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HISTORY OF FC BARCELONA
On November 29, 1899, Hans Gamper founded Futbol Club Barcelona, along with eleven other enthusiasts of 'foot-ball', a game that was still largely unknown in this part of the world. Over more than one hundred years of history, FC Barcelona has grown spectacularly in every area and has progressed into something much greater than a mere sports club, turning Barça’s ‘more tha
n a club’ slogan into a reality. Barça has become, for millions of people all around the world, a symbol of their identity, and not just in a sporting sense, but also in terms of society, politics and culture. Throughout the most difficult of times, Barça was the standard that represented Catalonia and the Catalan people's desire for freedom, a symbolism that has continued to be closely linked to the idiosyncrasy of the Club and its members to this day. Within the context of Spain, Barça is seen as an open and democratic club. And all around the world, Barça is identified with caring causes, and most especially children through its sponsorship agreement with Unicef. For a whole century, FC Barcelona has passed through moments of glory and pain, periods of brilliance and other less successful ones, epic victories and humbling defeats. But all these different moments have helped define the personality of a Club that, due to its peculiar nature, is considered unique in the world. With over one hundred years of history, there have naturally been many different periods, both in a social and a sporting sense. In the early years (1899-1922) , from the foundation of the club to the construction of Les Corts stadium, Barça was a club that had to distinguish itself from all the other football teams in Barcelona, to the point that it would come to be identified with the city as a whole. Barça soon became the leading club in Catalonia, and also associated itself with the increasingly growing sense of Catalan national identity. Current squad
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No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Víctor Valdés (3rd captain)
2 Brazil DF Daniel Alves
3 Spain DF Gerard Piqué
4 Spain MF Cesc Fàbregas
5 Spain DF Carles Puyol (captain)
6 Spain MF Xavi Hernández (vice-captain)
7 Spain FW David Villa
8 Spain MF Andrés Iniesta (4th captain)
9 Chile FW Alexis Sánchez
10 Argentna FW Lionel Messi
11 Spain MF Thiago Alcântara
13 Spain GK José Manuel Pinto
14 Argentina MF Javier Mascherano
15 Mali MF Seydou Keita
16 Spain MF Sergio Busquets
17 Spain FW Pedro Rodríguez
19 Brazil DF Maxwell
20 Netherlands MF Ibrahim Afellay
21 Brazil DF Adriano
22 France DF Éric Abidal
24 Spain DF Andreu Fontàs
