
El derbi Barceloní
Rivalry with A.C. Milan
Ownership and finances
Records
Kits and crest
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Stadium
Honours
Players
Current squad
Barcelona B and Youth Academy
Other players under contract
Out on loan
Personnel
Current technical staff
Football Sport Management
Management
Board of Directors
Further reading
Filmography
See also
References
External links

History

1899–1922: Beginnings

On 22 October 1899, Swiss Hans Gamper placed an advertisement in Los Deportes declaring his wish to form a football
club; a positive response resulted in a meeting at the Gimnasio Solé on 29 November. Eleven players attended – Walter
Wild (the first director of the club), Lluís d'Ossó, Bartomeu Terradas, Otto Kunzle, Otto Maier, Enric Ducal, Pere Cabot,
Carles Pujol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons, and William Parsons – and Foot-Ball Club Barcelona was born.[16][17]
 FC Barcelona had a successful start in
regional and national cups, competing in
the Campionat de Catalunya and the
Copa del Rey. In 1902, the club won its
first trophy, the Copa Macaya, and
participated in the first Copa del Rey,
losing 1–2 to Bizcaya in the final.[18] In
1908, Hans Gamper – now known as
Joan Gamper – became club president in Gamper's advertisement in Los Deportes -
a desperate attempt to save Barcelona --- English translation : "SPORT NOTE.
Our friend and partner, Mr. Kans Kamper,
from extinction, finding the club
from the Foot-Vall Section of the
struggling not just on the pitch, but also
'Sociedad Los Deportes' and former Swiss
financially and socially, after not
champion, wishing to organise some
winning a competition since the
matches in Barcelona, requests that
Walter Wild, the club's first Campionat de Catalunya in 1905. He everyone who likes this sport contact him,
president (1899–1901). His main said in a meeting, "Barcelona cannot die come to this office Tuesday and Friday
achievement was getting Barça and must not die. If there is nobody who nights from 9 to 11."[16]
its first home ground.[15] is going to try, then I will assume the
responsibility of running the club from
now on."[19] Club president on five
separate occasions between 1908 and 1925, he spent 25 years in total at the
helm. One of his main achievements was ensuring Barça acquire its own
stadium and thus generate a stable income.[20]

On 14 March 1909, the team moved into the Camp de la Indústria, a stadium
with a capacity of 8,000. To celebrate their new surroundings, the club
conducted a logo contest the following year. Carles Comamala won the
contest, and his suggestion became the crest that the club still wears – with
some minor changes – as of the present day.[21] A formation of FC Barcelona in 1903

With the new stadium, Barcelona participated in the inaugural version of the
Pyrenees Cup, which, at the time, consisted of the best teams of Languedoc, Midi and Aquitaine (Southern France), the
Basque Country and Catalonia; all were former members of the Marca Hispanica region. The contest was the most
prestigious in that era.[22] From the inaugural year in 1910 to 1913, Barcelona won the competition four consecutive
times. Carles Comamala played an integral part of the four-time champion, managing the side along with Amechazurra
and Jack Greenwell. The latter became the club's first full-time coach in 1917.[23] The last edition was held in 1914 in the
city of Barcelona, which local rivals Espanyol won.[24]

During the same period, the club changed its official language from Castilian to Catalan and gradually evolved into an
important symbol of Catalan identity. For many fans, participating in the club had less to do with the game itself and more
with being a part of the club's collective identity.[25] On 4 February 1917, the club held its first testimonial match to
honour Ramón Torralba, who played from 1913 to 1928. The match was against local side Terrassa where Barcelona
won the match 6–2.[26]

Gamper simultaneously launched a campaign to recruit more club members, and by 1922, the club had more than 20,000,
who helped finance a new stadium. The club then moved to the new Les Cortes, which they inaugurated the same
year.[27] Les Cortes had an initial capacity of 30,000, and in the 1940s it was expanded to 60,000.[28]

Gamper recruited Jack Greenwell as the first full-time manager in Barcelona's history. After this hiring, the club's fortunes
began to improve on the field. During the Gamper-led era, Barcelona won eleven Campionats de Catalunya, six Copa del
Rey and four Pyrenees Cups and enjoyed its first "golden age".[18][20]

1923–1957: Rivera, Republic and Civil War

On 14 June 1925, in a spontaneous reaction against Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, the crowd in the stadium jeered the
Royal March. As a reprisal, the ground was closed for six months and Gamper was forced to relinquish the presidency of
the club.[29] This coincided with the transition to professional football, and, in 1926, the directors of Barcelona publicly
claimed, for the first time, to operate a professional football club.[27]
 On 3 July 1927, the club held a second
testimonial match for Paulino Alcántara,
against the Spanish national team. To kick
off the match, local journalist and pilot
Josep Canudas dropped the ball onto the
pitch from his aeroplane.[30] In 1928,
victory in the Spanish Cup was celebrated
with a poem titled "Oda a Platko", which
The aerial bombardment of was written by a member of the
Barcelona in 1938 Generation of '27, Rafael Alberti, inspired Team of FC Barcelona, published on
by the heroic performance of the El Gráfico, 1926
Barcelona goalkeeper, Franz Platko. [31]
On 23 June 1929, Barcelona won the inaugural Spanish League. A year after
winning the championship, on 30 July 1930, Gamper committed suicide after a period of depression brought on by
personal and financial problems.[20]

Although they continued to have players of the standing of Josep Escolà, the club now entered a period of decline, in
which political conflict overshadowed sports throughout society. Attendance at matches dropped as the citizens of
Barcelona were occupied with discussing political matters.[32] Although the team won the Campionat de Catalunya in
1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936 and 1938,[18] success at a national level (with the exception of the 1937 disputed title)
evaded them.

A month after the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, several players from Barcelona enlisted in the ranks of those who
fought against the military uprising, along with players from Athletic Bilbao.[33] On 6 August, Falangist soldiers near
Guadarrama murdered club president Josep Sunyol, a representative of the pro-independence political party.[34] He was
dubbed the martyr of barcelonisme, and his murder was a defining moment in the history of FC Barcelona and Catalan
identity.[35] In the summer of 1937, the squad was on tour in Mexico and the United States, where it was received as an
ambassador of the Second Spanish Republic. The tour led to the financial security of the club, but also resulted in half of
the team seeking asylum in Mexico and France, making it harder for the remaining team to contest for trophies.[36][37]

On 16 March 1938, Barcelona came under aerial bombardment from the Italian Air Force, causing more than 3,000
deaths, with one of the bombs hitting the club's offices.[38][39] A few months later, Catalonia came under occupation and
as a symbol of the "undisciplined" Catalanism, the club, now down to just 3,486 members, faced a number of restrictions.
All signs of regional nationalism, including language, flag and other signs of separatism were banned throughout Spain.
The Catalan flag was banned and the club were prohibited from using non-Spanish names. These measures forced the
club to change its name to Club de Fútbol Barcelona and to remove the Catalan flag from its crest.[40]

In 1943, Barcelona faced rivals Real Madrid in the semi-finals of Copa del Generalísimo (now the Copa del Rey). The
first match at Les Corts was won by Barcelona 3–0. Real Madrid comfortably won the second leg, beating Barcelona 11–
1.[41] According to football writer Sid Lowe, "There have been relatively few mentions of the game [since] and it is not a
result that has been particularly celebrated in Madrid. Indeed, the 11–1 occupies a far more prominent place in Barcelona's
history. This was the game that first formed the identification of Madrid as the team of the dictatorship and Barcelona as
its victims."[42] It has been alleged by local journalist Paco Aguilar that Barcelona's players were threatened by police in
the changing room, though nothing was ever proven.[43]

