A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization. In a larger sense, it may also refer to any sports institution, even those that have only one sports team or a single sports department. In order to differentiate a single-sport institution from a multi-sport one, the term multi-sport club is used. The term athletics club is usually unambiguous. For the River in the North-East of England, see River Team. ... An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ... A sport consists of a normal physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. ...

Examples abound of sports clubs that are in effect one sports team. Each team from the NBA (basketball), NFL (American football) or MLS (soccer) North American sports leagues, can be called sports clubs, but in practice, they focus solely on a single sport. On the other hand, North American varsity teams are generally organized into a structure forming a true multi-sport club belonging to an educational institution. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a North America professional soccer league. ... North American redirects here. ... A list of professional sports leagues: Auto racing Champcars, formerly CART (Official Page) Formula One, Grand Prix racing (Official Site) IRL (Indy Racing League) (Official Page) NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) (Official Page) NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) (Official Page) Baseball Major League Baseball Minor League Baseball... In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. ...

Football provides an interesting contrast between nations. There are many clubs named "FC"/"CF" (English: Football Club/Portuguese:Clube de Futebol/Spanish:Club de Fútbol). Generally, British football clubs field only soccer teams; examples include Manchester United, Newcastle United F.C, Rangers FC and Celtic FC (although its full name was until 1994 The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Ltd.). Their counterparts in Latin countries tend to be full multisports clubs; examples in the Iberian Peninsula include the FC Porto, Boavista FC, and CF Belenenses in Portugal, and Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona in Spain. Soccer redirects here. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... For the Australian soccer club see Newcastle United (Australia). ... Rangers Football Club is among the worlds most successful football clubs. ... Celtic F.C. (pronounced seltic, not keltic) is perhaps the most famous Scottish football club. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... FC Porto emblem (Larger version) Futebol Clube do Porto (short: FC Porto, FCP) is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section. ... Boavista Futebol Clube (pron. ... Clube de Futebol «Os Belenenses», founded in 1919, is a Portuguese football club, that plays in the Belém neighbourhood, Lisbon. ... Real Madrid is a Spanish sports club best known for its football team which is ranked as The 20th Centurys Best Club by FIFA. They play their home games at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. ... Futbol Club Barcelona (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), known familiarly as Barça (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ...

Organization

Generally, any sports club is characterized by having professional and amateur sports departments in various sports disciplines like football (soccer), basketball, futsal, volleyball, handball, rink hockey, water polo, rugby, athletics (track and field), boxing, baseball, tennis, sport rowing, gymnastics and other. An eclectic collection of competitive, recreational, and instructional athletic programs is available through club sports. The teams and athletes belonging to a sports club compete in several different leagues, championships and tournaments wearing the same club logotype, equipment colors and using the same club name, sharing also the same club fan base, supporters and facilities. Many sports clubs have an associate system where the affiliated supporters pay an annuity fee. In those cases, the supporter becomes eligible to attend the club's home matches and exhibitions across the entire season, and have the right to practice almost every kind of sport at the club's facilities. Registered associate member fees, attendance receipts, sponsoring contracts, team merchandising, TV rights, and athlete/player transfer fees, are usually the primary sources of sports club financing. Soccer redirects here. ... This article is about the sport. ... Futsal in Germany Futsal is an indoor version of football (soccer). ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Handball is the name of several different sports: Team handball, or Olympic/European Handball is a game somewhat similar to association football, but the ball is played with the hand, not the foot. ... Rink hockey is a variant of Roller hockey and is one of the three most popular hockey variants, along with Field hockey and Ice Hockey. ... Water polo is a team water sport. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... For other meanings of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer. ... This article is about the sport. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, gracefulness, and kinesthetic awareness, and includes such skills as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ... A sportsperson (British and American English) or athlete (principally American English) is any person who participates regularly in a sport. ... Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A coffee mug bearing the logo of a company or organization is a common example of product merchandising. ... In football (soccer), a transfer is the action taken whenever a player moves between clubs. ...

