A collection of facts about FC Barcelona
Facts
The club was founded by Joan Gamper on November 29th, 1899.
FC Barcelona supporters are called “culés”.
Barcelona initially played in the Camp de la Indústria.
The Camp de la Indústria capacity was about 6,000.
Barça built the larger Camp de Les Corts, which had an initial capacity of 20,000 spectators.
The building of Camp Nou commenced on 28 March 1954.
The Camp nou was completed on 24 September 1957.
The first official match took place in the Camp Nou on the 6th October 1957 against Real Jaén.
It has a current capacity of 99,354 making it the largest stadium in Europe.
“Camp Nou” means “New Stadium” in Catalan.
Players are required to learn the Catalan Language.
The motto of the club, “Mes que un Club” was a symbol of Catalan nationalism during Franco´s dictatorship.
Johan Cruyff won four consecutive league titles with Barcelona.
Lionel Messi holds the record for most games played for Barcelona.
Lionel Messi is Barcelona’s all-time top scorer.
Messi is the highest official scorer for a single club.
Messi is the record goalscorer for Barcelona in European and international club competitions.
Pep Guardiola is Barcelona’s most successful coach with 14 trophies.
Luis Suárez Miramontes was the first Barcelona player to win the Ballon d’Or in 1960.
FC Barcelona has got the most number of Ballon d’ Or to its name than any other club.
In 1992, the Camp Nou hosted the Olympic games.
FC Barcelona slogan means “Més Que un club” meaning “More than a Club” in English.
Barcelona is the only European Club that has won all the possible European Trophies in a single year twice.
FC Barcelona are the only team to win 6 trophies in a single season.
Barca’s local derby is with Espanyol.
It is the second most valuable sports team in the world, worth $3.56 billion.
The world’s second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €560.8 million.
The most famous youth training facility in the world of Association Football is called “La Masia.”
The fan clubs all around the world are referred to as “Penyes.”
As of 2015 there are 1,267 officially registered fan clubs.
Barcelona has won a record 74 trophies domestically.
In 2018 Barcelona became the first sports team with average first-team pay in excess of £10 million per year.
In Spain, about 25% of the population is said to be Barça sympathisers.
Barcelona has over 103 million Facebook fans.
The game between Barcelona and Real Madrid is known as El Clásico.
The members of Barcelona, called socis, form an assembly of delegates.
As of 2016, the club has 140,000 socis.
László Kubala holds the La Liga record for most goals scored in one match, with 7 goals against Sporting Gijón in 1952.
Lionel Messi co-holds the Champions League record with five goals against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.
Barcelona’s longest serving manager is Jack Greenwell, with nine years in two spells.
The most successful Barcelona player is Lionel Messi with 35 trophies(2021).
Barcelona is the only club to have played in every season of European competitions since they started in 1955.
Barcelona signed Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool for €120 million, the highest transfer fee in club’s history.
Barcelona player Neymar transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a world record transfer fee of €222 million.
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