Despite the difficult political situation, CF Barcelona enjoyed considerable success during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1945,
with Josep Samitier as coach and players like César, Ramallets and Velasco, they won La Liga for the first time since
1929. They added two more titles in 1948 and 1949.[44] In 1949, they also won the first Copa Latina.[45] In June 1950,
Barcelona signed László Kubala, who was to be an important figure at the club.[46]

On a rainy Sunday of 1951, the crowd left Les Corts stadium after a 2–1 win against Santander by foot, refusing to catch
any trams, and surprising the Francoist authorities. The reason was simple: at the same time, a tram strike was taking place
in Barcelona, receiving the support of blaugrana fans. Events like this made CF Barcelona represent much more than just
Catalonia and many progressive Spaniards saw the club as a staunch defender of rights and freedoms.[47][48]

Coach Ferdinand Daučík and László Kubala led the team to five different trophies including La Liga, the Copa del
Generalísimo, the Copa Latina, the Copa Eva Duarte, and the Copa Martini Rossi in 1952. In 1953, the club won La
Liga and the Copa del Generalísimo again.[28]
1957–1978: Club de Fútbol Barcelona

With Helenio Herrera as coach, a young

Luis Suárez, the European Footballer of
the Year in 1960, and two influential
Hungarians recommended by Kubala,
Sándor Kocsis and Zoltán Czibor, the
team won another national double in 1959
and a La Liga and Fairs Cup double in
1960. In 1961, they became the first club
to beat Real Madrid in a European Cup
Barcelona line up against Hamburger SV
play-off. However, they lost 2–3 to
before the 1960–61 European Cup semi-
final Benfica in the final.[49][50] A prolific forward, László
Kubala led Barcelona to
The 1960s were less successful for the success in the 1950s. His
club, with Real Madrid monopolising La Liga. The completion of the Camp Nou, statue is built outside the Camp
finished in 1957, meant the club had little money to spend on new players.[50] The Nou.
1960s saw the emergence of Josep Maria Fusté and Carles Rexach, and the club won
the Copa del Generalísimo in 1963 and the Fairs Cup in 1966. Barcelona restored
some pride by beating Real Madrid 1–0 in the 1968 Copa del Generalísimo final at the
Santiago Bernabéu in front of Francisco Franco, with coach Salvador Artigas, a former
republican pilot in the Civil War. With the end of Franco's dictatorship in 1974, the club
changed its official name back to Futbol Club Barcelona and reverted the crest to its
original design, including the original letters once again.[51][52]

The 1973–74 season saw the arrival of Johan Cruyff, who was bought for a world
record £920,000 from Ajax.[53] Already an established player with Ajax, Cruyff
quickly won over the Barcelona fans when he told the European press that he chose
Barcelona over Real Madrid because he could not play for a club associated with
Francisco Franco. He further endeared himself when he named his son "Jordi", after the
local Catalan Saint George.[54] Next to champions like Juan Manuel Asensi, Carles
Rexach and Hugo Sotil, he helped the club win the 1973–74 season for the first time Luis Suárez, the first
since 1960,[18] defeating Real Madrid 5–0 at the Santiago Bernabéu en route. He was Barcelona player to win the
crowned European Footballer of the Year in 1973 during his first season with Barcelona Ballon d'Or
(his second Ballon d'Or win; he won his first while playing for Ajax in 1971). Cruyff
received this prestigious award a third time (the first player to do so) in 1974, while he
was still with Barcelona.[55]

1978–2000: Núñez and stabilization

In 1978, Josep Lluís Núñez became the first elected president of FC Barcelona,
and, since then, the members of Barcelona have elected the club president. The
process of electing a president of FC Barcelona was closely tied to Spain's
transition to democracy in 1974 and the end of Franco's dictatorship. The new
president's main objective was to develop Barcelona into a world-class club by
giving it stability both on and off the pitch. His presidency was to last for 22
years, and it deeply affected the image of Barcelona, as Núñez held to a strict
policy regarding wages and discipline, letting go of such players as Diego
In 1979, Barcelona bought La Masia,
Maradona, Romário and Ronaldo rather than meeting their demands.[58][59] a farmer's house built in 1702, to be
a residence for young academy
On 16 May 1979, the club won its first European Cup Winners' Cup by beating
players. It would later play a
Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–3 in Basel in a final watched by more than 30,000 significant role in the club's future
travelling blaugrana fans. The same year, Núñez began to invest in the club's success.[56][57]
youth programme by converting La Masia into a dormitory for young academy
players from abroad. The name of the dormitory would later become synonymous
with the youth programme of Barcelona.[60]
 In June 1982, Diego Maradona was signed for a world record fee of £5 million
from Boca Juniors.[61] In the following season, under coach César Luis Menotti,
Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, beating Real Madrid. Maradona's time with
Barcelona, however, was short-lived and he soon left for Napoli. At the start of
the 1984–85 season, Terry Venables was hired as manager and he won La Liga
with noteworthy displays by German midfielder Bernd Schuster. The next
season, he took the team to their second European Cup final, only to lose on
penalties to Steaua București during a dramatic evening in Seville.[58]

Diego Maradona's blaugrana shirt on

Around this time, tensions began to arise between what was perceived as
display in the FC Barcelona Museum president Núñez's dictatorial rule and the nationalistic support group, Boixos
Nois. The group, identified with a left-wing separatism, repeatedly demanded the
resignation of Núñez and openly defied him through chants and banners at
matches. At the same time, Barcelona experienced an eruption in skinheads, who often identified with a right-wing
separatism. The skinheads slowly transferred the Boixos Nois' ideology from liberalism to fascism, which caused division
within the group and a sudden support for Núñez's presidency.[62] Inspired by British hooligans, the remaining Boixos
Nois became violent, causing havoc leading to large-scale arrests.[63]

After the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Barcelona signed the English top scorer Gary Lineker, along with goalkeeper Andoni
Zubizarreta, but the team could not achieve success, as Schuster was excluded from the team. Terry Venables was
subsequently fired at the beginning of the 1987–88 season and replaced with Luis Aragonés. The season finished with the
players rebelling against president Núñez, in an event known as the Hesperia mutiny, and a 1–0 victory in the Copa del
Rey final against Real Sociedad.[58]

The Dream Team era

In 1988, Johan Cruyff returned to the club, this time as manager and he assembled
what would later be dubbed the "Dream Team".[64] He used a mix of Spanish
players like Pep Guardiola, José Mari Bakero, Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, Miguel
Angel Nadal and Txiki Begiristain while signing international players such as
Ronald Koeman, Michael Laudrup, Romário and Hristo Stoichkov.[65]

