FC Barcelona
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| Full name | Fútbol Club Barcelona | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Barça (team) L'equip blaugrana (team) Culers or Culés (supporters) Blaugranes (supporters) |
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| Founded | November 29, 1899 (as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona) |
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| Ground | Camp Nou, Barcelona (Capacity: 98,772) |
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| Chairman |  Joan Laporta |
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| Manager | Josep Guardiola |
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| League | La Liga | |||
| 2008–09 | La Liga, 1st | |||
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Fútbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə], Spanish: [ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona]), also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça (Catalan: [ˈbaɾsə], Spanish: [ˈbaɾsa]), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is best known for its football team, which was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). The official Barça's anthem is El Cant del Barça by Josep Maria Espinàs.
FC Barcelona is one of the only three clubs that have never been relegated from La Liga and the second most successful club in Spanish football after Real Madrid, having won nineteen La Liga titles, a record twenty-five Spanish Cups, seven Spanish Super Cups and two League Cups. They are also one of the most successful clubs in European football having won ten official major European trophies in total.[1] They have won three UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups and two UEFA Super Cups. They also have a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. In 2009, Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League.
The club's stadium is the Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity of 98,772 seats. Barcelona enjoys a high rate of popularity; about 25.7% of Spanish population support the club,[2] while according to a recent survey Barcelona is the most popular football club in Europe with around 44.2 million fans.[3] With 156,366 socis (members) in June 2007, the Catalan club is also placed among the top football clubs in the world with the most registered members, and the number of penyes, the officially-registered supporter clubs, reached the number of 1,782 worldwide in June 2006. The fans of FC Barcelona are known as culés. The club shares a great rivalry with Real Madrid and contest in one of the most famous football matches worldwide, known as El Clásico.
During the 2007–08 season, FC Barcelona was the third richest club in the world with a revenue of €308.8 million. It was also one of the founding members of the now-defunct G-14 group of the leading European football clubs and its modern replacement, the European Club Association. The club also operates a reserve team, FC Barcelona Atlètic, while there was a youth team until 2007, FC Barcelona C.
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[edit] History
[edit] Recent season
After the disappointment of the Gaspart era, the combination of a new young president Joan Laporta and a young new manager, former Dutch and Milan star Frank Rijkaard, saw the club bounce back. On the field, an influx of international players, including Ronaldinho, Deco, Henrik Larsson, Ludovic Giuly, Samuel Eto'o, and Rafael Márquez, combined with a nucleus of home grown and Spanish players, such as Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi, and Víctor Valdés led to the club's return to success.
Barça won La Liga and the Supercopa de España in 2004–05, and stars Ronaldinho and Eto'o were voted first and third in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards.
In the 2005–06 season, Barcelona repeated their league and Supercup successes. The pinnacle of the league season arrived at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in a 3–0 victory over Real Madrid, Frank Rijkaard's second victory at the Bernabéu, making him the first Barça manager to win there twice. Ronaldinho's performance was so impressive that after his second, and Barça's third goal the Real Madrid fans felt compelled to applaud him. In the Champions' League, Barça beat English club Arsenal 2–1 in the final. Trailing 1–0 to a 10-man Arsenal and with less than 15 minutes left they came back to win 2–1, with substitute Henrik Larsson, in his final appearance for the club, setting up goals for Samuel Eto'o and fellow substitute Juliano Belletti, for the club's first European Cup victory in 14 years.
Despite being the favourites and starting strongly, Barcelona finished the 2006–07 season trophyless. A pre-season US tour was later blamed for a string of injuries to key players, including leading scorer Eto'o and rising star Lionel Messi. There was open feuding as Eto'o publicly criticized coach Frank Rijkaard and Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho also admitted that lack of fitness affected his form.[4][dead link] In La Liga, Barça were in first place for much of the season, but inconsistency in the New Year saw Real Madrid overtake them to become champions. Barça advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, winning the first leg against Getafe 5–2, with a goal from Messi, bringing comparison to Diego Maradona, but then lost the second leg 4–0. They took part in the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup, but were beaten by a late goal in the final against Brazilian sides Internacional. In the Champions League, Barça were knocked out of the competition in the last 16 by eventual runners-up Liverpool on away goals.
