Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation"fub'bol 'klub), frequently called Barcelona and also known colloquially as Barca , is a professional soccer club located at Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain which plays in La Liga, the top league in Spanish football.
In 1899, a group consisting of Swiss, Catalan, German and English footballers, led by Joan Gamper The club has grown into an icon that embodies Catalan tradition in addition to Catalanism which is why the club's motto is "Mes that a club" ( "More than the club"). Like many other football clubs that are owned by Barcelona's supporters have the ownership and control of Barcelona. It is the fourth-highest valued soccer team worldwide, valued at $4.76 billion. It is also the fourth most valuable football club, in terms of revenues, with an average annual revenue in the region of EUR582.1 million. The official Barcelona song is " Cant del Barca" composed by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinas. Barcelona typically plays with dark shades of blue, and the garnet stripes, which is why it's nicknamed Blaugrana.
On the national level, Barcelona has won a record-breaking 75 trophies, including 26, La Liga, 31 Copa del Rey 13 Supercopa de Espana, three Copa Eva Duarte, and two Copa de la Liga titles in addition to being the world record holder in the last four competitions. In international soccer, the club has been awarded twenty European and international titles, including Five UEFA Champions League titles, an unprecedented of four UEFA Cup Winners Cups, a record of five UEFA Super Cups and an unprecedented 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, and three FIFA Club World Cups. The club has been ranked first in the world by Barcelona was ranked first on the International Federation of Football History & Statistics Club World Ranking for 1997, 2009 2011 and 2012, and currently sits in the sixth spot in the UEFA club rankings at the time of May 2022. The club has a long-running relationship against Real Madrid, and games between the two clubs are known by the name of The Clasico.
Barcelona is among the teams that are most popularly supported around the globe The club also has the most social media followers worldwide among teams of sports. Barcelona players have been awarded the record number of Ballon d'Or awards, with winners of the award including Johan Cruyff, as well as seven FIFA World Player of the Award which included Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho. In the year 2010 three players who had come from the club's academy for youth (Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi) were selected as the top three players around the world for the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, which is a record for players who are from the same academy. In addition, players from the club have been awarded the record number of European Golden Shoe awards.
Barcelona is one of the three founders of the Primera Division that have never been exiled from the highest division since its creation at the end of 1929 together with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. The year 2009 saw Barcelona was the very first Spanish club to be awarded the continental treble comprising La Liga, Copa del Rey as well as the UEFA Champions League, and it also became the very first Spanish football team to be able to claim six of six tournaments in a single year. They also won both the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. The club was European champions for the second time and won five trophies. The Barcelona team, which took home fourteen awards in the span of just the span of four seasons under the direction of Pep Guardiola is regarded by some within the sport as the greatest team ever. When they won five Champions League trophy in 2015, Barcelona became the first European football club to complete the continental treble on two occasions.
