Early years

Founded on 24 August 1926, the club entered its first competition in 1927, playing in the Campionat de Catalunya de Basquetbol (Catalan Basketball Championship). During these early years, basketball in Catalonia was dominated by clubs such as CE Europa, Laietà BC and Société Patrie (later CB Atlètic Gràcia) and it was not until the 1940s that FC Barcelona became established as a basketball team. During this decade they won six Copas del Generalísimo de Baloncesto and were runners-up once. In 1956 they were founding members of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and finished as runners-up. In 1959 they won Spanish basketball's first-ever league and cup double.^[1]

Decline in the 1960s

The 1960s and 1970s saw the team in decline. In 1961 the club president Enric Llaudet dissolved the team in spite of its popularity. However, in 1962, the club was reformed after a campaign by the fans. In 1964 the league's Primera División was cut from fourteen teams to eight and the club found themselves in the Segunda División after not finishing between the two first qualified teams in the relegation playoffs.^[2] However they quickly returned to the top division after being crowned Segunda champions in 1965. During the 1970s the club was persistently overshadowed by its rivals Real Madrid and Joventut.

Revival in the 1980s

In the 1980s club president Josep Lluís Núñez gave the team his full support with the aim of making the club the best in Spain and Europe. His support produced results and during the decade inspired by their coach Aíto García Reneses and players like Juan Antonio San Epifanio (better known as Epi), Andrés Jiménez, Sibilio, Audie Norris and Solozábal, the club won six Spanish championships, five Spanish cups, two European Cup Winners' Cups, the Korać Cup and the World Championship. However the European Cup remained elusive, ending as runners-up in 1984.^[3] In the 1987–88 season Barça won the Copa Príncipe, Liga ACB, Copa del Rey and the Supercopa completing a quadruple.

Champions of Europe

The club built on this success during the 1990s, winning a further four Spanish championships and two Spanish cups. They were still unable to win the European Cup despite playing in a further four finals in 1990, 1991, 1996 and 1997. They also made a record six EuroLeague Final Four appearances. The star player during this era was Juan Antonio San Epifanio.

Their persistence eventually paid off and in 2003, inspired by Dejan Bodiroga, Gregor Fučka, Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Juan Carlos Navarro, they won the EuroLeague, beating Benetton Treviso 76–65 in front of a packed Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.^[4] They repeated the feat in 2010, defeating Olympiacos by a wide 86–68 in Paris,^[5] and that October, they made further history when they beat the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers – including Kobe Bryant and FCB Bàsquet alumnus and Barcelona native Pau Gasol – 92–88 at the Palau Sant Jordi as part of the 2010 NBA Europe Live Tour. The match was also notable for being both a match-up between the reigning NBA and EuroLeague champions and the first time a European team had won against a defending NBA champion. Two FCB Bàsquet players in that game – captain Navarro and point guard Ricky Rubio – either had or went on to play in the NBA.

Recent years

In the following years, Barcelona would stay on top of Spanish basketball, playing almost all league and cup finals against rival Real Madrid. From 2012 until 2014, Barcelona managed to reach the Euroleague Final Four. However, it could not reach further than the semifinals. Barcelona won the Spanish Championship in 2014, but the next few seasons became absolute disasters, both in the Euroleague, and the Spanish League. However, the team saw a return to form in the Copa del Rey, which was won in 2018, in 2019 and in 2021 defeating Real Madrid on all three finals. In 2021 the Spanish Championship was won for the 19th time—the first in seven years—and only a narrow defeat against Anadolu Efes in the championship game of the 2021 EuroLeague Final Four prevented the Catalan giants from winning the competition for the third time. On june 21 2023 Barça defeated Real Madrid 82-93 to win their 20th Spanish Championship.

Retired numbers

FC Barcelona retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Tenure
4		Andrés Jiménez	PF	1986–1998
7		Nacho Solozábal	PG	1978–1994
11		Juan Carlos Navarro	SG	1997–2007, 2008–2018
12		Roberto Dueñas	C	1996–2005
15		Juan Antonio San Epifanio	SF	1979–1995

Current roster

FC Barcelona roster
Players	Coaches
6 Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F/C 1 da Silva, Oscar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 25 – (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 SF 3 Paulí, Oriol 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1994-05-20)20 May 1994 F/C 6 Veselý, Jan 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 33 – (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 SG 8 Brizuela, Darío 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 29 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 SF 10 Kalinić, Nikola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 32 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 G 13 Satoranský, Tomáš 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 C 14 Hernangómez, Willy 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 29 – (1994-05-27)27 May 1994 G 20 Laprovíttola, Nicolás 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 33 – (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 G/F 21 Abrines, Álex (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1993-08-01)1 August 1993 PF 22 Parker, Jabari 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 28 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 C 23 Nnaji, James 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 19 – (2004-08-14)14 August 2004 G/F 24 Caicedo, Michael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003 PG 31 Jokubaitis, Rokas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (2000-11-19)19 November 2000 F 44 Parra, Joel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (2000-04-04)4 April 2000	Head coach Roger Grimau Assistant coach(es) David García, Carles Marco Team manager Juan Carlos Navarro Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 7, 2023

Depth chart

† indicates an overseas player.

