Futbol Club Barcelona is a Spanish professional football club based in Barcelona. The club first participated in a European competition in 1910, and from 1955 onwards spent every season in one or more European competitions. The first international cup they took part in was the Pyrenees Cup. The competition lasted from 1910 to 1914 and Barcelona won four out of five editions. From 1914 to the beginning of the Latin Cup in 1949, Barcelona did not participate in any international competitions. 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 tournament records. They also took part in the Latin Cup twice as champions of Spain, winning on both occasions, a record shared with Real Madrid and Milan. Though they did not manage to win the premier European Cup, now the UEFA Champions League, during the early decades of the competition, they have since won the trophy five times, with their first triumph in 1992.
Barcelona is second in the ranking of Europe's most successful clubs in terms of number of official international trophies won, behind Real Madrid. With the 2015 UEFA Super Cup victory in Tbilisi against Sevilla and the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup victory in Yokohama against River Plate, the Catalans raised their trophy haul to 22 international titles. In the tables, "(H)" denotes home ground, "(A)" denotes away ground and "(N)" symbolises neutral ground. The first score is always Barcelona's.
Overall record Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference. Barcelona has won 22 international trophies, placing second in the all-time ranking after Real Madrid (35). CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin% /
Historical progression by competition Intercontinental Cup Edition Final 1992 São PauloClub World Cup Edition Semi-finals Final / 3rd pos. 2006 América Internacional 2009 Atlante Estudiantes 2011 Al Sadd Santos 2015 Evergrande River PlateSuper Cup Edition Final 1979 Forest 1982 Villa 1989 Milan 1992 W. Bremen 1997 Dortmund 2006 Sevilla 2009 Shakhtar 2011 Porto 2015 SevillaEuropean Cup / Champions League Season Preliminary stages Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1959–60 CSKA Sofia Milan Wolverhampton R. Madrid 1960–61 Lierse R. Madrid Hradec Králové Hamburg Benfica 1974–75 VÖEST Linz Feyenoord Åtvidaberg Leeds 1985–86 Sparta Prague Porto Juventus Göteborg Steaua 1991–92 Hansa 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sparta Prague Not played Sampdoria 1992–93 Viking CSKA Moscow 1993–94 Dynamo Kyiv Austria Wien Spartak Moscow Porto Milan 1994–95 Man. United PSG 1997–98 Skonto Dynamo Kyiv 1998–99 Man. United 1999–2000 Arsenal Sparta Prague Chelsea Valencia 2000–01 Leeds 2001–02 Wisła Lyon Roma Panathinaikos R. Madrid 2002–03 Legia Club Brugge Newcastle Juventus 2004–05 Shakhtar Chelsea 2005–06 Udinese Chelsea Benfica Milan Arsenal 2006–07 W. Bremen Liverpool 2007–08 Rangers Celtic Schalke Man. United 2008–09 Wisła Shakhtar Lyon Bayern Chelsea Man. United 2009–10 Rubin Stuttgart Arsenal Inter Milan 2010–11 Rubin Arsenal Shakhtar R. Madrid Man. United 2011–12 Viktoria Plzeň Leverkusen Milan Chelsea 2012–13 Benfica Milan PSG Bayern 2013–14 Ajax Man. City Atlético 2014–15 Ajax Man. City PSG Bayern Juventus 2015–16 Leverkusen Arsenal Atlético 2016–17 Borussia M. PSG Juventus 2017–18 Sporting CP Chelsea Roma 2018–19 Inter Milan Lyon Man. United Liverpool 2019–20 Inter Milan Napoli Bayern 2020–21 Dynamo Kyiv PSG 2021–22 Benfica 2022–23 Inter Milan 2023–24 Shakhtar Napoli PSG 2024–25 Dinamo Zagreb Benfica Dortmund Inter Milan 2025–26 Marseille Newcastle AtléticoCup Winners' Cup Season Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1963–64 Shelbourne Hamburg 1968–69 Lugano Bye Lyn Oslo Köln Slovan B. 1971–72 Distillery Steaua 1978–79 Shakhtar Anderlecht Ipswich Beveren Fortuna 1979–80 ÍA Aris Valencia 1981–82 