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From the 1955–56 season onward, with the exception of 1956–57 (during the first Fairs Cup, because a Vienna XI withdrew from the competition), they are the only team to have played in the European competitions every year to date. Barcelona has won the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup four times and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup three times, both ...
Most FIFA World Cup Golden Balls won by the players from a single club: 3 – Johan Cruyff won in 1974, Romário in 1994, and Lionel Messi in 2014. Most FIFA Club World Cup Golden Balls won by the players from a single club: 4 – Deco (won in 2006), Lionel Messi (won in 2009 and 2011), and Luis Suárez (won in 2015).
Barcelona team in 1903 Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional association football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, and played its first friendly match on 8 December 1899. Initially, Barcelona played against other local clubs in various Catalan tournaments, but in 1929 the ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
In December 2009, Barcelona won the 2009 Club World Cup. [112] Barcelona accomplished two new records in Spanish football in 2010 as they retained the La Liga trophy with 99 points and won the Supercopa de España for a ninth time. [113] [114] After Laporta's departure from the club in June 2010, Sandro Rosell was soon elected as the new president.
With the end of Franco's dictatorship in 1975, the club changed its official name back to Futbol Club Barcelona and reverted the crest to its original design, including the original letters once again. [42] [43] The 1973–74 season saw the arrival of a new player in Johan Cruyff, who was bought for a world record £920,000 from Ajax. [44]
It took place after the FIFA Club World Cup which was being hosted in the same region by the United Arab Emirates. [16] The match finished 1–1 with both goals coming in the last 10 minutes of the match in front of a sold-out crowd that gathered 45 minutes ahead of the kick-off time. [17] Barcelona received €1.7 million to participate in the ...
On 23 February, Barcelona defeated Arsenal 0–2 away in London, [47] with Messi scoring twice in a feverishly paced encounter, including the 10,000th goal scored in club history. [48] On 25 February, Barcelona extend their alliance with UNICEF through to 2020; the club will increase its annual donation to the charity from €1.5 million to € ...