FC Barcelona Bàsquet (English: FC Barcelona Basketball), commonly referred to as FC Barcelona () and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional

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team based in

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. It is a part of the

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, and was founded on 24 August 1926, which makes it the oldest club in the Liga ACB. The team, which competes in the

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and the

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, 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

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, which was opened on 23 October 1971. They share the facilities with the

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and

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teams of the club. Some of the well-known players that have played with the team included

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, Rony Seikaly,

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, Anderson Varejão, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jaka Lakovič, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Dejan Bodiroga, Gianluca Basile, Ricky Rubio, Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Saša Đorđević, and Tony Massenburg. FC Barcelona also has a

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, called FC Barcelona Bàsquet B, that plays in the Spanish 4th-tier Tercera FEB.

History

Early years

Founded on 24 August 1926, the club entered its first competition in 1927, playing in the ''Campionat de Catalunya de Basquetbol'' (Catalan Basketball Championship). During these early years, basketball in Catalonia was dominated by clubs such as '' CE Europa'', ''

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'' and ''Société Patrie'' (later ''CB Atlètic Gràcia'') and it was not until the 1940s that FC Barcelona created a basketball team. During this decade they won six '' Copas del Generalísimo de Baloncesto'' and were runners-up once. In 1956 they were founding members of the

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and finished as runners-up. In 1959 they won Spanish basketball's first-ever league and cup double.

Decline in the 1960s

The 1960s and 1970s saw the team in decline. In 1961 the club president Enric Llaudet dissolved the team in spite of its popularity. However, in 1962, the club was reformed after a campaign by the fans. In 1964 the league's '' Primera División'' was cut from fourteen teams to eight and the club found themselves in the ''Segunda División'' after not finishing between the two first qualified teams in the relegation playoffs. However they quickly returned to the top division after being crowned ''Segunda'' champions in 1965. During the 1970s the club was persistently overshadowed by its rivals

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and Joventut.

Revival in the 1980s

In the 1980s club president Josep Lluís Núñez gave the team his full support with the aim of making the club the best in Spain and Europe. His support produced results and during the decade inspired by their coach Aíto García Reneses and players like Juan Antonio San Epifanio (better known as Epi), Andrés Jiménez, Sibilio, Audie Norris and Solozábal, the club won six Spanish championships, five Spanish cups, two European Cup Winners' Cups, the

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and the World Championship. However the

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remained elusive, ending as runners-up in 1984. In the 1987–88 season Barça won the Copa Príncipe,

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and the Supercopa completing a quadruple.

Champions of Europe

The club built on this success during the 1990s, winning a further four Spanish championships and two Spanish cups. They were still unable to win the

despite playing in a further four finals in 1990, 1991, 1996 and 1997. They also made a record six

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appearances. The star player during this era was Juan Antonio San Epifanio. Their persistence eventually paid off and in 2003, inspired by Dejan Bodiroga, Gregor Fučka, Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Juan Carlos Navarro, they won the

, beating Benetton Treviso 76–65 in front of a packed

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. They repeated the feat in 2010, defeating

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by a wide 86–68 in Paris, and that October, they made further history when they beat the two-time defending NBA champion

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– including

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and FCB Bàsquet alumnus and Barcelona native

– 92–88 at the Palau Sant Jordi as part of the 2010 NBA Europe Live Tour. The match was also notable for being both a match-up between the reigning NBA and EuroLeague champions and the first time a European team had won against a defending NBA champion. Two FCB Bàsquet players in that game – captain Navarro and point guard Ricky Rubio – either had or went on to play in the NBA.

Recent years

In the following years, Barcelona would stay on top of Spanish basketball, playing almost all league and cup finals against rival

. From 2012 until 2014, Barcelona managed to reach the

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. However, it could not reach further than the semifinals. Barcelona won the Spanish Championship in

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, but the next few seasons became absolute disasters, both in the Euroleague, and the Spanish League. However, the team saw a return to form in the

, which was won in

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, in

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and in

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defeating Real Madrid on all three finals. In

the Spanish Championship was won for the 19th time—the first in seven years—and only a narrow defeat against

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in the championship game of the 2021 EuroLeague Final Four prevented the Catalan giants from winning the competition for the third time. On June 21 2023 Barça defeated

82–93 to win their 20th Spanish Championship.