Multi-sport clubs worldwide

In many regions of the world like Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Indian subcontinent or Latin America, sports clubs comprised of several sports departments (multisports clubs) or branches are very popular and have developed into some of the most powerful and representative sports institutions in those places. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Map of South Asia (see note) This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Examples of this can be found throughout the world:

• Argentina: Club Atlético Boca Juniors, Club Atlético River Plate, or Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Borac Banja Luka, USD Bosna Sarajevo, or Zrinjski Mostar
• Brazil: Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, Flamengo, Fluminense Football Club (Recipient of the Olympic Cup - 1949), Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, or Vasco da Gama
• Bulgaria: CSKA Sofia, Levski Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, or Slavia Sofia
• Chile: Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica
• Croatia: HAŠK Mladost
• Cyprus: AEL, APOEL, Omonia
• Denmark: Aalborg Boldspilklub, Aarhus Gymnastik Forening, or Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
• Egypt: Al-Zamalek, Al Ahly, Gezira Sporting Club
• France : Paris Université Club, Racing Club de France, Stade Français Paris, or Stade Toulousain
• Georgia: Dinamo Tbilisi
• Germany: Bayer Leverkusen, Dresdner SC, Eintracht Frankfurt, or VfB Stuttgart
• Greece: AEK Athens, Aris Thessaloniki, Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK
• Hungary: Ferencvárosi TC
• Iceland: FH, ÍA, or KR Reykjavík
• India: Dempo Sports Club, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, or Sporting Clube de Goa
• Israel: Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, or Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Italy: AS Roma, Benetton Treviso, S.S. Lazio
• Japan: Albirex Niigata, Shonan Bellmare
• Mexico: Club Deportivo Guadalajara
• Monaco: AS Monaco
• Montenegro: Budućnost Podgorica
• Morocco: Raja Casablanca, or Wydad Casablanca
• Netherlands: Omniworld, PSV Eindhoven
• Paraguay: Club Olimpia
• Poland: Legia Warszawa, Polonia Warszawa, Śląsk Wrocław, KS Bóbr Żagań or Wisła Kraków
• Portugal: Associação Académica de Coimbra, C.S. Marítimo, F.C. Porto, S.L. Benfica, or Sporting C.P.
• Qatar: Al Sadd, or Qatar Sports Club
• Romania: Steaua Bucharest, or U Cluj
• Russia: CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, or Spartak Moscow
• Saudi Arabia: Al-Ittihad
• Serbia: Vojvodina Novi Sad, Crvena Zvezda, or Partizan Belgrade
• Spain: CD Numancia, FC Barcelona, or Real Madrid
• Sweden: AIK, Djurgårdens IF, IFK Göteborg, or Örgryte IS
• Switzerland: GC Zürich, or Lausanne Sports
• Tunisia: Club Africain, Espérance Sportive de Tunis, or Étoile Sportive du Sahel
• Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K., Fenerbahçe, or Galatasaray
• Uruguay: Club Nacional de Football, Peñarol, Huracán Buceo, Defensor Sporting

