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FC Barcelona Bàsquet
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Basketball club in Barcelona
Key facts
- Leagues
- Liga ACB , EuroLeague
- Founded
- 24 August 1926 ; 99 years ago ( 1926-08-24 )
- 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
- Xavi Pascual
- Team captain
- Tomáš Satoranský
- Ownership
- FC Barcelona
- Championships
- 2 EuroLeagues , 1 Intercontinental Cup , 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- FC Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- Headquarters
- Barcelona
- Parent organization
- FC Barcelona
- Chairperson
- Joan Laporta
- Location
- Barcelona
- Sport
- basketball
- League
- Liga ACB
- Official website
- www.fcbarcelona.cat/ca/basquet
- Image
- Xavi Pascual donant indicacions a l'equip.jpg
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- Commons category
- FC Barcelona (basketball)
- topic's main category
- Category:FC Barcelona Bàsquet
- inception
- 1926-08-24
- parent club
- FC Barcelona
- home venue
- Palau Blaugrana
- category for members of a team
- Category:FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- head coach
- Xavier Pascual Vives
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FC Barcelona Bàsquet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.