You can visit the wonderful city of Barcelona, if you want to have wonderful football vacation in Europe. The wonderful capital of Catalonia undoubtedly is one of the top venues to enjoy football in Europe. Placed on the mouths of Llobregat & Besòs Rivers on the Mediterranean coast, Barcelona undoubtedly is a exquisite destination for football.
Football is the first passion for the Catalan People. Probably that was the presuppose that Fifa chose Barcelona as venue for several matches of the 1982 Football World Cup. The magnificent city is widely known for Fc Barcelona or Futbol Club Barcelona, which is one of the major sports clubs of Europe.
The Club is best known for its Football team, but the club also has teams for rugby, wheelchair basketball, ice hockey, athletics, baseball, cycling, field hockey, frame skating, and volleyball. Some of the Club's other known teams contain Fc Barcelona B (Football), Fc Barcelona Women's Football, Fcb Rugby, Fc Barcelona-Institut Guttman, Axa Fc Barcelona (Basketball), Fc Barcelona Handball, Fc Barcelona Futsal, and Fc Barcelona Sorli Discau (Rink Hockey).
Founded by Joan Gamper with the retain of a group of Swiss, English, and Catalan men in 1899, the Club is popularly known as Barca. The club has progressed brilliantly to virtually come to be the major sports convention of Catalonia. The Club's motto is "Més que un club," that undoubtedly means 'More than a club'.
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 great progress in Football, and has a great offering 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
History & advance of Fc Barcelona Football Club