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FC Barcelona Bàsquet (English: FC Barcelona Basketball), commonly referred to as FC Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsəˈlonə] ) and colloquially known as Barça ([ˈbaɾsə]), is a professional basketball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi-sports club, and was founded on 24 August 1926, which makes it the oldest club in the Liga ACB. The team, which competes in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, is one of the most successful basketball teams domestically as well as internationally. Two times European champions, Barça completed a triple crown in 2003 by winning the season's league, cup and EuroLeague. Their home arena is the Palau Blaugrana, which was opened on 23 October 1971. They share the facilities with the roller hockey, futsal and handball teams of the club.
| FC Barcelona | |||
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| Leagues | Liga ACB EuroLeague | ||
| Founded | 24 August 1926 | ||
| History | FC Barcelona (1926–present) | ||
| Arena | Palau Blaugrana | ||
| Capacity | 7,585 | ||
| Location | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Team colors | Blue, cardinal, yellow | ||
| President | Joan Laporta | ||
| Team manager | Juan Carlos Navarro | ||
| Head coach | Joan Peñarroya | ||
| Team captain | Álex Abrines | ||
| Ownership | FC Barcelona | ||
| Championships | 1 Intercontinental Cup 2 EuroLeagues 2 Saporta Cups 2 Korać Cups 20 Spanish Championships 27 Spanish Cups 6 Spanish Supercup | ||
| Retired numbers | 5 (4, 7, 11, 12, 15) | ||
| Website | fcbarcelona.com/basketball | ||
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Some of the well-known players that have played with the team included Pau Gasol, Rony Seikaly, Marc Gasol, Anderson Varejão, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jaka Lakovič, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Dejan Bodiroga, Gianluca Basile, Ricky Rubio, Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Saša Đorđević, and Tony Massenburg.
FC Barcelona also has a reserve team, called FC Barcelona Bàsquet B, that plays in the Spanish 2nd-tier LEB Oro.
Founded on 24 August 1926, the club entered its first competition in 1927, playing in the Campionat de Catalunya de Basquetbol (Catalan Basketball Championship). During these early years, basketball in Catalonia was dominated by clubs such as CE Europa, Laietà BC and Société Patrie (later CB Atlètic Gràcia) and it was not until the 1940s that FC Barcelona became established as a basketball team. During this decade they won six Copas del Generalísimo de Baloncesto and were runners-up once. In 1956 they were founding members of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and finished as runners-up. In 1959 they won Spanish basketball's first-ever league and cup double.[1]
The 1960s and 1970s saw the team in decline. In 1961 the club president Enric Llaudet dissolved the team in spite of its popularity. However, in 1962, the club was reformed after a campaign by the fans. In 1964 the league's Primera División was cut from fourteen teams to eight and the club found themselves in the Segunda División after not finishing between the two first qualified teams in the relegation playoffs.[2] However they quickly returned to the top division after being crowned Segunda champions in 1965. During the 1970s the club was persistently overshadowed by its rivals Real Madrid and Joventut.
In the 1980s club president Josep Lluís Núñez gave the team his full support with the aim of making the club the best in Spain and Europe. His support produced results and during the decade inspired by their coach Aíto García Reneses and players like Juan Antonio San Epifanio (better known as Epi), Andrés Jiménez, Sibilio, Audie Norris and Solozábal, the club won six Spanish championships, five Spanish cups, two European Cup Winners' Cups, the Korać Cup and the World Championship. However the European Cup remained elusive, ending as runners-up in 1984.[3] In the 1987–88 season Barça won the Copa Príncipe, Liga ACB, Copa del Rey and the Supercopa completing a quadruple.
The club built on this success during the 1990s, winning a further four Spanish championships and two Spanish cups. They were still unable to win the European Cup despite playing in a further four finals in 1990, 1991, 1996 and 1997. They also made a record six EuroLeague Final Four appearances. The star player during this era was Juan Antonio San Epifanio.
Their persistence eventually paid off and in 2003, inspired by Dejan Bodiroga, Gregor Fučka, Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Juan Carlos Navarro, they won the EuroLeague, beating Benetton Treviso 76–65 in front of a packed Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.[4] They repeated the feat in 2010, defeating Olympiacos by a wide 86–68 in Paris,[5] and that October, they made further history when they beat the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers – including Kobe Bryant and FCB Bàsquet alumnus and Barcelona native Pau Gasol – 92–88 at the Palau Sant Jordi as part of the 2010 NBA Europe Live Tour. The match was also notable for being both a match-up between the reigning NBA and EuroLeague champions and the first time a European team had won against a defending NBA champion. Two FCB Bàsquet players in that game – captain Navarro and point guard Ricky Rubio – either had or went on to play in the NBA.
