Editing FC Barcelona (section)

== Records ==
{{Further|List of FC Barcelona records and statistics}}
[[File:2012 2013 - 06 Xavi Hernández.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]] made 767 total appearances for Barcelona, a former club record.]]
In March 2021, [[Lionel Messi]] overtook [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]'s record of 767 games played for the club, and presently has made 778 official appearances in all competitions, while also holding the record for the most appearances in La Liga matches for Barcelona, with 520.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leo Messi surpasses Xavi Hernández record|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2069179/leo-messi-surpasses-xavi-hernandez-record|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=21 March 2021|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-date=22 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322105110/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2069179/leo-messi-surpasses-xavi-hernandez-record|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Leo Messi (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Lionel Messi]] is Barcelona's all-time top appearance maker, top scorer, and the highest scoring player for a single club.]]
Barcelona's all-time highest goalscorer in official competitions is Lionel Messi with 672 goals, surpassing [[César Rodríguez (footballer, born 1920)|César Rodríguez]]'s 232 goals in March 2012, a record which stood for 60 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/noticias/829654/el-dia-que-messi-supero-a-cesar |title=El día que Messi superó a César |publisher=FC Barcelona |date=27 October 2016 |access-date=18 September 2023 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004043048/https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/noticias/829654/el-dia-que-messi-supero-a-cesar |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, Messi also overtook [[Pelé]]'s 643 goals for [[Santos FC|Santos]] to become the highest official scorer for a single club.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lionel Messi passes Pele for most goals with one club (VIDEO)|url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/12/22/lionel-messi-most-goals-one-club-barcelona-pele-video|access-date=23 December 2020|magazine=Sports Illustrated|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105173143/https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/12/22/lionel-messi-most-goals-one-club-barcelona-pele-video|url-status=live}}</ref> Messi is the record goalscorer for Barcelona in European and international club competitions,<ref name="individual"/> and the record league scorer with 474 goals in La Liga.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leo Messi, FC Barcelona's historic record breaker|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2070529/leo-messi-fc-barcelonas-historic-record-breaker/featured|access-date=8 May 2022|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=5 August 2021|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220201543/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2070529/leo-messi-fc-barcelonas-historic-record-breaker/featured|url-status=live}}</ref> Four [[List of FC Barcelona players|other players]] have managed to score over 100 league goals for Barcelona: [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César Rodríguez]] (190), [[Luis Suárez]] (147), [[László Kubala]] (131) and [[Samuel Eto'o]] (108).<ref>{{cite news|title=100 goals in the league for Luis Suárez|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/723839/100-goals-in-the-league-for-luis-suarez|access-date=8 May 2022|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=21 January 2018|archive-date=8 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508151230/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/723839/100-goals-in-the-league-for-luis-suarez|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Josep Samitier]] is the club's highest goalscorer in the {{lang|es|[[Copa del Rey]]|italic=no}}, with 64 goals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Messi equals Samitier's total of Copa del Rey appearances|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/1603454/messi-equals-samitiers-total-of-copa-del-rey-appearances|access-date=8 May 2022|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=6 February 2020|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809234338/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/1603454/messi-equals-samitiers-total-of-copa-del-rey-appearances|url-status=live}}</ref>

László Kubala holds the La Liga record for most goals scored in one match, with seven goals against [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]] in [[1951–52 La Liga|1952]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/967644/rewind-to-1961-ladislao-kubalas-legacy-at-barcelona|title=Kubala's legacy at Barcelona|work=ESPN FC|date=3 October 2011|access-date=18 May 2016|archive-date=17 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617005104/http://www.espnfc.com/story/967644/rewind-to-1961-ladislao-kubalas-legacy-at-barcelona|url-status=live}}</ref> Lionel Messi co-holds the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] record with five goals against [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] in [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League|2012]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Most Goals Scored in a UEFA Champions League Match |publisher=UEFA |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2231494.html |access-date=17 May 2017 |language=es |archive-date=15 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915160511/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2231494.