It was ten years after the inception of the youth

programme, La Masia, when the young players
began to graduate and play for their first team. Zubizarreta (C)
One of the first graduates, who would later earn
international acclaim, was future Barcelona Koeman Nando
As coach of the "Dream Team",
Johan Cruyff won four coach Pep Guardiola.[66] Under Cruyff's
Ferrer Juan Carlos
consecutive league titles with guidance, Barcelona won four consecutive La
Barcelona. Liga titles from 1991 to 1994. They beat
Sampdoria in both the 1989 UEFA Cup
Winners' Cup final and the 1992 European Cup Eusebio Guardiola
final at Wembley, with a free kick goal from Dutch international Ronald Koeman. Bakero Laudrup
They also won a Copa del Rey in 1990, the European Super Cup in 1992 and three
Supercopa de España trophies. With 11 trophies, Cruyff became the club's most
successful manager at that point. He also became the club's longest consecutive
Salinas Stoichkov
serving manager, serving eight years.[67] Cruyff's fortune was to change, and, in his
final two seasons, he failed to win any trophies and fell out with president Josep
Lluís Núñez, resulting in his departure.[58] On the legacy of Cruyff's football
philosophy and the passing style of play he introduced to the club, future coach of
Barcelona Pep Guardiola would state, "Cruyff built the cathedral, our job is to Starting lineup for the 1992 European Cup
Final, the club's first European
maintain and renovate it."[68] Cup/Champions League winning team

Reacting to Cruyff's departure, an independent protest group was organised by

Armand Caraben, Joan Laporta and Alfons Godall.[69] The objective of the group, called L'Elefant Blau, was to oppose
the presidency of Núñez, which they regarded as a corruption of the club's traditional values.[69][70] Laporta would later
take over the presidency of Barcelona in 2003.[71]
Cruyff was briefly replaced by Bobby Robson, who took charge of the club for a single season in 1996–97. He recruited
Ronaldo for a world record transfer fee from his previous club, PSV and delivered a cup treble, winning the Copa del
Rey, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the Supercopa de España, with Ronaldo registering 47 goals in 49 games.[72] Despite
his success, Robson was only ever seen as a short-term solution while the club waited for Louis van Gaal to become
available.[73]

Like Maradona, Ronaldo only stayed a short time before he left for Inter Milan in another world record transfer.[72]
However, new heroes emerged, such as Luís Figo, Patrick Kluivert, Luis Enrique and Rivaldo, and the team won a Copa
del Rey and La Liga double in 1998. In 1999, the club celebrated its centenari, winning the Primera División title, and
Rivaldo became the fourth Barcelona player to be awarded European Footballer of the Year. Despite this domestic
success, the failure to emulate Real Madrid in the Champions League led to van Gaal and Núñez resigning in 2000.[73]

2000–2008: Exit Núñez, enter Laporta

The departures of Núñez and Van Gaal were hardly noticed by the fans when
compared to that of Luís Figo, then club vice-captain. Figo had become a cult
hero and was considered by Catalans to be one of their own. Barcelona fans,
however, were distraught by Figo's decision to join arch-rivals Real Madrid, and,
during subsequent visits to the Camp Nou, Figo was given an extremely hostile
reception. Upon his first return, a piglet's head and a full bottle of whiskey were
thrown at him from the crowd.[74] The next three years saw the club in decline,
and managers came and went. Van Gaal was replaced by Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
who, despite an extensive investment in players in the summer of 2000, presided
over a mediocre league campaign and a first-round Champions League exit, and Plaque commemorating the
was dismissed late in the season. Long-serving Barcelona deputy coach Carles centenary of FC Barcelona
Rexach was appointed as his replacement, initially on a temporary basis, and
managed to at least steer the club to the last Champions League spot on the final
day of the season against Valencia via an exceptional performance from Rivaldo, who completed arguably the greatest
hat-trick in history with an overhead bicycle kick winner in the final minute to secure qualification.[75][76][77]

Despite better form in La Liga and a good run to the semi-finals of the Champions League, Rexach was never viewed as
a long-term solution and that summer Van Gaal returned to the club for a second spell as manager. What followed, despite
another decent Champions League performance, was one of the worst La Liga campaigns in the club's history, with the
team as low as 15th in February 2003. This led to Van Gaal's resignation and replacement for the rest of the campaign by
Radomir Antić, though a sixth-place finish was the best that he could manage. At the end of the season, Antić's short-term
contract was not renewed, and club president Joan Gaspart resigned, his position having been made completely untenable
by such a disastrous season on top of the club's overall decline in fortunes since he became president three years prior.[78]

After the disappointment of the Gaspart era, the combination of a new young president,
Joan Laporta, and a young new manager, former Dutch and Milan star Frank Rijkaard,
saw the club bounce back. On the field, an influx of international players, including
Ronaldinho, Deco, Henrik Larsson, Ludovic Giuly, Samuel Eto'o, Rafael Márquez and
Edgar Davids, combined with home grown Spanish players, such as Carles Puyol,
Andrés Iniesta, Xavi and Víctor Valdés, led to the club's return to success. Barcelona
won La Liga and the Supercopa de España in 2004–05, and Ronaldinho and Eto'o were
voted first and third, respectively, in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards.[81]

In the 2005–06 season, Barcelona repeated their league and Supercopa successes. The
pinnacle of the league season arrived at the Santiago Bernabéu in a 3–0 win over Real
Madrid. It was Rijkaard's second victory at the Bernabéu, making him the first
Ronaldinho's arrival in 2003 Barcelona manager to win there twice. Ronaldinho's performance was so impressive
revitalized the club.[79][80] that after his second goal, which was Barcelona's third, some Real Madrid fans gave
him a standing ovation.[82] In the Champions League, Barcelona beat the English club
Arsenal in the final. Trailing 1–0 to a ten-man Arsenal and with less than 15 minutes
remaining, they came back to win 2–1, with substitute Henrik Larsson, in his final appearance for the club, setting up
goals for Samuel Eto'o and fellow substitute Juliano Belletti, for the club's first European Cup victory in 14 years.[83]
Despite being the favourites and starting strongly, Barcelona finished the 2006–07
season without trophies. A pre-season US tour was later blamed for a string of
injuries to key players, including leading scorer Eto'o and rising star Lionel Messi. Valdés
There was open feuding as Eto'o publicly criticised coach Rijkaard and
Ronaldinho.[84] Ronaldinho also admitted that a lack of fitness affected his form.[85] Márquez Puyol (C)

In La Liga, Barcelona were in first place for much of the season, but inconsistency
Oleguer Gio
in the New Year saw Real Madrid overtake them to become champions. Barcelona
advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, winning the first leg against Getafe
5–2, with a goal from Messi bringing comparison to Diego Maradona's goal of the
Edmílson
century, but then lost the second leg 4–0. They took part in the 2006 FIFA Club
World Cup, but were beaten by a late goal in the final against Brazilian side Deco van Bommel
Internacional.[86] In the Champions League, Barcelona were knocked out of the
competition in the last 16 by eventual runners-up Liverpool on away goals.[87] Giuly Ronaldinho

Barcelona finished the 2007–08 season third in La Liga and reached the semi-finals Eto'o
of the UEFA Champions League and Copa del Rey, both times losing to the
eventual champions, Manchester United and Valencia, respectively. The day after a
4–1 defeat to Real Madrid, Joan Laporta announced that Barcelona B coach Pep
Guardiola would take over Frank Rijkaard's duties on 30 June 2008.[88] Barcelona's victorious 2006 Champions
League Final starting lineup

2008–2012: Guardiola era

Barcelona's midfield combination of Andrés Iniesta (left) and Xavi (right) were at the heart of Guardiola's tiki-taka passing style
of play.[89]

Barcelona B youth manager Pep Guardiola took over Frank Rijkaard's duties at the conclusion of the season.[88]
Guardiola brought with him the now famous tiki-taka style of play he had been taught during his time in the Barcelona
youth teams. In the process, Guardiola sold Ronaldinho and Deco and started building the Barcelona team around Xavi,
Andrés Iniesta and Lionel Messi.