Barcelona finished 2007–08 season third in La Liga and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League and Copa del Rey, both times losing to the eventual champions: Manchester United and Valencia, respectively. A day after a 4–1 defeat by Real Madrid, Joan Laporta announced that Barça B coach Josep Guardiola would take over Frank Rijkaard's duties after June 30.[5]
[edit] The Treble (2008–)
In the pre-season of 2008–09, a motion of no confidence was raised against club president Joan Laporta. The no-confidence motion received 60% support, just short of the 66% required to oust him, prompting eight of the directors to resign. In a bid to win back approval, Laporta, together with Director of Football Txiki Begiristain, decided to appoint the legendary former midfielder Josep Guardiola as the club's new manager.
Laporta also made major changes to the playing staff, selling Gianluca Zambrotta, Deco, Edmílson and Ronaldinho. Nearly €90 million was spent rebuilding the squad, with Begiristain and Laporta purchasing Seydou Keita, Gerard Piqué, Martín Cáceres, Dani Alves, and Aliaksandr Hleb. Despite this, the club retained its home-grown nucleus of players, such as captain Carles Puyol, Xavi, Víctor Valdés and Andrés Iniesta.
Barça set the record for the most points obtained in the first half of a La Liga season (50) after winning 16, drawing 2 and losing just 1 of their first 19 league games. The club also reached the Copa del Rey final for the first time since 1998 after defeating Mallorca in the semi-finals. Six days later, on 23 January, the International organisation IFFHS ranked Barça first in their list of the greatest football clubs of the last 18 years. The All-time Club World Ranking was determined by taking into account all the results of the national championships, the national cup competitions, the club competitions of the six continental confederations and the FIFA.
For the second time of the season, Barça played Real Madrid in El Clásico, this time at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Barça won the historic match 2–6, which amounted to the most goals ever scored in El Clásico by Barcelona and the biggest margin of victory for Barça since the 1970s, when Johan Cruyff led Barça to win 0–5. On 6 May 2009, immediately after the historic victory over their biggest rivals, Barcelona played against Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals. Following a scoreless first leg, Chelsea led the game at Stamford Bridge 1–0 from the 8th minute, until injury time, when Andrés Iniesta scored an equaliser in the 93rd minute from the edge of the penalty area, sending Barcelona through to the final on away goals.
On 13 May, Barça beat Athletic Bilbao 4–1 at the Mestalla to win the Copa del Rey for a record 25th time. Just days later, as Real Madrid lost to Villarreal, the domestic double was confirmed for Barcelona and the club was crowned La Liga champions for the 2008–09 season.
With a largely homegrown squad in which seven players of the starting 11 were products of their youth system (Víctor Valdés, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Sergi Busquets and Lionel Messi), inspired from Guardiola's philosophy of attacking possession football, Barça defeated the defending champions Manchester United 2–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009, to earn their third UEFA Champions League title and achieve The Treble, having already won the La Liga and Copa del Rey in the same season.[6][7] This was the first time a Spanish team had won the three competitions in the same season.[8]
[edit] Rivalries
[edit] El Clásico
There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is particularly the case in La Liga, where the game between Barça and Real Madrid is known as El Clásico. From the start, the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival regions in Spain: Catalonia and Castile, as well as of the two cities themselves. The rivalry projects what many regard as the political and other tensions felt between Catalans and the Castilians.
During the dictatorships of Primo de Rivera and (especially) of Francisco Franco (1939–1975), all regional cultures were openly suppressed (e.g., all the languages spoken in Spanish territory, except Spanish itself were officially banned). Symbolising Catalan people's desire for freedom, Barça became more than a club (Més que un Club) for it and one of its greatest ambassadors. According to Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Catalans' best way of demonstrating their identity was by joining Barça. It was less risky than joining a clandestine anti-Franco movement and allowed them to express their dissidence.
