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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = FC Barcelona |
image =
Image:Fc barcelona.gif 100px|logo |
fullname = Futbol Club Barcelona |
nickname = ''Barça'' |
founded =
1899 |
ground =
Camp Nou,
Barcelona,
Catalonia|
capacity = 98,600 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Joan Laporta |
mgrtitle = Head Coach |
manager = {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Frank Rijkaard |
league =
Spanish First Division First Division |
season = 2004-05 |
position =
Spanish First Division First Division, '''1st''' |
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Nike, Inc. Nike|
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{{Sport in the Catalan-speaking world|right}}
'''FC Barcelona''' is a
polideportivo in
Barcelona,
Spain, Founded in
1899 by a group of
Swiss,
United Kingdom British and Spanish footballers led by
Joan Gamper. Its motto is '''El Barça és més que un club''' (''Barça is more than a club''). Its main stadium is the ''Nou Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona'', popularly known as the ''
Camp Nou''.
FC Barcelona is very much ''more than a football club''. It is an example of a
polideportivo. Although best known for its
La Liga football team and its reserve football team
FC Barcelona B, the club also incorporates other professional sports teams, having expanded into
basketball,
handball,
roller hockey and
American football. The teams involved in these sports are subsidised by the football section and wear the same colours. These include
Winterthur FCB,
FC Barcelona-Cifec and the now defunct
Barcelona Dragons FC Barcelona Dragons.
The club also includes number of prominent amateur sports teams that compete at
rugby union,
women's basketball,
women's football and
wheelchair basketball. These include
FCB Rugby,
UB-Barça,
FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman. Other amateur teams represent the club at
ice hockey,
five-a-side football,
athletics,
baseball,
cycling,
field hockey,
figure skating and
volleyball.
Barça have to date refused to allow sponsorship logos on their
football shirts. This is because the Barça colours are traditionally seen as a symbol of
Catalonia and logos have been regarded as intrusive. Even their kit manufacturer,
Nike, Inc. Nike's swoosh was controversial. However since
2005 Barça have worn the ''TV3'' logo of
Televisió de Catalunya on the left arm.
History
Foundation
On
October 22 1899 Joan Gamper placed an advert in ''Los Deportes'' declaring his wish to form a football club. A positive response resulted in a meeting at the Gimnasio Sole on November 29. Eleven players attended : Gualteri Wild, LluÃs d'Ossó, Bartomeu Terradas, Otto Kunzle, Otto Maier, Enric Ducal, Pere Cabot, Carles Pujol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons, and William Parsons. As a result ''Foot-Ball Club Barcelona'' was born. Several other Spanish football clubs, most notably
Real Madrid and
Athletic Bilbao, also had
United Kingdom British founders, and as a result they initially adopted
English language English-style names.
Legend has it that Gamper chose the club colours, ''blaugrana'' / ''azulgrana'', after
FC Basel, his former club. However other
Switzerland Swiss teams Gamper played for, his home canton of
Zurich and ''Merchant Taylors' School'' in Crosby,
Merseyside have all been credited and/or claimed to be the inspiration. Initially the club used the same coat of arms as the city of
Barcelona, but in
1910 the club organized a competition to design their own. It was won by an anonymous entrant who produced the present model.
Campionat de Catalunya
FC Barcelona was just one of several football clubs that emerged in
Catalonia around this time. Others included
Palamós CF, ''Catala SC''(1899), ''Hispania AC'' (1900) and
RCD Espanyol Sociedad Espanola de Football and later
CE Europa. Soon there were enough clubs to organise a league and in December
1900 Alfons Macaya, president of Hispania AC, offered a trophy. The ''Copa Macaya'' eventually evolved into the ''Campionat de Catalunya''. This was the first league championship ever played in
Spain. FC Barcelona won their first trophy when they won the ''Copa Macaya'' in
1901. They subsequently won the ''Campionat de Catalunya'' a further 20 times before it was disbanded in
1940. In
1902 the club also played in the first
Copa del Rey final, losing 2-1 to
Athletic Bilbao Club Vizcaya.
The Gamper Years
Image:Culés.jpg right|frame|Group of ''culés'' at the first Barça stadium
In
1908 Joan Gamper became club president for the first time. He subsequently held the position on five separate occasions (''1908-09, 1910-12, 1917-19, 1921-23'' and ''1924-25'') and spent 25 years at the helm. His main achievement as president was to give Barca their own stadium. He also started a campaign to recruit more club members and by
1922 the club had over 10,000 members. Gamper also introduced legendary players like
Paulino Alcántara,
Ricardo Zamora Martinez Ricardo Zamora, and
Josep Samitier . These players helped the club dominate both the ''Championat de Catalunya'' and
Copa del Rey and then win the first
La Liga championship in
1929.
