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In general, sports club can also refer to any single sports team, like a Football Club where the only sport is Football . For instance, many British football clubs exist like Chelsea FC , Manchester United or Celtic FC where the only fielded teams are Football teams. In the USA , in NBA , NFL or MLS Sports League s, the teams can be called also a sports club, but in reality, they just field teams in a single sport. In order to differentiate a single sports institution, from a multisports institution, the terms multisports club or '''multimodality sports club''' are used. Generally, Athletic club doesn't need that kind of disambiguation. There are also many clubs named "FC"/"''CF''" (Football Club/''Clube de Futebol''/''Club de Fútbol'') which are effectively full multisports clubs. For example, dozens of sports clubs with this designation are found in Portugal and Spain , like FC Porto , Boavista FC , Real Madrid CF or FC Barcelona . SPORTS CLUBS IN THE WORLD In many regions of the world like Europe , North Africa , Middle East or South America , sports clubs comprising several sports departments or branches are very popular and have developed into some of the most powerful and representative sports institutions in those places. Several examples of this can be found everywhere:
In the United States Of America major institutions like The New York Athletic Club or many university sports institutions like the California Golden Bears , Stanford Cardinal or Texas Longhorn Athletics are good examples of a sports club (''see List Of College Athletic Programs By US State ). Major sports clubs Sports clubs with over a hundred thousand associates or at least 4 million supporters or sympathizers, and several trophies won in multiple sports include: Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkey) Fenerbahçe SK from Istanbul , Turkey , is a major sports club. Its most popular branch is the Football Team , but the club also competes in Basketball , Volleyball , Rowing , Boxing , Sailing , Athletics , Swimming and Table Tennis . With an estimate 25 million supporters, Fenerbahçe is the most popular sports club in Turkey having also the highest average attendance in the Turkish Football League matches. Futbol Club Barcelona (Spain) FC Barcelona from Barcelona , Spain , is one among many well known examples of a major multisports club (''club polideportivo'' in Spanish ). 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 subsidised by the football section and wear the same colours. These include Winterthur FCB and FC Barcelona-Cifec . The club also includes a number of prominent amateur sports teams that compete at Rugby Union , Women's Basketball , Women's Football and Wheelchair Basketball . These include FCB Rugby , UB-Barça , FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman . Other amateur teams represent the club at Ice Hockey , Five-a-side Football , Athletics , Baseball , Cycling , Field Hockey , Figure Skating and Volleyball . With dozens of trophies in several sports and over 100,000 associates, FC Barcelona is a powerhouse in world sports. Its estimated number of supporters or sympathizers across Spain (mainly in Catalonia) and the world surpasses 5 million. Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greece) Panathinaikos from Athens , Greece , claims to be the multisport club with the most departments (21 different sports) and the most national and international titles won by them (a total of '''485''' as of April 2006). The club is mostly known for its three professional teams ( Football , Basketball and Volleyball ), where they compete at the highest level in Europe (Champions League, Euroleague and Top Teams Cup respectively), but it has a great number of distinctions from its other amateur departments. Although it does not have an associate system, it is one of the most popular Greek teams with an estimated 4 million supporters worldwide (3 million in Greece and 1 million in Greek diaspora). Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portugal) . It has also a SL Benfica B football reserve team playing in the Portuguese Second Division . With dozens of trophies in several sports and over 150,000 associates, SL Benfica is a powerhouse in world sports. Its estimated number of supporters or sympathizers across Portugal and the world surpasses 6 million. SEE ALSO |
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