On the contrary, Real Madrid was widely seen as the embodiment of the sovereign oppressive centralism and the fascist regime at management level and beyond (Santiago Bernabeu, the former club president for whom the Merengues' stadium is named, fought with los nacionales).[9][10] However, during the Spanish Civil War, members of both clubs like Josep Sunyol and Rafael Sánchez Guerra suffered at the hands of Franco supporters.
During the 1950s, the rivalry was exacerbated significantly when the clubs disputed the signing of Alfredo di Stéfano, who finally played for Real Madrid and was key in the subsequent success achieved by the club. The 1960s saw the rivalry reach the European stage when they met twice at the knock-out stages of the European Cup.
Nowadays, the rivalry is renewed on an almost annual basis, with both teams often challenging each other for the league championship. The latest Clásico was played in the Santiago Bernabéu on 2 May 2009 and ended with an impressive 2–6 win for Barça, with two goals each from Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi, as well as goals from Carles Puyol and Gerard Piqué.
[edit] El Derbi Barceloní
Barça's "internal" rival has always been Espanyol. Blanc-i-blaus, being one of the clubs granted royal patronage, were founded exclusively by Spanish football fans, unlike the multinational nature of Barça's primary board, being founded by the Swiss Joan Gamper and counting on its beginnings, with an squad composed mostly by English players. Their original ground was in the well-off district of Sarrià.
Traditionally, especially during the Franco regime, Espanyol was seen by the vast majority of Barcelona's citizens as a club which cultivated a kind of compliance to the central authority, in stark contrast to Barça's revolutionary spirit.[11] Despite this background, the derbi has always been much more relevant to Espanyol supporters than Barcelona ones due to the difference in objectives. In recent years, the rivalry has become less political, as Espanyol translated its official name and anthem from Spanish to Catalan.
Although it is the most played local derby in the history of La Liga, it is also the least balanced of them all, with Barcelona being overwhelmingly dominating. In the league table, Espanyol have only managed to end above Barça on three occasions in almost 70 years and even the only all-Catalan Copa del Rey Final in 1957 was won by Barça. Espanyol only has the consolation of achieving the largest margin win with a 6–0 in 1951. The latest Derbi Barceloní ended in a 2–1 win for Espanyol — incidentally this was the first time in the history of La Liga that a side bottom of the standings had beaten a team at the top of the league.[citation needed]
[edit] Sponsorship
Barça has an attitude to shirt sponsorship that is historically noteworthy. It has continuously refused to advertise corporate sponsors on the shirt since its founding. On 14 July 2006, the club announced a five year agreement with UNICEF, which includes having the UNICEF logo on their shirts. The agreement will see Barça donating US$1.9 million per year to UNICEF (0.7 per cent of its ordinary income, equal to the UN International Aid Target, cf. ODA) via the FC Barcelona Foundation, and rejecting significant money offers to be the first shirt sponsor of the football team.
The club has done this in order to set up international cooperation programmes for development, supports the UN Millennium Development Goals and has made a commitment to UNICEF’s humanitarian aid programs through the donation of one and a half million euro for the next five years.