Until
1909 the team played in various stadiums, none of them owned by the club. On March 14th 1909, the 6,000 seat stadium of ''Carrer Industria'' opened its door. In
1922 the club moved to a new home at ''Les Corts''. This stadium had an initial capacity of 30,000, later expanded to an impressive 60,000. It was during these early years in these stadiums that Barça fans acquired their nickname the ''culés'' (pronounced /kuˈles/). Roughly translated from
Catalan language Catalan, it means ''arses''. Far from being offensive, the name refers to fans seated in the highest row of the stadium. From outside passers-by could only see their ''arses''. Barça fans have been referred to ''culés'' ever since. As of November 2005, there are about 1730 officially registered supporters clubs of FC Barcelona around the world.
Rivalry with Real Madrid
The rivalry between FC Barcelona and
Real Madrid is legendary.
From the start the clubs were seen as representatives of the two rival regions of Spain,
Catalonia and
Castile, as well as the two cities themselves. However the rivalry reached a new level during the
Francisco Franco Franco years when
Real Madrid was considered to be the "regime team" while FC Barcelona was regarded as the team of the opposition.
During the
Spanish Civil War, however, members of both clubs suffered at the hands of
Francisco Franco Franco supporters. FC Barcelona president
Josep Sunyol was murdered while
Real Madrid president
Rafael Sánchez Guerra, a prominent Republican, was imprisoned and tortured. They also arrested and murdered a Real vice-president and club treasurer and an acting president was ''disappeared''. In contrast
Josep Samitier and
Ricardo Zamora openly supported
Francisco Franco Franco.
After the war the
Catalan language and flag were banned. These measures led to the club changing its name to ''Club de Futbol Barcelona'' and the removal of two of the four red bars on the coat of arms. In
1940 Enric Pineyro, a
Francisco Franco Franco collaborator, was appointed club president. The rivalry with Real intensified further after the
1943 Copa del Rey Copa del Generalismo semi-final between the two clubs. The first leg at ''Les Corts'' ended in a 3-0 victory to Barca, but the return leg saw them defeated 11-1. It has been alleged by some that the Barca players were pressured into losing the game and Pineyro, by now a convert to the Barca cause, resigned in protest. The dispute over
Alfredo Di Stefano during the
1950s added more spice. When he eventually moved to Real it was interpretated as favourtism by Barca supporters.
There is no doubt that
Francisco Franco Franco benefited from Real's achievements in
Europe and used the club for propaganda purposes. However within Spain, Franco also used the continued success of ''CF Barcelona'' to try and prove that his regime was tolerant. He also encouraged the rivalry between the two clubs in order to distract their supporters from politics.
CF Barcelona
''CF Barcelona'' enjoyed considerable success during the
1940s. In
1945, with
Josep Samitier as coach and players like César,
Ramallets and Velasco, they won
La Liga for first time since
1929. They added two more titles in
1948 and
1949. In 1949 they also won the first
Latin Cup Copa Latino. Coach
Fernando Daucik and
Ladislao Kubala, regarded by many as the club's best ever player, inspired the team to win five different trophies including
La Liga, the
Copa del Rey, the
Latin Cup Copa Latino and the
Supercopa de España Copa Eva Duarte in
1952. In
1953 they helped the club win
La Liga and the
Copa del Rey ''Copa del Generalisimo'' again. The club also won the
Copa del Rey ''Copa del Generalisimo'' again in
1957 and the
UEFA Cup Fairs Cup in
1958.
With
Helenio Herrera as coach, a young
Luis Suárez, the
European Footballer of the Year in
1960, and two influential Hungarians recommended by Kubala,
Sandor Kocsis and
Zoltán Czibor, the team won another national double in
1959 and a
La Liga/
UEFA Cup Fairs Cup double in
1960. In
1961 they became the first club to beat
Real Madrid in a
UEFA Champions League European Cup game, thus ending their monopoly of the competition.
