Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional association football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded by a group of footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). The official Barça anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Unlike many other football clubs, the socis, who are the members and supporters of the club, own and operate Barcelona. It is the world's second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €974.8 million in the 2025–26 season.
Barcelona played its first friendly match on 8 December 1899 against the English colony in Barcelona in the old velodrome in Bonanova. Initially, Barcelona played against other local clubs in various Catalan tournaments. In 1929, the club became one of the founding members of La Liga, Spain's first national league, and has since achieved the distinction of being one of only three clubs to have never been relegated, along with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona is also the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955. They hold a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid, with matches between the two teams referred to as "El Clásico" (El Clàssic in Catalan). Matches against city rivals Espanyol are known as the "Derbi barceloní".
Barcelona has amassed various records in regional, domestic and continental tournaments since its founding. During the time the club played in regional competitions until the end of the Catalan championship in 1940, it won a record 23 titles from a possible 38. In 2009, Barcelona achieved an unprecedented sextuple by winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League, the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in one calendar year. Additionally, Barça has won the coveted continental treble, consisting of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League in the aforementioned 2009 and again 2015, becoming the first European club to have won the treble twice.
Barcelona has signed several high-profile players, setting the world record in transfer fees on three occasions with the purchase of Johan Cruyff from Ajax in 1973, Diego Maradona from Boca Juniors in 1982 and Ronaldo from PSV Eindhoven in 1996. The club's players have received seven FIFA World Player of the Year awards, twelve Ballon d'Or awards, three UEFA Men's Player of the Year awards and eight European Golden Shoe awards.
Honours FC Barcelona won their first trophy in 1902 when they lifted the Copa Macaya, which was the predecessor to the Catalan Championship. The club won the Catalan Championship a record 23 times during the 40-year span of the tournament.
When the national league was established in 1929, the importance of the regional league declined, and it was abandoned in 1940. From then on, Barcelona did not participate in regional competitions until the establishment of the Copa Catalunya in 1993, a cup they have won a record nine times.
They are the most successful football club in Spain, having won a total of 81 domestic titles: 29 La Liga, a record 32 Copa del Rey, a record two Copa de la Liga, a record 16 Supercopa de España and a record three Copa Eva Duarte.The Copa Eva Duarte was only recognized and organized with that name by the RFEF from 1947 until 1953, and therefore Barcelona's "Copa de Oro Argentina" win of 1945 is not included in this count.
The club is also one of the most successful clubs in international club football, having won 22 official trophies in total, 14 of which are UEFA competitions and 8 recognised by FIFA. Barcelona has won five UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups (non-UEFA), a shared record of two Latin Cups, five UEFA Super Cups and three FIFA Club World Cups. They are also second to Real Madrid in terms of overall official titles in Spain, with 103.
