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14 unusual facts about FC Barcelona


Alain Sars

Sars was involved in some controversy in the game between AIK and Barcelona, when he wrongfully allowed a goal for Barcelona.

Barcelona, Cornwall

The nearby football pitch is named "the New Camp", a tribute to the home stadium of the football club of the Spanish city of the same name.

Barefoot Foundation

In February 2011, the FC Barcelona Foundation and Pies descalzos reached an agreement for children's education through sport.

Boris Gelfand

He is a football fan, and is a member of FC Barcelona (the club doesn't allow to buy shares of the club, but rather membership).

Bruce Arena

Arena's first match with the club came on August 12, 2006, in a friendly against FC Barcelona.

Ç

A well-known word with this character is Barça, a common Catalan diminutive for FC Barcelona, also used across the world, including by the Spanish-language media.

George Pattullo

Born in Glasgow, Pattullo made his debut for Barcelona in 1910, and scored 41 goals in 20 matches during the 1910–11 season.

GOALTV

This included live games from three major European leagues as well as behind-the-scenes access to three Premier League clubs in England, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool, in addition to FC Barcelona & Real Madrid FC of Spain.

John F. McClelland

In July 2008, McClelland assumed the role of vice chair of the European Club Association, along with Joan Laporta of FC Barcelona and Umberto Gandini of AC Milan.

Mikael Yourassowsky

In 2001 he went on trial for four months with top Spanish side FC Barcelona.

Rafael Casanova

One of the traditional acts of the National Day of Catalonia is that carried out by the Catalan institutions, most of the Catalan political forces, and representatives of major cultural, social and sports associations from Catalonia like FC Barcelona, who present wreaths and floral decorations at the foot of the monument.

Ramón Torralba

Popularly known as 'la Vella' (the Old One), because of his long career with Barça, Ramon Torralba (Ardisa, Zaragoza, 1887 – Barcelona, ?) is a legendary figure in the history of FC Barcelona.

Rubén Palomeque

Palomeque is a member of Club Atletico FC Barcelona, being coached and trained by Enrique Pascual Oliva.

Stadion de Goffert

On 19th October 1983 NEC played a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup match against FC Barcelona, still seen as the most important match ever played in the Goffertstadion.


1970–71 La Liga

1 Although runner-up CF Barcelona had a greater goal difference (+28 to +22), Valencia boasted a superior head-to-head record against Barcelona that season, drawing 1–1 at the Mestalla and then winning 2–0 at the Camp Nou.

2002–03 Euroleague

The final of the competition was held in Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, with hosts FC Barcelona defeating Benetton Treviso 76-65.

Alexandru Tudor

He took charge of a UEFA Cup first round match between Celta de Vigo and Odense Boldklub two months later, but it was not until 4 November 2008 that he refereed his first Champions League group stage match, when he officiated a match between Barcelona and Basel.

Cant del Barça

The hymn was given its official debut on 27 November 1974 at the Camp Nou before a game between FC Barcelona and East Germany.

Carlos Martín Vigaray

On 16 January 2014 Vigaray made his first-team debut, starter in a 0–2 home loss against FC Barcelona, for the season's Copa del Rey.

CD Tuilla

After winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final, International footballer David Villa - who was born in Tuilla and enjoyed individual success with Sporting de Gijón, Real Zaragoza, Valencia CF, FC Barcelona and Spain - waved a CD Tuilla scarf at the crowd.

Claudemir de Souza

Claudemir turned out to be important for Copenhagen in their 2010-11 UEFA Champions League campaign, culminating in an equializing goal against FC Barcelona on 2 November 2010 at Parken Stadium, to the result 1-1.

Ernesto Valverde

Subsequently Valverde played two years at FC Barcelona, winning a Copa del Rey and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, although he appeared sparingly in the process (only 13 minutes against Lech Poznań in the latter tournament).

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

On July 20, 1966, due to a motion by the Municipality of Alajuela, the stadium was renamed to honor the great Alajuelense and Barcelona player Alejandro Morera Soto.

FC Aris Bonnevoie

However, Aris is perhaps most fondly remembered for its exploits in European competition, having been one of only a handful of Luxembourgian clubs to reach the second round of any European competition, and having scored a goal in the Camp Nou against Barcelona.

Fran Mérida

He signed at the age of 17 with Arsenal from Barcelona, but only appeared in 16 official games over the course of three seasons with the club.

