Barcelona adalah sebuah club yang berasal dari Spanyol. Yang berasal dari sebuah kota di spanyol yang bernama Catalunya. Barcelona bermarkas di Nou Camp yang disebut - sebut sebagai stadion terbesar di dunia saat ini. Club yang pernah diperkuat oleh sejumlah nama tenar seperti Rivaldo dan Ronaldinho ini sekarang bermaterikan pemain - pemain muda bertalenta. Seperti pemain asal Argentina Lionel Messi.
Tidak hanya Messi El - Barca (sebutan Barcelona) juga memiliki Bojan Kricjk. Pemain berusia 18 tahun itu sekarang menjadi pemain termuda yang bermain untuk sebuah club profesional di Spanyol saat ini.
Dari para pemain Barcelona terselip nama Samuel Eto'o dan Thiery Henry. Mereka berdua adalah pemain yang memiliki skill di atas rata - rata. Bahkan, Eto'o saat ini menjadi top skorer di La Liga dengan 14 gol. Begitu juga dengan Henry. Di musim pertamanya bersama barca dia dibilang "mandul" oleh para supporter Barcelona karena dia jarang mencetak gol, tidak seperti di Arsenal dulu. Tapi, saat bertanding melawan Valencia dia mencetak hat-trick. Itu membuktikan bahwa King Henry (julukannya) telah kembali.
Bahkan, pekan lalu Barcelona berhasil memenangkan duel El - Classico melawan Real Madrid dengan skor 2 - 0. Lewat gol Eto'o dan Messi. Masin - masing di menit 85 dan 90. Meskipun di Liga Champions Barcelona kalah oleh Shaktar Donetsk tapi mereka berjaya di La Liga dengan mengalahkan musuh bebuyutannya.
Dari kesuksesan itu tidak lepas dari tangan dingin seorang pelatih Barca yang tidak lain adalah eks pemain Barca yaitu Jose "Pep" Guardiola. Oleh karena itu Barca sementara menjadi sang pemimpin klasemen di La Liga.
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| Full name | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Blancos (The Whites) Los Merengues (The Meringues)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 6 March 1902 (as Madrid Football Club)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Santiago Bernabéu Madrid, Spain (Capacity: 80,354[1]) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Ramón Calderón[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Juande Ramos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | La Liga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | La Liga, 1st[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (also known as Real Madrid, Los Blancos, Los Merengues) is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It holds the record as the most effective team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century,[6] having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups.[7][8] Real was a founding member of FIFA[9] and the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.[10]
Founded in 1902, Real Madrid has since spent all of its history in the top flight of Spanish football. In the 1940s, the club, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva were rebuilt following the Spanish Civil War. During the 1950s, Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football. During the second half of the 1980s, the club had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe (known as La Quinta del Buitre), winning two UEFA Cups, five Spanish championships in a row, one Spanish cup and three Spanish Super Cups.
The club's traditional home colours are all white. It has played its home professional games in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception.
Real Madrid maintains a large fanbase and holds numerous long-standing rivalries with several other teams. The club semiannually contests the El Clásico with FC Barcelona which is its most notable rival. The club is the world's 2nd richest football club (€351m) in terms of revenue and the second most valuable (worth over €950m as of 2008).[11][12]