Companies that Barça currently has sponsorship deals with include:[12]
- Nike - Official sponsors
- Coca-Cola - Official sponsors
- TV3 - Official sponsors
- Audi - Official sponsors
- Estrella Damm - Official sponsors
- La Caixa - Official sponsors
- bwin - Official Betting Partner
- Acer - Official provider
- MediaPro - Official provider
- NH Hoteles - Official provider
- Vueling - Official provider
- Babybel - Official provider
[edit] Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
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| 1982–1992 | Meyba | None |
| 1992–1998 | Kappa | |
| 1998-2006 | Nike | |
| 2006-Present | UNICEF |
[edit] Stadium
- Other Facilities:
- Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper (FC Barcelona's training ground)
- La Masia (Residence of young players)
- Mini Estadi
- Palau Blaugrana (FC Barcelona indoor sports arena)
- Palau Blaugrana 2 (Secondary indoor arena of FC Barcelona)
- Palau de Gel
[edit] Honours
[edit] Domestic competitions
Copa del Rey (record)
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- Winners (25): 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2009
Copa de la Liga (record)
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- Winners (7): 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006
Copa Eva Duarte (record)
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- Winners (4): 1945, 1948, 1952, 1953
[edit] Major international competitions
European Cup/UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (record)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the forerunner to the UEFA Cup) (record)
[edit] Other national or international trophies
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-Off
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- Winners (1): 1971
Latin Cup (record)
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- Winners (2): 1949, 1952
Campionat de Catalunya (record)
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- Copa Macaya (1) : 1902
- Copa Barcelona (1) : 1903
- Campionat de Catalunya (21) : 1905, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938
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- Winners (1) : 1938
Catalan Cup (record)
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- Winners (6) : 1991, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007
Joan Gamper Cup (record)
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- Winners (33) : 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977,1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
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- Winners (1): 1957
[edit] Statistics and records
Migueli presently holds both records for number of total and Liga appearances for Barcelona with a total of 548 games played in total, and 391 in La Liga. Most recently, Xavi, vice-captain of the club, reached 474 games for the club.
Barcelona's all time top goalscorer in official competitions is César Rodríguez,[14] a Spaniard, who has scored 235 goals. Ladislao Kubala is in second place with 196 goals for the club. The highest scoring present squad member is Samuel Eto'o who has scored 130 goals.
On 2 February 2009, Barcelona reached a total of 5000 La Liga goals. The goal was converted by Lionel Messi in the game against Racing Santander, which Barça won 1–2.
[edit] Recent seasons
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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup[15] Europe Other Competitions Top scorer Manager 2003–04 1D 2 38 21 9 8 63 39 72 Quarter-final UC Fourth round Ronaldinho 22 
Frank Rijkaard2004–05 1D 1 38 25 9 4 73 29 84 Second round UCL Last 16 Eto'o 29 Frank Rijkaard2005–06 1D 1 38 25 7 6 80 35 82 Quarter-Final UCL Winner SSC Eto'o 34 Frank Rijkaard2006–07 1D 2 38 22 10 6 78 33 76 Semi-final UCL Last 16 SSC ESC CWC Ronaldinho 24 Frank Rijkaard2007–08 1D 3 38 19 10 9 76 43 67 Semi-final UCL Semi-final Henry 19 Frank Rijkaard2008–09 1D 1 38 27 6 5 105 35 87 Winner UCL Winner Messi 38 Josep Guardiola2009–10 1D UCL SSC ESC CWC Josep Guardiola
Last updated: 30 May 2009
Div. = Division; D1 = First Division; Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points
UCL = UEFA Champions League; UC = UEFA Cup; ESC = UEFA Super Cup; SSC = Supercopa de España; CWC = FIFA Club World Cup; Cup = Copa del Rey
Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up; Cyan = ongoing
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Spanish teams are limited to three players without EU citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.
- As of 2 July 2009.[16]
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Personnel
[edit] Current Technical Staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Josep Guardiola |
| Assistant Coach | Tito Vilanova |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Juan Carlos Unzué |
| Physical fitness coach | Lorenzo Buenaventura |
| Director of Football | Txiki Begiristain |
| Academy Director | José Ramón Alexanko |
| Head Coach Reserve Team | Luis Enrique |
[edit] Current Board of Directors
| Office | Name |
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| President | Joan Laporta |
| Vice-president, head of social area and spokesperson | Alfons Godall |
| Vice president for marketing and media | Jaume Ferrer |
| Vice president for finance and treasurer | Joan Boix |
| Vice president institutional and assets administration | Joan Franquesa |
| Vice president for sports | Rafael Yuste |
| Secretary | Josep Cubells |
[edit] Former presidents
see also Cat:FC Barcelona presidents
Below is the official presidential history of Barcelona, from when Walter Wild took over at the club in 1899, until the present day.[17]
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[edit] Notable managers
See also List of FC Barcelona managers
The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge or have been notable for Barça in the context of the League, for example Johan Cruyff who holds a League record.