The
1960s were less successful for the club, with
Real Madrid and
Atletico Madrid monopolising
La Liga. The completion of the ''
Camp Nou'', finished in 1957, meant the club had little money to spend on new players. However the decade also saw the emergence of Josep Fuste and Charly Rexach from their
cantera and the club winning the
Copa del Rey ''Copa del Generalisimo'' in
1963 and the
UEFA Cup Fairs Cup in
1966. In
1968 the club restored some pride by beating
Real Madrid 1-0 in the
Copa del Rey ''Copa del Generalisimo'' final at the
Bernabeu.
The Cruyff Years
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The 1973/74 season saw the arrival of a new Barca legend –
Johan Cruyff. Already an established player with
Ajax Amsterdam Ajax, Cruyff quickly won over the Barca fans when he told the European press he chose Barca over Real because he could not play for a club associated with
Francisco Franco Franco. He further endeared himself when he chose a Catalan name,
Jordi Cruyff ''Jordi'', for his son. He helped the club win
La Liga for the first time since
1960, along the way defeating
Real Madrid 5-0 at the
Bernabéu. He was also crowned
European Footballer of the Year twice in a row while at club.
Cruyff returned to the club as manager in the
1988, assembling the so-called ''Dream Team'', named after the US basketball team that played at the
1992 Olympic Games hosted by
Barcelona. Cruyff introduced players like
Josep Guardiola,
José Mari Bakero,
Aitor Beguiristain,
Jon Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa Goikoetxea,
Ronald Koeman,
Michael Laudrup and
Hristo Stoichkov. The latter was also voted
European Footballer of the Year in
1994. This team won
La Liga four times between
1991 and
1994 and beat
Sampdoria in both the 1989
Cup Winners Cup European Cup Winners Cup final and the 1992
UEFA Champions League European Cup final at
Wembley. They also won a
Copa del Rey in
1990, the
European Super Cup in
1992 and three
Supercopa de España. With 11 trophies, Cruyff has been the club's most successful manager to date. He is also the club's longest serving manager. However in his final two seasons, he failed to win any trophies and fell out with
Josep LluÃs Nuñez. This resulted in his departure.
The Nuñez Years
Despite having no previous connection with the club,
Josep LluÃs Nuñez was elected president of FC Barcelona in
1978. His main objectives were to establish Barca as a world class sports club and to give the club financial stability.
In
1979 and
1982 the club won two of four
Cup Winners' Cup European Cup Winners Cups won in the Nuñez era. In 1982
Diego Maradona was signed for a world record fee from
Boca Juniors. However his time with Barca was short-lived and unsuccessful and he soon left for
Napoli Soccer Napoli. In 1985 under
Terry Venables Barca won
La Liga and in
1986 he took the team to their second
UEFA Champions League European Cup final, only to lose on penalties to
Steaua Bucharest.
In
1988 Nuñez appointed
Johan Cruyff as manager. Despite the latter’s success with the ''Dream Team'', personal differences saw Nuñez sacking him in
1996. He was temporarily replaced by
Bobby Robson who took charge of the club for a single season in 1996/97. He recruited
Ronaldo LuÃs Nazário de Lima Ronaldo from his previous club,
PSV Eindhoven and delivered a cup treble winning the
Copa del Rey,
Cup Winners' Cup European Cup Winners Cup and the
Supercopa de España. As a result, FC Barcelona was awarded as the world's best football team of 1997 by the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics)[http://www.iffhs.de/?e4380bfd300bf17420d87453db2d0ae6685caf6e]. Among Robson’s non-playing staff was
José Mourinho who assisted with training and acted as translator.
Despite his success, Robson was only ever seen as a short-term solution while the club waited for
Louis van Gaal to become available. Like Maradona,
Ronaldo LuÃs Nazário de Lima Ronaldo only stayed a short time and he left for
Inter Milan. However, new heros like
Luis Figo,
Luis Enrique and
Rivaldo emerged and the team won a
Copa del Rey/
La Liga double in
1998. In
1999 they retained the
La Liga and
Rivaldo became the fourth Barca player to be awarded
European Footballer of the Year. Despite this domestic success, the failure to emulate
Real Madrid in the
UEFA Champions League Champions League led to Van Gaal resigning in
2000.
2000 also saw the resignation of Nuñez after 22 years as club president. Although not always popular, as evidenced by dozens of votes of no-confidence, players’ rebellions and the open opposition led by
Johan Cruyff, Nuñez has been Barca’s most successful president in terms of winning trophies. During his presidency the club’s four professional teams amassed 176 trophies – 30 in football, 36 in basketball, 65 in handball and 45 in roller hockey. This included a remarkable quartet in 1999, the club’s centenary year, when the four teams where all crowned champions of Spain.