Francisco Velazquez

As a senior, he played in his hometown for Social San Juan, Deportivo Union Estudiantil, Concepción Patín Club and Sindicato Empleados de Comercio, in Angola for Primeiro de Agosto, in Italy for Follonica, in Spain for Voltregà and FC Barcelona, in Portugal for Benfica.

Franco Baldini

Since then, current Roma manager Luis Enrique, director Walter Sabatini and himself have undergone a huge revolution at the club with new owner Thomas R. DiBenedetto to try and instill a system of running a football club similar to that of Barcelona.

Fuentealbilla

FC Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andrés Iniesta, who scored the winning goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, was born in Fuentealbilla.

Gil Merrick

Merrick also played in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, in which Birmingham were knocked out at the semi-final stage by Barcelona, losing 2–1 in a replay at the St. Jakob Stadium in Basel.

Historical table of the FIFA Club World Cup

Spanish club Barcelona claims the record with the most wins with five victories.

Joan Gamper

On 24 June 1925, FC Barcelona fans jeered the Spanish national anthem and then applauded God Save the Queen performed by a visiting British Royal Marine band.

Juan Carlos Arteche

In the 1984–85 campaign Arteche helped the Colchoneros to the second position in the league, only behind champions FC Barcelona, and the season's Copa del Rey; subsequently the club reached the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a 0–3 loss against FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Juan Carlos Valerón

He was an instrumental figure in the side's qualification for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, with the club also finishing fifth in the league and reaching the final of the Copa del Rey, lost to eventual champions Barcelona in a penalty shoot-out.

KHL Medveščak Zagreb

On 24 August 2010, KHL Medveščak formed an official partnership with UNICEF, becoming the first and only European hockey team to cooperate with UNICEF, joining prestigious sporting clubs FC Barcelona, Manchester United F.C. and Boca Juniors from Argentina.

La Bressola

In March 2007, the players of FC Barcelona, Lilian Thuram and Oleguer Presas participated in the reading of a manifesto in defense of the Catalan language and of these schools at a ceremony in Perpignan.

Laurent Dufresne

Despite being a mere 1 star team, Valenciennes managed to beat some great top class teams such as FC Barcelona and Boca Juniors under Dufresne's charismatic leadership.

Luis López Rekarte

After losing the 1988 domestic cup final to FC Barcelona, López Rekarte moved to the La Liga giants, alongside José Mari Bakero and Txiki Begiristain.

Manuel Neuer

In the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Neuer posted four clean sheets in a row versus both Juventus F.C. and FC Barcelona.

Mediterranean League

Both Madrid CF and Athletic Madrid had applied to join the Campionat de Catalunya, but their application was rejected by FC Barcelona.

Noemí Rubio

This stage ended abruptly in May 2009 as she uploaded to her Facebook account photos which showed her supporting Espanyol's rival FC Barcelona at the 2008-09 Copa del Rey final in Valencia.

Omegawave

Lionel Messi from FC Barcelona, Mario Balotelli from AC Milan, and Steven Gerrard from Liverpool FC, are known to have used Omegawave products to reduce their risk of injury.

Paolo Maldini

The only other father-son pairs to have done so are Manuel Sanchis Martínez and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo of Real Madrid, and Carles and Sergio Busquets of Barcelona.

René Botteron

He had a short spell at Standard Liège in 1982, where he helped the side reach the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup only to be defeated by FC Barcelona, before signing for 1. FC Nürnberg.

Sylvinho

Sylvio Mendes Campos Júnior (born 12 April 1974 in São Paulo, Brazil), commonly known as Sylvinho (sometimes alternatively spelled Silvinho) is a retired Brazilian footballer, who played for Corinthians, Arsenal, Celta Vigo, FC Barcelona and Manchester City.

UD Almería

In the league, however, the club was finally relegated after a four-year spell in the top flight; in November 2010, coach Juan Manuel Lillo was fired after a 0–8 home loss against FC Barcelona (precisely the team that ousted the Andalusians in the domestic cup's last-four, with the same score, but on aggregate), and his successor José Luis Oltra met the same fate, in April 2011.

Vicente Piera

Vicente Piera Pañella (Barcelona, 1903–1960), known by the nickname "The Bruixa" ("The Witch"), is a former Spanish Catalan footballer who spent most of his career at FC Barcelona.