FC
Barcelona Football
Club
FC
Barcelona,
known
familiarly as Barca, is a sports
club
based in the city of Barcelona
in
Spain. It is
known world- wide for
its
football team, which was
founded in
the
year 1899 by a group of
Swiss,
English,
and Catalan men who at the
time
were
led by Joan Gamper. The club
has
become
a Catalan institution, hence
the
club
motto More than a
club or
“Més
que un club”
Barca were
founding
members of the
Spanish
La
Liga in 1928, and,
together with
Athletic
Bilbao and
Real
Madrid, they have never
been
relegated from the
top flight. FC
Barcelona were
also the first ever
La
Liga champions, and
have won a
total of
19
La
Liga championships.
They have
also
won 25
Copa
del Reys, 2 UEFA
Champions
Leagues, 4
UEFA
Cup Winners' Cups, 7
Supercopa de
Españas, 3 Inter-
Cities
Fairs Cups and 2
European Super
Cup
trophies.
The club's stadium
is the
Camp
Nou, and is the largest
football
stadium in Europe. In
Catalonia, about
56% of the population
are said
to be Barelona fans. In June
2007,
the number of socis
(club
members/owners)
reached 156,366, while
in June
2006 the number of
penyes
(officially-
registered supporter clubs)
reached
an amazing 1782
worldwide.
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