The Departure Of Figo
The departures of Nuñez and Van Gaal were nothing compared to that of
Luis Figo. As well as club captain, Figo had become a cult hero and was considered by Catalans to be one of their own. It is widely believed that his dislike of the new president,
Joan Gaspart, triggered his departure for arch-rivals
Real Madrid. The Barca fans were distraught by Figo’s decision to join Real and during subsequent visits to the ''
Camp Nou'', Figo was given an extremely hostile reception. The next three years saw the club in decline. Expensive players like
Patrick Kluivert and
Marc Overmars were regularly accused of not pulling their weight. Gaspart did not inspire confidence off the field either and in
2003 he resigned.
Recent Events
Image:FCBarcelona.JPG 250px|thumbnail|right|El Barça 2005
A combination of a new young and enthusiastic president,
Joan Laporta and a new manager,
Frank Rijkaard has seen the club bounce back in recent seasons. On the field an influx of talented players (
Henrik Larsson,
Ronaldinho,
Deco,
Ludovic Giuly and
Samuel Eto'o) and experienced professionals (
Rafael Márquez and
Giovanni van Bronckhorst Gio) combined with a nucleus of home grown players (
Carles Puyol,
Andrés Iniesta Luján Andrés Iniesta,
Xavier Hernández Xavi and
VÃctor Valdés) saw the club win
La Liga and the
Supercopa de España in
2005.
Ronaldinho was also added to the list of Barca players voted
European Footballer of the Year. The only disappointment was their defeat against
Chelsea F.C. Chelsea in the
UEFA Champions League.
Strengthened by the arrival of
Mark van Bommel and the emergence of
Lionel Messi the current season has seen Barça continue where they left off. The team is top of
La Liga and its
UEFA Champions League participation, currently at the quarter final stage, hinges on the result of an April 5 home match against
Benfica, after both teams tied 0-0 at Benfica's stadium on March 28th, 2006. Highlights of the season so far have included an emphatic 3-0 victory over
Real Madrid at the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Bernabéu on
November 19th 2005, when even the home fans applauded two-goal hero
Ronaldinho, an 18 game winning streak in all competitions and a win over
Chelsea F.C. Chelsea in the
UEFA Champions League round of 16.
Major Trophies
*'''
UEFA Champions League''':'''1'''
**1991-92
***'''FC Barcelona 1''' - 0
U.C. Sampdoria Sampdoria
***Goal by
Ronald Koeman (111')
*'''
UEFA Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup''': 3
**1958
***'''FC Barcelona 6''' - 0
London XI
***
London XI 2 - '''2 FC Barcelona'''
**1960
***'''FC Barcelona 4''' - 1
Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City
***
Birmingham City F.C. 0 - '''0 FC Barcelona'''
**1966
***
Real Zaragoza 2 - '''4 FC Barcelona'''
***'''FC Barcelona 0''' - 1
Real Zaragoza
*
European Super Cup '''European Super Cup''': 2
**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'''
*
Cup Winners' Cup '''Cup Winners' Cup''': 4
**1979
***'''FC Barcelona 4''' - 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
**1982
***'''FC Barcelona 2''' - 1
Standard Liège Standard de Liège
**1989
***'''FC Barcelona 2''' - 0
U.C. Sampdoria Sampdoria
**1997
***'''FC Barcelona 1''' - 0
Paris Saint-Germain
*'''
La Liga Spanish Champions''': '''17'''
**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
*'''
La Liga La Liga del Mediterráneo''':'''1'''
**1937
*'''Copa Macaya/Catalan Champions''': '''22'''
**1901-02, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1915-16, 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1935-36, 1937-38
*'''
Copa del Rey''': '''24'''
**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
*'''
Supercopa de España''': '''9'''
**1948, 1952, 1953, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2005
*'''Copa Catalunya ''': '''5'''
**1990-91, 1992-93, 1999-2000, 2003-04, 2004-05
*'''
Copa de la Liga''': '''2'''
**1983, 1986
*'''
Latin Cup Copa Latina''': '''2'''
**1949, 1952
-----------------------------------------------------
*'''15''' ''Participations'' on ''
UEFA Champions League''
*'''22''' ''Participations'' on ''
UEFA Cup''
*'''5''' ''Participations'' on ''
European Super Cup''
*'''1''' ''Participation'' on ''
European/South American Cup Intercontinental Cup''
Squad
Current squad 2005/06
''The numbers are established according to the official website:[http://www.fcbarcelona.com www.fcbarcelona.com] and [http://www.lfp.es www.lfp.es]
Image:BarcelonaLineUp20042005.gif thumb|FC Barcelona's most common lineup during 2004/2005 Season
''As of
February 1 2006''
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Spain|name=
VÃctor Valdés|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Brazil|name=
Juliano Belletti Belletti|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Brazil|name=
Thiago Motta|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Mexico|name=
Rafael Márquez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Spain|name=
Carles Puyol (captain) |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Spain|name=
