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The club's main stadium is the Camp Nou and it is best known for its La Liga football team and the reserve football team FC Barcelona B. The senior team were founding members of La Liga in 1928 and, together with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, they have never been relegated from the Primera División. The club were also the first La Liga champions and are currently champions of both Spain and Europe.
Barça have to date refused to allow commercial sponsorship logos on their football shirts. Although since 2005 they have worn the TV3 logo of Televisió de Catalunya on the left arm. On 14 July 2006 the club announced a five year agreement with UNICEF which includes having the UNICEF logo on their shirts. The agreement will see Barcelona donating US$1.9 million per year to UNICEF. These new look shirts were first worn in the Champions League game against debutants Levski Sofia on Tuesday 12th September 2006.
Copa de la Liga: 2
1983, 1986
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An amazing amount of trophies and a rich history for the Catalan club, home to some of the finest players in world football. Barcelona have been in the shadow of their rivals Real Madrid in past years but are now unstoppable and a major force in La Liga, which has lead to Real's barren run of trophies. Last season was an amazing one in anyones books with a double of the Primera Division and the Champions League, and knocking Chelsea out made me like the club even more . Barca are also one half of one of the worlds most great rivalries and one of the most anticipated matches around :-
El Classico
There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league and this is particularly the case in La Liga, between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. From the start the clubs were seen as representatives of the two rival regions of Spain, Catalonia and Castile, as well as the two cities themselves. However the rivalry reached a new level during the Franco years when Real Madrid was considered to be the "regime team" while FC Barcelona was regarded as the team of the opposition.
Although following the Spanish Civil War Real Madrid received considerable institutional assistance from the Franco regime, as he saw the club as the sporting embodiment of the Spain he wanted to create, during the war itself members of both clubs suffered at the hands of Franco supporters. FC Barcelona president Josep Sunyol was murdered while Real Madrid president Rafael Sánchez Guerra, a prominent Republican, was imprisoned and tortured. They also arrested and murdered a Real vice-president and club treasurer and an acting president disappeared. In 1940 Enric Pineyro, a Franco collaborator, was appointed club president. The rivalry with Real intensified further after the 1943 Copa del GeneralÃ*simo semi-final between the two clubs. The first leg at Les Corts ended in a 3-0 victory to Barça, but the return leg saw them defeated 11-1. It has been alleged by some that the FC Barcelona players were pressured into losing the game and even Pineyro resigned in protest. The rivalry with Real was exacerbated significantly in the 1950s by the dispute over Alfredo Di Stefano.
FM07 Info
Nation- Spain
Year Founded- 1899
Status- Professional
Reputation- Worldwide
World Ranking- 7th
Chairman Status- Loves the Club
Favoured Personnel- Michael Laudrup, Josep Guardiola, Hristo Stoichkov
Fierce Rivals- Espanyol, Real Madrid
Other Rivals- Valencia
Finances- Okay
Estimated Value- £526M (Loan Debt: £64M)
Stadium- Camp Nou, Barcelona
Stadium Capacity- 98000 all seater with under-soil heating
Reserve Stadium- Miniestadi, Barcelona
Training Facilities- Top training facilities
Youth Facilities- Excellent youth facilities + Youth Academy
Continental Competition- European Champions Cup
Media Prediction- 1st
Squad Average Age- 27
Squad Personality- Highly Ambitious
IMO, Barcelona have one of the best midfields in the world today but are in need of another top quailty striker to partner the amazing Eto'o. They're definitely in need of a keeper and a centre back aswell to bolster their defence . Unfortunately Barcelona start with a paltry 3.4 million but there's a lot of money to be made by selling of some of the deadwood, most of which would be stars in a lot of other teams.
Recommended Starting XI (4-2-3-1)
GK- Victor Valdes
DR- Juliano Beletti
DL- Gianluca Zambrotta
DC- Lilian Thuram
DC- Carles Puyol (c)
MC- Xavi
MC- Deco
AML- Leo Messi
AMC- Ronaldinho
AMR- Ludovic Giuly
FC- Javier Saviola
FC- Samuel Eto'o
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Can anyone recommend signings for me . I'm trying to sell some of my players to raise the budget but i'm having trouble finding players that would strengthen the squad for that much money
Originally posted by Saxonator:
Can anyone recommend signings for me . I'm trying to sell some of my players to raise the budget but i'm having trouble finding players that would strengthen the squad for that much money
Caneira, usually costs £2mil, but may be more for you as your Valencia's rivals
Dessena will probably be slightly better than Giuly
Why not Messi on the right, Ronaldinho on the left and Marquez in the midfield or so? (or another midfielder (with Marquez in defence), Im sure they have enough )
Caneira's out on loan at Sporting but Dessena looks fb :cool:. Don't think Marquez would perform well in midfield due to his only midfield position on his positions screen being- Defensive Midfielder- Competent
Originally posted by Saxonator:
Caneira's out on loan at Sporting but Dessena looks fb :cool:. Don't think Marquez would perform well in midfield due to his only midfield position on his positions screen being- Defensive Midfielder- Competent
FM07: FC Barcelona- Més que un club 
. Barca are also one half of one of the worlds most great rivalries and one of the most anticipated matches around :-
. Unfortunately Barcelona start with a paltry 3.4 million but there's a lot of money to be made by selling of some of the deadwood, most of which would be stars in a lot of other teams.
:embarrased smiley:
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