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You can visit the fantastic city of Barcelona, if you want to have wonderful football vacation in Europe. The fabulous capital of Catalonia certainly is one of the top venues to enjoy football in Europe. Located on the mouths of Llobregat & Besòs Rivers on the Mediterranean coast, Barcelona surely is a perfect destination for football.
Football is the first passion for the Catalan People. Probably that was the reason that FIFA chose Barcelona as venue for several matches of the 1982 Football World Cup. The magnificent city is widely known for FC Barcelona or Futbol Club Barcelona, which is one of the major sports clubs of Europe.
The Club is best known for its Football team, but the club also has teams for rugby, wheelchair basketball, ice hockey, athletics, baseball, cycling, field hockey, figure skating, and volleyball. Some of the Club’s other known teams include FC Barcelona B (Football), FC Barcelona Women’s Football, FCB Rugby, FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman, AXA FC Barcelona (Basketball), FC Barcelona Handball, FC Barcelona Futsal, and FC Barcelona Sorli Discau (Rink Hockey).
Founded by Joan Gamper with the support of a group of Swiss, English, and Catalan men in 1899, the Club is popularly known as Barca. The club has progressed brilliantly to virtually become the major sports institution of Catalonia. The Club’s motto is “Més que un club,” that literally means ‘More than a club’.
In 1928, the Club teamed up with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao to set up La Liga, and it became the first La Liga champion. The club has shown brilliant progress in Football, and has a great contribution to the Spanish and the European Football. The club has 18 La Liga, 24 Copa del Rey, 7 Supercopa de España, 32 Joan Gamper Trophy, 2 UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and 2 European Super Cup titles under its name to date.
The Club’s football squad has one of the world’s finest football players. Its football squad in 2007 included Víctor Valdés (vice-captain), Gabriel Milito, Rafael Márquez, Carles Puyol (captain), Xavi Hernández (vice-captain), Eiður Guðjohnsen, Andrés Iniesta, Samuel Eto’o, Ronaldinho (vice-captain), Gianluca Zambrotta, Thierry Henry, Edmílson, Sylvinho, Giovani dos Santos, Santiago Ezquerro, Lionel Messi, Deco, Lilian Thuram, Éric Abidal, Oleguer Presas, Yaya Touré, Albert Jorquera, Marc Crosas, Bojan Krki, and Oier Olazábal.
The Club’s home ground is Camp Nou Stadium, which is officially known as Estadi del FC Barcelona. The stadium has the capacity of 98,772, which makes it one of the biggest stadiums in the Europe. The club has marvelous fan following. It has fans all over the world. Its fans are called culers or culés “oder boixis nois”.
Having sponsorship deals with Nike, Coca-Cola, TV3, Audi, Telefonica, Estrella Damm, La Caixa, bwin, and MediaPro, FC Barcelona is one of the leading sports clubs in the world. It became the 2nd wealthiest sports club in the world during the 2006-07 season, having estimated revenue of €290.1 million.
By: James Burrows
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