Barça beat Athletic Bilbao 4–1 in the 2009 Copa del Rey Final, winning the
competition for a record-breaking 25th time. A historic 2–6 victory against Real
Madrid followed three days later and ensured that Barcelona became 2008–09 La
Liga champions. Barça finished the season by beating Manchester United 2–0 at
the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, with goals from Eto'o and Messi, to win their third
Champions League title, and complete the first ever treble won by a Spanish
team.[90][91][92] The team went on to win the 2009 Supercopa de España against
Athletic Bilbao[93] and the 2009 UEFA Super Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk,[94]
becoming the first European club to win both domestic and European Super Cups
following a treble. In December 2009, Barcelona won the 2009 Club World Lionel Messi in action during the
Cup.[95] Barcelona accomplished two new records in Spanish football in 2010 as 2009 UEFA Champions League Final
they retained the La Liga trophy with 99 points and won the Supercopa de victory against Manchester United
España for a ninth time.[96][97]
After Laporta's departure from the club in June 2010, Sandro Rosell was soon elected as the new president. The elections
were held on 13 June, where he got 61.35% (57,088 votes, a record) of total votes.[98] Rosell signed David Villa from
Valencia for €40 million[99] and Javier Mascherano from Liverpool for €19 million.[100] At the 2010 World Cup in South
Africa, Barcelona players that had graduated from the club's La Masia youth system would play a major role in Spain
becoming world champions. On 11 July, seven players who came through the academy participated in the final, six of
which were Barcelona players whom started the match, with Iniesta scoring the winning goal against the
Netherlands.[101]

In November 2010, Barcelona defeated their main rival Real Madrid 5–0 in El Clásico. At the ceremony for the 2010
FIFA Ballon d'Or in December, Barcelona's La Masia became the first youth academy ever to have all three finalists for
the Ballon d'Or, with Messi, Iniesta and Xavi being named the three best players in the world for 2010.[102] In the 2010–
11 season, Barcelona retained the La Liga trophy, their third title in succession, finishing with 96 points.[103] In April
2011, the club reached the Copa del Rey final, losing 1–0 to Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia.[104] In
May, Barcelona defeated Manchester United in the 2011 Champions League Final 3–1 held at Wembley Stadium, a
repeat of the 2009 final, winning their fourth European Cup.[105] In August 2011, La Masia graduate Cesc Fàbregas was
bought from Arsenal and he would help Barcelona defend the Spanish Supercup against Real Madrid. The Supercup
victory brought the total number of official trophies to 73, matching the number of titles won by Real Madrid.[106]

Later the same month, Barcelona won the UEFA Super Cup defeating Porto 2–0 with goals from Messi and Fàbregas.
This extended the club's overall number of official trophies to 74, surpassing Real Madrid's total amount of official
trophies.[107] The Super Cup victory also saw Guardiola win his 12th trophy out of a possible 15 in his three years at the
helm of the club, becoming the all-time record holder of most titles won as a coach at Barcelona.[108]

In December, Barcelona won the Club World Cup for a record second time since
its establishment, after defeating 2011 Copa Libertadores holders Santos 4–0 in
the final thanks to two goals from Messi and goals from Xavi and Fàbregas.[109]
As a result, the overall trophy haul during the reign of Guardiola was further
extended and saw Barcelona win their 13th trophy out of a possible 16.[110][111]
Considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time, with
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson stating, ”They mesmerise you with
their passing”,[13] their five trophies in 2011 saw them receive the Laureus World
Sports Award for Team of the Year.[112]
Barcelona celebrating their 2011
FIFA Club World Cup win against
In the 2011–12 season, Barcelona lost the semi-finals of the Champions League
Santos FC
against Chelsea. Guardiola, who had been on a rolling contract and had faced
criticism over his recent tactics and squad selections,[113][114] announced that he
would step down as manager on 30 June and be succeeded by assistant Tito Vilanova.[115][116] Guardiola finished his
tenure with Barça winning the Copa del Rey final 3–0, bringing the tally to 14 trophies that Barça had won under his
coaching.[117]

It was announced in summer of 2012 that Tito Vilanova, assistant manager at Barcelona, would take over from Pep
Guardiola as manager.[118] Following his appointment, Barcelona went on an incredible run that saw them hold the top
spot on the league table for the entire season, recording only two losses and amassing 100 points. Their top scorer once
again was Lionel Messi, who scored 46 goals in La Liga, including two hat-tricks. On 11 May 2013, Barcelona were
crowned as the Spanish football champions for the 22nd time, still with four games left to play. Ultimately, Barcelona
ended the season 15 points clear of rivals Real Madrid, despite losing 2–1 to them at the beginning of March.[119] They
reached the semi-final stage of both the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, going out to Real Madrid and Bayern
Munich respectively. On 19 July, it was announced that Vilanova was resigning as Barcelona manager because his throat
cancer had returned, and he would be receiving treatment for the second time after a three-month medical leave in
December 2012.[120]

2014–2020: Bartomeu era

On 22 July 2013, Gerardo "Tata" Martino was confirmed as manager of Barcelona for the 2013–14 season.[121]
Barcelona won the 2013 Supercopa de España 1–1 on away goals.[122] On 23 January 2014, Sandro Rosell resigned as
president by the admissibility of a complaint for alleged misappropriation following the transfer of Neymar.[123] Josep
Maria Bartomeu replaced him to finish the term.[124]
Barcelona won the treble in the 2014–15 season, winning La Liga, Copa del Rey and
Champions League titles, and became the first European team to have won the treble
twice.[125] On 17 May, the club clinched their 23rd La Liga title after defeating Atlético
Madrid.[126] This was Barcelona's seventh La Liga title in the last ten years.[127] On 30
May, the club defeated Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final at Camp Nou.[128] On 6
June, Barcelona won the 2015 Champions League Final with a 3–1 win against Juventus,
which completed the treble, the club's second in six years.[129] Barcelona's attacking trio
of Messi, Suárez and Neymar, dubbed "MSN", scored 122 goals in all competitions, the
most in a season for an attacking trio in Spanish football history.[130]

On 11 August, Barcelona started the 2015–16 season winning a joint record fifth
European Super Cup by beating Sevilla 5–4 in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup. They ended
the year with a 3–0 win over Argentine club River Plate in the 2015 Club World Cup
Luis Suárez joined the club
final on 20 December to win the trophy for a record third time, with Suárez, Messi and
in 2014. Messi, Suárez and
Iniesta the top three players of the tournament.[131] The Club World Cup was Barcelona's Neymar, dubbed MSN,
20th international title, a record only matched by Egyptian club Al Ahly.[132][133] By formed a record-breaking
scoring 180 goals in 2015 in all competitions, Barcelona set the record for most goals strike force.
scored in a calendar year, breaking Real Madrid's record of 178 goals scored in 2014.[134]
On 10 February 2016, qualifying for the sixth Copa del Rey final in the last eight seasons,
Luis Enrique's Barcelona broke the club's record of 28 consecutive games unbeaten in all competitions set by Guardiola's
team in the 2010–11 season, with a 1–1 draw with Valencia in the second leg of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey.[135][136]
With a 5–1 win at Rayo Vallecano on 3 March, Barcelona's 35th match unbeaten, the club broke Real Madrid's Spanish
record of 34 games unbeaten in all competitions from the 1988–1989 season.[137][138] After Barça reached 39 matches
unbeaten, their run ended on 2 April 2016 with a 2–1 defeat to Real Madrid at Camp Nou.[139] On 14 May 2016,
Barcelona won their sixth La Liga title in eight seasons.[140] The front three of Messi, Suárez and Neymar finished the
season with 131 goals, breaking the record they had set the previous year for most goals by an attacking trio in a single
season.[141]

