FC Barcelona

Gamper, the founder, conceived a sports club in Barcelona, with assistance from Catalans and foreigners

FC Barcelona, founded in 1899 by a group of young foreigners living in Barcelona, was the result of the increasing popularity of football, and other British sports, across Europe. These origins have conferred upon the Club its intercultural identity, multi-sport focus and its deeply-rooted allegiance to Barcelona and Catalonia.
The foundation of the Club coincided with a time when people were becoming interested in playing sport in Catalonia; this social context and Catalonia’s idiosyncratic culture led to the creation of a new model of modern leisure.

Joan Gamper, the Club’s founder, was the inspiration and driving force behind the Club’s first 25 years. His commitment to FC Barcelona went far beyond his role as player, director and president.

• 1899 - 1909
• 1909 - 1919
• 1919 - 1930
• 1930 - 1939
• 1940 - 1949
• 1950 - 1961
• 1961 - 1969
• 1969 - 1978
• 1978 - 1988
• 1988 - 1996
• 1996 - 2008
• 2008 - 2011

Football honours

The grandeur of Futbol Club Barcelona is explained, among many other factors, by its impressive honours list. Very few clubs anywhere in the world have won so many titles. The Intercontinental Cup is the only major football trophy that has never made its way into the club museum, where the club's greatest pride and joy remain the four Champions League titles won in Wembley (1992, 2011), Paris (2006), Rome (2009) and the FIFA Club World Cup (2009, 2011)