In the United Kingdom, almost all major sports organizations are dedicated to a single sport, however, rare examples of notable multisport clubs are found, like Fisher Athletic, Everton F.C., or Catford Wanderers. In addition, like in several other countries, many universities and colleges develop a wide range of student sport activities including at a professional or semi-professional level. Fulham F.C. once ran a professional rugby league team and rowing club, which other football clubs have emulated since. Many football clubs originate from cricket teams. Boca Juniors redirects here. ... For the club from Uruguay see Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay), for the one from Paraguay see Club Atlético River Plate (Asunción) Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine sports club best known for its football team, established... Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is an Argentine sports club best known for its football team, based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires. ... Borac (Cyrilic: Борац) is a sports society with several teams, from the city of Banja Luka in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... HÅ K Zrinjski Mostar (full name: Hrvatski Å portski Klub Zrinjski Mostar, English: Croatian sports club Zrinjski Mostar) is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a traditional Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city. ... Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club from Rio de Janeiro. ... Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... 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Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is one of Chiles most popular football clubs, based in the countrys capital, Santiago. ... HAÅ K Mladost (Mladost - lit. ... AEL Limassol (Greek:ΑΕΛ;Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού;Athletic Union of Limassol) is a Cypriot multisport club based in Limassol, Cyprus. ... APOEL FC (Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛ) is a Cypriot football club, playing in Nicosia. ... Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia is a Cypriot football club, which plays in the capital, Nicosia. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Aarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF or AGF Aarhus ) is one of the most successful and one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. ... Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Al-Ahly (Arabic: النادى الاهلى للرياضة البدنية ) is an Egyptian football club founded in April, 1907 in Cairo, Egypt. ... 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AEK Athens FC is the football club of the Athletic Union of Constantinople (AEK), a sports club founded in Athens, Greece in Turkey in 1922. ... Aris Thessaloniki (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης - Athlitikos Syllogos Aris), the Athletic Association Aris, is a Greek sport club that premiered on 25 March 1914 in Thessaloniki. ... Iraklis FC (Greek: Ηρακλής) is a Greek association football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. ... Olympiacos C.F.P. (Greek: ΟΣΦΠ - Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς - Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios), Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, is one of the largest, and the most popular Greek multisport club based in Piraeus, Athens. ... Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek: Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος,  ), widely known both as Panathinaikos or PAO, is a Greek multisport club based in Athens, Greece. ... PAOK Thessaloniki, the Panthessalonikeios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, the All-Thessaloniki Sports Club of Constantinopolitans), is a sports club in Thessaloniki, Greece. ... Ferencvárosi Torna Club (FTC), also known as Ferencváros, nicknamed Fradi, is one of the most popular sports clubs in Hungary, founded in 1899. ... FH, in full Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, is an Icelandic football club, playing in the town of Hafnarfjörður. ... Íþróttabandalag Akraness is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, north Iceland. ... Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, (Icelandic for Reykjavík Football Club), for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic athletic club based in the capital, Reykjavík. ... Dempo Sports Club is a sports club based in Goa, India. ... Mohun Bagan Athletic Club (Mohun Bagan AC) is a sports club, best known for its football team, based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ... Sporting Clube de Goa is a sports club based in the Indian state of Goa. ... Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem (הפועל מגדל ירושלים) is a basketball team based in Jerusalem, Israel. ... Hapoel Tel Aviv Sports Club is a sports club founded in 1923, and over the years has included over 11 sports, including Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club (5 Israeli championships, 4 Israeli cups) and Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club (13 Israeli championships, 11 Israeli cups, one Toto cup and one... Maccabi Haifa Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה, Moadon HaKaduregel Maccabi Haifa) is an Israeli football club and one of the leading football clubs in the country. ... Maccabi Tel Aviv is a sport association in Israel, and part of the Maccabi association. ... A.S. Roma (Associazione Sportiva Roma) is a Italian football club. ... Benetton Treviso may refer to either of the following sports clubs in Treviso, Italy, both owned by clothing giant Benetton: Benetton Rugby Treviso — a rugby union club participating in Italys top competition, the Super 10 Pallacanestro Treviso — a basketball club usually referred to as Benetton Treviso by basketball media... Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to SS Lazio or simply Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club most noted for its football section, founded in 1900 and based in Rome. ... Albirex Niigata ) is a Japanese J. League football team. ... Shonan Bellmare (Japanese: 湘南ベルマーレ) is a Japanese professional soccer (football) club, currently playing in the J-league Division 2. ... Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V., usually referred to by its nickname Las Chivas (The Goats), is a Mexican association football team based in Guadalajara, Jalisco that currently competes in the Primera División de México, the highest football division in Mexico. ... 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Polonia Stadium - Main stand as viewed from the Kamienna stand Polonia Stadium - Kamienna stand - view from the south gates Polonia Warszawa is a Polish, the oldest Warsaw, sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911 and based in Warsaw, Poland. ... ÅšlÄ…sk WrocÅ‚aw is a Polish sports club based in WrocÅ‚aw, Poland. ... WisÅ‚a Kraków (pron. ... AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ... Club Sport Marítimo, or just Marítimo (pron. ... Futebol Clube do Porto (pron. ... For other uses, see Benfica (disambiguation). ... Sporting Clube de Portugal, often known outside Portugal as Sporting Lisbon, is a sports club that is best known for having one of the best football teams in Portugal. ... The Al-Sadd Sports Club (Arabic: ‎) is a sports club, best known for its football team of the Qatar National First Division from Doha, Qatar. ... Qatar Sports Club (Arabic: نادي قطر الرياضي‎) is a sports club from Qatar. ... Categories: Romanian football clubs | Stub | Bucharest ... U Cluj is the name used to identify one of the most important and representative sports club from the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ... CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club Moscow, Russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club, often referred to as Red Army for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. ... Dynamo Moscow may refer to one of the following Dinamo sports clubs in Moscow: FC Dynamo Moscow, a football club HC Dynamo Moscow, an ice hockey club MBC Dynamo Moscow, a mens basketball club VC Dynamo Moscow, a volleyball club Dynamo Moscow (bandy club), a bandy club This is... FC Spartak Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва) is considered to be one of the greatest football teams in Soviet and Russian history. ... Al-Ittihad (Arabic: ) or Ittihad Jaddeh is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. ... 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Futbol Club Barcelona (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), known familiarly as Barça (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ... Allmänna Idrottsklubben (usually called AIK), currently located in Solna, just north of Stockholm, is one of the oldest, largest and most successful sports club in Sweden. ... The club logo DjurgÃ¥rdens IF is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Stockholm. ... IFK Göteborg is a Swedish sports club located in Gothenburg, with several sections: IFK Göteborg - football section. ... Örgryte IS is a Swedish sports club located in Gothenburg, with several sections: Örgryte IS, football section Örgryte IS Bowling, bowling section Örgryte IS Brottning, wrestling section Örgryte IS Friidrott, athletics section Örgryte IS Handikappidrott, handicap sport section Category: ... Grasshopper-Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. ... Lausanne Sports (also referred to as FC Lausanne-Sport) is a sports club from Lausanne, Switzerland. ... Image:Club Africain. ... Espérance Sportive de Tunis (French, literally The Sporting Hope of Tunis) , also known as EST, tarajji, or Espérance, is a football (soccer) club based in Tunis, Tunisia. ... The Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Arabic: , often referred to as Étoile du Sahel, Arabic: ) is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. ... BeÅŸiktaÅŸ J.K. (Full Turkish name: BeÅŸiktaÅŸ Jimnastik Kulübü, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ Gymnastics Club) is a Turkish sports club from Ä°stanbul, which professionally participates in many branches including football, basketball, volleyball, handball and chess. ... Fenerbahçe is the name of a district in Kadikoy region of Istanbul, Turkey. ... 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In the United States of America major institutions like The New York Athletic Club, Los Angeles Athletic Club or many university athletic programs such as the California Golden Bears, Stanford Cardinal and Texas Longhorns are good examples of a sports club (see list of College Athletic Programs by US State). Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The New York Athletic Club was founded in 1868 and is located in New York City. ... Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC) is an athletic club in Los Angeles, California. ... Cal Logo The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 27 varsity athletic programs of the University of California, Berkeley. ... Having no offical mascot, the athletic teams at Stanford University are referred to as Stanford Cardinal. ... Hook em Horns, the UT hand symbol and slogan The UT Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of the 2005 National Championship football team Texas Longhorn Athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of University of Texas at Austin. ... // Alabama NCAA Division I Alabama A&M University Alabama State University Auburn University Birmingham-Southern College Jacksonville State University Samford University Troy University University of Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham University of South Alabama Division II Miles College Stillman College Tuskegee University University of Alabama at Huntsville University of...