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Eulogio Martínez]] became Barça's top goalscorer in a cup game, when he scored seven goals against Atlético Madrid in [[1957 Copa del Generalísimo|1957]].<ref name="individual">{{cite web |title=FC Barcelona individual records |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/history/card/fc-barcelona-individual-records |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=12 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002011935/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/history/card/fc-barcelona-individual-records |archive-date=2 October 2018 |language=en |date=20 August 2016}}</ref>

Barcelona goalkeepers have won a record number of [[Ricardo Zamora Trophy|Zamora trophies]] (20), with [[Antoni Ramallets]] and [[Víctor Valdés]] winning a record five each. Valdés had a ratio of 0.832 goals-conceded-per-game, a La Liga record,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2014/12/guardametas-de-primera-1928-2014/|title=Guardametas de Primera (1928–2014)|publisher=CIHEFE|access-date=23 December 2020|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117133011/https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2014/12/guardametas-de-primera-1928-2014/|url-status=live}}</ref> and he also holds the record for longest period without conceding a goal (896 minutes) in all competitions for Barcelona.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/victor-valdes-sets-unbeaten-record-at-896-minutes |title=Víctor Valdés sets unbeaten record at 896 minutes |publisher=FC Barcelona |date=6 November 2011 |access-date=24 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405070716/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/victor-valdes-sets-unbeaten-record-at-896-minutes |archive-date=5 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Claudio Bravo]] has the record of best unbeaten start in a season in La Liga history, at 754 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/claudio-bravo-recupera-imbatibilidad-3789378 |title=Claudio Bravo recovers his unbeaten record |newspaper=Sport |location=Madrid |date=20 December 2014 |language=es |access-date=24 March 2016 |archive-date=4 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704153500/https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/claudio-bravo-recupera-imbatibilidad-3789378 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/claudio-bravo-close-to-claiming-zamora-trophy|title=Claudio Bravo close to claiming Zamora Trophy|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=19 May 2015|access-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313095249/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/claudio-bravo-close-to-claiming-zamora-trophy|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Guardiola 2010.jpg|thumb|190px|[[Pep Guardiola]] is Barcelona's most successful coach, with 14 trophies.]]
Barcelona's longest serving manager is [[Jack Greenwell]], with nine years in two spells (1917–1924) and (1931–1933), and [[Pep Guardiola]] is the club's most successful manager (14 trophies in 4 years). The most successful Barcelona player is Lionel Messi with 35 trophies, surpassing [[Andrés Iniesta]], with 32 trophies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2018-2019/match-report-sevilla-fc-fc-barcelona-super-cup-champions-1-2- |title=Sevilla FC – FC Barcelona: Super Cup Champions! (1–2) |date=12 August 2018 |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=13 August 2018 |archive-date=4 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704153438/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/839810/sevilla-fc-fc-barcelona-super-cup-champions-1-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Barcelona's Camp Nou is the [[List of European stadiums by capacity|largest stadium in Europe]]. The club's highest home attendance was 120,000 in a European Cup quarter-final against Juventus on 3 March 1986.<ref name=teamrecords>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/the-honours/detail/card/fc-barcelona-team-records |title=FC Barcelona team records |publisher=FC Barcelona |date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127205655/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/the-honours/detail/card/fc-barcelona-team-records |archive-date=27 January 2013  }}</ref> The modernisation of Camp Nou during the 1990s and the introduction of [[all-seater stadium|all-seater stands]] means the record will not be broken for the foreseeable future as the current capacity of the stadium is 99,354.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/club/club_avui/informacio_corporativa/barca_enxifres/barca_enxifres.html |title=FC Barcelona Information &#124; FC Barcelona.cat |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=12 January 2012 |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023071043/http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/club/club_avui/informacio_corporativa/barca_enxifres/barca_enxifres.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

