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For the supporters, FC Barcelona became synonymous with Catalonia, a feeling incorporated in the club's Més que un club motto (English: More than a club). The socio-political impulse Visca el Barça (Long live Barça), gradually evolved into Visca el Barça i visca Catalunya (Long live Barça and Catalonia) and was the same as a protest-song ...
"Cant del Barça" (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkan dəl ˈβaɾsə]; lit. ' Barça chant ') is the official anthem of FC Barcelona. [1] It was commissioned in 1974 to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary. [1]
Players jostle in Barcelona's 2–6 win against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in a 2009 El Clásico. There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is particularly the case in La Liga, where the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid is known as "The Classic" (El Clásico).
Johan Cruyff Stadium (Catalan: Estadi Johan Cruyff; Spanish: Estadio Johan Cruyff) is a football stadium operated by Barcelona in Sant Joan Despí, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, located in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, the club's training facility and youth academy, about 7 km from the Camp Nou.
Palau de Gel. The team was founded in 1972, after the construction of the Pista de Gel. The first game was played on September 15, 1972 against a team from the US Navy anchored in the Port of Barcelona; the home team won 7-5.
On 8 December 1912, Catalonia faced a selection of foreigners at the Camp de la Indústria in a benefit match for the Sindicat de Periodistes, ending in a 5–2 win for the Catalans with goals from Massana (2), C. Comamala, Wallace and Forns, while the foreign goalscorers were Wallace and Stewart.
El Clásico (Spanish) El Clàssic (Catalan) Location: Spain: Teams: Barcelona Real Madrid: First meeting: 13 May 1902 Copa de la Coronación FC Barcelona 3–1 Madrid FC: Latest meeting: 12 January 2025 Supercopa de España Real Madrid 2–5 Barcelona: Next meeting: 11 May 2025 La Liga Barcelona v Real Madrid: Stadiums: Camp Nou (Barcelona ...
After the evacuation of the pro-Habsburg armies from Spain at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, as a result of the Peace of Utrecht (1713) in which the Bourbon pretender Philip V was recognized king of the Iberian dominions of the Spanish Monarchy, the Principality of Catalonia unilaterally decided to remain in the war by decision of its Junta de Braços (Catalan assembly of ...