Sponsorship naming

was the team's initial sponsor, being featured in the official name and the team's uniform for 10 seasons, between 1989 and 1998. From 2004 until 2007 the club was sponsored by the Winterthur Group, a Swiss insurance company with offices in Barcelona since 1910. Coincidentally,

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was the birthplace of club founder Joan Gamper. In 2006 the Winterthur Group was taken over by

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, leading to a change in the club name. In the 2008–09 season, the club's sponsorship changed to Spanish insurer Regal (a division of Liberty Seguros, the Spanish subsidiary of American insurer

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). This sponsorship finished in June 2013. The team's most recent name sponsor was Turkish tyre manufacturer Lassa Tyres, between 2015 and 2019. * FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1989–1998) *

FC Barcelona (2004–2007) *

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MARCA.com, accessed 22 June 2011. * FC Barcelona Lassa (2015–2019)

Home arenas

*Sol de Baix Sports Complex (1926–1940) *Les Corts Court (1940–1971), located next to Les Corts football stadium *

(1990–1992), after 1992 occasionally used for home games *

(1971–1990, 1992–present) * Nou Palau Blaugrana (future venue)

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Players at the
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Head coaches

* José Vila 1926–1936 * Juan Enrique Henry 1941–1945 * Fernando Font 1945–1955, 1967 * Joaquim Broto 1955–1956 * Francisco Ortiz 1956–1958 * Guimerà 1960 * Joan Canals 1960–1963 * Josep Grau 1963–1964 * Josep Bargalló 1965 * Eduardo Portela 1965–1967 * Santiago Navarro 1967–1968 * Xabier Añúa 1968–1972 * Willy Ernst 1972–1973 * Vicente Sanjuán 1973–1974 *

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1974–1976 * Todor Lazić 1976–1977 * Eduardo Kucharski 1977–1979 * Antoni Serra 1979–1985 * Manolo Flores 1985, 2005 * Aíto García Reneses 1985–1990, 1992–1997, 1998–2002 *

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1990–1992 * Manel Comas 1997 * José María Oleart 1997 * Joan Montes 1997–1998, 2004–2005 *

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-Cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his club ...

2002–2004, 2018–2020 *

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2005–2008 * Xavi Pascual 2008–2016 *

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2016–2017 * Sito Alonso 2017–2018 * Šarūnas Jasikevičius 2020–2023 * Roger Grimau 2023–2024 * Joan Peñarroya 2024–present

Trophies

Domestic competitions

* Spanish League: 20 ** 1958–59, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09,

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, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2020–21, 2022–23 **Runners-up (23):

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22 * Spanish Cup: 27 **1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

, 1988,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

**Runners-up (12): 1942, 1951, 1961, 1977,

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* Spanish Super Cup: 6 **1987–88,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

**Runners-up (8):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

* Prince Asturias Cup: 1 **1988 **Runners-up (1): 1989

European competitions

: 2 ** 2002–03, 2009–10 **Runners-up (6): 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2020–21 **3rd place (4): 2008–09, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2021–22 **4th place (7): 1981–82, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2022–23 **Final Four (17):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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(defunct): 2 ** 1984–85, 1985–86 **Runners-up (1): 1980–81 **Semifinalists (3): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80 *

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(defunct): 2 ** 1986–87, 1998–99 **Runners-up (1): 1974–75 **Semifinalists (2):

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

, 1992–93 * European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, defunct): 3 **

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

**Runners-up (1):

**3rd place (1):

**4th place (3): 1988,

Worldwide competitions

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: 1 **

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

**Runners-up (1):

**4th place (1):

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**3rd place (1):

**4th place (1):

Unofficial

* Triple Crown: 1 **2002–03 * Small Triple Crown: 1 **1986–87

Regional competitions

* Catalan Championship (defunct): 9 **1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955 **Runners-up (3): 1928, 1949, 1953 * Catalan League: 25 **

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 **Runners-up (15):

, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2020, 2021

Other Competitions

*Pohlheim, Germany Invitational Game: **2008 *Calonge, Spain Invitational Game: **2008 *Bologna, Italy Invitational Game: 1 **2008 *Sant Julia de Vilatorta, Spain Invitational Game: **2009, 2012, 2014 :''Runners-Up (2):'' 2018, 2019 *Sabadell, Spain Invitational Game: **2011 *Palamós, Spain Invitational Game: **2011 *Tarragona, Spain Invitational Game: **2011 *Cordoba, Spain Invitational Game: **2014 *Trofeo MoraBanc: **2015 *Torneo de Fuenlabrada **2015 *Trofeo Circuito de Pretemporada Movistar: **2016 *Monzon, Spain Invitational Game: **2017 *Platja D'Aro, Spain Invitational Game: **2017 *Trofeo Memorial Quino Salvo: **2017 *Torneig d'invitacions de Les Borges Blanques: **2018 *Torneo Xacobeo: **2019 *Badalona, Spain Invitational Game: **2020

