38 Facts About Football Club Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barca, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

Domestically, Football Club 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.

Football Club 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.

Football Club 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.

FC Football Club 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, Football Club Barcelona won eleven Campionats de Catalunya, six Copa del Rey and four Pyrenees Cups.

Month after the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, several players from Football Club Barcelona enlisted in the ranks of those who fought against the military uprising, along with players from Athletic Bilbao.

Football Club Barcelona was dubbed the martyr of barcelonisme, and his murder was a defining moment in the history of FC Barcelona and Catalan identity.

On 16 March 1938, Barcelona came under aerial bombardment from the Italian Air Force, causing more than 3,000 deaths, with one of the bombs hitting the club's offices.

In 1943, Football Club Barcelona faced rivals Real Madrid in the semi-finals of Copa del Generalisimo.

In June 1950, Barcelona signed Laszlo Kubala, who was to be an important figure at the club.

Football Club Barcelona further endeared himself when he named his son "Jordi", after the local Catalan Saint George.

Football Club Barcelona was crowned European Footballer of the Year in 1973 during his first season with Barcelona.

The process of electing a president of FC Football Club Barcelona was closely tied to Spain's transition to democracy in 1974 and the end of Franco's dictatorship.

Football Club 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.

Football Club 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.

Under Cruyff's guidance, Football Club Barcelona won four consecutive La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994.

Football Club Barcelona became the club's longest consecutive serving manager, serving eight years.

Football Club 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.

Football Club 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.

In La Liga, Football Club Barcelona were in first place for much of the season, but inconsistency in the New Year saw Real Madrid overtake them to become champions.

On 11 May 2013, Barcelona were crowned as the Spanish football champions for the 22nd time, still with four games left to play.

On 20 September 2017, Football Club Barcelona issued a statement exercising their stance on the 2017 Catalan referendum saying, "FC Football Club 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".

Ultimately Football Club Barcelona finished the season trophyless for first time in 12 years.

However, on 5 August 2021, Football Club 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 Football Club Barcelona finished trophyless after earlier Supercopa and Copa del Rey exits.

Nickname culer for a Football Club 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.

Football Club 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.

Football Club Barcelona sold Madrid their half-share, and Di Stefano moved to Los Blancos, signing a four-year contract.

Also in the 1960s and 1970s, while FC Football Club 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.

Football Club Barcelona leads the head-to-head record with eight wins and five defeats.

In 2018, Football Club Barcelona became the first sports team to surpass $1bn in annual revenues.

Football Club Barcelona goalkeepers have won a record number of Zamora trophies, with Antoni Ramallets and Victor Valdes winning a record five each.

The most successful Football Club Barcelona player is Lionel Messi with 35 trophies, surpassing Andres Iniesta, with 32 trophies.

On 18 December 2009, alongside being the only Spanish club to achieve a continental treble, Barcelona became the first ever European football team to win six trophies in a calendar year.

In January 2018, Barcelona signed Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool for €120 million, the highest transfer fee in club's history.

Football Club Barcelona's original crest was a quartered diamond-shaped crest topped by the Crown of Aragon and the bat of King James, and surrounded by two branches, one of a laurel tree and the other a palm.

The contract includes a clause sanctioning penalty or agreement termination anytime if Football Club Barcelona fail to qualify for the European competitions or is relegated from La Liga.