Regional titles (35) Campionat de Catalunya:
Winners (23) (record):
Copa Macaya (1): 1902
Copa Barcelona (1): 1903
Campionat de Catalunya (21): 1904–05, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1912–13, 1915–16, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38
Runners-up (7): Copa Macaya (1): 1901 Campionat de Catalunya (6) : 1906–07, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1932–33, 1936–37
Mediterranean League: Winners (1) (record): 1936–37
Liga Catalana: Winners (1) (record): 1937–38
Catalan Cup: Winners (8) (record): 1990–91, 1992–93, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2013–14 Runners-up (10): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16
Supercopa de Catalunya: Winners (2) (record): 2014, 2018 Runners-up (2): 2016, 2019
Domestic titles (82) La Liga:
Winners (29): 1929, 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, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2024–25, 2025—26
Runners-up (28): 1929–30, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24
Copa del Rey:
Winners (32) (record):
1909–10: 3–2 vs. Club Español de Madrid 1911–12: 2–0 vs. R. S. Gimnástica Española 1912–13: 2–1 vs. Real Sociedad 1919–20: 2–0 vs. Athletic Bilbao 1921–22: 5–1 vs. Real Unión 1924–25: 2–0 vs. Getxo 1925–26: 3–2 vs. Atlético Madrid 1927–28: 3–1 vs. Real Sociedad 1941–42: 4–3 vs. Athletic Bilbao 1950–51: 3–0 vs. Real Sociedad 1951–52: 4–2 vs. Valencia 1952–53: 2–1 vs. Athletic Bilbao 1956–57: 1–0 vs. Espanyol 1958–59: 4–1 vs. Granada 1962–63: 3–1 vs. Zaragoza 1967–68: 1–0 vs. Real Madrid 1970–71: 4–3 vs. Valencia 1977–78: 3–1 vs. Las Palmas 1980–81: 3–1 vs. Sporting Gijón 1982–83: 2–1 vs. Real Madrid 1987–88: 1–0 vs. Real Sociedad 1989–90: 2–0 vs. Real Madrid 1996–97: 3–2 vs. Real Betis 1997–98: 1–1 vs. Mallorca (5–4 pen.) 2008–09: 4–1 vs. Athletic Bilbao 2011–12: 3–0 vs. Athletic Bilbao 2014–15: 3–1 vs. Athletic Bilbao 2015–16: 2–0 vs. Sevilla 2016–17: 3–1 vs. Alavés 2017–18: 5–0 vs. Sevilla 2020–21: 4–0 vs. Athletic Bilbao 2024–25: 3–2 vs. Real Madrid
Runners-up (11):
1918–19: 2–5 vs. Getxo 1931–32: 0–1 vs. Athletic Bilbao 1935–36: 1–2 vs. Real Madrid 1953–54: 0–3 vs. Valencia 1973–74: 0–4 vs. Real Madrid 1983–84: 0–1 vs. Athletic Bilbao 1985–86: 0–1 vs. Zaragoza 1995–96: 0–1 vs. Atlético Madrid 2010–11: 0–1 vs. Real Madrid 2013–14: 1–2 vs. Real Madrid 2018–19: 1–2 vs. Valencia
Copa de la Liga:
Winners (2) (record):
1982–83: 4–3 (2–2 / 2–1) vs. Real Madrid 1985–86: 2–1 (1–0 / 2–0) vs. Real Betis
Supercopa de España:
Winners (16) (record):
1983: 3–2 (3–1 / 0–1) vs. Athletic Bilbao 1991: 2–1 (0–1 / 1–1) vs. Atlético Madrid 1992: 5–2 (3–1 / 1–2) vs. Atlético Madrid 1994: 6–5 (0–2 / 4–5) vs. Zaragoza 1996: 6–5 (5–2 / 3–1) vs. Atlético Madrid 2005: 4–2 (0–3 / 1–2) vs. Real Betis 2006: 4–0 (0–1 / 3–0) vs. Espanyol 2009: 5–1 (1–2 / 3–0) vs. Athletic Bilbao 2010: 5–3 (3–1 / 4–0) vs. Sevilla 2011: 5–4 (2–2 / 3–2) vs. Real Madrid 2013: 1–1 (1–1 / 0–0) vs. Atlético Madrid 2016: 5–0 (0–2 / 3–0) vs. Sevilla 2018: 2–1 vs. Sevilla 2023: 3–1 vs. Real Madrid 2025: 5–2 vs. Real Madrid 2026: 3–2 vs. Real Madrid
Runners-up (12):
1985: 2–3 (3–1 / 1–0) vs. Atlético Madrid 1988: 2–3 (2–0 / 2–1) vs. Real Madrid 1990: 1–5 (0–1 / 4–1) vs. Real Madrid 1993: 2–4 (3–1 / 1–1) vs. Real Madrid 1997: 3–5 (2–1 / 4–1) vs. Real Madrid 1998: 1–3 (2–1 / 0–1) vs. Mallorca 1999: 3–5 (1–0 / 3–3) vs. Valencia 2012: 4–4 (3–2 / 2–1) vs. Real Madrid 2015: 1–5 (4–0 / 1–1) vs. Athletic Bilbao 2017: 1–5 (1–3 / 0–2) vs. Real Madrid 2021: 2–3 vs. Athletic Bilbao 2024: 1–4 vs. Real Madrid