Major active sports clubs

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Multi-sport clubs with over a hundred thousand registered associates or at least 4 million supporters or sympathizers audited and verified by independent auditors, and several trophies won in multiple sports include: Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

Associazione Sportiva Roma (Italy)

AS Roma (Italian: Associazione Sportiva Roma), or Rome Sports Association, is a sports club based in Rome, Italy and is the most prestigiuos^{[citation needed]} sports association in Italy with lots of Italian championships, European Cup and World Championship in differents disciplines.^{[citation needed]} A.S. Roma (Associazione Sportiva Roma) is a Italian football club. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...

Cardiff Athletic Club (Wales)

Cardiff Athletic Club from Cardiff, Wales. It is the owner of the world famous Cardiff Arms Park rugby ground,^[1][2][3] however, it is also a major shareholder of Cardiff Rugby Football Club Plc and a large shareholder in Cardiff Blues.^[4][3] Cardiff Athletic Club has five sports sections; the rugby section (Cardiff RFC), the cricket section (Cardiff Cricket Club), the (field) hockey section (Cardiff Hockey Club), bowls section (Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club) and the tennis section. The Athletic Club is one of the few multi-sport clubs in the United Kingdom. This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Cardiff Arms Park is a stadium complex situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. ... A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ... Cardiff Rugby Football Club was founded 1876. ... Official website www. ...

Futbol Club Barcelona (Spain)

FC Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is one among many well-known examples of a major multi-sport club (club poliesportiu in Catalan). Although best known for its La Liga football team and its reserve football team FC Barcelona B, the club also incorporates other professional sports teams, having expanded into basketball, handball and roller hockey. The teams involved in these sports are subsidized by the football section and wear the same colors. These include AXA FC Barcelona, FC Barcelona-Cifec and FC Barcelona Sorli Discau. The club also includes a number of prominent amateur sports teams that compete in rugby union, women's basketball, women's football and wheelchair basketball. These include FCB Rugby, UB-Barça, and FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman. Other amateur teams represent the club in ice hockey, five-a-side football, athletics, baseball, cycling, field hockey, figure skating and volleyball. With dozens of trophies in several sports and over 150,000 associates^{[citation needed]}, FC Barcelona is a powerhouse in world sports with millions of supporters and sympathizers worldwide. Futbol Club Barcelona (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), known familiarly as Barça (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... This article is about the Spanish Autonomous Community. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División or simply La Liga, is the top professional football league in Spain. ... FC Barcelona B is a Spanish football team. ... This article is about the sport. ... Handball is the name of several different sports: Team handball, or Olympic/European Handball is a game somewhat similar to association football, but the ball is played with the hand, not the foot. ... Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. ... FC Barcelona Bàsquet, known for sponsorship reasons as AXA FC Barcelona, is a Spanish basketball team. ... FC Barcelona-Cifec is a Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... FC Barcelona is a professional roller hockey team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Womens football can mean either a female version of American football or of football (soccer). ... Wheelchair basketball is a sport played primarily by people with disabilities. ... FCB Rugby is a Catalan rugby club founded in 1924. ... Universitat de Barcelona-FC Barcelona is a Catalan women’s basketball team. ... FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman is a Catalan wheelchair basketball team. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Five-a-side football is a variation of football (soccer) in which each team fields five players (four outfield players and a goalkeeper), rather than the usual eleven. ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... This article is about the sport. ... Cycling is the use of bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men, women and children in many countries around the world. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Futbol Club Barcelona (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), known familiarly as Barça (Spanish IPA: , Catalan IPA: ), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ...

