Fútbol Club Barcelona (Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə, Spanish IPA2|ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona), known familiarly as Barça (Spanish IPA2|ˈbaɾsa, Catalan IPA2|ˈbaɾsə), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team, which was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English, and Spanish men led by ...