The Catalan Giants or sometimes known as Just Barca, hail from Catalonia, Spain. They were founded in 1899 bya group of twelve people led by Joan Gamper.

They play their homes games at the impressive Nou Camp Stadium which seats 90,000 easily making it one of the biggest stadiums in the world today.

The Barcelona vs Real Madrid game is always the hottest ticket in Spanish football and has been so for a very long time.

They are one of the few club teams in Europe that refuse to have sponsor logos on their shirts, however now they have a small logo from a local television station on their sleeve.

Players that have graced their hallowed turf included the likes of the Great Johan Cruyff and Alfredo Di Stefano.

Cruyff came back to the Nou Camp as a manager and his Dream team won the league title four years in a row (1990-94) as well as the Champions League title for the 1992.

Their biggest slap in the face came when Luis Figo left the Nou Camp to play for Real Madrid. Up until his transfer to Inter Milan in 2005 he was barracked by Barca fans every time he came to play at the Nou Camp. There was even one incident when a so-called fan through a pigs head onto the playing field.

Between 2000 and 2003, the club went through a very barren stretch where they did not win a major trophy. The arrival of a certain Ronaldinho and the leadership skills of former player Frank Rijkaard swiftly changed the fortunes of the Catalan Giants bringing the big time back to the Nou Camp. The 2003/4 season seeing them remarkably finishing in second place in 'La Liga' after spending the first part of the season at the foot of the table.

If critics wondered if they could do better they didn't have to wait too long to have their questions answered as they won back to back Championships for 2004/5 and 2005/6.

They finished off a tremendous 2005/6 season by dramatically beating Arsenal of England 2-1 in the Champions League Final in Paris scoring two goals in the last twelve minutes to overturn a 0-1 deficit. In 2009 they repeated the feat by defeating English Champions Manchester United to claim their third title.