FC Barcelona is a sports club.
Futbol Club Barcelona ( [ fubˈbɔɫ ˈkɫub bərsəˈɫonə ] ) , commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is a professional football club based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . By winning their fifth Champions League trophy on 6 June 2015 , Barcelona became the first European club in history to achieve the continental treble twice . A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football . The Treble is used in association football to refer to a team winning three trophies in a single season or calendar year .