Contest: Tell Us About Your Favorite Football Team by @phlexygee

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Hi to every steemian,
I hope by grace you are doing good.
Today I will like to express my feelings towards my beloved football team which happens to be FC Barcelona.
Eversince I was born into this world I have never loved a football team much more than FC Barcelona.
To me FC Barcelona is the most successful team in the world, whatever I expect from a football team I find it in the team.
The emergence of historical and extra ordinary players such as Ronaldinho Gaucho, Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Gerad Piqué, Henry, Jordi Alba, Samuel Eto'o, Carlos Puyol, Abidal, Sergio Busquets, Luis Suárez, Neymar Jr, Víctor Valdés, Pinto, David Villa, Bravo and so many other great players that the team has produced.
Football managers such as Pep Guardiola made their presence felt in the team through the embracement of the tiki taka system of playing or formation.
The team has been able to acquire a total trophies of 74 with the help of Lionel Messi, Iniesta, Ronaldinho and many other FC Barcelona legends.
So basically the reason why I love the team is the uniqueness of their formation and tactics, the Legends and successful players it has produced, the anthem and colors of the club and finally the history of the club.
I will like to share the history of this amazing team with you guys which is just below.

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The most successful manager of my favourite team is Pep Guardiola (2008-2012) with 14 trophies

Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Spanish, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" ("More than a club"). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the fourth-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $4.06 billion, and the world's richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €840.8 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and red stripes, leading to the nickname Blaugrana.
Domestically, Barcelona has won a record 74 trophies: 26 La Liga, 31 Copa del Rey, thirteen Supercopa de España, three Copa Eva Duarte, and two Copa de la Liga titles, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football, the club has won twenty European and worldwide titles: five UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a joint record five UEFA Super Cups, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, and three FIFA Club World Cups. Barcelona was ranked first in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics Club World Ranking for 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2015 and as of 2021, occupies the fourth position on the UEFA club rankings. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid, and matches between the two teams are referred to as El Clásico.

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The most successful player in FCB senior side is Lionel Messi (2004 to present) with 34 trophies and he keeps on making history in football.

Barcelona is one of the most widely supported teams in the world, and the club has one of the largest social media following in the world among sports teams. Barcelona players have won a record number of Ballon d'Or awards (twelve), with recipients including Johan Cruyff, as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards (seven), with winners including Ronaldo, Romário, Ronaldinho, and Rivaldo. In 2010, three players who came through the club's youth academy (Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi) were chosen as the three best players in the world in the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, an unprecedented feat for players from the same football academy. Additionally, players representing the club have won a record number (eight) of European Golden Shoe awards.
Barcelona is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win the continental treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League, and also became the first Spanish football club to win six out of six competitions in a single year, by also winning the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup. In 2011, the club became European champions again and won five trophies. This Barcelona team, which won fourteen trophies in just four years under Pep Guardiola, is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time. By winning their fifth Champions League trophy on 6 June 2015, Barcelona became the first European football club in history to achieve the continental treble twice. The highest paid sports team in the world, in November 2018 Barcelona became the first sports team with average first-team pay in excess of £10 million ($13.8 million) per year.source

The 2020/2021 FCB Squad source

I am aware the team has currently been experiencing some challenges with regards to finance and the total management of the team. We lose points and matches which are "must win" to other undeserved teams just because of the current quality and ages of the players. Neymar, Iniesta, Xavi, Puyol and Suarez's departure has caused a damage to the team but I am hoping the new signing Aguero, Depay and their colleagues will do better for the club.
Real Madrid as a major rival has been a torn in the flesh of FCB but soon or later we will surely deal with them.

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I am a Culer and will forever remain either we win or lose.
You are welcome to be a Culer for this great team.
Forca Barca!