Futebol Clube do Porto (Portugal)

FC Porto from Porto, Portugal, fields teams in football, basketball, rink hockey, handball, swimming, and athletics. In total, FC Porto is the portuguese club with most international titles. In total, in all these sports including, the 1987 and 2004 Intercontinental Cup, the 1987 and 2004 European Champions Cup, the 1987 European Supercup and the 2003 UEFA Cup in football; rink hockey - European Cup in 1986 and 1990, CERS Cup in 1994 and 1996, Cup Winners Cup in 1982 and 1983, and European Supercup in 1987. In others sports is one of best clubs in the Portugal. With dozens of trophies in several sports and over 110,000^{[citation needed]} associates and is one of the most popular Portuguese Clubs with 3 million ?!^{[citation needed]} supporters in Portugal and an estimated 28% ?!^{[citation needed]} among the total population. FC Porto is a powerhouse in world sports. FC Porto emblem (Larger version) Futebol Clube do Porto (short: FC Porto, FCP) is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section. ... Oporto redirects here. ... Soccer redirects here. ... This article is about the sport. ... Rink hockey is a variant of Roller hockey and is one of the three most popular hockey variants, along with Field hockey and Ice Hockey. ... Handball is the name of several different sports: Team handball, or Olympic/European Handball is a game somewhat similar to association football, but the ball is played with the hand, not the foot. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... Champions League Logo Copa Libertadores Logo The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, and also known as the World Club Championship or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Champions League and the South... Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ... The European Super Cup is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League. ... The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ...

Olympiacos CFP (Greece)

Olympiacos CFP from Piraeus, Greece, is a large multisport club in Europe and the most popular club in Greece. It develops activities in 17 different competitive departments, including football. The club boasts European and international titles in football, basketball (Olympiacos BC), volleyball (Olympiakos SC), water polo and athletics. Olympiacos have more honors than any other Greek team in men's football, volleyball and water polo. Olympiacos have achieved a Triple Crown (winning three major titles in one year) in two different sports (basketball and waterpolo). Olympiacos CFP (Greek: ΟΣΦΠ - Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς - Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios), Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, is a large and the most popular Greek multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Athens. ... Olympiacos BC is a Greek basketball team, based in Piraeus, Athens. ... Olympiacos SC is the volleyball team of the Greek sports club Olympiacos. ...

Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greece)

Panathinaikos from Athens, Greece, is a major multisports club with many departments (24 different competitive departments) and a large number of national and international titles won by them. Furthermore, it is also the largest multisport club in Greece and also on an international scale, as measured by the number of different sports departments it maintains. The club is mostly known for its three professional teams football (Panathinaikos FC), basketball (Panathinaikos BC) and volleyball (Panathinaikos VC), where they compete at the highest level in Europe, but has also an enormous number of distinctions from its other amateur departments (Women Volleyball, Women Basketball, Athletics, Swimming, Cycling, Boxing, Diving, Archery, Shooting, Fencing, Table Tennis, Water Polo etc). Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek: Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος,  ), widely known both as Panathinaikos or PAO, is a Greek multisport club based in Athens, Greece. ... This article is about the capital of Greece. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... See also: Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC, also known as PAO or Panathinaikos AO (Greek: ΠΑΟ - Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος - Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos), the All-Athenian Athletic Club, is a Greek association football club based in Athens, Greece. ... This article is about the sport. ... 100 years celebration. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Main article: Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Voleyball Club is the volleyball team of Panathinaikos, the Athens based Greek sport club. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... This article is about the sport. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... Cycling is the use of bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. ... For other meanings of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer. ... For other uses, see Dive. ... Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ... Ping Pong redirects here. ... Water polo is a team water sport. ...