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In the following years, Barcelona would stay on top of Spanish basketball, playing almost all league and cup finals against rival Real Madrid. From 2012 until 2014, Barcelona managed to reach the Euroleague Final Four. However, it could not reach further than the semifinals. Barcelona won the Spanish Championship in 2014, but the next few seasons became absolute disasters, both in the Euroleague, and the Spanish League. However, the team saw a return to form in the Copa del Rey, which was won in 2018, in 2019 and in 2021 defeating Real Madrid on all three finals. In 2021 the Spanish Championship was won for the 19th time—the first in seven years—and only a narrow defeat against Anadolu Efes in the championship game of the 2021 EuroLeague Final Four prevented the Catalan giants from winning the competition for the third time. On June 21 2023 Barça defeated Real Madrid 82–93 to win their 20th Spanish Championship.
From 2004 until 2007 the club was sponsored by the Winterthur Group, a Swiss insurance company with offices in Barcelona since 1910, which led to the team featuring the birthplace of Joan Gamper, the club's founder, on their shirts. In 2006 the Winterthur Group was taken over by AXA, leading to a change in the club name. In the 2008–09 season, the club's sponsorship changed to Spanish insurer Regal (a division of Liberty Seguros, the Spanish subsidiary of American insurer Liberty Mutual). This sponsorship finished in June 2013.
| FC Barcelona retired numbers | ||||
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| No | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Tenure |
| 4 |  | Andrés Jiménez | PF | 1986–1998 |
| 7 | | Nacho Solozábal | PG | 1978–1994 |
| 11 | | Juan Carlos Navarro | SG | 1997–2007, 2008–2018 |
| 12 | | Roberto Dueñas | C | 1996–2005 |
| 15 | | Juan Antonio San Epifanio | SF | 1979–1995 |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Notes: Blue † – homegrown player[lower-alpha 1]; Red * – overseas player[lower-alpha 2]; Green ‡ – youth player[lower-alpha 3]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Álex Abrines Quique Andreu Manel Bosch Nino Buscató Víctor Claver Joan Creus Juan de la Cruz Rodrigo de la Fuente Salva Díez Roberto Dueñas Aíto García Reneses Marc Gasol Pau Gasol Roger Grimau Andrés Jiménez Rafael Jofresa Ferran Martínez José Antonio Montero Juan Carlos Navarro
/ Brad Oleson Xavi Rabaseda Pau Ribas Ignacio Rodríguez Ricky Rubio Víctor Sada Juan Antonio San Epifanio Luis Miguel Santillana Chicho Sibilio Nacho Solozábal Jordi Trias Fran Vázquez
Marcelo Nicola Pepe Sánchez
David Andersen Joe Ingles Nathan Jawai
Marcelinho Huertas Anderson Varejão
Sasha Vezenkov
Lars Hansen Greg Wiltjer
Romain Sato
Mario Hezonja Mario Kasun Ante Tomić Roko Ukić Andrija Žižić
Luboš Bartoň Tomáš Satoranský
Christian Drejer
Petteri Koponen
Alain Digbeu
Patrick Femerling Ademola Okulaja Tibor Pleiß
Ioannis Bourousis Nikos Oikonomou Michalis Kakiouzis Kostas Papanikolaou Stratos Perperoglou Efthimios Rentzias
Gianluca Basile Gregor Fučka Denis Marconato
Samardo Samuels
Justin Doellman
Šarūnas Jasikevičius Artūras Karnišovas Rokas Jokubaitis
Vlado Ilievski
Francisco Elson
Maciej Lampe
Carlos Arroyo Héctor Blondet Piculín Ortiz Ramón Rivas Daniel Santiago
Boniface N'Dong
Andrei Fetisov
Jaka Lakovič Erazem Lorbek Boštjan Nachbar
Dejan Bodiroga Saša Đorđević Milan Gurović Kosta Perović Zoran Savić Miloš Vujanić
/ Nikola Mirotić
Ersan İlyasova Sertaç Şanlı Derrick Alston Alan Anderson Wallace Bryant Ben Coleman Corey Crowder / 
Brandon Davies Mike Davis Joey Dorsey Dan Godfread Bob Guyette Cory Higgins Otis Howard Mike Fritzthadus Jones / 
Kyle Kuric Tony Massenburg Amal McCaskill Eugene McDowell Darryl Middleton Pete Mickeal Xavier Munford Jerrod Mustaf Terence Morris Audie Norris / 
Jacob Pullen / Tyrese Rice Fred Roberts Jeff Ruland
/ Rony Seikaly Steve Trumbo Granville Waiters Shammond Williams David Wood| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year |
