HISTORY

Futbol Club Barcelona also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça,is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan 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). The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça" written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the world's second-richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €483 million and the third most valuable, worth €2.6billion.[3][4] The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid; matches between the two teams are referred to as "El Clásico".
They are the current Spanish football champions and have won 22 La Liga, 26 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte[5] and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football Barcelona have won four UEFA Champions League, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, four UEFA Super Cup, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a record two FIFA Club World Cup trophies.
Barcelona is also the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955, and one of three clubs never to have been relegated from La Liga, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win the treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win six out of six competitions in a single year, thus completing the sextuple, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. 


 

Honours

Barcelona celebrating their FIFA Club World Cup 2011 win against Santos FC
As of 11 May 2013, Barcelona has won 22 La Liga, 26 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte[138] and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. They have also won 4 UEFA Champions League, a record 4 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 4 UEFA Super Cup and a record 2 FIFA Club World Cup trophies. They also won a record 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup trophies, considered the predecessor to the UEFA Cup-Europa League.
Barcelona is the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955, and one of three clubs to have never been relegated from La Liga, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win six out of six competitions in a single year, thus completing the sextuple, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.[8]

Domestic competitions

Winners (22): 1928–1929, 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, 2012–13
Runners-up (23): 1929–30, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2011–12
Winners (26): 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, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2008–09, 2011–12
Runners-up (10): 1901–02, 1918–19, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1953–54, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1995–96, 2010–11,
Winners (10): 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Runners-up (8): 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012
Winners (3): 1948, 1952, 1953[5]
Runners-up (2): 1949, 1951
Winners (2): 1982–83, 1985–86

European competitions

Winners (4): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
Runners-up (3): 1960–61, 1985–86, 1993–94
Winners (4): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1996–97
Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 1990–91
Winners (3): 1955–58, 1958–60, 1965–66
Runners-up (1): 1961–62
Winners (4): 1992, 1997, 2009, 2011
Runners-up (4): 1979, 1982, 1989, 2006

Worldwide competitions

Winners (2): 2009, 2011
Runners-up (1): 2006
Runners-up (1): 1992

 Players

Current squad

No.

Position
Player
1

GK
Víctor Valdés (3rd captain)
2

DF
Dani Alves
3

DF
Gerard Piqué
4

MF
Cesc Fàbregas
5

DF
Carles Puyol (captain)
6

MF
Xavi (vice-captain)
7

FW
David Villa
8

MF
Andrés Iniesta (4th captain)
9

FW
Alexis Sánchez
10

FW
Lionel Messi (5th captain)
11

MF
Thiago
12

MF
Jonathan dos Santos

No.

Position
Player
13

GK
José Manuel Pinto
14

DF
Javier Mascherano
15

DF
Marc Bartra
16

MF
Sergio Busquets
17

FW
Pedro
18

DF
Jordi Alba
19

DF
Martín Montoya
21

DF
Adriano
22

DF
Éric Abidal
25

MF
Alex Song
37

FW
Cristian Tello

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.

Position
Player
1

DF
Andreu Fontàs (at Mallorca until 30 June 2013)
2

MF
Ibrahim Afellay (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2013)
3

FW
Isaac Cuenca (at Ajax until 30 June 2013)
4

FW
Keirrison (at Coritiba until 30 June 2014)

 

Current technical staff

Position
Staff
Manager
Tito Vilanova
Assistant manager
Jordi Roura
Fitness coach
Aureli Altimiraz
Paco Seiruŀlo
Francesc Cos
Eduardo Pons
Goalkeeping coach
José Ramón de la Fuente
Scoutings
Àlex García
Domènec Torrent
Carles Planchart
Director of football
Andoni Zubizarreta
Academy director
Guillermo Amor
B team manager
Eusebio Sacristán

Management


President
Sandro Rosell
Vice president of social area
Jordi Cardoner
Vice president of sports area
Josep Bartomeu
Corporate director general
Antoni Rossich
Board secretary
Antoni Freixa
Treasurer
Susana Monje
Director of social area
Ramon Pont

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)