Congratulations, that is your club
Welcome to FC Barcelona. You are Culés now, if you want to be.
Nothing is binding here and nobody is checking. Plenty of people follow more than one club, and plenty change their mind in the first season. Everything below is what to know as you start.
Catalonia's flagship club, member-owned, famous for a possession style that shaped a generation of coaches, and for treating the badge as a cultural statement as much as a sports team.
Club facts
- League
- La Liga
- Position
- 1st, 94 points
- Founded
- 1899
- Stadium
- Camp Nou
- Colours
- Red / Navy Blue / Orange
- Nickname
- Blaugrana
Last season
Barça finished 1st in the La Liga with 94 points from 38 matches: 31 won, 1 drawn, 6 lost. That is inside the places that qualify for the Champions League, which is the competition every club in Europe is trying to reach. That is the 2025-26 season; 2026-27 has only just kicked off.
When they next play
The first question most new supporters have. Kickoff times are shown as dates here; exact times shift for television.
- Sun, Aug 23Away against Elche
- Thu, Aug 27Home against Athletic
- Mon, Aug 31Home against Rayo Vallecano
- Sun, Sep 6Away against Valencia
- Sun, Sep 13Away against Levante
Fixture list retrieved 2026-08-04. Matches move.
What to know before you follow them
Barcelona's finances have been strained for years, and the club is never just about football. Catalan identity and club politics arrive with the shirt.
The colours and the crowd
Supporters are known as Culés.
- Blue
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What people sing
Cant del Barça
The club anthem, sung before kickoff with scarves raised. Learning the chorus is the usual first step for a newcomer.
Who the rivals are
Real Madrid
El Clásico. Sporting rivalry mixed with politics and history, and the fixture the rest of the world tunes in for.
Espanyol
The other club in Barcelona. Local, sharp, and easy for outsiders to underestimate.
Following them from America
One of the largest American followings in world football, built on Messi-era television and kept by the club's global brand.
Strongest in
The squad
17 players.
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
What next
Identity, table and squad from football-data.org. Club description and culture notes are ours and have not been editorially verified. Terms of use.