In 1928, the Club teamed up with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao to set up La Liga, and it became the first La Liga champion. The club has shown brilliant progress in Football, and has a great contribution to the Spanish and the European Football. The club has 18 La Liga, 24 Copa del Rey, 7 Supercopa de España, 32 Joan Gamper Trophy, 2 UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and 2 European Super Cup titles under its name to date.
The Club's football squad has one of the world's finest football players. Its football squad in 2007 included Víctor Valdés (vice-captain), Gabriel Milito, Rafael Márquez, Carles Puyol (captain), Xavi Hernández (vice-captain), Eiður Guðjohnsen, Andrés Iniesta, Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho (vice-captain), Gianluca Zambrotta, Thierry Henry, Edmílson, Sylvinho, Giovani dos Santos, Santiago Ezquerro, Lionel Messi, Deco, Lilian Thuram, Éric Abidal, Oleguer Presas, Yaya Touré, Albert Jorquera, Marc Crosas, Bojan Krki , and Oier Olazábal.
The Club's home ground is Camp Nou Stadium, which is officially known as Estadi del FC Barcelona. The stadium has the capacity of 98,772, which makes it one of the biggest stadiums in the Europe. The club has marvelous fan following. It has fans all over the world. Its fans are called culers or culés "oder boixis nois".
Having sponsorship deals with Nike, Coca-Cola, TV3, Audi, Telefonica, Estrella Damm, La Caixa, bwin, and MediaPro, FC Barcelona is one of the leading sports clubs in the world. It became the 2nd wealthiest sports club in the world during the 2006-07 season, having estimated revenue of €290.1 million.
By James Burrows
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