FC Barcelona Lassa | |||
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Leagues |
Liga ACB EuroLeague |
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Founded | 24 August 1926 | ||
History |
F.C. Barcelona (1926–present) |
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Arena | Palau Blaugrana | ||
Capacity | 7,585 | ||
Location | Barcelona, Spain | ||
Team colors | Blue, Cardinal, Yellow |
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President | Josep Maria Bartomeu | ||
Team manager | Rodrigo de la Fuente | ||
Head coach | Sito Alonso | ||
Ownership | FC Barcelona | ||
Championships |
1 Intercontinental Cup 2 EuroLeagues 2 Saporta Cups 2 Korać Cups 18 Spanish Championships 23 Spanish Cups 6 Spanish Supercups |
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Retired numbers | 4 (4, 7, 12, 15) | ||
Website | fcbarcelona.com/basketball | ||
Uniforms | |||
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FC Barcelona Bàsquet (English: FC Barcelona Basketball), also currently known as FC Barcelona Lassa for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 24 August 1926, which makes it the oldest club in the Liga ACB. The club competes domestically in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. It has won seven of the last thirteen ACB championships, and in 2003, completed a Liga ACB (Spanish League), Copa del Rey (Spanish King's Cup) and EuroLeague triple crown. FC Barcelona Bàsquet has played in seven EuroLeague Finals, with the last one being their 2010 win.
The team plays its home games at Palau Blaugrana, which was opened on 23 October 1971. They share the facilities with the roller hockey, futsal, and handball teams of the club.
Some of the well-known players that have played with the team over the years have included: Pau Gasol, Rony Seikaly, Marc Gasol, Anderson Varejão, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jaka Lakovič, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Dejan Bodiroga, Gianluca Basile, Ricky Rubio, Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi", Sasha Djordjevic, and Tony Massenburg.