Copa Eva Duarte: (the forerunner to the Supercopa de España)
Winners (3) (record):
1948: 1–0 vs. Sevilla 1952: Was given without a play-off match as Barcelona won both the Spanish Cup and La Liga 1953: Was given without a play-off match as Barcelona won both the Spanish Cup and La Liga
Runners-up (2):
1949: 4–7 vs. Valencia 1951: 0–2 vs. Atlético Madrid
European titles (19) UEFA Champions League:
Winners (5):
1991–92: 1–0 vs. Sampdoria
2005–06: 2–1 vs. Arsenal
2008–09: 2–0 vs. Manchester United
2010–11: 3–1 vs. Manchester United
2014–15: 3–1 vs. Juventus
Runners-up (3):
1960–61: 2–3 vs. Benfica
1985–86: 0–0 vs. Steaua București (0–2 on penalties)
1993–94: 0–4 vs. Milan
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
Winners (4) (record):
1978–79: 4–3 vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
1981–82: 2–1 vs. Standard Liège
1988–89: 2–0 vs. Sampdoria
1996–97: 1–0 vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Runners-up (2):
1968–69: 2–3 vs. Slovan Bratislava
1990–91: 1–2 vs. Manchester United
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: (the forerunner to the UEFA Cup)
Winners (3) (record):
1955–58: 8–2 (2–2 / 6–0) vs. London XI
1958–60: 4–1 (0–0 / 4–1) vs. Birmingham City
1965–66: 4–3 (0–1 / 2–4) vs. Zaragoza
Runners-up (1):
1961–62: 3–7 (6–2 / 1–1) vs. Valencia
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-Off:
1971: (2–1) vs. Leeds United
Latin Cup:
Winners (2) (shared record):
1949: 2–1 vs. Sporting CP
1952: 1–0 vs. Nice
UEFA Super Cup:
Winners (5):
1992: 3–2 (1–1 / 2–1) vs. Werder Bremen
1997: 3–1 (2–0 / 1–1) vs. Borussia Dortmund
2009: 1–0 vs. Shakhtar Donetsk
2011: 2–0 vs. Porto
2015: 5–4 vs. Sevilla
Runners-up (4):
1979: 1–2 (1–0 / 1–1) vs. Nottingham Forest
1982: 1–3 (1–0 / 3–0) vs. Aston Villa
1989: 1–2 (1–1 / 1–0) vs. Milan
2006: 0–3 vs. Sevilla
Worldwide titles (3) FIFA Club World Cup:
Winners (3):
2009: 2–1 vs. Estudiantes
2011: 4–0 vs. Santos
2015: 3–0 vs. River Plate
Runners-up (1):
2006: 0–1 vs. Internacional
Intercontinental Cup: (the forerunner to the FIFA Club World Cup)
Runners-up (1):
1992: 1–2 vs. São Paulo
Doubles, Trebles and Sextuple Doubles
La Liga and Copa del Rey doubles (9) (record):
1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1997–98, 2008–09 (as part of treble), 2014–15 (as part of treble), 2015–16, 2017–18, 2024–25 (as part of a domestic treble)
La Liga and UEFA Champions League doubles (5) (shared record):
1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09 (as part of treble), 2010–11 and 2014–15 (as part of treble)
Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup double (1):
1996–97
Copa del Rey and Copa de la Liga double (1):
1982–83
Trebles
La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League trebles (2) (shared record):
2008–09 2014–15
Domestic treble: La Liga, Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España (1) (shared record):
2024–25
Sextuple
La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup sextuple (1) (shared record):
2009
Other titles
Copa de Oro Argentina: (Unofficial event prior to the Copa Eva Duarte)
Winners (1) (record):
1945: 5–4 vs. Athletic Bilbao
Pyrenees Cup:
Winners (4) (record):
1910: 2–1 vs. Real Sociedad
1911: 4–0 vs. Gars Bordeaux FC
1912: 5–3 vs. Stade Bordelais Université Club
1913: 7–2 vs. Comète Simotes Bordeaux
Teresa Herrera Trophy
Winners (5):
1948, 1951, 1972, 1990, 1993
Orange Trophy:
Winners (1):
1961
Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes:
Winners (1): 1957
Historical tournament (Torneo de los “históricos”):
Winners (1) (record):
1948
Joan Gamper Trophy:
Winners (48) (record):
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026
Copa Martini & Rossi: