Camp Nou
The home of FC Barcelona, host of the 1992 Olympic football final.
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Camp Nou ('New Field'), officially Spotify Camp Nou for sponsorship reasons, and often referred to in English as the Nou Camp, is a stadium in Barcelona and the home of La Liga club FC Barcelona since its opening in 1957. It is currently undergoing renovation, and with a planned increased seating capacity of 105,000 it will retain its position as the largest stadium in terms of seating capacity in Spain and Europe, as well as the second largest association football stadium, while becoming the fifth-largest overall stadium in the world.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Spotify Camp Nou
- Location
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Built
- 1954–1957
- Opened
- 24 September 1957
- Renovated
- 1982, 1993–1994, 2023–present
- Expanded
- 1982, 2023–present
- Surface
- GrassMaster Hybrid grass (5% synthetic fibres, 95% natural grass)
- Scoreboard
- Sony
Lore & Background
Camp Nou has hosted two European Cup/Champions League finals in 1989 and 1999, two European Cup Winners' Cup finals, four Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final games, five UEFA Super Cup games, four Copa del Rey finals, two Copa de la Liga finals, and twenty-one Supercopa de España finals. It also hosted five matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (including the opening game), half of the four matches at the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the football tournament's final at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Reader's Guide
Renovation of the stadium commenced after the end of the 2022–2023 season. Final completion of all renovations is scheduled for June 2026, although the stadium reopened in November 2025 at a reduced capacity. During the renovation, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys served as Barcelona's home ground for both the 2023–24 season and 2024–25 season; the club played its first two league home matches in the 2025–26 season at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.
Did You Know?
- The construction of Camp Nou started on 28 March 1954.
- Camp Nou was inaugurated on 24 September 1957.
- The stadium's record attendance was 120,000 for a European Cup quarter-final against Juventus on 5 March 1986.
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