The departure of Johan Cruijff for FC Barcelona in 1973 signalled the end of this period of success.

** Andrés Iniesta ( born 1984 ), football player for FC Barcelona

Hagi is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

After performing memorably during the 1994 World Cup, Hagi was signed by FC Barcelona.

After two years at FC Barcelona, Hagi signed for Galatasaray S. K .. At Galatasaray, he was both successful and highly popular among the Turkish supporters.

Manchester United has the third highest average attendance of European football clubs only behind Borussia Dortmund and FC Barcelona.

** Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona ( d. 1930 )

* July 30 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona ( b. 1877 )

His childhood friends included future FC Barcelona footballers Sagibarba and Josep Samitier.

Bonetti played in every game of Chelsea's Fairs Cup run the following season, putting in a series of impressive displays against the likes of AS Roma, AC Milan and FC Barcelona, though the side were eventually knocked out in the semi-finals, as they were in the FA Cup for the second consecutive year.

Terrassa is the home and birthplace of FC Barcelona and Spain national football team midfielder Xavi.

A Colin Stein goal and a Willie Johnston double helped secure a 3-2 victory over FC Dynamo Moscow at the Nou Camp, Barcelona, to lift the European Cup Winners ' Cup.

* FC Barcelona, a football club from Barcelona, Spain

* FC Barcelona Bàsquet, the men's basketball section of FC Barcelona

* FC Barcelona Futsal, the futsal section of FC Barcelona

* FC Barcelona Handbol, the team handball section of FC Barcelona

As a condition for using the Chelsea FC name, the club has to play its first team matches at Stamford Bridge, which means that if the club moves to a new stadium, they may have to change their name.

The city has two football teams playing at the top national level, the Veikkausliiga: FC Inter and TPS, which is one of the oldest football clubs in Finland.

The city has one professional football club, FC Den Bosch ( first club of Dutch international player Ruud van Nistelrooy ), and is also the home to top field hockey club HC Den Bosch, basketball team EiffelTowers Den Bosch and 2008 national rugby champion The Dukes

Vaduz also has a local professional association football club, FC Vaduz which, as the other clubs in Liechtenstein, plays in the Swiss Football League.

East-the-Water also has its own football club, Shamwickshire Rovers FC, which plays at Pollyfield.

Middelburg has a field hockey club, MMHC, and four football ( soccer ) clubs: MZVC, Zeelandia Middelburg, Jong Ambon and FC Dauwendaele.

Cottbus has a football team called FC Energie Cottbus, which currently play in the 2.

The city also has a football ( soccer ) team, Pau FC which is in the fourth division called " CFA ".

Le Monde has been found guilty of defamation for saying that Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona was connected to a doctor involved in steroid use.

There is a second football club, Farnham United FC which has several youth teams as well one adult team, Farnham United.

Tamworth is the home of the historic Tamworth Castle and Moat House, and has a non-league football team, Tamworth FC.

He also has a Liverpool FC fan club named in his honour.

Guisborough has a King George's Field in memory of King George V, and the town's football team Guisborough Town FC plays on the King George V Ground, adjacent to the playing fields.

FC Barcelona, Athletic Club de Bilbao and the Spanish national team play a style of football known as " tiki-taka " that has its roots in Total Football.

What later would become known as tiki-taka developed and evolved from the football style propagated by Johan Cruyff during his tenure as manager of Barcelona from 1988 to 1995, This developed and upgraded system has more recently been employed by the Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012-winning Spanish teams of Luis Aragonés and Vicente del Bosque, as well as by FC Barcelona under then manager Pep Guardiola.

It has the colours of Bavaria in its center and FC Bayern München is written in white on a red ring enclosing the Bavarian colours.

FC Nuremberg has been Bayern's main and traditional rival in Bavaria.

Cobham has four football clubs: Cobham F. C., Mole Valley SCR F. C., Cobham United Football Club and Cobham Town FC ( formed 2007 ).

Onslow Village also has its own football team called Onslow FC, the club is coming up to its 25th anniversary having been established in 1986.

Uttoxeter has a football club called Uttoxeter Town FC, also based at the aforementioned Oldfields sports and social club which for many years has been successful in the Burton and District Sunday Football League.

Corryong is home to two of the three foundation clubs: Corryong FC, which has been based in the town from 1893 and Federal FC, formerly the Mount Elliot Miners and renamed in 1901 to celebrate the Federation of Australia and moved to be fully based at Corryong around the same time.

FC Magdeburg is the only East German football club to have won a European club football competition.

* April 26 – Hibernian FC won the Scottish Cup 1 – 0 against Glasgow Celtic FC, the last time in their history they have won the competition.

Other local sports teams include Club Natació Terrassa ( water polo ), which won the 2006 LEN Trophy ); Terrassa FC ( football ), and Sferic Terrassa ( basketball ).

In 1984 – 85 Oviedo won the soon-to-be-defunct Spanish League Cup ( second division ), after successively defeating UD Salamanca, Bilbao Athletic, CF Lorca Deportiva, CE Sabadell FC and Atlético Madrileño ( the latter with a 2 – 1 aggregate in the final ).

In the quarter final, they went to FC Schalke 04 of Germany and won the first leg 4-2, despite being 2-1 down after a Raul brace on 72 minutes.

During the extra time to determine the winner, Zarraonandía had an opportunity to score against rival goalkeeper Miró, but he missed the shot ; consequently, FC Barcelona won the match and Cup.

The championship trophy won by FC Barcelona in 1978.

On 22 December 2010, at an extraordinary general meeting of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Sevilla FC requested permission from the Federation to keep the trophy they had won in the 2009 final to commemorate the victory of the Spanish national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Zaragoza's famous attacking line included Canário, Eleuterio Santos, Marcelino, Juan Manuel Villa and Carlos Lapetra ; Peruvian Juan Seminario, who started his career in Spain with Los Maños before moving to FC Barcelona, won the Pichichi Trophy in the 1961 – 62 campaign, scoring 25 goals in 30 games as the team finished in fourth position.

The city had its own professional football ( soccer ) club, FC Wageningen, which won the KNVB-beker twice.

ADO Den Haag won the Dutch national football title in 1942 and 1943 and the KNVB Cup in 1968 and 1975 ( under the name FC Den Haag ).

ADO Den Haag ended 7th in the Eredivisie and won the play-offs ( beating Roda JC and FC Groningen ) which offered the last Dutch Europa League ticket.

** NHRA Top Fuel championship – Top Fuel Dragster ( TFD ) won Jerry Ruth, Top Fuel Funny Car ( TF / FC ) by Frank Hall

* Europe – Cup Winners ' Cup – Rangers FC won 3 – 2 over Dinamo Moscow

In the same year, in Tokyo the club won its first Intercontinental Cup, beating Johann Cruyff's FC Barcelona team 2 – 1.

2006 was the most successful year in Inter's history as they won the Copa Libertadores and the FIFA Club World Cup, defeating European champions FC Barcelona in the latter and South American reigning champions São Paulo FC in the former.

Three years later, in Fluminense's stadium, the Brazilian national football team debuted, against English touring side Exeter City FC It was also there that they won their first title, in the 1919.

Kallon FC won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup, and the Sierra Leone League title in 2006, and qualifying for the African Champions League.

The Sheffield FA establishes the local Youdan Cup, the first organised football tournament, which is won by Hallam FC.

FC Alania Vladikavkaz is an association football club based in Vladikavkaz, who won the Russian Premier League in 1995.