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Sports federations. Clubs and licences

Sports federations. Clubs and licences Catalonia. 2025
Licences
Clubs Men Women Total
Total 9,509 510,694 205,649 716,343
Underwater activities 104 4,309 1,416 5,725
Aerial 81 2,508 251 2,759
Agility 18 130 170 300
Athletics 133 7,683 6,675 14,358
Motor racing 200 1,988 329 2,317
Badminton 26 477 267 744
Sport dancing 32 275 843 1,118
Basketball 411 40,361 25,215 65,576
Baseball and softball 13 1,225 311 1,536
Billiards 38 1,084 17 1,101
Bowling 74 1,147 362 1,509
Amateur boxing 84 1,930 220 2,150
Hunting 853 32,543 385 32,928
Blind and visually impaired 11 278 204 482
Cycling 753 12,727 1,341 14,068
Racing pigeons 45 341 37 378
Messenger pigeons 15 182 28 210
Cricket 44 907 50 957
Orienteering 24 552 394 946
Darts 17 235 52 287
Physically disabled 31 336 87 423
Psychologically disabled 78 1,528 521 2,049
Outdoor pursuits 437 27,686 17,965 45,651
Chess 221 8,002 636 8,638
Fencing 20 382 164 546
Potholing 59 1,290 649 1,939
Winter sports 64 4,072 2,937 7,009
Squash and racquetball 19 212 44 256
Water skiing 14 247 160 407
Body building 35 227 210 437
Football 1,525 164,845 23,659 188,504
American football 33 1,489 395 1,884
Indoor football 81 1,095 244 1,339
Gymnastics 155 693 6,925 7,618
Golf 55 22,436 7,919 30,355
Weightlifting 9 150 145 295
Handball 109 9,190 5,102 14,292
Equestrian 154 1,826 7,710 9,536
Hockey 34 4,715 4,241 8,956
Judo and associated disciplines 125 5,437 1,834 7,271
Karate 186 6,961 3,535 10,496
Kickboxing and Moay-Thaï 70 1,885 539 2,424
Korfball 11 116 108 224
Wrestling 60 1,313 546 1,859
Motorcycling 168 7,193 388 7,581
Motor boating 27 171 28 199
Swimming 129 8,468 6,701 15,169
Paddle 372 18,166 11,840 30,006
Cerebral palsy 81 213 96 309
Skating 441 13,529 20,640 34,169
Modern pentathlon 13 136 85 221
Angling 130 2,109 120 2,229
Petanque 278 6,105 1,501 7,606
Pelota 28 1,703 237 1,940
Canoeing 19 1,039 655 1,694
Pitch and putt 69 9,332 1,740 11,072
Polo 8 73 16 89
Rowing 48 1,773 2,435 4,208
Rugby 56 5,068 1,218 6,286
Lifeguarding 13 133 123 256
Deaf 15 1,542 539 2,081
Surf 19 220 117 337
Taekwondo 162 6,905 4,043 10,948
Tennis 223 16,526 8,067 24,593
Table tennis 131 4,700 605 5,305
Archery 64 2,425 988 3,413
Shooting 69 13,071 1,503 14,574
Triathlon 96 2,057 779 2,836
Twirling 16 54 751 805
Biketrialt union 25 282 30 312
Sailing 87 5,526 3,336 8,862
Volleyball 161 5,160 12,226 17,386
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Note: Unions of clubs constitute the step prior to the creation of a federation.

Last update: April 7, 2026.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Sports club
Private association with legal personality and able to act without any profit made up of individuals, whose basic objectives are the promotion, development and continuous practice of physical activity sports.
Sports federation
Private entity with public and social interest dedicated to the promotion, management and coordination of the recognized sports, basically constituted sports associations or clubs, sports groups and other private non-profit organization that includes among its social purposes the promotion and practice of sport and physical activity. It can also be made, it may be, for athletes, coaches, judges or referees or other representatives of individuals.
Sporting license
Accreditation issued by a sports federation, sports club or sports council in favor of the athlete, for the implementation of the physical activity or competition, which involves bonding authorization and the organizer of the activity . Its duration may be annual, seasonal or shorter duration, and can be of three types: federal, school and physical activity.

Methodological aspects

The sports councils and federations clubs provide data and licenses, as sports licenses processed by the sports organizations (Decree 58/2010 ., dated 4th May 2010, sports organizations in Catalonia, Official Journal No. 6139, 31.05.2012).

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".