On 8 March 2017, Barcelona made the largest comeback in Champions League

history in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second Leg,
defeating Paris Saint-Germain 6–1 (aggregate score 6–5), despite losing the first
leg in France by a score of 4–0.[142] On 29 May 2017, former player Ernesto
Valverde was named as Luis Enrique's successor.[143] On 20 September 2017,
Barcelona issued a statement exercising their stance on the 2017 Catalan
referendum saying, "FC Barcelona, in holding the utmost respect for its diverse
body of members, will continue to support the will of the majority of Catalan
people, and will do so in a civil, peaceful, and exemplary way".[144] The match
Neymar preparing to take a free kick against UD Las Palmas on the referendum day was requested to be postponed by
in Barcelona's comeback against the Barcelona board due to heavy violence in Catalonia, but it (the request) was
Paris Saint-Germain. declined by La Liga, therefore being held behind closed doors.[145] Two
directors, Jordi Monés and Carles Vilarrubí, handed in their resignations in protest
at the game's being played.[146] Winning La Liga for the 2017–18 season, on 9
May 2018, Barcelona defeated Villarreal 5–1 to set the longest unbeaten streak (43 games) in La Liga history.[147] On 27
April 2019, Barcelona won their 26th La Liga title.[148] However, the La Liga title was overshadowed by an improbable
Champions League exit to Liverpool in the semi-finals, with Barça losing the second leg 0–4 after being up 3–0 after a
home victory.[149]

On 13 January 2020, following the loss to Atlético Madrid in the Spanish Supercup, former Real Betis coach Quique
Setién replaced Ernesto Valverde as the new head coach of Barcelona.[150] Ultimately Barcelona finished the season
trophyless for first time in 12 years. On 17 August, the club confirmed that Setién had been removed from his position as
manager with director of football Eric Abidal also dismissed from his position.[151] Two days later, Ronald Koeman was
appointed as the new head coach of Barcelona.[152] Rising dissatisfaction among supporters due to worsening finances
and decline on the pitch in the previous season led to Josep Maria Bartomeu announcing his resignation as president on
27 October 2020, to avoid facing a vote of no confidence from the club members.[153][154]

2021–present: Return of Laporta and departure of Messi

On 7 March 2021, Joan Laporta was elected president of Barcelona with 54.28% of the vote.[155] Barcelona won their
31st Copa del Rey, their first trophy under Ronald Koeman, after defeating Athletic Bilbao 4–0 in the final.[156] On 5
August 2021, despite Barcelona and Messi having reached an agreement and the clear intention of both parties to sign a
new contract, the deal could not happen due to financial and structural obstacles posed by the Spanish Liga
regulations.[157] On 10 August it was announced that Messi had joined French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain as a free
agent, ending his 21-year spell with Barcelona.[158] Koeman was sacked as manager on 28 October 2021, and on 6
November Xavi was announced as the club’s new manager, with a contract until 2024.[159]

On 8 December, Barcelona dropped to the Europa League for first time in 17 years, as they finished third in the 2021–22
UEFA Champions League group stage.[160]

Support
The nickname culer for a Barcelona supporter is derived from the Catalan cul
(English: arse), as the spectators at the first stadium, Camp de la Indústria, sat with
their culs over the stand. In Spain, about 25% of the population is said to be Barça
sympathisers, second behind Real Madrid, supported by 32% of the
population.[161] Throughout Europe, Barcelona is the favourite second-choice
club.[162] The club's membership figures have seen a significant increase from
100,000 in the 2003–04 season to 170,000 in September 2009,[163] the sharp rise
Tifo at the Camp Nou in a 2013
being attributed to the influence of Ronaldinho and then-president Joan Laporta's comeback against AC Milan
media strategy that focused on Spanish and English online media.[164][165]

In addition to membership, as of 2021 there are 1,259 officially registered fan clubs, called penyes, around the world.[166]
The fan clubs promote Barcelona in their locality and receive beneficial offers when visiting Barcelona.[167] Among the
best supported teams globally, Barcelona has the second highest social media following in the world among sports teams,
with over 103 million Facebook fans as of December 2021, only behind Real Madrid with 111 million.[9][168] The club
has had many prominent people among its supporters, including Pope John Paul II, who was an honorary member, and
former prime minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.[169][170]

Club rivalries

El Clásico

There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national
league, and this is particularly the case in La Liga, where the game between
Barcelona and Real Madrid is known as "The Classic" (El Clásico). From the
start of national competitions the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival
regions in Spain: Catalonia and Castile, as well as of the two cities. The rivalry
reflects what many regard as the political and cultural tensions felt between
Catalans and the Castilians, seen by one author as a re-enactment of the Spanish
Civil War.[171] Over the years, the head-to-head record between the two clubs is
99 victories for Madrid, 96 victories for Barcelona, and 52 draws.[172] Players jostle in Barcelona's 2–6 win
against Real Madrid at the Santiago
During the dictatorships of Miguel Primo de Rivera (1923–1930) and especially Bernabéu Stadium in a 2009 El
of Francisco Franco (1939–1975), all regional cultures were suppressed. All of Clásico
the languages spoken in Spanish territory, except Spanish (Castilian) itself, were
officially banned.[173][174] Symbolising the Catalan people's desire for freedom,
Barça became 'More than a club' (Més que un club) for the Catalans.[175] According to Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, the
best way for the Catalans to demonstrate their identity was by joining Barça. It was less risky than joining a clandestine
anti-Franco movement, and allowed them to express their dissidence.[176] During Franco's regime, however, the
blaugrana team was granted profit due to its good relationship with the dictator at management level, even giving two
awards to him.[177]
 On the other hand, Real Madrid was widely seen as the embodiment of the
sovereign oppressive centralism and the fascist regime at management level and
beyond: Santiago Bernabéu, the former club president for whom their stadium is
named, fought on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War.[178][179]
During the Spanish Civil War, however, members of both clubs such as Josep
Sunyol and Rafael Sánchez Guerra suffered at the hands of Franco
supporters.[180]

During the 1950s, the rivalry was exacerbated further when there was a
Barcelona fans creating a mosaic of
controversy surrounding the transfer of Alfredo Di Stéfano, who finally played
the Catalan flag before a 2012 El for Real Madrid and was key to their subsequent success.[181] The 1960s saw the
Clasico at the Camp Nou rivalry reach the European stage when they met twice in a controversial knock-
out round of the European Cup, with Madrid receiving unfavourable treatment
from the referee.[182][183] In 2002, the European encounter between the clubs
was dubbed the "Match of The Century" by Spanish media, and Madrid's win was watched by more than 500 million
people.[184] An intense fixture which is marked by its indiscipline in addition to memorable goal celebrations from both
teams – often involving mocking the opposition – such notable celebrations occurred in 2009 when Barcelona captain
Carles Puyol kissed his Catalan armband in front of incensed Madrid fans at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and in 2017
when Lionel Messi celebrated his 93rd-minute winner for Barcelona against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu by taking off
his Barcelona shirt and holding it up to incensed Real Madrid fans – with his name and number facing them.[185]

