FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona is a polideportivo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, United Kingdom|British and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper . Its motto is El Barça és més que un club (Barça is more than a club). Its main stadium is the Nou Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona, popularly known as the Camp Nou .

The club also includes number of prominent amateur sports teams that compete at rugby union, women's basketball, women's football and wheelchair basketball . These include FCB Rugby, UB-Barça, FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman . Other amateur teams represent the club at ice hockey, five-a-side football, athletics, baseball, cycling, field hockey, figure skating and volleyball .

Barça have to date refused to allow sponsorship logos on their football shirts. This is because the Barça colours are traditionally seen as a symbol of Catalonia and logos have been regarded as intrusive. Even their kit manufacturer, Nike, Inc.|Nike's swoosh was controversial. However since 2005 Barça have worn the TV3 logo of Televisió de Catalunya on the left arm.