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player *

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– 2020 * Juan Carlos Navarro – 2006 ACB Finals MVP *Xavi Fernández – 1996 *

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– 1997 * Derrick Alston – 1999 *

– 2001 * Šarūnas Jasikevičius – 2003 * Dejan Bodiroga – 2004 * Juan Carlos Navarro – 2009, 2011, 2014 *

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– 2012 * Nikola Mirotić – 2021 * Nikola Mirotić – 2023 Spanish Cup MVP *

– 2001 * Dejan Bodiroga – 2003 * Jordi Trias – 2007 * Fran Vázquez – 2010 * Alan Anderson – 2011 * Pete Mickeal – 2013 *

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– 2018, 2019 * Cory Higgins – 2021 * Nikola Mirotić – 2022 Supercup MVP * Dejan Bodiroga – 2004 * Juan Carlos Navarro – 2009, 2010, 2011 *

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– 2015 ACB Slam Dunk Champion *

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– 2001

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* Juan Carlos Navarro – 2009 * Nikola Mirotić – 2022 EuroLeague Final Four MVP * Dejan Bodiroga – 2003 * Juan Carlos Navarro – 2010 EuroLeague Rising Star * Ricky Rubio – 2010 * Álex Abrines – 2016 * Rokas Jokubaitis – 2022 All-EuroLeague First Team * Dejan Bodiroga – 2003, 2004 * Juan Carlos Navarro – 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 *

– 2011 * Ante Tomić – 2013, 2014 * Nikola Mirotić – 2021, 2022 All-EuroLeague Second Team *

– 2001 *

– 2010 * Juan Carlos Navarro – 2012, 2013 * Ante Tomić – 2015 *

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– 2021 * Nikola Mirotić – 2023 All-ACB First Team * Dejan Bodiroga – 2004 * Juan Carlos Navarro – 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 * Fran Vázquez – 2009 *

– 2010, 2012 * Ricky Rubio – 2010 * Ante Tomić – 2013 * Nikola Mirotić – 2020 * Nicolás Laprovíttola – 2022 All-ACB Second Team * Tomáš Satoranský – 2016 * Ante Tomić – 2017, 2018 *

– 2018, 2019 * Ádám Hanga – 2020 * Cory Higgins – 2021 * Nikola Mirotić – 2021, 2022, 2023 * Nicolás Laprovíttola – 2023

Records

*Most points scored in a game: FC Barcelona 147–106 Cajabilbao (1986–87) *Biggest point differential: 74 – FC Barcelona 128–54 Mataró (1972–73) *Biggest point differential (against): 60 – Real Madrid 125–65 FC Barcelona (1973) and Real Madrid 138–78 FC Barcelona (1977) *Most games played with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio (421) *Most minutes played with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio (11,758) *Most career points scored with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio (7,028) *Most assists: Juan Carlos Navarro (932)* *Most rebounds:

(2.113) *Most blocked shots:

(266) *Most three-point shots made: Juan Carlos Navarro (684)* *Most steals: Nacho Solozábal (611)

Season by season

International record

Matches against NBA teams

*On 5 October 2006, it became the first European team- second of the FIBA, beyond the Maccabi of Tel Aviv and the National Team of the Soviet Union- to win an

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rival. It defeated the

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in the

. *On 18 October 2008, it played the first game of an

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team on the court of an NBA rival, the

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against the

. *On 7 October 2010, FC Barcelona, current champion of the

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, became the first European team and the second FIBA in the History of Basketball to beat the reigning

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, L.A. Lakers, for 92–88, in a match played at the

. Pete Mickeal with 26 points and Juan Carlos Navarro with 25 were the best of the match. In the Lakers,

, former Barça player, was the best with 25 points scored. *On 9 October 2012 FC Barcelona beat

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in a match played at the

99–85 to become the first European team- second of the FIBA, beyond the

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- to win 3 games against

teams. *On 5 October 2016 it faced the finalist of the Western Conference, the

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. Barcelona lost the match by a narrow margin despite being reduced by the quantity and quality of their injured players. Two basketball players from the subsidiary - Stefan Peno and Pol Figueras - had to occupy the base position.

Notes

References

External links

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