Barcelona has a long sporting tradition and hosted the successful 1992 Summer Olympics as well as several matches from the 1982 Football World Cup. It has also been host to the X FINA World Championships and twice of the Eurobasket.
FC Barcelona is a sports club best known for its football team, one of the biggest in Europe, twice winner of the UEFA Champions League.
FC Barcelona also has teams in the Spanish basketball ACB league (AXA FC Barcelona), the handball ASOBAL league (FC Barcelona-Cifec), and the roller hockey league. The club's museum is the second most visited in Catalonia. RCD Espanyol is the city's other Liga football team. Barcelona also has other clubs in lower categories, like CE Europa and UE Sant Andreu.
Barcelona has two UEFA 5-star rated football stadiums: FC Barcelona's Camp Nou and the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, used for the 1992 Olympics and the current home of Espanyol, pending completion of the club's new stadium.
Camp Nou has also been used for purposes other than football.In 1982 it was the site of a mass-congregation held by previous Pope John Paul II, where 120,000 people attended.
In 1983 Julio Iglesias played for 60,000 people, in what was described as "most beautifully orchestrated"
On 3 August 1988, Bruce Springsteen held a concert.
On 9 August 1988, Michael Jackson held a concert.
10 September 1988: a charity concert organised by Amnesty International to support human rights was held. Among the artist were: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour, Tracy Chapman and El Último de la Fila.
13 July 1997, a concert with the Three Tenors, Josep Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.
On 1 July 2009 it was the stage of U2's 360 Tour. Being filled to maximum capacity, 90,000 people attended. The lead singer of U2, Bono, explained that they had started their tour in Camp Nou: “This is where we wanted to build a space station, designed by Gaudi in the capital of surrealism.". The concert ended with Bono wearing the shirt of FC Barcelona.