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FC Barcelona is a leading Spanish soccer club. FC stands for football club. Soccer is called football in Spain and many other countries. The club competes in La Liga, Spain’s highest soccer league. FC Barcelona plays its home games in Camp Nou stadium. The club is known for its passionate fans and has become a symbol for the region of Catalonia, which has its own language and culture. Barcelona is the capital of the region.
FC Barcelona has won numerous domestic trophies. In international competition, it won the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League in 1992, 2006, 2009, and 2011; the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1979, 1982, 1989, and 1997; the Fairs Cup in 1958, 1960, and 1966; and the UEFA Super Cup in 1992, 1997, 2009, and 2011. In winning the UEFA Champions League in 2009, FC Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win that trophy and the La Liga title and the domestic Copa del Rey (King's Cup) in the same year. Barcelona also won the Club World Cup in 2009 and 2011.
Many international soccer stars have played for FC Barcelona. They have included Johan Cruyff of the Netherlands, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi of Argentina, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho of Brazil, Hristo Stoichkov of Bulgaria, Luis Suårez and Andrés Iniesta of Spain, and Sandor Kocsis of Hungary. The club was established in 1899.
Roster - 2015
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