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Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsəˈlonə] ⓘ), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
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The 2024–25 Futbol Club Barcelona season is the club's 125th season in existence and their 94th consecutive season in the top flight. In addition to the domestic league, Barcelona will be participating in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España and the UEFA Champions League (entering for the 21st consecutive season).
Ricardo Zamora played for Barcelona from 1919 to 1922. FC Barcelona quickly emerged as one of the leading clubs in Spain, competing in the Campeonat de Cataluña and the Copa del Rey. In 1902, the club won its first trophy, the Copa Macaya in 1901–02, and also played in the first Copa del Rey final, losing 2–1 to Bizcaya. [6] [7]
The European Cup was inaugurated in 1955, with Barcelona's arch-rivals Real Madrid winning the first five editions. [15] In 1959, Barcelona entered this competition for the first time, after winning the 1958–59 La Liga season. Until the 1990s, the club had little success, apart from their runner-up places in 1961 and 1986.
Barcelona competed in the UEFA Cup rather than the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 1995–96 season, given their sixth-place finish in 2002–03. The BBC made a documentary, titled FC Barcelona Confidential, [1] based on the turn of events in the league after Joan Laporta's entry. With his arrival, the club experienced a new ...