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Full name | Futbol Club Barcelona | |||
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Nickname(s) | Barça (team) Culés or Barcelonistas (supporters) Blaugranas or Azulgranas (supporters) | |||
Foondit | 29 November 1899 as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona | |||
Ground | Camp Nou | |||
Capacity | 99,354[1] | |||
Preses | Joan Laporta | |||
Manager | Xavi | |||
League | La Liga | |||
2022–23 | La Liga, 1st o 20 (champions) | |||
Wabsteid | Club wabsteid | |||
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Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔɫ ˈkɫub bərsəˈɫonə] ( listen)), kent as Barcelona an familiarly as Barça an aw,[2] is a perfaisional fitbaw club, based in Barcelona, Catalonie, Spain.
Foondit in 1899 bi a group o Swiss, Inglis an Catalan fitbawers led bi Joan Gamper, the club haes become a seembol o Catalan cultur an Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" (Mair nor a club). Unlike mony ither fitbaw clubs, the supporters awn an operate Barcelona. It is the warld's seicont-richest fitbaw club in terms o revenue, wi a annual turnover o $613 million an the third maist valuable sports team, worth $2.6 billion.[3][4] The offeecial Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written bi Jaume Picas an Josep Maria Espinàs.[5]
Barcelona is the maist successful club in Spain, in terms o oweraw offeecial titles wan (80). Barcelona wis rankit first in the 'All-Time Club World Ranking' bi IFFHS, on 31 Dizember 2009,[6] an is currently placit on top o the UEFA club rankins an aw.[7] They wan 22 La Liga, 26 Copa del Rey, 11 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte[8] an 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as bein the record haulder for the latter fower competeetions. In internaitional club fitbaw, Barcelona haes wan fower UEFA Champions League, a record fower UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, fower UEFA Super Cup, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[9] an a record twa FIFA Club Warld Cup trophies.[10] The club haes a lang-staundin rivalry wi Real Madrid; matches atween the twa teams are referred tae as "El Clásico".