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1941–44 |
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1944–47 |
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1947–50 |
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 Ferdinand Daučík |
1950–54 |
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1956–58 |
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1963 |
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| Roque Olsen |
1965–67 |
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| Salvador Artigas |
1967–69 |
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| Vic Buckingham |
1969–71 |
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1971–75, 1976–78 |
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1979–80 |
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1981–83 |
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| César Luis Menotti |
1983–84 |
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| Terry Venables |
1984–87 |
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| Luis Aragonés |
1987–88 |
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| Johan Cruyff |
1988–96 |
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[edit] World Cup winners
Two players have won the World Cup whilst at FC Barcelona:
[edit] European Championship winners
Six players have won the European Championship whilst at FC Barcelona, all with Spain:
- Jesús María Pereda (Spain 1964)
- Josep Fusté (Spain 1964)
- Pedro Zaballa (Spain 1964)
- Andrés Iniesta (Euro 2008)
- Carles Puyol (Euro 2008)
- Xavi Hernández (Euro 2008)
[edit] Other sports
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet
- FC Barcelona Futsal
- FC Barcelona Handbol
- FC Barcelona Ice Hockey
- FC Barcelona Hoquei
- FC Barcelona Rugby
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football (2003), Phil Ball.
- Barça: A People’s Passion (1998), Jimmy Burns.
[edit] References
- ^ "Márquez backs Blaugrana to finish the job". UEFA. 2009-05-06. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=825917.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index. Retrieved on 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Barómetro de mayo". Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 2007-05. http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2700_2719/2705/Es2705mar_A.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ "Survey: Barcelona is most popular club; England dethrone Spain". The Earth Times. 2009-02-11. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255305,survey-barcelona-is-most-popular-club-england-dethrone-spain.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ "Article not found". Allheadlinenews.com. July 12, 2008. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007688383. Retrieved on 2008-07-12.
- ^ "Rijkaard until 30th June; Guardiola to take over". FC Barcelona. 2008-05-08. http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/destacades/n080508104104.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-08.
- ^ "One title closer to the treble". ESPN. 2009-05-14. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=646187&sec=europe&root=europe&&cc=5739. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Barcelona 2–0 Man Utd". BBC Sport. 2009-05-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8060878.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Pep Guardiola’s love affair with Barça continues". thesportreview.com. 2009-05-19. http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2009/05/pep-guardiola-barcelona/. Retrieved on 2009-05-31.
- ^ Abend, Lisa (2007-12-20). "Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: More Than a Game". Time. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1697027,00.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (2001-03-26). "Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football by Phil Ball (London: WSC Books, 2001)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/mar/26/newsstory.sport13. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ^ Missiroli, Antonio (2002-03). "European football cultures and their integration: the'short' Twentieth Century". Iss.Europa.eu. http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=18&no_cache=1&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=41&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=697&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=232&tx_ttnews%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=2becc765c6. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Official Sponsors". FC Barcelona. 2007. http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/empresa/club_empresa/patrocini.html. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
- ^ "El Barça estudia pedir que le reconozcan el título de Liga de 1937". as.com. 2009-04-01. http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/barca-estudia-pedir-le-reconozcan/dasftb/20090401dasdasftb_34/Tes. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
- ^ "Eto’o joint third top scorer". FC Barcelona. 2009. http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada08-09/05/n090530105315.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Spain - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spancuphist.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Players". FCBarcelona.cat. http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_09-10/plantilla/plantilla.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
- ^ "Presidents Presidents". 2009-01-24. http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/club/historia/presidents.html.
- ^ Managing Commission
- ^ Interim administrative committee
- ^ Interim administrative committee
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