| Position | Player | Year | Round | Pick | Drafted by |
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| C | Roberto Dueñas# |
1997 | 2nd round | 57th | Chicago Bulls |
| PF/C | Pau Gasol*~ |
2001 | 1st round | 3rd | Memphis Grizzlies |
| SG | Juan Carlos Navarro |
2002 | 2nd round | 40th | Washington Wizards |
| C | Remon van de Hare# |
2003 | 2nd round | 52nd | Toronto Raptors |
| PF/C | Anderson Varejão |
2004 | 2nd round | 30th | Orlando Magic |
| SF | Christian Drejer# |
2004 | 2nd round | 51st | New Jersey Nets |
| SG/SF | Álex Abrines |
2013 | 2nd round | 32nd | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| PF/C | Marko Todorović# |
2013 | 2nd round | 45th | Portland Trail Blazers |
| SF/PF | Mario Hezonja |
2015 | 1st round | 5th | Orlando Magic |
| SG/SF |  Marcus Eriksson# |
2015 | 2nd round | 50th | Atlanta Hawks |
| SF/PF | Sasha Vezenkov |
2017 | 2nd round | 57th | Brooklyn Nets |
| SF |  Rodions Kurucs |
2018 | 2nd round | 40th | Brooklyn Nets |
| SF | Leandro Bolmaro |
2020 | 1st round | 23rd | New York Knicks |
| C |  James Nnaji# |
2023 | 2st round | 31rd | Detroit Pistons |
José Vila 1926–1936 Juan Enrique Henry 1941–1945 Fernando Font 1945–1955, 1967 Joaquim Broto 1955–1956 Francisco Ortiz 1956–1958 Guimerà 1960 Joan Canals 1960–1963 Josep Grau 1963–1964 Josep Bargalló 1965 Eduardo Portela 1965–1967 Santiago Navarro 1967–1968 Xabier Añúa 1968–1972 Willy Ernst 1972–1973 Vicente Sanjuán 1973–1974 Ranko Žeravica 1974–1976 Todor Lazić 1976–1977 Eduardo Kucharski 1977–1979 Antoni Serra 1979–1985 Manolo Flores 1985, 2005 Aíto García Reneses 1985–1990, 1992–1997, 1998–2002 Božidar Maljković 1990–1992 Manel Comas 1997 José María Oleart 1997 Joan Montes 1997–1998, 2004–2005 Svetislav Pešić 2002–2004, 2018–2020 Duško Ivanović 2005–2008 Xavi Pascual 2008–2016 Georgios Bartzokas 2016–2017 Sito Alonso 2017–2018 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 2020–2023 Roger Grimau 2023–2024 Joan Peñarroya 2024–presentAll-EuroLeague First Team
All-EuroLeague Second Team
Note: Players with a * are still playing for Barcelona.
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| EuroLeague | |||
| 1959–60 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Polonia Warsaw, 64-65 (L) in Barcelona and 41-49 (L) in Warsaw | |
| 1981–82 | Semi-final group stage | 4th place in a group with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Squibb Cantù, Partizan, Nashua Den Bosch and Panathinaikos | |
| 1983–84 | Final | lost to Banco di Roma Virtus, 73–79 in the final (Geneva) | |
| 1987–88 | Quarter-finals | 5th place in a group with Partizan, Aris, Tracer Milano, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Saturn Köln, Orthez and Nashua EBBC | |
| 1988–89 | Final Four | 4th place in Munich, lost to Jugoplastika 77–87 in the semi-final, lost to Aris 71–88 in the 3rd place game | |
| 1989–90 | Final | defeated Aris 104–83 in the semi-final, lost to Jugoplastika 67–72 in the final (Zaragoza) | |
| 1990–91 | Final | defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 104–83 in the semi-final, lost to Pop 84 67–72 in the final (Paris) | |
| 1991–92 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–0 by Philips Milano, 79-80 (L) in Milan and 71-86 (L) in Barcelona | |
| 1993–94 | Final Four | 4th place in Tel Aviv, lost to 7up Joventut 65–79 in the semi-final, lost to Panathinaikos 83–100 in the 3rd place game | |
| 1995–96 | Final | defeated Real Madrid 76–66 in the semi-final, lost to Panathinaikos 66–67 in the final (Paris) | |
| 1996–97 | Final | defeated ASVEL 77–70 in the semi-final, lost to Olympiacos 58–73 in the final (Rome) | |
| 1999–00 | Final Four | 4th place in Thessaloniki, lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv 51–65 in the semi-final, lost to Efes Pilsen 69–75 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2002–03 | Champions | defeated CSKA Moscow 76–71 in the semi-final, defeated Benetton Treviso 76–65 in the final of the Final Four in Barcelona | |