Società Sportiva Lazio (Italy)

S.S. Lazio (Italian: Società Sportiva Lazio), or Lazio Sports Association, is a sports club based in Rome, Italy and is the biggest^{[citation needed]} sports association in Europe with athletes competing in 37 disciplines ranging from cricket to basketball to parachute jumping^[5]. Its men's football team however is by far its most important and notorious. Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to SS Lazio or simply Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club most noted for its football section, founded in 1900 and based in Rome. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... This article is about the sport. ... Skydiver redirects here. ... Soccer redirects here. ...

Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portugal)

SL Benfica from Lisbon, Portugal, fields teams in football, basketball, rink hockey, futsal, volleyball, handball, rugby, cycling, and athletics, among other sports. In total, Benfica have won many titles in all these sports including the 1961 and 1962 European Champions Cup in football, rink hockey-CERS Cup in 1991, 3 Iberian Cups and 1 Torneio Ibérico in rugby, and 5 in the Athletics European Cup. With dozens of trophies in several sports and the largest number of associates, SL Benfica is a powerhouse in world sports. SL Benfica has the biggest fan base and the largest number of registered associates among Portuguese clubs, having also the largest number of supporters outside of Portugal for a Portuguese club, with a total of 12 million Benfica's supporters worldwide.^[6] Almost every municipality of Portugal has its own Casa do Benfica (House of Benfica), which can also be found in many cities and towns of countries worldwide.^[7] It is also the biggest club in the world in number of associates (registered paying supporters), with a number of 160,398 (as of November 2006), a fact which was attested by the Guinness Book of Records on 10th November 2006.^[8][9][10] Benfica redirects here. ... For other uses, see Lisbon (disambiguation). ... Soccer redirects here. ... This article is about the sport. ... Rink hockey is a variant of Roller hockey and is one of the three most popular hockey variants, along with Field hockey and Ice Hockey. ... Futsal in Germany Futsal is an indoor version of football (soccer). ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Handball is the name of several different sports: Team handball, or Olympic/European Handball is a game somewhat similar to association football, but the ball is played with the hand, not the foot. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... Cycling is the use of bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ... Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ...

Disbanded sports clubs

Sportvereinigung Dynamo (Germany)

Sportvereinigung Dynamo was an East German sports club created for members of the country's police and security forces. The president SV Dynamo from its inception in 1953 until German reunification and the dissolution of the club in 1990 was Erich Mielke, head of the country's secret police, known as the Stasi. The association offices were located next to the Hohenschönhausen which was the headquarters of the Stasi. Sportvereinigung Dynamo (Sport Association Dynamo) was a German sports club from the time of the German Democratic Republic. ... “East Germany” redirects here. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (December 28, 1907 - May 21, 2000 in Berlin), was a German Communist. ... Logo of East Germanys Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS or Stasi) / Ministry for State Security This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bezirk Hohenschönhausen Location of Hohenschönhausen Hohenschönhausen was a borough of Berlin, Germany from 1985 until Berlins 2001 administrative reform. ...

Dynamo-Sportforum Berlin was at one time the largest sports complex in Europe. SV Dynamo enjoyed considerable success in international competition. At its height the association had a membership of ~280,000 which included over 110,000 children.^[11] Sportforum Hohenschönhausen is a multi-use sports complex in Berlin, Germany that includes facilities for speed skating, athletics, cycling, and other sports. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

References

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2. ^ Cardiff Sport, Cardiff Rugby Club (Cardiff Blues). K2 Design and Marketing. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
3. ^ ^{a b} Rugby Union: Yachvili's decisive miss adds to sense of reprieve for. CNET Networks, Inc.. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
4. ^ Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club - The Club. Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
5. ^ Casalazio.it
6. ^ Frank Dell'Apa, Can Eusebio lead to a Portuguese pipeline?, ESPN
7. ^ Casas e Filiais, Sport Lisboa e Benfica, accessed December 2006
8. ^ Guinness World Records - S.L. Benfica
9. ^ Diário Digital
10. ^ RTP
11. ^ Page 18

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See also

• Football club
• Team
• Community organizations
• Club