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.
- Role
- Home stadium of FC Barcelona
- First appears
- Opened in 1957
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain
- Capacity
- Planned increased seating capacity of 105,000 (largest in Spain and Europe)
- Affiliation
- FC Barcelona
- Notable events
- Hosted part of the football competition, including the final, in the 1992 Summer
Verified Timeline
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.
In Their Own Story
The Camp Nou was one of several stadiums used throughout the 1982 World Cup, hosting the inauguration ceremony on 13 June. It hosted more matches in that tournament than any of the 16 other stadiums used all over Spain, including the opening match, where the traditional opening ceremonies took place. In front of 95,000, Belgium upset the defending champions Argentina 1–0 in that opening match. It then hosted three round-robin matches between the Soviet Union, Poland and Belgium, which Poland ended up winning and qualifying from to reach the semi-finals, where they played Italy at the Camp Nou, losing 2–0. The Camp Nou also hosted the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich. Bayern led early through Mario Basler's goal in the sixth minute and kept the lead as the clock reached 90 minutes, but United came back to win with injury time goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær. The European Cup final between Milan and Steaua București was held on 24 May 1989, with the Italian club winning 4–0. On 1 October 2017, Barcelona's league match against Las Palmas was played in an empty Camp Nou due to political turmoil in the region.
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.
- Camp Nou hosted the opening match of the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
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