El derbi Barceloní

Barça's local rival has always been Espanyol. Blanc-i-blaus, being one of the
clubs granted royal patronage, was founded exclusively by Spanish football fans,
unlike the multinational nature of Barça's primary board. The founding message
of the club was clearly anti-Barcelona, and they disapprovingly saw FC
Barcelona as a team of foreigners.[186] The rivalry was strengthened by what
Catalonians saw as a provocative representative of Madrid.[187] Their original
ground was in the affluent district of Sarrià.[188][189]

Traditionally, Espanyol was seen by the vast majority of Barcelona's citizens as a

Barcelona players parade La Liga
club which cultivated a kind of compliance to the central authority, in stark
trophy around the Camp Nou in May
contrast to Barça's revolutionary spirit.[190] Also in the 1960s and 1970s, while 2006 after defeating Espanyol in their
FC Barcelona acted as an integrating force for Catalonia's new arrivals from last home game of the season
poorer regions of Spain expecting to find a better life, Espanyol drew their
support mainly from sectors close to the regime such as policemen, military
officers, civil servants and career fascists.[191]

In 1918, Espanyol started a counter-petition against autonomy, which at that time had become a pertinent issue.[186] Later
on, an Espanyol supporter group would join the Falangists in the Spanish Civil War, siding with the fascists. Despite these
differences in ideology, the derbi has always been more relevant to Espanyol supporters than Barcelona ones due to the
difference in objectives. In recent years the rivalry has become less political, as Espanyol translated its official name and
anthem from Spanish to Catalan.[186]

Though it is the most played local derby in the history of La Liga, it is also the most unbalanced, with Barcelona
overwhelmingly dominant. In the primera división league table, Espanyol has only managed to end above Barça on three
occasions from 86 seasons (1928–2021) and the only all-Catalan Copa del Rey final was won by Barça in 1957.
Espanyol has the consolation of achieving the largest margin win with a 6–0 in 1951, while Barcelona's biggest win was
5–0 on seven occasions (in 1933, 1947, 1964, 1975, 1992, 2016 and 2017). Espanyol achieved a 2–1 win against Barça
during the 2008–09 season, becoming the first team to defeat Barcelona at Camp Nou in their treble-winning season.[192]

Rivalry with A.C. Milan

Barcelona's rival in European football is Italian club A.C. Milan.[193][194][195][196] The team against which Barcelona
has played the most matches (19), it is also the second most played match in European competitions, tied with Real
Madrid–Juventus and both after Real Madrid–Bayern Munich (24).[197][198] Two of the most successful clubs in Europe,
Milan has won seven European Cups to Barça's five, while both clubs have won
a record five European Super Cups.[199] Barcelona and Milan have won other
continental titles, which make them the second and third most decorated teams in
world football, with 20 and 18 titles respectively, both behind Real Madrid's
26.[200]

Barcelona leads the head-to-head record with eight wins and five defeats. The
first encounter between the two clubs was in the 1959–60 European Cup. They
faced off in the round of 16 and Barça won the tie on a 7–1 aggregate score (0–2
in Milan and 5–1 in Barcelona).[201] While Milan had never knocked Barcelona Barcelona's ultras Boixos Nois in the
out of the European Cup, they beat Johan Cruyff's Dream Team 4–0 in the 1994 2005–06 UEFA Champions League
Champions League final, despite being the underdogs.[202][203] In 2013, semi-final against A.C. Milan at San
however, Barcelona made a "historic" comeback from a 0–2 first leg defeat in the Siro
round of 16 of the 2012–13 Champions League, winning 4–0 at the Camp
Nou.[204][205]

Ownership and finances

Along with Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, and Osasuna, Barcelona is
organised as a registered association. Unlike a limited company, it is not
possible to purchase shares in the club, but only membership.[206] The
members of Barcelona, called socis, form an assembly of delegates which is
the highest governing body of the club.[207] As of 2021, the club has 144,000
socis.[208]
Civil Guards at the socis' entrance of the
In 2010, Forbes evaluated Barcelona's worth to be around €752 million
Camp de la Indústria
(US$1 billion), ranking them fourth after Manchester United, Real Madrid and
Arsenal, based on figures from the 2008–09 season.[209][210] According to
Deloitte, Barcelona had a recorded revenue of €366 million in the same period, ranking second to Real Madrid, who
generated €401 million in revenue.[211] In 2013, Forbes magazine ranked Barcelona the third most valuable sports team
in the world, behind Real Madrid and Manchester United, with a value of $2.6 billion.[212] In 2014, Forbes ranked them
the second most valuable sports team in the world, worth $3.2 billion, and Deloitte ranked them the world's fourth richest
football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €484.6 million.[213][214] In 2017, Forbes ranked them the
fourth most valuable sports team in the world with a team value of $3.64 billion.[215] In 2018, Barcelona became the first
sports team to surpass $1bn in annual revenues.[216] In November 2018 Barcelona became the first sports team with
average first-team pay in excess of £10m ($13.8m) per year.[217][218] However, years of profligate spending under the
reign of Josep Maria Bartomeu (president between 2014 and 2020), such as on failed transfers, and other factors such as
the COVID pandemic, saw the club’s gross debt rise to about $1.4bn in 2021, much of it short-term.[216]

Records
In March 2021, Lionel Messi overtook Xavi's record of 767 games played for the club,
and presently has made 778 official appearances in all competitions, while also holding
the record for the most appearances in La Liga matches for Barcelona, with 520.[219]

Barcelona's all-time highest goalscorer in official competitions is Lionel Messi with 672
goals, surpassing Paulino Alcántara's 369 goals in March 2014, a record which stood for
87 years.[220] In December 2020, Messi also overtook Pelé’s 643 goals for Santos to
become the highest official scorer for a single club.[221] Messi is the record goalscorer for
Barcelona in European and international club competitions,[222] and the record league
scorer with 474 goals in La Liga. Four other players have managed to score over 100
league goals for Barcelona: César Rodríguez (190), Luis Suárez (147), László Kubala
(131) and Samuel Eto'o (108). Josep Samitier is the club's highest goalscorer in the Copa
del Rey, with 65 goals. Xavi made 767 total
appearances for Barcelona,
a former club record
 László Kubala holds the La Liga record for most goals scored in one match, with seven
goals against Sporting Gijón in 1952.[223] Lionel Messi co-holds the Champions League
record with five goals against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.[224] Eulogio Martínez became
Barça's top goalscorer in a cup game, when he scored seven goals against Atlético
Madrid in 1957.[222]

Barcelona goalkeepers have won a record number of Zamora trophies (20), with Antoni
Ramallets and Víctor Valdés winning a record five each. Valdés had a ratio of 0.832
goals-conceded-per-game, a La Liga record,[225] and he also holds the record for longest
period without conceding a goal (896 minutes) in all competitions for Barcelona.[226]
Claudio Bravo has the record of best unbeaten start in a season in La Liga history, at 754
minutes.[227][228]

Lionel Messi is Barcelona's Barcelona's longest serving manager is Jack

all-time top appearance Greenwell, with nine years in two spells (1917–1924)
maker, top scorer, and the and (1931–1933), and Pep Guardiola is the club's most
highest scoring player for a successful manager (14 trophies in 4 years). The most
single club. successful Barcelona player is Lionel Messi with 35
trophies, surpassing Andrés Iniesta, with 32
trophies.[229]

Barcelona's Camp Nou is the largest stadium in Europe. The club's highest home
attendance was 120,000 in a European Cup quarter-final against Juventus on 3 March
1986.[230] The modernisation of Camp Nou during the 1990s and the introduction of
Pep Guardiola is Barcelona's
all-seater stands means the record will not be broken for the foreseeable future as the
most successful coach with 14
current capacity of the stadium is 99,354.[231] trophies

El Barça de les Cinc Copes is the first team in Spanish football to have won five
trophies in a single season (1951–1952).[232][233][234] Barcelona is the only club to have played in every season of
European competitions since they started in 1955 counting non-UEFA competition Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[235][236] On 18
December 2009, alongside being the only Spanish club to achieve a continental treble, Barcelona became the first ever
European football team to win six trophies in a calendar year (a sextuple).[237][238] In January 2018, Barcelona signed
Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool for €120 million, the highest transfer fee in club's history.[239][240] In August 2017,
Barcelona player Neymar transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a world record transfer fee of €222 million.[241][242]

In 2016, Barcelona's La Masia was ranked second by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) as the most top-
level players producing academy in the world.[243]

Kits and crest

The first crest (left) worn by Barça from 1899 to 1910, and second crest (right), designed by Carles Comamala in 1910.

