Profil Barcelona Football Club

FC Barcelona - also known as Barça, is a sports club in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain which has clubs in several sports, but most popular is football.

Founded in 1899 by 12 men under the leadership of Joan Gasper, its motto is "Barca is not just a club" (El Barça, és mes que un club). The main stadium at Camp Nou, Barcelona.

The club entered into participants Primera División (First Division) since 1928, and together Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao into a team that never relegated to the Segunda División (Division Two). The club is also a club that won the Spanish league first. By offering 20 Spanish League titles, 25 Copa del Rey titles, seven Spanish Super Cups, 3 European Champions League titles, 4 UEFA Cup titles, two European Super Cup, Barcelona became one of the most successful team in Spain, Europe, and the world.

Together with its rivals Real Madrid, they are two Spanish soccer club most famous in the world. Barca fans are also often called Cules.

Always refused to put Barça known sponsor logo on his football uniform for Barca regarded as a symbol of Catalonia, and all sorts of offers of sponsorship "is disturbing" will be rejected. Even so, the basketball team allowed Barca sponsor logo on his uniform.

On 7 September 2006, the club announced a five-year agreement with UNICEF to allow UNICEF logo to be placed on the shirt. Barcelona then will donate 0.7% of total revenues per year to UNICEF over the next five years.

Barcelona is the only club in Europe that the president elected by the holders of season tickets (the most pure support), nor by the board of directors and not the holders of capital. Club president candidate debate on television, campaigning presidential election proposed program as a state. Manuel Vazquez Montalban, a famous writer from Spain says, Barcelona as the ultimate weapon for a nation without a state. Because the mission is considered sacred by the people of Catalonia's and Barcelona always keep the purity of purpose of the club. They do not want to be likened to another club, and would not submit to the commercial values​​. That's why until now Barcelona are the only club that does not allow costumes advertise.