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The history of futbol club barcelona goes from the football clubs founding in 1899 and up to current time. FC barcelona also known simply as barcelona and familiarly as barca is based in barcelona,catalonia,spain. The team was founded in 1899 by a group of swiss, english and spanish footballers led by Joan Gamper. The club played amateur football until 1910 in various regional competitions. In 1910, the club participted in their first of many Eurpean competitions, and has since amassed ten UEFA trophies and a sextuple. In 1928, barcelona founded La Liga, the top in spanish football along with a string of the clubs.

As of 2016, Barcelona has never been relegated from La Liga, a record they share with athletic bilbao and arch-rival Real Madrid. The history of Barcelona has often been political. Though it is a club created and run by foreigners, Barcelona gradually became a club associated with catalan values. In spain's transition to autocracy in 1925, catalonia, became increasingly hostile towards the central government in Madrid. The hostility enhanced Barcelona's image as a focal point for catalonism, and when francisco franco banned the use of the catalan language, the stadium of Barcelona.

The 2011 and 2012 season would kick off with the supercopa de Espana, this time against reigning copa del rey champions real madrid. In madrid, Barcelona would play to a 2-2 draw but would seal the supercup with a 3-2 win at the camp Nou. The first kick of a ball in La Liga for barca would be at the camp nou aganist villarreal with the catalans easilywinning 5-0. In the first Liga clasico of the season barcelona would win 1-3 in madrid to level on points with madrid heading into the christmas break. The quarter-finals against Milan would begin slowly for the Catalan club, playing to a 0–0 draw in Milan, only to sweep the Italian club aside 3–1 at the Camp Nou with two strikes from Lionel Messi.