PROFILE CLUB BARCELONA

FC Barcelona - also known as Barça, is a sports club in Barcelona, ​​Catalonia, Spain which has clubs in several sports, but the most popular is soccer.

Founded in 1899 by 12 men under the leadership of Joan Gasper, its motto is "Barca is not just a club" (El Barça, és mes que un club). The main stadium is the Camp Nou, Barcelona.

The club entered into participants Primera División (First Division) since 1928, and together Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao to be a team that never relegated to the Segunda División (Division Two). The club is also a club that won the Spanish league first. By offering 20 Spanish League titles, 25 Copa del Rey titles, 7 Spanish Super Cup titles, three European Champions League titles, 4 UEFA Cup, 2 European Super Cup, Barcelona became one of the most successful teams in Spain, Europe and the world.

Along with rivals Real Madrid, they are two football clubs of Spain's most famous in the world. Barca fans are also often called Cules.

Barça known always refused to put sponsor logos on uniforms soccer because Barca is considered as a symbol of Catalonia, and all sorts of sponsor offers that "intrusive" will be rejected. However, Barca's basketball team allowed sponsor logo on his uniform.

On 7 September 2006, the club announced a five year agreement with UNICEF, which allow UNICEF logo to be placed on the shirt. Barcelona then will donate 0.7% of total revenues per year to UNICEF over the next five years.

Barcelona is the only club in Europe that the president elected by the holders of season tickets (the purest supporter), nor by the board of directors and not the shareholders capital. Presidential Candidates debate club on television, campaigning programs like the Presidential election filed a country. Manuel Vazquez Montalban, a famous writer from Spain said, Barcelona as the ultimate weapon for a people without a country. Because the mission is considered sacred by the people of Catalonia's why Barcelona always keep the purity of purpose of the club. They do not want to be equated with another club, and would not be subject to commercial values. That's why until now Barcelona are the only club that does not allow costumes advertise.

The club is nicknamed 'Barca' and 'Los Azulgranas' as costumed blue and dark red, red blue supposedly deliberately taken out of the French flag as a form of resistance against the Spanish government in Madrid.

The club was also once inhabited world class players such as Johan Cruyff, Maradona, Ronald Koeman, Gary Lineker, Rivaldo, Luis Figo and also the phenomenal Ronaldo.

DATA CLUB

Full name: Barcelona Foot Ball Club
Nickname: Barca, Los Azulgranas
Founded: November 29, 1899
Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona-Spain
Capacity: 98,600 spectators
Costume: Red Blue Lines-Blue (Cage), Orange-Black (Away)
President: Joan Laporta Estruch
Coach: Josep Guardiola

BARCELONA ROSTER

Goalkeepers / Goalkeeper:
-Victor Valdes
-Jose Manuel Pinto
Defenders / Defender
-Daniel Alves
-Gerard Pique
-Marc Muniesa
-Eric Abidal
-Martin Montoya
Jordi Alba-
-Marc Bartra
-Carles Puyol
Midfielders / Winger / Midfielder
-Lionel Messi
-Xavi
-Cesc Fabregas
-Andres Iniesta
-Alexandre Song
-Javier Mascherano
-Sergi Roberto
-Rafinha
-Ilie Sanchez
Andreu Fontas-
-Ibrahim Afellay-
Adriano
-Sergio Busquets
-Jonathan Dos Santos
-Thiago Alcantara
Forwards / Striker / Striker
-Pedro
-Alexis Sanchez
-David Villa
-Cristian Tello
-Isaac Cuenca


ACHIEVEMENT:

La Liga: 19 times (1928-29, 1944-45, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09)

Copa Del Rey: 25 times (1909-10, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1941-42, 1950-51, 1951-52 , 1952-53, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1962-63, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1996-97, 1997 -98, 2008-09)

Spanish Supercup: 8 times (1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009)

Copa Liga Spain: 2 times (1983, 1986)

Champions League: 3 times (1996, 2006, 2009)

UEFA Cup: 3 times (1958, 1960, 1966)

Winners Cup: 4 times (1979, 1982, 1989, 1997)

European Supercup: 3 times (1992, 1997, 2009)

Copa Latina: 2 times (1949, 1952)

Barcelona posted a net profit of 11.1 million euros for the season 2009/2010 on the 'record' revenues of 445.5 million euros.

Profit increased from approximately nine million euros last year and 10.1 million euros for the 2007/08 season and marks the seventh consecutive year the football club is in the black.

Treasurer of the club, Xavier Sala i Martin, claimed income 445.5 million euros (U.S. $ 557.5 million) is a record for a football club.

He said the numbers are even more impressive in the context of the global economic crisis we are experiencing.

Club said the sale of television rights provide the greatest amount of income, 38%, while 27% include marketing, reception entrance (ticket sales) 26%, and only 9% sales performer.

Barcelona won the Spanish league this year for the second consecutive season, but failed to retain the Champions League crown.

In May, they bought the Spanish national striker David Villa worth 40 million euros from a cash-strapped Valencia.

The Catalan club will have a new president, Sandro Rosell, who was elected on June 13 to replace Joan Laporta, who has served since 2003.

Under the guidance of Laporta, Barcelona won the Champions League twice - in 2006 and 2009 - and the Spanish league four times - in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 - making it the most successful period in the club's history.