Spanish professional football club from the city of the same name, the most titled club in Spain and the top 5 championships. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, British, Spanish and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper. The club has become one of the symbols of Catalonia, hence the motto — Més que un club — "More than a club". FC Barcelona fans are also known as "culés" (cules).
Barcelona is the most titled club in Spain by the total number of official trophies — 75, including 26 Spanish Champion titles, 31 Spanish Cup, 13 Spanish Super Cups, 2 Spanish League Cups and 3 Eva Duarte Cups. In international club football, Barcelona has won 20 European and world titles: 5 UEFA Champions League titles, 4 record UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, 3 Fairs Cups, 5 UEFA Super Cups and 3 Club World Championships. Representatives of Barcelona, together with representatives of Real Madrid and Basque Athletic, stood at the origins of the formation of the Spanish Football Championship. At the same time, Barcelona is among the three teams that have not left the top Spanish division. Barcelona is also one of the most expensive sports clubs in the world, ranking 4th with a value of 4 billion US dollars, second only to the Dallas Cowboys ($5 billion), the New York Yankees baseball ($4.6 billion) and Real Madrid ($4.2 billion).
Barcelona took 4th place in the list of the best football clubs of the XX century according to FIFA, 5th place — according to the magazine "Kicker". IFFHS also put Barcelona on the 3rd place in the ranking of the best European clubs of the XX century[7] and on the 1st place in the ranking of the best European clubs of the XXI century.
The main stadium of the club is Camp Nou, the most spacious stadium in Europe. Since January 19, 2009, the first team of the club has changed its training place to the Ciudad Deportivo Joan Gamper sports complex.