The club's original crest was a quartered diamond-shaped crest topped by the Crown of Aragon and the bat of King
James, and surrounded by two branches, one of a laurel tree and the other a palm.[21] The club shared Barcelona's coat of
arms, as a demonstration of its identification with the city and a desire to be recognised as one.[244] In 1910, the club held
a competition among its members to design a new crest. The winner was Carles Comamala, who at the time played for
the club. Comamala's suggestion became the crest that the club wears today, with some minor variations. The crest
consists of the St George Cross in the upper-left corner with the Catalan flag beside it, and the team colours at the
bottom.[21]
The blue and red colours of the shirt were first worn in a match against Hispania in 1900.[245] Several competing theories
have been put forth for the blue and red design of the Barcelona shirt. The son of the first president, Arthur Witty, claimed
it was the idea of his father as the colours were the same as the Merchant Taylor's School team. Another explanation,
according to author Toni Strubell, is that the colours are from Robespierre's First Republic. In Catalonia the common
perception is that the colours were chosen by Joan Gamper and are those of his home team, FC Basel.[246]

Since 1998, the club has had a kit deal with Nike. In 2016, the deal was renewed until 2028, for a record €155 million per
year but the contract includes a clause sanctioning penalty or agreement termination anytime if Barcelona fail to qualify
for the European competitions or is relegated from La Liga.[247][248]

The club used The club used a For the 2021–22

Traditional horizontal stripes checkered design season, the club is
The first kit worn by
Barcelona uniform only during the only during the using a new design
the club in 1899[249]
since the 1920s[250] 2015–16 2019–20 involving halved
season.[251] season.[252] shorts.[253]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Shirt main Shirt sub

Period Kit manufacturer
sponsor sponsor
1899–
None
1982
1982–
Meyba
1992
None
1992–
Kappa None
1998
1998– Nike has been Barcelona's official kit
2006 supplier since 1998

2006–
UNICEF
2011
2011–
Qatar Foundation
2013
Nike UNICEF
2013–
2014 Qatar Airways
(€30m/year) [254]
2014–
2017
Beko & UNICEF
Rakuten
2017–
(€55m/year) [254]

Stadium
Barcelona initially played in the Camp de la Indústria. The capacity was about 6,000, and club officials deemed the
facilities inadequate for a club with growing membership.[255]

In 1922, the number of supporters had surpassed 20,000 and by lending money to the club, Barça was able to build the
larger Camp de Les Corts, which had an initial capacity of 20,000 spectators. After the Spanish Civil War the club started
attracting more members and a larger number of spectators at matches. This led to several expansion projects: the
 grandstand in 1944, the southern stand in 1946, and finally the northern stand in
1950. After the last expansion, Les Corts could hold 60,000 spectators.[256]

After the construction was complete there was no further room for expansion at
Les Corts. Back-to-back La Liga titles in 1948 and 1949 and the signing of
László Kubala in June 1950, who would later go on to score 196 goals in 256
matches, drew larger crowds to the games.[256][257][258] The club began to make
plans for a new stadium.[256] The building of Camp Nou commenced on 28
Camp de Les Corts in 1939. It was March 1954, before a crowd of 60,000 Barça fans. The first stone of the future
the home stadium for Barcelona until stadium was laid in place under the auspices of Governor Felipe Acedo Colunga
the club moved to the Camp Nou in and with the blessing of Archbishop of Barcelona Gregorio Modrego.
1957. Construction took three years and ended on 24 September 1957 with a final cost
of 288 million pesetas, 336% over budget.[256]

In 1980, when the stadium was in need of redesign to meet UEFA criteria, the
club raised money by offering supporters the opportunity to inscribe their name
on the bricks for a small fee. The idea was popular with supporters, and
thousands of people paid the fee. Later this became the centre of controversy
when media in Madrid picked up reports that one of the stones was inscribed with
the name of long-time Real Madrid chairman and Franco supporter Santiago
Bernabéu.[259][260][261] In preparation for the 1992 Summer Olympics two tiers
of seating were installed above the previous roofline.[262] It has a current capacity
of 99,354 making it the largest stadium in Europe.[1] One of the Camp Nou stands
displays Barcelona's motto, "Més
In December 2021, a record 88% of the club members voted in favor of the Espai que un club", meaning 'More than a
Barça project to revamp the club’s sporting facilities, being the first online club'.
referendum in FC Barcelona history.[263] Originally projected to have been
completed in 2021, it is now aimed to finish by the end of 2025, with an
estimated €1.5 billion net funding.[264]

There are also other facilities, which include:[265]

Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper (FC Barcelona's training ground)

Masia-Centre de Formació Oriol Tort (Residence of young players)
Estadi Johan Cruyff (Home of the reserve team and women's team)
Palau Blaugrana (FC Barcelona indoor sports arena)
Palau Blaugrana 2 (Secondary indoor arena of FC Barcelona)
Palau de Gel (FC Barcelona ice rink)

Honours
 Type Competition Titles Seasons
1929, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–
59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–
La Liga 26 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
1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1951,
1952, 1952–53, 1957, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1970–71,
Domestic Copa del Rey 31 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
Supercopa de 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011,
13
España 2013, 2016, 2018
Copa Eva Duarte 3 1948, 1952, 1953
Copa de la Liga 2 1983, 1986
UEFA Champions
5 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
League
UEFA Cup Winners'
4 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1996–97
European Cup

UEFA Super Cup 5S 1992, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2015

Inter-Cities Fairs
3 1955–58, 1958–60, 1965–66
Cup
Worldwide FIFA Club World Cup 3 2009, 2011, 2015

Record
S
Shared record

In 2015, Barcelona received the Nine Values Cup, an award of the international children's social programme Football for
Friendship.[266]

Players
Spanish teams are limited to three players without EU citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of
each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the
ACP countries that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak
ruling.

