Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, founded in 1899, playing home matches at Camp Nou in blue-and-garnet striped shirts under the motto "Mes que un club" (More than a club), reflecting its deep identification with Catalan culture and identity. The club has won numerous La Liga titles and UEFA Champions League trophies, developed through its acclaimed La Masia youth academy which produced players including Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Pep Guardiola, and is renowned for pioneering the possession-based "tiki-taka" style of play during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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What does FC Barcelona's motto Mes que un club mean?
Mes que un club means More than a club, reflecting Barcelona's deep identification with Catalan culture and identity.
FC Barcelona, founded in 1899 in Barcelona, Catalonia, plays under the motto Mes que un club, meaning More than a club, reflecting its deep identification with Catalan culture and identity. The club plays home matches at Camp Nou in blue and garnet striped shirts and developed through its acclaimed La Masia youth academy, which produced players including Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Pep Guardiola.
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Spent his entire career at Barcelona (2004-2021), the club that defines his identity as a player.
El Clasico, the historic rivalry between Spain's two most successful football clubs.
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Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona.
1899-1922: Beginnings section
On 22 October 1899, Swiss Hans Gamper placed an advertisement in Los Deportes declaring his wish to form a football club; a positive response resulted in a meeting at the Gimnasio Solé on 29 November. Eleven players attended - Walter Wild (the first president of the club), Luis de Ossó, Bartomeu Terradas, Otto Kunzle, Otto Maier, Enric Ducal, Pere Cabot, Carles Pujol, Josep Llobet, John Parsons, and William Parsons - and formed Foot-Ball Club Barcelona.
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Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fudˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsəˈlonə] ), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça ([ˈbaɾsə]), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto Més que un club ("More than a club").
Competed In: UEFA Champions League, Lead or history section
In international club football, Barça has won 22 European and worldwide titles: five UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, five UEFA Super Cups, a joint record two Latin Cups and three FIFA Club World Cups.
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