FC Barcelona are a Spanish football team located in Catalonia. It has historically been one of Europe's absolute top teams and remain so today.
The club was founded by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan men in 1899, and were one of the founding teams of La Liga in 1928. Along with Madrid and Bilbao, they have never been relegated from La Liga.
The club motto is més que un club, which means more than a club, and if any of Europe's top team deserves that motto, it is Barcelona.
In more than 100 years of existence, Barcelona has had 12 different versions of his logo. All of them feature the Catalan flag, the English flag, and the Blaugrana (Red and Blue) stripes. The changes only affected the design and shape of the crest. One can note that during the rule of Franco, from 1939 up until 1974, the initials FCB, catalan for Futbol Club Barcelona, were changed to CFB, Spanish for Club de Futbol Barcelona.
The official anthem was commissioned in 1974 to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary. It is known as the "Cant del Barça" and was written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs.
Tot el camp És un clam
FBarcelona is the first Spanish team to win the treble : Spanish League, Champions League and Spanish Cup during the 2008-2009 season with their new coach Pep Guardiola, former Barcelona captain in the 90's. That very same year, Barcelona became the first football club to complete the sextuple by winning 6 out of 6 competitions in a single year, comprising the aforementioned treble as well as the Spanish Super Cup (Matchup against La Liga Champion an Spanish Cup Winner), UEFA Super Cup (Matchup against Champions League winner and Europa League winner) and the FIFA Club World Cup (Mini-tournament between the 4 continental champions), in which they beat Estudiantes La Plata (Argentina).
The Camp Nou, also known as the Nou Camp, was built between 1954 and 1957. It is the largest football stadium in Europe (ahead of Wembley stadium) with a current capacity of nearly 99,000 seats. (The Camp Nou has a maximum capacity of 121,749 seats during the 1982 World cup in Spain). Some may argue that it lacks atmosphere when Barca plays less well known clubs... But when it is full, the atmosphere is absolutely electric, and you are guaranteed an incredible football evening.
The club will play at at a brand new 105,000 seater Camp Nou as soon as the renovation works are done.
Camp Nou
Address: Av. Arístides Maillol, s/n
08028 Barcelona, Spain
Métro:
Bus: lines 7, 15, 43, 67, 68, 74, 75, L12, L50, L60 and L62
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