Current squad

As of 28 December 2021[267]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
 No. Pos. Nation Player No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK GER Marc-André ter Stegen 13 GK BRA Neto
2 DF USA Sergiño Dest 14 MF BRA Philippe Coutinho
3 DF ESP Gerard Piqué (vice-captain) 15 DF FRA Clément Lenglet
4 DF URU Ronald Araújo 16 MF ESP Pedri
5 MF ESP Sergio Busquets (captain) Luuk de Jong (on loan from
17 FW NED
Sevilla)
6 MF ESP Riqui Puig
18 DF ESP Jordi Alba (4th captain)
7 FW FRA Ousmane Dembélé
20 MF ESP Sergi Roberto (3rd captain)
8 DF BRA Dani Alves
21 MF NED Frenkie de Jong
9 FW NED Memphis Depay
22 DF ESP Óscar Mingueza
10 FW ESP Ansu Fati
23 DF FRA Samuel Umtiti
Yusuf Demir (on loan from Rapid
11 FW AUT
Wien) 24 DF ESP Eric García
12 FW DEN Martin Braithwaite 26 GK ESP Iñaki Peña

Barcelona B and Youth Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player No. Pos. Nation Player

27 GK MNE Lazar Carević 35 DF ESP Arnau Comas
28 MF ESP Nico González 36 GK ESP Arnau Tenas
29 FW ESP Ferran Jutglà 37 FW ESP Ilias Akhomach
30 MF ESP Gavi 38 DF ESP Guillem Jaime
31 DF ESP Alejandro Balde 39 FW ESP Estanis Pedrola
33 FW MAR Abde Ezzalzouli 40 MF BRA Lucas de Vega
34 MF ESP Álvaro Sanz 41 DF ESP Mika Màrmol

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

— DF SEN Moussa Wagué

— FW ESP Ferran Torres

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
 No. Pos. Nation Player No. Pos. Nation Player
Álex Collado (at Granada Rey Manaj (at Spezia until 30 June
— MF ESP — FW ALB
until 30 June 2022) 2022)
Miralem Pjanić (at Beşiktaş Francisco Trincão (at
— MF BIH
until 30 June 2022) — FW POR Wolverhampton Wanderers until 30
June 2022)
Antoine Griezmann (at
— FW FRA Atlético Madrid until 30 June
2022)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff

Head coach Xavi

Òscar Hernández
Assistant coaches
Sergio Alegre

Goalkeeping coach José Ramón de la Fuente

Fitness coach Iván Torres

Sergio Garcia
Analysts Toni Lobo
David Prats

Juanjo Brau
Xavi Linde Xavi is the current
Xavi López Barcelona manager.
Physiotherapists Xavier Elain
Jordi Mesalles
Sebas Salas
Daniel Benito

Ricard Pruna
Club Doctors Xavier Yanguas
Daniel Florit

Delegate Carles Naval

Last updated: 10 November 2021

Source: [1] (https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2347791/xavi-hernandez-and-his-staff)

Football Sport Management

 Position Staff

Director of Football Mateu Alemany

Sporting Advisor Jordi Cruyff

Barcelona B Technical Secretary José Mari Bakero

Barcelona B Coach Sergi Barjuán

Director of Youth Football José Ramón Alexanko

Assistant Director of Youth Football Albert Capellas

Juvenil A coach Óscar López

Juvenil B coach Ibán Cuadrado

Coordinator of Youth Football Albert Benaiges

Head of FUTBOL 11 Sergi Milà

Head of FUTBOL 7 Marc Serra

Goalkeeping Coordinator from Cadet A to Prebenjamín Jesús Unzué

Last updated: 17 November 2021

Source: FC Barcelona (https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/card/structure-football)

Management

Board of Directors

Joan Laporta is the current

club president.
 Office Name

President Joan Laporta

First Vice President

Director Responsible for Sporting Area Rafael Yuste
Director of the Barça Foundation
Vice President Eduard Romeu
Director Responsible for Economic Area

Institutional Vice President Elena Fort

Vice President Antonio Escudero

Director Responsible for Social Area
Vice President Juli Guiu
Director Responsible for Marketing Area

Treasurer Ferran Olivé

Secretary Josep Cubells

Director Responsible for Basketball

Director Assistant to the Delegate Counsellor Josep Maria Albert

Director Responsible for Rink Hockey Xavier Barbany

Director Responsible for Security Alfons Castro

Director Responsible for 'Espai Barça' Jordi Llauradó

Director Responsible for Social Area Josep Ignasi Macià

Director Responsible for Futsal Aureli Mas

Director Responsible for Women's Football Xavier Puig

Director Responsible for Handball Joan Solé

Director Responsible for Youth Football Joan Soler

Miquel Camps
Board members
Àngel Riudalbas

Last updated: 19 March 2021

Source: FC Barcelona (https://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/organisation/the-board-of-directors)

Further reading
Arnaud, Pierre; Riordan, James (1998). Sport and international politics (https://archive.org/details/sportint
ernation0000unse). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-419-21440-3.
Ball, Phill (2003). Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football (https://archive.org/details/morbostoryofspan000
0ball). WSC Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-9540134-6-2.
Burns, Jimmy (1998). Barça: A People's Passion. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7475-4554-5.
Chadwick, Simon; Arthur, Dave (2007). International cases in the business of sport. Butterworth-
Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-7506-8543-6.
Desbordes, Michael (2007). Marketing and football: an international perspective. Butterworth-
Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-7506-8204-6.
Dobson, Stephen; Goddard, John A. (2001). The economics of football. Cambridge University Press.
ISBN 978-0-521-66158-4.
Eaude, Michael (2008). Catalonia: a cultural history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532797-7.
Ferrand, Alain; McCarthy, Scott (2008). Marketing the Sports Organisation: Building Networks and
Relationships. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-45329-5.
Fisk, Peter (2008). Business Genius: A More Inspired Approach to Business Growth. John Wiley and
Sons. ISBN 978-1-84112-790-3.
Ghemawat, Pankaj (2007). Redefining global strategy: crossing borders in a world where differences still
matter. Harvard Business Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-59139-866-0.
 Farred, Grant (2008). Long distance love: a passion for football. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-
59213-374-1.
Ferrand, Alain; McCarthy, Scott (2008). Marketing the Sports Organisation: Building Networks and
Relationships. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-45329-5.
King, Anthony (2003). The European ritual: football in the new Europe. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 978-0-7546-3652-6.
Kleiner-Liebau, Désirée (2009). Migration and the Construction of National Identity in Spain. 15.
Iberoamericana Editorial. ISBN 978-84-8489-476-6.
Murray, Bill (1998). The world's game: a history of soccer. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-
06718-1.
Peterson, Marc (2009). The Integrity of the Game and Shareholdings in European Football Clubs. GRIN
Verlag. ISBN 978-3-640-43109-0.
Raguer, Hilari (2007). The Catholic Church and the Spanish Civil War. 11. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-
31889-1.
Shubert, Adrian (1990). A social history of modern Spain. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-09083-4.
Snyder, John (2001). Soccer's most wanted: the top 10 book of clumsy keepers, clever crosses, and
outlandish oddities (https://archive.org/details/soccersmostwante00john_0). Brassey's. ISBN 978-1-
57488-365-7.
Spaaij, Ramón (2006). Understanding football hooliganism: a comparison of six Western European
football clubs. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5629-445-8.
Witzig, Richard (2006). The Global Art of Soccer. CusiBoy Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9776688-0-9.

Filmography
Year Title Direction
1974 Barça, 75 años de historia del Fútbol Club Barcelona Jordi Feliú

1998–1999 Aquest any, cent![268] Antoni Bassas

2014 Història del FC Barcelona[269] Santiago Gargallo

2018 Gamper, l'inventor del Barça[270] Jordi Ferrerons

2019 La Sagi, una pionera del Barça[271] Francesc Escribano i Josep Serra Mateu

See also
List of fan-owned sports teams
La Masia
FC Barcelona Femení
Barcelona B
Barcelona C
FC Barcelona Futsal

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