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The Supporters of FC Barcelona are known as culers. In Spain, about 25% of the population are said to be Barça sympathisers[citation needed]. FC Barcelona also has large support abroad, especially in the United States, Latin America, the Netherlands, Morocco, and Japan. Since the 2003/04 season, the club's membership figures have seen a significant increase. In June 2007, the number of club members, or socios in Spanish, surpassed 156,000 [1]. In addition to this, there are about 1,352 (as of November 2006) officially registered FC Barcelona penyas around the world.[2]. The current president of the Spanish government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is one of the club's most prominent supporters. Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça (IPA: baɾ.sÉ™), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
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. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça (IPA: baɾ.sə), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
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Culers
 Group of Culers at the Carrer Industria Stadium Until 1909, the team played in various stadiums, none of them owned by the club. On March 14, 1909, the 6,000 seat stadium of Carrer Indústria opened its doors. This was the first ground owned by the club. In 1922, the club moved to Les Corts. This stadium had an initial capacity of 20,000, later expanded to an impressive 60,000. It was during these early years, in these stadiums, that Barça fans acquired their nickname, the Culers (pronounced /kuˈlɛs/). Roughly translated from Catalan, it means arse people. Far from being offensive, the name refers to fans seated in the highest row of the stadium. From outside, people who passed by could only see their arses. Barça fans have been referred to as Culers ever since. In Spanish, this word is written as culés, and sometimes it is also written like this in English. Image File history File links Group of culés at a FC Barcelona match in their first stadium. ...
Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
Camp de Les Corts, commonly referred to as Les Corts was a multi-use stadium in Barcelona, Spain. ...
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 (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
At Anfield, Culers joined along in the chorus of "You'll Never Walk Alone", after the end of the second leg of the round of 16 match against Liverpool F.C. in the UEFA Champions League, which led to some Liverpool fans to compliment their sportsmanship. Barça and Liverpool were both rivals of Chelsea F.C.[1] Anfield is a football stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England. ...
Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ...
Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ...
The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...
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Penyes The penyes are a combination of club supporters and action groups. The original Penya Solera, was formed in 1944 by a collection of former FC Barcelona players and supporters, including Josep Samitier. It was originally a support group to help raise funds, during a time when the club faced financial hardship. One of the most notorious Barça penyes is the Boixos Nois, which uses a bulldog as its logo. Founded in the early 1980s as a left-leaning group, nowadays it includes many nationalist skinheads. The group is known for its anti-Real Madrid sentiment and its dislike of their equivalents, the Ultras Sur. The name is a pun with boig, meaning crazy, and Can Boixeres, the name of a neighborhood near to the Stadium where the Nois (guys) used to hang out before and after matches, and not a misspelling of Bojos Nois, as it is commonly believed. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça (IPA: baɾ.sə), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
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