Catalan Championship
The oldest club in the Liga ACB, two-time European champions.
FC Barcelona Bàsquet (English: FC Barcelona Basketball), commonly referred to as FC Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça, 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 competes in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. 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.
Quick Facts
- First title won
- 1926-27
Lore & Background
Founded on 24 August 1926, the club entered its first competition in 1927. In 1959 they won Spanish basketball's first-ever league and cup double. The 1960s and 1970s saw the team in decline, but in the 1980s under president Josep Lluís Núñez and coach Aíto García Reneses, the club won six Spanish championships, five Spanish cups, two European Cup Winners' Cups, the Korać Cup and the World Championship. In 2003, inspired by Dejan Bodiroga, Gregor Fučka, Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Juan Carlos Navarro, they won the EuroLeague, beating Benetton Treviso 76–65. They repeated the feat in 2010, defeating Olympiacos 86–68 in Paris. In 2021 the Spanish Championship was won for the 19th time, and on June 21, 2023, Barça defeated Real Madrid 82–93 to win their 20th Spanish Championship.
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