''El Barça de les Cinc Copes'' is the first team in Spanish football to have won five trophies in a single season (1951–1952).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/mundial-de-clubes/20151219/30921299603/el-barca-de-les-cinc-copes-iii.html |title=El Barça de les Cinc Copes (III) |newspaper=Mundo Deportivo |location=Barcelona |date=19 December 2015 |language=es |access-date=24 March 2016 |archive-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406210414/http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/mundial-de-clubes/20151219/30921299603/el-barca-de-les-cinc-copes-iii.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/libros-fc-barcelona/basora-mite-les-cinc-copes-4810178 |title=Basora, the legend of the five cups |newspaper=Sport |location=Madrid |date=14 January 2016 |language=es |access-date=24 March 2016 |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409211743/http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/libros-fc-barcelona/basora-mite-les-cinc-copes-4810178 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://as.com/futbol/2014/11/01/primera/1414833365_741941.html |title=Murió Biosca, the captain of 'Barça of the Five Cups' |newspaper=Diario AS |location=Madrid |date=1 November 2014 |access-date=24 March 2016 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073841/https://as.com/futbol/2014/11/01/primera/1414833365_741941.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Barcelona is the only club to have played in every season of European competitions since they started in 1955 counting non-[[UEFA]] competition Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/the-honours/detail/card/fc-barcelona-team-records |title=FC Barcelona team records |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=17 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127205655/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/the-honours/detail/card/fc-barcelona-team-records |archive-date=27 January 2013  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/34/soccer-values-09_Barcelona_340011.html|title=Soccer Team Valuations: #7 Barcelona|work=Forbes|date=8 April 2009|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806073815/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/34/soccer-values-09_Barcelona_340011.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 December 2009, alongside being the only Spanish club to achieve a continental treble, Barcelona became the first ever European football team to win six trophies in a calendar year ([[Sextuple (association football)|Sextuple]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11946/9872086/treble-winners-barcelonas-2015-team-emulate-the-super-seven |title=Treble winners: Barcelona's 2015 team emulate the super seven |publisher=Sky Sports |date=6 June 2015 |access-date=18 May 2016 |archive-date=11 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611171322/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11946/9872086/treble-winners-barcelonas-2015-team-emulate-the-super-seven |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/news/newsid=1151723.html|title=Kings, queens and a young prince|publisher=FIFA|date=23 December 2009|access-date=23 March 2010|archive-date=26 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426035544/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/news/newsid=1151723.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2018, Barcelona signed [[Philippe Coutinho]] from Liverpool for €120 million, the highest transfer fee in club's history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42580173|title=Philippe Coutinho: Liverpool agree £142m deal with Barcelona for Brazil midfielder|date=6 January 2018|access-date=6 January 2018|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403204120/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42580173|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2017-2018/philippe-coutinho-new-player-fc-barcelona|title=Philippe Coutinho, new FC Barcelona player|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=6 January 2018|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106191924/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2017-2018/philippe-coutinho-new-player-fc-barcelona|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2017, Barcelona player Neymar transferred to [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] for a [[List of most expensive association football transfers#World football transfer record|world record]] transfer fee of €222 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/3171488/barcelona-terminate-neymars-contract-after-accepting-222-million-euro-fee|date=3 August 2017|title=Barcelona terminate Neymar's contract after accepting €222m fee|work=ESPN FC|access-date=28 August 2017|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904033244/http://www.espnfc.com/story/3171488/barcelona-terminate-neymars-contract-after-accepting-222-million-euro-fee|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4887096/neymar-psg-world-record-transfer/|title=It's Official: Neymar Has Signed a Record-Breaking $262 Million Deal With PSG|magazine=Time|date=3 August 2017|access-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829001410/http://time.com/4887096/neymar-psg-world-record-transfer/|archive-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, Barcelona's [[La Masia]] was ranked second by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) as the most top-level players producing academy in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/revealed-which-clubs-produce-most-europes-top-players|title=REVEALED! Which clubs produce the most of Europe's top players|publisher=Sporting Intelligence|date=1 November 2016|access-date=15 May 2017|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802002221/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/revealed-which-clubs-produce-most-europes-top-players|url-status=live}}</ref>