Xavi Hernández Xavi|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Sweden|name=
Henrik Larsson|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=France|name=
Ludovic Giuly|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Cameroon|name=
Samuel Eto'o|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Brazil|name=
Ronaldinho|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Argentina|name=
Maxi López|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Netherlands|name=
Giovanni van Bronckhorst|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Spain|name=
Santiago Ezquerro|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Brazil|name=
Edmilson Gomes EdmÃlson|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Brazil|name=
Sylvinho|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Netherlands|name=
Mark van Bommel|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Spain|name=
Gabriel GarcÃa de la Torre Gabri|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Argentina|name=
Lionel Messi|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Portugal|name=
Deco|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Spain|name=
Oleguer Presas Oleguer|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Spain|name=
Andrés Iniesta Luján Andrés Iniesta|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Spain|name=
Albert Jorquera|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Spain|name=
Sergio RodrÃguez GarcÃa Rodri|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=Spain|name=
Jordi Gómez GarcÃa-Penche Jordi|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}
Squad changes during 2005/06 season
'''In:'''
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Image:Flag of the Basque Country.svg 25px '''Santiago Ezquerro''' - Signed '''From''' ''Athletic de Bilbao''
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} '''Mark van Bommel''' - Signed '''From''' ''PSV Eindhoven''
'''Out:'''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}} '''Damià Abella''' - On Loan '''To''' ''Racing de Santander''
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''Saviola''' - On Loan '''To''' ''Sevilla FC''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}} '''Fernando Navarro''' - On Loan '''To''' ''RCD Mallorca''
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} '''Rüştü''' - On Loan '''To''' ''Fenerbahce''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} '''Sergio SantamarÃa''' - On Loan '''To''' ''Albacete Balompie''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}} '''Oscar Lopez''' - On Loan '''To''' ''Real Betis''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}} '''Ros''' - On Loan '''To''' ''UE Lleida''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} '''Mario''' - On Loan '''To''' ''Real Valladolid''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}} '''Dani Tortolero''' - Transferred '''To''' ''Gimnà stic de Tarragona''
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''Fabio Rochemback''' - Transferred '''To''' ''Middlesbrough F.C.''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}} '''Gerard''' - Transferred '''To''' ''AS Monaco FC''
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''Juan Roman Riquelme''' - Transferred '''To''' ''Villarreal CF''
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}} '''Sergio GarcÃa''' - Transferred '''To''' ''Real Zaragoza''
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Image:Flag es-andalucÃa 300px.png 23px|Andalusia '''David Sánchez''' - Transferred '''To''' ''Albacete Balompie''
* {{flagicon|Italy}} '''Demetrio Albertini''' - ''retired''
Statistics 2004/05
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="150"|'''First Division'''
!width="20"|'''Position'''
!width="20"|'''Pts'''
!width="20"|'''P'''
!width="20"|'''W'''
!width="20"|'''D'''
!width="20"|'''L'''
!width="20"|'''F'''
!width="20"|'''A'''
|-
|FC Barcelona
|1
|84
|38
|25
|9
|4
|73
|29
|}
*'''Top Scorers''':
**Eto'o - 25 '''goals'''
**Giuly - 11 '''goals'''
**Ronaldinho - 10 '''goals'''
*'''Top Goalkeepers'''
**Victor Valdes - ''' 24 goals conceded''' In ''' 36 Matches '''
**Ruben - ''' 1 goal conceded''' In ''' 2 Matches '''
Managers & Players
Selected Managers
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Josep Samitier, 1944-47
* {{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
Fernando Daucik, 1950-54
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Helenio Herrera, 1958-60, 1980, 1980-1981
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} {{flagicon|Spain}}
László Kubala, 1962-63, 1980
* {{flagicon|England}}
Vic Buckingham, 1969-71
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Rinus Michels, 1971-1975, 1976-1978
* {{flagicon|Germany}}
Udo Lattek, 1981-1983
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Cesar Luis Menotti, 1983-1984
* {{flagicon|England}}
Terry Venables, 1984-87
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Luis Aragonés, 1987-88
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Johan Cruijff Johan Cruyff, 1988-96
* {{flagicon|England}}
Bobby Robson, 1996-97
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Louis Van Gaal, 1997-2000, 2002-2003
* {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}}
Radomir Antic, 2003
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Frank Rijkaard, 2003-present
''see also {{cl|FC Barcelona Managers}}''
Top players
{|
|valign="top"|
* {{flagicon|Austria}}
Hans Krankl Krankl
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Diego Armando Maradona Maradona
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Lionel Messi Messi
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Juan Román Riquelme Riquelme
* {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Javier Saviola Saviola
* {{flagicon|Brazil}}
Sonny Anderson Anderson
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} {{flagicon|Portugal}}
Deco
* {{flagicon|Brazil}}
Rivaldo
* {{flagicon|Brazil}}
Romario
* {{flagicon|Brazil}}
Ronaldinho
* {{flagicon|Brazil}}
Ronaldo LuÃs Nazário de Lima Ronaldo
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}}
Hristo Stoitchkov Stoitchkov
* {{flagicon|Cameroon}}
Samuel Eto'o Eto'o
* {{flagicon|Croatia}}
Robert ProsineÄ?ki ProsineÄ?ki
* {{flagicon|Denmark}}
Michael Laudrup Laudrup
* {{flagicon|Denmark}}
Allan Simonsen Simonsen
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* {{flagicon|England}}
Gary Lineker Lineker
* {{flagicon|Finland}}
Jari Litmanen Litmanen
* {{flagicon|Germany}}
Bernd Schuster Schuster
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} {{flagicon|Spain}}
Ladislao Kubala Kubala
* {{flagicon|Mexico}}
Rafael Márquez Márquez
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Phillip Cocu Cocu
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Johan Cruyff Cruyff
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Patrick Kluivert Kluivert
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Ronald Koeman Koeman
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Johan Neeskens Neeskens
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Marc Overmars Overmars
* {{flagicon|Portugal}}
Luis Figo Figo
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Gheorghe Hagi Hagi
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Image:Flag of the Basque Country.svg 25px José Mari Bakero Bakero
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Image:Flag of the Basque Country.svg 25px Txiki Beguiristain Beguiristain
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Image:Asturias-flag.png 23px|Asturias Luis Enrique
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* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Albert Ferrer Ferrer
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Josep Guardiola Guardiola
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Miguel Ã?ngel Nadal Nadal
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Carles Puyol Puyol
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Quini
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Antoni Ramallets Simón Ramallets
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Josep Samitier Samitier
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Sergi Barjuán Sergi
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Image:Flag of Galicia.png 22px|Galicia Luis Suárez Suárez
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
VÃctor Valdés Valdes
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Juan Zambudio Velasco Velasco
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Ricardo Zamora Zamora
* {{flagicon|Spain}}
Image:Flag of the Basque Country.svg 25px Andoni Zubizarreta Zubizarreta
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
Xavi Hernandez Xavi
* {{flagicon|Sweden}}
Henrik Larsson Larsson
* {{flagicon|France}}
Ludovic Giuly Giuly
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''see also {{cl|FC Barcelona footballers}}''
Stadium Information
*'''Name''' -
Camp Nou
*'''City''' -
Barcelona
*'''Capacity''' - 98,000
*'''Inauguration''' -
1957
*'''Pitch size''' - 105 x 72 mts.
*'''Other Facilities:''' La Masia
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External links
*{{Ca icon}} {{Es icon}} {{En icon}} {{Ja icon}} {{Zh icon}} [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/ FC Barcelona Official Website]
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FC Barcelona Russian Supporters
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*{{Pl icon}} [http://www.fcbarca.com/ Visca el Barça! - Unofficial Polish Site]
*{{Pl icon}} [http://www.barcaserwis.com/ Barça Serwis - Unofficial Polish Site]
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FC Barcelona Norwegian Supporters
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FC Barcelona Tickets
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*{{Fr icon}} [http://www.fcbarcelonaclan.com/ FC Barcelona Clan Penya Officielle Francophone]
*{{No icon}} [http://www.fcbarcelona-web.com/ FC Barcelona Web - norwegian/danish Barça supporters]
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