Barcelona FA

{{for|the Spanish league club|FC Barcelona Femení}} {{Infobox football club |clubname = Barcelona FA |image = Somatio_Barcelona_logo.png |fullname = Σωματειο Μπαρτσελόνα Ποδοσφαίρου Ακαδημία<br>Somateio Barcelona Podosfaírou Akadimía |founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2016}} |ground = Pyrgos Stadium<br>Pyrgos, Limassol |capacity = |chairman = |chrtitle = |owner = |owntitle = |mgrtitle = Head coach |manager = Eduard "Xuxu" Batlle |website = https://www.barcelonafawomen.com/ | league = Cypriot First Division | season = 2018–19 | position = 2nd | pattern_la1= | pattern_b1=_thinblacksides | pattern_ra1=_ | leftarm1=FC6916 | body1=FC6916 | rightarm1=FC6916 | shorts1=000000 | socks1=000000 | pattern_la2= _whiteshoulders | pattern_ra2= _whiteshoulders | pattern_b2 = _vneckwhite_whiteshoulders | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF }} '''Barcelona Football Academy''' ({{langx|el|Σωματειο Μπαρτσελόνα Ποδοσφαίρου Ακαδημία}}; ''Somateio Barcelona Podosfaírou Akadimía''), is a women's football team from Germasogeia, Limassol, Cyprus, established in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barcelonafawomen.com/club-history/|title=Club|publisher=Barcelona FA|access-date=2018-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142336/https://www.barcelonafawomen.com/club-history/|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

They were crowned champions of the 2017–18 Cypriot First Division, and made their European debut in the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0246-0e176ba26df0-a98c3ee817bf-1000--women-s-champions-league-entries-confirmed/|title=Women's Champions League entries confirmed|publisher=UEFA|date=8 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfa.com.cy/En/news/33752|title=Barcelona FA is the new Women's Champion}}</ref>

For major matches, they play at Limassol's main Tsirio Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45499921|title=Women's Champions League: Glasgow City win 2-0 at Somatio Barcelona|work=BBC Sport|date=12 September 2018|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cypruswomens.football/event/barcelona-fa-vs-glasgow-city-fc/|title=Barcelona FA vs Glasgow City FC|website=Cyprus Women's Football|date=12 September 2018|accessdate=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040100/https://cypruswomens.football/event/barcelona-fa-vs-glasgow-city-fc/|archive-date=13 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==European record== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan=2 width=60|Season ! rowspan=2 width=190|Competition ! rowspan=2 width=150|Round ! rowspan=2 width=230|Opposition ! colspan=3|Score |- ! First Leg ! Second Leg ! Aggregate |- |rowspan=5|2018–19 |rowspan=4|UEFA Women's Champions League |align=left rowspan=3|Qualifying Round |align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava |colspan=2|2–0 |rowspan=3|1st |- |align=left| {{flagicon|SVN}} Olimpija Ljubljana |colspan=2|6–0 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|BLR}} FC Minsk |colspan=2|2–0 |- |align=left|Round of 32 |align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Glasgow City |0–2 |1–0 |1–2 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.barcelonafawomen.com/}} *[https://www.facebook.com/barcelonafacyprus/ Facebook page] *[https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/history/clubs/2609591--somatio-barcelona/ UEFA profile]

Category:Women's football clubs in Cyprus Category:Association football clubs established in 2016 Category:2016 establishments in Cyprus Category:Sport in Limassol