| 2005–06 | Final Four | 4th place in Prague, lost to CSKA Moscow 75–84 in the semi-final, lost to TAU Cerámica 82–87 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2006–07 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 by Unicaja, 75-91 (L) in Málaga, 80-58 (W) in Barcelona and 64-67 (L) in Málaga | |
| 2007–08 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 by Maccabi Tel Aviv, 75-81 (L) in Tel Aviv, 83-74 (W) in Barcelona and 75-88 (L) in Tel Aviv | |
| 2008–09 | Final Four | 3rd place in Berlin, lost to CSKA Moscow 78–82 in the semi-final, defeated Olympiacos 95–79 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2009–10 | Champions | defeated CSKA Moscow 64–54 in the semi-final, defeated Olympiacos 86–68 in the final of the Final Four in Paris | |
| 2010–11 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 3–1 by Panathinaikos, 83-82 (W) & 71-75 (L) in Barcelona, 74-76 (L) & 67-78 (L) in Athens | |
| 2011–12 | Final Four | 3rd place in Istanbul, lost to Olympiacos 64–68 in the semi-final, defeated Panathinaikos 74–69 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2012–13 | Final Four | 4th place in London, lost to Real Madrid 67–74 in the semi-final, lost to CSKA Moscow 73–74 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2013–14 | Final Four | 3rd place in Milan, lost to Real Madrid 62–100 in the semi-final, defeated CSKA Moscow 93–78 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2014–15 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 3–1 by Olympiacos, 73-57 (W) & 63-76 (L) in Barcelona, 71-73 (L) & 68-71 (L) in Piraeus | |
| 2015–16 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 3–2 by Lokomotiv-Kuban, 66-61 (L) & 66-92(W) in Krasnodar, 82-70 (W) & 80-92 (L) in Barcelona, 67-81 (L) in Krasnodar | |
| FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
| 1977–78 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Gabetti Cantù, 90-87 (W) in Barcelona and 77-97 (L) in Cantù | |
| 1978–79 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Gabetti Cantù, 89-84 (W) in Barcelona and 83-101 (L) in Cantù | |
| 1979–80 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Gabetti Cantù, 92-93 (L) in Barcelona and 74-78 (L) in Cantù | |
| 1980–81 | Final | lost to Squibb Cantù 82–86 in the final (Rome) | |
| 1982–83 | Quarter-finals | 3rd place in a group with Scavolini Pesaro, Nashua EBBC and Hapoel Ramat Gan | |
| 1984–85 | Champions | defeated Žalgiris 77–73 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Grenoble | |
| 1985–86 | Champions | defeated Scavolini Pesaro 101–86 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Caserta | |
| FIBA Korać Cup | |||
| 1973 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Maes Pils, 87-99 (L) in Mechelen and 78-82 (L) in Barcelona | |
| 1974–75 | Final | lost to Forst Cantù, 69-71 (L) in Barcelona and 85–110 (L) in Cantù | |
| 1986–87 | Champions | defeated Limoges,106-85 (W) in Barcelona and 97-86 (W) in Limoges in the double finals of Korać Cup | |
| 1992–93 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Virtus Roma, 64-84 (L) in Barcelona and 79-85 (L) in Rome | |
| 1998–99 | Champions | defeated Adecco Estudiantes, 77-93 (L) in Madrid and 97-70 (W) in Barcelona in the double finals of Korać Cup | |
| FIBA Intercontinental Cup | |||
| 1984 | 4th place | 4th place with a 2–2 record in a league tournament in São Paulo | |
| 1985 | Champions | defeated Monte Líbano 93–89 in the final of Intercontinental Cup in Barcelona | |
| 1987 | Final | lost to Tracer Milano 84–100 in the final (Milan) | |
| McDonald's Championship | |||
| 1989 | 4th place | 4th place in Rome, lost to Denver Nuggets 103–137 in the semi-final, lost to Philips Milano 104–136 in the 3rd place game | |
| 1990 | 3rd place | 3rd place in Barcelona, lost to Pop 84 97–102 in the semi-final, defeated Scavolini Pesaro 106–105 in the 3rd place game | |
| 1997 | 6th place | 6th place in Paris, lost to PSG Racing 84–97 in the preliminary round, lost to Benetton Treviso 103–106 in the 5th place game | |
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