FC Barcelona - also known as Barça, is a sports club in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain which has clubs in several sports, but the most popular is soccer.
Founded in 1899 by 12 football players from Switzerland, Britain, and Spain led by Joan Gamper. FC Barcelona has the motto "Barca is not just a club" (El Barça, és mes que un club) and has a hymn titled "El Cant del Barca" created by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinas. Unlike football club in general, FC Barcelona is really owned and operated by its supporters. The main stadium is the Camp Nou, Barcelona.
The club entered into participants Primera División (First Division) since 1928, and together
Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao to be a team that never relegated to the Segunda División (Division Two). The club is also a club that won the Spanish league first. By offering 21 Spanish League titles, 25 Copa del Rey titles, 10 Spanish Super Cup titles, 4 European Champions League titles, 4 UEFA Cup, European Super Cup four titles, FC Barcelona became one of the most successful teams in Spain, Europe and the world . The most tangible evidence in 2009 when
FC Barcelona managed to become the first Spanish club won the title Treble (champions of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League). Followed by winning the Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup title to complete a Sextuples achievement. Barcelona is the first football club in the world to do this achievement. Barca fans are also often called Cules.
SponsorBarça known always refused to put sponsor logos on uniforms soccer because Barca is considered as a symbol of Catalonia, and all sorts of sponsor offers that "intrusive" will be rejected. However, Barca's basketball team allowed sponsor logo on his uniform. On 7 September 2006, the club announced a five year agreement with
UNICEF, which allow
UNICEF logo to be placed on the shirt. Barcelona then will donate 0.7% of total revenues per year to UNICEF over the next five years.
Starting the 2011-12 season, the Catalan club is reluctant to abandon traditions put links in costume. They will wear the Qatar Foundation, which listed on the front of player jerseys. While cooperation with Unicef is still running.
AchievementUEFA Champions League: 4
1991-92 FC Barcelona 1 - 0 Sampdoria
2005-06 FC Barcelona 2 - 1 Arsenal
2008-09 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 Manchester United
2010-11 FC Barcelona 3 - 1 Manchester United
UEFA Cup: 4
1958 FC Barcelona 6 - 0 London XI; London XI 2 - 2 FC Barcelona
1960 FC Barcelona 4 - 1 Birmingham City; Birmingham City F.C. 0 - 0 FC Barcelona
1966 Real Zaragoza 2 - 4 FC Barcelona; FC Barcelona 0 - 1 Real Zaragoza
1971 FC Barcelona 2 - 1 Leeds United
European Super Cup: 4
1992 Werder Bremen 1 - 1 FC Barcelona; FC Barcelona 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
1997 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 Borussia Dortmund; Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 FC Barcelona
2009 FC Barcelona 1 - 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk
2011 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 FC Porto
Cup Winners' Cup: 4
1979 FC Barcelona 4 - 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
1982 FC Barcelona 2 - 1 Standard de Liège
1989 FC Barcelona 2 - 0 Sampdoria
1997 FC Barcelona 1 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
Spanish League: 21
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
Supercopa de España: 10
1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Copa de la Liga: 2
1983, 1986
Copa del Rey: 25
1909-10, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1941-42, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1956-57, 1962-63, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2008-09
Latin Cup: 2
1949, 1952
Joan Gamper Trophy: 35
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011.
FIFA Club World Cup: 2
2009, 2011
Reference:
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona
http://footballslive.blogspot.com/2013/03/fc-barcelona-futbol-club-barcelona.html