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Visit the beautiful city of Barcelona, if you want to have wonderful football vacation in Europe. The fabulous capital of Catalonia is surely one of the most up to enjoy football in Europe. Located at the mouth of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs on the Mediterranean coast, Barcelona is certainly an ideal destination for football.
Football is the first passion for the Catalans. Probably the reason that FIFA chose Barcelona as the venue for some gamesof 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, figure skating, and volleyball. Some of the Club's other known teams include FC Barcelona B (Football), FC Barcelona Women's Football, FCB Rugby, FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman, AXA FC Barcelona (basketball), FC Barcelona Handball, Soccer and FC Barcelona FC Barcelona Sorli Discau (Hockey Rink).
Founded by Joan Gamper, with the support of a group of Swiss, English, Catalan and men in 1899, the club is known popularly known as Barca. The club was brilliant sporting institution practically important progress Catalonia. The club's motto is "Mes que club of the United Nations", which literally means "more than a club."
In 1928 he joined the club with RealMadrid 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
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