* indicates a "cupo" player.

In compliance with ACB's homegrown player policy, only 2 overseas players can be in the roster for every given match, with the exception of those holding a European citizenship, or from any country with an association treaty, such as the Cotonou Agreement. In addition to that, at least 4 of the players in a 12 or more player roster must "cupo" players (i.e., they are Spanish, or must have been in the youth systems of a Spanish club for at least 3 years).^[8][9] Euroleague Basketball does not have any policy in regards of players' origin, so it is possible for teams to call more than two overseas players for a match in Euroleague competitions.

Players at the NBA draft

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
C	Roberto Dueñas#	1997	2nd round	57th	Chicago Bulls
PF/C	Pau Gasol*~	2001	1st round	3rd	Memphis Grizzlies
SG	Juan Carlos Navarro	2002	2nd round	40th	Washington Wizards
C	Remon van de Hare#	2003	2nd round	52nd	Toronto Raptors
PF/C	Anderson Varejão	2004	2nd round	30th	Orlando Magic
SF	Christian Drejer#	2004	2nd round	51st	New Jersey Nets
SG/SF	Álex Abrines	2013	2nd round	32nd	Oklahoma City Thunder
PF/C	Marko Todorović#	2013	2nd round	45th	Portland Trail Blazers
SF/PF	Mario Hezonja	2015	1st round	5th	Orlando Magic
SG/SF	Marcus Eriksson#	2015	2nd round	50th	Atlanta Hawks
SF/PF	Sasha Vezenkov#	2017	2nd round	57th	Brooklyn Nets
SF	Rodions Kurucs	2018	2nd round	40th	Brooklyn Nets
SF	Leandro Bolmaro	2020	1st round	23rd	New York Knicks

Domestic competitions

• Spanish League: 20
  • 1958–59, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2020–21, 2022-23
  • Runners-up (23): 1957, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
• Spanish Cup: 27
  • 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • Runners-up (11): 1942, 1951, 1961, 1977, 1984, 1989, 1996, 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015
• Spanish Super Cup: 6
  • 1987–88, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015
  • Runners-up (8): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Prince Asturias Cup: 1
  • 1988
  • Runners-up (1): 1989

European competitions

• EuroLeague: 2
  • 2002–03, 2009–10
  • Runners-up (6): 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2020–21
  • 3rd place (4): 2008–09, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2021–22
  • 4th place (7): 1981–82, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2022-23
  • Final Four (17): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023
• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct): 2
  • 1984–85, 1985–86
  • Runners-up (1): 1980–81
  • Semifinalists (3): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80
• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct): 2
  • 1986–87, 1998–99
  • Runners-up (1): 1974–75
  • Semifinalists (2): 1973, 1992–93
• European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, defunct): 3
  • 1983, 1986, 1986
  • Runners-up (1): 1987
  • 3rd place (1): 1991
  • 4th place (3): 1988, 1989, 1990

Worldwide competitions

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup: 1
  • 1985
  • Runners-up (1): 1987
  • 4th place (1): 1984
• McDonald's Championship
  • 3rd place (1): 1990
  • 4th place (1): 1989

Unofficial

• Triple Crown: 1
  • 2002–03
• Small Triple Crown: 1
  • 1986–87

Regional competitions

• Catalan Championship (defunct): 9
  • 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955
  • Runners-up (3): 1928, 1949, 1953
• Catalan League: 24
  • 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
  • Runners-up (15): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2020, 2021

Other Competitions

• Pohlheim, Germany Invitational Game:
  • 2008
• Calonge, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2008
• Bologna, Italy Invitational Game: 1
  • 2008
• Sant Julia de Vilatorta, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2009, 2012, 2014

Runners-Up (2): 2018, 2019

• Sabadell, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2011
• Palamós, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2011
• Tarragona, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2011
• Cordoba, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2014
• Trofeo MoraBanc:
  • 2015
• Torneo de Fuenlabrada
  • 2015
• Trofeo Circuito de Pretemporada Movistar:
  • 2016
• Monzon, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2017
• Platja D'Aro, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2017
• Trofeo Memorial Quino Salvo:
  • 2017
• Torneig d'invitacions de Les Borges Blanques:
  • 2018
• Torneo Xacobeo:
  • 2019
• Badalona, Spain Invitational Game:
  • 2020

Records

• Most points scored in a game: FC Barcelona 147–106 Cajabilbao (1986–87)
• Biggest point differential: 74 – FC Barcelona 128–54 Mataró (1972–73)
• Biggest point differential (against): 60 – Real Madrid 125–65 FC Barcelona (1973) and Real Madrid 138–78 FC Barcelona (1977)
• Most games played with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio (421)
• Most minutes played with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio (11,758)
• Most career points scored with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio (7,028)
• Most assists: Juan Carlos Navarro (932)*^[10]
• Most rebounds: Roberto Dueñas (2.113)
• Most blocked shots: Roberto Dueñas (266)
• Most three-point shots made: Juan Carlos Navarro (684)*^[10]
• Most steals: Nacho Solozábal (611)

Note: Players with a * are still playing for Barcelona.