Botev Dukla Lokomotive Tottenham Standard 1982–83 Apollon Red Star Belgrade Austria Wien 1983–84 Magdeburg NEC Man. United 1984–85 Metz 1988–89 Fram Lech AGF CSKA Sofia Sampdoria 1989–90 Legia Anderlecht 1990–91 Trabzonspor Fram Dynamo Kyiv Juventus Man. United 1996–97 AEK Larnaca Red Star Belgrade AIK Fiorentina PSGFairs Cup Season Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final / Trophy Playoff 1955–58 Stævnet Birmingham London XI 1958–60 Basel XI Inter Milan Belgrade XI Birmingham 1960–61 Zagreb XI Hibernian 1961–62 West Berlin XI Dinamo Zagreb Wednesday Red Star Belgrade Valencia 1962–63 Belenenses Red Star Belgrade 1964–65 Fiorentina Celtic Strasbourg 1965–66 Utrecht Antwerp Hannover Espanyol Chelsea Zaragoza 1966–67 Dundee U. 1967–68 Zürich 1969–70 B 1913 Győr Inter Milan 1970–71 Katowice Juventus Trophy Play-Off LeedsUEFA Cup / Europa League Season Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1972–73 Porto 1973–74 Nice 1975–76 PAOK Lazio Vasas Levski Sofia Liverpool 1976–77 Belenenses Lokeren Öster Athletic Bilbao 1977–78 Steaua AZ Ipswich Villa PSV 1980–81 Sliema Köln 1986–87 Flamurtari Sporting CP Uerdingen Dundee United 1987–88 Belenenses Dynamo Moscow Flamurtari Leverkusen 1995–96 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vitória Guimarães Sevilla PSV Bayern 2000–01 Club Brugge AEK Athens Celta Liverpool 2003–04 Púchov Panionios Brøndby Celtic 2021–22 Napoli Galatasaray Eintracht Frankfurt 2022–23 Man. United
Pyrenees Cup
Barcelona began to play friendly games against teams from the neighbouring regions in France in 1904. Club president Arthur Witty organised the club's first trip abroad, which resulted in their first game against a non-Spanish team. On 1 May 1904, Barcelona defeated the French team Stade Olympien des Étudiants Toulousains.
By 1910, the international friendlies evolved into the Pyrenees Cup, a competition featuring teams from Languedoc, Le Midi, Aquitaine, Catalonia, and the Basque Country. At that time it was considered the finest competition open for participation. Five editions were played in total, with FC Barcelona winning four consecutive trophies from 1910 to 1913. YearOpposing teamScoreCity1910 Real Sociedad2–1Sète, France1911 Gars de Bordeaux4–2Toulouse, France1912 Stade Bordelais UC5–3Toulouse, France1913 Comète Simot7–2Barcelona, Spain
Latin Cup In 1949, the football federations of Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal, came together and launched their own club competition, the Latin Cup, which was staged at the end of every season in a single host country. The competition featured two semi-finals, a third place play-off and a final. As La Liga champions in 1949, Barça represented Spain in the inaugural competition. They beat Reims 5–0 in their semi-final at Les Corts, before beating Sporting CP 2–1 in the final at the Estadio Chamartín. Barça also played in and won the 1952 competition in Paris, beating Juventus 4–2 in the semi-final and then Nice 1–0 in the final. After the introduction of the European Cup, the Latin Cup was gradually discontinued and nowadays, while it is not considered an official tournament by UEFA, it is recognized by FIFA. YearRoundOpposing team Score1949Semi-final Reims5–0 (H) Final Sporting CP 2–1 (N)1952Semi-final Juventus4–2 (N) Final Nice 1–0 (N)
European Cup / Champions League
The European Cup was inaugurated in 1955, with Barcelona's arch-rivals Real Madrid winning the first five editions. 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. In 1992, Johan Cruyff's Dream Team won their first European Cup with a 1–0 win against Sampdoria. Since then, Barcelona has won the competition four additional times, in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015, and has established itself as one of the strongest sides in European competition, when measured in UEFA coefficients.