Domestically, FC Barcelona has won a record 75 trophies: 26 La Liga, 31 Copa del Rey, thirteen Supercopa de Espana, three Copa Eva Duarte, and two Copa de la Liga titles, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions.
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FC Barcelona is one of the most widely supported teams in the world, and the club has one of the largest social media following in the world among sports teams.
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FC Barcelona players have won a record twelve Ballon d'Or awards, with recipients including Johan Cruyff, as well as a record seven FIFA World Player of the Year awards, with winners including Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho.
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FC Barcelona is one of three founding members of the Primera Division that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid.
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In 2009, FC Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win the continental treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League, and became the first Spanish football club to win six out of six competitions in a single year, by winning the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup.
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FC Barcelona had a successful start in regional and national cups, competing in the Campionat de Catalunya and the Copa del Rey.
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In total, during the Gamper-led era, FC Barcelona won eleven Campionats de Catalunya, six Copa del Rey and four Pyrenees Cups.
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Month after the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, several players from FC Barcelona enlisted in the ranks of those who fought against the military uprising, along with players from Athletic Bilbao.
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FC Barcelona was dubbed the martyr of barcelonisme, and his murder was a defining moment in the history of FC Barcelona and Catalan identity.
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In 1943, FC Barcelona faced rivals Real Madrid in the semi-finals of Copa del Generalisimo .
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In June 1950, FC Barcelona signed Laszlo Kubala, who was to be an important figure at the club.
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FC Barcelona further endeared himself when he named his son "Jordi", after the local Catalan Saint George.
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FC Barcelona was crowned European Footballer of the Year in 1973 during his first season with Barcelona .
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The process of electing a president of FC Barcelona was closely tied to Spain's transition to democracy in 1974 and the end of Franco's dictatorship.
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FC Barcelona's presidency was to last for 22 years, and it deeply affected the image of Barcelona, as Nunez held to a strict policy regarding wages and discipline, letting go of such players as Diego Maradona, Romario and Ronaldo rather than meeting their demands.
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FC Barcelona used a mix of Spanish players like Pep Guardiola, Jose Mari Bakero, Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, Miguel Angel Nadal and Txiki Begiristain while signing international players such as Ronald Koeman, Michael Laudrup, Romario and Hristo Stoichkov.
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Under Cruyff's guidance, FC Barcelona won four consecutive La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994.
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FC Barcelona became the club's longest consecutive serving manager, serving eight years.
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FC Barcelona recruited Ronaldo for a world record transfer fee from his previous club, PSV and delivered a cup treble, winning the Copa del Rey, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the Supercopa de Espana, with Ronaldo registering 47 goals in 49 games.
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FC Barcelona fans were distraught by Figo's decision to join arch-rivals Real Madrid, and, during subsequent visits to the Camp Nou, Figo was given an extremely hostile reception.
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In La Liga, FC Barcelona were in first place for much of the season, but inconsistency in the New Year saw Real Madrid overtake them to become champions.
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FC Barcelona accomplished two new records in Spanish football in 2010 as they retained the La Liga trophy with 99 points and won the Supercopa de Espana for a ninth time.
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On 11 May 2013, FC Barcelona were crowned as the Spanish football champions for the 22nd time, still with four games left to play.
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On 20 September 2017, Barcelona issued a statement exercising their stance on the 2017 Catalan referendum saying, "FC Barcelona, in holding the utmost respect for its diverse body of members, will continue to support the will of the majority of Catalan people, and will do so in a civil, peaceful, and exemplary way".
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Ultimately FC Barcelona finished the season trophyless for first time in 12 years.
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However, on 5 August 2021, FC Barcelona announced that they would be unable to re-sign Messi to an extension due to La Liga regulations.
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However, this meant FC Barcelona finished trophyless after earlier Supercopa and Copa del Rey exits.
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Nickname culer for a FC Barcelona supporter is derived from the Catalan cul, as the spectators at the first stadium, Camp de la Industria, sat with their culs over the stand.
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FC Barcelona's vision was fulfilled when Real Madrid not only started winning consecutive league titles but swept the first five editions of the European Cup in the 1950s.
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FC Barcelona sold Madrid their half-share, and Di Stefano moved to Los Blancos, signing a four-year contract.
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Also in the 1960s and 1970s, while FC Barcelona acted as an integrating force for Catalonia's new arrivals from poorer regions of Spain expecting to find a better life, Espanyol drew their support mainly from sectors close to the regime such as policemen, military officers, civil servants and career fascists.
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FC Barcelona leads the head-to-head record with eight wins and five defeats.
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The members of FC Barcelona, called socis, form an assembly of delegates which is the highest governing body of the club.
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In 2018, FC Barcelona became the first sports team to surpass $1bn in annual revenues.
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FC Barcelona goalkeepers have won a record number of Zamora trophies, with Antoni Ramallets and Victor Valdes winning a record five each.
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FC Barcelona's longest serving manager is Jack Greenwell, with nine years in two spells and, and Pep Guardiola is the club's most successful manager .
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The most successful FC Barcelona player is Lionel Messi with 35 trophies, surpassing Andres Iniesta, with 32 trophies.
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FC Barcelona is the only club to have played in every season of European competitions since they started in 1955 counting non-UEFA competition Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
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On 18 December 2009, alongside being the only Spanish club to achieve a continental treble, FC Barcelona became the first ever European football team to win six trophies in a calendar year .
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In January 2018, FC Barcelona signed Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool for €120 million, the highest transfer fee in club's history.
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The contract includes a clause sanctioning penalty or agreement termination anytime if FC Barcelona fail to qualify for the European competitions or is relegated from La Liga.
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In 2015, FC Barcelona received the Nine Values Cup, an award of the international children's social programme Football for Friendship.
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