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The Football Club Barcelona (in Catalan: Futbol Club Barcelona), popularly known as Barça, n. 1 is a sports entity based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was founded as a football club on November 29, 1899 and officially registered on January 5, 1903.7 8 9
Both the club and its fans are nicknamed "culers" (pronounced culés),10 and also, in reference to their colors, "azulgranas" or "blaugranas", as it appears in their anthem, the "cant del Barça" , which in its second line mentions "som la gent blaugrana" (in Spanish, "we are the blaugrana people"). The Barcelona supporter's service office provides assistance in the three official languages of the club, which are Catalan, Spanish and English.11
At an institutional level, it is one of the four professional soccer clubs in the country whose legal entity is not that of a sports limited company (S. A. D.), n. 2 since its ownership rests with its more than 143,000 members. Another caveat is shared with Athletic Club and Real Madrid Club de Fútbol by participating without interruption in the highest category of the National Professional Soccer League, the First Division of Spain, since its establishment in 1929.1213 In it he has the honors of having been the first historical champion of the competition,14 his second club with the most titles, and the one with the highest score in a single edition.15 n. 3
Adding national and international tournaments, it is the second most successful Spanish club,16 at the national level it dominates the record with seventy-six championships,17 n. 4 and at an international level it holds twenty-two trophies, ranked second in Europe.17n. 4 It occupies the same position as the sports club with the most European Cups counting all its professional sections —behind CSKA Moscow—, with 45.18n. 5
According to the statistics compiled by the IFFHS, F.C. Barcelona is the best European and world soccer team of the first and second decades of the 21st century. 619 and leads the global ranking of the century with 5,228 points with a difference of 365 points over the second classified (Real Madrid C. F.). 20 It is also the soccer team that has appeared on the FIFA World Player podiums the most times (19) and the Ballon d'Or (34).n. 7
One of the main characteristics of F.C. Barcelona is its multi-sports nature. It is distinguished for being one of the most successful multi-sports institutions, among which its soccer, basketball, handball and hockey sections stand out, all of them with a wide European record of honors.21 It is the first European club to be continental champion in the men's branch and female, and the first to achieve a triplet with both.22 Likewise, the Olympic medalists who have represented the blaugrana entity have won eleven gold, twenty-three silver and twenty-eight bronze medals in different sports disciplines.23
Nine former members of the club were included in the International Soccer Hall of Fame, a project dedicated to preserving the memory of relevant figures in soccer history.24 Among them are Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Ricardo Zamora, Luís Figo, Ronaldo Nazário, Hristo Stoichkov, Pep Guardiola and Ronaldinho de Assis, who are joined by László Kubala as "dean", or of special importance.25
Another of its distinctive facts is its social mass of members and fans. The club has managed to strategically integrate political, religious, cultural and social issues, which are framed within the sports field, this allows members and fans to respond to all social events of the club, also to have greater participation in administrative activities and the links between the clubs are strengthened.26 In 2022 it had approximately 143,083 members.n. 827 There are also 1,273 Barcelona supporters clubs spread all over the world.28
The Football Club Barcelona (in Catalan: Futbol Club Barcelona), popularly known as Barça, n. 1 is a sports entity based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was founded as a football club on November 29, 1899 and officially registered on January 5, 1903.7 8 9
Both the club and its fans are nicknamed "culers" (pronounced culés),10 and also, in reference to their colors, "azulgranas" or "blaugranas", as it appears in their anthem, the "cant del Barça" , which in its second line mentions "som la gent blaugrana" (in Spanish, "we are the blaugrana people"). The Barcelona supporter's service office provides assistance in the three official languages of the club, which are Catalan, Spanish and English.11
At an institutional level, it is one of the four professional soccer clubs in the country whose legal entity is not that of a sports limited company (S. A. D.), n. 2 since its ownership rests with its more than 143,000 members. Another caveat is shared with Athletic Club and Real Madrid Club de Fútbol by participating without interruption in the highest category of the National Professional Soccer League, the First Division of Spain, since its establishment in 1929.1213 In it he has the honors of having been the first historical champion of the competition,14 his second club with the most titles, and the one with the highest score in a single edition.15 n. 3
Adding national and international tournaments, it is the second most successful Spanish club,16 at the national level it dominates the record with seventy-six championships,17 n. 4 and at an international level it holds twenty-two trophies, ranked second in Europe.17n. 4 It occupies the same position as the sports club with the most European Cups counting all its professional sections —behind CSKA Moscow—, with 45.18n. 5
According to the statistics compiled by the IFFHS, F.C. Barcelona is the best European and world soccer team of the first and second decades of the 21st century. 619 and leads the global ranking of the century with 5,228 points with a difference of 365 points over the second classified (Real Madrid C. F.). 20 It is also the soccer team that has appeared on the FIFA World Player podiums the most times (19) and the Ballon d'Or (34).n. 7
One of the main characteristics of F.C. Barcelona is its multi-sports nature. It is distinguished for being one of the most successful multi-sports institutions, among which its soccer, basketball, handball and hockey sections stand out, all of them with a wide European record of honors.21 It is the first European club to be continental champion in the men's branch and female, and the first to achieve a triplet with both.22 Likewise, the Olympic medalists who have represented the blaugrana entity have won eleven gold, twenty-three silver and twenty-eight bronze medals in different sports disciplines.23
Nine former members of the club were included in the International Soccer Hall of Fame, a project dedicated to preserving the memory of relevant figures in soccer history.24 Among them are Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Ricardo Zamora, Luís Figo, Ronaldo Nazário, Hristo Stoichkov, Pep Guardiola and Ronaldinho de Assis, who are joined by László Kubala as "dean", or of special importance.25
Another of its distinctive facts is its social mass of members and fans. The club has managed to strategically integrate political, religious, cultural and social issues, which are framed within the sports field, this allows members and fans to respond to all social events of the club, also to have greater participation in administrative activities and the links between the clubs are strengthened.26 In 2022 it had approximately 143,083 members.n. 827 There are also 1,273 Barcelona supporters clubs spread all over the world.28
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