Facts about FC Barcelona you would want to know

The legendary football club Barcelona was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers. Commonly known as Barcelona and more familiarly Barca is a professional football club based in Catalonia in Spain. We at Golden Goals place through this blog place before you some interesting facts about this historic football club you would love to know.

It is one of the richest football clubs in the world now

One very interesting thing to note about FC Barcelona is that unlike other professional football clubs, it is that the supporters own and operate the club. It happens to be the second highest valuable Sports team in the world. It is worth $ 3.6 billion and the second highest richest football club in the entire globe. This is in terms of an annual turnover of a whopping €560.8 million.

Some basic track records of the club

Domestically, Barcelona has won 24 La Liga championships It has also won 29 Copa del Rey, 12Supercopa de España and 3 Copa Eva Duarte. Apart from this it has also won 2 Copa de la Ligatrophies. Not only domestically but the club has a phenomenal international football record as well.

On the international scene, Barca has won 20 European and World titles. These include 4 UEFA Champions League titles. It also includes 1 European Cup. It has a record 4 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club also  a shared record 5 UEFA Super Cup. It has a record of 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a record 3 FIFA Club World Cup.

The club was ranked first in the IFFHS Club World Ranking for 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015.  

Arch rivals are Real Madrid

Real Madrid is the other most renowned football club which is its arch rivals. However in spite of its rivalry with Real Madrid, the club one of the most supported teams worldwide. It has one of the largest social media following in the world among st sports teams.

The Players who represent the football club

The club has always attracted the very top players of the world. At present there is Lionel Messi who has a long term relationship with the club. Apart they also have the top world cup players which includes Pique, Iniesta, Suarez, Neymar just to name a few. All of them have an incredible record with this club.

Lionel Messi and Barcelona a long and close relationship

Out of all the football stars that have played for this legendary football club, Lionel Messi has been there for a long time. This Argentine super star who also wears the coveted No. 10 jersey has had a phenomenal record with the club. Having scored over 500 goals it has really been an amazing run and an indeed enviable record which is difficult to match. The Argentine superstar had 37 ha tricks with the club.

In conclusion we can say that Barcelona is one of the greatest football clubs of all time.