FC Barcelona is one of the world’s most well known football clubs and was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper. To this day the club is owned and president is elected by the club members who numbered 156,366 in 2007 with 1,828 “penyes” (officially-registered supporters clubs) also established. The club has always been the symbol of Catalonia, the state of which Barcelona is capital.

Club Details

• Full name: Futbol Club Barcelona
• Club Nickname: Barça
• Supporters Nicknames: Culés
• Founded: 1899
• Ground: Camp Nou (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
• Capacity: 98,787
• President: Joan Laporta
• Head Coach: Josep Guardiola

Championships

• La Liga (Spanish Major League Soccer) Champions: 1929, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006
• Copa Del Rey (Spanish Cup): 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 1998
• European Cup (Champions League): 1992, 2006
• European Cup Winners'Cup (abolished in 1998/1999): 1979, 1982, 1989, 1997
• UEFA Cup (formerly known as Inter-Cities Fairs): 1958, 1960, 1966
• Other Honours: European Super Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-Off, Copa Latina (Latin Cup), Supercopa de España (Spain's Super-Cup), La Liga del Mediterráneo (Mediterranean League), Copa Macaya/Catalan Cup, Copa Catalunya (Catalonia Cup), Copa de la Liga (Spain's La Liga Cup)