FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona, located in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain), is one of the biggest, most prestigious and renowned football clubs in the world. It is also my favourite team and the only Spanish football club I support. I don't just cheer for them because they are a world soccer powerhouse, but because I've watched them play all my life. When I used to live in Paris, I would go at least twice a year to go watch them play at the magnificent Camp Nou stadium which is their home ground.

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FC Barcelona has a world class squad filled with some of the best footballers in the world such as the likes of the famous Argentinian midfielder Lionel Messi, and Spanish teammates Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez. FC Barcelona isn't just any soccer player's dream and doesn't only attract all players globally but they also train and produce some of the best soccer players from a young age at their FC Barcelona Youth Academy. Messi, Iniesta and Xavi are some of those successful products coming out of the Academy. They are considered to be the most lethal midfield line in soccer due to their great vision on the pitch, accurate passing and play-making along with precise shots and extraordinary goal scoring.

The club has a very long list of trophies and championships. In domestic competitions, they have won 21 La Liga titles, 23 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de Espana, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies. On an international stage, they have won 4 UEFA Champions League cups, which is Europe's most prestigious and competitive tournament, 4 UEFA Cup Winner's Cup, 4 UEFA Super Cups, 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cups and a record 2 FIFA Club World Cup trophies.

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FC Barcelona, along with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, has never been relegated to the 2nd division of La Liga and is also the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955.

In 2009, FC Barcelona made history when the won the treble, which consists of winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and of course the Champions League. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win six out of six competitions in a single year, thus completing the sextuple, comprising the previously mentioned treble and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Although Barca isn't at the top of the La Liga this season, they only trail Real Madrid by 5 points with 6 games left. They are also competing in the semi-finals of the Champion's League against England's Premier League Chelsea FC. Hopefully they hit a good run and form for the remaining games of the season and have a bit of luck on their side hoping Real Madrid slip up. The Champion's League is still up for grabs but let's see if they can add another 2 trophies to their already large collection!