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FC Barcelona in Europe is an article about FC Barcelona and their record in European football competitions. They are the only team to have played in Europe in every season since European competitions began in the 1950s. They have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League twice. They have won the now defunct, European Cup Winners' Cup 4 times, and the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3 times, which is more than any other club, for both trophies. They have also won the European Super Cup, and the Copa Latina, both of them on two occasions.
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FC Barcelona in Europe is an article about FC Barcelona and their record in European football competitions. They are the only team to have played in Europe in every season since European competitions began in the 1950s. They have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League twice. They have won the now defunct, European Cup Winners' Cup 4 times, and the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3 times, which is more than any other club, for both trophies. They have also won the European Super Cup, and the Copa Latina, both of them on two occasions.
History
Early years
FC Barcelona was among the pioneers of European football, and as early as 1904 the club began to play friendly games against teams from the neighbouring regions in France. Club president Arthur Witty organised the club's first trip abroad, which resulted in their first game against a non-Spanish team. On May 1, 1904, FC Barcelona defeated Stade Olympien des Étudiants Toulousains. The same opponents were then invited back to Barcelona to play the inaugural game at the Carrer Muntaner, one of the club's early homes. FC Barcelona won this game 4-0, with two goals from Joan Gamper.
By 1910, these games evolved into the Coupe de Pyrenées, a competition featuring the top teams from Languedoc, Le Midi, Aquitaine, Catalonia, and the Basque Country. Five competitions were played before 1914 with FC Barcelona winning in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. The final competition was won by FC Espanya de Barcelona in 1914. During the 1920s, the club regularly hosted friendly games against visiting teams from throughout Europe, and in 1932, FC Barcelona was invited to enter the Copa Aniversario, a competition arranged to celebrate the anniversary of Benfica. FC Barcelona emerged triumphant after defeating Porto 2-1 and the host team 5-2. The Spanish Civil War and then the Second World War put a temporary hold on European football for the team. The opportunity to play European clubs again arrived with the emergence of summer tournaments such as the Trofero Teresa Herrera, hosted by Deportivo La Coruña. In 1948, FC Barcelona beat Porto 2-1 to win this trophy and they won it again in 1951, by beating Young Boys, 4-2. The club have also developed a feud with English giants Chelsea FC.In the 06/07 season,Barca lost their title after being knocked out by Liverpool FC in the Round of 16.
Copa Latina
In 1949, the football federations of Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal, came together and launched their own club competition. European clubs could not afford hefty travel costs so the Copa Latino was staged at the end of every season in a single host country. The competition featured two semi-finals, a third place play-off and a final. As La Liga champions in 1949, FC Barcelona represented Spain in the inaugural competition. They beat Reims 5-0 in their semi-final at Les Corts, before beating Sporting Lisbon 2-1 in the final at the Estadio Chamartín. FC Barcelona also played in and won the 1952 competition in Paris, beating Juventus 4-2 in the semi-final and then Nice 1-0 in the final.
Records
Winners: 2 times
Team: Valdés, Oleguer (Belletti 70'), Puyol, Márquez, van Bronckhorst, Edmílson (Iniesta 46'), Deco, van Bommel (Larsson 60'), Giuly, Ronaldinho, Eto'o.
Coach: Frank Rijkaard.
Team: Zubizarreta, Ferrer, R. Koeman, Nando, Juan Carlos, Guardiola (Alexanko 113') - Bakero, Eusebio, M. Laudrup, Stoichkov, Salinas (Goikoetxea 64').
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
Runners-Up: 3 times
Team: Zubizarreta, Ferrer, R. Koeman, Nadal, Sergi (Quique 73'), Guardiola, Beguiristáin (Eusebio 51'), Amor, Bakero, Stoichkov, Romário.
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
Team: Urruti, Gerardo, Migueli, Alexanko, Julio Alberto, Victor, Schuster (Moratalla 85'), Pedraza, Archibald ( Pichi Alonso 106'), Carrasco.
Coach: Terry Venables.
Team: Ramallets, Foncho, Gensana, Gracia, Verges, Garay, Kubala, Kocsis, Evaristo, Luis Suárez, Czibor.
Coach: Enrique Orizaola.
Winners: 4 times (Record)
Team: Baía, Ferrer, Abelardo, Popescu (Amor 46'), Sergi, Guardiola, De la Peña (Stoichkov 85'), Couto, Luis Enrique (Pizzi 89'), Figo, Ronaldo.
Coach: Bobby Robson.
Team: Zubizarreta, Aloísio, Alexanko, Urbano; Milla (Soler 60'), Amor, Eusebio, Roberto; Lineker, Salinas, Beguiristain (Lopez Rekarte 74').
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
Team: Urruti, Gerardo, Migueli, Alexanko, Manola; Sanchez, Mortalla, Esteban, Simonsen, Quini, Carrasco.
Coach: Udo Lattek.
Team: Artola, Zuviria, Migueli, Costas (Martinez 68'), Albaladejo (De la Cruz 57'), Sanchez, Neeskens, Asensi, Rexach, Krankl, Carrasco.
Coach: Joaquim Rifé.
Runners-Up: 2 times
Team: Busquets, Alexanko (Pinilla 73'), Nando, R. Koeman, Ferrer, Goikoetxea, Eusebio, Bakero, Beguiristain, Salinas , M. Laudrup.
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
Team: Sadurni, Franch (Pereda 11'), Eladio, Rife, Olivella, Zabalza, Pellic, Castro (Mendoza 46'), Zaldua, Fusté, Rexach.
Coach: Salvador Artigas.
Winners: 2 times
First leg
Team: Hesp, Bogarde, Celades, Reiziger (Abelardo 70'), Ferrer, Sergi, De la Peña, Rivaldo (Giovanni 86'), Luis Enrique, Figo (Stoichkov 86'), Anderson.
Coach: Louis van Gaal.
Second leg
Team: Hesp - Ferrer, Bogarde, Nadal, Sergi, Figo, Celades (Amor 79'), Luis Enrique (Ciric 89'), Anderson (Oscar Garcia 71'), Giovanni, Rivaldo.
Coach: Louis van Gaal.
FC Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate.
First leg
Team: Zubizarreta, Ferrer, Amor, Koeman, Nadal, Bakero (Begiristain 67'), Goikoetxea, Stoichkov, Salinas (Christiansen 83'), Witschge , Eusebio.
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
Second leg
Team: Zubizarreta, Ferrer, Amor, Koeman, Nadal, Bakero (Begiristain 50'), Goikoetxea, Stoichkov, Guardiola (Salinas 79'), Laudrup , Eusebio.
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
FC Barcelona won 3-2 on aggregate.
Runners-Up: 4 times
Team: Víctor Valdés, Juliano Belletti, Carles Puyol, Rafael Márquez, Sylvinho (Ludovic Giuly 71'), Thiago Motta (Eidur Gudjohnsen 56'), Xavi (Andrés Iniesta 56'), Deco, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho
Coach: Frank Rijkaard .
First leg
Team: Zubizarreta, Aloisio, Koeman, Julio Alberto, Serna, Milla, Bakero, Eusebio, Amor (Onesimo 75'), Julio Salinas (Roberto 65'), Laudrup, Begiristain.
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
Second leg
Team: Zubizarreta, Rekarte (Onesimo 74'), Alexanko, Milla, Serna, Bakero, Roura (Soler 10'), Eusebio, Roberto, Julio Salinas, Begiristain.
Coach: Johan Cruyff.
AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
First leg
Team: Urruti, Sanchez, Migueli, Julio Alberto, Alonso (Urbano 76'), Alexanco, Marcos, Schuster, Quini (Pichi Alonso 70'), Victor, Carrasco.
Coach: Udo Lattek.
Second leg
Team: Urruti, Sanchez, Migueli, Alexanco, Julio Alberto, Alonso, Schuster, Victor, Urbano, Marcos, Carrasco (Quini 33')-(Manolo 60').
Coach: Udo Lattek.
Aston Villa won 3–1 on aggregate.
First leg
Team: Artola, Zuviria, Migueli, Olmo, Serrat, Costas, Simonsen (Estella 88'), Landaburu, Roberto (Carrasco 86'), Asensi, Rubio.
Coach: Joaquim Rifé.
Second leg
Team: Artola, Estella ,Migueli, Olmo, Serrat (Esteban 75'), Rubio, Simonsen, Sanchez, Roberto, Asensi, Carrasco.
Coach: Joaquim Rifé.
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
Winners: 3 times (Record)
Final 1
Team: Sadurni, Benitez, Eladio, Montesinos, Gallego, Torres, Zaballa, Muller, Zaldua, Fuste, Vidal.
Coach: Roque Olsen.
Final 2
Team: Sadurni, Foncho, Gallego, Eladio, Montesinos, Torres, Zaballa, Mas, Zaldua, Fuste, Pujol.
Coach: Roque Olsen.
FC Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Final 1
Team: Ramallets, Olivella, Gracia, Segarra, Rodri, Gensana, Coll, Kocsis, Martinez, Ribelles, Villaverde.
Coach: Helenio Herrera.
Final 2
Team: Ramallets, Olivella, Gracia, Verges, Rodri, Segarra, Coll, Ribelles, Martinez, Kubala, Czibor.
Coach: Helenio Herrera.
FC Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.
Final 1
Team: Pedro Estrems, Fernando Olivella, Juan Segarra , Martin Verges, Enrique Gensana, Enrique Ribelles, Estanislao Basora, Juan de Macedo "Evaristo", Eulogio Martinez, Ramon Villaverde, Justo Tejada.
Coach: Domingo Balmanya.
Final 2
Team: Antonio Ramallets, Fernando Olivella, Juan Segarra, Martin Verges, Joaquin Brugue, Enrique Gensana, Justo Tejada, Juan de Macedo "Evaristo", Eulogio Martinez, Luis Suarez, Estanislao Basora.
Coach: Helenio Herrera.
FC Barcelona won 6–2 on aggregate.
Runners-Up: 1 time
Final 1
Team: Jose Manuel Pesudo, Julio Cesar Benitez, Francisco Rodriguez "Rodri", Fernando Olivella, Martin Verges, Sigfrido Gracia, Luis Cubilla, Sandor Kocsis, Cayetano Re, Ramon Villaverde, Antonio Camps.
Coach: Ladislao Kubala.
Final 2
Team: Jose Manuel Pesudo, Julio Cesar Benitez, Jesus Garay, Jose Maria Fuste, Martin Verges, Sigfrido Gracia, Luis Cubilla, Sandor Kocsis, Fernand Goyvaerts, Ramon Villaverde, Antonio Camps
Coach: Ladislao Kubala.
Valencia CF won 7–3 on aggregate.
Winners: 2 times (Record)
Team: Velasco, Calvet, Curta, Calo, Gonzalvo III, Gonzalvo II, Basora, Seguer, Canal, César, Navarro.
Coach: Enrique Fernández.
Team: Ramallets, Martin, Biosca, Seguer, Bosch, Escudero, Basora, César, Kubala, Aldecoa, Manchon.
Coach: Fernando Daucik.
As of the beginning of the 2007-2008 season, Barcelona have competed in:
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